Sunday’s show was our second end of the month freeform 100% all vinyl show. Several of the records I featured were things that I picked up during a birthday inspired records binge, in addition to newish wax from Cut Chemist, Best Coast, Brilliant Colors and Chicano Batman. At the top of the second hour we have a guest DJ set from Clifton James Weaver III aka Soft Touch who is a resident DJ at many different nights all over LA, including Underground, LoveLife! and the legendary Funky Sole. Full playlist will be up tomorrow…

Melting Pot on KPFK #13: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #13: Second Hour

Had the pleasure of filling in for Sergio Mielniczenko on Friday’s Global Village at KPFK. Our tastes are very similar so I figured it would be a smooth transition and give me a chance to play a couple of newer things with the all vinyl edition of Melting Pot coming up this Sunday (with a guest set from Clifton James Weaver III aka Soft Touch of Funky Sole, Underground, Sonic and others!). Also got a chance to chill with Shawn Lee and chat about his latest projects and music in general. The interview begins just about at the top of the second hour. Mr. Lee is a real cool cat, well versed musically and has a great approach to making music, which we discuss during the interview. Enjoy!

KPFK’s Global Village 08-27-2010: 1st Hour
KPFK’s Global Village 08-27-2010: 2nd Hour

Playlist: 08-27-2010

{opening theme} Quantic & his Combo Barbaro – The Dreaming Mind pt.2 – Tradition In Transition (Tru Thoughts)

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Tita Lima – Mundo Pequeno – Possibilidades (Label A)
Pacifika – Chocolate – Super Magique (Six Degrees)
Malombo – Sangoma – Next Stop Soweto Vol. 3 (Strut)
Tim Maia – Bom Senso – Racional Vol. 1 (Seroma)
El Chicano – Viva Tirado – Viva Tirado (Kapp)

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Lloyd Miller & the Heliocentrics – Rain Dance – Lloyd Miller & the Heliocentrics (Strut)
Thiever Corporation – Satyam Shivam Sundaram – It Takes A Thief (ESL)
Aloe Blacc – Miss Fortune – Good Things (Stones Throw)
Quantic & his Flowering Inferno – Cumbia Sobre El Mar – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)
El Michels Affair – Hung Up On My Baby – Babylon Central: Original Soundtrack (ESL)

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Seu Jorge & Almaz – Pai Joao – Seu Jorge & Almaz (Now-again)
Charades – Aguaceros – Revolucion Solar (Bcore)
Betty & the Werewolves – Tu Veux Jouer – Teatime Favourites (Damaged Goods)
Gal Costa – Sebastiana – Gal Costa (1969) (Phillips)
Ihre Kinder – Komm Zu Dir – Cloud Cuckooland (Finders Keepers)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Flowers – Heritage EP (Choice Cuts)

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Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra – Punjabi Lullaby – Miles Of Styles (Ubiquity)
Shawn Lee – Who Are You? – Sing A Song (Ubiquity)
Shawn Lee feat. Bei Bei and Georgia Anne Muldrow – Willingness – Into The Wind (Ubiquity)
Live Interview with Shawn Lee

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Shawn Lee & Bei Bei – Hot Thursday – Into The Wind (Ubiquity)
Cut Chemist – Eastside (excerpt) – Sound Of The Police (A Stable Sound/Soul Kitchen)
Fela Kuti – Authority Stealing – Authority Stealing (Kalakuta)

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Bertrand Belin – Nord De Tout – Hyper Nuit (Cinq7/Wagram)
Sun Kil Moon – Church of Pines – Admiral Fell Promises (Caldo Verde)

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{closing theme} Baden Powell – Canto De Xango – Tristeza En Guitar (MPS)

{A couple of weeks ago I was out of town, and the August edition of “Side Dishes” with Oliver Wang of Soul-Sides.com ran at 4pm instead of 5pm.  If you missed it,  here it is: Sides Dishes #2 with Oliver Wang}

Raised a few funds, along with Steve Martin of My Side Of The City (thanks again for filling in on Aug. 15th!), for KPFK during our “Summer of Love” mini-fundraiser. Also got a chance to play some new tunes from Aloe Blacc, Shawn Lee and the Heliocentrics, as well as pay tribute to “Catfish” Collins and a major hero in my life, Abbey Lincoln. I’d hoped to do a much longer tribute to Abbey Lincoln, but I’m still proud to have been able to pay tribute to her here playing some of my favorite tracks by her including “Long As You’re Living,” which I like to think of as the original “My Philosophy.” This week’s show is all vinyl with a guest DJ set from Clifton James Weaver III aka Soft Touch of Funky Sole! And BTW, we “should” be fundraiser free until October…

Melting Pot on KPFK #12: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #12: Second Hour

Playlist: 8-22-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & the MGs – Melting Pot – 7” (Stax)

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James Brown feat. Phelps “Catfish” Collins – Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved / Soul Power – Love Power Peace: Live At the Olympia 1971 (Polydor)
The Mgababa Queens – Akulalwa Soweto – Next Stop…Soweto Vol. 2 (Strut)
Troubleman – Paz – Babylon Central: Original Soundtrack (ESL)
Lloyd Miller & the Heliocentrics – Pari Ruu – Lloyd Miller & the Heliocentrics (Strut)
Soul Jazz Orchestra – Rejoice – Rising Sun (Strut)
Gabor Szabo – Ravi – Jazz Raga (Light In The Attic)

