Radio Clandestino playlist 12/5

I had a great time bringing you these jams. This coming week Rockmaster Rob Forman will be filling in for me. Catch the program every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org. Don't forget, this Saturday night we will be doing our final Sweet Exorcist vinyl dance party of the year at The People's Pint. Details here.

Lekan Animashaun..."Serere"...Low Profile...(Honest Jons reissue)
Fela sideman leads the Afrika 70 band.



Don Julian..."Savage" theme...Savage soundtrack...(Money)
Amazing soundtrack to a movie that I have never seen.



Leon Mitchison & The Eastex Freeway Band..."Street Scene" (original)...12"...(Now Again)
A long time fave funky tune for me, I had no idea this existed on a reissue 12, with alternate (worthy) versions too! I am glad to upgrade to a fresh reissue!



10cc..."The Worst Band In The World"...Sheet Music...(UK Records)
Dilla fans take note.



Macondo..."Alemndra"...Macondo...(Atlantic)



Mehrpouya..."Dokhtare Shab"...v/a-Rangarang...(Vampisoul)



Samuel Bélay..."Aynotchesh Yeréfu"...v/a-Ethiopiques 8: Swinging Addis...(Buda Musique)

Lijadu Sisters..."Danger"...Danger...(Knitting Factory reissue)
Excellent reissue from these twin sisters who sang with Fela and Ginger Baker, among others.

Screamin' Jay Hawkins..."Africa Gone Funky"...45...(Versatile)
Shout out to DJ Bongohead for turning me onto this mad gem.



Blue Rhythm Combo..."BRC's Groove"...45...(Soundway)

Ravi Harris & The Prophets..."Thunderbird"...45...(Gemini)

Karthala 72..."Dans le Coeur du Feu"...45...(Electric Cowbell)

New Age Steppers..."Fade Away"...New Age Steppers...(On-U)



Horace Andy..."Don't Let Problems Get You Down"...Good Vibes...(Blood & Fire)

Riot..."Just Beyond"...Welcome to the World of Riot...(Motown)
Heavy funk rock breaks on Motown proper. And a cheap and available LP.

Nação Zumbi..."Voyager"...Futura...(Trama)
Brasil's best contemporary band.



Frente Cumbiero meets Mad Professor..."Ariwacumbé"...Frente Cumbiero meets Mad Professor...(Vampisoul)
One of my favorite albums of the year.

Whitefield Brothers w/ Mr Lif & Edan..."The Gift"...12"...(Now Again)

Max B..."Bananaticoco" Pt 1...Max B...(Wah Wah)


Dyke & The Blazers..."Runaway People" (full version)...We Got More Soul...(BGP)
Sounds like Kool & The Gang ripped the bassline for "Jungle Boogie".

Lucifer..."Time Gonna Change Everything"...Lucifer...(Invictus)

The Ambassadors..."I Ain't Got The Love (Of One Girl On My Mind)"...DJ Spinna-Strange Games & Funky Things vol 5...(BBE)
Nice soul rarity from Philly all stars Vince Montana, Leon Huff, etc.

Muchos Plus..."BluesGuajirock"...v/a-Funky Funky New Orleans 5...(Funky Delicacies)

C.S.C. Funk Band..."Thrift Store Find"...Things Are Getting Too Casual...(Fat Beats)

Irakere..."La Comparsa"...La Colleción Cubana...(Music Club)
Cuba's greatest band. Period.

Sweet Exorcist returns Friday with special 70s Funk Rock edition!! This month's guest: DJ Bongohead!

Join resident DJs Andujar & Studebaker Hawk and special guest DJ Bongohead for a time machine trip back to the 70s when seemingly every type of band had drumbreaks! We're bringing you the funk rock heat to blow your mind on Friday the 13th. Funky rock and rocking funk...Funkadelic, Betty Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Isley Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Santana, Baby Huey, Curtis Mayfield, the Stones, Average White Band, Rare Earth and more...popular and obscure, always funky, always rocking. and all on vinyl!! Join us for this unique bash.

