Studio 51.15 Presents : The Best Of 2011 Part 2 by Studio 51.15

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1) Fatima – Floating Points – Cinnamon ; 2) Robert Mitchell 3io - Alberto Balsam ; 3) BADBADNOTGOOD – The World Is Yours ; 4) Quadron – Samba De Verão ; 5) Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Sun Ra – Pluto ; 6) Galus – Cubism ; 7) Sepalcure – Hold On ; 8 ) Mux Mool – Jen and Soda ; 9) Si-Tew – Hard Look ; 10) En2ak – Edwards’ Short Circuit ; 11) Free The Robots – Young And Yet Too Old ; 12) Young Montana? - Midnight Snacks ; 13) Amp Live – Differ.e.n.t. ; 14) Amalia – All The Funk I Need (Atjazz Love Soul Remix) ; 15) Huess – I’d Rather Be The Hunter (Kelpe Remix) ; 16) Young Montana? – Sacre Cool ; 17) Dimlite – Than Them ; 18) Dirg Gerner – Fatima – Rubies & Diamonds ; 19) Envee – Kali

 

written by Herman

Studio 51.15 Presents : The Best Of 2011 Part 1 by Studio 51.15

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1) 74 Miles Away – Seven Four ; 2) Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet – Chase The Devil ; 3) Afrika Hitech – Cyclic Sun ; 4) B-Ju – Habit In Your Redlight ; 5) James Blake – Love What Happened Here ; 6) Jhene Aiko – Stranger ; 7) SBTRKT feat. Yukimi Nagano – Wildfire ; 8 ) Machinedrum – She died there ; 9) Robot Koch – Nitesky ; 10) Clams Casino – I’m Official ; 11) KRTS – Hold On (Pavel Dovgal Remix) ; 12) Kingdom – Let You No ; 13) Inc. – Heart Crimes ; 14) Taprik Sweezee – Eating At The Void (Jameszoo Remix) ; 15) Knxwledge – Loavhorts ; 16) Roni Size – New Forms (Juke Edit) ; 17) Moa Pillar – Water Lily.

 

Happy New Year ladies & gentleman !

Welcome to Studio 51.15 The Best Of 2011 – part 1. There are two things that I don’t like about the title : the first one is that some of the songs on the selection were made in 2010. The second one is that it’s not really „the best“ – it’s more like : my favorite. But I was not feeling very creative today, and the title express 95% of what I wanted to say/share musically. I’m not a big fan of any kind of recap-the-best-of-top-of-the-pops kind of thing, but in 2011 we were very “quiet” so I think we owe this one to you. This year was very difficult for me when it comes to Studio, mixing music, recording and sharing it with you. This one will be different : but I won’t write too much about what I have in mind – this time I will focus on doing it This mix was made today on a train in Logic, after doing the brief selection of 243 of my favorite tunes a.d 2011. I won’t bore you with all of them, but in the next 7-10 days I will upload at least two more parts to cover what was on my stereo in 2011. Huge thanks for the support in 2011 : enjoy, share, comment and stay tuned – there is much more to come !!!

 

written by Herman \\ tags: 2011, 74 miles away, best, clams casino, herman, machinedrum, robot koch, SBTRKT, studio 51.15, taprik sweezee

