Friday, November 9, 2012

two mixes

Two Fresh mixes i've been sitting on for a minute...
Mix 8 is goes from an old vinyl rip from thailand, moves on to funk and soul, before terminating in old school hip-hop...

Weekly Mix 8 by IIAI

 Playlist:
Artist-Song (Country)
From Earsphere-  Kaen and Vocal  (Thailand)
Explorer Series, Drum Chant and Instrumental Music- Bounkam Solo (Burkina Faso)
John Lee Hooker- Goin' Mad Blues (USA)
Edgar Broughton Band- It's Falling Away (UK)
Christine 23 Onna- The Last Hunter (Japan)
Serge Gainsbourg- En Melody (France)
Pere Ubu- On the Surface (USA)
Vampires' Sound Incorporation- The Lions and the Cucumber (Germany)
Funkadelic- Nappy Dugout (USA)
Machine Drum- Jigga Why (USA)
Alchemist Ft. Prodigy, Nina Sky, Ill Gee- Hold U Down (USA)
Pete Rock & Ini- Microphonist Wanderlust (USA)
MOP- What the Future Holds (USA)
Wu-Tang Clan- Dog Shit (USA)
Gangstarr- Tons O' Guns (USA)

Second mix is more focused on field recordings, mixed in with some Psychedelia and good ragga jungle/ dancehall...

Weekly Mix 9 (IIAI) by IIAI

Playlist:
Ochieng- Olieu (East Africa)
Tortoise-I Set My Face to the Hillside (USA)
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra- P Walk (USA)
Brass Construction- Celebrate (USA)
13th Floor Elevators- You're Gonna Miss Me (USA)
Dick Khoza- Chapita (Malawi)
Los Destellos- Guajira Sicodelica (Peru)
Jahdan Blakkamore- Earthshaking (USA)
Razor X Productions (The Bug v Rootsman)- W Version (UK)
DJ K- On A Mission (UK)
Spanky- Acid House (USA)
Jimi Tenor- Take Me Baby
Mariora Mut- Nu-I Motru Ga Stiu Cinta (Romania)
Mansoor Khan Langa, Allah Rakkha, Rashid Khan- Chirmi (India)

Monday, October 15, 2012

Ampl-psy

Spankin' new, nearly two hour mix, of some of my favorite Kraut, Canterbury, Psychedelic Blues, Stoner, Doom, Post-Kraut, Sludge, and other psychedelic, heavy chug-filled nuggets of groovin' goodness...


Playlist:
Artist-Song (Country, Year)
Bongwater- The Porpoise Song (USA, 1989)
Urdog- Zombie Cloud(USA, 2004)
Magic Muscle (w/ Simon House)- Leaders (UK, 1991)
Soft Machine- So Boot If at All (UK, 1968)
Agitation Free- Laila, Pt. 2 (Germany, 1973)
Church of Misery- Born to Raise Hell (Richard Speck) (Japan, 2008)
Zeni Geva- Interzona 2 (Japan, 2001)
Dopefight- Stonk (UK, 2012)
Acid King- Tank (USA, 1995)
The Atomic Bitchwax- Force Field (USA, 2005)
Ahkmed- Fuzzbox Muffjungle (Germany, 2003)
Maeth- Wytches (USA, 2012)
Ethereal Riffian- Part II Beyond (The Search) (Ukraine, 2012)
Electric Wizard- Demon Lung (UK, 2006)
Omega Massif- Arcanum (Germany, 2007)
Om- Annapurna (USA, 2005)
Vapor Trail- Satellite Circle (?, 2005)

Coming Soon: Tran-Oceanic Soundclash, IIAI vs. Groovetrain (from Germany)
Enjoy!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Weekly Mix #7

Been busy times here, but still have time to make more mixes full of love for you... This one is a bit scattered genre-wise but (i think) full of goodies... Next one will be the long promised two hour psychedelic chugfest...



Playlist:
Artist-Song (Country)
Daniel Higgs- Skull Song (USA)
Gbaya Tribe- Dad'te (Central African Republic)
Doc Watson- Honey Babe Blues (USA)
Son House- Sundown (USA)
The Vandermark 5- Distance (USA)
Mustafa Ozkent Orchestra- Emmioglu (Turkey)
Man or Astroman?- Phillip K. Dick In the Pet Section of Wal-Mart (USA)
Gene Maltais- Gang War (USA)
The Strangers- Catterpillar Crawl (USA)
Dorothy Ashbury- Joyful Grass and Grape
Monty & The Cyclones- My Sweet Lord (Jamaica)
Owen Grey- Seven Lonely Days (Jamaica)
Horace Andy- Happiness (Jamaica)
Capital Letters- Smoking My Ganja (Jamaica)
Henfield and Shadowman- Babatunde (UK)
Mixmaster Mike- Pharmacy (USA)
DJ Vadim- She Who is Tested (Russia)









Wednesday, September 12, 2012

3/9/12 Mix

An Electronic Music focused Mix... From German Experimental to Hip-Hop, packed with goodies from Detroit, the UK and Congo...
 Finished a while ago, but had problems posting from India... More to come soon... look for a two hour mix of chuggy psychedelia in the next week... Playlist below...



