For those that weren’t able to make it last night, I successfully recorded my entire 2-hour set at the Downtown Café in the East of Paris. A couple of months ago I had already done a warm-up set for Bounce 2 Live, but due to hardware difficulties the entire night wasn’t recorded…
I prepared a playlist that balanced my tastes in jazz, dub, reggae, rocksteady, ragga, hip-hop, soul, funk, and even some drum n’ bass. Of course during the actual set the playlist was adapted according to the crowd’s reactions, which was pretty good.
I hope some of the minor technical mistakes don’t keep you from enjoying my first real live performance (i.e. in front of a crowd of friends and strangers).
Enjoy!
For those interested, the mp3s were played using the MixVibes software on a laptop, itself connected to a mixer (thanks to Antoine for the laptop!). The other gig I’d played at had a laptop and Serato, and I have to say I’m seriously considering investing in that magic piece of equipment. To be continued…
I’ve been waiting to get the chance to post some of the 8track playlists I’ve been preparing, but it takes some time to compile and the embedding function wasn’t always available…
This coming Thursday (Feb. 4) I may be playing some tunes at a friend’s farewell party at a bar in Bastille, so I’ve been reviewing some of the latest tracks I’ve accumulated lately. I’ve come up with this playlist which should give a good idea of the stuff I’ll be playing.
Enjoy!
Playlist:
1. Oceanliners – Funky Pants
2. The Honey Drippers – Impeach The President
3. Jake Wade & The Soul Searchers – Searching For The Soul Pt. 1
4. The Mobile Blue – Puffin’
5. Fred Wesley & The JBs – Watermelon Man
6. The Mohawks – Baby Hold On
7. Jimmy Bo Horne – Hey There Jim
8. The Majestics – Funky Chick
9. The Mighty Show Stoppers – Hippy Skippy Moon Strut
10. The Unemployed -They Won’t Let Me
11. All The People – Cramp Your Style
12. Harvey & The Phenomenals – Soul And Sunshine
13. The Soul Searchers – Blow Your Whistle
14. The Soul Lifters – Hot Funky and Sweaty
15. Larry Ellis & The Black Hammer – Funky Thing (Part 1 & 2)
16. The Esplanade Orchestra – The Snail Trek
17. Frankie Beverly’s Raw Soul – Color Blind
18. Latin Breed – I Turn You On
19. The Indentities – Hey Brother
20. Zapata – Do Your Thing (parts 1 & 2)
21. The Apples – Killing
22. Pamoja – Oooh Baby
23. Pool-Pah – Sour Soul
As you may have noticed I haven’t been very active around here lately, which is mostly due to my professional activities being in transition. Meaning I haven’t had time to buy any records, attend any flea markets, or make any sort of customisable piece of furniture for the past few weeks. Hell, I haven’t even had the time to go out and take pictures of Paris under the snow! Thankfully, whether I’m at home sending applications or running across town for a job interview I always have time to listen to new tunes.
This morning I decided to dig the vaults of some “mixtapes” / “playlists” I had prepared for friends and for myself for long bus rides, mostly trip-hop / downtempo / jazzy stuff. I hope you like some of these tunes, and that they allow you to bear with me as I get ready to come back with newer, better, stronger music.
[tracklisting to come later, when I have time to remember what exactly I used in these mixtapes...]
Here is the short, yet interesting, GonzoCast on Eastern European music found in Israel and France.
Enjoy!
1. Gonzo intro
2. Svetla Stoeva – Obicam Te
3. Svetla Stoeva – Ti Si Ritym
4. Svetla Stoeva – ?
5. Muharem Serbezovski- Ciganim Sam I Umem Da Volim
6. Muharem Serbezovski- Vrati Mi Se, Brate
7. Lili Ivanova – ?
8. Gonzo outro
Here’s the tenth volume of the GonzoCast series, featuring some very danceable and groovy tunes from Guadeloupe.
Most of these records come from my latest expedition to the Paris Rare Groove convention. Enjoy!
1. Gonzo intro
2. Monsieur Dolor & les Guitar Boys – Panty
3. Cyril Labonne – Sega L’année 70
4. Emmanuel Toussaint – Femme La Laguer Ou
5. Les Vikings – Nous les Vikings n°2
6. Les Aiglons – La Voz
7. Les Guitares Boys – Féfé
8. Liquid Ice – Annie
9. Le Ry-Co Jazz – N’gaï Na Boyi Matata
10. S. V. Souffrant & Gary French – Un Pauvre Artiste
11. Gonzo outro