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TL Barrett & the Youth For Christ Choir – Just Like A Ship – Just Like A Ship (Light In the Attic)
Aloe Blacc – Take Me Back – Good Things (Stones Throw)
The GZA – Duel Of The Iron Mic – Liquid Swords (MCA)
Budos Band – Black Venom – III (Daptone)
Various artists – Selections from the Babylon Central Soundtrack – Babylon Central: Original Soundtrack (ESL)

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Shawn Lee – Fade Up – Sing A Song (Ubiquity)
Serge Gainsbourg – Ballad De Melody Nelson – Histoire De Melody Nelson (Light In The Attic)
The Walkmen – Victory – Lisbon (Fat Possum)
Shawn Lee – Selections from Sing A Song – Sing A Song (Ubiquity)

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Abbey Lincoln Tribute Set:
Max Roach feat. Abbey Lincoln – Garvey’s Ghost – Percussion Bitter Sweet (Impulse)
Abbey Lincoln – Long As You’re Living – Abbey Is Blue (Riverside)
Abbey Lincoln – Tender As A Rose – That’s Him (OJC)
Abbey Lincoln – Retribution – Straight Ahead (Candid)
Max Roach feat. Abbey Lincoln – Mendacity – Percussion Bitter Sweet (Impulse)

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M.I.A. – Space – MAYA (NEET/Interscope)
Pupajim – Cool Out – 12” (Hyperdub)
Dusty Springfield – Something From Nothing – Love Songs (Rhino)
Best Coast – I Want To – Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
Budos Band – Selections from III – III (Daptone)

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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)

Solid show, starting off with a little mini-tribute to the righteous overturning of Prop. 8, brand new music from Corin Tucker, Best Coast, Reflection Eternal, Dungen, and after a really long time new music from Versus! I’ll be taking a break next week, but Oliver Wang of Soul-Sides.com should be stepping in for me and that will be an extra special treat for you guys! See you in a couple weeks.

Melting Pot on KPFK #11: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #11: Second Hour

Playlist: 08-08-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & the MGs – Melting Pot – 7” (Stax)

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Gossip – Men In Love – Music For Men (Columbia)
Orgone – Time Tonight – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
Salsoul Orchestra – Nice & Nasty – Nice & Nasty (Charly)
Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules Theme – Hercules & Love Affair (DFA)
Fania All Stars – Smoke – Latin-Soul-Rock (Fania)

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The Mebusas – Mr. Bull Dog – The World Ends (Soundway)
Seu Jorge & Almaz – Juizo Final – Seu Jorge & Almaz (Stones Throw / Now-Again)
M.I.A. – Lovalot – MAYA (NEET / Interscope)
Laurel Halo – Something I Never Had – Let Me Shine For You (Tri Angle)
El-P – Honda Redux – WEAREALLGOINGTOBURNINHELLMEGAMIXXX3 (Gold Dust)

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Dungen – Marken Lag Stilla – Skit I Allt (Kemado)
The Battered Ornaments – The Crosswords & the Safety Pins – Mantle-Piece (Harvest)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Prelude – Heritage EP (Choice Cuts)
Reflection Eternal feat. Jay Electronica, J. Cole & Mos Def – Just Begun – Revolutions Per Minute (Warner Bros.)
Budos Band – Mark of the Unnamed – Budos Band III (Daptone)

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Corin Tucker – Doubt – 1,000 Years (Kill Rock Stars)
Hungry Ghost – You Get My Boogie – EP (Self-release)
The Gories – Hey Hey We’re The Gories! – I Know You Fine, But How You Doin’? (Crypt)
The Black Angels – Telephone – Phospene Dream (Blue Horizon)
Best Coast – I Want To – Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)

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TL Barrett & the Youth For Chris Choir – Joyful Noise – Just Like A Ship (Light In The Attic)
Breakestra – Joyful Noise – Dusk Til Dawn (Strut)
Rakaa – C.T.D. – Crown Of Thorns (Decon)
The Pepper Pots – Keep Waiting – Now! (Black Pepper)
Hepcat – I Can’t Wait – Right On Time (Hellcat)

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Versus – Erstwhile – On The Ones & Threes (Merge)
Attics & Cellars – Two More Messages Sent – EP (Self-release)
Bastien Lallemant – Invisble – Le Verger (L’autre)

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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)

Our first show of August also had a historic first for Melting Pot, the first in studio performance and it comes from NYC’s Pacha Massive! Below you can catch audio of the whole show (slightly less quality than normal, this comes from the recently reinstituted KPFK Audio Archvies), I think I’ll have a separate post for this performance, that will just include the interview+performance from Pacha Massive (and hopefully many more artists as the years go passing by). Also in the show, new music from M.I.A., Best Coast, Myron & E with the Soul Investigators, Cooly G, Budos Band and more. Show opens with a most of my set from Saturday’s Make It Funky Fest 2010 (a post on that to follow) and closes with a tribute set to Melvin Bliss, whose “Synthetic Substitution” is one of the seminal breakbeats of all-time. Tune in and tell a friend, audio will be up for a month from today…

Melting Pot on KPFK #10: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #10: Second Hour

Playlist: 8-1-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & the MGs – Melting Pot – 7” (Stax)

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Make It Funky 2010 set:
Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Hihache – Voodounon (Editions Makossa)
Toni Tornado – Podes Crer Amizade – Toni Tornado (Odeon)
Ray Camacho Group – Si Se Puede – Salsa Chicana (Californio)
Ruby Andrews – You Made A Believer Out Of Me – 7” (Zodiac)
The Trinikas – Remember Me – 7” (Pearce)
The New Holidays – Maybe So, Maybe No – 7” (Soul Hawk)
Cymande – Bra – Cymande (Janus)

