The Musik Lounge

Happy Sunday to all the listeners out there on the interwebs. Mizo & I squeezed some time into the lounge yesterday to lay down this quick grab bag of a mix for y’alls ears. This one stays pretty centered in the realm of soul and hiphop vibes with a few tangents into astral jazz and heady zoned out electronic grooves. As always a journey in vibes to soundtrack the day of rest. Plug in, space out and enjoy! We will be back with a full fledged session next week. UTFO “Fairytale Lover” Billy Eckstine “Third Child” Marvin Hamlisch “Hooker’s Hooker” J. Rawls ft. Mass Influence “High Life” Dizzy Gillespie “Matrix” Stanley Clarke “Song To John (Part II)” Teebs ft. Pink Siifu “Daughter Calling” Hunger “Trying To Make The Best No. 2” Ike & Tina Turner “Born Free” Public Enemy “Prophets of Rage” Roberta Flack “Reverend Lee” Outkast “Southerplayalisticaddilacmusik” Soul Mann & The Brothers “Bumpy’s Blues” John Mayall & Blues Breakers “I Know Now” Petey Pablo “Raise Up (All Cities...

I've never been very good at these lists but i decided I had to do one for 2009 as there was a lot of great music and I can't seem to remember almost any of it. The ones i did remember, and returned to, are presented here. I'm not doing these in any particular order nor am I worried about genre, medium, format, etc. These were simply the best new pieces of music I could remember making an impression on me during the last 12 months. Things are always forgotten and as is always the flaw in these things, the selections are weighted towards the second half of the year. Oh well, enjoy and hopefully you discover something new! First up is the one and only ambassador of Funk. Dam brought back an era that has long been forgotten about and the butt to many jokes. Showing me that I have long been mistaken to think the 80s had nothing to offer, the Toeachizown EPs showed me how to boogie and proved that sometimes happy music is better. While the double disc CD offering is massive, th...