Egyptian Lover

Since the Arabian Prince link got blocked I decided to post one of his colleagues in the soulsonic sound game aptly name Egyptian Lover.....All these soulsonic funk guys love the Middle East and Africa and Egyptian Lover is obviously no exception...and although this album was released in 1984 and the blog is the best of NEW music from around the world this sound and album was way ahead of its time and is slowly becoming relevant again in the hip-hop, dance and underground realms of funk, disco and boogie. Music always goes in cycles; as far as trends in popular music and equally in underground music....so here we are 2009 enjoying albums that were released while we were in the womb or nursing...anyways great production on this album awesome vocals and lyrical content is rather quirky and, although cheesy, the album cover is sick.....look up pictures of him now.....big contrast hahaha....

Egyptian Lover - On The Nile

01. My House (On The Nile)
02. What Is a DJ If He Can't Scratch
03. Girls
04. Computer Love (Sweet Dreams)
05. Egypt Egypt
06. I Cry (Night After Night)
07. Unreal
08. And My Beat Goes Boom

Egyptian Link

Arabian Prince

POST NUMBER 75 Y'ALL! The Innovator.. aka Professor X of early early early N.W.A.... aka Arabian Prince is an old school hip-hopper along the lines of Afrikan Bambaata or Egyptian Lover. He released a few EPs in the 80's with production on a few by Dr. Dre. PBW and Stones Throw put together a compilation of all his EPs of his Innovative Life resurrecting the soulsonic sound of yesteryears. Great production, sounds and rhythms coming out hot on the dance floor one of my favorites to listen to....

Arabian Prince - Innovative Life: The Anthology 1984-1989

1		Strange Life	6:54
2		It Ain't Tough	6:10
3		Take You Home Girl	8:17
4		Let's Hit The Beach	5:25
5		Innovative Life	5:55
6		Innovator	4:53
7		Situation Hot	4:38
8		Panic Zone	3:33
9		Professor X (Saga)	4:26
10		Freak City	4:57
11		Simple Planet	3:49
12		Beatdabeat 2:38

Arabian Link
(Sorry link blocked probably upon Stones Throw request....never re-up Stones Throw Music because if one were to host the link themselves, one would receive threatening e-mails)

Georgia Anne Muldrow

The newest album from the princess of soul Georgia Anne Muldrow......Though not the Stones Throw release, which I unfortunately cannot find, Georgia Anne has solidfied her space in history as the first female act signed to the label which saw her "Olesi" release. She is quite a busy lady running her own record label, ePistrophik Peach Sound, with long time collaborator Dudley Perkins (Declaime) and producing all of its modern soul, funk and hip-hop staples. She has been featured on the albums of such artists as DJ Mitsu, Erykah Badu, Eagle Nebula, Stacy Epps, Oddisee and even produced the transcendent ballad, Roses, on Mos Def's newest album The Ecstatic. I have been meaning to post this for awhile but considering my recent obsession with everything funk and soul seems appropriate now....

Georgia Anne Muldrow - Umsindo (Zulu word for "sound")

01. 03:15 Jina Langu Ni Afrika (My Name Is Afrika)
02. 03:52 John De Conqueror (Ona Move)
03. 01:39 Seminole Unity Chant
04. 04:40 Uhuru Flight
05. 05:45 Daisies
06. 01:00 Okra
07. 02:34 Sermontee
08. 01:04 Fonky Day
09. 05:27 Generation/You Got It
10. 00:55 Nsamanfo
11. 03:36 Caracas
12. 04:22 Slice It
13. 01:48 So Far
14. 03:43 Roses
15. 03:19 Idolozi
16. 01:02 Slice It (Reprise)
17. 05:12 Kids
18. 01:33 West Coast Player
19. 03:34 E.S.P.
20. 01:35 Beya
21. 04:19 I.Q.
22. 04:00 De Wiz
23. 05:00 Roses Pt. 2
24. 01:07 Diaspora

Georgia Anne Mulink

Blasta

Originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, Blasta has taken 2009 and made it his own with this album. I picked this up on a whim and was blown away.....he takes elements from every hot genre right now and throws an original and fresh take on the constantly changing underground scene. This album is on heavy rotation right now don't sleep on this one folks......