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Myron & E with the Soul Investigators – On Broadway – 7” (Timmion)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Rainbow – Heritage EP (Choice Cuts)
Shawn Lee – Christopher Walken On Sunshine – Sing A Song (Ubiquity)
The Pepper Pots – Dream Guy – Now! (Black Pepper)
The Breakestra – Back At the Boathouse – Dusk Til Dawn (Strut)

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Best Coast – Summer Mood – Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
Versus – Lose That Dress / Yeah You – Secret Swingers (Teen Beat)
Budos Band – Rite Of The Ancients – Budos Band III (Daptone)
The Comrades – Bullwalk – The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (Soundway)

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Pacha Massive Live Interview & Performance

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Pacha Massive – Lejos Cercas – If You Want It (Nacional)
M.I.A. – Story To Be Told – MAYA (N.E.E.T. / Interscope)
Cooly G – Up In My Head – 12” (Hyperdub)

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Melvin Bliss Tribute Set:
Melvin Bliss – Syntehtic Substitution – 7” (Sunburst)
Ultramagnetic MC’s – Ego Trippin’ – Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau)
Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Def Jam)
De La Soul – Potholes In My Lawn – 3 Feet High & Rising (Tommy Boy)
The Pharcyde – Ya Mama – Bizarre Ride II (To) The Pharcyde (Delicious Vinyl)
Gangstarr feat. Nice & Smooth – Dwyck – Hard To Earn (Chrysalis)

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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)

For this week’s show I decided to switch things up a bit. Most weeks I do this show, I spend hours upon hours figuring out how I’m going to fill up the 2 hours I have with you each week. My focus generally is on new music, with probably 70-80% of the music being things that have recently been released or are upcoming and the rest being classic material that connects to these new sounds in one way or another. As a new tradition (and since the show is so new, any tradition would be new), I decided to dedicate the last Sunday of the month to vinyl, think of it as a “Dig Deep” edition of Melting Pot. I don’t plan out these all vinyl shows, just bring in a couple boxes of records and see what develops. This first go round, there was a fair amount of music that I’ve featured here in the Dig Deep section, which makes sense, since all the things I feature here are in my collection. In the future I’ll likely be bringing in guest DJs to spin a guest set or two all on vinyl, stay tuned for more on that in August.

At the top of the second hour, this week’s show also had our first guests at Melting Pot, Chad and Derek, the organizers behind  Make It Funky: Music & Arts Festival in Chinatown (DTLA) July 31st! I’ll be posting more on “Make It Funky” this week and next, since I’ll be doing a little mini set on the main stage late in the proceedings. Unfortunately, I had double technology issues, first with DJ equipment, which robbed us of a guest DJ set from the ReMitch of Soul Sessions, and then my recording of the show blanked out just about at the end of the interview (which explains why it ends so abrubtly on the audio that’s here), but I just did some quick edits to bring everything back together, I think we only missed a minute or two, just the round-up and thank yous. We’re back to regular programming with a bunch of new releases next week and potentially a performance or two…Audio is up for a month, enjoy the show and make sure to spread the good word.

Melting Pot on KPFK #9: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #9: Second Hour

Playlist: 7-25-2010

{opening theme} Boris Gardiner – Melting Pot – Is What’s Happening (Dynamic)

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Harvey Mandel – Wade In The Water – Cristo Redentor (Phillips)
The Purpose – Dustcracks, Bugs & Roaches – The Purpose (ABC)
Gal Costa – Hotel Das Estrellas – Le Gal (Phillips)
Barry Goldberg – Sittin’ In Circles – Reunion (Buddah)
The Heliocentrics – Space Time Girl – 12” (Now-Again)

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The Spectrals – Don’t Mind – 7” (Slumberland)
John Barry – …And How To Get It – The Knack: Original Soundtrack (United Artists)
Eva Pilarova – Vazky – EVA (Supraphon)
Johnny Hammond – Call On Me – Gambler’s Life (Salvation)
Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’77 – Love Music – Love Music (Bell)

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3 Titans – College – 7” (Dunham)
Mandrill – Fencewalk / Hagalo – Composite Truth (Polydor)
Eddie Palmieri – Oyele Que Te Conviene – Unfinished Masterpiece (Coco)

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Joe Farrell – Upon This Rock / Seven Seas – Upon This Rock (CTI)
Interview with the organizers of Make It Funky!: Music & Arts Festival (July 31st in Downtown LA/Chinatown)

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Myron & E with the Soul Investigators – On Broadway – 7” (Timmion)
Jimmy McGriff – The Now Thing – Soul Sugar (Capitol)
Sugar Billy Garner – Super Duper Love – Super Duper Love (Fast Track)
Toni Tornado – Aposta – Toni Tornado (Odeon)
Tim Weisberg – Tyme Cube – Hurtwood Edge (A&M)

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The How – Polly – 7” (555 / Slumberland)
The Sorrows – Teenage Letter – Take A Heart (PRT)
Canned Heat – Whiskey Headed Woman No. 2 – Boogie With Canned Heat (Liberty)
Reflection Eternal feat. Mos Def & Mr. Man – Fortified Live – 12” (Rawkus)
Cactus – You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover – Cactus (Atco)

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{closing theme} Kenny Baker – Mississippi Waltz – Plays Bill Monroe (County)

Side Dishes #1 With Oliver Wang

This week we had the debut (right at the start of the second hour) of a new monthly feature on Melting Pot at KPFK, a set put together by Oliver Wang of Soul Sides. Oliver is an old friend from back at Berkeley, where we both went to graduate school and worked at KALX Berkeley, the freeform radio station there. He’s been a music journalist for a decade or more and runs one of the best audioblogs around in Soul Sides. Every third Sunday of the month, “Side Dishes” will feature several of Oliver’s picks, this week including several smashingly good compilations from Soundway records and Vampi Soul.  “Side Dishes” is also available as a podcast from Oliver’s website if you click here. 

