From: Ennio Styles (stylin_at_modalforces.com)
Date: 2003-05-29 14:04:49
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
Apologies for getting so behind with the newsletters. So now you'll get two
in a row, starting with this one from 2 weeks ago, when I featured the
"Pathless Soulful International Mayhem Radio Show Vol 1" by Gerd & DJ
Pathless from 4Lux Recordings in the Netherlands. As promised, I have their
great commentary on each track beneath the playlist. Only thing to mention
is that Moon Orchestra is from Norway not Australia - I guess it's not so
strange that they found it in Norway then! If any of the punctuation looks
funny, blame Microsoft not me. Also be on the lookout for Gerd's remix album
"Modified", out soon on LEA/Stomp and featuring the great remix of Heavenly
Social for all the Dwele fans. Some interesting new releases also to come on
their 4 Lux record label, as previewed in the mix.
http://www.4lux.com
This show was also the return of Trainspotters' Corner. Top Italian label
Schema has just released a 12" by new artist Paolo Fedreghini with 2
versions of "Please Don't Leave", a jazz vocal groover originally recorded
by the Clarke-Boland Sextet in the mid-60s for their ultra-rare "Music for
the Small Hours" LP. If you want to save yourself a four-figure sum for the
original, and also get the equally rare "Swing im Bahnhof" album thrown in,
then I recommend the Rearward Schema reissue "Calypso Blues". Of
Fedreghini's new versions, I prefer the clubbier Midnight Mood Session,
which was apparently inspired by labelmate Gerardo Frisina.
http://www.ishtar.it
http://www.thevibes.net/clarkeng.htm
until then
Ennio Styles
***** COMING UP ON STYLIN *****
Friday 6 June - Russ Dewbury (UK)
In the pipeline - Cliffy & Russ Jones, Kano, Action Direkt, DJ Lubi, Nicola
Conte, Declan Kelly, Huwston, Mr Scruff, Break Reform, DJ Spider, London
Elektricity, Paine, Forss
***** STYLIN 92 - PLAYLIST - FRIDAY 16 MAY 2003 *****
Title - Artist (Label/Australian Distributor (if known))
GERD & DJ PATHLESS IN THE MIX - SOULFUL INTERNATIONAL MAYHEM
1. crab apple jam - david snell (state)
2. the sea - jukka tolonen (love)
3. the hike - sandboy (hinterland/creative vibes)
4. operator (attica blues mix) - innershape (bootleg)
5. fever - apeanaut (redbud)
6. a birdıs party - protassov (switchstance)
7. the valley - moon orchestra (dbut)
8. bradford jazz (swiss mix) - mavenalli project (toko)
9. looking for love (bugz rmx) - vikter duplaix (hollywood)
10. ? - dwele ft. bahamadia (cdr)
11. distance time - def harmonic (wobblyhead)
12. forss rmx - jazzanova ft. ursula rucker (jcr/creative vibes)
13. a discipline of undertones - machine shop (4lux)
14. weather one pt. 1 - michael gordon (coalition)
15. beleza nao vai embora - orlann divo (musidisc)
16. nana das aguas - joao donato (rca)
17. drifting - bah samba (estereo/stomp)
18. vibe samba - velho 4 (4lux)
19. exagr8 (gerdıs 4lux remix) - focus (versatile/aztec)
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20. oceans & whispers - bennson (equatorial)
21. bluey - fat freddy's drop (vinyl junkies)
22. path - p'taah (ubiquity/creative vibes)
TRAINSPOTTERS' CORNER
23. please don't leave - clarke-boland sextet (rearward/creative vibes)
24. please don't leave (the midnight mood session) - paolo fedreghini
(schema/creative vibes)
::::::::::::::::::::
25. cerca de mi - little louie vega feat raul midon (vega/aztec)
26. i am music (house mix) - common feat jill scott (white)
27. set for seizure (anthony nicholson remix) - daniel magg
(compost/creative vibes)
28. salsa scratch - rob swift feat bob james (table turns)
29. cassanova - soul unit (chapter one)
For previous playlists, go to http://www.rrr.org.au/onair/shows/stylin.html.
