Last week the studio was filled with 3 people and a lot of vinyl, but this week it was just me and a couple of cd’s. Plenty of new stuff, promo’s and upcoming releases, and three tunes by the UK’s Deep Space Orchestra, a project by Si ‘Jazzchops’ Murray and Chris Barker. They have a few things forthcoming, but I couldn’t resist playing some of their heavy jazz-house-blend demo’s.

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Philta – How Far ft. Fleur – 4lux
Emanative – Wind, Sand And Stars (Jazz Chronicles Remix) – Futuristica
Hidden – Cloudless Skies – GoldHill
Deep Space Orchestra – Clockwork Ninja – demo
Deep Space Orchestra – Moonrunners – demo
Deep Space Orchestra – City Streets – demo

Mark E – White Skyway – Under The Shade
Ty – Emotions (Dego & Akwasi’s 2000 Black Remix) – BBE
Live Tropical Fish – Peace Of Mind (feat. Deborah Jordan) – Live Tropical Fish
Floating Points – People’s Potential – Eglo
Georg Levin – Late Discovery – BBE
Sade – Stronger Than Pride (Karizma K2 Mix) – none

Nebraska – Time Has Come Pt. 1 – Rush Hour
Marino Berardi – Best Intention (Pezzner Perspective) – Room With A View
Four Tet – Sing – Domino
Greymatter – Mind Over Matter – Unique Uncut

Mark Pritchard – Heavy As Stone – Deep Medi
Funckarma – Delibel – Eat Concrete
Lay-far – Re-Mystery – demo
Silhouette Brown – Casualties Of Honey – 2000Black
Damn! – Country Ways – Pope
6ix Toys – Do Your Thing – First Word Records

It took a while to recover the recording of this show, but here it comes! If you’re a fan of oldskool funk, gritty soul, allround psychedelica and 7″ vinyls, tune in for this studio mix. The Daptunes lads have been running their radioshow for quite a few years on Urgent.fm so we invited them over for a quick chat and an hour worth of music.

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Daedelus – Order of the Golden Dawn (ft. Laura Darling) – Brainfeeder
American Men – AM System (Mike Slott Lazer Mix) – XLR8R
Dimlite – Diana Won’t – none
Illum Sphere – Psycho – Fat City
Analogue Monsta – Nxt Msg (Deletion Mix) – Brownswood
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Brickabrac – Black Acre
The Slapped Eyeballers – Or At Least – Sonar Kollektiv
Mulatu Astatke – Ethio Blues – Strut

Menahan Street Band – Montego Sunset – Daptone
*** Gerd/Daptunes mix
SuperSister – Dead Dog – Polydor
Jess, Denis And James – A Man’s Symphony Pt. I – Palette
Jawbone – Java Jelly – EMI
Injun Joe – Someone – Reward
Jean Kassapian – The Snake – Finders Keepers
The Whitefield Brothers – Savannahstan – Now Again
Block Barley – Where Is My Mind – MPM
Mr Chop – Electric Vibes – Stark Reality
Pierre Dutour Et Son Orchestre – Safari – Chapell

Roland Louis Orchestra – Play Up Play Up – Soukous
Aksu Orkestrasi – Bermuda Seytan Ücgeni – Twimo
The Spencer Jackson Family – Bring Back Peace To This World Pt. I – Little Lynn’s
Shades Of Joy – Flute In A Quarry – Douglas
Leon Gardner – Who Are You – Igloo
Kiosk – Mona Call – Disques Vogue
NRBQ – Rocket Number 9 – CBS
Os Mutantes – She’s My Girl – Brutal Music
Dept Of Edu – Cuban Studies – Pelican Industries
Pamoja – Oooh, Baby – Lotus Land
Iron-Knowledge – Show Stopper – Tammy
*** End of mix

Sylvester – Over and Over (J.Rocc Edit) – none
Stong Arm Steady – Best Of Times ft. Phonte – Stones Throw
Charles Earland – Coming To You Live (LeFtO Edit) – none
Brand Nubian – All For One – Elektra
Madlib Medicine Show – Life Goes By – Stones Throw

Hello from Les Deux Alpes! We’re probably snowboarding right now, but we still wanted to give you an edition of our weekly podcast. And that’s for the simple reason we’re not only having great fun over there in France, no … we’re actually also missing out on some. This saturday Lefto organises a night with an incredible line-up. Floating Points, Shuanise, Funkineven, a.o. will all be playing our hometown. But that’s not the only great concert coming up; there’s actually several events to look forward to in February and March. This podcast showcases some of them …

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No tracklisting this time. This edition of the Beyondjazz podcast is a compilation of the Dorian Concept mix for Lucky Me, the Functional Dysfunction mix by Tokimonsta, Daedelus’ Magic Mix and Lefto’s Teaser for his #2 night. We’re rebroadcasting all of these mixes (w/ permission) for the simple reason they’re awesome, plus that the artists represented by them will be in Beyondjazz’ home country Belgium very soon.

