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Nouvelle diffusion du coup de coeur de Gorian Delpâture : "Big Girl" de Mecca Jamilah Sullivan (Plon). Nouvelle diffusion de l'interview de la chanteuse de jazz belge Mélanie De Biasio pour la sortie de son nouvel album "Il Viaggio", le 13 octobre dernier. Elle est en concert ces 4 et 5 mars au NTGent à Gand, le 7 mars au Forum de Liège, le 8 mars au Queen Elizabeth Hall à Anvers et le 9 mars au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi. Nouvelle diffusion de "J'entends des voix" de Laurence Bibot : La voix de Radio Chevauchoir. Bozar à Bruxelles commémore les 100 ans du surréalisme avec une exposition consacrée au célèbre mouvement d'avant-garde belge : "Histoire de ne pas rire. Le Surréalisme en Belgique", à voir du 21 février au 16 juin. On en parle avec Xavier Canonne, le commissaire de l'expo, docteur en histoire de l'art, expert du surréalisme en Belgique et directeur du Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi. 1924 : comme à Paris, les activités surréalistes commencent dans notre pays avec des pamphlets audacieux du poète Paul Nougé, entre autres, véritable fil rouge de cette exposition. Les surréalistes singuliers de Belgique vont au-delà de l'esthétique pure - ils veulent transformer le monde avec leur art subversif. Dans Histoire de ne pas rire, nous accordons une attention particulière à leurs contacts internationaux, au contexte politico-historique et aux femmes artistes importantes. Comprend des œuvres signées, entre autres, Paul Nougé, René Magritte, Jane Graverol, Marcel Mariën, Rachel Baes, Leo Dohmen, Paul Delvaux ainsi que Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dalí, Giorgio De Chirico et bien d'autres. Feuilleton "Tu t'appelles comment ?" de Valentine Jongen, qui décline un prénom en musique à travers le temps et les styles. Ce lundi : Étienne. Le talk-show culturel de Jérôme Colin. Avec, dès 11h30, La Bagarre dans la Discothèque, un jeu musical complétement décalé où la créativité et la mauvaise foi font loi. À partir de midi, avec une belle bande de chroniqueurs, ils explorent ensemble tous les pans de la culture belge et internationale sans sacralisation, pour découvrir avec simplicité, passion et humour. Merci pour votre écoute Entrez sans Frapper c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 11h30 à 13h sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de Entrez sans Frapper sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8521 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.
Short, spiky, transcendental, and everything in between on this week's independent music podcast. We have acid-tinged electronics, field recordings of birds, spoken word, club bangers, drones and much more. You can listen to the first six tracks for free. To listen to the full episode, get a huge back catalogue of music, and access to our live shows and Discord group, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/independentmusicpodcast. The podcast only survives with Patron support TracklistingMikrodot – Hypnotoad (Next Level, Netherlands)Sheherazaad – Mashoor (Erased Tapes, UK)Flightless Birds Take Wing x Benjamin Shannon – Noisy Miner (4000 Records, Australia)Liv Wynter – VIOLENCE (How To Catch a Pig, UK)Melanie De Biasio – Lay Your Ear to the Rail (PIAS, UK)USA Nails – Feel Worse (One Little Independent, UK)Surusinghe – Boka (AD 93, UK)Marina Zispin – Ski Resort (Night School, UK)The Lord & Daniel Kubinski – Palliare (Southern Lord Recordings, USA)Burnt Friedman & João Pais Filipe– 18 – 140 2 (Nonplace, Germany) This week's episode is sponsored by the state51 Conspiracy, an independent music house. Go to state51.com to find out more about everything they do: state51 Factory sessions and events; hand-made Atelier products; a diverse roster of Label releases; Greedbag stores, pop-up and fanzine, and the Collective of distribution partner labels and artists Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston
Présentation : Régine DUBOIS Merci pour votre écoute Les petits Papiers c'est également en direct tous les dimanches de 17h à 18h sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes des petits Papiers sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/2332 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.
La chanteuse belge Mélanie De Biasio pour la sortie de son nouvel album "Il Viaggio", sorti le 13 octobre. Le talk-show culturel de Jérôme Colin. Avec, dès 11h30, La Bagarre dans la Discothèque, un jeu musical complétement décalé où la créativité et la mauvaise foi font loi. À partir de midi, avec une belle bande de chroniqueurs, ils explorent ensemble tous les pans de la culture belge et internationale sans sacralisation, pour découvrir avec simplicité, passion et humour. Merci pour votre écoute Entrez sans Frapper c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 11h30 à 13h sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de Entrez sans Frapper sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8521 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.
