Radio Clandestino playlist from 3/25

Another edition of Clandestino rolled thru the airwaves for your listening enjoyment. Our in-studio guest along for the ride was Northfire's J Metcalf. The Alchemystics keyboardist is also part of Amherst MA's esteemed Northfire Studio and today he brought a few things by artists he's been working with. And of course he granted me permission to drop a few Alchemystics jams.
Catch Radio Clandestino with Andujar every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA. 

Leon Thomas..."Shape Your Mind To Die"...Blues And The Soulful Truth...(Flying Dutchman)

The Orient Express..."Train to Bombay"...The Orient Express...(Mainstream)
Late 60s NYC-based folk-rock band with a lot of Eastern aspects to their music. Their three members came from France, Belgium & Iran. There were a few of these types of Middle-Eastern bands in NYC at the time (The Devil's Anvil, John Berberian, etc).

Alfonso Lovo..."La Gigantona"...La Gigantona...(Numero)

Patti Smith Group..."Dancing Barefoot"...Wave...(Arista)
An absolute classic from one of the great icons of America.

Bomba Estéreo..."El Alma y El Cuerpo"...Elegancia Tropical...(Soundway)

Dub Is A Weapon..."Armed and Dangerous"...12"...(Jump Up!)
My homey Shiz the Selector left a few jams at my house and I decided to bring a few down to the station. This is a cool 12" of a live dub band ca 2007.

Radio Citizen..."The Hop"...Berlin Serengeti...(Ubiquity)

Stephen Chai & the No-Nation Orchestra..."Find Me The Savory Sound"...12"...(Nobaloney)

Ebo Taylor..."Abonsam"...Appia Kwa Bridge...(Strut)

Dan Boadi & the African Internationals..."Money is the Root of Evil"...12"...(Aestarium)
Hot, driving funkiness from Ghana, ca 75.

Tee See Connection..."Take My Breath Away"...45...(Colemine)
The tune from Top Gun. Reimagined. Leaves us breathless.

Tony Lee Thomas..."Storm of the Century"...Northfire promo
Pittsfield, MA based guitarist/songwriter who recorded at Northfire for his recent EP. Website here.

Alan Evans Trio..."Drop Hop"...45...(Colemine)

Tony Lee Thomas..."Little Misdirection"...Northfire promo
Both the Tony Lee, as well as the AE3 cuts all have Beau Sasser on keys.

The Alchemystics..."Piece of Dub"...EP...(Northfire)

Sophistafunk..."Listen Up"...Twenty Eleven...(self released)
A Syracuse-based funk group that has been tearing it up all over the place. Thanks to J for hipping me to them.

The Alchemystics..."Type A Prayer" (Arclite rmx)...Northfire promo

African Brothers meet King Tubby..."Warlord Dub"...African Brothers Meet King Tubby In Dub...(Nature Sounds)

The Alchemystics..."Thinkin' Bout U"...Northfire promo
Brand new digital single from The 'Mystics. Cop it here.

Karthala '72..."Diable du Feu"...Diable du Feu...(Electric Cowbell)

M.A.K.U. Soundsystem..."Nega Pedale"...7"...(no label)

Mandrill..."Mandrill"...Mandrill...(Polydor)
Apparently the Mandrill label was not available to put it out?

Brownout..."Olvidalo"...v/a-Latin Psychedelia...(Rough Guides)

Los Destellos..."Dame tu Cariño"...v/a-Latin Psychedelia...(Rough Guides)
With a contemporary Texas funk band and the classic Peruvian chicha outfit, we get to hear a couple of cuts from the forthcoming compilation by DJ Bongohead. It'll be available on LP or double CD. We'll continue to spin this one throughout the year. (And Rumba Psicodélica gets a special shout-out in the release notes!)

 

Myrian Makenwa..."Amampondo"...v/a-Diablos del Ritmo...(Analog Africa)

Dead Kennedys..."California Über Alles"...Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables...(Alternative Tentacles)

The Alchemystics..."We Can Overcome"...Spread Hope...(Northfire)
We close with the last track on the most recent album by The Alchemystics. Thanks to J for stopping by to bring us up to speed on Northfire and his band. Mark your calendars for their show at The Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on 5/10.      

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Attention: Andujar
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Amherst, MA
01003
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