artists:
Bugz in the Attic, Jorge Ben, Jazzanova & the Sonar Kollektiv crew, Quantic, Seiji, Candela Allstars, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, Kahil El Zabar, Nickodemus, Solid Groove/Dubsided crew, Seu Jorge, Mulatu Astatke, Cinematic Orchestra, Escort, Al Usher, Ewan Pearson, Osunlade, Alice Russell, Todd Terje, Studio, Sorcerer, the list goes on
dj's:
Gilles Peterson, Daz-I-Kue, Simon Harrison, Tom Weiland, Mr. Scruff, Quantic, Miles Cleret, Jaques Renault, DJ Harvey, Lindstrom, Roy Shay, the list goes on
labels:
Deepersoul, Candela, Soundway, Jazzman, Shoes, Wonderwheel, Arision, Bitasweet, Farout, Ubiquity, Sonar Kollektiv, Loungin, GAMM/Raw Fusion, Eskimo, Versatile, Schema, Deja Vu, Mule, Compost, G-Stone, Mr. Bongo, Honest Jons, Ninja Tune, Tru Thoughts, the list goes on....
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Dialogue Incorporated | February Newsletter : Dialogue Incorporated radio show 10 | Guest mix from Hedford & Vachal's Brad Vachal (Tirk)
Hosted by Mister Joshua
Letter from the Editor
DJING: A Postmodern Approach
By Joshua P. Ferguson
Postmodern..post-mäd-ern..adj
- of, relating to, or being an era after a modern one
- of, relating to, or being any of various movements in reaction to modernism that are typically characterized by a return to traditional materials and forms (as in architecture) or by ironic self-reference and absurdity (as in literature)", or finally "of, relating to, or being a theory that involves a radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about culture, identity, history, or language
At the end of the night this past Saturday, after a particularly interesting Valentine’s Day evening, a friend came up to me and asked how I felt about the style and variety of the music I’d been playing. My current Saturday residency is at Bar Deville – a neighborhood bar here in Chicago that caters mostly to those of the indie variety. Rockers, hipsters, nerds, heads, it’s got them all. Which, I decided while contemplating my feelings about playing there, is great! The bar’s got a little bit of everything so naturally, as the dj, I give them a little bit of everything.
As a lifelong musical bon vivante my tastes have gone through many phases – a rock n’ roll, punk & ska fueled high school era gave way to a few reggae and jazz filled college years. This eventually led to Kruder & Dorfmeister and Amon Tobin and on and on as I grew more entrenched in the world of electronic music. Scattered as my tastes are, in my gigging career I have typically found myself faithfully representing hip-hop nights, loungey hookah sessions, or deep house all-nighters. These days, though, its not as easily compartmentalized. Being strictly categorized into a tidy single genre when asked “what kind of music do you play?” is too confining a prospect. When I’m asked that question now the response is more of a “whatever it takes to make tonight a good night.”
At Bar Deville this means keeping things eclectic. It’s the only residency I have currently where I can play Operation Ivy, Old 97’s, Lily Allen, Grace Jones, Notorious B.I.G., The Beach Boys, LCD Soundsystem, & Trentemøller in the same night. The best part about it is that the customers love it. Call it a generation that’s grown up on ipod shuffle. Or a boredom with nights that aren’t adventurous enough to venture outside the box. Or the Serato era, where DJ’s broke down their genre confines. Or call it postmodern. Or something. I prefer to think I’ve reached a point where I’m appreciating music on a broad spectrum regardless of genre, scene, or style and the people that come out and hear me are sharing in the appreciation.
This month’s Dialogue reflects this new approach to djing. Joining me on the show is Portland’s Brad Vachal of Tirk’s Hedford Vachal. Brad’s had a colorful career in the music industry as well and these days he finds himself channeling a lot of these experiences into his current manifestation: Hedford Vachal alongside founding Dandy Warhol Eric Hedford. Stay tuned for words with Brad later on. With that -
Let the conversation begin!
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As mentioned, this show touches on a wide array of styles and we feel the result is a good representation of what is setting the collective dialogue ears on fire these days. Bringing things back to our “roots” so to speak we begin out in left field with Four Tet’s glitch folk rendition of Born Ruffians “I Need a Life”. Keeping the lounge vibe rolling we move into the standout track from Alif Tree’s new album Clockwork on Compost. Maybe not the most consistent musical act but when he hits it right, its right. “Enough” from his first album still sees regular play on more mellow Dialogue nights and now “Au Revoir” is giving it a run for its money.
