Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Walt Whitman, Song of Myself Another episode, another guest – and tonight the guest is me, Disko Baloba, chilling in the piso of the one and only Jesús Ibáñez in Vigo, Galiza, EU on my way back from my home […]
Read More Radio Saudade: Episode 10 – Live from Vigo!The Universe is a mirror. – Diego El Moro El Moro is in the house tonight to mastermind the mix with a bag full of soulful and meditative records obtained fresh from a journey wandering the East. Nuff respect! or DOWNLOAD Radio Saudade Episode 9 (mp3) here. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia and Brijbhushan Kasra – […]
Read More Radio Saudade: Episode 9 – El Moro at the Controls!Tired of listening to those ultra-fat Radio Saudade beats on your crap speakers you got hooked up to your computer at work? Don’t know what to do with yourself on that 19-hour flight to Seoul next week? Sick of everything on your iPod? Well worry not, sisters and brothers, because… ALL RADIO SAUDADE EPISODES ARE NOW […]
Read More Komuso Collective on CD, 8-Track & CassetteHeavyweight roots vibe tonight – enjoy. My way is long, but the road is foggy, My way is long so long, but the road is foggy, foggy My head never swell, my heart never leap I never have no fear from within (x2) Even though the road is so so foggy, foggy yeah Can hardly […]
Read More Radio Saudade: Episode 8 – REGGAE.“So much on my mind I just can’t recline, blasted holes in the night ’til she bled sunshine…” MOS DEF, Respiration. or DOWNLOAD Radio Saudade Episode 7 (mp3) here. MC Winston “The Whip” Williams – Intro: The Sound of Young Jamaica Radio Show – Respect to Studio One, 1994. Quantic Soul Orchestra – Babarabatiri – Stampede, […]
Read More Radio Saudade: Episode 7“Musician, wey carry him band? He play for Union of Deaf-and-Dumb. He miss road. Oh yes, he miss road. He go play for nothing. I say he miss road.” Fela Anikulapo Kuti, He Miss Road. or DOWNLOAD Radio Saudade Episode 6 (mp3) here. (Intro) – Whale Songs (Excerpt) – Mystical Whale Songs, 2009. Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man […]
Read More Radio Saudade: Episode 6Tonight it’s strictly jazz selections to illumine the scene. Next time back we’ll be all over the map again. Best wishes to all in this, our next trip around the sun. PEACE. “I’m right on the edge. I don’t know what comes next.” – Steve Zissou, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou or DOWNLOAD Radio Saudade […]
Read More Radio Saudade: Episode 5 – JAZZ.“I’ve been through many times in which I thought I might lose it – the only thing that saved me has always been music…cuz life ain’t nothing but a good groove – a good mixtape to put you in the right mood.” Beastie Boys, Professor Booty. or DOWNLOAD Radio Saudade Episode 4 (mp3) here. Ambient Sounds […]
Read More Radio Saudade: Episode 4“You can play us and repeat us, and then take us home and read us – line for line…” – Talib Kweli on Definition by Black Star If you’re tired of bemoaning the pathetic state of hip hop and yearn for the long-gone days when you could expand your intellect and world-view by studying and joyously memorizing […]
Read More Jay Electronica: The Return of Hip Hop.Radio Saudade: Episode 3. “Devoção e paciência. Mixtape é como uma procissão de um homem só.” – Rodolfo Viana. (“Devotion and patience. The Mixtape is like a procession of one man.”) Enjoy. or DOWNLOAD Radio Saudade Episode 3 (mp3) here. Ismael Quiñones – Control – Freak Off: Latin Breakbeats, Basslines and Boogaloo, 2001. Electro Côco – Quem […]
Read More Radio Saudade: Episode 3
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