The rest of the show features new music from Best Coast, Rakaa (of Dilated Peoples), M.I.A., Adam Franklin, The Pepper Pots, Tita Lima and more.  Next week we have the organizers of Make It Funky (Funk Rumble Block Party Pt. 2!), coming in to discuss what should be one of the summer’s best concerts, currently set for July 31st in Los Angeles’ Chinatown.  I’ll also be doing a vinyl-only show next week, which I think will probably be a tradition for the end of the month from here on out.  Audio for this show will be here for a month, so listen in and tell a friend about Melting Pot on KPFK!

Melting Pot on KPFK #8: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #8: Second Hour

Playlist: 7-18-2010
{opening theme} Booker T. & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)

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Rastus – Sailin’ Easy – Rastus (GRT)
Menahan Street Band – The Contender – Make The Road By Walking (Dunham)
Quantic – Dub Y Guaguaganco – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)
Sahr Nagaujah & Antibalas – Upside Down – Fela! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Knitting Factory)
Cochemea Gastelum – Guardian Angel – The Electric Sound Of Johnny Arrow (MRI)

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The Pepper Pots – Real Tru Love – Now! (Black Pepper)
Jackie Lee – Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide – 7” (Mirwood)
Neverever – Blue Genes – Angelic Swells (Slumberland)
Tita Lima – Mundo Pequeno – Possibiliadades (Label A)
Foreign Exchange – Take Off The Blues – Leave It All Behind (Halls Of Justus)
Orgone – Mantanza – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)

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Rakaa feat. Mad Lion – Observatory – Crown Of Thorns (Decon)
Connie Price & the Keystones feat. Aloe Blacc – Tell Me Something – Tell Me Something (Ubiquity)
Saravah Soul – Alforria – Cultura Impura (Tru Thoughts)
Soul Investigators – On Broadway – 7” (Timmion)

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Side Dishes with Oliver Wang of Soul-Sides.com #1:

{theme} The Nite-Liters – Down & Dirty – 7” (RCA)

The Funkees – Breakthrough – The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (Soundway)
Lijadu Sisters – Life’s Gone Down Low – The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (Soundway)
Cumbia Siglo XX – Nagal Pegale – Palenque Palenque: Chapeta, Criolla And Afro Roots In Colombia 1975-1991 (Soundway)
Wganda Kenya – Pim Pom – Palenque Palenque: Chapeta, Criolla And Afro Roots In Colombia 1975-1991 (Soundway)
Los Destellos – Guajira Sicodelica – Cumbia Beat: Experimental Guitar Driven Tropical Sounds From Peru 1968-1976 (Vampi-Soul)

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Best Coast – Boyfriend – Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
The Spectrals – 7th Date – 7” (Slumberland)
Adam Franklin – Carousel City – I Could Sleep For A Thousand Years (Second Motion)
Sleepy Sun – Lord – Embrace (ATP)
Total Babe – Country – Heatwave EP (So Tm)

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M.I.A. – Tell Me Why – MAYA (N.E.E.T. / Interscope)
Pollyn – If I Chose You – This Little Night (Self-Released)
Alpha – Dim – The Impossible Thrill (Melankolic)
Francoiz Breut – 2013 – A l’aveuglette (T-Rec)

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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)

Sunday was a whirlwind, with the tension filled, extra-time finale of the World Cup (Viva España y Barça!) and my “best so far” of 2010. Two hours is a very short amount of time to attempt to mix together the best music I’ve heard over the last 6+ months. Several records didn’t make it in, solely based off of time, including Golden Triangle, Bastien Lallemant, Neverever, but there are 35 different releases featured here from this first half of 2010, plus a couple of sleepers from 2009. I think I’ll have to do two shows for the year end special. Enjoy the show and be sure to let me know what you think have been the best records at this point in 2010!

Melting Pot on KPFK #7: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #7: Second Hour

Melting Pot’s Best So Far Of 2010
Playlist: 7-11-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)

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Charades – En Las Batallas – Revolución Solar (Bcore)
The Hawk feat. Little Hannah Collins – Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover – 7” (Record Kicks)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – Better Things – I Learned The Hard Way (Daptone)
Strange Boys – Be Brave – Be Brave (In The Red)
The Amazing Farm Singers Of Chicago – I Got A Telephone In My Bosom – Fire in My Bones (Tompkins Square)
Orgone – Cali Fever – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)

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Apple & The Three Oranges – Curse Upon The World – California Funk (Now-Again)
3 Titans feat. The Menahan Street Band – Life Of A Scholar – 7” (Daptone)
Tita Lima – So O Comeco – Possibilidades (Label A)
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Orchestra – Welcome 2 Detroit / Gobstopper – Timeless: Suite For Ma Dukes (Mochilla)
Murs & 9th Wonder – I Used To Love H.E.R. Again – Fornever (SMC)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Spottie – Heritage (Choice Cuts)

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Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be – I Will Be (Sub Pop)
The Stooges – Shake Appeal – Raw Power: Legacy Edition (Sony Legacy)
The Black Keys – She’s Long Gone – Brothers (Nonesuch)
Caetano Veloso – Sem Cais – Zii E Zie (Nonesuch)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Trick Pony – IRM (Elektra)
Jose James – Black Magic – Black Magic (Brownswood)
Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane – Cosmogramma (Warp)

