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.

Monday, August 2, 2021

brotherbeat's Soul Confusion Episode 34

 


brotherbeat's Soul Confusion Episode 34 ⇦ Link

Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson  Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Surprise Chef  Herbie Hemphill
Archie Shepp  Attica Blues
Thomas Dolby  Weightless
Alice Coltrane  Shiva Loga
William Onyeabor  Hypertension
Nico Gomez and His Afro Percussion Inc.  Caballo Negro
Darondo  Didn't I

The Bruenigs Commercial

Throwing Muses  Lonely Is An Eyesore
Menomena  Wet & Rusting
Pharoah Monche  The Light
Nuyorican Soul  MAW Latin Blues
Cymande  Dove
Dinah Washington  Our Love Is Here To Stay
Madlib  Never Front (Ears Up)
Marco Di Marco  Blue (L.T.J. X-Perience Re-Edit)
Torres  The Harshest Light
ESG  You Make No Sense

Meg Day  Elegy In Translation

The Pixies  Gigantic
Digable Planets  Graffitti
Booker Ervin  A Tune For Richard
Father John Misty  I Went to the Store One Day
Cocteau Twins  Crushed
Fela  Fight To Finish
R. D. Burman  Shalimar Title Track
Nick Drake  Parasite
The Lafayette Afro Rock Band  Darkest Light
Sarah Vaughn  Trouble