JazzNotJazz Music & Politics

De laatste twee uur durende show van Music & Politics, samengesteld door Vittorio Dellacasa.  

De laatste twee uur durende show van Music & Politics, samengesteld door Vittorio Dellacasa.  

Summer Edition

Music & Politics. Episode #41. JAZZ IS DEAD. Jazz is dead, nah is not dead and it is the way we keep it alive. Listen to this and you believe more in the power of the music. 1) NUCLEAR LANDSCAPE: The Supertights 2) THIS IS ME: Flora Purim 3) SPARKLE TAPE BREAK UP (Mndsgn Remix) […]

Music & Politics. Episode #40. A TIME FOR HEALING CLAIM: Shhhhhhhhhhhhh………… PLAYLIST: 1) HEADSTEW: Space Ghetto 2) DARK SIDE RIDDIM: Ezra Collective 3) $OULS IN THE CITY PART 1 & PART 2 : A Certain Ratio 4) WOBBLE : Sinan Oktem 5) METRO HOCHE: Francois Bernat Quartet 6) MOTHER AFRICA: Okyerema Asante & Black Flower […]

Music & Politics. Episode #38. MUSIC IS THE ANSWER CLAIM: Music is the answer, against all form of hate, against all form of fear and prejudice. Nothing more than this, Music is the answer. And we will continue to do our part. PLAYLIST: 1) SAIS (Egypt) : Lonnie Liston Smith & Cosmic Echoes 2) LU-FUKI […]

Music & Politics. Episode #37. DIFFERENT.TITLE: COSE DIFFICILI. Cose difficili means difficult things, or things we do not understand. There are a lot of difficult things around us , things we have never met before, things that scare us. Without further ado we decided to meet all these difficult things in a row to get […]

Music & Politics. Episode #36. ALL THOSE STORED ERRORS All those stored errors, think about it, did we learn something from it? It's just about time to open the box and look inside deeply, we may find something absolutely necessary as a survival kit in the jungle. All those stored errors may be our friends. […]

Music & Politics. Episode #35. DIFFERENT. Most of the days we spent in the last two years were bitter and with no sun for our soul. We need to come back to life, a different one may be but we need to be alive again. This first comp of the 2022 is a long session […]

Music & Politics. Episode #32. SANTA CLAUS GOES STRAIGHT TO THE GHETTO CLAIM: This is the last comp of the year. Another difficult year for the body and the soul. Trouble is we soon forget the long road we are walking right now. It's time for a long trumpet solo and drum fill. It's time to […]

TITLE: BE THE LIGHT CLAIM: Have you ever imagined in your life how good it could be to light someone. Certain people are hit by direct light, others by indirect light. But if you are the light, the problem is no longer yours. 1)  BE THE LIGHT: On Our Own Clock 2)  LAZARUS MAN: Terry […]

Music & Politics. Episode #32. RIDING HIGH   CLAIM: In the pursuit of peace we always make a lot of mistakes. First mistake we make is thinking riding high is the key to success. Don't know why but to me riding high means going down. Life is a rollercoaster and we often think we can […]

Music & Politics. Episode #31. SO FAR TO GO   CLAIM. We have a lot of to do. Are we going to to make this a real trip? Who knows. Only music will tell. The good music. PLAYLIST SEPTEMBER: 1) VIRTUAL U: Oso Leone 2) SO FAR TO GO: JDilla feat. Common & D’Angelo 3) […]

Music & Politics. Episode #30. MOON AT NOON   CLAIM: Moon at Noon, what a sweet sensation. This is when our world is upside down and we don't care why. We love it . PLAYLIST: 1)  DUFEN: Ilam 2)  RED BARON: Billy Cobham 3)  PORTER 13A: George Porter JR & Running Pardners 4)  WHY CAN'T […]

Music & Politics. Episode #29. TOO DAMN HOT CLAIM: Summer seems to be back after a long period of cold. It's too damn hot. We sweat, we breathe. We want to be free, just as the sensation only the summer gives us. But it's too damn hot. Too damn hot as this piece of music […]

Music & Politics. Episode #28. WE ARE SO FINE   CLAIM: When we don't know something we should stay in silence instead of saying bullshit. We are so fine when we stay in silence. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh PLAYLIST: 1) I'M SCARED: Seba Kaspaad 2) VOICES INSIDE MY HEAD: Stretch and Bobbito & The M19s band 3) YOU […]

Music & Politics. Episode #27. THE IMPORTANCE OF BILL WITHERS AND CURTIS MAYFIELD   CLAIM: What a match, nothing is more inspiring in comparing the music of Bill Withers and the music of Curtis Mayfield. BIll and Curtis, two milestones of american soul music and two contemporary poets with no need of visibility beside their […]

Music & Politics. Episode #26. WASTELAND CLAIM: We travel into the wasteland where music is the only light in the dark. No one is safe anymore out of home, no one wants to face the wasteland. Wasteland is what we don't know, what we think we don't know. Wasteland is in our mind. When this […]

Music & Politics. Episode #26. LA JEUNE AFRIQUE (à quelques exceptions près) CLAIM: we look at this amazing land wit no more than a word. Amazing. The music coming from Africe have influenced everything. Africe means richness from the cultural point of view. No more to say. 1)  NDIAGNEKO: Nahawa Doumbia 2)  AS WE STRUGGLE […]

