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Sole & Televangel "Dads At The End Of The World"

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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...
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The Musik Lounge, Vol. 144

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 ...
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The Musik Lounge, Vol. 143

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...
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Flying Lotus "1983"

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  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...
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The Musik Lounge, Vol. 142

After a week off to celebrate the holiday with the fam I had to get back into the lounge and lace y'all with some heat! A full show, doing our usual Sunday Afternoon Groove Session thing! I continue digging into many strains of digital electronic heat, check in with a couple hiphop tunes that caught my ears this week and it wouldn't be an episode of TML Radio without a few surprises and a few social tunes new and old. Thank you for listening and be sure to tune in live every Sunday from Noon to 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org ! Tracklist: Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland “Walked & Walked” Laura Nyro “Smile” Atmosphere “Traveling Forever” Amon Tobin “One Day In My Garden” Félicia Atkinson “No Fear But Anticipation” Black Sumo “Silent Stones” Gabriel Teodros “POW” Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange ft. Noah Slee “Isa” heavensouls “shed a tear for me” Ra Kalam Bob Moses “Tony Calls The Drummers To Prayer” Sophie Hutchings “Rain of Feathers” Harold Betters “If I Had You” The...
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Where Do We Go From Here: A Check In, A Round Up, A Start To Something New... ?

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Last Fall I was honored to receive the opportunity to contribute to the fantastic publication issued quarterly by We Jazz Records , easily referred to as We Jazz Magazine. This was a full circle moment of sorts for me as I hadn’t thought about returning to music journalism since getting sober . But when presented with the chance to submit a review for the Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson & Carlos Niño Blue Note release Openness Trio I had to go for it and I’m so glad I did! Here we are ~7 months later and I’ve just submitted my fifth and sixth “record essays” for the forthcoming Summer issue and while at work on them it struck me that I need to get into a more consistent writing practice rather than just diving into it when I have an assignment. What better place to practice than right here on The Musik Lounge blog where it all began for me 20 years ago while in college, full of hopes and dreams of what a career in music writing could be. I don’t know what it will look like. I have so...
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