clandestino playlist 11/30

I had a lot of fun on Victor's show, Tabula Rasa, last Wednesday...plus a cool dance party at the Hope & Olive with my friend DJ 12XU. And I got to hang with some old friends (folx like the Jazz Gangsta, among others!) who were in town for the holiday.
Ready to go at WMUA today for this week's clandestino report.

It goes like this (artist/ song/ album/ label):

mystic revelation of rastafari/ wicked babylon/ tales of mozambique/ dynamic
This one's for Pablo because he's never heard it.

kourosh yaghmaei/ hajm-e khaali/ v/a-forge your own chains/ now again


Here's a few cuts from the excellent new comp from the good citizens at Vampisoul...

los juniors/ tercera piedra en el sol/v/a-back to peru 2/ vampisoul
los destellos/ onstá la yerbita
los holy's/ sueño sicodélico
traffic sound/ the revolution
los zheros/ cuarto oscuro

And a few more Peruvian jams...
los york's/ la punta de me lengua/ el viaje/ munster
tulio enrique leon/ la pollera amarilla/ 45/ odeon
chacalón y la nueva crema/ por ella, la botella/

grupo fantasma/ oye mi cumbia/ movimiento popular/ airesol



hilario durán/ contrapartida/ v/a-cuban funk experience/ nascente

kenny barron/ swamp demon/ sunset to dawn/ muse

marvin holmes & justice/ kimani-mdogo/ summer of '73/ brown door

bar-kays/ holy ghost/ money talks/ stax

chuck womack & the sweet souls/ hamhocks & beans (quantic rmx)/ 12"/ disjoint

willie & the mighty magnificents/ think funky/ very soulful/ all platinum

little francisco greaves/ hiko-iko/ 45/ soundway

the funky rundown...
S.O.U.L./ tell it like it is/ v/a-tell it like it is/ boot
les mccann/ hey leroy/ 45/ 7up
raw soul & barbara stant/ superman/ 45/ plut
ernest van teose & the mcdaniel mary street band/ popcorn push push/ 45/ RCA
the mighty imperials/ kick the blanket/ 45/ desco
freddie love/ crazy girl/ 45/ anla
the soulfadelics/ the big chase/ 45/ tramp
JJ johnson/ willie chase (from willie dynamite)/ v/a-can you dig it?/ soul jazz
the jimi entely sound/ apache/ 45/ espionage disc
mr. chop/ breakdown/ 45/ stark reality
oh no/ feel me/ 45/ now again

os mutantes/ sambo do fidel/ amortecedor/ anti

bio ritmo/ alma/ miramar (demo)/ locutor

eddie palmieri/ revolt/ vamanos pa'l monte/ fania reissue




black czar/ bamboo dance/ v/a-panama! 3/ soundway

I hope you enjoyed the show. Catch it live every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org.

Promos to:

WMUA 91.1 FM
Attention: Andujar
105 Campus Center
UMass
Amherst, MA
01003
USA

Tejas (WMUA Fundraising Premium 2009)

One of the clandestino show highlights of 2009 was when Bongohead joined me for a special six hour feature on the music of the country known as Texas. There is so much that we could only scratch the surface. We played lots of tejano and funk musics, with some blues, jazz, punk, psych, rap, etc thrown in. It was quite a task trying to fit some faves into two CDs here. Trying to fairly represent the HUGE country of Texas is quite a task. But we had to include contemporary projects like Grupo Fantasma (who's leader Adrian Quesada has been on the show three times!), as well as classic underheard funk artists like Timothy McNealy. We hope you enjoy the set.
To see the playlist for the radio show we did, click here. And to learn more about the bands and labels, click on the links provided.

01 Tortilla Factory...Hot Tortilla fr "Made in America" (Falcon)

02 Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears...Master Sold My Baby fr 10" (Lost Highway)



03 The Fabulous Mark III...Psycho fr "Texas Funk" compilation (Jazzman)

04 King Curtis...Ridin' Thumb fr "Everybody's Talkin" (Atco)



05 Freddy Fender...Cajun Stomp fr "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (MCA)




06 ZZ Top...El Diablo fr "Tejas" (Warners)
A favorite band of both Bongo and I, we each chose a track. This one was mine.




