Music Ology

Peace & Blessings,

Give Thanks & Praises
to the Most I -

the group Pacha Massive sez:
'for All Good Things,
We have to Wait' -
well, now is the time
to Celebrate the Harvest of
Good Things for which
We have waited
since sowing Our seeds
in the Spring ...

here's a radio-show style 'cast
featuring DJ KawoMetut:

Sacrifices Been Made - Demetrius Price, C'est ne pas bon - Amadou & Miriam, Seagulls - Sa-Ra, Rainbow Country - The Wailers, Calypso Music - Rythm Roots AllStars,Space Lady - Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes, Silver Shadow - Atlantic Starr, excerpt from 4Hero podcast:'the Great Arrangers:Gene Page', Wesley Music(B1) - RSL, Bongo Interlude, Gotta Decide - Small Arms Fiya, Down To Earth, Break Off - SBTRKT, Trillion $ Debt - Genji Siriasi, Forever - Little Dragon, Smile - B. Blunt, Down to U f Musinah - PlanetGroove, Heaven in Your Arms - RJs' Latest Arrival, Oneness f Myah - PlanetGroove, Thankful & Thoughtful - Sly & the Family Stone ....

EnJoy!
Hetepu,
Al W./ KawoMetut (kah-whoa-met-toot)

Peace & Blessings -

Playlist:

Seek It - Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle, Babylon U Lose - Horace Andy, Get Your Irie On - Soothsayers,
San Salvador Bahia -(unknown Artist-help anyone?), Revolutionary Dreams f Mutabaruka - Zeb,
This Poem - Mutabaruka over 'Dub Fire' by Aswad, Fight the Power - Nappy J, Fight the Power - Isley Brothers, Music is the Weapon - AfroSoul AllStars, Hippopotami - Yam Yam, Who's in Charge? - Silhouette Brown, Love Theme from Spartacus f Terry Callier - 4hero, Into the Blue - Shaun Escoffery,
Amazing/It Will Be - Reel People ...

the bongo interlude & vibraslap were recorded @ my local Sam Ash music store, playing their instruments,
w/ my little vintage Panasonic Cassette recorder on a lanyard around my neck -
same rig i use for recording @ Circles, Events, etc. -
bring it home, clean it up for noise & u got a usable Sample...

oh & by the way;
Yes, that is my voice in there
(flange & bass added)...

EnJoy,
Hetepu,

Al W./KawoMetut (kah-whoa-met-toot)

Peace & Blessings,

Welcome to "In The Lab
w/ KawoMetut"
(kah-whoa-met-toot)-
this is the first
in a series
which will feature:
Narration, Interviews, self playing DJ,
Live Jam/Mixes & pretty much
Everything under the heading "Music Ology" ...

In this first episode all these Classic Dance tracks
will be familiar if U r a Dance Music Fan -

Playlist :

Juicy Fruit - Mtume, Ascension - Maxwell, Thighs High - Tom Brown, Me Myself & I - De La Soul, Freak of the Week(live) - Funkadelic, Atomic Dog - George Clinton, Fantasy - Mariah Carey, Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison, Object of my Desire - Starpoint, Fat City Strut - Mandrill, Slow Down - Loose Ends, The Finest - SOS Band, Hangin' on a String - Loose Ends, Don't Be A Fool - Loose Ends ...

The emphasis this time is on the Mix & the Sound Quality -
RealTek AC97 3D HRTF audio card &
NVidia GeForce 6200, 32 bit MSI Mom-board &
Athlon 64 processor all in Full Effect -
the Tempo of some Tracks has been tweaked upwards -
the Sound Wave has been expanded
inside the Envelope to the max degree
so no need to
"turn it up to hear the good parts" -
(mind the Speakers if U don't have subs)

EnJoy,
Hetepu,

KawoMetut (kah-whoa-met-toot)

Peace & Blessings,

Playlist:

Street Sounds - Pimps of Joytime, Ice Cold Daydreams - Shuggie Otis, Ghetto Life - Rick James, Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic, Shackles - RJ's Latest Arrival, Smerphie Dance - Spyder D, Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield, Sauve Club Jazz mix, Que Linda Me Cuba & Revolucion - Nu Tropic, Dance Blues w/U - Pimps of Joytime, Thinkin Bout U - Pacha Massive, Harlem River Drive - Bobbi Humphrey, All Good Things - Pacha Massive.... EnJoy! Hetepu, Al W./KawoMetut (kah-whoa-met-toot)

Peace & Blessings,

Funky,

Dancey,

Spacey,

Jazzy Nu Music from

the UK, Cuba, Spain, Los Angeles

& who knows where else ...

