The Vintage Compendium is back!

Day-Glow-Radio's Vintage Compendium Vol.2!

1. When I See an Elephant Fly~Cliff Edwards 

2. It Don't Mean A Thing~Duke Ellington With Ivie Anderson 

3. The Joint is Jumpin'~Fats Waller & His Rhythm 

4. I Only Have Eyes For You~Frank Sinatra & Count Basie 

5. 'Taint What You Do~Ella Fitzgerald 

6. I Want Your Love (I Want You to Be My Baby)~Grace Chang 

7. Jaan Pechechaan Ho~Mohammed Rafi 

8. Shine~Django Reinhardt 

9. Guilty~Al Bowlly 

10. I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now~Jane Green 

11. Si Tu N'étais Pas Là~Fréhel 

12. How Do You Think I Feel~Georgia White 

13. Shave 'em Dry (Take 2)~Lucille Bogan 

14. Devil Got My Woman~Skip James 

15. This Little Light~The Montgomery Improvement Association 

16. It All Began With Adam And Eve~Lord Flea 

17. Playboy~Bob Marley and The Wailers 

18. Teardrops From My Eyes~Ruth Brown 

19. Grandpa Can Boogie Too~Lil Greenwood 

20. You Better Stop~LaVern Baker 

21. Zing Zing~Art Neville 

22. Mama Said~The Shirelles 

23. Needle In A Haystack~The Velvelettes 

24. Savoy~Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra 

25. Christopher Columbus~Andy Kirk & His Clouds Of Joy 

26. What A Little Moonlight Can Do~Billie Holiday 

27. La Vie En Rose~Edith Piaf 

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OK so I have finally got my arse into gear and made another mix, this one a follow up to my first on this blog (click here if you ain't got it yet).

It's very much more of the same, with some well known tunes nestled amongst the weirder more obscure tracks, and all in all will hopefully be another toe tapping, foot stomping adventure through jazz, swing, blues, rock'n'roll, r&b and anything inbetween. Vol. 2 here actually has alot more rock&roll and r&b than Vol.1 as I've been getting very much into this sort of stuff since Secret Garden Party, where all the dubstep, breaks, hip-hop, electro and so on couldn't compare one jot next to the  rock'n'roll swingathon in the Conspiracy Camp on the last night. It was the most rammed tent of the weekend and had the best atmosphere, plus the ceiling was dripping and the air was literally fogging up with sweat. Now that's what I call and old school rave!

Opening with the crows' song from Dumbo, which for all it's accusations of racism, is still a great tune (Although admittedly, if the makers hadn't had the audacity to call one of the crows Jim Crow, thought to be a reference to the Jim Crow Laws which seperated public facilities into black and white in America between 1876 and 1965, then perhaps dumbo wouldn't have had such accusations) we can enjoy some classic swing from Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Fats Waller and Ella Fitzgerald.

The Sinatra cut is from a brilliant album he made with the legendary Count Basie which has many great songs on it and can be found here if you fancy some further listening.

Next up we have two examples of Asian swing/rock'n'roll that are both wonderful. The first being by the beautiful Grace Chang, an actress from Hong Kong who was famous in 50s and 60s China for her musical roles for which she always sang her own vocals. She is followed by Mohd. Rafi, one of the most prolific Bollywood singers of all time. The song is from the film Gumnaam and there's the corresponding film clip below. Film fans will recognise this song and video from the opening scene of cult classic Ghost World.

Of the other tracks worthy of a mention Lucille Bogan's 2nd take of Shave 'Em Dry

is famous for being one of the rudest blues takes in history. 

Featured on just about every compilation of banned blues and x rated songs available 

it has become a favourite and it's hard to listen to it and keep a straight face...

Lucille was among the first American blues singers to be recorded and most of her songs were up front pieces about drinking, prostitution, sex and lesbianism, among many other aspects of 'the Life'.

A young spritely and dread-less Bob Marley makes his appearance next with a track from the Another Dance album, a collection of the Wailers very early songs when they were more of an R&B outfit who occasionally did abit of Jerk and Ska...

Grandpa can Boogie Too is one of my favourite discoveries and is taken from a great LP called Rare Blues Girls from King Records that features loads of singers you've never heard of singing great songs you've never heard. It was available at the amazing blog http://bebopwino.blogspot.com but sadly the blog appears to have been shut down or moved... I am in mourning!

And finally, cos I can;t prattle on about every track, I thought I would just post a picture to Edith Piaf, who closes this selection with one of her few English recordings; the beautiful La Vie En Rose. It's one of those famous songs that's been sung by hundreds of different artists, from Louis Armstrong and Aretha Franklin to Grace Jones and Cyndi Lauper, but Edith's version is the original, which she wrote with Luis Gugliemi and made famous in 1946.

So there you have it, from me to you, another mixtape to listen to, hope you like 'em...

