Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:
EXT SRC 20 / Graziella / 07.24.24
Today I’m digging into mostly 1970’s-era Brazilian jazz, Tropicália, and MPB. I don’t remember exactly when I started listening to Brazilian music. I do remember obsessing over the movie Cidade De Deus and Brazilian graffiti early in college. Probably through collecting vinyl and researching the samples use by some of my favorite beatmakers I dug deeper into artists like Airto Moreira, Milton Nascimento and Arthur Verocai. I distinctly remember Milton’s “Clube da Esquina” being the soundtrack for my study abroad trip in Italy. I had that album on repeat for a while, so much so that my future spouse had to ask me to play something else. Later I found a few Brazilian music compilations, most notably Jazzanova’s “Paz E Futebol” and Soul Jazz Record’s “Brazil 70” that got me through my post-college years. It feels a bit cliche to focus on just this era of music when it comes to Brazil, as I’m sure it’s just scratching the surface of what the country has to offer. But it holds a special place in my heart. So I gathered some of my old favorites, some highlights, and some tracks new to me after digging through Discogs and Reddit over the past week or so. Pardon me if I mispronounce some names and I hope you enjoy!
Tedikuma Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC July 24th, 2024
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Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:
EXT SRC 18 / The Dollar Bin / 06.26.24
Today I’m lugging in some of my favorite jazz fusion records from my collection. I recently did a set including some of these tracks at Plan 9 Records, recorded onto my 404mkii. But today I’m pulling directly from the source! I haven’t DJed with vinyl since high school, so we’ll see how it goes.
Fusion (especially 70’s-era fusion) has been one of my favorite genres of music since I began collecting vinyl. I was hooked on the trifecta of The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever and Weather Report (along with having my parents’ Headhunters record on repeat). I spread out from that starting point and discovered a lot of great music. A lot of these records were either very cheap or straight out of the dollar bin, hence the title. In 2009 I made a similar set that you can listen to on my Mixcloud. I hope you enjoy this new crash course.
Tedikuma Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC June 26th, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock, Vinyl
Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:
EXT SRC 16 / Valley View / 05.22.24
My mom requested that I play Jeff Lorber for Mother’s Day, so I built a deep dive into my history with smooth jazz and jazz from the late 70’s to the late 90’s in general. As a teenager, developing my own taste in music, that era of jazz was a blind spot for me. I preferred the organic feel of jazz in the 60’s, or energy of fusion and free jazz in the 70’s. After that I wasn’t very interested in the incorporation of so many synths and electronic drums in the 80’s. Even Miles Davis lost me. But at some point I began digging through my parents record and CD collections and realized I had a nostalgia for this sound.
My dad was a jazz guitarist and my mom was a pianist, so this music was always around. George Benson and Earl Klugh are stuck in the depths of childhood memories, listening while riding through Mill Mountain in a Datsun 300ZX with the windows down, humming the melodies to myself. I also realized that the pipeline from fusion to smooth jazz was common. While I wouldn’t say they were smooth, 80’s offerings by some of my favorites like Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock reached a more radio-friendly state but still clicked with me. So while some smooth jazz is still a bit too clean for me, this set of tracks is me on a mission to find a middle ground between what I enjoy and what my mom enjoys. Maybe this will bring back memories for other people as well.
Tedikuma Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC May 22nd, 2024
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Tags: fusion, jazz, jazz fusion, jazz-funk, smooth jazz
Club Unity presents:
Club Unity no. 89 with Theodore III
Theodore III of EXT SRC subbing with some old and new broken beat tunes.
Tedikuma Club Unity May 5th, 2024
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Tags: broken beat, dance, Electronic, jazz
Cosmic Connections presents:
Cosmic Connections 19
Ship’s on cruise control this week. We got tunes to vibe out in zero gravity until the black holes swallow up the galaxy. Songs from Donnie & Joe Emerson, Brainticket, Embryo, Gal Costa and much more!
David Ace Cosmic Connections April 26th, 2024
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Tags: Cosmic Connections, funk, jazz, psychedelic rock
Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:
EXT SRC 13 / Plycraft / 4.10.24
Today I’m giving you the opportunity to lean back in the closest mcm chair with an exploration of lounge-worthy funky, jazzy, psychedelic tunes building off of the recent Cousin Kula and Khurangbin albums.
Tedikuma Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC April 10th, 2024
Posted In: Music
Cosmic Connections presents:
Cosmic connections Episode 16: Season Finale!
LAST TIME ON COSMIC CONNECTIONS:
“… Sorry to hear about the radiation leak on the ship…”,
The voice echoes off in the hallowed halls of the SS Sanchez, the rocking and shifting of the ship creates a murky undulating muffling echo that swirls around its crew. It’s been months since the sound started. It seemed to slip in subconsciously, like an öhrwurm that just seemed to shift and change tones and pitches to continue to explore and invade its host.
At first it was a fun mid-day hum during lunch, then a post work jam and the weekend parties morphed into week long freak outs. Now physically and mentally exhausted they exist in silence, trapped in an eternal groove. Hearing only the shared experience of music broadcast directly to their minds.
“…About your request for radiation shielding… sorry, to report this request has been denied…”
Unable to reply to the forsaken broadcast from Earth the Sanchez continues on a new course, possessed by an unknown power! Traveling to unelxplored galaxies and listening to the never ending expression of the mysterious Cosmic Connections!
“Astronauts Report it Feels Good”
HA HA HA HA HA HA
David Ace Cosmic Connections April 1st, 2024
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Tags: Cosmic Connections, experimental, jazz, new wave, psychedelia, Season Finale
Panoramic/Journey Through the Crates presents:
Journey Through The Crates – Jazzy Joints 3/16/24
Samazon Prime Panoramic/Journey Through the Crates March 16th, 2024
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Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:
EXT SRC 10 / Smooth Jazz For Millennials / 02.28.24
As a teenager I shunned smooth jazz and always gravitated to more chaotic, energetic jazz like fusion of free. But as I get older I notice myself enjoying more mellow tunes. A few years ago I put together a mix of tracks that fit this bill for my stepdad. This selection of tracks is inspired by that mix.
Tedikuma Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC February 28th, 2024
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Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:
EXT SRC 09 / Darlene / 02.14.2024
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I’m playing a selection of funky, jazz love songs… Of course.
Tedikuma Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC February 14th, 2024
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