Playlist :

Purple Love - Silkie vs MizBeats, Beautiful Noise - Spank Pops, Violence - Thavious Beck, The Shrimp - Leon Lace, Disco Wackoff - Clause Four, Sisters of Soul (Greg Wilson v) - 6ix Toys, Penita En La Cara - Alex Cuba, Bamba Gas Coin - Coolhurst, Monosabio Blues (Phil Owusu remix) - Gecko Turner, Dime Que Te Que - Gecko Turner, Odyssey Lover / Manifest Station - Hawthorne Headhunters, Flying V Ride/Come On Outside/Passion/Killdatmf - dam-funk, Sweet Suite (King Britt remix) - Wendy & Lisa, Deja Vu - Teena Marie,

Enjoy!

Hetepu,

 KawoMetut (kah-whoa-met-toot)

Peace & Blessings -

"if U only wish it can be done,
just Speak it into existence
& Everything is Yours under the Sun -
are U listening? 'cause GOD is speaking"...
-(from 'Manifest Station')-

playlist:
excerpts from interview w/ Clyde Satterfield,
Soul Drummer - Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie,
Love Roller Coaster - Ohio Players,
They Came to Play - Coolhurst,
Atomic Dog - George Clinton,
Taller than the Line - Coolhurst,
Chaka Khan on drums! w/6 pc band - Mike Douglas show in '76,
Dance Blues w/ U - Pimps of Joytime,
Nena - Malo,
Manifest Station - Hawthorne Headhunters,
Get Up - Hawthorne Headhunters,
Looking Back - Silhouette Brown,
Just a Little More - Silhouette Brown,
She Wanna - Hawthorne Headhunters f John Legend
Sauvecito - Malo
PCH - Hawthorne Headhunters,
Funky Drummer mix - DJ onparis
Enjoy!
Hetepu,
Kawo Metut (kah-whoa-met-toot)

Peace & Blessings,

WARNING!
this episode contains 1/14th part or 7.3% Betty Davis along w/non-profane but Very frank discussion of other Adult Subjects & is therefore:
STRICTLY OFF LIMITS IF U R UNDER 18!

this podcast & the next one are meant to be 'book-ends' -
play them back-to-back for best effect -

Animal Attraction is about Funky Rhythms & Beats, Meeting, Greeting, Dancin, Romancin & just havin Fun w/ the 'fleshy' side of Life -

the next one, 'Manifest Station', goes Deeper into the History of The Funk/Dance Beats/Rhythms & Higher in the Consciousness w/ some Funky, Jazzy, Bluesy, DownTempo to cool out ...

playlist:

Cocomotion - El Coco
U Turn Me On - Rick James
Make It Sweet - Coke Escovedo f Linda Tillery
They Came To Play - Coolhurst, Kid Circus & Emskee
Future Afrobeat - Afrozen Orchestra
Afrodesia - El Coco
Animal Attraction - ZULU (Riddim Killer)
Let's Finish (what we started) - Kudu
Bamba Gas Coin - Coolhurst
Mama - Coolhurst
If I'm In Luck - Betty Davis
Taller Than The Line (i.o.w. over 18)- Coolhurst
Playin' Again/Living Love Song - DJ Mitsu f Ivana Santilli
Taste - Rick James

EnJoy!
Hetepu,
Kawo Metut (kah-whoa-met-toot)

Peace & Blessings,
some downtempo, some uptempo, dance a little -
creative rythmic confections
w/ jazzy goodness
in the middle ...
Enjoy !
Hetepu,
Al W./ KawoMetut (kah-whoa-met-toot)

Peace & Blessings,

Nu Music for Y'all to Enjoy ...

