now futur 007 mixtape
If it's Monday it must be Mixtapes time. Today we have the newest installment (number 7, that is, 007 ) of our Okayplayer-exclusive No(W)FUTUR series curated by Mr. Mass and Simsima, straight outta the slums of Alphaville. DJ Jamad turns in a 2-part mix giving us a taste for the Art Of Cool Festival in NC. You also get a Boiler Room set from J Rocc, and BBC radio set from James Blake and tributes to the dearly departed house pioneer Frankie Knuckle coming in from Mister Cee, Grown Kids Radio and Evil Dee. Gorillaz' Damon Albarn drops a FACT mix, QBert goes scratch picklous, Tensnake make you dance and DJ Lexis turns in a refreshing Spring mix (no greens) for Music Is My Sanctuary. Not only does this mix of mixes set the mood for Spring, there's enough music to last you until actual, factual Spring weather arrives. So don't just sit there: Click through and get Spring started already.
From "Shitsville" to Alphaville, you can count on the No(W)FUTUR crew to curate the best in that very select genre that carries golden-era styles and production values into the future. For their 7th installment, Mr. Mass and Simsima went for a 007 theme, with goldfingery, Bond-tastic results. Play below and scroll down for the tracklisting:
UPTOWN XO DUCK DOWN
FATIN : CHICAGO WIND (FEAT. HALO AND THEE TOM HARDY)
KURIOUS : DELUSIONAL
J57 : BEEN A LONG TIME (FEAT. ATR)
JERN EYE : HOW EVER (SOUL II STRO) (FEAT. JOSIE STINGRAY)
ERIK FLOWCHILD : HURDLES (FEAT. JOE BUDDEN & DJ GROUCH)
FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB : SHITSVILLE
STALLEY : MIDWEST BLUES
SMTH : LAST STRAW (FEAT. CAPITAL STEEZ)
BROWN BAG ALLSTARS : BRWN (PROD. BY EP OF THE DOPPELGANGAZ)
BARAK THE RAPPER X THE MILITIA : DOIN' MY THING
7EVENTHIRTY : GETUP!!!
WILLIE THE KID FT. ROC MARCIANO : AVALON
BARAK THE RAPPER X THE MILITIA : PERCEPTION
JEFF SPEC : LET'S FIND LOVE (WEEK 1)
SILENT KNIGHT : SK ULTRA (GROUNDHOG DAY)
UPTOWN XO : UPTOWN ANTHEM
SEAN C & LV : HAND IN MY POCKET (FEAT. PUSHA T AND ASAP FERG)
7EVENTHIRTY : FUTURE FLOW (FEAT. HEZEKIAH)
UPTOWN XO : PIMP HARDER
SEAN PRICE X ILLAGHEE : DAVE WINFIELD
RYSHON JONES : THREE KAY
SEAN BOOG, SUNDOWN OF ACTUAL PROOF, GQ : KUNG FU PRACTICE
MC MELODEE : BE ABOUT IT (FEAT. FELICIANA)
DYME-A-DUZIN : WHITE GIRL
With this 2-part Art of Cool mix, DJ Jamad gives us a preview of what to expect at Durham, North Carolina's upcoming The Art of Cool Festival. What to expect is all things soulful, jazzy, funky and okayplayerish, from Amel Larrieux to Zo! Just peep the tracklist--and the epic, festival billing, above. If you are anywhere in the mid-Atlantic region, come true! Okayplayer is co-signing and co-presenting this unique festival in the heart of historic Tobacco country and it's guaranteed to be 48 hours to remember.
1. Thundercat - For Love (I Come Your Friend)
2. Bilal - West Side Girl
3. Zo! feat. Eric Roberson - This Could Be The Night
4. MdCL - Hot Music
5. Butcher Brown - All I Know
6. King - Supernatural
7. Laura Reed - Wake Up
8. Thundercat - Lotus and the Jondy
9. Kneebody - Lowell
10. The Foreign Exchange - Don't Let It Be So
11. Wale - My Sweetie
12. Stanley Baird - TrafficJam
13. Cody ChestnuTT - I've Been Life
14. Amel Larrieux - Afraid
15. The Brand New Life - Bara Mbaye
16. The Foreign Exchange ft. Paris Strother & Amber Strother - Ahmed Sirour Remix
17. Bilal - Reminisce
18. Butcher Brown - We Walk Tall
19. Lois Deloatch w/ Scott Sawyer/ Gabe Evens/ Beverly Botsford/ John Brown - Wade in The Water
20. Alice Smith - Fool For You
21. Gizmo - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
22. Christian Scott - K.K.P.D.
23. Brian Horton - Brand New Day
1. The Hot at Nights - Try This!
2. Butcher Brown - This Side of Sunshine
3. King - Go Slow
4. Carolyn Malachi - Orion
5. Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz - Let's Face The Music And Dance
6. Bilal - Sometimes
7. Maceo Parker - Shake Everything You Got
8. The Real Laww - I Got It
9. Thundercat - Walkin
10. MdCL - Minnie
11. The Foreign Exchange - So What If It Is
12. Christian Scott - The Eraser
13. Deborah Bond - Say It (Nicolay Remix)
14. Kneebody - Trite
15. Brian Horton - Brand New Day
16. The Hot at Nights - ACSlater (Nicolay Remix)
17. Bilal feat. Robert Glasper - Butterfly
18. King - The Story
19. Butcher Brown - Sunset Boulevard
20. Zo! feat. Gwen Bunn - Count To Five
21. ………. You Made My Day
James Blake's appearances on BBC 1 Radio are always an event, not least because he always drops some unreleased gems, including his own remixes, edits, and DJ tools. Case in point Blake's 'Harmonomix' of Kendrick Lamar's "good kid, m.A.A.d. city." Can you say; future sound of Compton?
