The folks over at Dutch soul site Quality Time have put together this free EP tribute to Nicolay, in honor of The Foreign Exchange’s Grammy nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category for the song “Daykeeper.” We’ve got our fingers crossed that they scoop up the award tonight!
Tracklist:
01. The Foreign Exchange ft. Muhsinah – Daykeeper [...]

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Strictly Social resident, and one of LA’s best DJs, DJ Destroyer has kindly put together this exclusive mix for us. Featuring some soulful beats and cerebral soundscapes, Destroyer displays his usual impeccable taste.
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Tracklist:
1. STAY HERE – MUHSINAH
2. FOR THE HUNGRY CATS – PORTFORMAT
3. PLANETARIUM – IMAN WILLIAMS
4. SON (FEAT. [...]

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Here’s some thangs my soulful colleagues are blogging about this week:
Nu-Soul Mag talks to soulstress Amel Larrieux
Pinboard has an in-depth interview with Muhsinah
As usual, SongsInTheKeyofLife has the scoop on another great show, this time from UK soul legend, Omar
Check out Anjulie’s “Boom” video at Adventures of An Audio Diva

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Credit to Illmami @ Soulbounce for posting this.
I was huge fan of GB’s Soundtrack For Sunrise album waaay back in 2004 but hadn’t heard much from GB since. Not sure if that’s because he wasn’t up to much, or I just wasn’t up on it. Either way I was excited to see that this free [...]

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Strictly Social’s DJ Destroyer has put together another dope mix that captures the essence of LA’s best progressive soul/hip-hop/electronica monthly. Check the tracklist below and download the niceness. Thanks Destroyer!
Download here:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/54447718faa69551/
Track listing
1. BELIEVE – Q TIP
2. ONCE AGAIN – MUHSINAH
3. THIS MOMENT – ANONAMAS
4. BOND 4 LIFE – BLACK MILK
5. M.I.L.F. FT. BILAL – 88-KEYS
6. [...]

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Jay Scarlett let’s us know what’s up:
Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
Muhsinah – Day Break 2.0
Q-Tip – The Renaissance
Santogold – Santogold
Benga – Dairy Of An Afro Warrior
Daru & Reggie B – Future Music
Theo Parrish – Soundsculptures Vol 1
Aqeel – Inside The Mind Of An Afro American angel
Erykah Badu – New Amerykah
Coultrain – Adventures Of [...]

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The very dope Muhsinah has just dropped a digital release The Oscillations: Sine which looks like it will be followed by The Oscillations: Triangle. According to the discography on her site she released an EP called The Oscillations back in 2005 so I’m not sure if this is 100% new material, or perhaps an extension [...]

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So unless you’ve been under a rock as of late, you’re probably hip to the fact that the much-lauded pairing of Dutch beatmaker Nicolay + Little Brother’s Phonte AKA The Foreign Exchange are about to drop another album. Leave It All Behind will be dropping digitally on October 7th with a double CD release to [...]

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So the dope folks over at ArtDontSleep have another killer show coming up for all you LA heads. On August 8th you can catch Platinum Pied Pipers, Muhsinah, and DJ sets from Kutmah and The Gas Lamp Killer. All the official details and such are below. Go have fun kids.
KCRW, ECHOPLEX AND ARTDONTSLEEP PRESENTS
Performances by [...]

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