A Couple of Links...

Toy Selectah has a free album available for download. Toy Selectah is responsible for Celso Pina's Cumbia Sobre El Rio. He was also the producer for Control Machete. He's been playing Bersa Discos shows here in SF and will apparently have an album coming out on Diplo's Mad Decent Records. Check out this album of remixes he has out. It's called The Mex-More album. Mexican/Baltimore. Get it?
Toy Selectah - The Mex-More LP



XBXRX Have a new album out. It's available by donation. They are basically my favorite band in SF right now. Their live shows are completely berzerker. And, their drummer, Weasel Walter is a machine. You may know him as the guy who fronted The Flying Luttenbachers
XBXRX - Un Usper

Dennis Brown "Joseph's Coat of Many Colours"

I don't find good reggae very often, so I was pretty excited to come across this Dennis Brown album. First of is "Man Next Door", which I'm embarrassed to say I first heard The Slits cover. It's originally a Paragons track and I believe John Holt originally wrote it. Secondly I'm sharing "Together Brothers" which has Brown taking on the Real Rock Rhythm. And finally I'm sharing "Home Sweet Home" which opens with a great break that I'm surprised nobody has sampled yet.


"Man Next Door" by Dennis Brown from "Joseph's Coat of Many Colours"

"Together Brothers" by Dennis Brown from "Joseph's Coat of Many Colours"

"Home Sweet Home" by Dennis Brown from "Joseph's Coat of Many Colours"

Sockpuppet Soundsystem @ The Argus Friday Night

My DJ partner, Jaybee, and I will be spinning records at the Argus Lounge, here in SF, Friday night. Drop on by, mention the blog, and I'll buy you a drink.

Los Diablos - Ya Te Encontre

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I've been busy listening to this song.

Zappa Covered and Sampled

Long time no post.
Two covers of Zappa.
Two Zappa songs that were covered.
One Zappa song that was sampled by Madlib.


Woody Herman - America Drinks and Goes Home from Thundering Herd

Jean Luc Ponty - King Kong from Jean Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa - America Drinks and Goes Home from Absolutely Free

Frank Zappa - King Kong from Uncle Meat

Frank Zappa - Sleeping in a Jar from Uncle Meat

ZZK

I can't get enough of this "neo-cumbia". Every one of these mixes has been in constant rotation in my car. Download it now while it's still free. In fact, I believe turntablelab was selling one of these mixes as a download.

ZZK Records

Reuben Wilson - On Broadway

Here's some Reuben Wilson for you. I read somewhere this record had a big influence upon the Acid Jazz movement of the 90s. Good funky organ work. I found this in a collection at one of the local thrift stores. Most of the records had radio call letters marked on the covers. It seemed like some radio station just dumped all of their old records at the thrift store. There must have been about 300 records laying around in boxes. Usually, there's half of that, so I was pretty excited when I got there. I ended up being late to an appointment I had later that day.


On Broadway by Reuben Wilson from On Broadway

Baby I Love You by Reuben Wilson from On Broadway

Ain't That Peculiar by Reuben Wilson from On Broadway

Ronnie's Bonnie by Reuben Wilson from On Broadway

Poinciana by Reuben Wilson from On Broadway

Prophet "Right on Time"

A couple of weeks ago I went thrift store shopping with some friends. They were interested in clothes, and I was looking for records. At our fourth stop I came across this record. First, I noticed the cover. A black man wearing a robe and knee high boots is not something to pass up. With the name "Prophet" and what looks like a book on the front I was a little worried that I was looking at a crappy gospel record, so I flipped it to the back -- italicized typed text on white background signaled cheapness to me. The label, Treasure Records, with its address in SF caused me to conclude that this was some sort of private press record. But, what sealed the deal for me was the Co-Producer credit. Julius Funk. How could I pass on a record that was co-produced by Julius Funk?

My friends and I stopped over at another friend's house and had some cocktails. We listened to the records I bought that day. Everyone loved the cover, but they were not particularly feeling the drum machine and synthesizer funk of Prophet. I tried to explain to them my "digger sensibilities" and reasoning for picking up the record, but everyone seemed to start drinking their martinis and looking away in embarrassment. I didn't mind the falsetto vocals and synthesized swooshes. My only complain is that some of the songs start to sound the same. So I decided to do some nerdy record research when I got home and found out that Peanut Butter Wolf is a fan of Prophet. And, I found a copy sold for $120 last year. So, take a listen to two of the tracks from the album or download the entire thing as a .zip file and tell us what you think.

Right On Time by Prophet from Right on Time

Strong & Mighty by Prophet from Right on Time


Download 66.87MB .zip File