3 Sept 2010

Mix Twenty Two

Mix Twenty Two has hit the webwaves and is awaiting your funk-lovin' ears to make it come alive. I thought I would try something I bit different for this show and so this one has a theme. Click the album cover (left) to listen.

Recently, during a spell of music rummagings, I came to realise just how many funk/soul tracks from the 70's and 80's were sampled in the 90's to produce hits in the dance charts across Europe. The 80's signalled a new age in music technology of course and digital sampling straight from the source became possible, and the technique of sampling bits from one song to produce a new composition continues to this day.

If you listen carefully enough, you can hear the influence of  jazz-funk music in pop, dance, r & b and rap. So I decided to choose tracks for this weeks' show that some of the most successful acts of the 90's and early 00's sampled to great (chart) success. Whether you like the end-product or not, it is fascinating how these original compositions were turned into something new, by a variety of acts, for a new generation of music lovers. As the saying goes, imitation is the highest form of flattery.


Here's the tracklist for Mix Twenty Two:

1). Locksmith - 'Far Beyond'
2). Oliver Cheatham - 'Get Down Saturday Night'
3). Edwing Birdsong - 'Cola Bottle Baby'
4). Sister Sledge - 'Il Macquillage lady'
5). Chic - 'Soup For One'
6). Brothers Johnson - 'Strawberry Letter 22'
7). The Whispers - 'And The Beat Goes On'
8). Loleatta Holloway - 'Love Sensation'
9). Rick James - 'Superfreak'
10). Taana Gardner - 'Heartbeat (club version)

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