07 Zapata...Do Your Thing (Parts 1 & 2) fr "Texas Funk" compilation (Jazzman)
Cool version of the Isaac Hayes classic.

08 Brownout...Framed By Death fr "Aguilas & Cobras" (Six Degrees)
Members of Grupo Fantasma here with a song from my favorite album of 2009.




09 Joe Bravo...Alegria fr "Skidrow Joe" (El Zarape)

10 Sunny & the Sunliners...Sumbale Maria fr "El Orgullo de Tejas" (Key-Loc)




11 Tortilla Factory...Cookin' fr "Tortilla Funk" compilation (Lazarus)



12 Grupo Fantasma...Bacalao con Pan fr 12" (Freestyle)
One of my favorite bands from Texas covers a classic by one of my favorite bands from Cuba, Irakere.



13 the Latin Breed...Palomonte fr "Mas Latin Breed" (GCD)


14 Timothy McNealy...Funky Movement #2 fr 45 (Shawn/Truth & Soul reissue)
Quite possibly a contender for the funkiest record of all-time!



15 Steve Jordan...Ain't No Big Thing fr 45 (ARV International)
Originally by the Radiants.

16 Augustin Ramirez...She's Looking Good fr "Tortilla Funk" compilation (Lazarus)

17 Randy Garibay & Cats Don't Sleep...Cabeca fr "Chicano Blues Man" (Puro Pinche Blues)

18 the Royal Jesters...Todo es Maravillosos fr "Their Second Album" (GCP)

19 Little Jr Jesse & his Teardrops & the Tears...Funky Stuff fr "Texas Funk" compilation (Jazzman)

20 Doug Sahm...Devil Heart fr "Groover's Paradise" (Collector's Choice)



21 Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys...Milk Cow Blues fr "Best Of..." (MCA)
We had to include some country swing from one of my fave bands.






22 Los Blues...Spirit in the Dark fr "Los Blues" (United Artists)
A nice version of this Aretha tune.
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01 Tortilla Factory...Huesito de Chabacano fr "Chicano Super Jamz"

02 Mexican Revolution...Soul Searching fr "Tortilla Funk" compilation (Lazarus)

03 Esteban "Steve" Jordan...Vuela la Paloma fr "The Many Sounds of..." (Arhoolie)



04 Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada...Pan, Chamba y Techo fr "Coconut Rock" (ESL)
Another great 2009 album. Members of Antibalas and Grupo Fantasma.



05 Timothy McNealy...Sagittarius Black fr 45 (Shawn/Truth & Soul reissue)
The flip to "Funky Movement #2".

06 Tortilla Factory...Sham Time fr "Tortilla Funk" compilation (Lazarus)
Awesome version of the Eddie Harris jam!

07 ZZ Top...Cheap Sunglasses fr "Degüello" (Warners)
Bongohead's fave ZZ Top tune.




08 La Familia...El Diablo in Disguise fr "Finally" (Buena Suerte)

09 Vern Blair Debate...Superfunk fr "Texas Funk" compilation (Jazzman)

10 Grupo Fantasma...Sonido Campeón fr "Comes Alive" (AireSol)
A document of Fantasma at their best--playing live on stage.


11 Tex-Mex Kadillaks...Me Gustas Tú fr "Me Gustas Tú" (Tex-Mex)
A very fun cover of this Manu Chao tune.



12 Charlie & the Jives...Cuidado con la Mano fr "Making Time" (Golden Eagle)

13 the Royal Jesters...Yo Soy Chicano fr "Chicano Super Jamz"

14 Doug Sahm...La Cacahuate fr "Groover's Paradise" (Collector's Choice)

15 the Latin Breed...I Turn You On fr "Texas Funk" compilation (Jazzman)

16 La Familia...Las Nubes fr "Para la Gente" (Buena Suerte)

17 Sunny & the Sunliners...El Maquinista fr "El Orgullo de Tejas" (Key-Loc)

18 the Royal Jesters...Me Voy a Houston fr "Chicano Super Jamz"

19 Tortilla Factory...Moctezuma fr "Tortilla Factory 1974" anthology (Tortilla reissue)

20 Little Joe & the Latinaires...Now

21 Freddie King...Ain't No Sunshine fr "Texas Cannonball" (Shelter)
Sublime blues cut of my fave tune...the Bill Withers composition.