Visual projections by Bell & Howl.

And we'll have prizes for funkiest and most rocking outfits. (Anyone want to be a judge?)

Records roll at 10pm, there is no cover charge.

Friday, May 13th...People's Pint, Greenfield

Facebook event page is here.

Betty Davis poster by Sightlab.

clandestino playlist 4/11

Another late playlist, haha!! The program was all over the map this time and I loved every minute of it. Back on the air tomorrow and every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org. And don't forget...we have Sweet Exorcist returning to the People's Pint this coming Friday with Larry Grogan of Funky16Corners. Not to be missed!



Truco y Zaperoko..."Miedo y Terror"...Musica Universal...(Libertad)

Mike Rosario y su Orquesta..."La Guerra"...La Muralla...(Van Boogie)

Cortijo y su Bonche..."Sorongo"...Sorongo...(Tico/Fania)



Orchestre Poly Rythmo..."Pardon"...Cotonou Club...(Strut)
Brand new album from Benin's funk masters...and one of my favorite bands ever!

El Rego..."Vimado Wingnan"...45...(Daptone)
More Benin. Look for a full disk on Daptone this year.

Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor..."Ene Nyame'A' Mensuro"...Life Stories...(Strut)



Pimps of Joytime with Roy Ayers..."Honey of your Smile"...45...(Wonderwheel)

Gizelle Smith..."June"...v/a-Party-Keller vol 3...(Compost)

Greyboy with Sharon Jones & Quantic..."Got To Be A Love" (Paul Nice rmx)...12"...(Ubiquity)
Ohmega Watts..."Platypus Strut" (re-edit)...v/a-Out of the Dark...(Ubiquity)
Digging in Ubiquity's crates...

Fred Wesley & the JBs..."Blow Your Head"...Damn Right I Am Somebody...(People)
Just nasty.



The Marvells..."Rock Steady"...v/a-100% Dynamite...(Soul Jazz)

Selah Collins..."Pick A Sound"...v/a-Watch How The People Dancing...(Honest Jons)

Freddie Cruger aka Red Astaire with Desmond Foster..."Over The Ocean"...Soul Search...(Tru Thoughts)
This tune was just stuck in my head for awhile...so I dug it out. Took me long enough to find it in my collection!



Natural Self..."Midnight Sun" (Prince Fatty rmx)...My Heart Beats Remixes and Versions...(Tru Thoughts)

Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada..."Justicia"...El Niño y El Sol...(AireSol/ESL)
I'm looking forward to the new album coming this spring.

Amon Tobin..."Bridge"...Permutations...(Ninja Tune)

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop..."Uhuru Sasa"...45...(Milestone)

Andre Tanker..."Swahili"...45...(Soundway)



Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound..."Let It Rain"...2...(Fania)



Spanglish Fly..."Let My People Bugalú"...45...(Electric Cowbell)

Sarah Webster Fabio..."Sweet Songs"...45...(Tramp)

Carleen & The Groovers..."Can We Rap"...12"...(Now Again)



Fania All Stars..."There You Go"...Latin Soul Rock...(Fania)

Roy Ayers..."Coffy Is The Color"...Coffy...(Polydor)



Sound Directions..."Play Car"...The Funk Side of Life...(Stonesthrow)

X Clan..."Grand Verbalizer What Time Is It?"...To The East, Blackwards...(4th & B-way)
One of my all time fave records.



The Saints..."I'm Stranded"...v/a-Dirty Water...(Year Zero)
From black nationalist rap to Australian punk...that's how we roll.

See ya!

February Action!

Some local thangs going down this month for y'all:

The Alchemystics are playing two gigs this weekend...one for the whole family on Saturday (2/12) morning 10am at First Churches in Northampton, a benefit for Nonotuck Community School. And also on Friday (2/11) night at the Elevens, with Love in Stockholm, 930pm-2am. There's never a bad time to check out their soulful reggae/rap blend!


