A Pocket Sized Mixtape Vol. 10: The Boogie Back

'The Boogie Back' is Vol. 10 in the 'Pocket Sized Mixtape' series, and it sees the selection narrowed to some funk and soul-filled, disco-flavoured boogie bangers that always make me shake what my momma gave me. And then some.

You can listen AND download from SoundCloud or MixCloud. If you're interested in a playlist, I suggest you head towards MixCloud...

Enjoy. And watch this space for Vol. 11 dropping soon...

Bumps: Mandrill 'Dance Of Love'

Classic 1980 funky disco boogie from Mandrill, a band centered around the three Wilson Brothers. Taken from the album 'Getting In The Mood', the song Dance Of Love is a stone cold floorfiller. I love it. I hope you do too.


Mandrill - Dance Of Love by bro90

Review: Frank Booker Boogie Tape

Various Artists
FRANK BOOKER BOOGIE TAPE
Compiled and Mixed by Frank Booker
[Independent]

SoundCloud really is a bloody marvellous thing. DJs, producers and musicians can upload their tunes, edits and mixes onto their own page on the site for Joe Blow to listen to in his/her own time. Perhaps it's the simplicity which makes it so attractive. Whatevers. The reason I'm blathering on about this (and I probably should acknowledge that if you've made it as far as reading my blog, you inevitably already know wtf SoundCloud is...) is that I've recently been spending a lot more time on the site, and would like to begin sharing some of the goodness I regularly stumble upon. Starting right here: the Frank Booker Boogie Tape is a 50+min "pause tape" of classics soul and boogie tunes from the likes of The Jones Girls, Deodato, Chanson, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, Unlimited Touch, Central Line and many, many others - there's even an MJ tune (in the form of the classy, understated Todd Terje edit), all lovingly put together by Mr Booker himself. I can't fault a single selection, as they're all top drawer stuff. Get amongst this mix and cop his vinyl releases on Wonderful Noise, Untracked, Fine Art and Sleazy Beats.

4 stars from 5

Check out the whole tape here and you can even download it for free.
Also worth a gander is the Hit It and Quit It Radio Revue Vol. 1, compiled and mixed by Recloose and Frank Booker.

Bumps: Daryl Hall & Chromeo 'I Can't Go For That'

Would you trust these men? Not with your daughter, perhaps, but almost certainly with your ears; as this is Daryl Hall (yes, from Hall & Oates) and Patrick Gemayel (from Chromeo), who recently jammed together on this Bump. And what a bump...

In The Pocket Mixtape Vol. 1

An all-live, one take, continuous mix from yr Bro 90 aka Nyntee, assembled with Sunday afternoons in mind. From Aloe Blacc to Leroy Hutson, from Jean Knight to Jamiroquai, no stone is left unturned in helping you tune in, turn on and chill out.

Just click here.

Tracklist:
Aloe Blacc | Billie Jean (live)
Al Green with John Legend | Stay With Me (Max Kane Slump)
Bebel Gilberto | Baby (Yam Who? Uptown Jazz Safari mix)
Marvin Gaye | Sexual Healing (Simon's Dark Keys remix)
Ike & Tina Turner | Livin' For The City
Jean Knight | Mr Big Stuff (Frico edit)
Bo Kirkland and Ruth Davis | We Got The Recipe
Raphael Saadiq as Ray Ray | I Know Shuggie Otis
Cardell Funk Machine | Shoot Your Shot
Sly & The Family Stone | If You Want Me To Stay
Azymuth | Dear Limmertz
Checker Kabb | By My Side
Snooky | Ease The Pain
T-Connection | Do What You Wanna Do
Jamiroquai | Alright (Frico edit)
Keni Burke | Risin' To The Top
Huba | Mary
Leroy Hutson | Cool Out

Bumps

Bumps are the tunes I'm feeling at the moment. Here's one from the legendary Roger Troutman, former lead singer for the group Zapp & the man who made the Talk Box cool. Just click on the Bumps...