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.

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

A Sort of Homecoming

I started my podcast pretty much on impulse without thinking about details, like the name. I remembered that i'd started a music blog that had lain fallow, called the Supper Table so I decided use it. The thing is, it never felt right, the metaphor felt clunky. I realized a few months ago that I had another music blog, also laying fallow called brotherbeat's Soul Confusion.

brotherbeat's Soul Confusion was a monthly night I had in the East Village in a living room sized bar that no longer exists.  It's also 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. The Supper Table will become the place where I drop shorter mixes and musical experimentations I think worth sharing

brotherbeat's Soul Confusion episode 1


Bobby Digital  Terrorist
Bill Withers  Close to Me
Digable Planets  Examination of What
King Britt  New Love
Four Tet  Jupiters
Moodymann  Sunday Morning
Solange  Borderline (Ode to Mental Health)
Gil Scott Heron  Rivers of My Fathers
Sly & the Family Stone  In time
The Clash  Revolution Rock
The Jam  Happy Together

Commercial break

Ida  Maybelle
Donald Byrd  Elijah
Osibisa  Survival
Kalyanji & Anandji Virji Shah  My Guru
 (mixed by Dan the Automator)
Black Star  Astonomy
Nicos Jaritz  Otao e Eu
Nina Simone  Blue Prelude
Congos  Can't Come In
David Axelrod  Song of Innocence
The Roots  The Unlocking
 ft Ursula Rucker
Curtis Mayfield  We People Who Are Darker Than Blue
Sza  Pretty Little Bird
Anderson Paak  The Season/Carry Me
Fania All-Stars  Viva Tirado
Everything But the Girl  Fascination
James Brown  Time is Running Out Fast
Incredible Bongo Band  Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley, Your Tie's
                                         Caught In Your Zipper
Temptations  I'm the Exception to the Rule
TV on the Radio  Love Dog
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