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Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here – I’m New Here (XL)
The National – Lemonworld – High Violet (4AD)
Ame Son – Eclosion – The BYG Deal (Finders Keepers)
The Morning Benders – All Day Daylight – Big Echo (Rough Trade)
Jimi Hendrix – Valleys Of Neptune – Valleys Of Neptune (Experience Hendrix)
Jimi Hendrix – Lullaby For Summer – Valleys Of Neptune (Experience Hendrix)

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Total Babe – Bearbones – Heatwave EP (So Tm)
Broken Social Scene – Highway Slipper Jam – Forgiveness Rock Record (Arts & Crafts)
Gorillaz feat. Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon – To Binge – Plastic Beach (EMI)
She & Him – Thieves – Volume 2 (Merge)
Polar Bear – Want To Believe Everything – Peepers (Leaf)

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Gonjasufi – Kowboyz & Indians – A Suf & A Killer (Warp)
Ana Tijoux – La Nueva Condena – 1977 (Nacional)
Sahr Nagaujah & Antibalas – Zombie – Fela! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Knitting Factory)
Cumbia Moderna De Soledad – Shacalao – Black Man’s Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti (Now-Again)
The Gospel Storytellers – Peter & John – Good God! Born Again Funk (Numero)

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{closing theme} Bonobo – Black Sands – Black Sands (Ninja Tune)

We were finally back to just playing music this week on Melting Pot, for the first time in three weeks. Many thanks to everyone who pledge their support to KPFK during the fundraiser, we raised close to $3,000 on our three shows, which is no small feat given the circumstances. This week’s show featured new music from Aloe Blacc, Adam Franklin (of Swervedriver fame), Tender Trap, Seu Jorge, Bastien Lallemant, Orgone and music from the cast recording of Fela! Also some classic material from the Tuff Darts, Tim Maia and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Now that I’m getting settled at KPFK, I’m starting to think about the future possibilities for Melting Pot, including interviews, performances and many more giveaways. Next week I’ll have my “Best So Far” of 2010 show, so definitely tune in or check back here.

Melting Pot on KPFK #6: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #6: Second Hour

Playlist: 7-4-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)

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Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – This Land Is Your Land – 7” (Daptone)
People Under The Stairs – Anotha BBQ – FUN DMC (Gold Dust)
Big Barney – The Whole Thang – 7” (Grandville)
Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves The Sunshine (9th Wonder Remix) – Verve Remixed 4 (Verve)
Polar Bear – Happy For You – Peepers (Leaf)

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Charades – Revolución Solar – Revolución Solar (Bcore)
Total babe – Short Stories – Heatwave EP (So Tm)
Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank – Nocturno – Brazilliance Vol. 2 (World Pacific)
Aloe Blacc – Femme Fatale – Good Things (Stones Throw)

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Neverever – Now – Angelic Swells (Slumberland)
The Tuff Darts – All For The Love Of Rock’n’Roll – Tuff Darts! (Sire)
Armageddon – Oh Man – Cloud Cuckooland (Finders Keepers)
Orgone – Overtime – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
Anibal Velasquez – Vestido Nuevo – Mambo Loco (Analog Africa)
Los Silvertones – Uptight – Panama 3! (Soundway)

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Konono No. 1 – Fula Fula – Assume Crash Position (Crammed Discs)
Saravah Soul – Fire – Cultura Impura (Tru Thoughts)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Orange – Orange (Matador)
Sahr Ngaujah & Antibalas – Water No Get Enemy – Fela! Original Broadway Cast Recording (Knitting Factory)
Femi Kuti – Do You Know – Day By Day (Mercer Street)

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Tender Trap – Do You Have A Boyfriend – 7” (Slumberland)
Leon Gardner – Farm Song – California Funk (Now-again)
Los Shakers – Break It All – Nuggets II (Rhino)
Quantic – Te Pico El Yaibi – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)

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Seu Jorge & Almaz – Cristina – Seu Jorge & Almaz (Now-again)
Tim Maia – Over Again – Tim Maia (1973) (Polydor)
Bastien Lallemant – L’amour – Le Verger ( L’autre)
Adam Franklin – She’s Closer Than I’ve Ever Been – I Could Sleep A Thousand Years (Second Motion)

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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)

Our fundraising is done for KPFK here in the summer, we raised close to $3,000 which is pretty amazing given that I’ve only been doing this show since the end of May and the first two fundraising shows were during a Laker’s playoff game and Father’s Day. Fundraising in general is a challenge, but given the above circumstances these were definitely my most challenging fundraising shifts in my radio career. After three weeks of intense fundraising, I can’t explain to you how much I am really looking forward to returning to regular programming this week.

Melting Pot on KPFK #5: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #5: Second Hour

Melting Pot Fundraising Special #3
Playlist: 6-27-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & The MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)

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Phil Ochs & the Broadside Singers – Links on the Chain – Broadside Ballads, Vol. 3 (Broadside)
Saravah Soul – Janaina – Cultura Impura (Tru Thoughts)
Quadron – Simili Life – Quadron (Plug Research)
Quantic – Te Pico El Yaibi (Version) – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)
Various artists – Selections From California Funk – California Funk: Rare Funk 45s From The Golden State (Now –Again)

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Orgone – Crazy Queen – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
Murs & 9th Wonder – Cigarettes & Liqour – Fornever (SMC)
Flying Lotus – Zodiac Shit – Cosmogramma (Warp)
Dum Dum Girls – Rest Of Our Lives – I Will Be (Sub Pop)
Orgone – Selections From Cali Fever – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)

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Aaron Neville – Hercules – New Orleans Funk (Soul Jazz)
Orgone – Mantanza – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)