***** Pathless Soulful International Mayhem Radio Show 1
By Gerd & DJ Pathless *****
Basically this isnıt a dj mix. Itıs more like a show reel of things we
collected, received, cherished and loved over the last decade or so Music
which proves to be made through resourceful and creative minds, whether it
is jazz-funk, soul, library, bossa, hip hop or classical, it doesnıt
matter
What makes this show reel special? Well, we made some different versions of
some of the tracks, also we did some crazy stuff during mixes from one track
to the other sometimes using three different tracks at the same time.
Anyway, We are about to release the Gerd remix album due June next. To
promote this we made this cd-r. Hoping that you guys could air this (or a
part of it) during your show(s). Would be greatly appreciated! We prepared
this show with much love, attention and devotion so, we hope you enjoy
this. Thanks for supporting us and our label 4lux!!!
Track listing:
1. David Snell Crab Apple Jam (LP, State rec.)
Great library record from the 70ıs. Nice harp & warm bass. Simply awesome
vibes to start this show reel with. Weıre really into harping. Harp-records
from the 60ıs, 70ıs, 80ıs and 90ıs. Bossa with harp, Ragga with harp, French
music with harp, everything with a harp.
Our next show will be harp-songs only
2. Jukka Tolonen The Sea (LP, Love Rec.)
Exquisite Norwegian Jazz from the 70ıs. This original is quite hard to find.
But Säkhö did a re-issue last year.
3. Sandboy The Hike (12" Hinterland)
One of our favourite records from last year. Through Germany, the beautiful
voice of Marishka Phillips comes to us! The new Ursula Rucker?
4. Innershape Operator Attica Blues Mix (12" Bootleg)
This is (along with Atticaıs mix for Spacekıs Eveı) one of our favourite
Attica remixes out there. Extremely rare mix by Attica Blues, this is. We
guess thereıs never been an official release of this one, but we donıt know
that for sure maybe you can tell us. What we do know is that it has been
released on an English compilation. And itıs been bootlegged, so here it is
5. Apeanaut Fever (12" Redbud)
We heard this one being played by Dorfmeister during the Drum & Rhythm
festival in the Netherlands. We went nuts on this one, shaking our heads to
the ska bass and dub effects.
Up till then we never heard of this track and we found it by accident
listening to some radio show or something J. This is definitely a tune you
have to hear on a massive pa
It rocks and it works!
6. Protassov A Birdıs Party (12" Switchstance Rec.)
Cool name Protassov.ı Is this fellow from Russia? Anyway, we got this
through Switchstance and it is absolutely gorgeous. It actually reminds us
of one of the earlier David Holmes tracks from his album "Letıs get killed."
Cool tune to shake yer bottom to.
7. Moon Orchestra The Valley (LP, dBut)
This is tuff breakbeatish nu-jazz from Australiaıs dBut. It is quite hard to
find over here. We actually got it through some mail-order shop in Norway.
We love this one, itıs got energy and every time we play this one out, the
roof is on fire! So, again for big paıs, not really home listening stuff but
definitely worth a play during this show.
8. Mavenalli Project Bradford Jazz Swiss Mix (12" Toko)
This is a bit of funky breakbeat stuff. We compare this with the stuff that
Gerd did under his BSO Researchı moniker back in the days when he recorded
for Leftfieldıs Hard Hands imprint. Nice!
9. Vikter Duplaix Looking for love Bugz rmx (12" Hollywood)
Oooh, what a remix. The Bugz remix of 4Heroıs Hold it Downı is just awesome
and the Mwela Mwela joint rocks the floor as well. But we play this one most
often. Canıt get enough of it. On the US-pressing of Looking for Loveı
only, right?
