Podcast Cafe episodes

A fresh blend of soul, funk, gospel and hip-hop, with both contemporary and traditional flavorings. In tribute to those musicians who keep the soul-flame lit through the many generations. Performed across different technological mediums, but always emanating from the heart. Dig it if you can. Fundi hearts you!

Featuring Erykah Badu / Raphael Saddiq / Q-Tip / Al Green / Jamie Lidell / The Supremes / Galactic / Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Sade / Stevie Wonder / Aretha Franklin / Bill Withers / Gift of Gab / Saddiq / Sharon Jones & the Dapp Kings / Gnarls Barkley / The Stax Singers / Saddiq \\

Analog Soul ( Intergalactic 3 ) by moontrolling

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*much of this mix is recently digitized from original vinyl source.

*the seeds are the new Beasties instrumental album and the John Medeski/Billy Martin (no Wood) duets == felt strongly that I needed to get these grooves out in to the world stet.

*The run of Sly & the Family Stone comes by way of MicroMoog Laboratories -- the good folks down at the Portland branch sent us the entire S&tFS discography in remastered condition and with bonus unreleased tracks galore -- MML also supplied us with the freshy-fresh Beastie Boys.

*Kidd Logic has granted the DJ Fundi Podcasting Network exclusive digitizing rights to some of his most prized vinyl offerings and the archive commitee has been fairly swamped with new funk and jazz. The recently-reclaimed tracks from Bill Withers, the Headhuters, Parliament and Lonnie Liston Smith came from his valuable collection.

*Blue Scholars is brand new shit! I bought it at iTunes the night I laid out this mix -- all I can say is GODDAMN! Buy their music, go to their shows. Found the Zion I/the Grouch and Cut Chemist tracks too wandering around in the iTunes labyrinth.

I dedicate this mix to my good friends Joe & Jodi, leaving the shores of Lummi for the shores of China soon -- "keep a stride in your glide and dip in your hip..."

Now, DJ Fundi knows that when frenly peoples come together, sooner or later everybody migrates to the kitchen, where the real action always goes down. There are all sorts of various theories out there that make attempts at explaining the physics (and metaphysics) of this common phenomenon, but it is not Fundi's intentions to dig in to them just right now. The Podcast Cafe is here tonight simply to bring the grooves together in a discerning fashion and to serve them up as a soundtrack for your next kitchen dance party.

Trust us -- the ingredients have to be just perfect to really get the kitchen dance floor moving in harmony. It takes skills as well as no small amount of intuition to get things just right, and to keep them right all night.

So, no matter if you are gathering with friends and family over bamboo, tile, linoleum or even recycled marmoleum, this soundtrack for a kitchen dance party has been fine-tuned to suit all your celebratory funk, soul and rhythm and blues needs. (Fundi even through a few slow jam numbers for the lovers.) Just get yer speakers speakin and let the libations flow. It's that easy. Wax on. Wax Off.

Happy holidays from your friends at the Podcast Cafe!

Come on in and enjoy the flavors of Curtis Mayfield, Sharon Jones & the Dapp-Kings, Jurassic 5, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Gnarls Barkley and Al Green. As a special treat, we'll be rolling out an amazing couple o' tracks of Santana jamming with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams -- the rock-solid rhythmic foundation of the Miles Davis Quintet -- on a mixture of "Evil Ways" and "Watermelon Man" in Tokyo in 1981. SPICY!