• Lefto #2, with Floating Points, Funkineven, Shuanise, Fatima, Exile, Blu, Fashawn
  Saturday February 20th
  Minnemeers, Gent
  More info: democrazy.be
• Supafly, with La Melodia & Tokimonsta
  Saturday February 27th
  Le Tavernier, Brussels
  More info: lefto.be
• FFWD, with Nosaj Thing, Daedelus, Dynooo, a.o.
  Friday March 5th
  Nijdrop, Opwijk
  More info: nijdrop.be
• Nosaj Thing, Dorian Concept, Infinitskills & Lefto
  Saturday Marth 6th
  De Kreun, Kortrijk
  More info: dekreun.be

Don’t miss these events. Enjoy the mix.

Thanks to Tokimonsta, Lefto, Daedelus and the Lucky Me fam.

Greymatter’s debut album Mind Over Matter will be released next week, and we thought it was a good occasion to ask him for some of the music that inspired him while producing the album. Turns out it’s a pretty timeless blend of classics. But first we kick off with some of the latest and greatest new releases by Silhouette Brown, Jaga Jazzist, José James, Gil Scott-Heron, Hidden and more.

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Gil Scott-Heron – New York Is Killing Me – XL
José James – Detroit Loveletter – Brownswood
The Roots – Eve – none
Dâm-Funk – I Wanna Thank You For (Steppin Into My Life) – Stones Throw
James Pants – Wash To Sea – Stones Throw
Gonjasufi – Sheep – Warp
Jaga Jazzist – One Armed Bandit – Ninja Tune

Hidden – Mystereality – GoldHill
Silhouette Brown – Constant Questions (2 Banks of 4 40° Rinse) – 2000Black
Silhouette Brown – Strawberries In Vinegar – 2000Black
Mark E – Plastic People (ME Edit) – Merc
Greymatter – Everybody Needs A Nemesis – Unique Uncut
*** Greymatter’s Mind Over Matter Inspirations Mix
Weldon Irvine – I Am
24 Carat Black – The Best Of Good Love Gone

Tom Brock – I love you more and more
Vijay Iyer Trio – Mystic Brew
The Stance Brothers – Dynamite
Byard Lancaster – Just Test
Lloyd McNeill – Home Rule
Jeff Resnick – Glass
Tribe – Lesli

Drum Circus – Groove Rock
Unknown Artist – Higher (Editnot)
*** end of mix
The Funk Revolution – Izzy Come, Izzy Go – Tramp
Myron & E with The Soul Investigators – It’s A Shame – Stones Throw
Menahan Street Band – Home Again – Daptone

Ready for some sneaky peeks into upcoming albums by Silhouette Brown, Greymatter, Erykah Badu and Lou Rhodes? And a taster of the just-out releases by Mark E, Bullion, Dynooo, Rob van de Wouw, Floating Points, Sk Radicals, Martyn and more? Beyondjazz, keeping you in the know!

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Greymatter – Back In The City ft. Kev Luckhurst – Unique Uncut
Dynooo – Fuh Real (Luigi Remix) – MacFly
Silhouette Brown – Constant Questions – 2000Black
D’Angelo – 1000 Deaths – none
Erykah Badu – Jump In The Air (feat. Lil Wayne & Bilal) – Motown
Dwele – Shoulda Known – BamaLovesSoul
Bopstar – Octavia – none
Bullion – Crazy Over You – One-Handed Music

Bibio – S’Vive – Warp
Lou Rhodes – There For The Taking – Motion Audio
The Album Leaf – Summer Fog – Sub Pop
Illum Sphere – Kaleidoscope – Fat City
Al Usher – Lullaby For Robert (Bogdan Irkük Remix) – Internasjonal
Mark E – Sun Shadow – Merc

Rob van de Wouw – Common Ground (ft. Ivar) – Embrace
Atjazz – Together (Clyde Remix) – Atjazz
Westpark Unit – Blaxrotation Suite Mix – Farside
Taho – Energy Fields (Quince’s Dubbed Out Reconstruction) – Delsin
Basement Jaxx – Feelings Gone (Floating Points Remix) – Ultra
Sk Radicals – Fragile Cosmic Girl – Freestyle

Farah – Waiting (Zepherin Saint Refix) – Broadcite
I:Cube – Yes Mama – Versatile
Débruit – Nigeria What? – Civil Music
Mashforce vs Bembe Segue – Clearly Thru U – none
Martyn – Hear Me (Zomby Remix) – 3024
Stereotyp – Jahman – G-Stone

More dancing tunes this week, with people like Seiji, MCDE, Michna, Redshape, Joy Orbison and Untold making sure you don’t get cold in these snowy temperatures (over here at least). Also, lots of fusion happening in music these days, as hiphop, house, broken beat, d’n’b and dubstep are routinely mashed together to create something unrecognisable but ultimately very enjoyable.

