That's Not Gangster

I’m not a producer, but this recent dig out is making me want to compose a beat. Crazy open loops in the RZA/Portishead vein.

It’s a Latin psych/pop ballads LP distributed by Fania subsidiary International Records. I think dudes are from Chile and Mexico.

Update via Wikipedia: 

Their music is a blend of boleros, psychedelic funk and rock music, known as Balada rockmántic.

That sounds about right.

Q-tip at the Roosevelt Record Fair. (via Wax Poetics #26)

Another LES ghost. This used to be the spot, but I guess the vacancy is needed for a boutique pet shop or something.

Some tunes from my crates to your ears for weekend listening. A podcast compiling recent vinyl scores.

Listen here (podomatic)

Tracklisting:

Jon Lucien - The Ghetto Song
Adam Wade - Brother on the Run
Jimmy Smith - Burning Spear
Willie Bobo - Lisa
Charanga 76 in 77 - Rosa
LeBron Brothers - El Manicero
Joe Loco - Gee
Latinaires - Guajira
Bronx River Parkway - Nora Se Va
Las Chicas Del Pais - No Hay Sombra Que Me Curra

Another wall piece for the lab. For the diggers.

Snow day home improvement.

Grail status.

#2

In case you missed it when I posted late last night, a new mix/podcast for the heavy beat heads. Recorded on-the-fly, live in the lab.

Listen to/grab a copy of the mix here.

Tracklisting:

1. Leon Thomas - The Creator Has a Master Plan
2. Gary Bartz NTU Troop - Drinking Song
3. Gangstarr - Just to Get a Rep (Madlib Remix)
4. DJ Spinna - Untitled Composition
5. Diamond D - Check One, Check Two
6. Weldon Irvine - Mr. Clean
7. Grover Washington Jr. - Black Frost
8. Organized Konfusion -The Rough Side of Time (Southside)
9. The Beatnuts - Reign of the Tec
10. Idris Muhammad - Say What
11. Nas - Dr. Knockboots
12. Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
13. Bohannon - Moving Fast
14. Slum Village - Get Dis Money (f. J Dilla)
15. Soul Supreme - Queen (f. Pete Rock, AG)
16. Jackson 5 - All I Do is Think of You

My first mahogani 12”

Stopped by the mini-WFMU Record Fair