2015 is shaping up quite nicely in terms of music, with a nice mix of cherished artists returning for more and brand new voices emerging into the fold. As is our tradition, the first show of July takes a look back a tthe first six months of the year and also includes a few sleepers we missed in 2014…Enjoy!
Melting Pot on KPFK #202: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #202: Second Hour
Playlist: 07-03-2015
{opening theme} Booker T & the Mgs – Melting Pot – 7” (Stax)
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Martha Bass – Walk With Me – Selma: Original Soundtrack (Paramount)
Ibeyi – River – Ibeyi (XL)
BBNG with Ghostface Killah feat. Danny Brown – Six Degrees – Sour Soul (Lex)
Bilal – Satellites – In Another Life (Purpose)
The Amazing – Tell Them You Can’t Leave – Picture You (Partisan)
Don Cherry & the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra – Burn Your Money – The Holy Mountain: Original Soundtrack (Finders Keepers)
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Dom La Nena – Era Una Vez – Soyo (Six Degrees)
Tashi Dorji – Death Flowers – Appa (Bathetic)
Annabel (Lee) – Breathe Us – By The Sea…And Other Solitary Places (Ninja Tune)
Nosaj Thing – Watch – Fated (Innovative Leisure)
Oddisee – Belong To The World – The Good Fight (Mello Music)
Buyepongo – Mulatu Para Ti – 7” (Soul Fiesta)
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The Sandwitches – Miggy – Our Toast (Empty Cellar)
Swervedriver – Setting Sun – I Wasn’t Born To Lose You (Cobraside)
Broadcast – Man Is Not A Bird – The Ha Ha Sound (Warp)
The Stark Reality – All You Need To Make Music – The Stark Reality Discover Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop (Now-Again)
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The Royal Jesters – My Kind OF Woman – Royal Jesters English Oldies (Numero)
PRhyme feat. Jay Electronica – To Me To You – Prhyme (Prhyme Records)
Sleater-Kinney – Surface Envy – No Cities To Love (Sub Pop)
Joanna Gruesome – There Is No Function Stacey – Peanut Butter (Slumberland)
Nedelle Torrisi – Double Horizon – Advice From Paradise (Ethereal Sequence/Drag City)
The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band – Lam Tang Wai Yook Pattana – 21st Century Molam (Zudrangma Records)
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The Rongetz Foundation – Kiss Kiss Double Jab – Kiss Kiss Double Jab (Heavenly Sweetness)
Kendrick Lamar – Institutionalized – To Pimp A Butterfly (Top Rank Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)
The Rebirth – This Is Coming To – Being Through (Walkin’ Talkin’)
Bappi Lahiri – Taqdeer Ka Badshah – Bombay Disco 2 (Cultures Of Soul)
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Russo Passopusso – Flor De Plastico – Paraiso Da Miragem (Self-released)
Haitus Kaiyote – Molasses – Choose Your Weapon (Flying Buddah)
Kamasi Washington – Askim – The Epic (Brainfeeder)
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{closing theme} Don Cherry & the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra – The City Of Freedom – The Holy Mountain: Original Soundtrack (Finders Keepers)