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luv472

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, jazz, library music, odd pop, weird

luv472 From On Hold To Eternity

From On Hold To Eternity

have you ever made a call and been placed on hold for what seemed like an eternity? it’s happened to me many times, but the last time it happened it was different. at first everything seemed normal. i dialed the number, was told to hold for a moment and then the muzak started, designed to placate my savage soul while i wait for someone to answer my call. at first it was innocuous enough, somewhat groovy, happy music music with all the extremes tidily trimmed. as i was grooving along and not really paying attention to the time, 20 minutes slipped past and i started getting kinda antsy and bored of waiting around. it was really starting to get to me. now as this was happening the music playing on the end of the line started changing to fit my mood. i didn’t even notice it happening but as an apathetic feeling started coming over me, the music started becoming more formless. i had been waiting so long that the very concept of time began losing all meaning. i was floating in a void where the muzak had melted away and faraway sounds from ancient telephone lines started peaking through. i was floating free, waiting for someone, anyone, to answer my call. after some more time passed i started getting comfortable with this new timeless freedom and the music slowly started coming back to life. at this point i was feeling a little bit washed out from being on the phone for so long so i closed my eyes and just listened.  eventually the music stopped and i just hung up, having completely forgotten why i made the call in the first place. luckily i record all my telephone calls for quality assurance purposes and can present to you the most transcendental hold muzak i have ever heard.
photo : Phase Holden Topple

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Tracklist:
  1. Keep It Happy – Nick Perito – MUZAK (1971)
  2. Canty – Orchestra Cometa – Cometa Edizioni Musicali (1976/2016)
  3. Lucky Girl – Take Six – Music De Wolfe (1980)
  4. Beautiful People – Geoff Bastow – Programme Music / JW Music Library / Be With Records (1975/2024)
  5. We’ve Only Just Begun – Grant Green – Blue Note (1971/2024)
  6. Analcolico – Giovanni Tommaso – SR Records / Sonor Music Editions (1972/2019)
  7. Swelling Itchy Brain (EZ Listening Muzak Version) – Devo – Club Devo / Futurismo (1981/2016)
  8. Temperament VII – Ragnar Grippe – BIS (1982)
  9. excerpt from Mundus Intellectualis – Nicole Lachartre – Metaphon (1973/2023)
  10. Winter Hours – The Advisory Circle – Ghost Box (2014)
  11. Über Den Wolken – Hans-Joachim Roedelius – Venture / Bureau B (1987/2011)
  12. excerpt from Mundus Intellectualis – Nicole Lachartre – Metaphon (1973/2023)
  13. Water Boy – Clara Rockmore & Nadia Reisenberg – Bridge Records / Mississippi Records (1975/2006/2021)
  14. Contemplation – Master Wilburn Burchette – Burchette Brothers / Numero Group (1975/2024)
  15. excerpt from Mundus Intellectualis – Nicole Lachartre – Metaphon (1973/2023)
  16. Waiting Montage – Ennio Morricone – Applause Records / Dagored (1982/2008)
  17. Moody You – Norman Candler – Sonoton / Be With Records (1980/2023)
  18. Elevator Up – Disconscious – Tinnitus Records / Mental Groove Records / Musique Pour La Danse (2013/2023)
  19. Eternity – Alan Hawkshaw – Bruton Music / Ace (1979/2024)
  20. excerpt from Mundus Intellectualis – Nicole Lachartre – Metaphon (1973/2023)

luv471

jazz

luv471 Now Rift

Now Rift

a dozen contemplative and supremely chill jazz tracks from the 2020s whose collective reflective moods inspire us to pause, take note of where we are, and wisely choose the best way forward.
photo : Uncle Baddy

