Panzah Zandahz hails from upstate NY and has been on the Soul Strut periphery for years. He is an extremely talented electronic musician in an age where they pop up nightly. This mix was sent to us in 2005 and was an immediate favorite. It’s an eclectic mix of Breaks , Sweet Soul , Funk Rock ,etc. in an age when you had to get your fingers dirty!
Originally posted on soul strut.com Monday, March 14, 2005
My boy Steve, aka DJ Otis Funkmeyer, turned me onto funk in my college days. There was a time where he was an unemployed free spirit in NYC peddling demos to get DJ gigs. This demo pretty much sums up the choice cuts that coined his signature taste. Enjoy!
Originally added to Soul Strut on Friday, January 28, 2011
Shakey Pudding - Jesse Morrison
Roll With The Punches - GroundHog
There’s A DJ In Your Town - Samson & Delilah
Bold Soul Sister - Ike & Tina Turner
Raggedy Bag - Reggie Saddler Revue
Put An Extra Plus to Your Love - Simtec & Wylie
Funky Al - Ultrafunk
Crater - De Wolfe Library
Right On - Clarence Wheeler & the Enforcers
African Rhythms - Oneness of Juju
Moira - The Poets of Rhythm
Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti - The Daktaris
Double Booty Bump - Russell Gordon and the Versatile Souls
Weya - Manu Dibango
Relax Before Doin’ Sex - Oscar Harris & the Twinkle Stars
Soft Soul - Lavell Kamma & his Afro-Soul Review
Soul Train - Little Royal
Can’t Buy Soul - Hebrew Rogers
Damph F’aint - Herbert Johnson Settlement
Plastic People (inst) - Living Color
Cosmic Blues - Eddie Fisher
Disco Lights - Dexter Wansel
Now Do You Want To Dance - Graham Central Station
For your listening consideration is a mix of rare, mainly small label, garage & heavy psych 45s. A Good third of these hail from the great state of Texas. It’s starts out very heavy and then segues quickly into more uptempo garage.
Originally posted on Soul Strut on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Smoove late 80s summertime funk and two step 4 cruisin to…
Originally posted to Soul Strut Friday, October 01, 2010.
Nile Rodgers has had a huge resurgence recently with his fascinating and candid auto-biography ‘Le Freak…’ and his stint with mega-club-hit misters Daft Punk… And for good reason, his compositions in and productions along with bass wizard Bernard Edwards were the backbone for many hip hop classics. DJ Superix does a mighty swell job of exemplifying the man, the myths with this tightly flowing DJ mix.
01 Good Times - Chic
02 I Want Your Love (Dimitri From Paris Remix) - Chic
03 Tenderness (Original mix) - Diana Ross
04 He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
05 Socerer (12 Inch Mix) - Norma Jean
06 Chic Cheer - Chic
07 Your Love Is Good (Original 12" Promo) - Sheila & B.Devotion
08 I Work For A Livin' (Nile Rodger's Remix) - Fonzi Thornton
09 I'm Coming Out (original mix) - Diana Ross
10 Notorious - Duran Duran
11 I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for you) - Grace Jones
12 Let's Dance (12" Version) - David Bowie
13 Soup For One - Chic
14 High Society (12 Inch Version) - Norma Jean
15 Spacer (The Freak Out Remix) - Sheila & B.Devotion
16 Everybody Dance (12 Inch Mix) - Chic
17 Angel - Madonna
18 Why (12 Inch Mix) - Carly Simon
19 Thinking of You - Sister Sledge
20 Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song) - Chic
Legendary crate digger and Seattle scene DJ Mr. Supreme released this mix CD sometime in the 2000s. It’s chock full of classic disco funk staples you may have heard in a hip hop song or two.