We hope some of you caught our little review of the new Oliver People’s ad campaign featuring Zooey Deschanel of the folksy country duo She & Him (Go to: www.dialogueinc.com if you did not). Oddly enough we’d included “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?” from the band on this show prior to the launch of the campaign so the two coinciding is both great additional content and a prime example of how the Dialogue sound is branching out these days.
From here we settle back into our core sound. With so many stellar new discoid tunes dropping these days we’ve had a serious backlog of songs to feature. “Chasing Waterfalls” from Faux Pas is a recent discovery. An amazing track in and of itself Faux Pas should be destined for big things in the future. All of his work is available from his website at: www.iamfauxpas.com. On the edit tip we’ve got 3 heaters in the mix. RVNG recently dropped one from DJ legend Greg Wilson, truly a DJ’s delight. The always on point JISCO hit one out of the park with The Revenge’s “Unfinished Edits…” and finally our friend Shoes snuck us the painfully good “Me & My Diva” reworking Bohannon.
The Bird & The Bee are back on the show with a feature of the lead single for their new album. Check our full album review @ www.dialogueinc.com. Rounding things out we’ve got a few winners from our favorite labels, specifically new offerings from Versatile, Eskimo, and Innervisions. Last but not least we want to be sure to mention Death Metal Disco Scene’s remix of the fantastic new Lily Allen single “The Fear”. The lovely Ms. Allen is back with her sophomore album and its all the pop goodness you’d expect. Look for a full review of that album on Dialogue in the coming days. With that, and without further ado, we’re happy to welcome Portland’s Brad Vachal of Hedford Vachal to the Dialogue family.
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Born Ruffians “I Need a Life” Four Tet remix – Warp
Aliftree “Au Revoir” – Compost
Jenny Owen Youngs “Fuck Was I” (Morgan Page remix) – Nettwerk
She & Him “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?” – Merge
Faux Pas “Chasing Waterfalls” – cd-r
Greg Wilson “Cosmic DJ Delight” – RVNG
The Revenge “Unfinished Edits Are Out of My Hands” – Jisco
Shoes “Me & My Diva” (Bohannon) – cdr
The Kills “Tape Song” – Domino
The Bird & The Bee “Love Letter to Japan” – Blue Note
Joakim + The Disco “Love & Romance & A Special Person” – Versatile
Downtown Party Network “Days Like These” – Eskimo
Booka Shade “Charlotte” – Get Physical
Lily Allen “The Fear” (Death Metal Disco Scene remix) – cdr
Tokyo Black Star “Sepiaphone” – Innervisions
2nd Hour -- from Hedford & Vachal’s Brad Vachal
Rune Lindbaek “Bonat Synthesizer” – Drum Island
Drrtyhaze “Superhigh” - Tirk
Wild Rumpus “Rock the Joint” (Reverso 68 mix) – Bitches Brew
Mark E “Fazer” – Sonar Kollektiv
Crazy P “Love on the Line” (Unabombers dub) – 20:20 Vision
In Flagranti “I Chatted Up the Nympho Secretary (Part I)” - Codek
D’flex “Waltz” (Kawabata remix) – Tiny Sticks
Den Haan “Night Shift” - Dissident
Little Casper and the MX’s “Ultimate Warlord” - JDC
Move D “Heidelberg Gals” – Running Back
Reggie Dokes “Release Yourself” – Prime Numbers
Idjut Boys “Radio Rage” – Glasgow Underground
Hedford Vachal “I Want To Take You Higher” – Tirk cdr
Tracklisting:
The Heritage Orchestra – Tell Me Stories – Brownswood
Soil & Pimp Sessions – Wheel Within a Wheel – Victor Japan
Plumstead Radical Club – One Way – Impossible Ark
Panoptikum – Black Land of the Nile – Déjà vu
Sleepwalker – A Float – Especial
Mitchell & Dewbury – Spaces & Places – Mumo
Karma – Are We? (Tony Nwachuku remix) – Compost
Fat Freddys Drop – Midnight Marauders – Best Seven
Alice Russell – Hurry On Now (Boub remix) – Tru Thoughts
Yellowtail – Over It – Brownswood
Fink – Pretty Little Thing (Fink Sonar mix) – Sonar Kollektiv
Bonobo – Days to Come – Ninja Tune
Mark Ronson – Oh My God! – Pokerdice
4Hero – Take My Time – Raw Canvas
Jill Scott – Bedda at Home (Yam Who? Remix) – YAM
Sebastian Tellier – La Ritournelle – Record Makers
Presenting my latest edition of my Dom Ritmo mix CD series: Samba Do Gringo
Now at volume 5!