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Tracklist:
  1. First Step – Phi-Psonics – Gondwana Records (2021)
  2. I’ll Explain Later – De Beren Gieren – Sdban Ultra (2024)
  3. Dream In Slow Motion – Ivan The Tolerable Quintet – Riot Season (2024)
  4. Continuum 8 – Nala Sinephro – Warp (2024)
  5. Pneuma – Karu – Beat Machine Records (2022)
  6. donatt gonatt – Otis Sandsjö, Petter Eldh & Dan Nicholls – We Jazz (2024)
  7. Same Shame – Onilu – Eremite Records (2025)
  8. Abflug 3 – Krajenski – Agogo Records (2024)
  9. Eco-echoes – Amalie Dahl’s Dafnie – Aguirre Records / Sonic Transmissions Records (2024)
  10. New Dawn – Marshall Allen ft. Neneh Cherry – Week-End Records / Mexican Summer (2025)
  11. How Can We Mend A Broken Heart – Kahil El’Zabar – Spiritmuse Records (2020)
  12. The Impetus (To Be And Do Better) – Joel Ross – Blue Note (2022)

luv458

jazz, latin rhythms

luv458 Tres Pimientos Picantes

Tres Pimientos Picantes

some spicy goodies found during my continued education in Latin music. Nuyorican rhythms that beckon summer nights and letting loose.
image : a detail nicked from a Ray Barretto & Joe Cuba San Francisco show poster. Ruben Guzmán Graphics.

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Tracklist:
  1. Micaela – Pete Rodriguez – Alegre Records (1967)
  2. Señora Lola – Willie Colon ft. Hector Lavoe – Fania Records / Craft Recordings (1973/2022)
  3. Control – Ismael Quinones – Vaya Records Inc / Soul Jazz (1976/2007)
  4. Mambo De Bataan – Joe Bataan – Fania Records (1968)
  5. Los Dos Hermanos – Los Jimaguas – Mericana Records / Honest Jon’s Records (1973/2004)
  6. Mambo Gozón – Tito Puente and his Orchestra – RCA Victor / So Far Out (1958/2013)
  7. Sigue Su Vida – Eddie Lebron – Ghetto Records / Now-Again Records (1971/2023)
  8. Para Ti – Machito – Follow Me Records (1971/2000)
  9. Bataola Boogaloo – Bobby Quesada and his Band – Fania Records / Secret Stash Records (1968/2012)
  10. Cadenciosa – Alfredo Linares y su Sonora – Mag / Vampi Soul (1967/2022)
  11. Descarga Cachao – Tito Rodriguez – United Artists Records / Soul Jazz (1965/2000)
  12. Ritmo De Pollos – Ocho – UA Latino / Universal Sound (1974/2000)
  13. Oye La Noticia – Ray Barretto – Fania Records / Craft Recordings (1970/2020)
  14. Recuerdos De Arcano – Bobby Rodriguez – Vaya / Soul Jazz (1975/1999)

luv455

jazz

luv455 Outside The Lines

Outside The Lines

a small sliver of jazz from the decade spanning 1947 to 1956. a time where jazz musicians started coloring outside the lines, pushing traditional forms to explore sonic terrains creating new styles and harmonic theories in the post-bop era. whether it be expanding the palette of big band or experimenting with rhythms and chord changes or just plain old jaw-dropping virtuoso playing, these cats were feeling out the new sounds. by coloring outside the lines these musicians expanded the boundaries of what jazz is and became the solid foundation for the next wave of jazz giants to build upon.
image : Lobo Thiorn

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Tracklist:
  1. The Way You Look Tonight – Dave Brubeck Octet – Fantasy / Book-of-the-Month Records (1956/1980)
  2. Lydian M-1 – The Teddy Charles Tentet – Atlantic (1956/1986)
  3. Medicine For A Nightmare – Le Sun-Ra and his Arkestra – DOXY Music (1956/2009)
  4. Line Up – Lennie Tristano – Atlantic (1955/1986)
  5. Amoeba’s Dance – Herbie Nichols – Blue Note (1955/2021)
  6. Four Hands – Charlie Mingus – Period Records / Get Back (1954/1955/2002)
  7. Liberian Suite : Dance No. 5 – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Columbia / CBS (1949/1967)
  8. Tone Paintings II – Dodo Marmarosa – Spotlite Records (1947/1975)
  9. It’s Only A Paper Moon – Art Tatum – Book-of-the-Month Records (1953/1980)
  10. Morpheus – Miles Davis Sextet – Prestige / Original Jazz Classics (1951/1956)
  11. Four In One – The Thelonious Monk Quintet – Blue Note (1952/1956)
  12. It Could Happen To You (Alternate Master) – Bud Powell – Blue Note (1951/1955)