On Saturday night (2/12), I'll be dropping bombs with Studebaker Hawk at the People's Pint for our regular Sweet Exorcist throwdown there. We'll be helping Michele P celebrate her birthday too! Come hear our eclectic vinyl mix and dance the winter blues out of your system. No cover charge, 10pm-1am. (Poster by Sightlab)

Friday (2/18) will see some funk and afrobeat raiding Greenfield at The Arts Block, thanks to the army of Shokazoba and an attack from Chicago Afrobeat Project (whom you may remember from our Afrobeat Revival compilation--vinyl already sold out!). 8pm-1am. And tune in to Radio Clandestino on Monday 2/14 when Shok reps will be on hand to discuss life and love, debut cuts from their brand new album, and give away tickets to the above show.

Ras Daniel and I had so much fun last month at the Blue Rock in Shelburne Falls that we decided to keep it going monthly, every third Saturday, this month on 2/19. Last time out we played some reggae/dancehall, afro funk/afrobeat as well as some wicked rap. We'll keep a bunch of things in the crates to keep it groovy all night. Again, no cover/21+. 9pm.

February 24th returns the bi-weekly I-Ganic Sound System at Bishop's Lounge in Northampton. The most crucial roots, the freshest steppas, heaviest dubs and uplifting dancehall. Every other thursday! 21+ 10pm-2am.


Holy mother of funk, wait to you come hear what we'll be jamming on Friday 2/25 at The Rendezvous in Turners Falls! A very special edition of Rumba Psicodélica, we've been wanting to do a Funk Rock night for awhile and now we will! Studebaker Hawk, Bongohead and I will be transporting you via vinyl time machine back to the funky 70s with a mind-blowing assortment of funky rock and rocking funk from all over the globe. Popular, as well as obsure, but always funky! Visuals by Mr. Bell of Bell & Howl. This will be an all-vinyl blowout, inspired by the likes of Betty Davis, Funkadelic, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Barrabas, Isley Brothers, James Gang, ZZ Top, Baby Huey, Sly Stone and all the 70s funk-rockers, back when that was something truly hip. Black, white, brown and beyond...we can all get down on a united dancefloor. Dig!
And bring your game: we'll be handing out prizes for funkiest and most rocking outfits!
No cover, 930-1.
(Poster by Pablo Yglesias)

And don't forget that Alan Evans (of Soulive) will be holding it down with a varying cast of talent every Thursday night at The Arts Block in Greenfield. 930-1.

Well there's a whole bunch of thangs to keep you warm til the birds of March start singing!

Dance Yourself Warm!!!!

(click poster for detail)

Join us for a special Saturday edition of Sweet Exorcist vinyl night with DJs Andujar and Studebaker Hawk. Need a holiday/school exorcism? Try our wax medicine. Come dance, drink, be merry. No cover charge, awesome beer. 10pm-1am. Bring friends!!

Poster by Sightlab.
More info: bombasticos@yahoo.com

clandestino playlist 7/5...60s french pop and 70s afro jams

(poster by Maura Arraj)


Back in business after a one-week break, I tag-teamed this show with the Mystic Lady DJ, who brought a load of French 60s 45s. I followed with a bunch of African music, including some jams by Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, who will be in NYC this weekend for their first time ever!

Thanks to all who called, listened, stopped by. Be sure to tune in next week to hear Grupo Fantasma's Greg Gonzalez in a live phone interview and for your chance to win tickets to GF's show at the Iron Horse next week.

Here's the playlist, starting with the French set:

The Golden Pot..."Take One"...45...(AZ)
Actually a British band who recorded in France.

Les 5 Gentlemen..."Twiggy"...45...?

