The Musik Lounge

As the end of the year rapidly approaches and things slow down, friend of the show Mizo pulled up to the lounge with a stack of wax and grooves to bless our ears with! Been a minute since he and I got down but we fell right into a groove trading 2 tunes for 2 tunes like we always do - shouts out to anyone whose been riding since the Sabbath Session lockdown days! It was a blast rock this set and I hope you turn it up and hear something new to your ears! As always catch me live every Sunday from 1 - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org ! UPDATE: This episode is no longer available to stream. If you'd like to listen back, holler at me ! Tracklist: Kamasi Washington “Seven Prayers” The Cantata Singers, New York String Orchestra & John Strauss “Missa Brevis” Nozomu Matsumoto “Vertigo” Pink Industry “Don’t Let Go” The Vielle Trio With Du Bose Robertson “The Three Peasants” Luke Stewart “Works For Upright Bass & Amplifier, Pt. 6” Rosinha De Valença “Asa Branca” Elizabeth Cotten “Shake Sugaree” O...

I floated into the Lounge full and grateful, excited by the crisp Pacific NW air and the sun shinning bright. I had a piles of tunes to share an not enough time but we kept it groovy, flowing and positive touching on many styles and sounds new and old like we always do. Thank you for listening and catch me live every Sunday from 1 - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org ! UPDATE: This episode is no longer available to stream, if you'd like to listen back holler at me! Tracklist: The Expressions “Walk Through That Door (Instrumental)” Wyzaker Worldwide “Skreamz” Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb” DJ Haram ft. DAKN & Aquiles Navarro “Remaining” Flying Lotus ft. Laura Darlington “Phantasm” Tall Black Guy “The Motor Is Running” Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison “Metropolitan Blues” Danny Brown ft. Nnamdï “Right From Wrong” Nnamdï, Umru & Djh “Right From Wrong (Instrumental)” Al Dobson Jr. “Big Bags/Outernational” Sun Ra & His Myth Science Arkestra “Som...

Back again, once more with feeling! Lots of vibes today, some hot off the presses, others been around for a time. I finally had a stack of rock tinged tunes and let em all go in one set. Always fun to expand the sonic horizons. Thank you for listening and as always, catch me live every Sunday from 1 - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org ! UPDATE: This episode is no longer available to stream, if you'd like to listen back, holler at me! Tracklist: Elaquent “Benten Boogie” R+R=Now “Resting Warrior” Private Joy ft. Ada Francis “Let Love Find A Way” Nubya Garcia “Water’s Path” Wiseboy Jeremy f. Neyj “Flo State” Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Joyce e Tutty Moreno “Uana Ete” Jake Sollo “Deiyo Deiyo” Christian Rich “Seven” Prince “Controversy” Benga & Coki “Night” Altin Sencalar “Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got)” Boogie Down Productions “Breathe Control II” Brother Ali “‘Round Here” Marco Polo “Yung Feathers” Alphonse Mouzon “Without A Reason” Fridge “Insects” The Band “The Shape I’...

And we back! Whew... what a month it’s been. The Musik Lounge has officially been relocated, Mizo and I are officially roomies and our record collections are now freed from basements and storage lockers! It feels good to be in a space much more conducive to delivering fabolous mixes for your ears. In traditional Sabbath Session fashion it’s a full on grab bag and be prepared for a wide of sounds as we are now pulling from much deeper depths of the gems we have collected over the years. We are planning to be delivering some collaborations and to keep this thing growing and flowing as we inch towards episode 100. As always thank you for rocking with us! Have a terrific Sunday, it feels good to be back! Kanye West ft. Rick Ross “Devil In A New Dress” The Isley Brothers “Love Put Me On The Corner” Miguel Noya “Huellas Circulares” Vegyn “Debold” Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 “Going Out Of My Head” Tribe Mars “Ode To An Elder” CKTRL “Lighthouse” Weldon Irvine “Here’s Where I Came In” Les M...

