Dream Weapons present: DAYS & NIGHTS IN THE GHETTO C90

I(’m an amateur) DJ every once in a while. And lately I’ve been doing these more or less monthly vintage Soul nights. Focusing on that glorious late 60’s - early 70’s era when sweet Soul Music got progressive and fused itself with Psychedelic Rock, Jazz, Funk, African music and whatnot… Often with orchestral arrangements, ethnic percussion and various keyboards. But never forgetting to groove. I love it, and so it seems, does the people attending. 

Needless to say there’s A LOT of practically unheard gems waiting to be discovered. These are all some of my recently discovered, favorite obscurities. About 3/4th of this selection have already been - or will be played at my own club nights. This means no balladeering, and that you can pretty much dance your way though the whole mix. If you feel like it. I was thinking that the days in the ghetto reflects the songs of struggle, while the night-time is playtime. This should be a fun ride for you all. Enjoy! -Moahaha

-This mix/compilation wouldn't have been half as great if it wasn't for the AMAZING FunkMySoul website. If you enjoy this, you should most definitely check out their shares - and spend some time over there.

1 Kay Gees - Ain`t No Time Part 1
2 General Crook - What Time it is (vocal)
3 Barbara Stant - Shadow In Your Footsteps
4 Hot Chocolate (US) - Messin’ With Sly
5 Tenison Stephens - Don't Rip Me Off*
6 Kay Gees - Ain`t No Time Part 2
7 Barbara Mason - World War Three #7
8 Bar-Kays - Love Pollution
9 Alice Swoboda - I Think It's Time (You Were Mine)
10 Ju-Par Universal Orchestra - Mocha Velvet  
11 The Fantastic Four - You Turn Me Around
12 Barbara Acklin - You've Been in Love Too Long
13 Satisfaction Unlimited - Spread Your Love Around

14 Brown Sugar - Dance To The Music
15 Chairmen Of The Board - I: Morning Glory, II: Life & Death,   
 - III: White Rose, IV, Life & Death II
16 Denise Lasalle - Your Man And Your Best Friend
17 William Bell - Phases Of Reality
18 Sister Goose And The Ducklings - Super Shine #9
19 Willie Joe - Funny Thing
20 The Nite-Liters - Pee-Foul
21 Gwen McCrae - Mr. Everything
22 Lim Taylor - The World's In A Bad Situation
23 Vivian Reed - The Shape of Things to Come
24 Phillip Mitchell - I'll See You in Hell First
25 Ohio Players - Satan's Boogie
26 Kool and Together - Get Your Feet Off the Ground 

*Also: Upon relistening; Tenison Stephens - Don't Rip Me Off  (link in bold) - sounded lower in the mix than the songs surrounding it. It truly deserves to be enjoyed like the hard hitting gem it actually is, so I fixed that for you on this new file - for that song specifically.  

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Dream Weapons present: SUNDAY AT THE SWEET SPOT VOL. 1 C90

Sunday at the Sweet Spot is a club - or a bar concept I wish I could have hung out at… like today. Sometimes, or maybe often just hanging out while listening to some good-natured jazz-groves is just what the doctor ordered. As I do not have an option like that anywhere nearby, I made this one up. Although you might recognize a couple of names here, it's all pretty much unheard material. As always. Not much more to say really. Try it. It's very nice -Moahaha

1 Pierre-Alain Dahan - Slowrama
2 Walter Bishop, Jr. - Coral Keys
3 Sahib Shihab - Uma Fita de Tres Cores
4 Mario Molino And His Group - For Me
5 Debrecen Jazz Group - Debreceni Séta
6 Simon Park - Soul Food
7 Gary Peacock Trio - Changing
8 Hadley Caliman - Song For My Queen
9 Zenit - Kinderspiele

10 Alex Rodriguez - Quetepe
11 Joe Haider Trio - Muchacha
12 The Harold Land / Blue Mitchell Quintet - Rapture
13 Kathryn Moses - Midmorning
14 Between - Brain Wave
15 Heinz Von Moisy - Las Plantas
16 Bobby Jackson - Bunglers Twist
17 Green Cosmos - Nach dem Sandsturm

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Dream Weapons present: THE TWIN EARTH C60

 

 -the Twin Earth is just me compiling in easy mode. Meaning another hour of Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Latin Jazz etc...  Music recorded in between 1969-1981 that seamlessly grooves along from one tune to the next. Each new track has something unique to offer but I also feel that they are somewhat unified. Super likable soundscapes of the sort that I’m pretty much always in the mood for. There’s simply an astounding amount of unheard gems (primarily) from the seventies in these genres for me to choose from. Yes, I know I’ve said this before, but that's because it’s true -Moahaha 

Btw: Life is even more complicated than I am used to (but I'm good), and I'm not really in a "music discovery mode" nowadays. Also I have less time to make these mixes as well. Every time I've shared a mix lately, I've been thinking that it will take (quite) a while until I come up with a next one. This time it's no different. But I've been wrong many times before, so who knows:) 

 

1 Young-Holt Unlimited - The Devil Made Me Do Dat
2 Beaver & Krause - Another Part Of Time
3 Trudy Pitts - Organology
4 Nat Adderley - Grey Moss
5 Magog - Lock
6 Moose Loose - Flytende Øye
7 Sonny Fortune - Francisco
 
8 Farlocco - Panamerican High Way
9 Sam Most & Joe Farrell - Samba to Remember You By
10 Kornet - Jojk
11 Phil Upchurch & Tennyson Stephens - Black Gold
12 Cullen Knight - Once You Fall In Love
13 Dom um Romao - Family Talk

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If you enjoyed visiting Twin Earth, just press the jazz or jazz fusion-tag and you’ll find close to 24 hours of finely selected jazz often sharing a similar approach to this one (among many other things) 

Dream Weapons present: TERRESTRIAL PLANETS C90

 

As you may have noticed I’ve made quite a few 1970’s jazz-themed mixtapes. On Terrestrial Planets all the music presented were recorded sometime in between 1958-1968. My first from this era but probably not the last. With an illustration like this and the matching title - I was certain the cover would end up resembling a long lost Sun Ra release. I was wrong. Misleading art or not, I quite like the visual presentation nevertheless. More importantly here’s fifteen under-the-radar warbles of extraordinary beauty and a sense of mystery for you to immerse yourself in! -Moahaha

 

1 Soul Flutes - Trust In Me
2 Ahmad Jamal - This Terrible Planet
3 Sabu Martinez - Moon Black
4 Jack Wilson - Most Unsoulful Woman
5 Sahib Shihab - Charade
6 Wlodzimierz Nahorny - Ballada O Dwóch Serduszkach
7 Duke Pearson - Bedouin

8 Jazz in the Classroom - She Came From Afar
9 The Grassella Oliphant Quartette - Haitian Lady
10 Freddie McCoy - Listen Here
11 Mal Waldron - Quiet Temple
12 Joki Freund Sextet - Yogiana
13 Jimmy Giuffre - Space
14 The Three Sounds - Tammy’s Breeze
15 Attila Zoller - Family Bricks

 

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