Gillian Hills..."Maintenant il Téléphone"...45...(Barclay)

Michel Legrand..."Mi, Sol, Mi, Mi, Re, Re, Mi"...La Dame Dans l'Auto avec de Lunettes et un Fusil soundtrack...(Vogue)



Stone..."C'est Ma Vie"...45...?

Clothilde..."Je t'al Voulu et Je t'al Bien Eu"...45...(Vogue)

Laura Ulmer ..."Amoureux D'une Affiche"...v/a-Ultra Chicks vol 1, Filles in the Garage...?

Ronnie Bird..."Je Voudrais Dire...45...(London)

Charlotte Leslie..."Monsiuer Harrison"...45...(Barclay)

France Gall..."Attends ou va t'en"...45...(Phillips)

Laurencia..."Ce N'est Qu'un Play Boy"...45...(Vogue)

Jacques Dutronc..."L'opportuniste"...45...(Vogue)

Anouk..."Crois tu que se Soit Bien"...45...(AZ)

Jane Birken..."Jane B"...45...(Fontana)
Check it out here.

Francoise Hardy..."On Dit de Lui"...45...(Vogue)

Ria Bartok..."Un Baiser"...45...(Pathé)

Serge Gainsbourg..."En Melodie" (instrumental)...Les Aneés Psychedéliques...(Le Smoke Disque)

And the Afro side:
Orlando Julius..."Psychedelic Afro Shop"...Super Afro Soul...(Vampisoul)



Fidel Sax Bateke & the Voices of Darkness..."Motako"...v/a-Nigeria Special 2...(Soundway)

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo..."Gendamou No Will We Gnannin"...The Kings of Benin Urban Groove...(Soundway)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo..."Trop Parler C'est Maladie"...Trop Parler C'est Maladie...(Albarika Store)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo..."Zizi"...Echos Hypnotiques...(Analog Africa)
Tidiane Koné & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo..."Djanfa Magni"...v/a-African Scream Contest...(Analog Africa)





Segun Bucknor..."Poor Man No Get Brother"...Who Say I Tire...(Vampisoul)
Segun Bucknor..."Who Say I Tire"...Who Say I Tire...(Vampisoul)



C.K. Mann..."Okuan Tsentsen Awar"...v/a-Ghana Funk...(Hippo)

Ify Jerry Krusade..."Everybody Likes Something Good"...v/a-Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump...(Strut)
Guilty Simpson & Madlib..."Something Good (Intermission Two)"...OJ Simpson...(Stones Throw)



Kaleta & Zozo Afrobeat..."Country of Guns"...v/a-Afrobeat Revolution...(World Music Network)
Check Zozo at the Elevens on July 24th...more details TBA. This track from the debut album by Zozo and found on CD on our compilation.

Los Chapillacs..."El Mitin Del Chino"...Odisea Cumbia 3000...(forthcoming)
The lady who does the show after me just couldn't wait another thirty seconds...she just stopped the song before it was finished! Sorry. No worries, there will be many more spins of Chapillacs!

Radio Clandestino airs live every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org.

Send promos to:

WMUA 91.1 FM
Attention: Andujar
105 Campus Center
UMass
Amherst, MA
01003
USA
bombasticos@yahoo.com

Q: Where does international psych & Eddie Palmieri meet? A: radio clandestino!

(poster by Maura Arraj)

Monday's edition of clandestino will be a heavy focus on 60s/70s international psychedelic music. Joining me will be the lovely DJ Mystic Lady, Maura Arraj. Together we will jam heavy tunes from all over the globe.

Not necessarily related, there will be a special segment dedicated to the music of maestro Eddie Palmieri, the reigning King of Latin Music, in celebration of his 73rd birthday this week. Get in your EP requests!



All the action happens live at WMUA.org (91.1 for you locals) from 230-430pm (ET). The on-air phone line is 413-545-3691. Requests can also be sent to bombasticos@yahoo.com or as a comment below this post.

Dig...

