Thegoodvibez#029
DOWNTEMPO electronic vibez

Another day and yes another post and yeah, Happy New Year and I hope 2011 will be a good musical year o ten was aaiiight hopefully o 11 will be mo’ better! Episode # 29 is a blend of minimalist techno, electronica and trip hop. You know, music is music I have to sick back think of witty ways to describe my post it good music and that’s that !!!.

Favorite tracks, Latch by Scuba from the album Triangulation and I call this one post-modern dubstep (wanna have fun labeling music LOL) then Do The Astral Plane by Flying Lotus from his Epic Cosmogramma. So I snuck some FL in there simply because I’m still in the process of digesting the album. Cosmogramma is dense, complex, layered and that track is the most accessible song from the album. I have to put Pray For Rain (Tim Goldsworthy Remix) in there because I’m a huge Massive Attack fan and I love what they did with Trip Hop over the years and Heligoland their latest album is simply majestic. I also gotta show love to Bonobo featuring Andreya Triana with The keeper.

More changes for thegoodvibez, a new web site soon with streamable audio and video is in the works.

Thegoodvibez#029

01-Latch – Scuba
02-Toxic zombies – Kontext
03-Marriage – Gold Panda
04-The Only Way Up (Cubic Zirconia Remix) – Egyptrixx
05-Do The Astral Plane – Flying Lotus
06-Pray For Rain (Tim Goldsworthy Remix) – Massive Attack
07-Even Though – Morcheeba
08-Sweet Dub Affair – Resonators
09-Summer Days (feat. Bajka) – Radio Citizen
10-Sun Will Rise – Bonobo And Speech Debelle
11-Bill Blows It – Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins
12-The Keeper Featuring Andreya Triana – Bonobo
13-Song 2 – DJ krush
14-Pretty Dark – Nightmares On Wax

So party people enjoy, comment and suggestions are welcomed and I’ll be back real soon.

Jazzy Jonez… Out!

Thegoodvibez#028 Sexy Grooves

Jazzy Jonez with another goodvibez post and this one is a little special. The idea came to me, one. I wanted to listen to something funky, sexy and I just couldn’t find anything to quench my musical thirst so I decided to make my own mix.

Sexy Grooves is to be used when that soft romantic R&B just doesn’t cut it anymore now don’t get me wrong sometimes it’s cool but this is when you want to bring it to a whole new level. Be concerned my readers and listeners because this is not for prude ears, There’s some heavy moaning, some sexy dialogue and on one song the is talk about sodomy, so explicit it is! (I think the artwork speaks for itself).

Top 3 tracks was nearly impossible to choose but here we go. Night Theme by The Sound Stylistics is the perfect example of that heavy bass line, wah guitar and a kick ass horn section that makes this track one of the sexiest on episode 28. Toeachizown (D-F’s Theme) by Dam Funk captures the essence of late 70’s early 80’s funk, bass and keyboard heavy this will satisfy the most demanding funkateer. Last but not least Why’d U Call Me? (3am) By Plantlife, imagine if Prince was part of the Funkadelic they would of sounded just like that and this song is a game changer it will do the job for you. I can go on and on, ok just one more. Too Drunk Too Fuck by Nouvelle Vague is another one of my classics, it’s funny, sexy and I love that 60’s French vibe.

So the year is coming to an end, I still haven’t said my last words. Hopefully I’ll be able to do one or two more posts, just to wrap up the year goodvibez style. As usual comments and suggestions are welcomed.

Jazzy Jonez out!

thegoodvibez#028

01-Ladies Love Chest Rockwell (Introduction) – Lovage

02-Scenechange 6-A – Alan Tew

03-We have to take some measurements first – Forbidden Ensemble

04-The Investigator – Alan Hawkshaw

05-3 [Back Door Mix] – Hyper Crad

06-Stoned on Denmark Street – New Jersey Kings

07-Choking On A Piece Of Meat – Poets of Rhythm

08-Night Theme – The Sound Stylistics

09-Oddball – Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett

10-Toeachizown (D-F’s Theme) – Dam-Funk

11-11-Why’d U Call Me? (3am) – The Plantlife

12- 12-Main Squeeze – Mydus

13-Love Sounds – Deadly Avenger

14-In The Poursuit Of the pimpmobil – Deadly Avenger

15-At the Bar – Fat Jon as Maurice Galactica

16-Same Girl, Different Wig – Nick Faber

17-Tub Scene – David Holmes

18-Lounge Music – Kensuka Shina

19-Too Drunk Too Fuck – Nouvelle Vague

thegoodvibez#027 Jazz-Hop

Wassapnin’ party-people here is another episode of the goodvibez, I bring you episode #026 a sultry velvety jazz-hop mix. Episode #24 had such a huge success that I just decided to swiftly compile and blend another mix. Like the name says, jazz-hop is not just a mix of jazz and hip hop, the genre is very flexible, there’s some soul elements in there, some blues, electronica shows up as well. I would go as far as saying that jazz-hop is more atmospheric then anything else and I will feature more artists of the genre.

