Guest Mix - The Breakbeat Junkie & Plugg

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Here's a tight mix from Ant (aka The Breakbeat Junkie) and Plugg -- two DJs from the UK. These dudes have collaborated on over 6 mixes together, but they've never actually met or spoken. All of their production is digital and Web-based.

Normally, I'm not a fan of heavily-edited mixes, but this is an exception. Listen to "The Message" blended with Bongolia -- it's super seamless and natural. A lot of these edits and transitions can't be done with vinyl alone, which is why digital mixing is starting to get my respect. It opens up a lot of creative possibilities, and this mix is a good example of what can be done.

TRACKLISTING

1. T-Connection - Groove to Get Down
2. Ultramagntic Mc's - Poppa Large (acapella)
3. Yellow Sunshine - Yellow Sunshine
4. Lttle Sonney - Eli's Pork Chop
5. Ol' Dirty Bastard Feat Kelis - Got Yo Money
6. Uncle Louie - I Like Funky Music
7. Melle Mel - The Message (acapella)
8. Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Bongolia
9. Melle Mel - The Message (acapella)
10. Bombs - Average White Five
11. Lyrics Born - Do That There Medley
12. Soulson - Buffalo Gals
13. Pleasure - Let's Dance
14. Dimples D - Sucker DJ (acapella)
15. The 45 King - The 900 Number (Lakim Shabazz acapella)
16. Up, Bustle & Out - Carbine 744 520 Che Guevara
17. Up, Bustle & Out - Guitarra Por La Revolucion
18. Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (acapella)
19. Pleasure - Joyous
20. MC Duke - Miracles (acapella)
21. Public Enemy - Night Of The Living Bassheads
22. Z-Trip feat. Lyrics Born & Lateef - The Get Down (DJ Zeph Remix)
23. Lucy Hawkins - Gotta Get Out of Here
24. Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (acapella)
25. Flow Dynamics - Live In The Mix
26. Mc Lyte - Cold Rock A Party (acapella)
27. Fdel - Ladies And Gentlemen
28. Aromadozeski Therapy feat Rmanowski Devious Doze - Strudel Strut
29. Krs-One ft Smooth Bee - The Refinitions (acapella)
30. Dj Jeff - Change The Scratch

Ant and I have been exchanging emails for awhile now. I have another one of his mixes that I'll be posting here shortly. Stay tuned...

Labels: breakbeat podcast, guest mixes, old school hip-hop podcast

Guest Mix - Ursula 1000

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Ursula 1000's third offering on illJazz is a hard-hitting breaks mix with a retro vibe - lot's of beeps, distorted bass, cheeky rave synths, and 90s hip-hop references. The stand-out track is easily Product.01's mix of Electrik Boogie, but the whole thing is slamming.

TRACKLISTING

1. Party Style - Flowers in my Mind
2. Booty - Happy-Happy
3. Punks Groove - Da Funk Boot
4. Ursula 1000 - Electrik Boogie (Product.01 remix)
5. Easy D - Super Heroes
6. Jaymen - Ooh La La (Ursula 1000 edit)
7. Armand Van Helden - This ain't Hollywood (Ursula 1000 edit)
8. Hotflash vs. Spank Rock - Bump Boot (Ursula 1000 edit)
9. Born to Funk - S.O.D.B
10. Elektrorub - Elektrorub (Ursula 1000 edit)
11. Bailectro - Cristiane Just Won't Do It
12. The Cooky Factory - I Just Want To
13. DJ Nick - Summer Samba
14. Micky Slim - Jump
15. Ursula 1000 - Step Back (Deekline & Ed Solo remix)

If you are in NYC this month, Ursula will be spinning at Heathers Bar on the 19th, APT on the 20th, and the PS1 Warm-up partay on the 28th.

Labels: breakbeat podcast, guest mixes

Guest Mix - Ursula 1000

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Ursula 1000, Tokyo Disco Stylee...

Ursula is back with another killer mix on illJazz. It's on the funky breaks side of things, but as always he draws on everything from hip-hop to reggae to rock. One thing that's consistent - it's packed with floor-friendly party beats that appeal to even the biggest electronic music skeptics. If you haven't already, definitely pick up his latest LP, Here Comes Tomorrow, which contains the cuts Boop, Hello! Let's Go To A Disco, Electrik Boogie, etc. And look out for the Fort Knox Five and Product.01 remixes of Electrik Boogie soon. Let's see if they can top the Minneapolis-influenced madness that Ursula constructed the first time around. Hard to top!!