10. Dwele ft. Bahamadia - ? (CD-r, Virgin)
This is where we reach easier water! After a couple of years of waiting, it
finally looks like we can get this on vinyl! Just got the promos of Find a
wayı but because of the fact weıre die-hard fans of Bahamadia we put this on
the show. By the way whatıs the title of this one? Or is this actually
Untitled?ı Anybody out there who knows?
11. Def Harmonic Distance Time (12" WobblyHead)
Our favourite label of the mo: WOBBLY HEAD. Creative music from creative
minds. This is underground hip-hop. You can compare this to Fat Daddyıs
Chocolate Lover.ı Some nice spacey instrumental hip-hop on there as well!
Really nice!
12. Jazzanova ft. Ursula Rucker Forss rmx (CD-r, JCR)
Blown away when we first heard that Soulhack thing coming along. Then Using
Splashes appeared and then the Jazzas making us crazy with some exclusive
things from his upcoming album. This is a really cool and inventive remix by
Forss. In the mean time we received the whole Forss album that will be
released through Sonar Kollektiv soon
We just love this guy J.
13. Machine Shop A Discipline of Undertones (12" 4lux)
One of our own things. The problem with both Gerd and DJ Pathless is that we
love to do and/or produce so many different things, we donıt really stick to
one particular style. For example every Gerd remix is different, we hear
people complain, we hear people loving it You never know what you get and
thatıs our problem euhm we guess itıs not a very clever strategy, is it?
Anyway, the same goes for this show: You never know what comes next
14. Michael Gordon Weather One pt. 1 (LP, Coalition)
And this is what we mean nice surprises. Many people are specialising in
one particular style as mentioned above, this is a good strategy. People
always know what you do but thereıs so many interesting things out there.
For instance, we love Indian music, Celtic songs and Ska/Dub. And we dó
listen to classical music from Barber to Chopin, you name it we have it. But
weıve never lost this house feeling. Thatıs why we specifically are into
repetitive modern classical pieces from the likes of Steve Reich and Jocelyn
Pook. During our sets weıre not afraid to tickle the crowds with one or two
strangeı things. Weather One is simply an astonishing piece of art. Itıs
about one hour long, so we sticked to the first session of part one. It
slowly builds like Manuelıs E2-E4.ı (you know the one used by Sueno Latino
:-). Itıs intense, itıs acoustic, itıs mind altering really! Play this one
loud!
15. Orlann Divo Beleza Nao Vai Embora (LP, Musidisc)
Quite rare Bossa. Donıt see this one a lot, original that is. To our
knowledge this has only been re-issued through Watts. Re-issues of Don
Cunningham just showed up, the same goes for The Rallyı from the infamous
Boozy & Hawkes library series, Dorothy Ashbyıs Afro harpingı, Catch Up, Les
Petroleuses, Zimbo Trio, Joe Quijano and a lot, lot, lot of other stuff
(could go on for years, aight?). Now itıs just a matter of time and
treasures like Zitho Rigiıs Berimbauı, LıInfonieıs Jıai perduı (already
appeared on cd) and Tjaderıs Laranjaı will be next. On the one hand itıs
sometimes frustrating when youıve put a lot of effort in getting hold of the
original thing and the re-issue shows up. On the other, itıs a good
surrogate to have a re-issue until the moment you find the original J. Letıs
face it: once a collector, always a collector. By the way, this Orlann song
appeared on the compilation Brazilian Love Affair 4ı compiled by Far Outıs
Joe Davids. Really nice comp with that much sought after 4hero pres.
Natures Plan ft. Ed Mottaı Without Words.ı
16. Joao Donato Nana das Aguas (LP, RCA)
Hereıs another one J. Guess we donıt have to introduce Mr. Donato to you, do
we? In an interview Donato once stated: Bossa is Samba from which weıve
DDTıd the cockroaches."
Jobim was more generous: "Bossa is a distillery of the samba, a
sophisticated branch. It removed the excess of percussionists. Idf you fill
up all the silences in music, then you have the sound of the roaring ocean
because everything is filled, packed."
