The Musik Lounge

Periodically across the two tracks that comprise the latest release from the Jeff Parker ETAIVtet, Happy Today , drummer Jay Bellerose gets some in a manner that would absolutely make James Brown proud. He lays down a funk breakbeat that would have made the breakers go insane if Herc, Bam or Flash dropped it at a park jam back in the day. It’s this kind of joy that is captured on this record that makes the album title so fitting. As a band, and as individual players, this group has been on a tear for some time now. As I started working on this piece I kept thinking I needed to dig into the back story but everytime it just led to me stalling out. The words have been shed, the story is out there . The jist is that upon relocating to the Los Angeles area Jeff Parker wanted to continue what has been a consistent practice of his forever - regular improv sessions open to other players to drop through with their instrument in low stakes spaces, perhaps not even intentional venues. He found th...

Back again! Hitting ya with all them good sounds, new and old - your friendly, neighborhood groove session to soundtrack a slice of life. Turn it up, tune in, zone out. Just press play and get lost. Catch me live every Sunday from Noon - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org ! Tracklist: Jeff Parker ETA IVtet “Happy Today” Sasco “Locked” Anna Butterss ft. Jeff Parker “Dance Steve” Busta Rhymes ft. Q-Tip & Chauncy Black “Can’t Hold The Torch” Ras G “Bell Beez Record” Bob Moses “Monktional/Carinho” Ian Fink “Loud In Detroit” Vjay Iyer Trio “Hood (Kassa Overall Remix)” Hot 8 Brass Band “Sexual Healing (Ibibio Sound Machine Remix)” Brother Ali “Sing Myself Whole” Ant “Sing Myself Whole (Instrumental)” Geng PTP “Wind of Time-Zone” Kratzwerk “1998_06” Khruangbin “Dern Kala II” Laura Nyro “Stoned Soul Picnic” Earth, Wind & Fire “Let’s Groove” GENA “Circlesz” The Breathing Effect “Cosmic Zoo” Triorität “Seven Marmelade” Kevin Richard Martin “Deep Space” Muslimguaze “Days & Night’s In No Man’s Land”...

They say the music you discover in your youth is the music you carry with you for life. While that isn’t entirely my story, it does hold that the music of my youth influences where my ears take me today.  My first CDs were Ace of Base and Shaq Diesel , and before that I have a distinct memory of owning a Garth Brooks cassette . From there my thirst for sounds developed rapidly - the Shaq sonics being the only one of those to carry forth as I came of age. I found the typical commercial rap sounds of the late 90s but was also curious where the music came from and found myself digging into the history. Around the turn of the century between Napster , RapReviews.com and the discovery of a show on the Lane Community College radio station dedicated to sounds of the underground my ears shifted and in that distortion emerged a new sound and style in Anticon and specifically Sole . The Juxies were cool, Atmosphere was good but there was something about the stream of conscious flows fr...

Just another friendly edition of your Sunday Afternoon Groove Session with DJ Abstractions! Ephemeral vibes, funky tunes, rollicking rhymes and illbient excursions! Catch me live every Sunday from Noon - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org . Tracklist: Milton Michaeli, Asaf Shchori & Hamid Drake “For Wilbur Ware/We Travel The Space Ways” Pat Bianchi “Dizzy’s Dilemma” Your Brother’s Keeper & Gary Bartz “Cauldron” Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid “Soul Oscillations” Carl Craig “Meditation Five” Marvin Gaye “Just Like Music (Karizma Booty Mix)” Leron Carson “Say It” Oraculu “Birdview (Version 1)” Jelle Van Giel's Close Distance Band “Satori” Kutmah “Sketchbook Theme” Inkswel ft. Ohmega Watts & Lailah Reich “The Sun” Butcher Brown ft. Yaya Bey “I Remember” Cool Peepl ft. Billy Love, Amp Fiddler & Sundiata O.M. “Free (Original Vocal Mix)” Quantic ft. Nidia Góngora “Tierra Mama” Karate Boogaloo “Tremendous Fantastic” Mike & The Censations “There’s Nothing I Can Do About It” The Necks ...

Record store day weekend filled with all kinds of gems new and old! And a special appearance from DJ Snap & 2 Snax! Press play and get on down with the funky sounds! As always catch me live every Sunday from Noon - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org . Tracklist: Bob Moses “Mbira Tanzania” Tisziji Munoz “Spirit Path” Jaco Pastorious “Jaco” Ganavya “(Sister Said) Home Is Not A Direction” Madlib “Beat #47” Sasco “Sure” PremRock ft. Mary Esther Carter “Love Is A Battlefield Simulation” Nas “Halftime” One Sixth ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow, Bloomy Meadows & Willy Dynamo “All Good” Mansur Brown “So Far” Thundercat ft. WILLOW “ThunderWAVE” James Brandon Lewis & Lutosławski Quartet “Prologue - Humility” Ras G “Da Hipster Hummus” Moses Yoofee Trio “Inner Circles” Macy Gray “Tell Me” The Cinematic Orchestra “As The Stars Fall” Sisterlove “The Hypnotist” Gabor Szabo “The Lady In The Moon” Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Loren Oden “Through My Soul” Nightmares On Wax “Passion” Joff Bush “Sleep...

  1983 by Flying Lotus It’s interesting to revisit a record that feels foundational to your listening habits, overall ear for life. In 2006 I was twenty years old, a sophomore in college. One could say the world was in front of me. I had found my way to Seattle from a rural Southern Oregon coastal town with the intention of partying, finding a job in the music industry and I suppose doing the college thing. Quickly I found my way with all three, they conveniently intertwined and life felt exciting, fresh, full. Having grown up on a diet of hiphop, beats and rhymes I was convinced life was mine to make it what I wanted and I wanted it to be fun. I craved new experiences that were not present in my hometown and I found them quickly. Through a family friend I landed a job producing and board operating rather large country radio shows. Through my college I found myself plugged in with the school's radio station and its location on Capital Hill led me to Obese Productions and all the...