Cassette Culture Old

Musical Mood: Upbeat and happy!
Rough Genre: Jazz/Soul/Electro

In an effort to interest a new generation of music fans, the Verve record label decided to open their vaults to a host of budding remixers asking them to work their magic on some classic jazz and soul tracks. The results, in my opinion vary enourmously, but Verve have released a series of compilation albums which have been fairly successful. The tracks I have here today are brilliant renditions. First up, Diplo reworks California Soul into an atmosphere building intro track. Second, possibly one of the best remixes I've heard in a long time, Felix Da Housecat sets to work on Nina Simone track Sinnerman and comes up with a mind-blowing, danceable track. I think this is probably exactly what Verve had in mind. Finally, this Archie Shepp track kicks off straight away. Great remix from Mondo Grosso.


Marlena Shaw - California Soul (Diplo's Mad Decent mix)
.



Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House mix)
.


Archie Shepp - Blues For Brother George Jackson (Mondo Grosso Next Wave mix)
.

Buy Verve Remixed 2 @Amazon

Musical Mood: Sit down and relax with an orange (relaxing, chilled-out tune)
Rough genre: Soul tinged with tiny little bits of electro

Well today I'm stuck inside revising statistics which always brings joy to my heart and a tear to my eye. But there are advantages to sitting inside all day. I've seen some intriguing things, for example, this man has walked past my window 3 times in the last ten minutes always in the same direction. How is he doing this?? He must be doing laps of the block...but why?

I've also seen a small group of roguish looking children charge across the street into the bushes opposite wielding knives (yes KNIVES) and start to hack at the various pieces of vegetation. At this moment in time they appear to have obscured themselves in the scrub, perhaps waiting for an innocent passer-by....OH MY GOD! The walking man!! I must warn him!

But first, here's some sweet sweet soul, given a little edge by deck-dancing master Diplo. I caught this song on a Manchester student radio (Fuse FM) show called Gruvi. The show is commandeered by an extremely music-smart chap called Jon who regularly explores musical worlds I personally rarely encounter (Jazz, Soul, Brazilian!). You can listen to some archived shows here. There are certainly some quirky guests on the show, such as the infamous "Lyrics Sean" who warmed my statistic-heavy heart when he gave a shout-out to Cassette Culture the other day!

Anyway, listen to this I'm off to rescue a man from the knife children.


Marlena Shaw - California Soul (Diplo remix)

www.myspace.com/officialmarlenashaw
www.myspace.com/diplo
Fuse FM's Gruvi