Summer isn't over yet!

If you love Baile Funk or latin beats in general, then you will find it incredibly hard to resist the rolling rhythms of Cumbia Nueva, a glorious mix of traditional Colombian and Mexican folk and electronic club beats. If you're not already down with the Cumbias then get on it!

Download this mix and have a stomp!

SONIDO DEL PRINCIPE – CUMBIA 4 LIFE MIX, SEPT ‘09

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01. el original – me matas (dj andy & sdp edit)

02. kiko de galo – mi morenita rebelde (sdp edit)

03. chief boima – techno rhumba (sdp edit)

04. the peronists – haitiana (sdp edit)

05. el remolon (sdp edit)

06. sdp cumbia guitara edit

07. systeme solar (sdp edit)

08. dj landrea – mi camino (sdp edit)

09. sonido del principe – jozefa matia

10. marcelo fabian – sel y mar (sdp rmx)

11. bomba estereo – fuego (sdp rmx)

12. sonido del principe – boom boom

13. dynamic – this is why i’m hot (sdp rmx)

14. dj panik – ice ice baby (sdp edit)

15. sonido del principe – cumbia del mondo

16. toddla t – full up mi portion (sdp rmx)

17. general levy – champagne body (sdp rmx)

18. suckafish p – cloak & dagger (sdp rmx)

Mishka presents Keep Watch X: by Major Lazer

Here's another filthy sweaty summer mixtape to get you wobbling, this one from Major Lazer, courtesy of the amazing Mishka series, now in its tenth installment. Expect lots of rowdy bass lines and hip injuring beats. Here's the tracklist.

It features some wicked reworkings of the Major Lazer album as well as mighty remixes of otrher artists including the monstrous Switch remix of Bjork's Thom Yorke collaboration 'Nattura'

Download it here!

I've gone on about Major Lazer alot lately, so maybe you would like some of his history...

Major Lazer is a Jamaican commando who lost his arm in the secret Zombie War of 1984. The US military rescued him and repurposed experimental lazers as prosthetic limbs. Since then Major Lazer has been a hired renegade soldier for a rogue government operating in secrecy underneath the watch of M5 and the CIA. His cover is that of a dancehall night club owner from Trinidad and he enlisted the help of long-time allies and uber-producers, Diplo and Switch, to produce his first LP. His true mission is to protect the world from the dark forces of evil that live just under the surface of a civilized society. He fights vampires and various monsters, parties hard, and has a rocket powered skateboard.

Buraka Som Sistema - Blood Diamond Mixtape

If there was ever a band to capture the true rumble of tropic thunder, this is it. Buraka Som Sistema are Angola's answer to the Prodigy in a way.

Earthquake bass and bombshell beats explode throughout their work and around their many collaborators and their album Black Diamond is possibly my favourite LP of 2008.

Here is their latest offering, a bloody mixtape through Kuduro, Baile Funk, Dubstep and more inspired by and dedicated to the 3.7 million people in Angola, Sierra Leone, The Congo and Liberia who are believed to have died because of the diamond trade.

BURAKA SOM SISTEMA - BLOOD DIAMOND

01. Diamonds are Forever Intro
02. Dj Znobia feat Jaime Foxx- Africa
03. Buraka Som Sistema – Kalemba (wegue wegue) Afrikan Boy remix
04. Os Lambas – Sapo (BSS Edit)
05. Radioclit vs Guns’n'roses – Sweet Secousse of Mine (Bss edit)
06. The Kiss – Black Diamond
07. Tunes for Baby That Won’t Drive You Crazy – Black Diamond
08. Buraka Som Sistema – IC19 (Toy Selecta remix)
09. Buraka Som Sistema – Aqui Para Voces (FAVELA FUNK SAMBA edit)
10. Buraka Som Sistema – Wawaba (James Braun Copyflex remix)
11. Lykke Li – Dance Dance Dance (BSS Remix)
12. Dirty Tricks – Black Diamond
13. Rusko vs Puto Prata – Let’s Go (BSS Edit)
14. Buraka Som Sistema – R.I.A.D.
15. Lil’Joao feat Aloe Blacc – Off with ya head
16. Buraka Som Sistema – Gang Bang feat Blaya
17. David Zé – O Guerrilheiro
18. Johnny Clarke – Come Back To Me
19. Buraka Som Sistema – Sound of Kuduro (D1 remix)
20. Zomby feat Pongolove – Kuduro Rumours (BSS Edit)
21. Rusko – Cockney Thug (BSS Remix)
22. Paul Simon – Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

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I Like Turtles

Since the Major Lazer album excitement I have listening to lots of Diplo related material lately and he really is, how do you say..? The tits.
Here is a really fun mix from a couple of years ago that goes all over the place like a joyous rollercoaster of musical merriment. Hip-hop, dub, dancehall, reggae, drunk, rock'n'roll, it's all there. And Paper Planes into Iko Iko into a choral version of The Knife's Heartbeats is genius. Expect vast amounts of Diplo's trademark tongue-in-cheekiness...

