From: Ennio Styles (stylin_at_modalforces.com)
Date: 2003-02-20 11:42:56
STYLIN - Rare grooves, hi-tech jazz and other worldly fusions
Friday afternoons 12-2pm RRR 102.7FM, Melbourne
Live online - http://www.rrr.org.au/index2.html (see below for times)
Hello all
While I was asleep from 6-8am last Friday, it was still Thursday night in
Frankfurt, Germany. One of the best things about Thursday nights in
Frankfurt is the chance to check out Soulpatrol, the radio show hosted by
former Stylin guest Michael Rutten. According to his playlist, if you were
tuned in last week, you would have heard Gilles Peterson's "Impressed" Jazz
Mix, and then towards the end of the show Break Reform's "Metropolis"
followed by Yusef Lateef's "Eboness". About 4 hours later it was time for
Stylin, which started with Break Reform's "Metropolis" followed by Yusef
Lateef's "Eboness". Shortly after I went into Gilles Peterson's "Impressed"
Jazz Mix.
This just reminded me that even though we can't always find the right words
to describe it, there definitely is a global connection between people who
understand this music. And it feels good to be a part of it. I've got peeps
in LA, Strassbourg, Tokyo, Wellington, London, Bari, Oslo, Stockholm,
Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Munich, Berlin, Shanghai, New York,
Toronto, Brighton, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Paris, Copenhagen,
Konstanz, Freiburg and nuff other spots who know what I'm talking about.
Anyway, enough about cosmic alignments and onto the music. The Break
Reform/Yusef Lateef thing was for Trainspotters' Corner. After a string of
quality EPs, Break Reform are set to release their first album on their own
Abstract Blue label. With a jazz-hip hop-female vocals combo that sits
somewhere between Koop and Portishead, the album works in passages from deep
jazz records of the 60s and 70s, including Yusef Lateefıs beautiful
"Eboness" on the track "Metropolis".
http://www.breakreform.com
http://www.yuseflateef.com
Gilles Peterson delved deep into his jazz bag with his mix of moody modal
moments. If you enjoyed that selection then I highly recommend his new
compilation "Impressed with Gilles Peterson", a gathering of 60s and early
70s British jazz which is probably Gilles' deepest comp since Talkin Jazz 3.
This is of course just one side of the man who has been at the forefront of
this global movement I was talking about for over 20 years. You can hear him
"joining the dots" between these diverse sounds of old and new on his weekly
radio show, Worldwide. It was good timing to have this mix just as Gilles
visited Melbourne, so I took the opportunity to get in an interview too. He
now heads back to continue each of his current compilation series, so we can
look forward to Impressed Vol 2 (Universal Jazz), GP04 (Trust the DJ/Stomp)
and Worldwide Programme 3 (Talkin Loud/Universal). He has also done the
cover CD for the March edition of Muzik. After finishing his role with
Talkin Loud, Gilles is now planning a new label which he is hoping to launch
later this year. And after dabbling in production under the "Hectic" alias,
Gilles is getting prepared to record an album which he describes as "my
Nuyorican Soul, something to reflect all the stages of my DJing career". It
all sounds good.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/peterson
http://www.gillespeterson.com
This week I'll have a mix from Tru Thoughts recording artist Quantic, whose
tune "Not So Blue" was one of my favourties of 2002.
until then
Ennio Styles
***** COMING UP ON STYLIN *****
Friday 21 February - Quantic (UK)
Friday 28 February - Butti 49 (Norway)
In the pipeline - Eivind Olsvik, Cliffy & Russ Jones, Kano, Action Direkt,
DJ Lubi, Nicola Conte, Declan Kelly, Huwston, Mr Scruff
***** STYLIN 79 - PLAYLIST - FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2003 *****
Title - Artist (Label/Australian Distributor (if known))
* Australian/NZ artist/label/remixer
TRAINSPOTTERS' CORNER
1. metropolis pt 1 - break reform (abstract blue)
2. eboness - yusef lateef (atlantic)
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3. happy now - mongo santamaria (riverside)
GILLES PETERSON INTERVIEW & "IMPRESSED" JAZZ MIX
4. sometimes i feel like motherless child - brother ah (divine)
5. jaipur - joe harriott & amancio d'silva double quartet (universal jazz)
6. portrait of a young woman - mal waldron (prestige)
7. first born - michael garrick trio (universal jazz)
8. people make the world go round - dee dee bridgewater (trio)
9. in memory of - randy weston (colpix)
10. come as you are - dani siciliano (white)
:::::::::::::::::::::
11. everything must change - trouble man (far out)
12. flookin - solid groove (loungin)
13. partir (next evidence remix) - tom & joyce (yellow/stomp)
14. cargo - maddslinky (laws of motion)
15. mwela mwela (bugz in the attic remix) - jazzanova (jcr/creative vibes)
16. into - joakim (versatile)
17. origine j (readymade fc mix) - canvas (na copa jaz)
18. electrischer generator - gas & yustein (solaris)
19. hindsight - beady belle (jazzland/universal)
20. first - slope (sonar kollektiv/creative vibes)
21. streets of havanna (swell session remix) - universal funk (april)
22. *galaxy blues - thisinformation feat mark de clive-lowe (pinacolada)
23. love is sold - dj spinna feat abdul shyllon (bbe/creative vibes)
24. fluxus - dining rooms (schema/creative vibes)
For previous playlists, go to http://www.rrr.org.au/onair/shows/stylin.html.