Studio 51.15 Chapter 8 : The One About Being Free by Studio 51.15

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1. Coultrain as Seymour Liberty – “Mutual Posession” ; 2. Hawthorne Headhunters – “If You Were My Baby” ; 3. Wildcookie (Freddie Cruger and Anthony Mills) – “Come Close”  ; 4. Kazahaya – “Gonna Love You Anyway” feat. Tuomo ; 5. Star Slinger – “Dumbin’” feat. Reggie B  ; 6. Taprikk Sweezee – “Eating At The Void” (Jameszoo Remix) ; 7. Soulpersona feat. Princess Freesia – “Ultrasuperlove” ; 8.Aaries – “Baby This Love I have” ; 9. Bastion – “Suga” ; 10. Sonar Kollektiv Orchester – “Held Him First” ; 11. Richard Spaven – “Maz” feat. Jose James ; 12. Marcin Wasilewski Trio – “Night Train To You” ; 13. Robert Mitchell Trio – “Twice” ; 14. BadBadNotGood – “Fall In Love” ; 15. RF – “Thnx 4 Dilla!” (Farah Re-Edit) ; 16. Bilal – “Is This Love” ; 17. Frida Touray – “Give It To Me Right” ; 18. Jazzanova feat. Ben Westbeech – “I Can See” (Vaitaitau Remix) ; 19. Scrimshire feat. Faye Houston – “Home” (Captain Planet Remix) ; 20. Jose James – “Trouble” (Live @ Jazz Re:Freshed bootleg) feat. Richard Spaven, Rob Robin Mullarkey, Grant Windsor, Takuya Kuroda & Alistair White. ; 21. Anto Vitale feat. Heidi Vogel – “Taxi Nights” (Shabu Music Jazz Remix)

 

Hi.

We are back.

Here’s a selection I did over a month ago in a bit different way than all the mixes I’ve done for the Studio so far. Instead of recording it “live” from two turntables, I arranged the music together using audio editing software. I was about to record some voice over the music to say few things about the selection, but  English is not my native language and I just hate the sound of my voice recorded, so I decided to upload it as it is – below you will find few words from me about each song :

 

1. Coultrain as Seymour Liberty – “Mutual Posession” – Coultrain on a beat from TOKiMONSTA – you can’t really go wrong with a combo like this ! Beautiful tune from Coultrain’s “GodMustBeABoogieMan” EP  that I used as the main theme for the whole selection – this one is about being free !

2. Hawthorne Headhunters – “If You Were My Baby” – Coultran & Black Spade – great tune with a bit cheesy lyrics, but that’s what I love about it the most

3. Wildcookie (Freddie Cruger and Anthony Mills) – “Come Close” – when I heard this tune for the first time I hit repeat straight away – I love this mid 90′s r’n'b/hip hop vibe that it has – pure quality.

4. Kazahaya – “Gonna Love You Anyway” feat. Tuomo – Kazahaya is Tokyo based producer & Dj. Being true to the old school approach he makes all of his music from cutting up samples on his MPC 4k – this track comes from his album “Soul Is Yours” and it features one of my favourite soul singers Tuomo (check out his album  “My Thing” from 2007 – modern day soul classic!)

5. Star Slinger – “Dumbin” feat. Reggie B – Manchester’s very own Star Slinger is definitely the one to watch out right now – after releasing great album earlier in 2010 simply called  “Volume 1″ he’s back now with a new tune featuring Reggie B.

 6. Taprikk Sweezee – “Eating At The Void” (Jameszoo Remix) – Taprik Sweezee is a producer and a singer from Hamburg. On the 28th of February he released EP called “Poly”. After 8 months the EP was remixed by cats like Montgomery Clunk, Jameszoo, Pixellord, kidkanevil, Skyence and more.  The remixed EP “Repolyx” was  released as a tape/digital combo by the guys from Error Broadcast. Killer – one of my favourite tunes of 2011.

 7. Soulpersona feat. Princess Freesia as Avalon Lexus – “Ultrasuperlove” – first time I heard this team working together was on a great track  “Candy Wrapper” from his album “Soulacoaster” . Now they are back and the … just read this and grab yourself a copy ;)

8. Aaries – “Baby This Love I have” – great cover of one of my favourite tunes of all time. Check out the whole free cover compilation from the Aaries and keep your ears open for the full length LP from these girls – it’ll be massive !!

 9. Bastion – “Suga” - synth pop/afro tek quintet from South East London. I love the music & the fact that the band mentions : “Smoking, sleeping, eating…” as their main interests  . Check out their new tune and register to the newsletter & facebook .

