As announced yesterday during the show, here is the amazingly nostalgic, blue-screen pioneering video for "I'll Be Around".




Sample: The Spinners - I'll Be Around

Die halbjährige Abstinenz ist vorüber. Nach etwa einem halben Jahr Zwangspause werden wir uns erneut zusammenraufen um euch einen angenehmen Wochenendausklang mit reichlich schöner Musik zu liefern. Unser heutiges Thema hat etwas mit Hiphop (wer hätte es gedacht!), Jazz, Soul und Funk zu tun (soweit mir meine Quellen berichtet haben). Und nach so langer Zeit hat Denis unser Schatzjäger bestimmt den ein oder anderen grandiosen Song entdeckt und ausgegraben. Aber auch ich habe vieles gefunden oder wiedergefunden das sicherlich für mehrere Sendungen dienen darf.

Mehr wollen wir jetzt aber noch nicht verraten. Also lasst euch überraschen und schaltet heute Abend um 19 Uhr die gewohnte Frequenz des Hochschulradios Aachen auf 99,1 MHz (im Stadtgebiet AC) ein, oder verfolgt die Sendung via Livestream.

I don't know about you, my dear reader, but as for me and i am pretty sure for a couple of others as well, this time of year means studying for exams. The most important factor for a successful session is of course a decent soundtrack. I discovered some light & atmospheric Drum'n'Bass sounds for myself this year. So, if you need help with getting started, just try out some of the following suggestions - it might work for you:



Sample: James Brown & Dee Felice Trio Sunny

The vinyl mailorder hhv.de is having its 10th anniversary this year. To commemorate this event, the good folks have thought of a couple of projects. One of them is a 7" series called "10 Years hhv.de 45", where they will exclusively press chosen tracks on said small vinyl record.
Volume 2 features a very nice, latin-flavored piece by Quantic with his Combo Barbaro on the flipside. Sweet...

My kind of *-step...

If you have been reading this blog for a while, you are most probably familiar with the name Freddie Joachim, who really is one of my favorite producers. Last week he dropped a wonderful jazzy mix together with his label mate Question. You can either download it here or watch them doing their thing below.

"I'm feeling hot 'cause i'm outtacontrol tonight"
Yeah, you sure are

I am feeling weightless...

"No one ever had so much to gain or so much to lose."

When the sun still doesn't shine outside...