Thinkin Bout U - Pacha Massive
Elegancia - Steppah Huntah
Love Theme from Spartacus - 4Hero f Terry Callier
Monosabio Blues - Gecko Turner
$ Trillion Debt - Genji Siriasi
Into the Blue - Shaun Escoffery
Nu Tropical - Soultronik
Feel the Pressure - Incognito
Coba Gaurango - Novalima
Funky Tumbao - Setente
Afrobeatnik - Gecko Turner
Afrolyps - Cesars' Salad
All Good Things - Pacha Massive
Within U, Without U - Easy Stars Lonely etc f Matisyahu

Enjoy !
Hetepu,
Al W./KawoMetut (kah-whoa-met-toot)

the Art for this episode was created a couple years ago on my old Win 98 system by playing w/ bits & pieces of code, screen capture, multiple layering & transparencies, custom brush, airbrush & text tools in Serif Pageplus, Photoimpressions & Macromedia Studio MX ...

Peace & Blessings,
the Vocalists i like tend to have 'different' sounding voices &/or quirky things they do - here's a set of Unique Vocalists to Celebrate the Harvest Moon - starting out w/ Levi Stubbs & the Tops pleading 'Shake Me, Wake Me' followed by The Five Stairsteps, another family group from the Chicago area who gave the Jackson 5 a run for their money @ the time ('64-'67)- next, 'How Nice It Is' by Billy Stewart, a Washington, D.C. native with one of the most distinctive sounds of the '60s' followed by an early Disco Classic from the inimitable Boz Scaggs, 'LowDown' - Charlie Wilson & the Gap Band (from Oklahoma -that explains the cowboy hats!)next w/ 'Outstanding' followed closely by an Uncle Charlie acolyte, Mark Morrison w/ 'Return of the Mack'- D.C. Area fixture Chuck Brown introduced 'Go-Go' to the World w/ the next cut 'Bustin' Loose' - from the Land of Cleve circa '71 comes Sugerfoot & the Ohio Players w/ 'Fire" - Annie Lennox explains what 'Sweet Dreams' are made of w/ the help of Dave Stewart, Montel Jordan breaks it down for us from Kali-fornia w/ 'This Is How We Do It'-from Brazil, Original Raggademente invites us to the 'Bomba'- back to the West Coast w/Miguel Migs & the Girls wantin' to know about 'Those Things' - Dance on outta' here w/ Setente, Baba Olatunji, My man Sola Akingbola & a surprise from Aso Kere, 'Lekan Babalola'
Enjoy!
Hetepu,
Al W./KawoMetut(kah-whoa-met-toot)

Peace & Blessings,
a quick audio History featuring favorites of 'Fusion Jazz' morphing into 'acid jazz' this go 'round ...
Enjoy,
Hetepu,
Al W./KawoMetut (kah-whoa-met-toot)

Peace & Blessings,

Classic Reggae this time
w/ some Funky, Jazzy
after hours chill
on the end ...

Enjoy!
Hetepu,
Al W./Kawo Metut(kah-whoa-met-toot)

(Selassie I painting
from Morgan Heritage liner notes)

Peace & Blessings,

Thanks for all the downloads!
across the USA, Montreal, Paris, all over France, England, Germany & Europe - some as far away as Hawaii, Australia, Algeria, India, Japan, Taiwan, Peru, Brazil, Mexico & too many more to remember -
Giving Thanks & Praises to the Most I for the Blessing
of each next day, much less another year ...
Celebrating 50 years hand-drumming (& using cameras) this time - come party with Us :

Fingers Pointing at the Moon - Fowler & Branca
On Hallowed Ground - Fowler & Branca
Track 10/Track 11 - Hip Expressions 2006 Class Disc
Body Music - Cafe Soul
Puppet/Isles of Patmos - Levi El Matamugu
Aganju(Latin Project Mix) - Bebel Gilberto
Tonight/Thinking About You/All Good Things - Pacha Massive
Afrolyps - Ceasars' Salad
Aganju(Spiritual South Sub Rub Mix)- Bebel Gilberto

Enjoy!
Hetepu,
Al W./KawoMetut

Peace & Blessings

Futuristic Sonic Adventures -

Post-Modernist
Multi-Cultural
World Music -

Nu Funk & Hard Pop meet Dance
@ the corner of Electronica St.
& Crunchy Riff Alley ...

