Funky People,
Here's my latest Top 20/ Monthly Chart.
DJ Essential (Universoul/ Liberacion/ Urbanite Recordings)
1) SK Radicals- Reachin 4 da farside (Misa Negra remix) (People/ Quango)
Epic Broken beats!!!!
2) Universoul- Sweet Melodia (Urbanite cd-r)
Our little shameless self promotion. It will be big!
3) Izit vs. Future Homosapiens- Bird of Paradise (Hospital) Gonna rock
dancefloors soon.
4) Osunlade- Rader Du (Soul Jazz) Brilliant afro-house.
5) Mark de Clive-Lowe- Better Days (Unit 46 mix) (People) Smooth deep
jazzy garage/house
6) Neon Phusion- The future ain't the same as it used 2B (Laws of
Motion) I know it's old, but it kicks some groovin' ass.
7) Johnny Hammond- Gears (the whole LP) (Milestone) This is a
masterpiece, before the West London sound, along the same lines).
8) Sambas- Que Vive El Canto (Jesse's dub) (Yoruba) Good driving
percussive floorfiller!!!)
9) London Elecktricity- Round the Corner (Landslide vocal) (Hospital)
Awesome 2-step!!!
10) Fela Kuti- Expensive Shit (Celluloid) Classic Afro-funk.
11) Osunlade- Cantos a Ochun et Oya (Frankie Feliciano mix) (Yoruba)
Freakin' Brilliant!!!!!
12) Soul Quality Quartet- Toda Tersafeira (Jazzanova mix) (Sonar
Kollective) A REAL jazzsteppa!!!!!
13) Liberacion- Libera mi Alma (Free My Soul) (Urb. cd-r) Somebody sign
these guys!!! hehe :)
14) New Sector Movements- The Sun (Kenny Dope mix) (Virgin) Nice one,
Kenny!!!!
15) Phuturistix- Deep Down (Locked On) This will work in 2-step, broken
beat, nu skool breaks, and even funky minimal techno sets.
16) Colosseum- Elegy (ABC/ Dunhill) Classic Jazz Rock!!!!
17) Soulstice- Lovely (Juilus Papp mix) (OM)
Gorgeous!!!
18) Oscar- Respect 2 the Old School (Well Tuned) It came out in '99, but
is a hidden treasure with a very NSM groove, from France.
19) Funk Fusion Band- Can You Feel it? (progressive mix) (WMOT/Fantasy)
Rare & groovin'!!!!!!!!!
20) The Clash- Magnificent 7 (dub) (Epic)
My god, apunk group groovin' a dancefloor, just like Larry Levan did!!!
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Essential's Universoul Expressions mix:
www.swell.net/realaudio/dj/essential/universoul.ram
Labels, Please send Promos. Email me @
dopejazz@webtv.net
ESSENTIAL & Guests can be heard spinning 2-step/ Garage, Broken Beats,
and funky stuff.
On www.strikefm.co.uk
Thursdays (6pm-8pm Pac. time) (2am-4 UK).
s o u l p h u s i o n : (a first friday club/event comin soon in
Phoenix).
http://hipjoint.iscool.net (Hip Joint webzine)
www.bump2k.com (our 2-Step Kru's site)
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