Go Vote! A mix of revolutionary soul, funk hip-hop and jazz.

It happens once every four years and I'm not talking about the World Cup here. America is at a crossroads right now and no matter which side you are for and against what's most important is that you go out and cast your vote and fight for what you believe in. If you don't vote you can't complain for the next four years. To inspire you to get off your arse we at playjazzloud HQ bring you a mix of soul, funk, hip-hop and jazz with a revolutionary mandate. Go vote! Cause we can't. Listen below or download here.

1. Gil-Scott Heron "The revolution will not be televised"
2. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings "This land is your land"
3. Marc Mac "Liberation Drums"
4. Ester Marlow "Things ain't right"
5. Max Roach "Freedom day"
6. Olu Butterfly "If we do nothing"
7. Sarah Webster Fabio "Black back Sheeba's"
8. Roy Ayers "Holiday" (DJ Spinna Mix)
9. Madlib & Tablib Kwali pres Liberation "What can I do"
10. The Whatnauts "Why can't people be colours too"
11. The Flames "Stand up and be counted"
12. Gil-Scott Heron "The Klan"

runtime: 50 minutes.

Guest Mix #3: Greg "Sounds from the edge of the universe"

We had El Reza pop in for a guest mix a few weeks back and now Greg is in the building with a fresh mix from the Sounds from the edge of the universe studios! Greg (along with El Reza) runs this great blog that should not be missed. This is a proper full service mix, just over two hours long, Greg takes us from jazz to latin and back again. It's the perfect mix for a long drive or for chilling by the pool all day. If you're going anywhere sunny you need this! Listen below or download here.

01. Rodney Jones "Articulation"
02. Toshiyuki Honda "Vento Vigoroso"
03. Rasmus Faber "Ever After"
04. Earth Wind & Fire "Caribou"
05. Quartete Em Cy "Tudo Que Vocπ Podia Ser"
06. Joyce "Aldeia De Ogum"
07. Anders Nordentoft "Nar VI To Er Sammen"
08. John Surman "Dance" (edit)
09. Cal Tjader "Song of the Yellow River"
10. Cal Tjader "Mamblues"
11. Terumassa Hino "Samba de'la cruz"
12. Flora Purim "From The Lonely Afternoon"
13. Flora Purim "Moon Dreams"
14. Os Tres Morais "Freio Aerodinamico"
15. Miguel Ángel "Isto É Samba"
16. Flora Purim "Airto's Jazz Dance"
17. Airto "Gica Mal com Deus"
18. Don um Romao "Ginga Gingou"
19. Vanessa Rubin "Mosaic"
20. Vida Nova "Te Caliente"
21. Olli Ahvenlahti "Grandma's Rocking Chair"
22. Elza Soares "Deixa Isso Pra La"
23. Eddie Cano "Barsanova Brown"
24. Joao sem braço "Sambrasa Trio"
25. Alive! "Skindo le le"
26. Slide Hampton "Drum Suite (Parts i, ii, iii, iv, v)"
27. Art Blakey and Sabu "Sakeena"
28. Carter Jefferson "The Rise Of Atlantis"

runtime: just over 2 hrs. Check out the awesome graphic as well!

Got a mix? Hit us up. We're always looking for guest mixes to keep things fresh. Thx Greg!

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Jazz Sessions Vol 8

We have a little bit of everything here with some latin (including one of our favorite Airto joints), house, and hip hop. Technically this is a jazz-less post! Hope that doesn't disappoint. This week our cover art "comes from" the super talented Kinsey, check out his stuff very cool. Enjoy the mix below or download here.

