brotherbeat's Soul Confusion was a monthly night I had in the East Village of NYC in the early 2000s in a living room sized bar that no longer exists. My sets were eclectic both in terms of genre and tempo; they created an aural stage for easy conversation, warm, each song distinctive without being intrusive, until you actually listened. The ebb and flow of the tempo mimicked that of conversation. It was mostly unplanned except for a core mix it mostly depended on what felt good

Soul Confusion is as close to an obvious brand as I can get. The genre thing bores me and it's easier to think of all music as soul music because that's where I feel it. brotherbeat's Soul Confusion became my long mix repository while I was in Barcelona and it will become the new home for my podcast.

brotherbeat's Soul Confusion isn't intended to be an active listening experience, it's a soundtrack for a life well lived.

To access the mix for each entry click "Episode XX" for the link.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Francisco & the Lost Summer-- Thoughtful Summer Epilogue



This would be a birthday mix for my friend Kristina, if birthdays occurred at unpredictable times of year.  So I guess it's just a mix for her.  I wanted to make a mix of timelessish music-- music that was made 30 years ago that sounds current and music made today that could have been made 30 years ago.  There is a growing number of releases with a modernized 70s style, I'm thinking specifically of El Michaels (especially on the Aloe Blacc track that starts this mix) and The Menahan Street Band.  I spent a few weeks walking around with El, Menahan, and the discographies of Sly Stone, TV on the Radio and Curtis Mayfield on my Shuffle.  The way it all fit together was the inspiration for the mix.  Only after it was done did I realize that it was the cap to the Thoughtful Summer Series, an homage to the best and worst of the mythic memory of summer past and the hope for and angst from the unknowable summer future.


To listen or download:
https://archive.org/details/FranciscosLostSummer
 

Aloe Blacc  I Need a Dollar
Menahan Street Band  Going the Distance
Sly and the Family Stone  In Time
J Rawls Too Personal
 f/ Tiffany Page
Rza f/ Q-tip  Just a Lil Dude (Who Dat Over There)
& Free Murder
Ida When to Look Down
TV on the Radio Family Tree
Sly and the Family Stone We Love All
Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Whitfield Brothers Chokin'
Madvillian  America's Most Blunted
f/ Lord Quas
Sly and the Family Stone Underdog
TV on the Radio A Method
Curtis Mayfield Right On for the Darkness
Blackalicious 40 oz for Breakfast
TV on the Radio Walking the Cow
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