Boozoo Bajou - Grains
(CD) Studio !K7 !K7235CD, 2009-02-23

Boozoo Bajou (alias Florian Seyberth and Peter Heider) return with a gentle album taking their modern electronica with blues, jazz, soul, latin and dub elements on a lighter and brighter path, absorbing acoustic folk and classic songwriting into their progressive musical journey. One for HEAVY lounging!

Nickodemus - Endangered Species Remixed
(MP3/limited-edition CD) Eighteen Street Lounge ESL129, 2008-02-04

Tracklisting :
01. Endangered Species (Raeo Remix) 4:37
02. Mi Swing Es Tropical (Zeb Remix) 4:18
03. Peace Pipe (DJ Enredo Remix) 4:39
04. Cleopatra In New York (Karuan '07 Remix) 5:18
05. Funky In The Middle (Haaksman & Haaksman Remix) 6:20
06. Give The Drummer Some (Fort Knox Five Remix) 6:06
07. Back From Africa (Derek Sessions Remix) 7:24
08. Gibraltar (Sabo & Zeb Remix) 6:56
09. Crazy Stranger (Thievery Corporation Remix) 6:10
10. Mystery Of Life (Zeb Remix) 5:14
11. The Spirits Within (Boozoo Bajou Remix) 5:27
12. The Global Village (Tarantala Bite Remix) 2:37

Links :
myspace.com/nickodemusnyc
eslmusic.com/artists/nickodemus/nick.htm
wonderwheelrecordings.com

Various – Best Seven Selections 2
(CD) Best Seven/Sonar Kollektiv SBCD0006, 2007-07-02

Tracklisting :
01. Dutch Riddim Combo feat. Bodea - Ride Of Your Life 05:42
02. Boozoo Bajou feat. Joe Dukie & U-Brown - Take It Slow 05:34
03. Extended Spirit - Sista Riddim 04:39
04. The Black Seeds - The Answer 03:47
05. Funset - No Blame 03:48
06. Frost & Wagner feat. Paul St. Hilaire - Like A O 06:09
07. Taxi - A Certain Something [Frost & Wagner Remix] 05:51
08. Catrat feat. Yah Meek - Freedom 06:36
09. DJ Vadim feat. Katherin DeBoer - Black Is The Night 04:16
10. Djosos Krost - Better Place 03:34
11. Resurrectors - Let Rhythms Flow 05:03
12. Eva Be feat. Joe Dukie - No Memory Of Time [Reggae Version] 05:37
13. Masa Collective feat. Noel McKoy - Natural Collie 07:23
14. Melasse - Soulmap 06:32

Links :
bestseven.de
myspace.com/bestseven
nocturne.fr/produit.cfm?id_produit=7212

Boozoo Bajou - Juke Joint II
(CD/12") K7 Records, 2006-08-07

Tracklisting CD :
01. Tony Joe White - Rainy Night In Georgia (Boozoo Bajou's Georgia Dub)
02. DJ Day - Four Hills
03. Alice Russel feat. TM Juke - Hurry On Now
04. Urbs & Cutex - The Thing
05. Meters - Heartache
06. El Michels Affair - Hung Up On My Baby
07. Dennis Bovell - Rowing
08. Blend Crafters - Bad Luck Blues
09. Mark Rae - Medicine
10. Boozoo Bajou feat. Oh No - Back Up (Original Cut)
11. Nicole Willis And The Soul Investigators - Feeling Free
12. Mulatu Astatque - Emnete
13. Headtric feat. Joshua Baumgarten - Another Dark Alley Scenario
14. Boozoo Bajou - Pflug
15. Rechenzentrum - Tiefenschärfe
16. Hanne Hukkelberg - Cast Anchor
17. Gecko Turner - Dizzie (Boozoo Bajou Mix)
18. Light of Saba - Lambs Bread Collie
19. John Holt - For The Love Of You
20. Josh Rouse - Come Back (Light Therapy)