1. Airto "tombo in 7/4"
2. Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66 "Sitting on the dock of the bay"
3. Deyampart "Held him first"
4. The Beatfanatic "Balanco"
5. St. Germain "Soul Salsa Soul"
6. Louie Vega ft. Blaze "Elements of Life" (Dance Ritual Mix)
7. Unknown "Unknown"
8. Incognito "The Road" (Danny Krivit Re-Edit)
9. Los Amigos Invisibles "Bruja" (MAW mix)
10. Skuff Joints "Q-Tip's Mambo"
11. Unknow "Unknown"
12. Erykah Badu "On & On" (Summer in Sydney Remix)

runtime about an hour.

Please put us out of our misery and name the two unknown tracks, the second one in particular we are very annoyed at not remembering!

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Powell endorses Obama.
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Some art for my crate diggin friends

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Twelve 12s

A few months back at a party someone asked the question "What ten records define you as a person?" It was a great question that got everyone donning their thinking caps. If you have to define yourself with ten records what would they be? Are they tracks that changed your life or are they records that were the soundtrack to your life at a specific moment? Everyone's going to have their own take on this and we're no different here at playjazzloud HQ.

On the night we actually came up with just ten tracks but once we got home and got our hands on the iTunes library and the record shelf it became a whole different story. Ultimately we weren't able to stick with ten songs and so here are our twelve tracks that define us. Ask us in a couple of weeks and we'll probably come up with a completely different set of twelves. Listen below or download here.

1. Portishead "Glory Box"
2. Miles Davis "Conceierto de Aranjuez"
3. Stevie Wonder "Superstition"
4. De la Soul "A roller skating jam named Saturdays"
5. Fela Kuti "Water get no enemy"
6. Pharoah Sanders "You gotta have freedom"
7. Roy Ayers "Running"
8. The Smiths "Asleep"
9. Mark Murphy "My favorite things"
10. Masters at Work "Nervous track"
11. The Brand New Heavies "Dream Come True"
12. The Beatles "Here comes the sun"

runtime: about an hour.

What are your 10? er...12? Cover image is again from the amazing Charlie Harper archives.

The return of Daddy Ash!

Volume one of our Ashley Beedle rewind selection went down so well that we had to drop volume two. Truth be told there were just so many tracks we couldn't fit into the first mix and there's going to be a volume 3 and 4 for sure. Whatever words of wisdom we had to say about Ashley Beedle can be found here at our original post. Volume 2 is definitely hitting the house side of things more and bwoy is there some great music to be had. And yes we were saying New Jersey Deep for volume 2 and there are a couple of other classics that we'll be spreading out to our next volumes and yes we will be including a different mix of Blacker in every volume, we'll see how long we can go with that classic. Listen below or download here or here.

1. East Village Loft Society "Manhattan Anthem"
2. Ballistic Brothers "Cubafro con amigos"
3. Black Science Orchestra "Ladyland"
4. Black Science Orchestra "Sunshine" (Soul Weekender Mix)
5. Black Science Orchestra "City of brotherly love"
6. Black Science Orchestra "Keep on Keepin On" (The Road to Washington Mix)
7. Black Science Orchestra "Leroy's Hustle"
8. Black Science Orchestra "New Jersey Deep" (Swag Re-Edit)
9. Lisa Stansfield "The Line" (Black Science Magic Session Part 1)
10. Airto "City Sushi Man" (Ashley Beedle Mix)
11. Funky Green Dogs "Body" (Ashley Beedle Sirus Red Hard Mix)
12. Heller & Farley "Deep Sensation" (The Black Science Jump St. Remix)
13. Masters at Work "To be in love" (The Tribal Science Xtra Kut)
14. Los Jugaderos "What you doing to this girl"
15. Ballistic Brothers "Blacker" (The Marden Hill Sweet Green Jam Mix)

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Gilles Peterson: Internet Radio #8

You all know about GP, well you should. You probably listen regularly to his BBC1 radio show. Well you should also be checking his (somewhat) regular podcast action as well. Usually about an hour long the podcasts feature insightful interviews and conversations with any number of up and coming or established peeps from the music world. Sometimes he just busts loose with an hour of non-stop vinyl. His Jose James podcast was great. Check out the podcast!