Shows early on in a new year are often a little difficult to program. After you’ve done a retrospective of the prior year’s music, there’s a desire to move on to something new, but it takes time for new releases to start comin’ out. So, this first “real” show includes a couple of tracks from upcoming releases, a few from artists who should have records in 2011, and a few that slipped under my radar in 2010 or that I simply just did not play enough. One particularly interesting moment happens towards the end, when for some reason my laptop decided to play Mad Villian’s “Papermill” at a much slower speed, like it was chopped and screwed. That actually kept me from playing the Ghostface Killah track I just posted in Heavy Rotation, but everything worked out in the end. The show begins with a teaser from my set at Funky Sole on Saturday Jan. 8th. I’ll post up the full set tomorrow, along with a few pictures, but until then, enjoy yesterday’s show and remember Jan. 16th I’m doing a 2 hour tribute to Captain Beefheart!
Melting Pot on KPFK #28: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #28: Second Hour
Playlist: 1-9-2011
{opening theme} Booker T & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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Funky Sole Set:
Irene Reid – Dirty Old Man – 7” (Old Town)
Sound Foundation – Soul Foundation – Sound Foundation (Smobro)
Toni Tornado – Aposta – Toni Tornado (Odeon)
James Brown – Make It Good To Yourself – Black Caesar: Original Soundtrack (Polydor)
Franciene Thomas – I’ll Be There – 7” (Tragar)
Ray Barretto – Together – Together (Fania)
Eddie Palmieri & Harlem River Drive – Azucar – Live At Sing Sing (Roulette)
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Charles Bradley – The World Is Going Up In Flames – No Time For Dreaming (Dunham/Daptone)
Tim Maia – Compadre – Tim Maia (Polydor)
Numonics – You Lied – Groove Merchant 20 (Ubiquity)
Mansfield TYA – Sur Le Plafond – Seuls Au Bout De 23 Secondes (Vicious Circle)
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Andreya Triana – Darker Than Blue – Lost Where I Belong (Ninja Tune)
Sun Kil Moon – Church Of The Pines – Admiral Fell Promises (Caldo Verde)
Jovenes y Sexys – Suerte – Bruno EP (Poni Republic)
Chicano Batman – A Hundred Dead and Loving Souls – Recorded Live at KPFK
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Captain Beefheart – Clear Spot – Clear Spot (Reprise)
Grinderman – Mickey Mouse & the Goodbye Man – Grinderman 2 (XL)
The Black Beats – The Mod Trade – Psych Funk Sa Re Ga! (Now Again)
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The 5.6.7.8’s – Tallahassie Lassie – The 5.6.7.8’s (Third Man Records)
Yuzo Kayama – Kimi Ga Suki Dakara – All About Yuzo Kayama (Toshiba)
Sebadoh – Rebound – Bakesale (Sub Pop)
P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble – It’s Got Two and That’s Alright (Show Me The Way) – Winter Winds (Now Again)
The Avalanches – Two Hearts In ¾ Time – Since I Left You (Modular)
(Attempted play of Mad Villian…)
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Saknatee Srichiangmai – Nom Samai Mai – The Sound Of Siam (Soundway)
DJ shadow – Def Surrounds Us – 12” (Self Released)
Mad Villian – Papermill – Adult Swim Singles (Adult Swim)
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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)