Music & Politics. Episode #25. BRAIN IS WHAT WE NEED   CLAIM: In this particular time of our lives the less we know, the better we stay. We are surrounded by words and sentences, most of them hopeless. You know what happens when we are out of this pandemic? We need our brain back.  PLAYLIST: 1) […]

Music & Politics. Episode #24. WE, THE PEOPLE Finally we jumped into the 2021, nothing has changed so far but from a mind point of view not to see anymore the number 2020 is something in a period of tough troubles. We, the people are the ones to survive all this but we can survive […]

Music & Politics. Episode #23. PLEASE STAY NEGATIVE CLAIM: This is the last episode of M&P 2020. Thanks to all you music lovers and thanks to follow us with love. This episode is dedicated to all the people fighting everyday to keep this world a better place to live. Enjoy the music and please stay […]

Music & Politics. Episode #22. WE JUST WANNA LIVE CLAIM: We just wanna live and enjoy the music . This is what this episode is all about. Nothing more. PLAYLIST: 1) I JUST WANNA LIVE : Keedron Bryant 2) CLASH: Diljit Dosanjh 3) LIJAY: Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience 4) ARPEGGI: Kelly Lee Owens 5) […]

Music & Politics. Episode #21. ALL GROOVES MATTER Claim: All grooves matter, a selection of different grooves coming from different minds, from the unmistakable JB’s groove to the non stop machine of Sweat with synth bass on the one. This episode is focused on the importance of the groove in every aspect, drum and bass, […]

Music & Politics. Episode #20. GROOVE IN THE MUD   CLAIM: It looks like we are surrounded by mud, it’s everywhere, and it looks like there’s only a way to survive, grooving over it. In the September episode of Music & Politics, we are grooving all over the mud is kicking us everyday. The tribal […]

Music & Politics. Episode #19. THE MORNING AFTER   The morning after something is always something after that morning.  Whatever we do in the night the morning after has a unique flavor mostly a unique soundtrack. Well, consider this episode of Music & Politics the soundtrack of the night shift. The morning after, the night […]

Music & Politics. Episode #18. Piano Piano CLAIM: Sshhhhh, slow down, piano piano. Please enjoy the time bouncing in your head. That’s it.. 1) Omer Avital – SHABAZI 2) Tinariwen –  AMADJAR 3) Da Lata & Disbel Cissokho –  MENTALITY 4) Lorenzo Senni –  CANONE INFINITO 5) John Carrol Kirby – BLUBERRY BEADS 6) Portico Quartet –  […]

Music & Politics. Episode #17. The truth must be told. CLAIM: Lies, fake news, hidden secrets, we must stop all of this. We are in a world where we can find the only truth , the real truth in the relation between arts and human being. This 6th episode of Music & Politics talks about […]

Music & Politics. Episode #16. The importance of Gil Scott Heron   Please close your eyes and let this music and lyrics transport you where you are finally in front of yourself. No more to say. This is Gil Scott Heron. PLAYLIST: The artist is always Gil Scott Heron, apart from the last one which is […]

Music & Politics. Episode #15. FEEL AT HOME In this period of uncertain things we are concentrated on what is a priority in our day life. Music is a loyal companion of our daily life and is always ready to support our needs. Now we are forced to stay home for uncertain things and we […]

Music & Politics. Episode #14. Metamorphoses How many times we heard a song and we learned something we didn’t know. Metamorphoses is the title of the third episode of Music & Politics of 2020 and give us an idea how we can listen to a song and find something different everytime we listen to it. […]

Music & Politics. Episode #13. LAIDBACK, NO PLAYBACK   Theme: Nowadays music is a joke. Artists are not used to embrace their instruments or shout out loud their voices anymore. It’s all controlled by an industry where the use of overproduction and fake tracks in music mirrors the mad society we live in today. Lucky […]

Music & Politics. Episode #12. THE BEAT GOES ON     1) OCEAN: Blue Lab Beats  2) WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE: Dwight Trible & Matthew Halsall  3) ONE FOR KENNY: Idjut Boys  4) ETERNAL LIGHT: Free Nationals  5) AYAYA: Bicep  6) DRUM DANCE: Moses Boyd  7) NUOVA NAPOLI: Nu Guinea  8) WAKE […]

Music & Politics. Episode #11. THE IMPORTANCE OF JAMES BROWN. For decades, the name of James Brown sounds like dance music, disco music, party music. No way, the importance of the Godfather of Soul in the history of music is above all. The most powerful grooves and the most powerful rhythm section of all time […]

Music & Politics. Episode #10. Turin, Italy, Europe, CLUB TO CLUB For almost 19 years, once a year, Turin has been gifted by the most innovative and avantgardistic wave of art, music and culture all mixed, contained and selected under a format of a music festival and a brand, Club to Club. The main trait […]

Music & Politics. Episode #9: Fela Kuti, say no more. If we want to determine one of the most simple connection between African music and modern music, there’s only one name to pronunce, Fela Kuti. Every little piece of groove we listen in the episode n° 9 of Music & Politics is part of his […]

Music & Politics. Episode #8: Take Me Back A trip back in time to rediscover the sound that started it all. Today’s music comes from a very far place, one filled with mix, groove, beat. It all comes from something that existed already. In this blues music trip, we find the groove that has to […]

Music & Politics. Episode #7: IN THE 80s PART I This is the music I was born and raised with, the music I feel more close to happiness. In this episode of Music & Politics we walk through a very interesting territory made of excess and access, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Chernobyl […]