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Bill Withers – Excerpt From Still Bill – Still Bill
Saravah Soul – Selections From Cultura Impura – Cultura Impura (Tru Thoughts)

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Vampires Of Dartmoore – Tanz Der Vampires – Dracula’s Music Cabinet (Finders Keepers)
Valerie Lagrange – Si Ma Chanson Pouvait – The BYG Deal (B-Music)
Parva – Mosem-E Gol – Pomegranates (Finders Keepers)
Sonny Hennig – 1000 Tips Zum Uberleben – Cloud Cuckooland (B-Music)

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The Black Keys – Sinister Kid – Brothers (Nonesuch)
Georgia Anne Muldrow – King’s Ballad – King’s Ballad (Ubiquity)

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Orgone – The Cleaner – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)

Melting Pot on KPFK #4: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #4: Second Hour

Our second chance to raise funds for KPFK was yesterday, and even though it was Father’s Day we did a little better than the week before. A lot of that had to do with all the special “free” premiums we had to give to subscribers during the show, including tickets to see the Black Keys and the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra. Additionally, virtually all of the music is available to subscribers to KPFK, just click here  to see some of our CD premiums. Based on how things are going with this fundraiser there’s a chance we’ll be doing one more fundraising show this Sunday, but hopefully we’ll be back to business as usual…

Melting Pot Fundraising Special #2
Playlist: 6-20-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & The MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)

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Love – The Good Humor Man He See Everything This Way – Forever Changes (Elektra)
Gonjasufi – Sheep – A Sufi & A Killer (Warp)
Quantic – Cumbia Del Mar – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)
Murs & 9th Wonder – I Used To Love H.E.R. – Fornever (SMC)
Richard “Groove” Holmes – Song For My Father – Onsaya Joy (Flying Dutchman)
Orgone – The Cleaner – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)

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Dum Dum Girls – Lines Her Eyes – I Will Be (Sub Pop)
Ray Frazier & the Shades of Madness – I Who Have Nothing – California Funk: Rare Funk 45s From the Golden State (Now-Again)
Seu Jorge & Almaz – Rock With You – Seu Jorge & Almaz (Now-Again)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – If You Call – I Learned The Hard Way (Daptone)
Quantic – Selections from Dog With A Rope – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)

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Bill Withers – Excerpt from Still Bill – Still Bill
Various Artists – Selections from California Funk – California Funk: Rare Funk 45s From the Golden State (Now-Again)

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Antibalas – Si Se Puede – Liberation Afrobeat Vol. 1 (Ninja Tune)
Saravah Soul – Fire – Cultura Impura (Tru Thoughts)
The Black Keys – The Only One – Brothers (Nonesuch)
Orgone – Selections from Cali Fever – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
Mehrpouya – Soul Raga – Pomegranates (Finders Keepers)

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Noosh Afarin – Gol-E Aftab Gardoon – Pomegranates (Finders Keepers)
Francois Wertheimer – L’Automne – The BYG Deal (Finders Keepers)

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Jamie Lidell – Enough’s Enough – Compass (Warp)
Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane – Cosmogramma (Warp)

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Flying Lotus – Selections from Cosmogramma – Cosmogramma (Warp)
Enrique Olivarez Y Los Vampiros – Al’s Place – California Funk: Rare Funk 45s From the Golden State (Now-Again)
Orgone – Cali Fever – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)

Just two weeks into our new digs at KPFK and it’s time for a fundraiser! Had a great show yesterday along with Derek Rath of KPFK, packed to the gills with music that is available to you if become a subscriber to KPFK. We are a 100% Community radio station, powered by the people as we like to say, with no corporate sponsorship or underwriting. This means that we absolutely need your help to help keep the station going. If you can become a member do so by calling (818) 985-KPFK or by pledging online at KPFK.ORG. If you want to get some of my premiums, just click on “Browse By Program” and scroll down for “Melting Pot.” If you need some help, just drop me a line by clicking the mail icon in the top left hand corner of the main page here on the blog. Unfortunately, many of the tickets were only for the live show, but others you can still get and we’ll have even more this coming week!

Thanks for all your support!

Melting Pot Fundraising Special #1
Playlist: 6-13-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & The MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)

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Captain Beefheart – Party Of Special Things To Do – Blue jeans & Moonbeams (Mercury)
The Black Keys – She’s Long Gone – Brothers (Nonesuch)
Rhon Silva – Get It Right – California Funk: Rare Funk 45s From The Golden State (Now-Again)
Orgone – Time Tonight – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
Flying Lotus – Selections From Cosmogramma – Cosmogramma (Warp)

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Quantic – No Soy Del Valle – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)
Quadron – Average Fruit – Quadron (Plug Research)
Seu Jorge & Almaz – The Model – Seu Jorge & Almaz (Now-Again)
The Stooges – Gimme Danger – Raw Power: Legacy Edition (Sony Legacy)
Saravah Soul – Selections From Cultura Impura – Cultural Impura (Tru Thoughts)

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Jose James & Jef Neve – Tenderly – For All We Know (Impulse!)
The Soul Fanatics – Ain’t No Sunshine – Panama 2 (Soundway)

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Excerpts from the Documentary Film Still Bill
V/A – Selections from California Funk – California Funk: Rare Funk 45s From The Golden State (Now-Again)
Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu – New York Addis London (Strut)

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The Suite For Ma Dukes Orchestra – Stakes Is High – Timeless: Suite For Ma Dukes (Mochilla)
Gonjasufi – Klowds – A Sufi & A Killer (Warp)
Grupo Fantasma – Realizando – El Existential (Nat Geo Music)
Quantic – Selections From Dog With A Rope – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)