Sweet Exorcist...This Coming Friday with Guests DJs 12XU and Victor

We'll be returning Friday the 13th, 10pm to the People's Pint, downtown Greenfield for our monthly all-vinyl bash. DJ B-COMING is out of town still, so Andujar and Snack Attack will be joined by DJ 12XU and WMUA's Victor Signore (Tabula Rasa). It's free, all ages (21+ to drink), all vinyl and starts at 10pm. Ends at 1. Kitchen closes at 10 so come early to eat.

(click poster to see it big)

Grooves: funk, soul, afro, bugalú, rocksteady, garage, maybe a l'il psych, maybe a l'il hiphop, maybe a l'il punk...we'll see!

For more info: bombasticos@yahoo.com

poster by George Myers, who has a new podcast episode up here.

Sweet Exorcist Returns This Friday w/ Andy BarnOwl as Special Guest

Ya, folx.

Andujar and Snack Attack return the Sweet Exorcist vinyl night to the People's Pint this coming Friday, October 9th at 10pm. B-COMING is away for a couple of months so we will have very special guests filling in. This time it'll be Andy Barn Owl Crespo, a man with some deep grooves. It'll be a lot of fun, with soul, funk, bugalu, garage, and afro vinyl on LP and 45. It starts at 10 and it's FREE and all ages. Sweet Exorcist runs monthly every 2nd Friday. For more info hit us up at bombasticos@yahoo.com.


(I know the flyer dosn't have the date listed but it really is happening!).

And while we're at it, let's mark down the date for the next Rumba Psicodelica! It'll be Monday Oct 26th with an excellent live band from NYC/Austin TX called Ocote Soul Sounds. It's members of Antibalas, Grupo Fantasma, Chico Mann, etc. It'll be at Hampshire College's newly revamped Music & Dance Building Recital Hall. Doors will open at 730 and it'll be free for the public and students.
See ya!

Rumba Psicodelica Continues

text and poster: Pablo Yglesias




HEYA kitties & cats out there in La La Land. We had so much FUN last month at The Elevens in Northampton we decided to keep this thing going!! Thanks to DJ George William Myers aka "Snack Attack" the flame still burns bright. Check it out in the flier below and please feel free to drag it to your desktop and email it to friends. I know it's late for some of you (heh-heh), but you can drop by towards the beginning. To all you dancers, vatos locos and go-go gals we saw last time, thank you, and please come with more friends this time. It's going to be wild - light show courtesy of Bell & Howl, WMUA's own DJ Andujar, plus me, Bongohead from Latin Night, and some random live percussion. We will be slinging rare vinyl from around the world, with an emphasis on funky and psychedelic Latin and African music of the 60s & 70s, the odd vintage salsa, cumbia, and merengue, plus great contemporary acts out right now that have a sound that fits in with our aesthetic of real music for real people: acts like Quantic, Antibalas, Kokolo, Up, Bustle & Out, Los Chapillacs, Brownout, Grupo Fantasma, Nomo, Spam Allstars, Kaleta, Bio Ritmo, all artists that issue vinyl today; plus various dope reissues of old school cuts from Vampisoul, Soundway, Stones Throw, etc. Hey, record labels, send us your vinyl! If you like the WMUA program Clandestino or were a fan of my Feel Flows radio show when it aired a few years ago, you will surely DIG RUMBA PSYCODELICA!

Check it out this coming Monday 930-til 1am, at the Elevens, Pleasant St in Northampton. The suggested donation is $2 (but no one will be turned away). DJs Andujar, Bongohead, Snack Attack (maybe surprise guests too!?!). Visuals by Bell & Howl. Live percussion. Join us!!!

Rumba Psicodelica!

Rumba Psicodelica! returns on Monday, in two parts.

First we'll be running the voodoo down on Radio Clandestino on WMUA.org, from 230-430pm (ET).