So let’s jump to my favorite tracks, Rather Be With by Wale, takes the cake on this mix. The sublime production, handled by 9th Wonder, J Cole just brings in on this verse. I know he’s getting a lot of attention lately, he just dropped Friday Night Lights his 3rd mix tape and this one is Epic. He just signed to Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation and he resides in Fayetteville North Caroline, needless to say, boy gots skills.

I have two choices for my 2nd preferred track and both are somehow linked to Kanye West. G.O.O.D. Music feat. Common & Talib Kweli, a Consequence track from Perajok & Kanye West Presents: G.O.O.D. Ass Mix tape and who is Perajok you might ask ? Cause I was asking, she’s a model and MTV Russia host. This promotional compilation was actually in conjunction with the release of Mr. West’s GOOD ass job that evolved to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (fantastic album by the way Kanye really outdid himself on that one but don’t tell him, it might go to his head). Good Friday featuring Common, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Big Sean & Charlie Wilson, this track is simply impossible to hate on, I mean you have an incredible, mellow and accessible instrumental with a shining trifecta of mc’s. You can get 12 more FREE tracks on G.O.O.D Fridays.

The Suite For Beaver Part 1 by People Uder The Stairs. I’ve been following these west-coast cats since early 2000 and this track is from the album O.S.T. (Original Soundtrack) is still one of my favorite albums.

I also have to give an honorable mention to Chillaxation by Bop Alloys (the perfect example of jazz hop) also I stumbled upon a free EP by Bodega Man representing’ Long Beach and he is on point. I choose the track You Feel Me. Last but not least, show love to my man from the New-Z Alphabethead with 33 Conclude With Orchid Groove, a smooth jazzy instrumental to close this session.

Here’s what I got for you before the end of the year. I got one downtempo chilled out mix for ya’ll. For quite sometime now, I’ve been putting together the soundtrack for a fictional 70′s adult flick. I’m really looking to push this blog to the next level for 2011. So much love to thegoodvibez followers, comments and suggestions are welcomed.

thegoodvibez#024

01- Intro / Pat D & Lady Paradox

02- Our Generation (J.Period Remix) ft. Pete Rock & CL Smooth / John Legend & The Roots

03- It’s G.O.O.D. Music feat. Common & Talib Kweli / Consequence

04- Same Beat (Damu Vocal Version) / Damu The Fudgemunk

05- I’m Vibing (Produced by 9th Wonder) / Phraze

06- You Feel Me / Bodega Man

07- Crack / Full Crate

08- The Badness ft. Omen / J. Cole

09- Good Friday (feat. Common, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Big Sean & Charlie Wilson) / Kanye West

10- Rather Be With You (Vagina Is For Lovers) f. J Cole & Currensy (prod 9th Wonder) / Wale

11- Buggin Out 2009 (Tribute Remix) / J.Period f. Consequence & Kid Cudi

12- Take You There [9th Wonder Remix] / Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

13- My Street (Rashid Hadee Remix) Feat. Melatone / Rashid Hadee

14- Leap Frog / HEXSAGON

15- Chillaxation / Bop Alloy

16- Work It Out ft. Jurasic 5 / Supernatural

17- The Suite For Beaver Part 1

18- 33 Conclude With Orchid Groove / Alphabethead

19- Trek Life – L.A. to the World / JR & PH7

20- Desperado / Fashawn

Jazzy jonez out !

Here is another chapter of the goodvibez presents. Basically I take an artist and do a little compilation of their work. So for the goodvibez#026 I present you Bajka.