Enjoy !
Hetepu,
Al W./KawoMetut

Peace, Love & Dance :

Surrender to Love - Kindred the Family Soul
Joy & Pain - Maze f Frankie Beverly
Music is the Weapon - Afrosoul Allstars
45000$(Guapa Pasea) - Gecko Turner
Track 15 - ? - Hip Expressions 2005 class disc
2 Sips & Magic - Nickodemus f N.Y. Gypsy Allstars
Track 16 - ? - Hip Expressions 2005 class disc
Eastern Market - Nickodemus
Tlpathique - Kabalah
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock, Kenny Dope Club Remix
Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Roy Ayers
I Am Your Mind - Roy Ayers

(skips in track 16 are in original recording)

www.hip-expressions.com
www.desertveils.org
www.turkishemporium.co.uk
www.masalaimports.com
www.artdrum.com
www.fireomearth.com
www.arabiannights.ca
www.gildedserpent.com
www.beledy.net

Enjoy!
Hetepu,
Al W./KawoMetut

Peace & Blessings,

Our Roots Began in Africa - Pharoah Sanders
Africa, Center of the World - Roy Ayers
Wild Safari - Wild Safari
Hippopotami - Yam Yam
Aranita - Quantic Combo Barbaro
Miami Heat Mix - Spam AllStars
Sunshine - Louie Vega
Mambo Mundo - David Byrne
Money - N.A.S.A. f Chuck D.
MONEY - Ojays
Jealous of Roses - Bibio
This must be the place - Talking Heads
Once in a Lifetime - " "
Burning Down the House - " "

Enjoy !
Hetepu,
Al W./KawoMetut

Peace & Blessings,
Al sez: it's come to my attention that my personal obsession w/ heterosexual union is being equated somehow w/ being 'against' the Fem/LBGT/alternative lifestyles community ...whoops, my bad -
i've had too many great, helpful friends over the years who fit that acronym/description to let this misconception go un-addressed -
Pop(paternal Grand-dad) said: "Anyone who wastes precious life just being against things is a damn fool" -
in the 60's, when i was a teenager, just liking Smokey Robinson songs (mushy stuff)or being a good dancer was enough to get the rumours started - same thing in the 70's if you went to the Disco a lot - Prince was clever, he just named the next album 'Controversy' & got paid ...
KawoMetut sez:
Creation/Life is driven
by the harmonious interplay
& fusion of 'polar' complements -
just like the Yin/Yang symbol,
all complementary 'opposites'
contain the seed of the other within -
just as one Persons' Medicine
is the next ones' Drug & vice-versa,
'opposition' is simply a description of locations -
it doesn't have to mean conflict -
that's MegaMedia brainwashing @ work -
don't Buy the Hype - it makes U ill ...
Our responsibility as Humans of whatever
persuasion, race, gender, etc. is to treat
one another w/ the same Love & Respect
We each all want for Ourselves ...
Keep Your Ai/eye/i on the Prize, Hold on -
HalleluJah, Amen -
Now,
balancing out the last mostly Male 'cast,
still inside our Funky, Jazzy, Dancy,
thoughtful & thought-provoking envelope;
here's words & music by some Females
of assorted persuasions
who've got my ear & respect as Singers,
Songwriters, Producers, Percussionists,
Musicians, Philosophers & Beautiful People:

The Finest - Sounds of Success aka SOS Band
Just Be Good To Me - SOS Band
Get It On - Brenda Russell
Never as Good as the First Time - Sade
Shoo-Be-Doop & Cop Him - Betty Davis f Pointer Sisters
I'm Not Perfect - Grace Jones
Fools Paradise - Melissa Morgan
No More Excuses - Atlantis f Naomi Nsombi
Zor - Somatik
Looking for the Sun - Aya
Love Chooses Lovers (Heart Chakra Remix) - Jiva
We All Want the Same Thing - Kevin Michael & Lupe Fiasco

http://www.templeofisis.com/temple-scribe.html
http://www.wysinger.homestead.com/isis.html
http://www.phoenician.org/isis_and_osiris_legend.htm

p.s. - have you ever noticed that the lyrics to most love songs are non-gender specific? sometimes they're singing to the Most High ...
p.p.s. - Wa-kin-yan Sapa (Hunkpapa Lakota='black man of/with the rocks') sez : "the one across from U in the circle dance always looks like they're going the wrong way"

Peace & Blessings

here's some jammin words & music to inspire, uplift, advise, comment & hopefully spread knowledge
from some older cats w/ that viewpoint which only comes from experience
as well as freshly presented insights from some rising young lions ...

Brothers on the Slide/Bra - Cymande
Mind Control - Ziggy Marley & them
Raggamuffin - Ghetto Youth
This Poem - Mutabaruka (over 'Dub Fire' by Aswad)
Babylon, You Lose - Horace Andy
It's Time/Merciful Father/Lion's Den - Nicholas Newman
What are Breaks? - answered by Afrika Bambatta
Freedom Theory/Bubble - Panacea
Sleepwalkers - RPM
Lovely Day - Gil Scott Heron
No Holdin Back/Love is So Hot - Demetrius Price
Bravebird - Amel Larrieux

p.s.
if you wanna hear some wisdom from the female perspective, sit down & have a Real Talk
w/ your Mom, Sister, Wife, Girlfriend, etc. -
guys have deep inspired moments,
gals are Deep all the time -
We just don't take time to notice ...

Out Come the Freaks - Was, Not Was
Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
Sunrise - Simply Red
Beautiful - Snoop f Pharrell
Don't Sleep - Lanu
Kyotsky Clear Sky Remix
Love Feeling - Nickodemus
Elements of Life/How Deep - Blaze
So Far - Miguel Migs
Tru Skool - ColdCut
Saturday Night Experience - Jody Watley
Excelsior - Ame

Peace & Blessings:

broken-beat is nothing new -
we called it 'jump-beat'
back in the day...
here's some faves & some new tracks
all w/ those stop-start
hip-hoppity, back&forth
fat back, quirky beats...
check out these jumpin' tracks:

It's Alright - JJ Jackson
Inspiration Information - Shuggie Otis
Just Call - Sherrick
Absolute - Scritti Polliti
Fight the Power - Nappy J
Life is Change - RPM
Grandpa - RPM
Mad Swing - Stevie J
Try f Aloe Blacc - Samon Kawamura
Bibio - Fire Ant
Snow Revolution - DJ Mitsui
One for Jackie - Harlem Experiment
Bring the Night - somatik
Black Soul - Nubian Minds
777-9311 - The Time f Morris Day

Enjoy!

Peace & Blessings

Well, it's gettin' hot here in Florida -
Here's a Summer playlist heavy on the Groove...
Hot weather vibes from years gone by
blended with some new dub-jazz sounds -
Enjoy!

Papua, New Guinea - FSOL
Oye Como Va - Bobby Hutcherson
It Never Rains in Southern California - Tony!Toni!Tone!
Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang
I Don't Know What You Came to Do - Tony!Toni!Tone!
Dancin' - ? - this group is on Futuristica Records
Ku Ne Ne - Ernest Ranglin
Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith
When on Earth, Repson remix - Emanative
Down to You - Planetgroove f Musinah
We Travel the Space Beats - Emanative
Low Motion - Emanative (soundin' like Jazz Crusaders)
Message to the Architect pt2 - Rise (reminds me of Pharoah Saunders)

Hetepu,
ARW/KM

Everybody get your instrument!
this one's about participation -
nothing but percussion breaks
one right after the other...
grab a bell, bottle & stick, shakers,
soda can w/rock, drums, keyboards
guitars, tap a glass, clap your hands,
stomp your feet, sing along
even if you don't know the song...
get into the groove
play along...
(keep playing after it's gone...)

