Smoking Section has been employing Sound Cloud and DJ Spinna has two mixes that have kept me melodic company. I not gonna pick a favorite as the mixes do not compete as they fill separate voids.
DJ-Spinna Tribute-to-the-Q-p1 02 by TheSmokingSection
DJ Spinna - Best Of Sade Mix by TheSmokingSection
My twitter hand is heavy these days. Eventually I will be returning to macro-blogging at Fulsome.
Nicolay: Nautilus (320 kbps)
(Written by Bob James (Arrangement/Instruments/Programming by Nicolay)
December 2006
In July of 2006, Nicolay was approached by people representing world renowned jazz keyboardist Bob James. They were working on putting together a project, to be called 'Sampling Bob James: The Nautilus Project', on which several DJ's and producers would present their take on one of the most sampled tracks in hip-hop history, 'Nautilus', from Bob James' 1974 album 'One'. To Nicolay's delight, he was invited to be one of the contributors, but instead of sampling the original, Nicolay chose to 'cover' it and re-create the track from scratch.
They really liked Nicolay version of 'Nautilus', but the project has remained unreleased. Nicolay's version did end up online, by way of a viral video. Ever since, people have been asking Nicolay for a high quality version, so...
I like Nicolay as a producer; however, here his rendition is too tamed. The void of improv and/or spontaneity makes for a too machinist interpolation. Nevertheless, thanks Nicolay for the alternative/addition.
“Originally it had a sample from The Young Rascals but we couldn’t clear it…”
Listen to the remainder here…
Again, as spotted on FWMJ's Rappers I Know
+Easy Mo Bee On Notorious Film and Bad Boy: Nod Factor
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Since Earth Day: 2008/04/22
guilelessly oblique & erudite in PJs.