Playlist:
Artist-Song (Country)
Cluster-James (Germany)
Kasai Allstars- Beyond the 7th Moon (Congo)
Lady Man (Badawi)- The Approach (USA)
Harmonic 313- Bazooka Riddim (USA)
Jo Apps- Kausikan (UK)
Darqwan- Nu Jack Swing? (UK)
Venetian Snares- Beverly's Potato Orchestra (Canada)
Dabrye, Invincible, & Finale- Viewer Discretion (USA)
Slum Village-Jealousy (USA)
Eazy-E-Cock the 9 (USA)
Gangstarr- Betrayal (USA)
Shystie- Gutter (UK)
Ghetto feat. Griminal, Brutal- Threats (UK)


Tuesday, August 21, 2012

20/8 Mix (Funk)

This weeks mix is funk focused... Kickin off with some Yoruba drumming... Movin' to 70s african funk, jumpin over to norway for some fresh afrobeat, then bringin' it back to the states for some funkified jazz goodness, closin off in 1970s Germany.... With some dashes of 1950's Sex-Ed... enjoy it....



Playlist:
Artist-Song (Country)
Yoruba Drummers- Aluja (Nigeria)
Mono Mono- Kenimania (Nigeria)
Ebo Taylor- Heaven (Ghana)
The Funkees- Acid Rock (Nigeria)
Question Mark- Freaking Out (Nigeria)
Rhythm Funk Masters- Highway (Norway)
Gordon Staples- Strung Out (USA)
Flowarea- Wirbelflash (Germany)
Lou Donaldson- If There's Hell Below (USA)
Herbie Hancock- Vein  Melter (USA)
Steve Reid- Don't Look Back (USA)
Xhol Caravan- Electric Fun Fair (Germany)

Headed to India in the morning, more soon.... 

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Weekly Mix Dubwise

Special Edition weekly mix, two hours in dub for yr listening pleasure:


Playlist:
Artist-Song (producer, if known)
The Aggrovators- At Dub Station (King Tubby)
The Abyssinians- Manela Version
Revolutionaries- Garvey Dub
Burning Spear- Jah Boto
Chinna & The Aggrovators- A Come Version
The Upsetters- Groovy Dub (Lee 'Scratch' Perry)
Augustus Pablo-Dub Organiser
Dub Specialist- Banana Walk
African Brothers Meet King Tubby- Dick Head Dub
The Upsetters- Double Wheel (Lee 'Scratch' Perry)
King Tubby- Sir Niney's Rock
The Congos- God's Kingdom Dub (Lee 'Scratch' Perry)
King Tubby- Joker From Dub City
Black Uhuru & Sly and Robbie- Mystic Mix
Israel Vibration- Licks and Kicks Dubwise
Roots Radics- Agony Column Dub
The Upsetters- No Peace Dub (Lee 'Scratch' Perry)
Joe Gibbs- Chapter Three (Joe Gibbs)
The Aggrovators- A Crabbit Version  (King Tubby)
King Tubby- Badness Dub
Lee Perry- Ox Man Dubwise
Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace- Armageddon Dub
Tommy Mccook & The Supersonics- Rema Skank
Prince Jammy- Throne of Blood
The Revolutionaries- Girl a Love You Version
Sly & Robbie- Liquidation Dub
Winston Fergus- Long Time (Version)
King Tubby- Exalted Dub
Augustus Pablo- Dub in a Matthews Lane Arena
Groundation- Rullin Dub
Bill Laswell Meets Style Scott- Emergency at the Plant
Jah Wobble and the Invaders of T- Lam Tang Way Dub

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Weekly Mix #4


Another fresh mix, kicks off with some percussion from around the world, then picks up the pace with international rock n' roll, funk and cumbia, closing with some American Hip-Hop innovators...

 Playlist:
Artist- Song (country)
Luciano Ruiz Ayala- La Loca (Peru)
Gitonga (tribe)- Maruvata (Mozambique)
Dogon (tribe)- Tambours de Lutte (Mali)
Markos Vamvakaris- O Masturas (Greece)
Rev. Lonnie Farris- Glory to Jesus, I'm Free (USA)
Sinn Sisamouth- Don't Let My Girlfriend Tickle Me (Cambodia)
Kenyon Hopkins- Get Crazy (USA)
Aldon & The Ec's- Endsville (USA)
Don Sornrabeab- Mao (Drunk) (Thailand)
Embryo- Knast-Funk (Germany)
Enrique Lynch- Hazio Como Quiras (Peru)
Afrosound- Jungle Fever (Colombia)
Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquestra- Cumbia En Do Menor (Colombia)
Orchestre Poly Rhythmo de Contonou- Nouessename (Benin)
Antibalas Afrobeat- Out with the New in with the True (USA)
Wu-Tang Clan- Protect Ya Neck (USA)
Jay Dee- Trk 4 off "Beat Tapes #3" (USA)
Shabazz Palaces- Are You Can You Were You (Felt) (USA)

Brought to you with love by IIAI.
enjoy! as always more soon.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Weekly Mix #3


A Brand new mix that takes us from Mozambique in the fifties, to the modern day Sahara,  through 70s India, into Kraut rock legends, No Wave noise, African funk, Hammond groovin, closing off with roots deepcuts, with more gems in between... enjoy!