Beyond the Rain - Giles Petersen in Brazil
Brazilian Love Song - Nat King Cole/Bebel Gilberto/MMcqua
MAW Expensive - Masters At Work tribute to Fela
New Bell - Manu Dubango
It's What You Do - Orgone
Che Che Kule Makossa - Antibalas
Green Gold - Giles Petersen in Brazil
Afrobeat - DJ Logic
Revolutionary Dreams - Zeb
Lekan Babalola - Aso Kere

Soulful Strut - Young Holt Unlimited
Swing Out Sister - Am I the Same Girl?
Swing Out Sister - Twilight World
Walkin' in Rhythm - Blackbyrds
Happiness is Just 'Round the Bend - Brian Auger
There Goes My Baby - Charlie Wilson
Lush Life - Nat King Cole & Ceelo Green
Runaway People - Dyke & the Blazers
Runnin' from Love -Freddie Krueger f ADL
Get Up! - Mary Mary
Magic Touch - Robin Thicke f Mary J. Blige
Green Light - John Legend f Andre 3000
Mystic Drum - Sumo
Street Sounds - Pimps of Joytime
Tribute to Fela - Mini Moogli
Treasure Hunt - Panacea
People (make the World go 'round)- Milt Jackson

this is a soundtrack for daydreams...
we're all over the map this time:

The Scenic Route - Panacea
Kinetic Chime - Ward Hartenstein *
Mascara - Brian & Jacob Ransom *
Mini-Casuto - Columbiafrica Mystic Orchestra
Walkin' on Sunshine - Eddy Grant
Baba Batteur - Awa Band
Que Bom - Mocean Worka
Basement Bhangra - DJ Rekha
Adir Adirim Remix - Nickodemus
Set Fire to Me - Willie Colon
Fight the Power - Nappy J
Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic
In Control - Ramses Revolution
Udu ClayPlay - Brian Melick *
Sangaray - Vieux Farka Toure
excerpt from movie "Samurai Jack"
Oh! Bahia

* from the album "Mud to Music, a clay music sampler"

Azymuth-Last Summer in Rio & Os Cara La (live)
Dave Chapelle & The Roots-I wrote this song a long time ago
Femi Kuti- Eh Oh
PlanetGroove- No More & Oneness f. Mya
Tobacco - Hairy Candy
Loose Ends - Slow Down & Hangin' on a String
Lonnie Liston Smith - Sunset (live)
Mandrill - Khadija
Bonus Cut:
Crazy Funkiness from
The Time - 777-9311

by popular demand:
more Timeless Funkage-
Nu-Traditional,
from the Past
to the Future...
Enjoy

Nu-Afro
follow along on a journeyfrom Roots to Fruits:

Give It Up - James Brown
We Got More Soul - Dyke & The Blazers
I Can Understand It - New Birth
Fat City Strut - Mandrill
Che Che Kule Makossa
Sophisticated Honky - Orgone
Quantic Soul Orchestra
Tribute - Soul Ascendants
Papa N'dyaye - Oechestra Baobab
Braised or Fried? - King Hector & the Soul Dynamites
Fallin' - Kutiman
One Note Brown - Lanu
Rockin' Habanero - Energie' Duvere
Hippopotami - Yam Yam
Enjoy!

Block Party!

Summertime-
is it hot enough for you?
let's have a party -
Baltimore/D.C. style
everyone's invited...

Shotgun-Junior Walker & the AllStars
Function at the Junction-Shorty Long
Ecstasy-Ohio Players
Future Now-Pleasure
Black Soul-Nubian Minds
Pra Dominar-Original Raggademente
They Say I'm Different-Betty Davis
Block Party-Chuck Brown
Fire-Miguel Migs f. Junior Reid
One People-Carl Teh
Do It, Fluid-Blackbyrds
Salio El Sol-Don Omar
Shackles-RJ's Latest Arrival
Runnin' Away-Roy Ayers
Da Butt Remix-Experience Unlimited
Saturday Love-Alex O'Neal & Cherrelle
Don't Be A Fool-Loose Ends
Glide-Pleasure

Peace & Blessings

Spring has come.
Rejoice!
...feelin' kinda spacey...
Nu Music
&
some
Timeless tracks
to fit the mood....