22 the Thirteenth Floor Elevators...Roller Coaster (Mono Version) fr "Thirteenth Floor Elevators" (Sundazed reissue)
We had to include this psych classic.


Thanks to everyone who supported. Also thanks to DJ Bongohead, Anilyn Diaz and Adrian Quesada.

Tabula Rasa Playlist 11/25...Andujar Fills In For Victor

I had such a good time hanging with my stoned self whilst filling in for Sir Victor Signore. He'll be back on his program next week. Tabula Rasa airs every Wednesday 6-8pm (ET) at WMUA.org.



I kept it in the eclectic tradition of Tabula Rasa, while mostly playing stuff I wouldn't normally play on clandestino. Most who know me even a little bit know about my love for the avant-garde and noisy side of things. After all, even on clandestino I like to play the HARDEST and HEAVIEST of afro/latin/tropical musics. On Tabula Rasa I did some creative mixing and blending of various sounds and styles and I think it worked out well...certainly it did for those who called in some support on Thanksgiving Eve. After, it was off to the Hope & Olive in Greenfield for a really fun vinyl dance party!

It goes like this (artist/ song/ album/ label):

Can/ Dizzy Dizzy/ Soon Over Babaluma/ Spoon CD

Oum Kalthum/ Yalli Ra'Eyt Elouhoud/ El Sett (The Lady)/ Buda Musique CD

Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo/ Na Tu Penda Sana/ Uganda/ Tiliqua CD
Diagram A/ side A (excerpt)/ Human Tissue Press: Vinyl Removal/ Open Mouth LP
Nettle/ Minesweeper Dub/ Build a Fort, Set That On Fire/ the Agriculture CD
Jahdan Blakkamoore/ For the Souls/ DJ/ Rupture & Matt Shadetek-Solar Life Raft/ the Agriculture CD

Urthquake/ Sweet Emotion/ The Looper-Samper/ Noize-Vizion CD
The new Urthquake DJ Tools CD, "The Twooper-Samper", is available now, also.

Baby Grandmothers/ Somebody's Calling My Name/ v/a-Forge Your Own Chains/ Now Again CD
Acting Trio/ Acting Trio No. 13/ Acting Trio/ Actuel LP
International Harvester/ Ho Chi Minh/ Sov-Gott Rose Marie/ Silence CD
Zeni Geva/ Stigma/ Desire for Agony/ Alternative Tentacles CD

Washington Phillips/ I Had a Good Mother and Father/ What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?/ Mississippi LP
Iannis Xenakis/ Mélanges/ Pleiades/ Harmonia Mundi CD
Suicidal Tendencies/ Suicide's An Altenative/You'll Be Sorry/ Suicidal Tendencies/ Frontier LP
Coon Creek Girls/ Banjo Pickin' Girl/ v/a-Banjo Pickin' Girl/ Rounder LP
Judy Henske & Jerry Yester/ Farewell Aldebaran/ Farewell Aldebaran/ Straight LP
Michael Yonkers/ first track on side B/ Circling The Drain/ Nero's Neptune 12"
Afrosound/ Dog-cat/ Afrosound/ Discos Fuentes LP
Cheers to the listener in Ware who said he immediately knew the laugh sample I kept putting into the Xenakis, correctly identifying it as the intro to the Suicidal Tendencies song I played folowing Xenakis.