J Rocc is one of our favorite DJs in the entire world, so you know when he steps into the Boiler Room, pipes will bust.
One week ago, this house ceased to be a home for so many of us, when pioneering Chicago DJ Frankie Knuckles (not to be confused with The Roots' percussionist Frank Knuckles) shuffled off this mortal coil to the tune of "The Whistle Song." Fittingly, many DJs around the world have paid tribute in the days since and here we share 3 of the best, from Mister Cee, Evil Dee and our friends at Grown Kids Radio. First up is the GKR tribute:
Mister Cee pays tribute to Frankie Knuckles:
DJ Evil Dee pays tribute to Frankie Knuckles:
Damon Albarn's FACT mix delights and surprises, with selections that run the gamut from straight Okayplayer (Erykah Badu) to straight Okayafrica (Mulatu Astatke, among others). You really shouldn't be surprised, though, when you remember Albarn was the dude behind the Gorillaz, Mali Music and Bobby Womack's last album. Press play below to enjoy:
Tracklist:
01. Joaquin Phoenix, Intro; Dog Harp Fireworks
02. Erykah Badu, ‘Strawberry Incense’
03. The Guinness Cassanovas, ‘Stormy’
04. Matias Aguayo, ‘El Sucu Tucu’
05. Damon Albarn, ‘Electric Demo’
06. East Side Symphony, ‘Hot Pants Road’
07. Henry Mancini, ‘Lujon’
08. Prince Charles and The City Beat Band, ‘Cash (Money)’
09. K Frimpong And His Cubanos Fiesta, ‘Kyenkyen Bi Adi M’awu’
10. Holly Golightly And The Greenhornes, ‘There Is An End’
11. The Great Beauty soundtrack
12. Dengue Fever, ‘One Thousand Tears Of A Taratula’
13. Mulatu Astatke, ‘Yegell’e Teleta (My Own Memory)’
14. 2 Pac And Friends, ‘California Love’
15. Damon Albarn, ‘You and Me’
16. The Man in the Rain Coat soundtrack
German dance specialist Tensnake delivers an exclusive "On Repeat" mix for Rolling Stone, bringing a soulful 80s baby perspective to house & techno that sounds like an answer to the question: what if Prince was Derrick May? Press play below and hit RS for his accompanying interview.
DJ Q-bert of DMC/Skratch Piklz/Dr. Octagon fame shows merely mortal DJs what a turntable is for (and also makes it do a few things it was never intended for).
DJ Lexis of the Music Is My Sanctuary crew closes us out with a Spring mix of some of our favorites from Jean Grae to Jazzanova, Gilberto Gil to Jill Scott. He also drops Knxledge on some new tunes that may be unfamiliar but maybe new favorites by the end of this mix. Like a DJ is supposed to. Happy Monday and Happy Spring.
IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING - Mixed & Selected by Lexis by Music Is My Sanctuary on Mixcloud
I Monster – Daydream in Blue
Kenlo Craqnuques – Fumeuse
Knxldge – Draggin
Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Nag Champa
James Tatum – Lotta Chant
Cortex – I Heard A Sight
Jean Grae – You And Me and Everyone We Know
Cunninglynguists – Seasons (Feat. Masta Ace)
Blame One – Drifting
J Dilla & Blu – Sun in My Face
Trinidad Senolia – You Showed Me
Jublet – Not Yet
Roberto Menescal – Inverno
Gilberto Gil – Viramundo
Catia de Franca – Quem Vai Quem Vem
Kitty Winter Gipsy Nova – New Morning
Les Parisiennes – On Recoit, On Envoie
Kelis – Little Suzie
Weldon Irvine – I Love You
Rasa – When Will The Day Come
Flowers – For Real
Bill Withers – The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
Jazzanova – Let Me Show Ya
George Costanza – Spring Rebirth Rejuvenation
Dudley Perkins / Soul II Soul – Flowers / Back to Life
Towa Tei – Technova
VLooper & Modlee – Snowloops
Aim – Pier 57
Nujabes – Flowers
Jill Scott – Still Lovely (Nirobi Edit)
Outboxx – Brighten My Day
Nebraska – The Other Side
Bennetrhodes – Tenderness
Flako – Mating Dance
Maribou State – Moon Circles
Dntel – To Go Beyond
Gabrielle – Sunshine (Wookie Remix)
Vikter Duplaix – I See The Sun
Brian McMillan – Signs
Bobby Cole – A Perfect Day
Jon Lucien – A Sunny Day
Ryo Fukui – Early Summer
Troyka – Early Morning
Omar – In The Morning
The Dramatics – In The Rain
Nina Simone – It Might As Well Be Spring
Macha Gharibian – La Douceur
