Us & Us: Moods And Whims

A Motion Mixtape for Phuture Frequency

Transmitting from Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Supplying musical therapy by way of vinyl, CD, cassette, and MP3

This mix was recorded on January 10, 2015 in one take. The Herbie Hancock PSA at the beginning was added in afterwards. It begins and ends on a jazz note: the spiritual flight of South Africa’s own Tumi Mogorosi to start while closing with the Afrobeat slow burn of The Shaolin Afronauts (which has to be one of the best band names ever). Lots of different places and spaces were visited in between. There’s the psychedelic rock of Relay, the electronic pop perfection of Nautic, the quirky digital funk of Lavender Worm and Lil Texas, and a rare moment of poignancy from Negativland. Fitzroy North and Thrupence are both given a chance to mess with an old Son House cut for their respective pieces while Memotone & Soosh turn in a cut that’s both beaut iful and fierce all at once. Unconventional hymnal additions are courtesy of Clarence Fountain’s take on an old gospel standard and Daru Jones honoring the late, great Andrae Crouch beat flip style. (Keep in mind that Daru’s tribute was released just over three years before brother Crouch was called home.)

Hopefully this mix will serve you well during the more introspective and contemplative moments of your life or simply make for good chill out music when you need it most. To all those who made it through the collective unraveling of our society that was 2014, I salute you. I hope and pray that this year can be better for all of us. Regards and respect…

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Track list:

1. Tumi Mogorosi – Inner Emergence [Jazzman Records]

2. Kratos Himself – Emerald City [Jus Like Music Records]

3. Lavender Worm – Hot Barbeque [Raha & Tunteet]

4. Fitzroy North – In Yer Face feat. Son House [Tiburoni]

5. Thrupence – Don’t You Mind [Bandcamp]

6. Kidkanevil – Shunkanido [Project: Mooncircle]

7. Relay – Project For The Palace [Bubble Core]

8. Nautic – Lay Back [DEEK Recordings]

9. Cocteau Twins – Watchlar [4AD]

10. Lil Texas – Whoah [Donky Pitch]

11. Alain Goraguer – Le Bracelet / Ten Et Tiwa [Superior Viaduct]

12. Jonny Faith – Slumber [Tru Thoughts]

13. David Lee Jr. – Second Line March [Soul Jazz]

14. Rocket Juice & The Moon – Chop-Chop [Honest Jon’s Records]

15. Negativland – View To The Sun [Seeland]

16. Daru Jones – I Used To Think [Rusic Records/Bandcamp]

17. Clarence Fountain – This Little Light Of Mine [Harmless]

18. Scrimshire – Driftwood [Bandcam p]

19. Memotone & Soosh – First Avenue [Project: Mooncircle]

20. The Shaolin Afronauts – Caravan To Tao Ceti [Freestyle]

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