Tracklisting EP :
01. Boozoo Bajou feat. Oh No - Back Up 4:47
02. Boozoo Bajou feat. Oh No - Back Up (Drumwick Cut) 4:55
03. Boozoo Bajou feat. Oh N - Back Up (Ruff Cut) 4:15
04. Boozoo Bajou - Pflug 4:27
05. Boozoo Bajou feat. Oh No - Back Up (Vocal) 3:11

Links :
boozoobajou.com
k7.com
myspace.com/boozoobajou

The 150 Best Records Of 2006 - Part 1

12 ELECTRONIC ALBUMS & SINGLES FOR 2006 PART 1

01. Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit - Secret Rhythms 2 (CD/2xLP)
02. Diesler - Keepie Uppies (CD)
03. Quantic - An Announcement to Answer (CD/LP)
04. Grant Phabao - Remixed & Remixes (CDR)
05. AFX - Hangable Auto Bulb (CD) / Chosen Lords (CD)
06. Senor Coconut - Yellow Fever (CD)
07. The Juju Orchestra - Kind Of Latin Rhythm (12") / Take Four (12")
08. Orgatronics - Moonfruit (CD)
09. Fort Knox Recordings - The New Gold Standard (CD/12")
10. Felix Laband - Dark Days Exit (CD/LP)

We've been amazed by their talent for years now so it's no surprise to find Burnt Friedman, Grant Phabao, Aphex Twin or Atom Heart (under his Señor Coconut guise) in this Top 10 once again. These guys are at the top of their game, each one creating an exceptionally unique sound and an incredibly vast discography. Seek them out. Diesler and Quantic are no real surprise either, as the Tru Thoughts label they're on was one of the best of 2005 for all connoisseurs. Breakbeat programming and fusion of groovy styles gets re-invented with the Brighton twist in there. Ask your record dealer for their albums and singles! Newcomers are also welcomed in this bi-annual "Best Of", whether they're cool and fun like the Juju Orchestra, roots and classy like Orgatronics, hip and shaky like The Fort Knox Five or dark and lovely like Felix Laband. You can start diggin'.

12 FOLK ROCK POP ALBUMS FOR 2006 PART 1

01. Mushroom - Really Don't Mind If You Sit This One Out (CD)
Caroleen Beatty (w/ Mushroom) - You're Only As Pretty As You Feel (CD)
Various (alias Mushroom) - Soul Sisters - The Sights & Sounds of the African-American Underground (CD)
02. Phish - Live at Madison Square Garden New Year's Eve 1995 (3xCD)
03. Loka - Fire Shepherds (CD/LP)
04. Benevento/Russo Duo - Raw Horse: The Benevento Russo Duo Live! (CD)
05. Les Claypool - Of Whales And Woe (CD/LP)
06. Brave Captain - Distractions (CD/LP)
07. Bobby Previte - The Coalition Of The Willing (CD/LP)
08. Keller & The Keels - Grass (CD/LP)
09. The Disco Biscuits - The Wind at Four to Fly (CD/LP)
10. Blues Traveler - Bastardos (CD/LP)

Yeaaaah we like our pop and rock to go psychedelic all the way. So what? You'd rather we'd opt for some formatted everybody-plays-the-same-shit-to-be-on-radio? Sorry, that won't happen. As pop/rock has became the mainstream in all major medias, some artists and bands are still re-inventing the realm each year, starting with the acidest we could find, Mushroom, who recently released three albums under different names. Those San Francisco guys love trippy music as much as record collecting, so you'd rather take their misleadings as a trasure quest... Next is an 11-years- old show from mammoth jamband Phish, but one of their bests, at a cheap price for a 3 -CD set.
Our American underground / jam bands / psychedelic US rock selection doesn't stop here, with incredible mind-meltingness from the Benevento/Russo Duo (now touring with Trey and Mike from Phish...), Primus frontman and bassist extraordinaire second solo opus as Les Claypool, Bobby Previte and his stellar array of guests (Charlie Hunter, Stanton Moore, Steven Bernstein, Skerik...) for some loud "jazz meets rock" noise, Keller Williams' soft folk in the grass, The Disco Biscuits' cosmic live trance-fusion exploison, and Blues Traveler's recent comeback to their best with some heavy psychedelia.
Last year we had voted in this same section for Super Numeri, and we're still listening to that album. So it's no surprise to find the Loka album in this list this year, as Loka is a duo fronted by Karl Webb, one of the three founders of Super Numeri. Go seek - and yes, there are vinyls for those albums!! Cherry on the cake is the FREE album from former Boo Radleys frontman, Brave Captain, who simply still on the top of my pop idols list. You can download it on his site in WAV or MP3 format for free. Life's no bitch.