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Computer Jay – 1000 Fold (feat. The Gray Kid) – Art Don’t Sleep
Dimlite – Roo (A Dedication) – Bandcamp
The xx – Basic Space (Pariah Remix) – Young Turks
Plaid – Dett – Warp
Four Tet – Plastic People – Domino
Martyn – Seventy Four (Redshape Remix) – 3024
Motor City Drum Ensemble – Got It – Prime Numbers

Havana Cultura – Chekere (Seiji Rerub) – Brownswood
Hidden – Gossip – GoldHill
Masterbuilders – Never Never (Christo Remix) – Masterbuilders
Joy Orbison – BRKLN CLLN (Michna’s Brooklyn Bridge Remix) – none
The Field – I Have the Moon, You Have the Internet (Gold Panda Remix) – Kompakt
Dexter – The Future – Digital
José James – Made For Love – Brownswood

Rockwell – Underpass – Critical
Mount Kimbie – Serged – Hotflush Recordings
Gil Scott-Heron – Running – XL Recordings
Gil Scott-Heron – On Coming From A Broken Home (Part 2) – XL Recordings
Om Unit – Encoded – Fabric 591 Limited
Débruit – Gros – Musique Large
edIT – Battling Go-Go Yubari In Downtown L.A. – Alpha Pup
Daedelus – Admit Defeat – Alpha Pup
Shortstuff & Hyetal – Ice Cream – Punch Drunk

Orange Breakdown – Sirene Break – cdr
Joy Orbison – The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow – Aus
Untold – Don’t Know. Don’t Care. – Hemlock
Pangaea – Dead Living – Hessle Audio
Skream – Repercussions Of A Razorblade – Swamp81
Reefer – Let It Go (Flying Lotus Remix) – Alpha Pup
Squarepusher – My Sound – Warp

In early 2009, Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft met up with Berlin’s producer and DJ Henrik Schwarz for an improvised session exploring their collaborative force to combine acoustic jazz with electronic music. For both of them, that special night sparked off a new beginning of a future project. Since then they performed together in various gigs and now they are already recording their album for a release in 2010. Yesterday they published the first glimpse of how they work together in Bugge’s studio room in Oslo:

Here you can watch the duo performing ‘Dreaming’ at Montreux Jazz Festival 2009 (more videos here)

Don’t forget to join their official facebook page and go to their myspace site for some demo previews and live dates. On 11th of February, they will be holding a lecture at Red Bull Music Academy 2010 in London followed by a live performance in Royal Albert Hall alongside Carl Craig and more a day later. Get your tickets here!

Plus: Henrik Schwarz has shared his own made and heavily used software called Schwarzonator for Ableton heads.

Since he entered the scene with a bang five years ago with his edit of Womack & Womack, Mark Evetts has been unleashing bomb after bomb. Rather than simply making a tune twice as long and adding a kick drum, Mark E skillfully dissects the groove out a track and crafts a totally new piece around it. And his originals are equally good, slow house burners that you can’t help nodding your head to. The release of his first album (a compilation of his edits) is the perfect occasion for a full hour of Mark E.

But we start with some great tunage by Floating Points, Isoul8, Untold, Instra:mental, Westpark Unit, JtotheC, …

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JtotheC – Nono (Luigi YesYes Remix) – on-point.be
00Genesis – Winter’s Tale – cdr
Bullion – Say Goodbye To What – One Handed Music
The XX – Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix) – cdr
Untold – Stop What Your Doing – Hemlock Recordings
Gonjasufi – Ancestors – Warp Records
Low Limit – Turf Day – Rush Hour
Instra:mental – Watching You – Nonplus
Peter Kirn – Anaxagoras – XLR8R

Quince – Contracting – Delsin
Basement Jaxx – Feelings Gone (Floating Points Remix) – Ultra
Westpark Unit – Jeepah – Farside
Dirty Channels – African Democracy (Isoul8 Remix) – Reincarnation
*** Spotlight on Mark E mix
Mark E – Smokescreen – Sonar Kollektiv