Alejandro Jodorowski/ Trance Mutation/ Holy Mountain soundtrack/ CD
The Group/ The Feed-back/ v/a-Psych-Funk 101/ World Psychedelic Funk Classics LP
Rahsaan Roland Kirk & John Cage/ excerpt from Sound??/ Sound?? (documentary film)/ Rhapsody VHS
Eddie Harris/ Silver Cycles/ Silver Cycles/ Atlantic LP

Johnny Burnette Trio/ Train Kept A Rollin'/ Rock N Roll Trio/ BGP CD

Fairport Convention/ The Deserter/ Liege & Leif/ Island LP

Moondog/ Drum Suite/ Snaketime Series/ Moondog Records LP

1,2,3 Soleils/ Khalliouni Khalliouni/ v/a-Arabesque Zoudge 2/ React CD
Death/ Secret Face/ Human/ Century Media LP
Atomic Forest/ Obsession '77/ v/a-Obsession/ Bully CD

Mirtha y Raul/ El Sueño de Andria/ v/a-Sí, Para Usted/ Waxing Deep CD




















Don't forget to check Victor in the Call & Response exhibit up now at UMass.
Also, my regular show, clandestino airs every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.

Wednesday Night Jams!

I'll be filling in for the esteemed Victor Signore on "Tabula Rasa". I've been long a fan of this eclectic radio show broadcast Wednesday nights at WMUA.org. Victor mixes up various ideas on sound, from abstract percussive avant-garde to "ethnic" folk the world over, with some saxophone blowouts, heavy grooves of all sorts and various nuttiness. I'll be doing an extended version starting at 530pm (ET) and running it until 8. Yulin's show "No Enemy" precedes and "Auditory Magic" follows. Expect to hear some local noise, international psych, Xenakis, death metal, free jazz, Oum Kalthum and other surprises. The playlist will be posted to this blog. Thanks Victor for allowing me the pleasure.



And how about the dancing crowd!!!! There will be a serious killer jam at the Hope & Olive at 9pm. I'll be joined by DJ 12XU for some all-vinyl enlightenment. The Hope & Olive is a real fun place with a good crowd. Enthusiastic and supportive...and a great beer menu I might add! We'll be bringing all vinyl (as usual!) of your favorite classics and some underknown records that are great for dancing. This will be a gem of a night, no doubt. We'll be spinning funk, bugalú, funky hip-hop, new wave, salsa, Motown, garage, afrobeat, some punk & reggae...and who knows what else! It's no cover and a cool spot with plenty of parking. And Happy Birthday to Jim, Sarah, and the other three or so birthdays that I'm sure I'll be toasting Wednesday night. Cheers!



And for those that feel the Turners side of things, keep in mind the trip that is the Montague Phantom Brain Exchange (#23...the pre-Thanksgiving Relaxation Station) will be transmitting with a special local DJ hobknob featuring MPBE curator Cloaca, Rob Forman, Ansel (from upstairs) and more. Interested parties should come thru with wax in hand. That'll be running from 9 til 1 at the Rendezvous in Turners Falls (3rd St & Ave A).



So there's lots of options for your holiday preparation. And no, I don't do that thing.

clandestino playlist 11/23

I had so much fun today. Folks gave me lots of good music to check out...stuff got sent in from the likes of Soundway, Analog Africa, Waxing Deep and Nacional (among others) in the last couple of weeks. And triple cheers to Phil Straub, DJ Bongohead and DJ 12XU for handing me some good shit to play. It makes my job easy! And it was also great to run into good folks one right after the other (literally!). All the awesome folks at WMUA, Chris at Newbury, Alex (the black black metal guy), REQ (check Trggr Radio), DJ & Andy. Thanks Olivia for the fine beers at Amherst Brewing Company...and peace out! (There's my Thankful seasonal list...No I don't celebrate murdered Indians or murdered turkeys. Thanks but no thanks). PS-check us out at the Hope & Olive on Wednesday night for a supreme Greenfield dance party...all vinyl, free admission! 9 pm. PPS-I will be filling in for Victor Signore on Tabula Rasa, WMUA Wednesday night 530-8.

tipica 73/ lio (sun goddess)/ en cuba/ fania
I was inspired to play this after hearing Sonny Bravo talk about the blacklist his band received after recording this album at Egrem Studios in Cuba.
bio ritmo/ lisandra/ biónico/ locular
Check out this awesome salsa band at the Iron Horse on 1/21/10.