Tracklist

01. Nancy Francis & Jonathon Ware - I Like Turtles

02. Mr. Vegas - Lean Wit It

03. M.I.A. Feat. Bun B & Rich Boy - Paper Planes

04. Schooly D. - Gucci Time

05. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rockers To Swallow

06. Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk

07. Belle Stars - Iko Iko

08. Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Heartbeats

09. Diplo & Switch Feat. Elephant Man - East, West (Remix)

10. Nirvana - Drain You

11. Huey - Pop, Lock & Drop It Marc Houle - Bay Of Figs (Remix)

12. DJ Tamiel - Bump Like This

13. Queen Feat. David Bowie - Under Pressure

14. Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight

15. Soulja Boy - Crank Dat Superman

16. Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do (Break)

17. DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Sandrinho Remix)

18. Diplo & Switch Feat. Beenie Man - Solta Frango

19. Mr. Vegas - Hot Fuk (Diplo Mix)

20. Enur Feat. Nastasja - Calabria (2007 Mix)

21. Spoon - Paper Tiger

22. Circle Children - Zulu

23. M.I.A. Feat. Akon - Boyz Remix

24. Boy 8 Bit - Suspense Is Killing Me

25. KW Griff - Tony's Back

26. Diplo - Work Is Never Over

27. M.I.A. - Bamboo Banger

28. Sizzla - Bamboo Banger (Dubplate)

29. Blaqstar - Supastarr

30. Shai - If I Ever Fall In Love Again (Dub)

31. Orbital - Halcyon

32. LA Priest - Engine (Erol Alkan Remix)

33. Petter - Some Polyphony

34. Rihanna - Umbrella (Vandalism Mix)

35. Justice - Phantom Pt. II (Soulwax Remix)

36. The White Stripes - Little Cream Soda

37. ZZT - Lower State Of Consciousness

38. Kia Shine - Crispy

39. Bart Simpson - Bartman (So Krispy Mix)

Download the mix in MP3 here (62mb)

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Day-Glow-Radio presents Around the World in 80 Minutes!

Here it is from me to you, another mixtape to listen to!

Day-Glow-Radio presents Around the World in 80 Minutes! 

1. (Afghanistan) Wai alâ Shâheshâbo jân alâ ~ Mohammad Rahim Khushnawaz 
2. (Brazil) Berimbau ~ DJ Sandrinho 
3. (China) Plum Blossom ~ Li Xiang-lan 
4. (Colombia) Salsa Na Ma ~ Fruko & Sus Tesos 
5. (Congo) Dibwe Diambula Kabanda (Marriage Song) ~ Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin 
6. (Cuba) Chan Chan ~ Buena Vista Social Club 
7. (Ethiopia) Muziqawi Silt ~ Wallias Band 
8. (France) La java bleue ~ Frehel 
9. (Ghana) Bukom Mashie ~ Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band 
10. (Greece) O Filos ~ Stratos Gounakis 
11. (Hawaii) Lady Be Good ~ Sol Hoopii Trio 
12. (India) Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu~ Geeta Dutt 
13. (Iran) Mahur ~ Dariush Safvat & Bruno Caillat 
14. (Iraq) Palestinian ~ Ja'afar Hassan 
15. (Jamaica) The Weed (aka Man Pyabba) ~ Count Lasher with Lyn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band 
16. (Macedonia) Siki, Siki Baba ~ Kocani Orkestar 
17. (Mali) Seya ~ Oumou Sangare 
18. (Nigeria) Ayamma ~ The Anambra Beats 
19. (Panama) Rocombey ~ Lord Cobra and Pana-Afro Sounds 
20. (Romania) Iest Sexy ~ Mahala Raï Banda 
21. (South Africa) Click Song ~ Miriam Makeba 
22. (Trinidad & Tobago) Black But Sweet ~ Wilmoth Houdini 
23. (Zaire) Brrlak! ~ Zap Mama 

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23 tracks, 23 countries, phew! I thought this would be a cool idea for a mixtape, simply cos I am obsessed by all sorts of musical styles but had never done this sort of compilation. It took ages to whittle it down to some of my favourites but there was time limit (this should hopefully fit on one CD if people want to burn it) 
Also, the one track per country rule proved fun, this makes it more interesting and varied I think. 