Ecstacy - Endgames
Now That We Found Love - Third World
I Level - Give Me
1000 Finger Man - Candido
Woman - Barrabas
Draggin' My Heels - The Hollies
Always There - Willie Bobo
Always There - Side Effect E
Street Player - Chicago
Keep On Dancing - Gary's Gang
I Specialize In Love - Sharon Brown
Rock Freak - G.Q. E
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - Indeep
Space Bass - Slick
Walking On Sunshine - Rocker's Revenge
Bra - Cymande
Follow Me - Ally-Us
Days Like This - Shaun Escoffery E
Sweeter Love - Blue 6
Funk Hunt - KourTrajme
Perculator - Cajmere
Sing Sing La - Gazz
This mix is a collection of funky, soulful and cinematic songs which make good use of string arrangements.
01. Alan Parker - Ice Breaker
02. John Cameron - Afro Metropolis
03. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Kourougninda Wendé
04. Roger Damawuzan - Wait For Me
05. T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Gbeto Vivi
06. Orchestre Abass - Awula Bo Fee Ene
07. Ebo Taylor & The Pelicans - Come Along
08. Ernesto Djedje - Zadie Bobo
09. Uppers International - Neriba Lanchina
10. 3rd Generation Band - Obiye Saa Wui
11. Les Volcans De La Capital - Oya Ka Jojo
12. Napo De Mi Amor Et Ses Black Devils - Leki Santchi
13. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Akoue Tche We Gni MeDJome
14. Uppers International - Dankasa
15. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Koutoulié
16. Pagadeja Custom Band - Okpe See
17. Rato Venance - True Love
18. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Iya Me DJi Ki Bi Ni
19. El Rego Et Ses Commandos - Se Na Min
20. Jean Guehi - Essemon Moupoh
21. Buari - Then Yebthayet
Rotten Jollof (A West African Funk Mix) is the first in a series of mixes I have in the pipeline.
Track selections were chosen from most of the West African nations, intentionally trying to avoid the obvious and most popular.
Posted to Soul Strut on Sunday, February 26, 2012
01. Alan Parker - Ice Breaker
02. John Cameron - Afro Metropolis
03. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Kourougninda Wendé
04. Roger Damawuzan - Wait For Me
05. T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Gbeto Vivi
06. Orchestre Abass - Awula Bo Fee Ene
07. Ebo Taylor & The Pelicans - Come Along
08. Ernesto Djedje - Zadie Bobo
09. Uppers International - Neriba Lanchina
10. 3rd Generation Band - Obiye Saa Wui
11. Les Volcans De La Capital - Oya Ka Jojo
12. Napo De Mi Amor Et Ses Black Devils - Leki Santchi
13. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Akoue Tche We Gni MeDJome
14. Uppers International - Dankasa
15. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Koutoulié
16. Pagadeja Custom Band - Okpe See
17. Rato Venance - True Love
18. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Iya Me DJi Ki Bi Ni
19. El Rego Et Ses Commandos - Se Na Min
20. Jean Guehi - Essemon Moupoh
21. Buari - Then Yebthayet
A fine selection of acid rock and folk.
Originally added to Soul Strut on Friday, July 09, 2010
Mo Majid was a mainstay on the Soul Strut message board in the early days. As I recall he was a world class Ophthalmologist AND a world class digger in the mid 90s to early 00s. Weird combo, but it made for some trend setting drum break tapes that inspired a whole new generation of “Timmy Dig-a-lots”. No Mp3s, No boots, just raer vinyls.
Matthew Africa you will truly be missed. Sending my condolences to his friends and loved ones. For those who aren’t familiar with Soul Boulders, here’s the story. Back in 2005, San Francisco’s DJ B.Cause posted a mind-blowing 10-minute mini-mix on the SoulStrut message board. The songs were exquisite but hard to pigeonhole—soulful and funky, but not purely funk or soul, slow, psychedelic, moody, maybe a little haunted. In other words, exactly my sound. DJ Matthew Africa sent him a message urging him either to finish the mix or to let Matthew hop on and collaborate with him on turning his ten minutes into something CD length. Matthew grabbed a dozen or so of his favorite records, figured out their sequence and recorded his half at B.Cause’s house one rainy afternoon. Once B.Cause fleshed out his half and massaged the whole thing a bit, we released it in the spring of 2006. It was his first commercial mix CD.