Nouvelle diffusion de la chronique « Les inconnus connus » d'Éric Russon : "La fille qui aboie". Nouvelle diffusion de l'émission sur les plantes au cinéma, à l'occasion de la sortie du livre "Les plantes font leur cinéma : De la petite boutique des horreurs à Avatar" de Katia Astafieff (Dunod). Quelle plante a tué le héros d'Into the Wild ? Les espèces végétales bioluminescentes d'Avatar existent-elles vraiment ? Est-il possible de faire pousser des pommes de terre sur Mars, à l'image de Matt Damon dans Seul sur Mars ? Des plantes qui séduisent à celles qui tuent, Katia Astafieff nous révèle avec humour les pouvoirs, réels ou imaginaires, de ces végétaux qui, loin d'être des éléments de décor, participent activement aux intrigues. Orchidées, plantes carnivores, roses, séquoias, virevoltants… Partez à la découverte des plantes stars du grand écran ! On en parle avec Dick Tomasovic, chargé de cours en histoire et esthétique du cinéma et des arts du spectacle à l'ULg. Nouvelle diffusion de la chronique "J'entends des voix" de Laurence Bibot : La voix des accents. Le journaliste et écrivain français Dimitri Rouchon-Borie pour son nouveau roman "Le Chien des étoiles" (Le Tripode). Écoutez bien ce que je vais vous dire parce que dans l'instant c'est la nuit qui parle pas moi et c'est une voix pure, alors je serai pas capable de la refaire ensuite. Gio a vingt ans, peut-être un peu plus. Sa vie n'est plus la même depuis qu'un lâche lui a planté un tournevis dans le crâne. Désormais, Gio voit ce que peu de gens devinent. La beauté de la nuit. L'appel des chouettes. La grandeur de ses amis Papillon et Dolores. Étonnant road movie gitan, Le Chien des étoiles est le roman de leur destin, un périple cruel et doux dans le monde des humains. La chanteuse belge Mélanie De Biasio pour la sortie de son nouvel album "Il Viaggio", sorti le 13 octobre. En concert le 11/11 à Bozar à Bruxelles, le 05/03 au NTGent à Gand, le 07/03 au Forum de Liège, le 08/03 au Queen Elizabeth Hall à Anvers et le 09/03 au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi. Feuilleton "Les 10 ans d'Entrez sans frapper" de Gorian Delpâture, consacré aux meilleurs entretiens d'Entrez sans frapper. Épisode 1 : Paul Auster. Le talk-show culturel de Jérôme Colin. Avec, dès 11h30, La Bagarre dans la Discothèque, un jeu musical complétement décalé où la créativité et la mauvaise foi font loi. À partir de midi, avec une belle bande de chroniqueurs, ils explorent ensemble tous les pans de la culture belge et internationale sans sacralisation, pour découvrir avec simplicité, passion et humour. Merci pour votre écoute Entrez sans Frapper c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 11h30 à 13h sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de Entrez sans Frapper sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8521 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.
durée : 00:59:50 - Club Jazzafip - Pour fêter la sortie de son album "Il Viaggio", la chanteuse et multi-instrumentiste belge prend les commandes de notre Club Jazzafip et partage avec nous ses grands coups de cœur.
Immersion dans les réserves de l'Afrique australe. Mafias du braconnage. Et beauté à préserver du monde vivant. Nous voilà dans le nouveau polar de Caryl Férey (« Okavango », série noire, Gallimard). Un retour vers un village d'immigrés italiens. Un détour par le village d'Italie des ancêtres. C'est à ce voyage sonore et sensible que nous invite Melanie De Biasio. L'artiste belge, originaire de Charleroi, nous présente en avant-première son quatrième album (« Il Viaggio », sortie le 13/10). Dans « En toutes lettres ! », l'écrivaine Blandine Rinkel écrit à Laure Murat (autrice du livre « Proust roman familial », Robert Laffont). Merci pour votre écoute Dans quel Monde on vit, c'est également en direct tous les samedi de 10h à 11h sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de Dans quel Monde on vit sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8524 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.
