cubikmusik

i got caught in your whirlpool of love...

picked up a hearing of this over on dilated choonz and music like dirt (no.99) or headphonesex has the version here. the extended pilooski edit of edwin starr's get up whirlpool

Download Get Up Whirlpool (Extended)

5 Audio Track: know what this track is?

 

just came on shuffle, track name '5 Audio Track'. no artist. gotta know this is.
if you know the tune, artist, etc. please lemme know please leave a comment or @twitter

Download 01 5 Audio Track

dedicated to my music posse on twitter:
@spigotZ @creamteam @ZoeAnna @sheenbeaston @nialler9 @songbytoad @bodytonic @jaycee001 @guinnessdj @laidbackradio @spaceinvaderfm @on_point @ondasonora @JulieGong @FreshSelects @phil__cooper @kamisir @alex_chase @mrbeatnick @greymatterbeats @demosuzki, @d_e_v

wow: got an answer in about 4 mins, on twitter. nice. from @b_chamberlain

@Cubikmusik Soldiers of Twilight - Believe (New Mastersounds Remix)

i am what i am

Download 01 I Am What I Am (Parts 1 & 2)

marva whitney.
legend!

buy: iTunes, amazon (UK), (US)

space invaded

through the power of twitter i came across space invader radio via guinnessdj (live right now with a massive suited/booted drum/bass set.). great station with lots of top tuneage from bristol and london (perhaps elsewhere?).
has become a regular in my listening schedule the last week. all shows available for download.

also caught this show a few days ago by carriage clock. great set.

this tune comes from the loose groove set last week.
smoove & turrell take us back to a different era with this pure soulful tune 'you don't know'. pure wow.
have had this blaring from my car speakers all week and played it last week at my first ukiyo bar sunday afternoon set. great reaction to it.
Download 01 You Don't Know

buy: jalapeno records (label), clickgroove, emusic, jalapeno records (label), iTunes

i want to be loved by you...

Download 16 I Want To Be Loved 1 1

cool it now

image from austinist. club de ville was one of my favorite places to go to in austin.

today on twitter i said i was preparing a road trip mixtape and asked for suggestions.
great responses. one in particular is this from spigotZ
wow. tune is blowing me away me away. robbers on high street 'cool it now'
also going onto a playlist tha i think i'll be playing out in dublin in the next week or so. hopefully confirm tomorrow. also sending this out to dunk at ukiyo.

Download 03 Cool It Now

make sure to check out emma's blog theworldinapapercup

one of the many reasons why i am enjoying twitter so much.

eccentric soul

short sweet soul sounds (in an intermission kinda way)
Download 16 Untitled Studio Moves

soul junction

got this at dublin flea market yesterday. 5 Euro! dvd with documentary, cd all nicely wrapped.
finding it hard to see links to where you can buy it but i'd recommend you'd check it out.

check out gino washington around 2:16 mins. classic.

tune from the documentary above (the way of the crowd) on northern soul and wigan casino. great story. and music. and dancing. a scene.
Download 19 Let's Get Ugly

also got:

Download 08 Take Me

buy: stonesthrow

and the book

 

46 days of lent...day 16

 
hearing this for the first time tonight and so in love with it. ann sexton's voice just oozes over you like honey with this northern soul stomper. last week, down home in carlow i missed out on a great northern soul night. back on in april with some names from the UK coming over. northern soul was always big in carlow when i was growing up and i never appreciated the nights that went on their. will definitely be back in april to check it out.

*added later.
this is such a crisp song. every sound in it, while not overly produced, seems to just sizzle under the surface. nothing is out of place.

Download 01 You've Been Gone Too Long 1 1

buy: amazon (US), (UK), iTunes

46 days of lent...day 14

from one of the best albums of last year Raphael Saadiq's 'the way i see it'. phenomenal.

Download Seven

 buy: iTunes, amazon (US), (UK)
*dunno why i've never really choosen this format but will start posting photos in posts as their full size. feedback welcome.

46 days of lent...day 11 & 12

missed yesterday. was at my folks house with no computer. realized when on my way there that i had no music. need to start digitizing my dad's music collection now in case that happens again!

so, two days of tunes now with some gary davis (previous post) getting his groove on with smash hit music co. (with greg wilson mixing it up) and hot 8 brass band (previous post) laying it down with diesler doing his thing on tru-thoughts.

Download 04 1 Lifetime (Greg Wilson versi

buy: junodownload

Download 18 Get Up (Diesler remix)

buy: jundodownload, etch shop (label),

46 days of lent...day 9

from the great compilation from Mojo magazine, called 'the score' which profiles classic film soundtracks and composers. it has a myriad of songs from movies over the decades. spoilt for choice with this one to be honest and i had three posts lined up just from this but have pared it down to one so you can go find it and hear the rest. 

taken from the soundtrack to 'don't play us cheap' by melvin van peebles this is a powerful track which is credited to Mrs. Washington & Co.who was actually a character in the movie (described at imdb as follows "A pair of devil-bats take human form and crash a Harlem house party in an attempt to break it up. But somehow, their attempts to ruin the party fail"). anyways, according to diddywah the singer is 'Joshie' Jo Armstead who played the character in the movie and musical and also co-wrote 'let's go get stoned' with ray charles. she also has a link to ruby andrews (who was recently sampled by the man himself q-tip).

so, for powerful, humbling, enlightenment go to it.

Download 07 You Cut Up the Clothes

make love to me

 

a nod to the one that is saint valentine.

Download 05 Make Love to Me

buy: iTunes, Amazon (UK), (US).

photo from here.

now that i believe

 
a few weeks ago gilles peterson started dropping some tunes from the q-tip album, The Renaissance, on his radio show  (where you need to check out the latest show which is a vinyl only, hip-hop brownswood basement session). these tunes captured the imagination and you just knew that this was going to be such a great hip-hop album that harks back to the golden years while managing to effortlessly pull the sounds onwards and upwards in a way that only q-tip and a few others can do.

i got the album last week and am lovin' it. there have been a good few tunes posted from the album already and i'm surprised that this tune 'won't trade' hasn't been hyped up more. the track excellently samples ruby andrews powerful voice, kickin' beats and beautiful piano loops from 'you made a believer out of me' which is a classic (northern) soul tune.

while we're at it, might as well check out the video for 'move' off the same album. choice!

Move

Download 01_you_made_a_believer_out_of_me.mp3

Download 02_wont_trade.mp3

buy: 'you made a believer out of me': (iTunes), Amazon (US)
buy: 'the renaissance' : CD @ Amazon (UK), (US) , Download: Amazon (US), iTunes

healed

Two superb covers of the classic Marvin Gaye tune, 'sexual healing'.

First off is the Hot 8 Brass Band from New Orleans laying down some fine horns and soulful singing that gets your hair standing on end.
Download 01_sexual_healing.mp3

Second is Hot Chip's wonderfully electronic take.
Download 09_sexual_healing.mp3

Buy: Original, Hot 8's, Hot Chip's

get it on

sleeve from 'sleeve & lowman' fame as featured on cubikmusik back in November 2006, brings us back with some old school sample slinging covering de la soul, arrested development and more with this choice summer tune that you can be sure to drop to get everyone smiling and grooving. I know that a certain JC will be into this and I look forward to playing this on a (hopefully) sunny Friday afternoon in his back yard in two weeks.

Out on the excellent 'single minded' compilation from Freestyle Records that also brought you Lack of Afro (cubikmusik post here) amongst others such as Chaka Khan, Fred Wesley, Soulive, Chali 2Na.
Check out some pretty impressive accolades on Freestyle Records here.

Download 03_get_it_on.mp3

buy: 12" (direct from label-UK), digital @ gigacrate (US) , clickgroove (UK)

brief encounter

one of the most amazing horn sections in a tune ever...

Download Human.mp3

Much thanks to the superb Club Solid Gold for this...

not afraid

A right little beat driven gem is this one. Totally irresistible voice of Jessica Fitoussi over some dillaesque beats and looped samples from Mister Modo and Ugly Beer Music. Too short but oh so sweet.

Check out the upcoming album, Modonut out on Favorite Recordings.

*May 13th: File removed at the request of label and replaced with stream*

Buy: iTunes (US), Juno Download (UK)

People walk by...

It a cold and windy night here in Austin and as I stood outside playing with my dog, drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette I thought of this song that I absolutely love. Its the kinda song that you either play on a sunny day to help make you appreciate it all the more or you play it on a night like this to remind you that the cold and wind are out there but the music is always gonna be here to keep your mind, body and spirit in tune.

Download 11_wesley_music.mp3

Buy: Vinyl @ Giant Step (US), CD @ Amazon (UK)

Hurry On Now

A quick post for someone who holds a very special place in my heart and is celebrating a birthday today.
Thinking of you.
XC

Download 02_hurry_on_now.mp3