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She & Him – Thieves – Volume 2 (Merge)
Dum Dum Girls – Blank Girl – I Will Be (Sub Pop)
Saravah Soul – Se Da Do – Cultura Impura (Tru Thoughts)
Niagara – Sangandongo – Niagara (United Artists)

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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)

Yesterday’s show featured a ton of new music from Stereo Total, Seu Jorge, M.I.A., Cee-Lo Green of Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley fame, Saravah Soul and classics from David Bowie, Tricky aka Nearly God and Jimmy Radcliffe with the Steve Karmen Big Band. At the end, I put together a set of modern music from my picks for the semifinalists for the 2010 World Cup, Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Nigeria, plus a sleeper pick for the closing instrumental in Cameroon. Have a feeling this World Cup will be even more epic that usual!

Next week KPFK’s fundraiser begins, I’m working on some nice premiums for subscribers and it will be very nice to do my part to keep KPFK strong, hope you’ll join up if you can and thank you for listening.

Playlist: 6-06-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)

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Steve Karmen Big Band feat. Jimmy Radcliffe – Breakaway pt. 1 – 7” (United artists)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – I Learned The Hard Way – I Learned The Hard Way (Daptone)
Quadron – Slippin’ – Quadron (Plug Research)
Jamie Lidell – It’s A Kiss – Compass (Warp)
Jose James – Code – Black Magic (Brownswood)
Flying Lotus – Galaxy In Janaki – Cosmogramma (Warp)

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Quantic – Te Pico El Yaibi (Version) – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)
Cumbia Moderna De Soledad – Shacalao – Black Man’s Cry: (Now-Again)
Murs & 9th Wonder – Cigarettes & Liqour – Fornever (SMC)
David Bowie – Soul Love – The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars (Virgin)
Seu Jorge & Almaz – Cirandar – Seu Jorge & Almaz (Now-again)
Shonx – Canton – Steppa’s Delight (Soul Jazz)

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Cee-Lo Green – Georgia – Lady Killer (Elektra)
Lloyd Nolan – I Don’t Know About You – R&B Hipshakers Vol. 1 (Vampi Soul)
The Strange Boys – Be Brave – Be Brave (In The Red)
Soledad Miranda – La Verdad – Absolute Belter (Finders Keepers)
Stereo Total – Illegal – Baby Ouh! (Kill Rock Stars)

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Total Babe – (Mission Hills Country Club Wall Of) Champions – Heatwave EP (So TM)
Lois – Sunrise Semester – Infinity Plus (K)
Joyce & Nelson Angelo – Sete Cahorros – Joyce E Nelson Angelo (Odeon)
Saravah Soul – The Truth Is Hard To Come By – Cultura Impura (Tru Thoughts)

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M.I.A. – I’m A Singer (Haters) – MAYA (NEET / Interscope)
The Bug feat. Warrior Queen – Poison Dart – London Zoo (Ninja Tune)
Nearly God – Poems – Nearly God (Island)

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3 Na Massa feat. Pitty – Lagrimas Pretas – 3 Na Massa (Nublu)
El Hijo De La Cumbia – El Ghetto Va A Mover – Freestyle De Ritmos (Soot)
El Guincho – Costa Paraiso – Alegranza! (XL)
Tony Allen – Alutere – Secret Agent (World Circuit)

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{closting theme} Manu DiBango – Oboso – Soul Makossa (Atlantic)

{Update: Okay, I’m going to take you guys behind the curtain on this one…So, I’ve been planning this debut for this past week and thought I had everything ready to go. Since I draw my music from a bunch of sources, vinyl, CDs, mp3s, I tend to burn the music I’m going to use to a couple CDs and just take that, bringing my laptops to record the audio of the show. As I was on my way to KPFK, about 25 minutes before the show, I found out one of my CD-R’s(with ½ of my show) did not record properly!!!!!!!

Mind you, this is all going on literally as the show begins…that’s the reason the “Melting Pot” theme goes on for about 3 minutes at the start and why I mention “if the technology will work for me…” at the start of the show…all that craziness is also why the audio (now added below) is a little “hot” on the Mic. Quite an auspicious beginning for Melting Pot, but the fact that everything worked out says a lot and is one of the many reasons I love radio. Enjoy the show, this one was a debut for the ages on my end…Michael}

Well here we go with the first official show for Melting Pot on KPFK. If there’s a difference between this show and ones I’ve done at other places it’s definitely the level of focus. With only two hours, the shortest amount of time I’ve ever had for a regular show in my 16+ years of radio, I really have to make sure that everything I put on is top shelf material. But I try to come up with an eclectic mix that tends towards the funky, but goes a few other places as well. I hope you enjoy the debut and all the shows to come. In today’s show we have a lot of new music, including from Seu Jorge, Chali 2na,Pains of Being Pure At Heart, the Atl’s Mass Influence, Now Again’s new California Funk collection and music from the Iranian pop underground from Take It Easy Hospital. One of the tracks I’m most excited to play comes from some high schoolers out of Minnesota called Total Babe. You’ll definitely be hearing more from them in coming weeks. Also classic material from Roberto Carlos, Les Baxter (Hell’s Belles!), Willie Hutch and some Electric Prunes in honor and tribute to Dennis Hopper who passed away just yesterday.