Minimalisme møder storslåede penselstrøg i aftens Natsværmer, og fejer støvet af ugen der gik. Talk Talk slår ring om Sarasate. En lille genistreg af Lueenas smelter sammen med Verklärte Nacht, og Melanie De Biasio mærker det kollektive hjerteslag. Vært: Minna Grooss. www.dr.dk/p2
durée : 00:59:39 - En fumée - par : Nathalie Piolé -
December er ved at svømme over i julemusik og i aftens natsværmer er der julefrit. Mod nord er tonen blå, i Lissabon smelter kulturer sammen og i Armenien er natten blød. Grieg, Teitur, Melanie De Biasio, Helder Antonio, Tjajkovskij og Monica Zetterlund følger dig et stykke af vejen. Vært: Minna Grooss. www.dr.dk/p2
Tonight's edition features new Arovane, Lemongrass, Hauschka and Mark McGuire, plus and a whole bunch of other great tunes including long-form brilliance from Melanie Di Biasio.Find a comfy chair. Headphones on. Your nightcap awaits... Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ niin by Arovane on Wirkung (Puremagnetik) 9′47″ Movement 1 by Hauschka on Upstream (Sonic Pieces)
durée : 00:59:31 - No, Not Much - par : Nathalie Piolé - La playlist jazz de Nathalie Piolé. - réalisé par : Fabien Fleurat, Olivier Guérin
Alchemy -- transmuting base metals (and spirit) into gold! Hear a little about alchemy at the beginning of the episode before the rest of the eclectic groovy playlist you'll enjoy. Thanks for tuning in! sending you much love
durée : 00:57:43 - Smack Dab in the Middle - par : Nathalie Piolé - La playlist jazz de Nathalie Piolé. - réalisé par : Fabien Fleurat
durée : 00:59:50 - Seuls - par : Nathalie Piolé - La playlist jazz de Nathalie Piolé. - réalisé par : Fabien Fleurat
durée : 00:59:34 - Banzzaï du jeudi 07 novembre 2019 - par : Nathalie Piolé - La playlist jazz de Nathalie Piolé. - réalisé par : Fabien Fleurat
Recording and discussing the city through sound offers a vital means through which to challenge the dominant ways in which architecture and cities are represented. In this episode, we begin to explore the possibilities of audio-only urban representation.
Kratkruipers ontwaakte uit z'n zomerslaapje in 't STUK - House for Dance, Image & Sound in Leuven tijdens STUK Re-Stargt met als gaste de Brusselse Esinam. Esinam is een multi-instrumentaliste die recent haar eerste album uitbracht via Sdban Records. Ze stond op het podium met Témé Tan en BALOJI en schopte het tot in het voorprogramma van Selah Sue, Melanie De Biasio en Moses Sumney. Live opgenomen met publiek in 't STUK in Leuven. Meer info: www.kratkruipers.be
Je hoort muziek van Ernst Jansz, Keith Jarret, Wende, Tom Waits, Melanie De Biasio en Rah Band.
Time to stick Christmas back in the attic for another year,but just before I do; Here's the second part of my picks from the top of the chiller cabinet. All these songs were released, re-released or finally saw the light of day in 2017. They're all winners. Thanks as always for dropping by. I'm going to take a time-out as I've things to do, hours in the day etc. I'll be back at some point in February/March but I won't see you short there's a full years worth of mixes on my page and I've also included a list of the albums that did it for me this year, on my new Podcast Page. If you scroll down you'll see I've also compiled lists of my favourite films and my top T.V. choices too. http://neilcorcoran.podomatic.net/articles Also the following 2 tracks were worthy of inclusion but missed out due to their running time, they're an experience in their own right and it didn't make sense to stick them in a mix. Kamasi Washington- Truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtW1S5EbHgU Floating points- Ratio (Full Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZiJxNTdzwI Hope 2018 gets off to a great start for you. See ya in a bit. Honourable mentions/ The one's I didn't manage to squeeze in: Benjamin Clementine- jupiter Bosco-castles Dave- question time Deva