tracklisting:
1. Gilberto Gil - Aquel Abrazo - Philips
2. Os Ipanemas - malandro Quando Vaza - Far Out
3. Juca Chaves - Take Me Back to Piaui (Dubben remix) - GAMM
4. Jorge Ben - Sou Da Pesada (7 Samurai Afroraduno remix) - Deja Vu
5. Sabrian Malheiros - Passa (Venom's Bossa mix) - Far Out
6. Jackson Do Pandeiro - Eu Balanco - Continental
7. Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino - Anabacoa - Soul Jazz
8. Los Hermano Latinos - Chiquita remix - LHL recs
9. Linda Leida - Porque No Me Dices - Peer/BBE
10. Spanish Harlem Orchestra - La Banda - Rope A Dope
11. Da Lata - Ronca Da Cuica - Especial
12. Marcelo D2 - A Procura Da Batida Perfeita (Sao Benitez Bossa Mix) - Mr. Bongo
13. Rosalia De Souza - Que Bandeira w/ Marcos Valle (Gerardo Frisina remix) - Schema
14. Candela Allstars - Brobombique - Candela
15. Jesus Acosta & the Professor - Guajida (Earwig edit) - Numero Group
16. Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel - White
In proper fashion, now that I've discovered the wonders of podcast technology I have started encoding some of my mixes as podcasts. The latest is an "untitled" mix thats a rocking little set that meanders back forth between obscurity & hipsterdom. Feel free to download here:
tracklisting:
Owusu & Hannibal - Delirium (Morgan Geist rmx) - Ubiquity
Rolling Stones - Rain Falls Down (Ashley Beedle's Heavy Disco Edit) - Virgin
Kaos - The Man I Used To Be - BTR
The Congos - Congo Man (C2 edit) - Honest Jons
Mark E - Scared edit - Jisco Music
Universal Robot Band - Barely Breaking Even - BBE
John Legend - Ordinary People (Bruk remix) - Souse
Daz-I-Kue - Push Ya Lightas Up Skank - Bloodfire
Kanye West - Golddigger (Diplo remix) - Hollertronix
7 Samurai - Brothers - GAMM
Ame - Rej - Sonar Kollektiv
Peven Everett - Stuck - Soul Heaven
Joakim - I Wish You Were Gone - Versatile
Bugz in the Attic - Soundz Like - V2
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just got the CD's yesterday and have been listening to them all morning! I love it all, you're the best! Thanks for sending them! I hope you had a nice Birthday and lots of Wedding Fun!
Soul Heaven is set to land on the shores of Australia. With the approach of the new Soul Heaven Compilation, Karizma and I will be touring the major cities to promote the launch. See below for where to catch us and for more information on the cd. Also check the inthemix website in a few days for your chance to win a signed copy of the cd. You can also grab a copy of my new mix here featuring new bits from Spen, Terry Hunter, Marlon D, Osunlade & many more Sean Doyle Mix
Funny enough, I was telling my roommate last night that you look just like Seth Greene and she told me that she had the hots for him in elementary school. Ha. Want me to give her your number? ;) So, must I wait until the wedding to see Seth Greene?
What up Josh. Just dropping by to show some love. Come by the page and check out the new track "Solstice", another summer jump off track for all the kids in the Chi.
hey Mister Joshua are you coming down to Soul Revolution !
Soul Revolution @ The Bedroom, Rivington Street, London. 10pm till 6am. Tickets £10.
Bringing together the full circle of soul and funk from the 60s and 70s, played off original vinyl only in a three room venue at the heart of Shoreditch, East London.
A celebration of forgotten genius with the best rare soul and funk DJs on the planet.
Room 1: Northern Soul
Tim Brown, Butch, Arthur Fenn, Mick H, Val Palmer + James Trouble
Room 2: Deepfunk
Ian Wright, Ben Downing, Funky Plummer, Rustler + Jazzman Gerald
Room 3: Soul Or Nothing Suite
Steve Cato, Adam Leaver + guests playing RnB, Jamaican soul, weird gear, cross over and anything else they feel like.
purchased in advance from the website www.soulrevolution.co.ukto avoid disappointment
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