Teruo Nakamura - Rising Sun Band mixtape

Every now and then I've found these great lil' jazz mixtapes from Japan. The first one was DJ Muro's excellent Blue Note mixtape back in 2001 and then they just kept rolling in. Today I made a new aquaintance via DJ Mitsu the Beats Twitter flow. It was a mixtape of jazz bassist Teruo Nakamura mixed by a Yu Ihara.

I must admit I'd never heard of Nakamura before but apparently he put out a couple of highly sought after jazz funk albums in the 70s. He's based in New York and has worked with the likes of George Benson, Roy Haynes, Grover Washington and Herbie Hancock. Nakamura re-entered the spotlight when The Roots sampled his track Cat on Ital (The Universal Side) and MF Doom used it on the Kava Kava Root track.

Download: Teruo Nakamura - Cat (1976)

Not much facts available on Yu Ihara except that he's a DJ based in Brooklyn and was handpicked to put this mix together. I just love when you can tell that a DJ put in a lot of love in the selection and on top of that cuts up the tracks like it was hiphop bangers. Get it below.

Download: Teruo Nakamura - Rising Sun Band mixtape

Track List:
1.Unicorn Lady 
(1973)
2.Mescalito 
(1977)
3.Cat (1976)
4.Love is a reflection in the mirrors behind your eyes (1977)
5.Umma be me 
(1973)
6.Cat (1976)
7.Rising sun 
(1976)
8.Sunrise in africa (1977)

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Apollo Brown & O.C. - Trophies

Producer Apollo Brown and emcee O.C. (of D.I.T.C. fam) released their collaborative album 'Trophies' this past week. O.C. over Beathearts favorite Apollo Browns beats is a deadly combo! Our favorite tracks are Anotha One, Disclaimer, The First 48, Angels Sing, The Formula, Caught Up and of course the first banger presented, Prove Me Wrong.

'Prove Me Wrong' available for free HERE and 'People's Champ' HERE.


 Listen to whole album and head over to the bandcamp site to purchase.

 

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J Dilla - Radio (unreleased)

Oh my, this has just passed us by, tweeted by Onra just now: "talking about #dilla ... somebody needs to officially release this..." Most definitely!, Dilla has blown us away once again with this hard beat, and he's singin' on this as well! Nice! Read a comment that Dilla said he was gonna release a vocal album filled with joints of him just singing. If that's true and it sounds like this, that would be hella cool!

Excerpt from youtube: "This track is from an album that Dilla recorded in 2002 for a major label which was never released. " from J Rocc mix on Benji B's show." So we guess for the MCA album that didn't happen. Dilla says "Ruff Draft" in the beginning of the snippet, but word is that it's not an outtake from Ruff Draft, if it was it would have probably been featured on the deluxe version.

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James Lavelle - The Mo'Wax story

On Record Store Day this past weekend I was flipping through my old Mo'Wax releases. You gotta love a label that put as much effort and resources into the packaging as into the music. And of course their releases are collectibles as much today as they were back then.

Reminiscing on the label I found this great interview with the founder of Mo'Wax, James Lavelle. It's been a while since he was in the spotlight but it so refreshing to again hear his non-genre approach to music and art. The story of how he built his network of artists and founded the label is nothing but inspiring. It was based on the different elements he loved: music, art and great live performances.

Check out the two part interview from the AllSaints Spitalfields basement sessions below. We're pretty sure you'll enjoy it.

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Part 2:

As a bonus here's a smooth mixtape with some of the great releases from the Mo'Wax era.

Download: Dementio13 - The Monostereo Mo'Wax mixtape

Tracklist:

1. Motor Bass Get Phunked Up - La Funk Mob
2. The Beast - Palm Skin Productions
3. Harmonium - DJ Takemura
4. Insects Are All Around Us - Money Mark
5. Stars - Nightmares On Wax
6. 2000 - RPM
7. Sax Hoodlum - Major Force Productions/Grass Roots
8. Lost & Found - DJ Shadow
9. Covert Action - Lofi Sensibilities
10. Spock With A Beard? - Palm Skin Productions
11. They Came In Peace - Tranquility Bass
12. Sometimes You Gotta Make It Alone - Money Mark
13. Meiso - DJ Krush with DJ Shadow/The Prunes
14. Cabin Fever - Urban Tribe
15. Destroy All Monsters - Skull
16. Slipper Suite (excerpt) - Palm Skin Productions
17. Mutual Slump - DJ Shadow
18. High Noon - DJ Shadow
19. I Don't Know How To Play Piano - Money Mark
20. Bloodstain - UNKLE

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Sonnymoon - Houstalantavegas / DeDe - Phantom (Waajeed Refixes)

Waajeed brings more heat through bling47. This time with two mellow refixes featuring Sonnymoon and DeDe. Be sure to check out the site regularly as Waajeed drop bombs almost every day, especially the amazing series "Dilla Breaks" where producers breaks down Dilla beats and share stories and memories about the G.O.A.T. James Yancey.




I first heard about Sonnymoon at SXSW while hanging with No and Meezy from blindiforthekids.  They played their rendition of Drake’s, “Houstalantavegas” and I was instantly hooked.

Seeing that the duo doesn’t need a third leg producer, the only way I could work with them was do a remix.  We connected, they sent the vocals, and the rest is history… or at least history in the making.

@sonnymoon I’d love to work with you guys more in the future. Mucho respect. Until then, check this bling47 exclusive gem. They have new material dropping this spring and currently on tour.

Check Plug Research for the dates.

Jeedo

Download: Sonnymoon - Houstalantavegas (Waajeed Refix)




The irony of one of my happiest finds last year just happened to be in the worst place.  Rent so high that all the real artists moved out, hipster heaven Williamburg, Brooklyn — The Burg.We were introduced by my homie JT Donaldson that I used to DJ with at the W Hotel in Union Square.  I met Tim K there and later met his darling partner in crime, Dede Reynolds.  Together they are DeDe.

One late night after several Cadillac margaritas inspired by Dam Funk, we stumbled back to their apartment where I heard their yet to be released project.  WHOA!  I asked to remix the single on the spot.  That was the genesis of a brewing relation that would turn into a group (more about that later). In the meanwhile have a listen.

No need to rip the youtube.  Newsletter subscribers will get this in their box tomorrow.

Rejoice.

Jeedo

Download: DeDe - Phantom (Waajeed Refix)

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