Hetep,
Al W./ Kawo Metut

playlist available upon request.......
Hit me Up

 Let the Music speak for itself:

Living Colour - Cult of Personality
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Good
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances
James Brown - Give It Up
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Spanish Castle Magic (live)
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (Summer of Love-'67)
Trapeze - Your Love is Alright (dig the congas! - '70)
Blue Cheer - Just A Little Bit (came out Summer, '67)
Mountain - Tired Angels
Cactus - One Way or Another
Grand Funk Railroad Live - Inside Lookin' Out
Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady?
Betty Davis - Game is My Middle Name (Pointer Sisters singing back-up)
Davina Robinson - Making Love to Your Girlfriend
Bad Brains - I Against I (Shout Out to DC Guy H.R., now based in N.Y.)
Mudbone - Make the Devil Mad (another survivor from B-more)
Me'shelle N'degeocello - Ridin' in My Soul Spaceship

Peace & Blessings

Now we're gonna' get into some of my favorite sounds -
starting off with "Better 2 gether" from Jiva, out of Atlanta -
next up, "Together" by the Intruders, a classic '60's soul group out of Philly -they had many regional hits, such as: "Cowboys to Girls", Love is like a Baseball Game" & this one - early precursors of the Gamble&Huff. Van McCoy, Thom Bell productions - next:
"I Want Someone" by the Mad Lads from the state of Delaware, a tiny state next to Maryland - these cats Were what all the street-corner singers i knew wanted to Be - check out the scat harmonies towards the end of the track-
Oh yeah, we got chased off many a corner late at night for "making that god-awful racket" as i heard it described one time - our local City of Baltimore Recreation Center had regular talent shows - one of the groups (the Royalettes) which won these contests went on to record & tour with Otis Redding -
When one of the guys in our crew met a new girl he wanted to impress, we'd show up on the sidewalk in front of her house or porch, if she had one, and hopefully her girlfriends were there to be wow-ed by our acapella renditions of just such songs as these...
After that comes "I'm Your Puppet" by James & Bobby Purify, cousins (not brothers) from Florida who recorded this cut @ Muscle Shoals Studio in 1966 -
Next: "How Nice It Is" by Billy Stewart, a Washington, D.C. native -
a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter known for pouring his Entire Soul into every performance - sadly, his chronic weight issues caught up to him before Fame or Recognition could ...
i couldn't find the original version of "I Do Love You" by Billy Stewart but this heart-felt rendition by the Disco era group GQ is faithful to Billys' style.
What to say about Stevie Wonder? (Tuesday Heartache) - we're the same age - can't tell you how awed & impressed i was hearing "Castles in the Sand" on the radio back in '64...
Evelyn 'Champagne' King is next w/ "I'm in Love" - she was discovered singing in a bathroom late one night while cleaning it on the night shift -
the Fantasia B. of that time - everyone identified with the Rags-to-Riches storyline -
Kashif (Lover Turn Me On, Help Yourself)- this brother was all over the airwaves in the early '80's - like Timbaland or somebody - when i was in New York City in '82, Kashif had produced 5 out of the top 10 on WBLS!
then, from "Love Come Down" - Evelyn King/ Kashif again -
we go with Kudu -talkin' 'bout "Let's Finish What We Started"
into "Love is So Hot" by Demetrius Price (originally from Philly) to Maxwells' "Ascension",
"Thoughtaway" by Malena Perez,
"Superstar" by Floetry f. Common,
"So Special"&"And If" by Sa-Ra
finishing up with
Erykah Badus' "Honey" (You So Sweet)

Enjoy,
Hetep,
Al W. / Kawo Metut

p.s. for all you with 'tender ears' there is one 'F-bomb' only, towards the end; thus the 'Explicit' rating...

Hot, Powerful Music -
some new -
Some Classic -
Funk Jams
sprinkled in for spice -
Afro Latin Boogaloo
Very , very Nice........