11 HIP HOP ALBUMS FOR 2006 PART 1

01. Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo (CD/2XLP)
02. People Under The Stairs - Stepfather (CD+DVD/2xLP)
03. Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening (CD)
04. New Flesh - Universally Dirty (CD/2xLP)
05. Mocky - Navy Brown Blues (CD)
06. Freddie Cruger presents The 3 Foot People - 3 Feet High & Rising (CD/2xLP)
07. CunninLynguists - A Piece Of Strange (CD)
08. Ammoncontact - With Voices (CD/2xLP)
09. Speech Defect - Freshcoast Gettin' Rowdy (CD/2xLP)
10. Soul Position - Things Go Better With RJ And Al (CD/2xLP)
10. Rjd2 - Magnificent City Instrumentals (CD/2xLP)

Spank Rock is undoubtly the sensation of the year. He brought Baltimore's Hip Hop to us without warning and stormed to our dancefloors with the most innovative record of the year (so far). We've chosen another Big Dada joint with the upcoming New Flesh album, full of hits and inventivness. Sister label Ninja Tune isn't far with the Ammoncontact album, a pure masterpiece of L.A. jazz/soul/hip hop, and we're still very fond of Mocky's world, not so far from Gonzales one... The rest of our biannual selection is mostly old school funky hip hop, the one we like best, with "I-need-the-vinyl-absolutly" pieces from People Under The Stairs, former Jurassic 5 DJ Cut Chemist, recent Tru Thoughts signing Freddie Cruger (known as Red Astaire on the recently closed G.A.M.M. imprint), underground favorites Cunninlynguists, and swedish Ugly Duckling counterparts, Speech Defect. A couple of recent Rjd2 productions are thrown in there too cos' we still haven't got tired of his Shadow-esque style. Hip Hop don't stop.

Grant Phabao & Djouls - 21st Century Roots (MP3 Podcast) T.I.M.E.C., 2005-10-31 Que se passe-t-il donc de bien roots en début de millénaire pourri par le retour des sons années 80? À Paris, l'été indien n'en finit plus. Alors, pour finir en beauté ce joli mois d'octobre 2005, voici un spécial "reggae, hip hop & dub", en forme de palais de la découverte et du remix. Avec quelques productions parisiennes toutes chaudes et pas encore entendues à la radio, signées de Grant Phabao, Seven Dub, les Mighty Blunts ou Professor Oz. Elles sont accompagnées de quelques récents...

Various - Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked
(CD) Verve Records LB0004966-02, 2005-10-25

Tracklisting :
01. George Russell - A Helluva Town (SA-RA 'Go' Remix)
02. Charles Mingus - II B.S. (RZA's Mingus Bounce Mix)
03. Chico Hamilton - El Toro (Mark De Clive-Lowe Remix)
04. Gabor Szabo - Mizrab (Prefuse 73 Remix)
05. Dizzy Gillespie - Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Gerardo Frisina Remix)
06. Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill - Spanish Rice (DJ Dolores Remix)
07. Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (The Chief Xcel Remix)
08. Pharoah Sanders - Astral Traveling (Boozoo Bajou Remix)
09. Yusef Lateef - Bamboo Flute Blues (Kid Koala Remix)
10. Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments (Telefon Tel-Aviv Remix)
11. Ravi Coltrane - At Night

Notes: Track 11 - Ravi Coltrane composed and produced a new song based on a poem written by his father [Bass - Hans Glawischnig; Drums - Marcus Gilmore; Piano - Luis Perdomo; Producer, Written By, Saxophone [Tenor] - Ravi Coltrane; Vocals - Julie Patton; Written By [Original Poem] - John Coltrane]