10. Sonar Kollektiv Orchester – “Held Him First” – heard the original version of this tune ages ago and I fell in love with it . When I was working on this selection, a fellow Dj put the original version of the song on his selection and reminded my about the track. This version comes from Sonar Kollektiv compilation “Guaranteed Niceness”.

—end of Part 1.

11. Richard Spaven – “Maz” feat. Jose James – I could write a poem about Mr. Spaven‘s skills on the drums, but instead of that I will just mention few of the artists he worked with : The Cinematic Orchestra, Ty, Robert Mitchell 3io, Panacea,  Guru’s Jazzmatazz, 4 Hero, Kaidi Tatham, Platinum Pied Pipers, Mark De Clive-Lowe  and Jose James. This tune comes form the first album on the Jazz Re:Freshed series called “5ives“. The CD version of it is already sold out, but you can still get it through itunes. I would suggest you do. More insight on Jazz Re:freshed – both the club night & the label coming soon.

 12. Marcin Wasilewski Trio – “Night Train To You” – Grandmaster Maceo played this tune in his “Kosmos” radio show and I was gone – beautiful musical ride from Marcin Wasilewski Trio’s album “Faithful” on ECM records.

 13. Robert Mitchell Trio – “Twice” – guess what – Richard Spaven is back This time together with Tom Mason (bass) & Robert Mitchell (piano) with their beautiful take on Little Dragon’s modern day classic  “Twice”. I was lucky enough to go to the album release party hosted by Jazz Re:freshed @ Mau Mau Bar, so here you have it live - enjoy !

14. BadBadNotGood – “Fall In Love” – hype, hype, hype – from Gilles Peterson through the Mighty Blogosphere to Tyler The (hype) Creator. They are young, they are from Toronto and they kick ass – hype is well deserved in this case. Great cover of classic Dilla joint from even more classic Slum Village Volume 2…. or maybe not ;). When it comes to Dilla/jazz combo the next thing that comes to my mind is :

15. RF – “Thnx 4 Dilla!” (Farah Re-Edit) – took me a while (and a few £) to grab this 7″, but it was definitely worth it – check out the whole RF’s album here.

16. Bilal – “Is This Love” – well… this is a perfect example of : who the fuck am I to write/say/blog anything about this !? The best I can do is just spread the news about it and share it with as many people as I can, just to make their life a little bit more beautiful. At the same time – to let them know about someone like Bilal so the next time he has a record out or a gig in town, they go and show love and support. Masterpiece. (check out the video).

17. Frida Touray – “Give It To Me Right” – I love to search net for new music – simply because you can find things as powerful and beautiful as this little cover from Frida Mariama Touray. This 21 year old singer comes from Sweden, she studies in London and in my opinion she did a bit better job than Melanie. Join her FB group and keep your ears open !

18. Jazzanova feat. Ben Westbeech – “I Can See” (Vaitaitau Remix) – I had to. It’s a bit of a musical “joke” on the selection, but the first time my friend (thx Jordan !) played me this tune, I was like : I can’t believe they did it ! But they did – and it works really well ! This one won Jazzanova’s remix competition and you can get it here together with two other great remixes & acapella.

19. Scrimshire feat. Faye Houston – “Home” (Captain Planet Remix) – I came across Scrimshire doing my weekly “check-out -what’s-out-on-Juno” routine – the 60 second snippet of their (his ?) track “When I Was Love” feat. Claire Laurent blew me away and in the next 24 hours I had a tasty 7″ on my desk (you can listen to it, among few other dope tunes on my previous “serious” chapter) .

20. Jose James – “Trouble” (Live @ Jazz Re:Freshed bootleg) feat. Richard Spaven, Rob Robin Mullarkey, Grant Windsor, Takuya Kuroda & Alistair White – well… this one is special. First of all : it’s a bootleg – I recorded it myself during Jose’s “surprise” performance on the 21th of July @ Mau Mau Bar (Jazz Re:freshed once again). That was a very special night for me – the vibe in Mau Mau was amazing and I think that it’s one of the first public performances of the song. The horn section with amazing Takuya Kuroda and Alistair White + the feedback from the crowd take this tune to the next level. The video is a bit “shake’y” but it was hard not to move to this amazing tune ! Thanks to Mark for sorting out the levels on the original recording.

