Had a technology plagued but otherwise solid show this Sunday. I’ve spent several hours trying to fix my rather janky recording set-up in order to present the full two hour show. I really shouldn’t complain, virtually all of the music came out perfectly fine and ultimately that’s what’s most important. There’s some brand new stuff from La Sera (fingers-crossed, they should be our guests next week!), remixes of work from Andreya Triana and Bilal (by Tokimonsta and Flying Lotus, respectively), and newish work from Ghostface Killah, Fabienne Del Sol, JayLib and others. The show features a very minor tribute to Bobby Robinson of Enjoy records fame (for a better tribute see Oliver Wang of Soul-Sides.com’s guest podcast here) and a major tribute to Trish Keenan of Broadcast that takes up the last half-hour + of the 2nd Hour. If you just want to hear the tribute mix by itself, I’ve updated my tribute post to Trish to include the set. Next week we’re doing all vinyl with a guest set from Music Man Miles of Breakestra + a performance/interview with La Sera!
Melting Pot on KPFK #30: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #30: Second Hour
Playlist: 1-23-2011
{opening theme} Booker T & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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Vicente Fernandez – El Rey – Linea Mecicanismo (Sony)
Charles Bradley – Why Is It So Hard? – No Time For Dreaming (Dunham/Daptone)
Fabienne Del Sol – Strange Shadows – On My Mind (Damaged Goods)
Dao Bandon – Tang Ngarn Si Nong – Sound Of Siam (Soundway)
The 5.6.7.8.’s – I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield – The 5.6.7.8.’s (Third Man Records)
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La Sera – Devils Hearts Grow Gold – 7” (Hardly Art)
The Three Degrees – Collage – Maybe (Roulette)
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound – To Love Someone – 7” (Addenda)
Martina Topley Bird – Snowman – Some Place Simple (Honest Jon’s)
Andreya Triana – Far Closer (Tokimonsta Remix) – Far Closer (Ninja Tune)
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Ghostface Killah – In The Park feat. Black Thought – Apollo Kids (Def Jam)
Treacherous Three & Spoonie Gee – The New Rap Language – 12” (Enjoy)
Captain Beefheart – Rock’n’Roll’s Evil Doll – Bluejeans & Moonbeams (Mercury)
DJ Lengua – La Jungla – Cruzando (Club Unicornio)
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Bilal – Levels (Flying Lotus Re-edit) – Levels (Plug Research)
Ananda Shankar – Metamorphosis – Ananda Shankar (Warner Bros.)
Jaylib – Louder (Blast Your Radio Theme) – Madlib’s Medicine Show No. 11 (Stones Throw)
Can – I’m So Green – Ege Bamyasi (UA)
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Tribute Set To Trish Keenan of Broadcast:
Broadcast – Unchanging Window – The Noise Made By People (Warp)
Broadcast – Before We Begin – Ha Ha Sound (Warp)
Broadcast – I Found The F – Tender Buttons (Warp)
Broadcast – The Be Colony – Broadcast & the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age (Warp)
Broadcast – Ominous Cloud – Ha Ha Sound (Warp)
Broadcast – City In Progress – The Noise Made By People (Warp)
Broadcast – Man Is Not A Bird – Ha Ha Sound (Warp)
Broadcast – Tender Buttons – Tender Buttons (Warp)
Broadcast – Come On Let’s Go – The Noise Made By People (Warp)
Broadcast – Tears In The Typing Pool – Tender Buttons (Warp)
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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)