So what can I say, Life was on fire last night! I don’t think I have ever been down there when it has been that packed. The music was amazing, Souleance absolutely smashed it (you should really go and get their EP Le Monde), DJ Shuya Okino from Kyoto Jazz Massive played some banging tunes, and the mood in general was on top with people dancing and drinking and having a good time. Bumped into some people I haven’t seen for a while, like Simbad (who made a great mix for Brainfeeder a couple of weeks ago called The Supercosmic Revolution Vol.1 that you can download here if you haven’t already!), Dayo (!!!) and some other nice Brownswood peeps. And if that wasn’t enough, I now really want to get myself an MPC!
Flugeance (1/2 of Souleance) doing his little thing in the video above. I WANT ONE TOO!
Afternoon my darlings!
I came across this beautiful cover of Creep by Kissey Asplund this morning and thought I would share it with you guys. Many people here in the UK seem to be surprised every time I mention she is from my hometown in Sweden. But there you go, you learn something new every day I guess. If any of you Sweds want to check out her groovy little Swedish blog, you can go here. If not, visit her english one here.
Much love! x
Morning!
Another day in this boiling office… Although the “big boys” are out, so it is just me, Chris and Kim. Went and saw Moby with Rob last night at the Royal Festival Hall. I was very pleasantly surprised I have to admit. I didn’t know what to expect since I haven’t really been listening to his newish stuff, but the gig was great and I had a really good time. The crowed was very mixed, and I enjoyed the fact that all 3000 people stood up and danced during some of the songs, going completely crazy.
I also had an epiphany during the show. I realised that almost every single person I have been in a relationship with or who has liked me has had some kind of “father issues”. Some of you might know a bit about my own family situation and my somewhat strange relationship to my dad, so yes, it felt a bit weird to realise it.
Anyways, I should get on with work, but I hope you have a nice day! Don’t forget to come downstairs at Life tonight! Kyoto Jazz Massive will be there, alongside Dom (the don) Servini, The bPm & maybe Gilles Peterson (if he is back from Cuba…) Hopefully I will see some of you there!
Here we are again with yet another OrsiiCast. I might not have been aware of it when I first selected the tunes for this new podcast, but it very much represents how I have been feeling lately. Some ups & some downs, fussing & fighting, smiling & loving, a bit like this mix. It includes some new tunes from Sa Ra Creative Partners, Quantic And His Combo Bárbaro and Lee Fields & The Expressions to name a few, and some old goodies like Dusty Springfield’s “Spooky” and one of my favourite tracks, “Why Can’t There Be Love”, with Dee Edwards. The photo used for this mid-summer edition was taken by my new work colleague and friend Chris, who has a very cool website and takes pretty goddamn amazing pictures. Have a look at his stuff here and follow his tweets here! And with that I will round off, but if you have any requests or recommendations for the coming podcast, or if you feel like sharing your opinion, leave me a comment! Enjoy.
Tracklisting for OrsiiCast 6:
01. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – How Do You Let A Good Man Down?
02. Lee Fields & The Expressions – Money I$ King
03. Kylie Auldist – Ship Inside A Bottle
04. Dee Edwards – Why Can’t There Be Love
05. The Coup – My Favorite Mutiny
06. Galactic – And I’m Out Feat. Mr Lif
07. Afu Ra – Voodoo Child Feat. DJ Cam (DJ Premier Remix)
08. Sa Ra Creative Partners – Bitch Baby
09. Dusty Springfield – Spooky
10. J Dilla – Light My Fire
11. Stevie Wonder – Light My Fire
12. Dojo Cuts – Mama Told Me Feat. Roxie Ray
13. Quantic And His Combo Bárbaro – I Just Fell In Love Again Feat. Kabir
14. Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
15. John Robinson – All Behind Me Feat. Tiffany Paige
16. Madlib – Please Set Me at Ease
17. LTC – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Hello!
Another Monday, another week to get through. I must say that this weekend has been great. I managed to clean the entire house yesterday (which I am very proud of), then Gavin came around and we went down to Brick Lane for a couple of drinks and some good tunes from the bPm (Thristian). Bumped into Chris (Junior Designer at my new work) and he joined us for a little while. Had some weird Banana Bread Beer which really fucked up my stomach. It tasted like those marshmellow looking banana candy things, not bad, but totally not something that would go down well with my tummy. Although safe to say that it was the perfect finishing touch to this great weekend. A bit of sun, lots of different types of people, a nice & happy atmosphere, great tunes, and a couple of relaxing drinks.