Originally posted on Soul Strut Wednesday, September 12, 2012
1 Muscle Shoals Horns, The* A-cted To Your Love
2 Greg Perry Love Is Magic 2:23
3 Lijadu Sisters, The* Life's Gone Down Low 3:51
4 Water Color Love's Prayer 4:29
5 Smithsonian Mississippi Mud 2:30
6 Clarence Coulter Ride On 1:30
7 Mitch Mitchell (3) / Gene King (2) Never Walk Out On You 2:40
8 Symphonic Four, The* Who Do You Think You're Fooling 5:46
9 Montereys, The Get Down 1:44
10 Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford Nobody 2:44
11 Darondo Let My People Go 2:40
12 Apaches, The Pull Together 1:46
13 Ethereal* Who Put The Funk In My Trunk 1:00
14 James Wagner (4) Sophisticated Gravy 0:31
15 Sounds Of Black, The Sounds Of Black 2:22
16 Lee Fields Honey Dove 2:47
17 Muchos Plus Love Misunderstood 3:03
18 Diplomats* I've Got The Kind Of Love 1:25
19 Juice Walk On By 2:14
20 Johnson, Hawkins Tatum & Durr* You Can't Blame Me 2:53
21 Carol Jones (4) Don't Destroy Me 2:34
22 Erma Franklin I'm Just Not Ready For Love 1:06
23 Al Wilson Falling (In Love With You) 1:19
24 Original Black Sheep, The* In The Forest 2:45
25 Robbie Hill's Family Affair All In The Family 0:39
26 Floyd Dixon Queen Of Sheeba 1:55
27 Atlantic Ocean (2) Jaws 0:54
28 Johnny Scotton I'm Not Tired Yet 1:30
29 James Gadson Let The Feeling Belong 1:18
30 Al Johnson I'm Back For More 1:19
31 Ted Taylor Somebody's Gettin' It 1:29
32 Fabulous Souls, The* Deep In The Night 2:30
33 Fats Gaines Orch.* Close The Door
Landmark 70+ minute set from these grinding Bay Area DJs known to be key figures in Northern Cali’s digging scene. Expect some real mind melting rarities and slept on common cuts all in the laid back funky soul vein.
1 Muscle Shoals Horns, The* A-cted To Your Love
2 Greg Perry Love Is Magic 2:23
3 Lijadu Sisters, The* Life's Gone Down Low 3:51
4 Water Color Love's Prayer 4:29
5 Smithsonian Mississippi Mud 2:30
6 Clarence Coulter Ride On 1:30
7 Mitch Mitchell (3) / Gene King (2) Never Walk Out On You 2:40
8 Symphonic Four, The* Who Do You Think You're Fooling 5:46
9 Montereys, The Get Down 1:44
10 Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford Nobody 2:44
11 Darondo Let My People Go 2:40
12 Apaches, The Pull Together 1:46
13 Ethereal* Who Put The Funk In My Trunk 1:00
14 James Wagner (4) Sophisticated Gravy 0:31
15 Sounds Of Black, The Sounds Of Black 2:22
16 Lee Fields Honey Dove 2:47
17 Muchos Plus Love Misunderstood 3:03
18 Diplomats* I've Got The Kind Of Love 1:25
19 Juice Walk On By 2:14
20 Johnson, Hawkins Tatum & Durr* You Can't Blame Me 2:53
21 Carol Jones (4) Don't Destroy Me 2:34
22 Erma Franklin I'm Just Not Ready For Love 1:06
23 Al Wilson Falling (In Love With You) 1:19
24 Original Black Sheep, The* In The Forest 2:45
25 Robbie Hill's Family Affair All In The Family 0:39
26 Floyd Dixon Queen Of Sheeba 1:55
27 Atlantic Ocean (2) Jaws 0:54
28 Johnny Scotton I'm Not Tired Yet 1:30
29 James Gadson Let The Feeling Belong 1:18
30 Al Johnson I'm Back For More 1:19
31 Ted Taylor Somebody's Gettin' It 1:29
32 Fabulous Souls, The* Deep In The Night 2:30
33 Fats Gaines Orch.* Close The Door
Private label jazz & modern soul mix. No release date [198?]. There is some water damage on the cover from what looks to be red wine, and there is some sand inside the jacket. Nothing but smooth sailing from start to finish.
