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 (*Grammy genomineerd)
02. United Soul ft. Phonte & Yahzarah – Soul Clap remix
03. The Foreign Exchange – Nic’s Groove (Live @ Sirius/XM Radio)
04. Nicolay ft. Carlitta Durand – Lose Your Way
05. The Foreign Exchange/?uestlove – Purple Flip
06. Vikter Duplaix – Electric love (Nicolay Vocal Mix)

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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. SUZI ANALOGUE) – MINDESIGN
5. LA SAMBA – AFTA-1
6. ELECTRIC LOVE (NICOLAY REMIX) – VIKTER DUPLAIX
7. THE MEANING – 14KT
8. THRONES – GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW
9. CRAZY YOU (FEAT. SY SMITH) – ZO!
10. BEYOND 2012 – DAM FUNK
11. AMERICA (REVISITED) – JIMETTA ROSE

Soulbounce.com’s Butta gave us her top picks for the year:

Reel People – Seven Ways To Wonder
Little Brother – Leave It All Behind
Jazzanova – Of All the Things
Eric Benet – Love & Life
Erik Rico - Journey Back To Me
Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
Angela Johnson – A Woman’s Touch, Vol. 1
Nikka Costa – Pebble To A Pearl
Nicolay & Kay - Time:Line
Maiysha – This Much Is True

Butta, Executive Editor
SoulBounce
www.SoulBounce.com

Here’s a new joint from Peter Hadar. “Watermelon” is a collabo with producer Nicolay and features one of his trademark soulful hip-hop beats. It’s taken from a new mixtape from DJ Jamad. Also in the works is a an EP of baby-makin’ music, “She’s 4 Months.” Don’t forget that you can also cop Peter’s excellent albums Memories of The Heart and Well Dressed For The Art Show at MobileUnderground.com.

Listen to “Watermelon”
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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 follow on October 14th including a full instrumental disc. So if you’re not already salivating just at the thought of this impending goodness, take a listen to the first single “Daykeeper” featuring Muhsinah, and also the album sampler. After wrapping your ears around this, you’ll be drooling for sure. Less hip-hop, and more soul/downtempo/jazz, Leave It All Behind seems like it’s going to be sonically beautiful and a must-have. “Daykeeper” is a fresh track with a smooth, soulful beat that feels like sunrise. Go grab it here:http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/daykeeper.php

The album sampler can be found here:

http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/LIAB_sampler.zip

Foreign Exchange Leave It All Behind Sampler
a. Take Off The Blues
b. All or Nothing
c. Something To Behold
d. If This Is Love
e. If She Breaks Your Heart