platinum pied pipers/sa-ra/the new downbeat-rnb thing: why don't i like this stuff more?

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needless to say i like this stuff now.

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 January 2006 22:42 (eighteen years ago) link

and god that looks good. plz tell me it fits on a cd.

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 January 2006 22:45 (eighteen years ago) link

want

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Friday, 13 January 2006 22:50 (eighteen years ago) link

I tried making a mix of some sa ra/jay dee stuff and then adding moodymann/parrish and some straight up Teedra-style rnb, but it didn't sound quite right.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Friday, 13 January 2006 22:53 (eighteen years ago) link

fits on 2CDs (cause it's a 2hr radio show). the person i slsk'd it off was kind enough to track it, too! so you can start the 2nd disc @ sa-ra's "glorious" and you have a nice 2cd set.

anyway before we get to the YSI:

it's all abt CONTEXT CONTEXT CONTEXT.

it's hard to love this shit when it's SLSKed in the form of hastily-assembled "bootleg"/"unreleased" mp3 folders on random people's. i especially had this problem w/ sa-ra. i don't want to hear a 20 track "compilation" that's 1/3rd intros/skits and 1/3rd studio outtakes and random beat compositions.

on the other hand, hearing it in mixed form w/ benji b and waajeed's heartwarming collegial chatter over the top ... OMGs all around. why have i been sleeping on PPP?!?!

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 13 January 2006 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link

i was surprised that i didn't hear more about that plant life album when it came out cuz there was some good stuff on there.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 13 January 2006 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link

xpost - dude, meet me for lunch, you can have my PPP cd

plantlife is gooood.

― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 13 January 2006 23:01 (eighteen years ago) link

gah this YSI is taking AGES

(any idea how long 164 mb should take on 802.11g broadband?)

well, expect it by ... tomorrow, at the latest.

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 13 January 2006 23:52 (eighteen years ago) link

OH SHIT

http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0EZMPVKF3OU18170O5LZ8JTU2B

― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 14 January 2006 01:40 (eighteen years ago) link

much appreciated

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Saturday, 14 January 2006 01:44 (eighteen years ago) link

That Diverse song is so dope. I'll check this out.

― deej.. (deej..), Saturday, 14 January 2006 02:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Thx dude.

― Jordan (Jordan), Saturday, 14 January 2006 02:19 (eighteen years ago) link

bump

― vahid (vahid), Sunday, 15 January 2006 02:31 (eighteen years ago) link

i haven't listened to this. i'll listen to it on the way to work on tuesday and report back.

would you be at all interested in a DJ Houseshoes mix? he's a detroit dj who specializes in all this stuff. the beats are all fantastic, but (honestly) the mcs are kinda backpackery. i can upload if wanted

― jaxon (jaxon), Sunday, 15 January 2006 02:50 (eighteen years ago) link

gah stop bumping it until i get to work on monday so i can download it!!

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 15 January 2006 03:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Damn, it's dead.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Sunday, 15 January 2006 04:21 (eighteen years ago) link

ok i will re-up when strongo sez i can.

(poor strongo - working on dead president's day?)

― vahid (vahid), Sunday, 15 January 2006 04:56 (eighteen years ago) link

the press never sleeps vahid.

(p.s. thnx dude)

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 15 January 2006 06:24 (eighteen years ago) link

re-up?

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link

http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3LTPWEOLEVXPY14VFDGZ7GAP2D

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link

you're a good man

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link

i listened to most of it on the bus this morning. getting into the techno area of the broadcast so i turned it off for a sec. this is pretty old huh? they played that jaydee/fourtet remix that's been out for a long time and wajeed hadn't even heard of it. and the PPP album hadnt' even been made yet.

i think i've heard most everything that they played. the coolest parts were the interviews and hearing that Amp Fiddler taught Jay Dee how to use the MPC. i've got the amp fiddler album, but i never really got into it. i should go back and give it another chance now

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link

MUCH OLBIGED

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah it's quite old ... november 2003!

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:52 (eighteen years ago) link

still, it's a good place to catch up

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:52 (eighteen years ago) link

how much does this song sound like it could have been a jay dee beat?

Weather Report - River People

xpost - yeah, it's a really good show. i do appreciate it.

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:54 (eighteen years ago) link

this shit better still be around when i get home

i love that diverse album

― ,, Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Anyone out there have a copy of Woebot's Sa-Ra CDR they'd care to YSI?

― Crocus Behemoth (modern dance), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm not sure what cdr woebot has, but back in may on this thread i posted a link to probably what he's talking about. it's the first place i heard about SaRa (and became addicted). 20 or so tracks.

www.brucewang.com/adoru/sa-ra.zip

link's still active.

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:13 (eighteen years ago) link

It amazes me that the good Woebot would embrace something championed well over a year earlier by Straight No Chaser and Gilles Peterson.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link

And Pépé Bradock -- wait, it's a trend!