Mark E – Fighter – Sonar Kollektiv
Womack & Womack – Baby I’m Scared Of You (Mark E Edit) – Jiscomusic
Mark E – Smiling – Merc
Mark E – Night Mover – Merc
Mark E – Gunstone – Endless Flight

Mark E – Nocturn – Under The Shade
Jazzanova – I Can See (Mark E Remix) – Verve
Mark E – RnB Drunkie – Merc

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In the last episode of the Beyondjazz podcast we invited Dynooo to our studios. He’s running the hottest music store in hometown Gent, and is on the verge of releasing a new project: “Gum Dragon”. No escaping the fact we had to invite him for a little chat and guestmix. Here’s some extra info for those not that fluent in Dutch. (We can’t blame you.)

Gum Dragon EP and release party

One of the first times we got introduced to Dynooo, was through his Sol Waters project on the City Wurl label of Billy Palmier. While back then he was both an mc as beat producer, the latest years have seen him focusing on producing. “Rooted in hip hop’s rich soil, but definitely branching out beyond the edges of the genre, Dynooo’s music is for fans of the likes of Daedelus, Samiyam, Hudson Mohawke and next-gen beatcrafters alike.” That includes us.

His live shows at the Release event (a joint effort between Brussels crews Onda Sonora, On-Point and Laid Back), and at the Pluto Festival, already gave us an impression of his sound today. Jay Scarlett and Cinnaman‘s Beat Dimension compilations also featured a track by him.
That sound is now coming to you on wax. Dynooo: “The upcoming EP is called ‘Gum Dragon’. It’s not a complete style switch from previous own releases. It’s been more of a gradual process, looking for a sound that … well, is less boring than the shit I used to make (laughs).”

Dynooo’s Gum Dragon is centered around Fuh Real, a song that features Swedish singer Naboobia laying down a floaty vocal over a high-end 80’s r&b inspired club banger. The rest of the mini-album is a collection of glitching electronics that ranges from soothing (Furbee) to smashing (Cawf Drop) and psychedelic (the Beyondjazz favourite: Will Flattened). Make sure to download the sampler of the EP.

Dynooo: “The music has left for the vinyl pressing now, and will hopefully be available next week. Hopefully, because next week we’re having a release party in Antwerp. I’ve invited Cupp Cave and Richard Colvaen from Bretzel Zoo. It’s in Kavka, on the 22nd of January.”

Next to the Gum Dragon EP, you might want to watch out for a bunch of other releases Dynooo’s got in the pipeline for 2010, including a feature on a project of Cupp Cave. Dynooo: “And hopefully a more live shows.”

Mac Fly

Since November 2008, Gent is one shop richer. In the Mac Fly concept store Dynooo sells music, clothing, kicks and other random cool stuff. When asked if he opened up this store in search for a place he’d love to go shopping himself, Dynooo says: “Well, that’s it, in fact. Dat heb je goed gezegd.”
Every now and then there’s expositions. Dynooo: “A few weeks ago we did an expo by Melika. She’s a student photography of whom we displayed some of the recent work. In the past we also set up expositions in cooperation with Laid Back. Those were more focusing on street art.”
Dynooo: “For future events at the store I’m thinking of maybe doing a listening session around the Gum Dragon ep. Those things just happen spontaneously.”

The biggest selling item in the shop has been the Mac Fly shirts and sweaters, so far. Dynooo: “I wouldn’t call it a clothing line, but it sure would be fun if it evolved in that direction. I’d need some funding for that, but yeah, it’s cool to know people appreciate the prints I’ve designed myself.”
We suggest you to subscribe to the Mac Fly blog or check Dynooo’s tweezies to stay informed.

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Dynooo’s guestmix for Beyondjazz is a one hour trip with 31 beats going all over the place. Dynooo: “The mix is a bit of everything. Music I love and want to get heard. During a live show I’d go a bit heavier, but the blueprint of this one is definitely the same.”
Check for music by Rustie, 8bitch, GLK, Flying Lotus, the (“much overlooked”) Two FingersCarlos Nino, and a couple of Dynooo exclusives. Head over to the podcast to check out the full mix.

Fellow Ghent resident Dynooo is a busy boy: he’s the shopkeeper of the kick ass shop called Mac Fly, and he’s set to release his Gum Dragon EP later this month. A good reason to invite him over to the studio for a little interview and a guestmix with 31 beats going all over the place in less than an hour! If you want to read more about Dynooo, check this piece on Gum Dragon and Mac Fly.

(Audio quality is still not what it should be, we’re working on it!)

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