luv449

funk 'n' soul, jazz, rock 'n' roll

luv449 Streetlife Entropy

Streetlife Entropy

here’s a musty mixtape of sixties & seventies relics from your grand-dad’s basement collection. where electric guitarists do what they do best, let loose on endless groovy jams. a blend of funk, jazz, rock and blues that maybe Pop’s would have dug.
image : Brian Hagiwara + time

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Tracklist:
  1. The Funky Waltz – The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell – Vanguard (1974)
  2. What About It? – Eddie Hazel – Warner Bros. / Be With Records (1977/2016)
  3. Midnight Sun – Harvey Mandel – Janus Records (1971)
  4. Chicken Fat – Mel Brown – Impulse! (1967/2023)
  5. Ride, Sally, Ride – Dennis Coffey – Sussex (1972)
  6. Do It Now, Worry About It Later – Clifford Coulter – Impulse! / ABC Records (1972)
  7. Chunga’s Revenge (Basement Version) – Frank Zappa – Zappa Records / UMe (1970/2023)
  8. Binky’s Beam – John McLaughlin – Polydor (1972)
  9. Shape Of Things To Come – George Benson – A&M / CTI Records (1968)
  10. Crying Blue Rain – Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix / Legacy (1969/2010)
  11. De Blooz – Howard Roberts – Impulse! / ABC Records (1971)
  12. A Day In The Life – Grant Green – Blue Note (1970/2023)

luv445

funk 'n' soul, jazz
luv445 Rounded Third

Rounded Third

a sweet soul & vocal jazz combo as we round third and head for home.
photo : By Cowlie

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Tracklist:
  1. September Song – James Brown with the Louie Bellson Orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson – King Records / Verve (1970/2023)
  2. Even When You Cry – Jackie Wilson & Count Basie – Brunswick / Demon Records (1968/2020)
  3. Let The Good Times Roll – Ray Charles – Impulse! / Wax Time (1961/2011)
  4. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Nina Simone – Philips / Verve (1967/2015)
  5. Baltimore Oriole – Lorez Alexandria – Argo / Soul Jazz (1963/2004)
  6. I’m Aware Of The Animal Within Me – Horace Silver Sextet ft. Salome Bey – Blue Note (1972)
  7. You’re Mine You – Carmen McRae – Groove Merchant / Pickwick Records (1974/1978)
  8. Fever – Earl Grant – Decca (1957/1986)
  9. Me Tienes Loco (Hip, Cool And Groovy) – Bobby Matos And The Combo Conquistadores – Philips / Cubop (1968/1997)
  10. Compared To What – Roberta Flack – Atlantic (1969)
  11. Headless Heroes – Eugene McDaniels – Atlantic (1971)
  12. Concrete Jungle – The 3 Pieces – Fantasy (1975)
  13. Carry On Brother – Eddie Harris & Les McCann – Atlantic (1971)
  14. Cycles – Della Reese – AVCO Embassy (1970)
  15. Pot Licka – Dizzy Gillespie – Tribute Records (1969)

luv437

jazz
luv437 Obliquity Of The Ecliptic

Obliquity Of The Ecliptic

an arc of freak fusion that spans millennia made by jazz journeymen with spiritual leanings.
image : false-color image of the surface of Mars (80.3 degrees north latitude, 172.1 degrees east longitude) taken from the satellite of luv

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Tracklist:
  1. Lullaby – Raymatics – Ultimate Dilemma (1996)
  2. The Winner – Alabaster Deplume – Lost Map Records (2018)
  3. That We Ask Our Creator – Kahil El’Zabar – Spiritmuse Records (2020)
  4. Crescent (Howie B mix) – Nobukazu Takemura – Bellissima Records (1994)
  5. Vibes From The Tribe – Build An Ark – Kindred Spirits (2004)
  6. For The Children (Slicker remix) – Phil Ranelin – Hefty Records (2001)
  7. I’m Gonna Go Fishin’ – Duke Ellington – Black Lion Records / ORG Music (1962/1988/2020)
  8. Choreographic Sketches – Jerzy Milian – Jazzanova Compost Records (1975/1999)
  9. A Green Caterpillar – Masaru Imada Trio +2 – Three Blind Mice / Le Très Jazz Club (1975/2020)
  10. Extreme Expressions – Nine Yards Orchestra – Groove Attack Productions (2000)
  11. Schrödinger’s Cat – Ian O’Brien – Ferox Records (1996)
  12. The Dancer (Stanley Dancer edit by Mr. PC) – Stanley Clarke – Mr. PC Versions (2016)
  13. Fulina – STUFF. – Gondawana Records (2018)
  14. Visions Of Love – Gary Bartz with Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Jazz Is Dead (2021)

luv433

blues 'n' folk, country 'n' western, jazz, odd pop
luv433 A Real Humdinger

A Real Humdinger

as a fond farewell to my forties here’s a mixtape of music from the 1940s. 80 year old country, jazz, blues & moon moods stitched together with dialogue and sound effects from movies and radio plays. it’s A Real Humdinger!
image : Philips Radio

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Tracklist:
  1. excerpt from the Suspense radio series, episode Sorry, Wrong Number – Radiola (1943/1970)
  2. Hello – Sherman Williams Orchestra – Excelsior / Fantastic Voyage (1947/2014)
  3. Oop Bop Sh’Bam – Dizzy Gillespie – Musicraft / Book-of-the-Month Records (1946/1980)
  4. Tantalizing A Cuban – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Bluebird / RCA (1940/1975)
  5. Laguna – Slim Gaillard & Bam Brown with Dodo Marmarosa & Zutty Singleton – Savoy Records (1945/1976)
  6. I Like To Riff – King Cole Trio – Ammor / MCA (1940/1973)
  7. Sweet Lorraine – Art Tatum – Onyx Records (1941/1972)
  8. excerpt from the movie They Drive By Night – Warner Bros. / United Artists Records (1940/1977)
  9. Junker’s Blues – Champion Jack Dupree – Jass Records (1940/1986)
  10. excerpt from The Shadow radio series, episode The Carnival Of Death – Biograph Records (1947/1977)
  11. The Devil’s Dream – Sid Hemphill – Alan Lomax Archive / Mississippi / Change Records / Global Jukebox (1942/2013)
  12. Dream – The Pied Pipers with Jo Stafford – Capitol Records / Realistic (1945/1975)
  13. Moon Moods – Les Baxter – Capitol Records / Vinyl Passion (1947/22018)
  14. excerpt from the Escape radio series, episode Leinengen vs. The Ants – Radiola (1949/1970)
  15. Pink Elephants On Parade from Dumbo – Disneyland Records (1941/1959)
  16. The Man On The Flying Trapeze – Spike Jones and His City Slickers – RCA Victor (1948/1975)
  17. Air Conditioned Jungle – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra ft. Jimmy Hamilton & Oscar Pettiford – Unique Jazz (1947/1977)
  18. Noites Cariocas – Jacob Do Bandolim – Sound Miracle Recordings (1943/2019)
  19. Sophtown Special – Sophtown Cool Seven – Ubuntu Publishing (1940/2011)
  20. The Little Goose – Rex Stewart’s Big Eight – Keynote Recordings / Stag-O-Lee (1944/2017)
  21. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) – Tex Williams – Capitol Records / Rhino Records (1947/1985)
  22. Django’s Tiger – Django Reinhardt et Le Quintette du Hot Club du France – Pathé Marconi (1946/1970)
  23. My Blue Heaven – Rose Murphy – Stash Records (1947/1978)
  24. Samisen Boogie Woogie – Ichimaru – Canary / Mississippi / Change Records (1947/2012)
  25. GI Jive – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five – Decca / Fantastic Voyage (1944/2014)
  26. The Applejack – Joe Morris – Atlantic (1948/1985)
  27. excerpt from the movie Casablanca – Warner Bros. / United Artists Records (1943/1977)
  28. I’m My Own Grandpa – Lonzo & Oscar with The Winston County Pea Pickers – RCA Victor / Rhino Records (1948/1985)
  29. excerpt from the movie Citizen Kane – RKO Pictures / Mark Records (1941/1978)
  30. Only One Step More – Blue Sky Boys – Bluebird / RCA (1940/1976)
  31. excerpt from the movie Yankee Doodle Dandy – Warner Bros. / United Artists Records (1942/1977)
  32. Life Is Fine – Jimmie Lunceford – Decca / MCA (1942/1980)

luv429

jazz
luv429 Adamantine Wallop

Adamantine Wallop

an aural glimpse into that formative moment in jazz, spanning the end of the 50s through to the beginning of the 60s, known as hard bop. sounds were changing. bop was changing. jazz was changing. times were changing. nothing wrong with that when it yields such fine results.
image : Mooney Strongbottom

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Tracklist:
  1. Talkin’ About – Tina Brooks – Blue Note (1961/2021)
  2. Jacqui – Clifford Brown and Max Roach – EmArcy / Verve / UMe (1955/2021)
  3. Ee-Ah – Sonny Rollins – Prestige / DOXY (1961/2016)
  4. Arietis – Freddie Hubbard – Blue Note (1962/2014)
  5. Move – Lou Donaldson – Blue Note (1958/2022)
  6. Ugh! – Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – Elektra / Savoy Records (1957/1977)
  7. Going, Going, Gong! – J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding – Impulse! (1961)
  8. The Late Late Blues – Milt Jackson and John Coltrane – Atlantic (1961)
  9. Love For Sale – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – Blue Note (1958)
  10. It Ain’t Necessarily So – Grant Green – Blue Note (1962/2020)
  11. Love Walked In – Sonny Clark – Blue Note (1957/2022)

luv428

funk 'n' soul, jazz, krautrock, library music
luv428 Modern +

Modern +

in the late sixties and early seventies the drinking water in Europe started to show traces of the funk. initially showing up in major urban centers it slowly spread all over the continent. by the late seventies funk was rampant and the long term affects are still being felt today. here are a few examples of what happened to the music coming out of Europe after the contagion of funk first started creeping in. fortunately, there was no turning back.
image : The Royal Beatrice Raphelena

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Tracklist:
  1. The Recluse – Cymande – Janus Records / Mr Bongo (1974/2018)
  2. Drug Song – Janko Nilovic – Editions Montparnasse 2000 / Underdog Records (1975/2015)
  3. Use Me – Ultrafunk – Contempo / Trading Places (1975/2020)
  4. Ode To Billy Joe – Karin Krog & Dexter Gordon – Sonet / Light In the Attic (1970/2015)
  5. Halucal – Cos – Plus Records / Finders Keepers Records (1974/2021)
  6. No Way – Keith Papworth – Music De Wolfe / Fat Beats (1975/2022)
  7. The Feed-Back – The Group – RCA Italiana / Schema (1970/2014)
  8. Vitamin C – Can – United Artists Records / Spoon Records / Mute (1972/2017)
  9. Funky Dla Franki – Laboratorium – Polskie Nagrania Muza (1976/2016)
  10. Rien Ne Va Plus – Funk Factory – ATCO Records / Be With Records (1975/2016)
  11. 1973 Carmen Avenue – Airto Fogo – Decca / Pharaway Sounds (1976/2017)
  12. Hromovka (Thunderhouse) – Emil Viklický Studio Big Band – Vampi Soul (1979/2009)