What next, Ursula Rucker?

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Thanks for the link, Jaxon.

― Crocus Behemoth (modern dance), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Here's Woebot on the subject of Sa Ra:
http://www.woebot.com/2005/12/sara.html

― Crocus Behemoth (modern dance), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link

haha i just saw that pepe bradock post! i had never seen those sleeves before (curse of mp3 culture, cough cough). they're pretty hideous, though delightfully unexpected given that i kind of expected mirrored sunglasses and tanned bodies.

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link

he missed my favorite.

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 20:59 (eighteen years ago) link

gah!

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link

that kinda reminds me of the scene in alien where they're dissecting the face hugger after it's detached from ash

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link

okay, as a present, here's dj language's art of customization mix from last year. spacek/sa-ra/jay dee/stones throw/random soul bits/a little broken towards the end/demo mix of ayers' "sunshine"/etc. i'll try to find the sleeve when i get home so i can do a tracklist since i cant find any info about this anywhere online.

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 22:07 (eighteen years ago) link

anyone? anyone? bueller?

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 01:34 (eighteen years ago) link

omg people, did you listen to my weather report upload?

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 01:56 (eighteen years ago) link

thx strongo!

art of customization

1. Dollar - Steve Spacek
2. Now or Never - Platinum Pied Pipers
3. Hideyaface [Instrumental] - Prefuse 73
4. I Don't Care - Black Spade
5. Simply So [Sa-Ra Remix] - GB, Steve Spacek
6. Glorious - Sa-Ra Creative Partners
7. The Hop - Radio City
8. Reverible Top - Steve Spacek
9. Time Has Come - Exile, Slum Village
10. Can't Hold On - M.E.D.
11. Broad Factor - Quasimoto
12. Listen - Black Spade, Darien Brockington
13. Move, Pt.2 - Daz-I-Kue
14. Show Me the Way [Seiji Remix] - Zap Mama
15. Everybody Loves the Sunshine [Demo Version] - Roy Ayers

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 04:00 (eighteen years ago) link

oh, while this thread is open, for anyone that might care, the new Daybre (remixes etc) sux. it's really boring. there's one good beat that's RUINED by terrible vocals. luckily there's an instrumental version of that song.

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 04:44 (eighteen years ago) link

I listened to the Weather Report track, thx Jaxon. Best handclaps on a fusion record ever?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 05:46 (eighteen years ago) link

i was only kidding about really wanting to know if people listened to that track. i was mainly making fun of jess and vahid. it's a good song though, huh?

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 06:58 (eighteen years ago) link

for anyone who didn't dl the DJ Language mix above, here's GB ft. Steve Spacek "Simply So (SA-RA Vocal Remix)"
i'm still not really loving Spacek, and i have no idea who GB is, but this might be the best thing i've heard from Sa-Ra so far. i love the horns. i'd love to hear Outkast work with these guys.

― one time gaffled 'em up (one time gaffled 'em up), Thursday, 19 January 2006 09:05 (eighteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

Vahid that radio mix was great, much belated thnx for it. After listening to the new Dilla all weekend I listened to the mix again on my ipod on the way to work and I realized I need more of this. Does anyone (you? jaxon?) have any more stuff from Deviation, or any good comps/mixes? There's a DJ who spins this kind of shit pretty regularly at clubs in chicago now and he's pretty great. I think whats so interesting about this stuff (well, in the abstract anyway) is the way its v. much an intersection of varying music fans, a blend of hip-hop, soul and dance that manages at its best to avoid the mushy pitfalls all that implies.

I remember at one point benji b says that "next week" he'll tell the listeners about some compilations and mixes that cover the same ground as he does....but i dont have a next week. :-(

― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:00 (seventeen years ago) link

i have tried to find stuff like that mix without a lot of success.

dj language is a little bit too much on the hiphop/rnb side, most broken beat stuff is a little too generic-dancey (weak vocalists?) ...

avoid the "galactic soul" comp

― the art ensemble of chicago house (vahid), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:53 (seventeen years ago) link

WHOA Benji B will be in Chicago this september.

― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link

hmm this september being now. But I mean

09/21/2006 10:00 PM - Mighty, San Francisco
, San Francisco, CA 94101 - Unkown

09/22/2006 10:00 PM - King King, Los Angeles
, Los Angeles, CA 90001 -

Manhattan, NY, New York, NY 10001 -

09/29/2006 10:00 PM - Underbar, Boston
, Boston, MA 02101 - Unknown

09/30/2006 08:00 PM - Sonotheque, Chicago
, Chicago, IL 60601 - Unknown

― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link

oops
09/26/2006 10:00 PM - Canal Room, New York
Manhattan, NY, New York, NY 10001 -

― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link

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