17. Bah Samba Drifting (Album sampler, Estereo)
Simply awesome track from a simply awesome album!
18. Velho 4 Vibe Samba (white, 4lux)
This is actually a library kind of thing and we are going to release it
through 4lux. When we play this during our 4lux sets, a smile on everybodyıs
face will appear J. Just a nice vibe. A non-sophisticated track for sunny
noons and hot, sweaty evenings.
19. Focus Exagr8 Gerdıs 4lux Remix (CD-r, Versatile)
When we first heard this loop that Phil Asher used for his Exagr8ı track,
we were going like this is cool, but it needs some ballsı in a K-scope
way you know the project on LTJ Bukemıs Cookinı. So we turned it into a
K-scope thing. Just for fun. It turned out that people were going wild on
this mix when we played it out. People simply love the break in the middle
where the beats are filtered to 20hz, or so, and where the trumpet does its
solo. And when the beat finally kicks in again, itıs a mad house on the
floor. Try this in a club and you might get the same result. And again, this
isnıt for the faint hearted
PLAY THIS AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE NOT FOR LOUSY SOUND SYSTEMS!!!
May the Pathless Soulful International Mayhem guide you! DJ Pathless + Gerd,
March 2003
***** ENNIO STYLES EVENTS *****
Every Thursday - Open Sesame at Honkytonks w/ Kano + guest DJs, dancers &
musicians
Thursday 29 May - launch party for Zero DB "Reconstruction" with giveaways
from Fluid Ounce/Creative Vibes
Thursday 5 June w/ Dave Sinclair
Thursday 12 June - launch party for "Sambass" Brazilian drum and bass
compilation with giveaways from Irma/Stomp
Thursday 19 June w/ Elvis Aljus (percussion)
Thursday 26 June - launch party for Truby Trio "Elevator Music" with
giveaways from Compost/Creative Vibes
Friday 6 June (early) @ KooKoo
Friday 6 June - Str8Up @ Revolver w/ Kano, Lazyboy, Elvis Aljus (percussion)
Friday 6 June - 2000% Dynamite @ The Prince w/ Soul Jazz Sound System (UK),
Johnny Topper, Systa BB
Sunday 8 June @ Honkytonks w/ Russ Dewbury (UK), Action Direkt, Kano, Elvis
Aljus (percussion)
Wednesday 18 June @ Sous Sol w/ The Bamboos (live plus horns)
Saturday 28 June - Ultralounge (Fukuoka, Japan) w/ Kano, Miss Piggy & more
***** ENNIO STYLES PRODUCTIONS *****
Psybossa - Ennio Styles & Lanu
From 12" "Local People EP 001" (Local People, Australia, 2002)
Also features: Suburban Lights, Benjamin Tobias feat Wolfgramm
Sound sample: http://www.vinyl-junkies.co.uk/samples/VJ6107_1.ram
Cubano Chant (Ennio Styles Remix) - SHQ
From 2LP/CD "Cosmic Sounds Remixed" (Cosmic Sounds, UK, 2003)
Also features remixes by: Nicola Conte, Eddy & Dus, Panoptikum, Zeljko
Kerleta, Gak Sato, Crate Soul Brothers, BGYSS
Info: http://cosmicsounds-london.com/label/cs-28/cs-28.htm
Sound sample: http://www.cosmic.f9.co.uk/MP3s/cs28ennio.mp3
Set for Seizure (Ennio Styles Remix) - Daniel Magg
From 12" (Compost, Germany 2003)
Also features remixes by: Anthony Nicholson, Wagon Cookin
Info: http://www.compost-rec.com/sections/labels/cpt_arti/magg.php3#set
Sound samples soon ...
In the pipeline: Local People EP 002, remix for Beady Belle (Jazzland)
These tunes have been supported by Straight No Chaser magazine, Gilles
Peterson, Jazzanova, Rainer Truby, Nicola Conte, Michael Rutten, Recloose,
Patrick Forge, BNX, Cliffy and many more around the globe. Thank you all!
***** 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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