For those of you that are familiar with the weekly Sabbath Sessions mix (posted right here every Sunday!) you’ve probably picked up on my partner Mizo & I’s differing tastes in sounds. We unite in the realms of jazz, electronic and hiphop but where I find my ears rooted in the foundational sounds of the sampling aesthetic Mizo grew up on the more classic rock oriented frequencies. Of course our journeys through the auditory waves have traversed many styles and if the Sabbath Sessions are any indication we certainly can’t be pinned down to specific boxes. In an effort to curb our severe addiction to vinyl we started trading records for the other to digest and explore. The stack I have at the moment came from him upon my request to broaden my “rock” horizons and introduce me to some grooves in that vein that he thought I’d appreciate. And fittingly enough, to follow up last week's Paternoster review , the first joint I pulled out of the pile he supplied me with was Future Days ...

  The best music captures a feeling, regardless of the style, sound, era, or instrumentation; it's all about the energy. Of course to each of our ears those things become incredibly subjective and dependent upon our upbringing, our cultural surroundings, our education and something else intangible that is most easily summed up by one word: feeling. These qualities manifest what we fill our ears with and point us in the direction of where to dig and what to dig for as we explore the vast array of sonic frequencies available to us in these days of streaming audio and more musical options than anyone could ever sift through. Rock music, generically defined by me as guitar focused, has many levels and sub genres that all aim to pin things down to a finite box. But these finite definitions don’t serve us as we venture down the rabbit whole of deeper exploration. As a style that has existed for a very long time there is much to ignore and much that just isn’t for everyone. Thus the power...

Another solo go round for y’all. I’m out of town but had to lay one down in the lounge before hitting the road! Mizo will be back soon so just hold tight as I hit ya with a decidedly more linear mix of grooves pretty much rooted in exactly what I tend to dig - styles connected to what hiphop producers have been sampling since the inception of the art form. Even still plenty of our trade mark samba inspired blends and enough change ups to keep you guessing for the duration. I can’t believe next week will be number 40, thank you all for riding with us! Don Ellis “Chain Reaction” Madlib “Latin Negro” Ray Manzarek “Begin The World Again” Commodores “I Like What You Do” Cali Agents “The Good Life” Joe Williams “Here’s That Rainy Day” Rob Base & D.J. E.Z. Rock “It Takes Two (Tuff Audio Mix Take 2)” King Curtis “Walkin” The Allman Brothers Band “Southbound” Nas ft. Quan “Just A Moment” Holly Near “Family Promise” Pam Grier “Long Time Woman” Freddie Gibbs & Madlib ft. Pusha T & Ki...

  Happy Sunday y’all! Mizo & I connecting once more live and direct from the lounge for another session to ease the end of your weekend too. This week we veered into some different zones, opening with a rock sequence and keeping that theme sporadically placed throughout the set. Of course we touch on some of our usual grooves as well between the random electronic sounds that act as perfect transition points, a touch of jazz (for all our social music fans out there don’t worry, we just saving sounds for next weeks all jazz jam), as well as some rap and soul grooves sprinkled in there for you ear expansion. As we traverse this last year of strange and chaotic times, these sounds we mash up have captured our feelings, our weather and our hope. Thank you for listening and exploring sonic territories with us! Big Star “O My Soul” The Kinks “Big Sky” George Harrison “Wah Wah” Linkin Park “One Step Closer (Rock Mix)” Mort Garson “Cathedral Pleasure” Carlos Nino & Iasos “Going Home...

  Last weekend Mizo & I both moved our collections, he to a new residence and me from a storage locker in PDX up here to Tacoma! All we we have been communicating about how excited we were to have a clearer view of our collections, the surprises found that were forgotten about and what kind of adventure this edition would have in store. I might be biased but I think we definetly evolved here. For all the past episodes vast array of sounds, this go round found us striking some untouched acoustics, continuing what we like to view as a conversation via music. He kicked off this one and we ran with it for almost 2.5 hours! So press play and relax to the textures present as you take in this grey Sunday.