Also on a more serious note, a LA DJ by the name of Kutmah is fighting deportation and there’s a benefit show for his legal fund coming up on June 3rd at the Echoplex here in Los Angeles with Dam-Funk, Daedulus, Gaslamp Killer and others. You kind more info here: http://www.freekutmah.com

Melting Pot on KPFK #1: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #1: Second Hour

Playlist: 5-30-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)

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Willie Hutch – I Choose You – The Mack: Original Soundtrack (Motown)
Murs & 9th – I Used To Love H.E.R. Again – Fornever (SMC)
Twilight – Still Loving You – Still Loving You (Luv’n’Haight)
Seu Jorge – Everybody Loves the Sunshine – Single (White Label)
Kutmah – Blazt Off (excerpt) – Master Blazter: Blazt Off (HVW8)

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Shoes – Saving Mr. Billy’s Soul – Eccentric Breaks & Beats (Numero)
Mass Influence – Morning Breath Chasers – 12” (self-released)
Mr. Chop – Straighten It Out – For Pete’s Sake (Now-Again)
Roberto Carlos – Nao Vou Ficar – Roberto Carlos (CBS)
Polar Bear – Bap Bap Bap – Peepers (Leaf)

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Bastien Lallemant – La Plage – Le Pop 5 (Le Pop Musik)
The National – Sorrow – High Violet (4ad)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Sad Waters – Your Funeral My Trial (Mute)
Petula Clark – Heart – I Know A Place (Warner Bros.)
The Electric Prunes – Kyrie Eleison (instrumental) – David Axelrod: The Warner/Reprise Sessions (Warner UK)

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L.A. Bare Faxx – Super Cool Brother – California Funk (Now-Again/Jazzman)
The Black Keys – Next Girl – Brothers (Nonesuch)
Les Baxter – Chain Fight – Hell’s Belles: Original Soundtrack (Sidewalk)
Los Roberts – El Saltamontes – Sensacional Soul, vol. 2 (Vampi Soul)
Chali 2na feat. J-Live – Across The Map – Fish Market Part 2 (Decon)
Sun Ra – Angels & Demons At Play – Angels & Demons At Play (Impulse)

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Take It Easy Hospital – Me & You – No One Knows About Persian Cats: Original Soundtrack (Milan)
Flying Lotus – Drips/Auntie’s Harp – Cosmogramma (Warp)
Broken Social Scene – Sentimental X’s – Forgiveness Rock Record (Arts & Crafts)
Neu! – Hallo Gallo – Neu! (Polygram)

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Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Lost Saint – 7” (Slumberland)
Love – And More – Love (Elektra)
Total Babe – Bearbones – Total Babe (So Tm)
Jovenes y Sexys feat. Joie Joie Joie – Gold Day – Bruno EP (Poni Republic)

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{closing theme} The Dirty Three – Ever Since – Cinder (Touch & Go)

Yesterday I returned to the KPFK airwaves for my second tryout to potentially host the shift that used to be occupied by Derek Rath’s Cosmic Barrio (Sundays from 4-6pm). Lots of brand new music, including something new from The Black Keys, Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Quantic, Grupo Fantasma, Little Brother and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble plus classic tracks from Sly & the Family Stone, Dr. John and some obscured but amazing music from the Ivory Coast and 1960s “revolutionary” France.

Speaking of amazing and obscured, I featured almost a whole side of a brilliant new mix that uses the Numero groups Eccentric Soul Series (and other releases from the Numero catalog) for samples called “Eccentric Breaks & Beats” look for post on this soon here on Melting Pot.

Audio of the show is below, split into two hours. I’m really hopeful that I’ll find out whether or not I’m going to get the show this week and I’ll definitely let you know if I do.

Playlist: KPFK 5-23-2010

{Opening Theme} Boris Gardiner – Melting Pot – Is What’s Happening  (Dynamic)

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Sly & the Family Stone – Remember Who You Are –  Back On The Right Track (Warner Bros.)

Quadron – Jeans – Quadron (Plug Research)

Ana Tijoux – Problema De 2 – 1977 (Nacional)

Quantic – Dub Y Guaguanco – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)

Irakere – Sea Mall – Cuba Libre (Far Out)

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Grupo Fantasma – La Conozco – El Existential  (National Geographic)

Polar Bear – Want To Believe Everything – Peepers  (Leaf)

Flying Lotus – Zodiac Shit – Cosmogramma  (Warp)

Murs & 9^th Wonder – Fornever – Fornever   (SMC)

Orgone – The Big Escape – Time Tonight 12”  (Ubiquity)

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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Say No To Love – 7”  (Slumberland)

Dum Dum Girls – Lines Her Eyes – I Will Be (Sub Pop)

New York Dolls – Puss’n’Boots – Too Much Too Soon  (Mercury)

Francois Lougah – Pecoussa –  Cote D’Ivoire: West African Crossroads  (Syllart)

Myron & E with the Soul Investigators – It’s A Shame – 7” (Timmion)

Deep City Band – Masterpiece – Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts of Deep City  (Numero)

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Shoes – Eccentric Breaks & Beats Side 1 – Eccentric Breaks & Beats  (Numero)

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The Black Keys – To Go Getter – Brothers (Nonesuch)

Dr. John – I Walk On Gilded Splinters – Gris Gris (Atco)

Splinters – Motorcycle – Kick (Double Negative)

Ame Son – Eclosion – The BYG Deal (Finders Keepers)

Little Brother feat. Torae – 24 – Left Back (Hall Of Justus/Traffic Ent.)

Miles Davis – Jabali – Complete On The Corner (Sony Legacy)

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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Spottie – Heritage EP (Choice Cuts)

Fela Kuti – Colonial Mentality – Opposite Peoplee / Sorrow Tears & Blood  (MCA)

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{closing theme}  Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar  (Kemado)