***** ENNIO STYLES EVENTS *****
Every Thursday - Open Sesame at Honkytonks w/ Kano + guest DJs, dancers &
musicians
Thursday Feb 20 w/ Jay (live afro-soul vocals)
Thursday Feb 27 - Kano & Ennio going like Lionel Ritchie (all night long)
Thursday Mar 6 w/ Julian Savage
Thursday Mar 13 - Stereo Deluxe label party with dope giveaways
Thursday Mar 20 w/ DJ Jorj
Saturday 22 February (early) - Superpeople @ CBD (Sydney) w/ Nathan McLay
Saturday 22 February - Other-Worldly Fusions launch party w/ Kano @ Slip Inn
(Sydney)
Saturday 1 March - Dusk Cinema @ Myer Music Bowl
Friday 7 March - Dusk Cinema @ Myer Music Bowl
Sunday 9 March - Grand Prix After Party @ Albert Park Hotel w/ Elvis Aljus
(percussion)
***** LOCAL PEOPLE EP 001 *****
4 tracks of Melbourne-produced live meets electronic soulful grooves.
Support from Straight No Chaser magazine and DJs worldwide including Patrick
Forge, Cliffy, Rainer Truby, Nicola Conte, Les Gammas, BNX, Michael Rutten,
Recloose and many more.
Out now on 12" and available at at these stores:
Vinyl Junkies (London) http://www.vinyl-junkies.co.uk
Dance Music Record (Tokyo) http://www.dmr.co.jp
Groovedis (Chicago) http://www.groovedis.com
Dusty Groove (Chicago) http://www.dustygroove.com
Dancetracks (New York) http://www.dancetracks.com
Sound samples here:
Ennio Styles & Lanu "Psybossa"
http://www.vinyl-junkies.co.uk/samples/VJ6107_1.ram
Suburban Lights "Jump Jazz"
http://www.vinyl-junkies.co.uk/samples/VJ6107_2.ram
Lanu "Outrigger"
http://www.vinyl-junkies.co.uk/samples/VJ6107_3.ram
Benjamin Tobias feat Wolfgramm "This Time"
http://www.vinyl-junkies.co.uk/samples/VJ6107_4.ram
***** OTHER-WORLDLY FUSIONS *****
Interplanetary jazz beats and rhythms compiled by Ennio Styles and Kano.
Rare and unreleased music from Pablo, Hajime Yoshizawa, Volker Meitz,
Plutonic Lab & RuCL, Russ Gabriel, The Bamboos, Fragment Orchestra, Gotan
Project, Joanna Law, Wagon Cookin and Swell Session. Crazy dope cover art by
Kano.
"One of the best for 2002" - Michael Rutten
"deep, sexy, exotic music to be savoured; music that can make you think,
feel and, of course, dance" - Play
"incredibly good" - Zebra
"recent cuts masquerading as forgotten masterpieces" - Zebra
"a wonderful collection of undiscovered music" - TRM
"guaranteed to keep you slipping this disc in the player - if you can get it
out" - Remix
"a touch of mastery" - inthemix.com.au
(http://www.inthemix.com.au/p/np/viewnews.php?id=6661)
Available now through Hardware Records (distributed in Australia by Shock).
Buy it online through:
Shock (Australia)
http://www.shock.com.au/releases/info.asp?release_ID=116344
Groovedis (Chicago) (sound samples online)
http://www.groovedis.com/lp/various/other-wordlyfusion/other-wordlyfusion.as
p
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To find out what time Stylin is on in your town, go to
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=21&month=2&year=20
03&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=152
Last time I checked, these times were right:
Adelaide - Fri 1130am-130pm
Auckland - Fri 2-4pm
Berlin - Fri 2-4am
Caracas - Thurs 9-11pm
Hong Kong - Fri 9-11am
London - Fri 1-3am
New York - Thurs 8-10pm
Oslo - Fri 2-4am
Paris - Fri 2-4am
Perth - Fri 9-11am
San Francisco - Thurs 5-7pm
Singapore - Fri 9-11am
Stockholm - Fri 2-4am
Tokyo - Fri 10am-12pm
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