There are some very well known tracks in here, like Chan Chan and Siki, Siki Baba (which was propelled to popularity by the Borat soundtrack) but I tried to make it mostly pretty obscure stuff. I guess I was trying to emulate one of the compelling things that I love so much about discovering new music styles from around the world (call it ‘world’ music if you want to, although the term is sort of ridiculous; Until we start listening to some new genre of sound created by aliens, surely ALL music is ‘world’ music??). So sink your ears into pop songs from 1970s Iraq or voodoo boogie tunes from Trinidad. 
This mix is largely older vintage stuff with a nice crackly glow to it, but there is also some new stuff as well, such as Africa’s great diva Oumou Sangare’s new single, and DJ Sandrinho’s trademark baile funk anthem Berimbao (cos choosing bossa nova for Brasil would’ve been a bit obvious). 

And one track at least should be pretty much exclusive as well, unless by any chance you have ever eaten at Taverna Gounas in Rethymno, Crete. O Filos by Stratos Gounakis is from a CD I picked up while travelling in Greece. There was a beautiful little taverna near where I was staying that was run by a traditional family who had their own mini record label and instrument shop next door. Mum and the sisters cooked the amazing food while every night dad and his three sons played live for the diners. 
It was really tucked away and secret from all the overpriced neon dsiplays of TRADITIONAL ENGLISH PUB FOOD and blarring racket of current UK chart hits, thank goodness. So I hope you like my little postcard from Crete. 

Another track of interest is Wilmoth Houdini’s Black But Sweet, which surely must be one of the most prolifically sampled tunes in history. Used by Sabres of Paradise for their track Wilmot, and more recently by Gypsy dancefloor mashup-artist Shantel, who’s Balkan brass flavoured rendition has been remixed and reworked by dozens of DJs in the past two years, translating this little calypso tune into everything from hiphop, house and disco, to drum & bass, dubstep and even breakcore. Shantel’s version, entitled Bucovina, has become one of the flagship tunes of the recent Balkan music revival, despite it originially being from the West Indies. Which ever form it comes in, the hook is undeniably great, and Mr Houdini’s orignial has a gorgeous atmosphere to it. 

A personal favourite of mine is the rapturously upbeat Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu, which I think is a great example of classic Bollywood experimentation with western music styles. 
Any song which succesfully melds swing and rock & roll into a Hindi showtune has got to be worthy of a listen, and Geeta Dutt puts in one of the most vivacious and uplifting vocal performances I’ve heard in a bollywood song. Taken from the 1958 film Howrah Bridge (which I know almost nothing about, can’t find it anywhere). Here’s the Tarantino-esque poster though... 

Finally, I can't not mention the amazing Miriam Makeba, who was affectionately known as Mama Africa and made the South African tradition of Isicathamiya, or 'click' singing, famous throughout the world. She sadly died last year on stage in Italy, but will be remembered as one of the greatest voices of her continent.

~*~*~*~*~

I spent ages rearranging the tracklist trying different orders, like blending it from the slow tracks up into the faster funkier ones etc, but in the end i decided to list them in alphabetical order of country of origin, which means it’s quite random but it sort of works really well. It has a nice flow to it, rather than me just grouping similar styles together, the mix goes up and down in waves of different styles. I am very pleased, especially as I don’t think any of the tracks could have ended the mix quite like Zap Mama’s amazing a capella masterpiece Brrlak! (Which by the way used to be mine and my best friend’s alarm clock, and I can tell you there is nothing lovelier to be woken up by!) 

Enjoy!

Day-Glow-Radio's Vintage Compendium

From me to you, a selection of crackly vintage toe-tappers to get you into the swing of things...

1. History of Bop ~ Jack Kerouac
2. Salt Peanuts ~ Dizzy Gillespie
3. In The Mood ~ Glenn Miller Orchestra
4. King Porter Stomp ~ Benny Goodman Orchestra
5. The Honeydripper ~ Cab Calloway
6. My Baby Just Cares For Me ~ Nina Simone
7. On The Sunny Side of the Street ~ Billie Holiday
8. Coochi-Coochi-Coo ~ Ella Fitzgerald
9. Ain't Misbehavin' ~ Louis Armstrong
10. Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen ~ The Andrews Sisters
11. Alley Boogie ~ Georgia White
12. Gin House Blues ~ Bessie Smith
13. Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine? ~ Harry "The Hipster" Gibson
14. Hatti Malatti ~ Lee Diamond & The Upsetters
15. Midnight Ska ~ Reggie Msomi's Hollywood Jazz Band
16. 'Mufridite ~ Count Lasher & Williams with Lyn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band
17. Jump In The Line ~ Harry Belafonte
18. Ska Jerk ~ Bob Marley and The Wailers
19. Pata Pata ~ Miriam Makeba
20. Something New In Africa ~ Solven Whistlers
21. Rags ~ Doc Starkes & His Nite Riders
22. Easy Rockin' ~ Freddie Kohlman
23. Big Chief ~ Professor Longhair & Earl King
24. I Can't Give You Anything But Love ~ Billie Holiday
25. What A Wonderful World ~ Louis Armstrong

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