Meeting up with Gavin, Soph & Jason tonight to go to a comedy night just off Pentonville Road, then tomorrow me and Rob are going to see Moby. Just got an invite to Life on Wednesday where apparently Kyoto Jazz Massive will be spinning some tunes so definitely have to go downstairs for that! And then we have the Taste of London Festival in Regents Park on Thursday that Im going to with the office. Not to mention the various stuff that are happing at the weekend… A rather busy week for me I guess!
I should brush my teeth and head off to work, but I hope you have a lovely day! x
Song of the day
I am cleaning away, almost done, need to have another shower me thinks. But this mix has really lifted my spirits! Get it from Myspace or from here (where you can see the tracklisting).
Afternoon peeps!
It has been a crazy couple of days. The weekday madness from Wednesday night really hurt my soul on Thursday.Was so nice to see Cata and have a quick catch up. Life was dead, but the tunes were good and the company was amazing and I had a great time. Got home around 4am, had 3 hours sleep, and yes, safe to say the daylight was making me feel horrible until about 2-3pm.
Had a quiet night on Thursday, with the tube strike going strong, I went and had a coffee with Rob. We went for a little walk in the sunshine, and I came home and finished off the new podcast (YES IT WILL COME AS SOON AS I HAVE TIME TO UPLOAD IT).
Friday I hooked up with the boys from Airlock. Went for some after work drinks, convinced them to come down with me to Cable. After becoming a bit tipsy, I hurried home to drop my stuff off and quickly get changed. Went down to meet them by London Bridge, had some more drinks. Went to Cable, got lost in the madness, met a boy, lost the boy, danced a little, was given a mission, failed before I even started, decided to leave, ended up taking a cab with Ravi to his place, had some deep heartfelt conversation on his couch about love and life, felt very happy and blessed to have such good friends in my life, fell asleep, woke up around 10am because my eyes were crying, had some water, and went back to bed.
Saturday was meant to be big cleaning day, but me and Ravi got up around 1pm. Listened to some tunes until about 2.30pm, went to the Breakfast Club in Angel to get some breakie. Was meant to go home and clean, but gave up on the idea because the weather was so nice. We strolled around Angel for a little while, got a frame for a print he had bought the week before. Went on a little second hand mission to find him a coffee table, didnt find anything we liked, got thirsty, and went to have a drink in the sunshine. Then we parted, I came home and had a quick shower to then go and have din dins at Sophies new place.
Met up with Sophie and Jason, had 3½ bottles of wine, giggled and ate some great food Soph had cooked. I was personally sitting there and once again thinking how lucky I am to have so many amazing people in my life, and what a fucking fool I am for not making more of an effort to meet up with them more regularly. We decided that Jason is hosting the next get together, and also that we will arrange to go and see some burlesque just before my birthday. All in all, a great night and a perfect ending to a 2 day madness extravaganza.
Today I woke up and started cleaning way too early for a weekend, decided to have a coffee break and give you guys an update. Listening to Mixed up in love by Bullion, smiling, excited about seeing Gavin and heading down to Brick Lane to see Thristian and chilling to some nice music.
So yes, it has been a long, a bit messy, but very good weekend. I am so happy! Now, I need to get back to this cleaning business, but I hope youve had a nice weekend too! Much love to you all!
Bleep
Morning! Just wanted to quickly let you know about this event that will be happening. Its at Cable near London Bridge and should be great. One of my personal favourites, Bullion, will be playing and other One-Handed Music peeps like Paul White and Alex Chase (who Ive never had the pleasure to see playing yet). Let me know if you wanna come!
This is such a summer tune. Enjoy peeps!
I can’t fall asleep… I have been listening to this new tune lately. Wasn’t sure what to think of it when I first heard it, but I have to admit, it has really grown on me. We all know how much I adore José and I can’t wait for the new album! The Dreamer was on repeat last summer, so safe to say that my expectations are rather high. But yeah, in case you haven’t heard “Promise In Love”, here it is:
