luv394

jazz
luv394 A Shade Of Blue

A Shade Of Blue

well, it finally happened. she kicked me out. it’s over. i’m left to my own devices, picking up the pieces of my life. all i got going for me is this dingy, run down, lonely hotel room, a bottle of whiskey, some reefer, the night, the rain and some blue jazz on the radio. it’ll do for tonight. after i sleep this off i will deal with tomorrow.
image : Lionel

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Tracklist:
  1. My One And Only Love – Grant Green – Blue Note (1962/1985/2019)
  2. You’ve Changed – Yusef Lateef – Prestige (1961/1966)
  3. N.Y.C.’s No Lark – Bill Evans – Verve (1963/2013)
  4. Everything Happens To Me – Tina Brooks – Blue Note (1958/1980/2019)
  5. Drad-Dog – Miles Davis Sextet – Columbia (1961)
  6. What’s New – Ahmad Jamal Trio – Argo / Cadet (1958)
  7. Le Fleurs Africaines (African Flower) – Duke Ellington / Charlie Mingus / Max Roach – United Artists Jazz / Blue Note (1962/2020)
  8. What Is There To Say? – Sonny Rollins – Riverside Records / Milestone (1957/1973)
  9. Time After Time – Ben Webster – Verve (1959)
  10. Alicia – Eddie Harris – Exodus Records (1961)
  11. Modal – The Joe Harriott Quintet – Columbia / DOXY (1963/2014)
  12. Something I Dreamed Last Night – John Coltrane – Prestige (1958/1965/1990)

luv393

trip hop
luv393 Lolloping Loops

Lolloping Loops

lay back into this heavy blend of blunted beats and lidded grooves. a classic trip hop sound from luv (circa mid-nineties) formed with three turntables, a mixer and a deep dive into the Record Canyon.
image : Freddie Four-Eyes

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Tracklist:
  1. No Turn Unstoned – Luke Vibert – Mo Wax (1997)
  2. Fuck Dub (Baby Mammoth Mix 1) – Tosca – G-Stone Recordings (1997)
  3. Pathways – Runaways – Ultimate Dilemma (1995)
  4. Vampyress (Demo Dub) – Depth Charge – DC Recordings (1995)
  5. Thin Blue Line – Inevidence – Pussyfoot (1997)
  6. The Night Side – The Prunes – Mo Wax Excursions (1995)
  7. Lord Forgive Me Part III – DJ Vadim – Ninja Tune (1997)
  8. Small World – Small World – Hard Hands (1995)
  9. East West (MaKru Dub by Makossa + Peter Kruder) – Mama Oliver – Uptight (1996)
  10. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bong Bong – James Bong – 2 Kool (1995)
  11. Original Bedroom Rockers – Kruder & Dorfmeister – G-Stone Recordings (1993)
  12. What’s Behind Darkness – DJ Krush – Mo Wax (1995)
  13. Djed (Bruise Blood Mix by U.N.K.L.E.) – Tortoise – Thrill Jockey (1996)
  14. Radio Nova – Sie – Pussyfoot (1996)
  15. Nikto – Margoo – Lo Recordings (1997)
  16. Subculture – REQ – Skint (1996)
  17. Japanese Flute (DJ Food Remix) – Spaceways – Cup Of Tea Records (1995)

luv392

rock 'n' roll
luv392 Upholstery Farm

Upholstery Farm

back in the day Davey, Mickey, John and i would head downtown to this boss club called the Upholstery Farm. it was an amazing space, lots of levels, hideaway nooks and a big dancefloor. the place was totally psychedelicized. it use to be a fabric warehouse back in the 1940s but for a few years in the sixties it was the best place to hang out, pick up chicks and dance our cares away. it closed at the end of 1968 due to shady dealings but i will never forget the groovy tunes we would shake and shimmy to every night at the Upholstery Farm.
image : Jack Jodie

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Tracklist:
  1. Come On In – The Association – Warner Bros. (1968)
  2. Here Comes My Baby – The Tremeloes – Epic (1967)
  3. All Strung Out Over You – The Chambers Brothers – Columbia (1966/1971)
  4. Just The Way You Are – The Strangeloves – Bang Records / Real Gone Music (1965/2019)
  5. Breathe In My Ear – The Shags – Kayden Records / Particles (1967/2019)
  6. Stone Free – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Polydor / Experience Hendrix / Legacy (1966/2016)
  7. Shape Of Things To Come – Davie Allan and The Arrows – Tower / Sundazed (1969/2004)
  8. Incense And Peppermints – The Strawberry Alarm Clock – UNI Records (1967)
  9. The Eagle Never Hunts The Fly – The Bonniwell Music Machine – Warner Bros. / Real Gone Music (1968/2020)
  10. Sock It To Me, Baby – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels – Bell Records / Quality Records (1967/1981)
  11. Drunken Maria – The Monks – International Polydor Production / Universal Music Special Markets (1966/2011)
  12. Gingerbread Man – Tommy James and The Shondells – Roulette (1968)
  13. I Can Dig It – Booker T. & The MG’s – Stax (1968)
  14. Gonna Hang Around – The Golliwogs – Fantasy / Craft Recordings / Scorpio (1965/2017)
  15. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds – Jefferson Airplane – RCA Victor / Sundazed (1967/2002)
  16. Throw My Love Away – The Honeybus – Deram / Hanky Panky Records / Mapache Records (1967/2019)
  17. Color Me True – Sly & The Family Stone – Epic (1968)

luv391

ambient revolution, electronic listening music
luv391 Flummoxed

Flummoxed

my mind has been a jumble of confusion. so i took the swirling sounds, off-kilter rhythms and odd sonic signatures running loose in my mind and, with a synthesis of new and old, created a timeless void where we can go when we need to lose ourselves.
image : Nester Stronghook

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Tracklist:
  1. Dark Plasma – Joel Vandroogenbroeck – Coloursound Library / Aguirre Records (1980/2015)
  2. Frankel – Mapstation – Soul Static Sound (2000)
  3. Elettronica [#5] – Ennio Morricone – Death Waltz Recording Company (1975/2017)
  4. Describing Bodies – Oneohtrix Point Never – Editions Mego (2010)
  5. アトムのB.G.M. – Matsuo Ohno – ALM Records / Survival Research (1975/2019)
  6. Without Excess – Speaker Music – Planet Mu (2019)
  7. Fabbrica N.4 – Gerardo Iacoucci – Canopo / Intervallo (1972/2017)
  8. Drone – Tod Dockstader – Owl Records / DOXY (1962/1966/2014)
  9. The Crocodile – Shit And Shine – Editions Mego (2017)
  10. Summit Melody – Team Doyobi – Skam (2004)
  11. 葆光飴 Hokouame – Sugai Ken – Discrepant (2018)
  12. Butterfly No. 3 – Morton Subotnick – Columbia (1974)
  13. Vegetable – Black Dice – Paw Tracks (2009)
  14. Walk – Freeform – Skam (2005)

luv390

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, odd pop, weird
luv390 Don't Mind Me

Don’t Mind Me

oh, hi there. don’t mind me. i am just putting some beautiful music up on the interwebs. much like i have been doin’ for about… oh well would you look at that. seems that this here mixtape marks the 10th year that dj luv’s records have been going around. that’s a mighty long time. but i’m here to tell ya that i don’t mind. no sir, not one bit. why i would be making these darn mixtapes anyway so i figure why not share ’em. so don’t you worry, you can keep expectin’ ’em, cos as far near as i can tell we have only scratched the surface of what the Record Canyon has tucked away. thanks to those who have listened and shared. spread the luv, that’s what i always say.
photo : Liz Pieries

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Tracklist:
  1. Never In And Never Out – Animals On Wheels – Ntone (1999)
  2. Carousel – Iron and Wine – Sub Pop (2007)
  3. Being It – Arthur Russell – Upside Records / Audika (1986/2005)
  4. Seascape – Dick Mills for BBC Radiophonic Workshop – BBC Records / Silva Screen (1983/2016)
  5. I Know They Say – Spectrum – Silvertone Records / Medical Records LLC (1994/2018)
  6. Preludietto – Alessandro Alessandroni – SR Records / Sonor Music Editions (1972/2019)
  7. Wesak – Gimmer Nicholson – Peabody / Light In The Attic (1969/1981/2016)
  8. Mama Kilio E – Jean-Bosco Mwenda – Mississippi Records (2019)
  9. Blumenthal – Ulrich Schnauss – City Centre Offices / Scripted Realities (2003/2020)
  10. Master Of The Game – Silica Gel – Wifflefist / Future Logic Development Corporation (1993/2016)
  11. Cave Ballad – Andy Hull & Robert McDowell ft. Paul Dano – Lakeshore Records (2016)
  12. Deep – Hex – Ninja Tune (1993)
  13. This Side Of The Blue – Joanna Newsom – Drag City (2004)
  14. The Distance – Manual – Morr Music (2002)
  15. Long Distance Look – Steve Hiett – CBS/Sony / Efficient Space / Be With Records (1983/2019)
  16. Canto Triste – MPB-4 – Philips (1975/1982)
  17. Children Crying – The Congos – Black Art / Blood And Fire (1977/1996)
  18. Intogeymy – The Lower Buttons – Ubuntu Publishing (1964/2014)
  19. Naima – John Coltrane – Atlantic (1960)

luv389

electronic listening music, odd pop
luv389 Down In The Basement

Down In The Basement

moody alternate reality radio from down in the basement.
photo : sdl

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Tracklist:
  1. Anyone Around – Jessy Lanza – Hyperdub (2020)
  2. I Vanish – Ziúr – Planet Mu (2019)
  3. Sequential Circuits – Panda Bear – Domino (2014)
  4. Strawberry Privilege – Yves Tumor – Warp (2020)
  5. Amarillo – Gorillaz – Parlophone (2010)
  6. Text Of Intent – Larry Gus – DFA (2019)
  7. Off The Rails – The Notwist – City Slang (2002)
  8. City Hell – Jockstrap – Warp (2020)
  9. Foul Mouth – Mouse On Mars ft. Amanda Blank & Zach Condon – Thrill Jockey (2018)
  10. uknowhatimsayin¿ – Danny Brown ft. Obongjayar – Warp (2019)
  11. Enough – Kelela – Warp (2017)
  12. Down In The Basement – Catnapp – Monkeytown Records (2019)
  13. Loon – Darkstar – Warp (2020)
  14. You And I – Caribou – Merge (2020)
  15. Before – Bibio – Warp (2019)
  16. Talk To Me – John Matthias – Lifelike (2001)

luv388

techno
luv388 Showing You The Cracks

Showing You The Cracks

techno is a pure dance music designed to take the cacophony of everyday chaos and organize it in just the right manner as to make a dancefloor erupt with timeless uncontrollable grooves. as serious rhythms free flow from the speakers we are witness to the breaking apart of all that we know. the cracks can no longer be hidden.
image : a close up of the surface of the Sun taken from the satellite of luv

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Tracklist:
  1. FX Dial – Humanoid – Rephlex (1984/2003)
  2. Radius (Surgeon Remix) – Daniel Avery – Phantasy Sound (2018)
  3. Daddy’s In The Basement Diggin’ Gravy – Tube Jerk – iLL (1999)
  4. Creature – 80xx – Plus 8 Records (2015)
  5. Off – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2016)
  6. Who Diz? – Puente Latino – Pirmevil (1998)
  7. War Of The Worlds (Epic Mix) – Dark Comedy – Transmat / Mint Condition (1992/2019)
  8. O-Ton Reassembled 4 – Luke Slater – Ostgut Ton (2020)
  9. Baradatrax – Barada – Definitive Records (1994)
  10. A Walking Contradiction Part II – Adam Beyer – Plus 8 Records (2005)
  11. The Visit – Cristian Vogel – Solid Recordings / Sub Rosa (1996/2016)
  12. Medium – Syntheme – Planet Mu (2007)
  13. Serpentine – My My – Playhouse (2005)
  14. Acknowledgements (V2) – Cari Lekebusch – H. Productions (1998)
  15. Chase – Robert Hood – Tresor (1994/2018)
  16. Lab Rat 5 – Lab Rat XL – Clone (2003/2017)
  17. Raw Trax 4 – Surgeon – Dynamic Tension Records (2019)
  18. Moment 2 – Transllusion – Clone Aqualung Series (2018)

luv387

blues 'n' folk, country 'n' western, rock 'n' roll
luv387 Take That Long Walk With Me

Take That Long Walk With Me

guitar wielding troubadours strumming their way to salvation, singing their truth to the horizon for all to hear. music for all the mornings still to live.
image : Mike Toppe remixed with luv

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Tracklist:
  1. Morning Morgantown – Joni Mitchell – Reprise (1970)
  2. She Came And She Touched Me – Townes Van Zandt – Poppy / Fat Possum Records (1969/2007)
  3. Cross Country Bus – Lee Hazlewood – Light In The Attic (1955/2019)
  4. Owls – Leo Kottke – Capitol (1972)
  5. Election Day – Blaze Foley – Fat Possum Records (1976/2010/2016)
  6. Down From Dover – Dolly Parton – RCA Victor / The Omni Recording Corporation / The Iron Mountain Analogue Research Facility (1970/2019)
  7. Sin City – The Flying Burrito Bros – A&M / Intervention Records (1969/2017)
  8. Billy Austin – Steve Earle – Geffen (1990/2016)
  9. Diagonal – Richard Crandell – Cutthroat Records / Numero Group (1980/2008)
  10. Star Of Bethlehem – Neil Young – Reprise (1975/2020)
  11. You’re Dead – Norma Tanega – New Voice Records / Real Gone Music (1966/2019)
  12. The Animal Of Man – Roger Miller – Columbia / The Omni Recording Corporation / The Iron Mountain Analogue Research Facility (1973/2020)
  13. Funeral Song For Mississippi John Hurt – John Fahey and His Orchestra – Reprise (1972)
  14. Your Memory Has A Mind Of It’s Own – Willie Nelson – Legacy / Sony Music (2017)
  15. I Shall Be Released – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1971)

luv386

disco, funk 'n' soul, jazz
luv386 Dance Our Way Out Of Our Constrictions

Dance Our Way Out Of Our Constrictions

uplifting disco sounds over hardwood floors covered with die hard dancers gettin’ down just for the funk of it. it’s either really late or really early but either way this loft, with it’s big windows overlooking the Big Apple, is movin’ to unstoppable jazz grooves spun out on 2 turntables plugged into an impeccable sound system. the party people here know that this place is special and they have waited the whole night to get to this point. welcome to the after the after party party, you can come in but you can’t stop dancin’.
image : Chules Panner

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Tracklist:
  1. One Nation Under A Groove – Funkadelic – Warner Bros / Charly Records (1978/1993)
  2. Diskette – Henri-Pierre Noël – Hpn / Wah-Wah 45s (1979/2012)
  3. Do You Love What You Feel – Rufus & Chaka – MCA (1979)
  4. Lansana’s Priestess – Donald Byrd – Blue Note (1973)
  5. Change – Zulema – Lejoint (1978)
  6. Super Strut – Deodato – CTI Records (1973)
  7. I Thought It Was You – Herbie Hancock – Columbia (1979/2019)
  8. Los Conquistadores Chocolatés – Johnny Hammond – Milestone / BGP Records (1975/2015)
  9. Expansions – Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Flying Dutchman (1975/2020)
  10. Blackbyrd’s Theme – The Blackbyrds – Fantasy (1974)
  11. Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – McFadden & Whitehead – Philadelphia International Records (1979)
  12. Me And My Music – Candi Staton – Warner Bros. (1979)

luv385

hip hop
luv385 Black Rage Amplified Over Dope Beats

Black Rage Amplified Over Dope Beats

“We’ve been warning people about this, man, for like 30 years… injustice… you know pressure busts pipes, and it’s out of control. I don’t think Black people want anything more than justice… We’re angry at unarmed Black people being murdered in the streets.” – Ice-T in discussion with L.L. Cool J 6/1/2020

the Black Lives Matter protests are warranted, justified and needed. after all the footage, stories, documentation, lawsuits and societal consequences we have to admit that police brutality is a reality for a portion of our society and that is unacceptable. as a people we have to create a better way to care for everyone we share the planet with, no matter our differences.

hip hop produced artists who interpreted the Black experience in such a visceral way that it shook me as a youth. their revolutionary sounds showed me an alternate view of the world, one that differed from biased news reports and systematically racist entertainment industry offerings. these powerful voices made their way to the ears of a generation without any help from mainstream media outlets and a powerfully racist backlash that demonized their sounds and attempted to silence their truths. it seems, to quote Ice-T again, that “Black rage amplified over dope beats” was too powerful to contain; especially when that rage is justified and the beats are bumpin’.

now after centuries of injustices the pipes have burst and we can no longer be willfully ignorant of the demons in our past. we have to face the uncomfortable truths together, and collectively do the right thing for the future.
image : Black Lives Matter Plaza, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

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Tracklist:
  1. Black Is Black — The Jungle Brothers ft. Q-Tip — Warlock Records (1988)
  2. Invasion — Jeru The Damaja — Payday / FFFR (1996)
  3. Sound Of Da Police — KRS-ONE — Jive (1993/2004)
  4. 100 Miles And Runnin’ – N.W.A. – Ruthless Records / Priority Records (1990/2002)
  5. Can’t Truss It — Public Enemy — Def Jam Recordings (1991/2015)
  6. Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside) — Ice Cube ft. Chuck D — Priority Records (1990/2003)
  7. Freedom Or Death — Stetsasonic — Tommy Boy (1988/2001)
  8. Message To The Soldier — Ice-T — Rhyme $yndicate Records / Priority Recordss / RockBeat Records (1993/2011)
  9. Break The Grip Of Shame (The Final Call) — Paris — Scareface Records / Tommy Boy / FFFR (1989)
  10. excerpt from Ain’t A Damn Thing Changed — Ice-T — Rhyme $yndicate Records / Priority Recordss / RockBeat Records (1993/2011)
  11. Time For Us To Defend Ourselves — M.C. Shan — Cold Chillin’ / Warner Bros. (1990)
  12. Illegal Search — L.L. Cool J — Def Jam Recordings (1990)
  13. Who Protects Us From You? – Boogie Down Productions — Jive (1989)
  14. Police State — Dead Prez — Loud Records (2000/2015)
  15. Just A Friendly Game Of Baseball — Main Source — Wild Pitch Records (1991/2017)
  16. Officer — The Pharcyde — Delicious Vinyl / Four Music (1992/2000)
  17. F**K The Police — Jay Dee — Up Above Records (2001)
  18. Fight The Power — Public Enemy — Def Jam Recordings (1990)