Mahal- snakes El Michels Affair- tearz Everything is Recorded- close but not quite Fleet Foxes- third of may Goldfrapp- anymore Iamddb- shade Ibeyi- deathless Kintaro- mk Mr Probz/ Anderson .Paak- gone Oneohtrix/ Iggy Pop- the pure and the damned Pixx- waterslides Shabazz Palaces- shine a light Speech Debelle- strange ways Steve Lacy- dark red Tennis- in the morning I’ll be better Yaeji-therapy Here's a link to my new Podcast page http://neilcorcoran.podomatic.net/ You'll still be able to get my Podcast from tantricdex.podomatic.com as well. Subscribers won't be affected. If you like this episode then why not follow and hit the heart button (Click the underlined title) You can also listen/download via the Podomatic app, On Google Play, Apple Podcasts, iTunes and Apple TV search-Neil Corcoran and search- Tantric Dex on Xbox/ Xbox One via the TuneIn app. Now available on Deezer, Stitcher, Acast, Podcast Addict, Pocketcast and Podcasts.com too. 00:00 Four Tet- two thousand and seventeen 03:51 sir Was- in the midst 08:19 Toro Y Moi- girl like you 11:58 Lucy Rose- no good at all 15:21 Princess Nokia- ABC's of New York 18:18 Wu-Tang Clan/Redman- people say 22:36 Rapsody/Kendrick Lamar/Lance Skiiiwalker- power 27:46 Childhood- Californian light (OKUMU VIP mix) 31:16 Cigarettes After Sex- apocalypse 35:54 Tricky/Mina Rose- running wild 39:16 Jordan Rakei- sorceress 41:53 Kelela- LMK 45:15 Melanie De Biasio- afro blue 49:35 MGMT- little dark age 54:27 Fever Ray- to the moon and back 57:51 Matthew Dear/ Tegan and Sara- bad ones 01:01:51 Charlotte Gainsbourg- deadly valentine 01:07:47 Baxter Dury- miami (Parrot and Cocker Too remix) 01:15:56 Washed Out- hard to say goodbye 01:19:51 Nilüfer Yanya- baby luv 01:23:04 Beth Ditto- savoir faire 01:26:36 Julia Jacklin- cold caller 01:30:00 This is The Kit- moonshine freeze 01:33:34 Big Thief- haley 01:36:56 Flo Morrissey/Matthew E. White- thinking 'bout you 01:40:35 Middle Kids- edge of town 01:44:09 Tornado Wallace/Sui Zhen- today 01:48:27 The Horrors- something to remember me by 01:54:37 Objekt- theme from Q 02:01:22 Bicep- Vale 02:05:52 UNKLE/Liela Moss- sunrise always comes around 02:11:44 Club Kuru- ribbons 02:15:22 Charlotte Day Wilson- work 02:18:44 SZA- Drew Barrymore 02:22:14 Maggie Rogers- split stones 02:25:58 St. Vincent- New York 02:28:22 Sampha- (no one knows me) like the piano 02:32:00 Thundercat/Michael McDonald/K. Loggins-show you the way 02:35:12 Mac DeMarco- on the level 02:38:19 Radiohead- man of war 02:42:29 The War on Drugs- strangest thing 02:48:58 alt-J- 3WW 02:53:43 London Grammar- oh woman oh man 02:57:57 Elbow- magnificent (she says) 03:02:20 Young Fathers/Leith Congregational Choir- only god knows 03:06:11 The National- the system only dreams in total darkness 03:10:03 Arcade Fire- everything now 03:17:39 Katy Perry- chained to the rhythm (Neil Corcoran edit) 03:23:03 Sigrid- don't kill my vibe 03:26:00 Lorde- green light
MELANIE DE BIASIO - Dans l'Afterwork avec Olivier RIOU.
Mélanie De Biasio nous présente son album Lilies et répond au Question Réponse dans les Instants Privilégiés sur Hotmixradio !
Bruce Springsteen, Depeche Mode, Melanie De Biasio, Afterhours
Hoy entrevistamos a Pedro Melguizo, director de Etnosur. Este mismo fin de semana se celebra nueva edición del festival multidisciplinar gratuito en Alcalá la Real (Jaén, España)."Es un festival a la carta, personalizado, con propuestas para todos los públicos. Hay que guiarse por el instinto y en nuestro caso lo hacemos para construir a lo largo del año nuestra programación. Creo que nos hemos ganado un prestigio desde su creación en 1997, estamos maduros ya. El triunfo es del equipo al completo."Además hoy os ofrecemos adelantos de los nuevos trabajos de Melanie de Biaso y Curtis Harding y algunos estrenos sorprendentes por su atrevimiento y audacia en la mezcla de géneros: C.A.M.P.O.S y Bei Bei & Shawn Lee.