bayaka/ tristesea (andujar's percussive edit)/ v/a-new latinaires/ ubiquity
johnny blas/ picadillo (a lo blas)/ v/a-new latinaires/ ubiquity

fruko y sus tesos/ improvisando/ v/a-colombia!/ soundway

international orquesta/ mucho control/ v/a-el barrio: back on the streets of spanish harlem/ fania

mongo santamaria/ cold sweat/ soul bag/ columbia

los silvertones/ uptight/ v/a-panama! 3/ soundway




harvey averne dozen/ dynamite/ dozen/ fania

brownout/ framed by death/ aguilas y cobras/ six degrees
I play them every week...is it any wonder what my album of 2009 is?!?

chuck womack & the sweet souls/ ham hocks & beans (quantic rmx)/ 12"/ disjoint
Thanks to DJ12XU for this jam!

marvin holmes & justice/ kimani-mdogo/ summer of '73/ brown door




kool & the gang/ who's gonna take the weight/ live at the sex machine/ de-lite
I tried to find the cut with Up, Bustle & Out sampling to play along side but I ran out of time.



the winstons/ amen brother/ v/a-dj pogo's block party breaks 2/ strut
For all my drum-n-bass peeps out there!

james taylor & the new mastersounds/ fire/ 45/ blow it hard
No, not that James Taylor!

los yorks/ fácil baby/ el viaje/ munster
A cover of Foxy Lady. Shouts to DJ Bongohead!

ana y jaime/ nina nana/ v/a-forge your own chains/ now again




mirtha y raul/ el sueño de andria/ v/a-si, para usted 2/ waxing deep
mirtha y raul/ casina y epidecus/ v/a-si, para usted 1/ waxing deep
I WANT THIS RECORD!! Like nothing else I've heard from Cuba. Heavy late 60s Eastern-tinged psych with fucked-up Afro percussion.



sohail rana/ soul sitar/ 45/ jazzman

orchestre poly-rhythmo de cotonou/ malin kpon o/ echos hypnotiques/ analog africa
Analog Africa, always doing things right!




african brothers/ wompe masem/ v/a-ghana special/ soundway



wganda kenya/ shakaloade/ 30 exitos/ fuentes
This weirdo Colombian group is among my faves.

urthquake/ tony allen I/ the looper-samper/ noize-vizion
From the cryptic Jersey dude's own label, this CD is the first in his "DJ Tools" series. Mostly stand-up comedy segments in between loops of Tony Allen, Van Halen, and others. Fun to listen to straight-thru also. Write for a copy robert_barron_2001@yahoo.com. Tell him I sent you.

chico mann/ the selector/ promo (forthcoming)
Help produce his album: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/715247296/the-next-chico-mann-album-trickster-for-kids Seriously folks...this will be funded by citizens like you!

manu chao/ clandestino (live)/ baionarena live EP/ nacional
An inspiration! I am grateful to have met this guy and shared his rum with him.

quantic presenta: flowering inferno/ death of the revolution/ death of the revolution/ tru-thoughts

red earth collective w/soothsayers horns/bad boys dub (manasseh rmx)/ red earth dub/ red earth
Thanks to boss reggae scribe David Katz for sending some music out to me. Check his books Solid Foundation and People Funny Boy.

tony allen/ switch/ secret agent/ world circuit

ocote soul sounds & adrian quesada/ cockroach people/ 45/ airesol
Thanks to all who listened and called in! It was plenty of support today, no doubt.

Thanks so much for listening, reading, etc. Check us out at the Hope & Olive on Wed nite!
Clandestino airs live every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org.

Promos to:

WMUA 91.1 FM
Attention: Andujar
105 Campus Center
UMass
Amherst, MA
01003
USA

Andujar will be filling in for Victor on Tabula Rasa 11/25

In addition to my usual Monday afternoon edition of clandestino (230-430pm ET at WMUA), I will also enjoy filling in on Tabula Rasa this coming Wednesday. Usually hosted by Victor Signore, the show is a completely bonkers eclectic mix of music, often weaving avant-garde with psych funk, Eastern European with afrobeat, free jazz with folk musics from around the world. One of my favorite shows, I will be taking the reins for Wednesday night and it promises to be a lot of fun. I'm planning on bringing a similar eclecticism...a bit of free jazz, avant-garde, psychedelic, and other sounds from around the globe. Catch it Wednesday night 530-8pm (ET) at WMUA.org.