Playlist:
Artist-Song (Country)
Samples from William Burroughs throughout.
Aurielio Kowano-  Uta Rungula Wamane Lekaya (Mozambique)
Group Doueh- Beattle Harab (Niger
 Ojha- Babaji (N. India)
Moebius & Plank- Sosmo-Fantor (Germany)
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks- Less of Me (USA)
Legendary Stardust Cowboy- Relaxation (USA)
Man or Astroman- Engines of Difference (USA)
Discafric Band- Houiou Djin Nan Zon Aklumon (Benin)
Joe Chopper & The Swinging 7 Soul Band- Soul Pusher (USA)
Joni Haastrup- Greetings (Nigeria)
Breakestra- Lowdown Stank (USA)
Lou Donaldson- Turtle Walk (USA)
Randy's Allstars- Mission Impossible (Jamaica)
Pablove Black (Augustus Pablo)- Sidewalk Doctor (Jamaica)

As always more soon... don't forget some of the artists are links to more info or relevant videos...
much love..

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Desensitized mix

This mix is for the few of us who are desensitized or crazy enough to love loud fast noisy tunes....
If i want these mixes to reflect what i'm listening to, then i can't ignore this stuff, and i know i'm not alone in loving the artists/genres contained herein...
Playlist:
Artist-Song (Country)
Adolf Hitler - speech on Stalingrad, dec. '42
Whitehouse- Mouthy Battery Beast (UK)
Black Pus- My House is a Mouse (USA)
Hella- Hello Great Architect of the U
Bad Brains- Regulator
Child Abuse- Live Too Fast
Buzzkill-Yeah (USA)
Sardonis-Thor (Belguim)
Death- Left to Die (USA)
Abacinate- Extension Cord 17 (USA)
Morbid- Winds of Funera (Sweden)
Agoraphobic Nosebleed- Hang The Pope (USA)
Naked City- Thrash Jazz Assassin (USA)
Sax Ruins- Gravestone (Japan)
Korekyojin- Four Holes in the Sky (Japan)
Mindflayer- Worm is Coming (USA)



 As always more soon, the next mix in this vein will be more focused on Sludge, Doom, and psychedelic metal...
enjoy!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Fresh Mix

A strange hour mix of songs that've caught my ear recently....
Playlist:
 Artist-Song (Country)
The Ndebele People- Spirit Dances (Zimbabwe)
Skip James- Illinois Blues (USA)
Tom Waits- The One that Got Away (USA)
Charlie Parker-Salt Peanuts (USA)
Avarus- Välivääpelin Välikäpy (Finland)
 Master Musicians of Bukakke (Alan Bishop on Vocals)- People of The Drifting Houses (USA)
 Holger Czukay (Co-founder of Can)- Late Night Radio (Germany)
Doseone-Civilization (USA)
J Dilla- Dilla Bot vs The Hybrid (USA, Detroit)
Slum Village (J-Dee Produced, feat. Busta Rhymes)- What It's All About (USA, Detroit)
DJ Premier- Mobb Style (USA, NYC)
The Marxmen- Downtown Swinga (USA)
Bounty Killer- Look (Jamaica)
Jahdan Blakkamoore- Buss it Pon Dem (USA, NYC)
The Bug (feat. Flow Dan & Killa P)- Ganja



Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Mix

I mix i kicked out a few days ago, with some new finds and old loves...
 Playlist: 
Artist, Song Title (Country)
Chico and Buddy, A Thing Called the Jones (USA)
The Noblemen, Dragon Walk (USA)
Kaleidoscope, Hang Out (Mexico)
Mustafa Ozkent Orchestra, Carsamba (Turkey)
The Funkees, Akpankoro (Nigeria)
Sorry Bamba, Boro (Mali)
Tukul Band, Akale Woube (Ethiopia)
Cumbia Sigo Xx- Naga Pedale (Colombia)
Michi Sarmiento- A Los Sicodelicos (Colombia)
Los Mitcos Del Ritmo- Satta Massa Cumbia (USA, Colombia)
Jackie Mittoo feat. Tommy McCook, Execution (Jamaica)
Roots Radics & Bravo, The Dark Zone (Jamaica)
Idris Ackamoor (Pyramid), Lalibela (USA)
Contemporary Noise Sextet, No Marks, No Body, Not Guilty (Poland)

Enjoy, video update soon...