Then we'll be jamming some vinyl at the Elevens in Northampton at 10pm. Andujar will be joined by DJs Snack Attack, Bongohead, and Mike P from Mass Tropicas. The vibes will be hard funk, afro-latin, garage cumbia, roots & dub, bugalu, soul, chicha, salsa, afrobeat and more. It's 21+ and free admission.

Come and hang, dance, drink, etc. For more info: bombasticos@yahoo.com.
Poster by George Myers.

TODO MUNDO CUMBIA

click above poster for larger image

Yes folks that's right, I am the Guest Host for DJ Andujar's "clandestino" radio show on WMUA next Monday, May 25th, 2009. The show is from 2:30 to 4:30, Eastern Standard US time zone, broadcasting from the UMass Amherst radio station WMUA, 91.1 FM. You can go to the station's web site, www.wmua.org, and stream the show live (no archives at this point), or if you can't listen 'live' on the computer or the radio, then click on playlists, and type in "clandestino", and you can see what I played. I will be selecting all the latest cumbias (ZZK, Bersa Discos, cumbia villera, cumbiaton, etc) as well as classic old school, new traditionalists, experimental, folkloric, and related genres like vallenato, chicha, porro, and champeta (different but still related!). Casting a wide net, we are! Clandestino, hosted by DJ Andujar, is a great show that concentrates on groove & rhythm, from funk to Latin, jazz to world. Many thanks to Andujar for giving me this opportunity. Don't miss it each week - he will be back June first. ¡Sabor de cuuuuuumbia!!

text and graphic by Pablo Yglesias aka DJ Bongohead

clandestino playlist 4/6...in the middle of the rain

Very very rainy...Quite dreary outside, but a lot of fun inside with my guest the mystic lady Maura Arraj, who brought a stack of 60s/70s international psych vinyl. Thanks so much for the music (and the ride!). We also had a visit from dj B-COMING and his family. Good times at WMUA, as always.

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

gabo brown & orch. polyrhythmo/ it's a vanity/ v/a--african scream contest/ analog africa



jingo/ fever/ v/a--afro rock/ kona

geraldo pino/ heavy heavy heavy/ heavy heavy heavy/ retroafric

honny & the bees band/ psychedelic woman/ v/a--ghana soundz/ soundway

moussa doumbia/ keleya (45 version)/ keleya/ oriki music



ofege/ lead me on/ try & love/ academy (reissue)
these guys were actually teenagers!! great job on the reissue by academy

cheb zergui/ ana dellali/ v/a--1970s algerian proto räi underground/ sublime frequencies


here's maura's set:
astrud gilberto/ lugar bonito/ look to the rainbow/ verve
el kinto/ voy pensando/ circa 1968/ clave
los yorks/ solo estoy/ 68/ MaG
otis waygood/ a mad man's cry/ ten light claps and a scream/ shadoks (reissue)
elias hulk/ yesterday's trip/ unchained/ astro zombie
la revolución de emiliano zapata/ en medio de la lluvia/ la revolución.../ el disco es cultura

traffic sound/ chicama way/ traffic sound/ munster



os mutantes/ ave genghis khan/ mutantes/ lillith (reissue)

orchestra baobab/ sibou odia/ bamba/ stern's africa
check attisso's fuzzy guitar!

cymande/ rickshaw/ cymande/ janus
this one's for athena bijou

baris manço/ egri bügrü/ sakla samani gelir zamani/ türküola



dj shadow/ six days war/ the private press/ MCA



mr chop/ the infinity machine/ lightworlds/ now again


thanks for listening!!! clandestino airs live every monday 230-430pm (eastern time), at WMUA.org. hard funk, salsa dura, afrobeat, roots & dub, psych, world, hiphop, soul, jazz, and more. your sister's favorite grooves! send promos to: WMUA 91.1 FM attention: andujar 105 campus center umass amherst, MA 01003 USA

LISTEN AND ENJOY!