All these tracks have that special 'push', that extra something.....
- playlist available upon request -
Enjoy!
ARW/KM

Peace & Blessings

Groove On Down for the New Year
with some Old Friends -
Evocative, Jazzy type
Funkiness..........
Enjoy!

ARW / KM

some classic funk, some comedy funk, some wild New York percussionists & folks from all over the place doin' they thang inna WorldBeat stylee.....

Your Love is on the One - Lakeside - Chicago
Troglodytes - Jimmy Castor Bunch - here IS he from anyway?
Bertha Butt Boogie
The Magnificent Seven - Kokolo - New York City
The Way Up - Kokolo
Plenafro - Candela All Stars - NYC
Ochimini - Spam All Stars - Miami / Cuba
Our Own Thing - Kokolo
exerpt from Afrobase Show - http://totallyradio.com
Tchend kow' - Abege & S. Cro - prod: srdancehall2k4 - Barcelona, Spain
Ngoma - Cloud Tissa ft. Rasisi - Mombasa, Kenya / Germany
Animal Attraction - ZULU (Riddim Killah) - Panama / Chicago
el Cha de Susa - Candela All Stars

Enjoy!
Al W. / Kawo Metut

Peace & Blessings

Whoo-oo-ee!
this here is some Funky, Spicy stuff!
-playlist by request-

Enjoy,
Hetep,

Al W. Kawo MeTut

Peace & Blessings

... wanted to narrate this time but can't seem to get this $9.99 Chinese Gosseneck (sic) Condenser Microphone adjusted right - looks like i might have to wait for $ to get REAL mike.
Anyway, back in the day ('77 -'79) there was a club in Baltimore called Odells' (You'll Know If You Belong) - i was the interior design & graphics guy - DJ Wayne, the originator of 'House" , winner of #1 DJ in the country award numerous times, more recently of R. Kelly video fame, was the DJ - those were heady, idealistic times - the music had messages (as trite as some of that stuff seems now), race, sex & class weren't going to matter, etc, etc.......we fell prey to the" South American Invasion" - i watched that dream die a geekin', shriveled-up death - we've watched Rave go circling down that same toilet drain - Have we learned our lesson?
One thing i learned was that if we can preen, posture, shake, shimmy & sway to attract a partner, than we can "talk" about our differences, frustrations, pain, etc. on the dance floor as well. You can make faces, jump up & down, wave your hands all around & get everything that's on your mind out without folks thinkin' u losin' u mind...
Follow the story arc from the wish-full projection of 'Call Me' ,'Your Love Is Mine' & 'Make It Sweet' to the "arguing" of 'Can't Get Thru' & 'I'm Not Perfect' - our imaginary couple takes their 'Medicine' & ain't nothin' but a party from there...
So, argue, fuss, talk, discuss, it's OK as long as you ALSO Dance & Make Romance .........

Playlist:

Call me - Probe DMS remix of an 80's classic
Your Love Is Mine - Cafe dAfrique f. Corinne Bailey Rae - the track that the BBC picked single of the week -we know the rest
Make it Sweet - Coke Escovedo f. Linda Tillery
Can't Get Thru 2 U - Miguel Migs (winner of Immpeccable Production Award hands down)
Medicine - Mark Rae - Kraak & Smaak (!) remixes
I'm Not Perfect - Qqqqqueen of Clubs, Ms. Grace Jones
Ochimini - Spam All Stars
Que Bom - Mocean Worker
JJD -Rhythm Roots Allstars
Sat. Nite Experience - Jody Watley - Ms. Soul Train, Shalimar, Solar Records Herself

Holla' Back! send me a comment, mp3, what-have-u, just Communicate -
if not wit' i , wit' somebody, ANYbody -------

COMMUNICATE

Tracks courtesy of :

Giantstep.net
Myspace
Brokenbeatradio.com
Probe DMS

Here we go....

Favorite Concepts:
Human Communication,
Truth in Expression,
Simplicity -
A Wise One once said:
for It to be Music,
It must have a Message
and that Message
should be Truth.....
Oh Yeah -
don't forget to jump up
& shake that thang
while u diggin'
the deepness....

Hetep,
ARW/KM