THN #074 Tracklist: 1. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – I Need You 2. Anita Lane – Bella Ciao 3. Die Haut – Johnny Guitar (with Blixa Bargeld) 4. Ghostpoet – Shedding Skin (ft. Melanie De Biasio) 5. Ibeyi – Loyalty 6. Benjamin Clementine – London 7. Eska – This is How a Garden Grows 8. Natalie Prass and Among Savages – When I Am Alone 9. Bonobo ft. Andreya Triana – Stay The Same 10. Submotion Orchestra – Hard To Stay 11. Fink – Sort Of Revolution (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix) 12. Nostalgia 77 – Quiet Dawn (Bonobo Remix) Mixed by Yaroslav Baklan for Trip Hop Nation https://www.facebook.com/triphopnation
Existentially, this mix is a meditation on mortality, a fear of death (own and dear ones) and simultaneously a latent desire to shortcut the earthly path. A kind of aural Maranasati, just prettier and less scary, or a reading from Seneca’s letters, but non-verbal and less moralizing. Kicking off with the sound of clay burial urns captured by Simon Whetham, it is centered around Sufjan Stevens' lament to his late mother, which opens the gates of an afterlife that begins with a narrative from a Russian animation about seeing [signs and] wonders in mundanity and finding a waltz pattern in flashing street lights, followed by a limbo of Melanie De Biasio's consolation to her own mother, and rounded off by a succession of heavenly piano music dissolving in the sounds of Latvian nature. We are all fireflies, waltzing our way between two eternities. Do you know how to waltz? For full track listing and more information about this mix, please visit headphonecommute.com
So we are definitely feeling the coming of Spring, the greening of the Earth now easily visible, the blossom on the trees, the energy builds, the coming of new life, the breath of the universe. Well this is the Cosmic Jam, what do you expect, a treatise on the benefits big pharma? No we're dedicated to a more holistic approach in case you hadn't realised. I for one am certainly feeling the benefits of a change of diet recently and adopting an even healthier lifestyle, not that I was wallowing in a trough of fast food and bad habits before!! Does this have an effect on The Cosmic Jam… well I hope a beneficial one if any. Positivity abounds at Forge towers of late, and we're enjoying the music more than ever, I suppose if anything I've had a bit of soulful renaissance, in that it's the SOUL that's tipping my balance, but JAZZ is still there in abundance, perhaps in the not too dim and distant I'll do a dedicated Jazz Jam just to renew my faith. Not that Jazz doesn't gets look in in this week's selection far from it, in fact I programmed a distinctly jazztastic left turn early on in proceedings as I didn't want to get caught up in House music, though I really did want to play the Kyodai remix of Shuya Okino's "Still In Love" which kicks things off after a little acapella affirmation from The Peech Boys. So after that blast of jazz infused club energy, we get the rugged tenor of Bob Berg, the smooth but textured vibes of The Expansions and the invigoratingly fresh Agora Ensemble to complete a first section that definitely holds up the jazz content of this week's show. Brazilian music is so close to my heart and most of the qualities that I admire are present in the Ivan Lins tune "Quadros De Roda" the swing of the Samba is all pervasive, just listen to Lins' piano and imagine how difficult it is to play like that, it's not complicated but the feel, and that word again, swing, are sublime. Melody is also paramount and I love the vocal chorus. So We gets little funkier with a Gal Costa tune from her much ignored but undeniably brilliant eighties period. I had a little exchange with Rainer Truby about these tunes during the week so I was very happy to expand my collection with a copy of her Minha Voz album acquired for a fairly nominal sum, and I soon zoomed in on Musa Cabocla with it's slightly Steely Dan-esque horns and rippling rhythm section. In a world where AOR/ Yacht Rock has suddenly become a hip new sound, (some would say scraping the barrel in search of rare grooves) such Brazilian lushness as this Gal tune is vastly preferable to my ears than some of the obscure bits that are currently changing hands for silly sums. However I have lately developed a penchant for Hawaiian rare groove/soul/ folk-funk, call it what you will there's a distinct flavour to the island's music that I've picked up through my love of Seawind, the band that justifiably crossed over into the US mainstream and various CD reissues that I've picked up in Japan. Seawind, led by the drummer and prolific songwriter Bob Wilson with his wife Pauline on vocals, coupled with the musical wherewithal of Larry Williams and that killer horn section, are definitely way up there in my estimation and not just for their bona fide jazz-dance classics "He Loves You" and "Free", though "Devil Is A Liar" is attune that's always had plays and props from the London cognoscenti, it ticks all the