TRACKLISTING

1. Electric Light Orchestra - Prologue
2. Ursula 1000 vs. Ugly Duckling - Smack my Theme
3. The Weedingmen - St. Thomas (remix)
4. DJ Regal - Rock the Funky Beat
5. Modeler - Getts Down
6. Ursula 1000 - Boop
7. Club des Belugas - Dibidy Dop (funky mix)
8. Speaker Punks vs. Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
9. Mr. Potatohead - Future
10. Welcome Kranz - Din Daa Da
11. Cut & Run - Horny Disco Balls
12. Cut & Run - Murder in the Jamrock
13. DJ D**kline & Red Polo - Mandy vs. Space Invader
14. B-Phreak - Repeated Groove
15. Edu K- Popozuda Rock N' Roll
16. Ninja Raver - Rollerbooty
17. MSTRKRFT - Work on You
18. Housebreakerz ft. the Ragga Twins - Jump on it
19. FK1000 - Mondays Feelgood
20. Loo & Placido - Reggae Rigby

***If you're in NYC, come czech him live at APT on March 16. Full dj schedule here.

Labels: breakbeat podcast, guest mixes

Podcast # 13

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This one's kind of all over the place. Just a bunch of tunes - new and old - that I'm feeling at the moment. It's a bit more on the party tip than some of my other mixes. Sidenote...while visiting my aunt/uncle last Xmas, I discoved the Rick James track hidden away with a bunch of old LPs in their basement. Who knew the familia could be so funky??

TRACKLISTING

1. Queen vs. The Miami Project – Another One Bites the Dust (A Skillz Mix)
2. Laid Back – White Horse
3. FDEL – Get up on ya Feet
4. DJ Kool - Let me Clear my Throat (45 King Bass and Funk mix)
5. The Rapture W.A.Y.U.H (people don’t dance no more)
6. Cassius – Toop Toop
7. Rick James – Below the Funk (Pass the J)
8. Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
9. Tutto Matto - Funkulu
10. Neighbourhood Romeo – Four Girls, Bi Girls
11. Prince – Lady Cab Driver
12. George Kranz – Din Daa Daa
13. Troubleman – Strike Hard
14. Hardsoul feat. New Cool Collective – Sweatshop
15. Danny Marquez & Ferry B – Afrocatalans
16. James Brown – Sex Machine (Readymade Jazz Defector Mix)
17. The Juju Orchestra feat. Terry Callier – What is Hip (Mo' Horizons)
18. A Skillz vs. Beatvandals – Beat Don’t Stop
19. Doug E. Fresh – The Original Human Beat Box
20. Bent – Always (Nightmares on Wax Mix)
21. De la Soul – Me, Myself, and I
22. Hole in the Wall Gang – Brown Soul
23. The Marvels – Rocksteady
24. Bombs - Under mi Sensi
25. Farid - Sunday Paper

Labels: andrew's mixes, breakbeat podcast, funk podcast, old school hip-hop podcast

Guest Mix - Ursula 1000

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Ursula 1000

This month brings the first in a series of guest mixes that will be featured on illJazz.

Kicking it off is NY-based DJ/artist Ursula 1000, who has one of the freshest musical styles out there. One part funk, one part lounge, one part breakbeat...stirred in with a little house and hip-hop influence. This mix only offers a small glimpse of Ursula 1000’s sound, so if you’re in the NYC area, I highly recommend that you make a trip to APT to hear him live. Otherwise, check his DJ schedule as he plays all over the world.

The man behind Ursula 1000 is none other than the mild mannered, multi-instrumentalist Alex Gimeno. Alex's style evolved and transitioned from the sophisticated & hip background score provided by his father, a renowned member of the 50's Latin orchestra, Los Chavales De Espana, to the heady rock, punk, disco, funk and electronic dance music of his generation. Alex smoothly moves back and forth between musical styles from the glamorous Jet Set era to frenetic electronica. Alex cannot be boxed in, categorized or labeled, his music is a multi-leveled eclectic blend of styles and genres. Finding a label to house this eclecticism could be tricky. Lo and behold came the smart and highly respected Eighteenth Street Lounge Music label, operated by Washington DCs Thievery Corporation.

In addition to his monthly residency at APT in NYC, you can catch Alex dj-ing his transcontinental grooves at discothèques worldwide and for fashionistas like Prada, Issey Miyake, Hugo Boss, Miss Sixty, Fiorucci, H&M, Diesel and Christian Dior.

Alex has just released his latest studio album entitled, Here Comes Tomorrow, where he explores a mind meld of jazz, electro, latin, swing, ska, bossa nova, hip hop, psychedelia and glam rock. Featuring guests such as LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES, CRISTINA (of ZE RECORDS fame), MEMBERS OF GENTLE PEOPLE, QYPTHONE, CABARET NOIR, TOWER OF POWER, and MISTY ROSES.

Labels: breakbeat podcast, breaks podcast, guest mixes