by admin | Mar 16, 2011 | NJ, Record Collecting, Westfield
Record Collecting: Another journey to the Sound Station in Westfield another batch of scores all in one fell swoop!
Man I heart Truth and Soul records. Fallin’ Off The Reel III is a great archeological compilation with groovy space jams by Cosmic Force, the wah wah love of Timothy McNealy, and some truly great bass playing by Black Velvet. This shit is hotter than lava. Also on here is soul-tastic Lee Fields & Explorers. All the tracks are great if you want some funk/soul tasters. You should take a bite out of this one.
Red Rooster MP3 by El Michels Affair
If your a fan of this re-insurgence of psychedelic rock music of the Black Angels variety then you should pay attention to these Bay Area mystics and check out the space-outs music of Lumerians. All their jams occur on the far away planet of Transmalinnia which is like distorted pompeii keyboard trip that will make your eardrums vibrate. Except is one or two notches louder and could easily knock down any arena.
Black Tusk MP3 [Buy]
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If only you were brain dead thank you Black Angels
by admin | Feb 19, 2011 | Funky, Record Collecting
Sound Station Westfield, NJ
They know their customers and if your a connoisseur of the rare to the obscure funk, soul, alternative rock, punk or blues record or no wave -whatever; chances are they’ll have something interesting in for you to check out. Consider them your music curators. Their stock is not huge because of these changes times but they will certainly try and track down whatever you want and will enjoy talking about it. This is the record store experience you won’t get online. This is how shopping for music should be.
Here’s a few samples of the great finds in just the past few months. I often talk about accidental discovery and the Sound Station is the place to do it in. Just open your ears and audio fun will follow. You won’t be able to follow them on twitter or anything fancy like that. Just not they are closed Sundays and Mondays.
Mochilla Presents: DJ Nu-Mark – Take Me With You – Holy crap this is a great collection of inspired funk rhthms from Uncle NU via his travels. Amazing mix of Samba, Cumbia, Calypso, Rumba, Afro and Balkan beats. Features “Tropicalifornia” from his record Broken Sunlight. Total summertime party album from Mark Potsic the ex-Jurassic 5 member. This will make you want to travel be a professional vacationeer.
Sample this beat:
42 Take Me With You (Track 42) MP3 DJ Numark from Take Me With You. Oh no clue what this track is called no listing to be found. Help!
Truth & Soul Records presents Lee Fields & The Expressions in an incredible authentic soul journey in his 2009 release My World. This has just enough modern beats to make this a complete groove thing. Check out the title track for starters then work your way around the whole record. Great find. Apparently he lives in Plainfield New Jersey.
My World MP3 by Lee Fields [Buy Some]
Charles Bradley No Time for Dreaming
The World (Is Going Up In Flames) MP3 Dig it from No Time For Dreaming [Buy]
by admin | Dec 16, 2010 | Funky, Psychedelic
I’ll admit I am a late comer to the Psychedelic Funk genre and i meander into stuff that is little more drum and bass but currently I’ve been mindlessly picking up things that look interesting. Here’s a few tracks from various compilations that mix funkadelic beats and guitars. What makes the use of wahs, funky beats and bass on this material cool is that at times it seems almost interpretive what you might hear on old 80’s cop-show like CHIPS maybe or black-exploitation movie. Imagine what James Brown would like sound like if somebody just explained the music to you. These are mostly just some good eclectic tracks you’d never hear unless you found said compilations. Of course unless you’re a record collector or this post finds you. This is only the tip of proverbial iceberg whatever if it moves your feet it’s doing it’s business.
Ghabileh-ye Lily MP3 by this Persian group called Mehrpooya from Psych Funk 101 – This is the epitome of fuzzy deep cuts with Artists from very exotic countries like Turkey and Iran! [BUY]
Good Old Funky Music MP3 by The Meters s/t and previously unissued
Shut ‘Em Down MP3 by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson from Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009 compilation. Super cool that through a relative the publisher sent the magazine to me for their music issue which came with this CD.
22 Mothership Connection (Star Child) MP3 from School House funk series which Compiled by DJ Shadow. Which is basically all these one-off records that highschools would produce as a “record” of the schools band performance. Some really amazing moments on here. [Buy]
12 Inch Rims MP3 by Amsterdam’s Lefties Soul Connection from Skimming The Skum (2007). This could have been recorded in the 1970’s and you would be none the wiser. Awesome freaky dutch shit. [Buy]
What It Is Parts 1&2 MP3 this track is by the artist known as Apollis from the super awesome Bay Area funk I compilation on ubiquity records. Was on my Music fan Holiday gift ideas post.
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