Archive for August, 2009
SESSION 296: ZAKKA 08.31.09
by toshi on Aug.31, 2009, under Hip Hop, House, Zakka's Radio Show

Mixed by Mr.Deba (Lex Records)
01. Big L – All Black
02. Biz Markie – Making Music With Your Mouth
03. Cru – Bubblin
04. YZ – Return of The Holy One
05. Masta Ace – Me and The Biz
06. EPMD – So What Cha Sayin’
07. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth – Good Life
08. Brand Nubian – Punks Jump Up
09. Nas – Sekou Story
10. Smif n Wessun – Sound Bwoy Burial
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SESSION 295: MOMUSICMOLIFE 08.27.09
by toshi on Aug.31, 2009, under Electro, Hip Hop, Jazz, Mo Music Mo Life
Mixed by Yaz Higashiya @ SoleFood NYC
01. DJ Spooky – Reactive Switching Strategies for the Control of Uninhabited Air
02. DJ Cam – Espionage ft. Guru
03. Madlib – Stormy
04. The Roots – Why (What’s Going On?)
05. Amanda Diva – Color Blind
06. Chimp Beams – Lovely Chimps
07. Monsieur Leroc – Mmhm…
08. Pharoahe Monch – Free
09. Four Tet – Fume
10. Prisma – Rainy Sunday Morning
11. Birijian – Q-ILL
12. Cosigner – UNKNOWN
NEWS: INDIE ROCK IN BROOKLYN
by toshi on Aug.29, 2009, under News and Events
By Ben Ratliff – NY Times
The crowd thinned out before the last band at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday night. This made no sense, by normal gig logic, because of course the best band — Cymbals Eat Guitars — came last.
But this wasn’t a normal gig. It was a five-band show of new indie rock sponsored by Insound, the Brooklyn music distributor and online retailer of vinyl albums, T-shirts and other cool things, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. And it happened at Williamsburg’s newest rock palace: novel and g-g-gorgeous, a place built to satisfy your desires for grass-fed beef and tipsy recreation. If you can stand any more leisure, there’s live music there too. [Read More]
DJ AM R.I.P
by toshi on Aug.29, 2009, under News and Events
By Anahad O’Connor – NY Times
DJ AM, a high-profile disc jockey who was as famous for his much-chronicled relationships as he was for his creative scratching and mixing on the celebrity club circuit, was found dead on Friday evening in his apartment in Manhattan, the police said.
The police said his body was found in his seventh-floor apartment in SoHo about 5:30 p.m. after friends had tried unsuccessfully to reach him for days. The chief police spokesman, Paul J. Browne, said the police did not suspect foul play. [Read More]