Originally posted on Soul Strut Friday, July 09, 2010
We lost a world class music lover, collector, DJ, Strutter not too long a go to a tragic bike accident. Thankfully his spirit keeps on in a plethora of DJ mixes embodying his lovable character. Check out this modern soul / boogie / disco / etc. classic posted to Soul Strut in 2012.
Crate digging extravaganza full of breaks and whatnots.
I don’t know who started the trend (Beatnuts maybe) where hip hop producers would go goo goo for 60s/70s pop Latin records with what was called “moody loops”. Our boy Maleet raided every bodega back room and Mexican disco for as much of this type of heaven he could muster. We revisit this 2005 CD and channel our inner Psycho-Les.
LOVESPACE: a musical journey through love songs in the soulful rhythms of boogie, discofunk, and house provided by DJs Shred One + Roza.
Originally posted on Soul Strut on April 1, 2010.
An all 7-inch mix of funk, soul, disco and boogie tunes mixed, cut and scraped by Philadelphia crate diggers Personify, FROZ1 and Case Bloom. the crew dug deep in their collections to compile a mix guaranteed to have your deck on blast from start to finish.
Added to Soul Strut on Wednesday, December 05, 2012
1.) Sisters Love - Now Is The Time
2.) Rudy Love & The Love Family - Does Your Mama Know
3.) The Turtles - Buzz Saw
4.) Jimmy Norman - Gangster of Love Part 1
5.) Chuck Womack and The Sweet Souls - Ham Hocks and Beans
6.) B.E.H. - In the Middle of Blind Alley My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me (Little Big Things Edit)
7.) Mocambo Allstars - The Next Message (Kenny Dope Mix)
8.) Lee Fields - I’m The Man
9.) Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Band - What Can You Bring Me
10.) The Meters - People Say
11.) Lou Courtney - Hot Butter N' All Part 1
12.) The Herb Johnson Settlement - Damph F'aint
13.) Jimmy Jones - Time and Changes
14.) Bernard Wright - Chillin' Out
15.) Crown Heights Affair - Move Your Body and Soul
16.) Brother to Brother - In The Bottle
17.) Joe Bataan - The Bottle (La Botella)
18.) Gil Scott Heron - New World Revolution
19.) Kool & The Gang - Caribbean Festival (Disco Version)
20.) Yambu - Sunny
21.) Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming on a Dream
22.) Freeez - Southern Freeez
23.) Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music Instrumental
24.) Skyy - Here's To You
25.) D-Train - You're the One for Me
26.) Donald Byrd - Think Twice
27.) The S.S.O. Orchestra - Faded Lady Instrumental
28.) George McRae - Look at You
29.) Gwen McRae - Funky Sensation
30.) Linda Clifford - Runaway Love
31.) Universal Robot Band - Dance and Shake Your Tambourine
32.) Ronnie Laws - Always There
33.) Weldon Irvine - I Love You
Mix of Soul, Jazz, Folk, Rock whatever
Added to Soul Strut on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Definition of SOUL MUSIC : music that originated in black American gospel singing, is closely related to rhythm and blues, and is characterized by intensity of feeling and earthiness Definition of GLEAN a : to pick up after a reaper (aka record dealers, record collectors and the like) 2. Picking up Scraps & Left over records, meaning most of the clean & rare stuff was taken etc… a : to gather (as information) bit by bit b : to pick over in search of relevant material Hence the title: SOUL GLEANING (The 45 Bins)...
Originally posted on Soul Strut February 27, 2011
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