boxes and then some for that Hawaiian sound, like a boogie tune infused with gospel and folk vibes played by a killer jazz-funk ensemble, so good to hear that again. The Nohelani Cypriano tune that follows was a highlight of the recent Floating Points/Love On The Run session at Plastic People, every time I hear that intro I just melt!! Tavares are a band I've studiously ignored through the years, however that all changed when I heard "Ridin High" recently, reminiscent of The Natural Four, it's pedigree vocal harmony business. The Mighty Clouds Of Joy's album was something I bought on spec recently instinctively knowing it would have the kind of gospel-boogie that "Glow Love" turned out to be. Tarika Blue's classic "Truth Is The Key" closes the first hour, just remembering the joy when I first got my grubby mitts on a copy of that album raises a smile now!! I was so obsessed with James Mason's Rhythm Of Life album when I heard about (kind of related) Tarika Blue I went nuts until I eventually connected with a copy! Memories… but the music still sounds great. Some new Jazz worthy of the Cosmic Jam's high standards, and you know I wouldn't kick off the second half of the show with any old rubbish, takes us off into that mesmeric territory that in many ways was first mapped out by the great Sun Ra. Nick Woodmansey aka Emanative who produced Collocutor's "Archaic Morning" is a huge Sun Ra fan and space-jazz evangelist, and for my money he's getting closer and closer to a sound that genuinely embodies that incredible heritage whilst also having a contemporary twist. Archaic Morning is properly tranced out, a good way to drop into another great track from Melanie De Biasio's excellent No Deal, The Flow is deeper than deep, so much so we had to brighten up after that darkening of the mood. And Greetje Kaufeld's version of the devotional "Day By Day" from the gospel rock opera Godspell is one that I adore with it's bonkers big band arrangement . Michael Gregory Jackson's albums are just the kind of left footed soulful music that always fell between the cracks of most tastes back in the day, (as did so much great music, I can remember throwing way Rotary Connection and Lou Bond albums when I worked for Reckless Records in the late eighties because they's been reduced all the way down to 50p and still no takers!) These days these kind of artists are better appreciated for the way in which they threw together so many influences, I love the MGJ's Heart ANd Center album and "Lovin You" just gets better for me, kind of like an East Coast Shuggie Otis. Had to pull out the Dave Valentin album The Hawk, to touch down on "We'll Make Love" with Angela Bofill on vocals, the pair had worked together since being involved in Ricardo Marrero's groups, and you can't mess with the production values of the GRP label, the sound is impeccable, and of course the players Dave Grusin brought through from the jamaica Queens posse, Marcus Miller, Dennis Chambers, Don Blackman, Bernard Wright, wow , what a stable!! Esther Marrow's "Ask Me To Dance" is another fine tune, written and arranged by Bobby Scott whose credits are as impressive as anyone's in the history of popular music. This is the man who wrote " A Taste Of Honey" and "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" , ooof! So by way of a finale I had to start with a tune that I've had lurking around for a while, but not found a way to play, as it's not the kind of thing that sits easily in most types of Cosmic Jam sequence. However Pat Williams "Joy Joy" is a beautifully bonkers piece of orchestrated funk that definitely deserved an airing, so I goaded myself into it by posting a picture of the cover on Instagram beforehand!! Following on with a bona fide rare groove classic from 9th Creation, and a favourite from Caldera, the ever impressive "Sky Islands", before we land on "Do You Want To Dance" from Jim Messina's rather wonderful Oasis album which also takes me back to early days of The Cosmic Jam, I've only just re-acquired this on vinyl, it's proper West Coast, Steely Dan at the disco business… time to go before I get carried away. Hope you enjoy the music. May I remind you about a little session well worth investigating…. https://www.facebook.com/events/609272492453291/ 1. NYC Peech Boys - Life Is Something Special (Acapella) 2. Shuya Okino ft Navasha Deya - Still In Love (Kyodai Remix) 3. Bob Berg - Shapes 4. The Expansions - Lavender 5. Agora Ensemble - Vila Madalena 6. Ivan Lins - Quadras De Roda 7. Gal Costa - Musa Cabocla 8. Seawind - The Devil is a Liar 9. Nohelani Cypriano - Lihue 10. Tavares - Ridin High 11. Mighty Clouds Of Joy - Glow Love 12. Tarika Blue - Truth Is the Key 13. Collocutor - Archaic Morning 14. Melanie De Biasio - The Flow 15. Greetje Kaufeld - Day By Day 16. Michael Gregory Jackson - Lovin' You 17. Esther Marrow - Ask Me To Dance 18. Pat Williams - Joy Joy 19. 9th Creation - Much Too Much 20. Caldera- Sky Islands 21. Jim Messina - Do You Want To Dance 22. MUV - Torte De Chocolate