Blasta - The Incredible Adventures oof Kenzolika and Quetzacoatl Among the Air Castles

01. Owl's Fal
02. Sat Mornin Be Steppin
03. Blast Air
04. Feels So Good
05. Zeppeline Nacelle
06. Cosmic Lounge
07. Your Dub Delay
08. Black Muscatel
09. Butterflyz Inside
10. Trip 42

Blastalink

Lexx

So these mixtapes are kinda old (over a year--ancient by this blog's standards), but nevermind that. The tracks are pure classic disco/electro/funk. Nothing more to say, go out and enjoy two hours of summertime jamming, courtesy of Lexx.

lexx – summer fling

01. sleazee - the girls are out (dub mix)
02. compass point all stars – peanut butter
03. woolfy – odyssey
04. roundtree – get on up
05. five sinners – magic (idjut boys edit)
06. gwen guthrie – it’s getting hot (larry levan mix)
07. h & la – athene
08. force of nature - i-ight
09. 40 thieves – don’t turn it off
10. steel an skin – afro punk reggae dub
11. third world – talk to me
12. the equals - are you ready for me?
13. jah wobble, the edge, holger czukay - hold on to your dreams
14. sly & robbie – syncopation
15. black uhuru – ion storm

Link 'em

Lexx - Mystery Mix

00. intro/a certain ratio efx vocals
01. fleetwood mac – safe harbour / talk: andreas vollenweider
02. a band called o - coasting
03. zazou biakaye & cy 1 – lamuka (edit)
04. eurythmics – monkey monkey
05. jan hammer – don't you know
06. ish – faster than a speeding bullet
07. dogs of war – stress
08. codek – demo
09. meco – funk
10. guru guru - starway
11. eberhard schoner – why don't you answer
12. curt cress – sundance
13. king sporty & the ex tras – no wonder!
14. forrrce – keep on dubbing
15. paladin- third world
16. kraan – you're right
17. can - don't say no
18. america – are you there? (edit)

R.C.S.A.

The Emperor Machine (redux)

And now for something completely different...

Since it's summertime, I figured I'd post something other than club music for once. The Emperor Machine is the nom de guerre of Andy Meecham (of Chicken Lips fame (though I use the term "fame" rather loosely here)). The proper Emperor Machine albums are themselves consistently great. It's usually a jumble of funky styles, from krautrock to left-field jazz to afro funk. Not surprisingly, this mix he recently put together for FACT magazine is a funky/psychadelic tour through his varied influences.

1. Nina Nardini - Afro-Beat
2. The Natural Yogurt band - Voodoo
3. The Fitzcarraldo Variations - Gamma Modelo
4. Bajka - The Only Religion I Believe
5. The Starlights - Mao Mao
6. The Natural Yogurt Band - Soft Cheese
7. Snakefinger - What Wilbur
8. Dynastie Krisis - Faust '72
9. C.C.S. - Brother
10. Spin - Grasshopper
11. Venus Gang - Love To Fly
12. Antonio Carlos & Jocafi - Desacato
13. Dory Previn - Mary C. Brown and The Hollywood Sign (Emperor Machine Mix)

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Sorry for getting your hopes up. FACT has a shitty policy of taking mixes down after three weeks. You just missed your chance. Early bird and what have you.

To make up for it, here's another mix of Emperor Machine selections (though they're only picks from the label he's on).

One last thing, if you missed out on the above mixtape, go get The Natural Yogurt Band album. As Helf would say, it's super headie.

Emperor Machine Selects (download link)

01. kelpe - sickly situation 04:58
02. arcadion - ghost feeder 05:22
03. the octagon man - vidd 06:20
04. padded cell - city of lies 03:23
05. higamos hogamos - the illuminoids 05:08
06. the oscillation - saturn 5 04:36
07. big two hundred - drum spell 12:11
08. white light circus - rocket ride 08:30
(emperor machine mix)
09. depth charge - cool it vixen (version) 04:56

Old School Funk

So I just downloaded this album like two days ago, it's Cymande's self titled album from 1973. I was cruising in the Mil listening to 91.7 WMSE and this song comes on that I know from somewhere. It hits me, it's from one of my favorite movies, The 25th Hour, A Spike Lee Joint with Edward Norton. It's from the scene when the high school girl is floating around the club rolling on E. The song is Bra. The rest of the album is solid funk, but Bra is definitely some ear candy that I'll be floating to when I run the marathon in 8 days. Enjoy!

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