21. Anto Vitale feat. Heidi Vogel – “Taxi Nights” (Shabu Music Jazz Remix) – there is also a story about this tune, but I will feature it in my post about Jazz Re:freshed - coming soon. For now just chill out, enjoy and listen to it

 

I know that the whole thing is a bit too long but I guess that’s what happens when you don’t record anything for a year. This time we’ll get back to you shortly

Thanks to : Lazy Troubles for the cover, Mark for technical support and sharing his knowledge, Adam “Rockers” Moses and the whole Jazz Re:freshed crew for doing what they doing, Maja & Maceo & Senor Soul & Adam Sunday & Arizona Loner & Jordan & Shymmie Shymmie Yo for inspiration.

 

 

… and yes : we’re back !

written by Herman

Studio 51.15 Presents : Lazy Troubles visits Jazz fusion by Studio 51.15

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1. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Offering ; 2. Sadao Watanabe – Seventh High ; 3. Ramsey Lewis – Tequila Mockingbird ; 4. The Jeff Lorber Fusion – Fusion Juice ; 5. Freeez – Southern Freeez ; 6. Cameo – The Sound Table ; 7. Herbie Mann – Frenesi ; 8. Ramsey Lewis – Skippin’ ; 9. Billy Cobham – Mendocino ; 10. Level 42 – Turn It On (live) ; 11. Raul De Souza – Daisy Mae

Ladies & gentleman : welcome !

Happy day : we have another great guest with another fantastic selection of music for you and a new exciting partnership to announce. Let’s take care of the music first : the new mix comes from a good friend of mine, the man, the legend : Lazy Troubles (a.k.a 5 Minutes, Man) (Ladies, please note there is a coma there ) . Lazy is my second twin brother from another mother when it comes to the taste in music (you already meet my first brother). He’s is also UBER talented graphic designer you could hire for your project – check out his portfolio, check out the cover he prepared for this mix and … check out OUR logo – all his creation. This time he prepared special selection (100% vinyl only) exploring his latest intrest in Jazz fusion. Enjoy Lazy’s mix and here you have few words about the music from the man himself :

“Jazz fusion as a term is a relatively fresh discovery on my music journey and it quickly became my main focus point while searching for new music pleasures. What attracts me to this genre most is its positive, uplifting and rhythmical character. It’s not too heavy on my mind like some of the so called avant-garde jazz stuff and not too ear engaging and dance-inviting like the pure funk is. Fusion is something in between, it’s a very stimulating music that simply tells stories without words, which goes perfectly with my daily —a bit nerdish— graphic design routine.

Being an old school Hip Hop devotee and aspiring beatmaker I’ve naturally drifted towards all kinds of musical styles in search for samples and sources of my favourite beats. I’ve found the Jazz Fusion to be probably the most important musical genre, which influenced the character of such groups like ATCQ, The Roots, De La Soul or Jurassic 5. Subsequently, those groups had played a very important part in my life, seriously influencing my development – not only musically, but spiritually as well.

I hope you’ll enjoy the selection and feel the positive energy within, which was very, very dense while recording the mix at the Studio 51.15 headquarters!

Thanks for the motivation Maciej and keep on going brother.”

Ok … now that you have the lovely music pumping through your speakers : check this out : at the top of our lovely website, we have small space we use for graphics and/or pictures. Recently we managed to get in touch with fantastic illustrator, painter and graffiti writer : Dominika Lipniewska. Dominika prepared a series of 5 images, especially for Studio 51.15 and we will be delighted to share them with you in the near future – for now, you have my favorite from the whole series uploaded above.

Over & out !

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