Bajka (pronounced "Bai-Kah") is a female artist born in India and grew up in Portugal and South Africa. She is a poet, singer, producer and songwriter.[1][2] "Bajka" in some slavonic languages means "fable".
Bajka studied music in Prague. Her relationship with Asia remains the main theme of her poetry. She has performed spoken word poetry on several projects, including Bonobo and Radio citizen, her latest solo record is called Bajka in Wonderland, released on Chinchin records.[3]
In recent years, her role has moved from poet to singer and composer as well as producer. Her voice is described as jazz/soul and she has appeared on a number of chill out and electronic dance tracks.
She is currently based in Berlin, Germany. (Wikipedia)

I noticed Bajka when I first heard the song Days to come from the Bonobo and she seduced me with her sultry voice then I rediscovered her on the track The Hop by Radio Citizen from the album Berlin Serengeti which is an underated gem needless to say when her solo album Bajka In wonderland was released I devoured it with my ears and delicious it was indeed. Bajka In Wonderland is more of a jazz album, I am mentioning this because the previous stuff was more electronic. On September 17th 2010, a remix album called BAJKA - Escape from Wonderland with remixes from: Bahama Soul Club, Basement Freaks, Bebo Best,Club des Belugas, Dr. Rubberfunk, Fab Samperi, Jojo Effect, Minimati, MopMop, Renegades of Jazz, Smoove, Solo Moderna, Tim McVicar, Valique but I did not check it out.

Keep in mind that this is to promote less mainstream artists so support the arts. I know in this digital era it’s very easy to click download but you can also support the artist by going to see them live, checking out their website or by purchasing some promotional articles.

Hope you enjoyed this post, comments and suggestions are always welcomed.

Jazzy Jones out !

thegoodvibez#025 notes

I did not waste any time posting a brand new mix, this episode #025, electro, rock, pop, indie music. This would tear up any party I guarantee !!!!

There's some amazing stuff in that mix, some unclassifiable tracks like the closing song, Sheep by Gonjasufi from the album a Sufi And A Killer. A fantastic album I strongly recommend it. I was lucky to see Chromeo live a few weeks ago and they rocked the house without a doubt !!! the new single Night by Night from their soon to be released 3rd album Business Casual. The song is pure 80's funk Chromeo doesn't reinvent the genre but musically, these guys are in a league of their own, much love. While I was looking for songs for that mix I discovered Sarah Blasko with Hold On My Heart Presets Remix. She reminds me of an Australian version of Feist and that accent is so sexy. Another discovery is Popnoname with Hello Gorgeous, LA Famous by Idle Warship (A Talib Kweli project).

I wanna say peace to Dave from the New ZEE ! I know you are a hip hop head but check out this mix all the songs are musically very interesting. Also thanks from the people that followed me from Blogger hopefully the migration wasn't too much of a pain in the behind. Artwork by me as usual check me out right here.

Comments, suggestions, drop me a few lines.

On this note, Jazzy Jonez out !

01- Long Distance (feat. Olivier Daysoul) / Onra
02- Night By Night / Chromeo
03- Hello Gorgeous (Original Mix) / Popnoname
04- Hold On My Heart (Presets Remix) / Sarah Blasko
05- On Melancholy Hill / Gorillaz
06- Forever And Ever Amen (Saint Etienne Remix) / The Drums
07- Hero Man Gets To The Castle / Bearcraft
08- Celestica / Crystal Castles
09- We Want 2 (NYPC Reprise Mix) / New Young Pony Club
10- Drunk Girls / LCD Soundsystem
11- Undercover Martyn / Two Door Cinema Club
12- LA Famous / Idle Warship
13- Tell Me (Clock Opera Remix) / Au Revoir Simone
14- Le Chat Du Café Des Artistes / Charlotte Gainsbourg
15- Vaporize / Broken Bells
16- Sheep / Gonjasufi

thegoodvibez#024

Wassapnin' party people and yes this is another edition of the goodvibez and it's with great pleasure that I bring you my latest mix... Jazz Hop. I've been cooking up that compilation for a while and I must say that I'm happy with the results. There ate some very known names, some new comers but the mix is sucka free as always.

It was a difficult task as usual to choose my top 3, I put a lot of effort to choose the right tracks, make sure they go well together. I'll go with Check The Rhime '09 by QuEST & Nero two upcoming rhymers but damn they represent a cover of one of my all time favorite tracks. Push On by Surreal & The Sound Providers is the perfect definition of jazz hop, a nice bass line and Surreal just flowin' on the mic. Now last but not the least is a Canadian rapper by the name of Shad. I know right now Drake is blowin' up but he doesn't come close to Shad's lyrical ability. The track telephone will demonstrate what I'm talking about and his album TSOL is not to be slept on. Honorable mention to Gift of Gab with Flashback, Pat D & Lady Paradox with I Wanna Feel Days straight from the UK and a young producer by the name of Suff Daddy with Join the Club.

Much love to the goodvibez followers, keep in mind that I'm doing this strictly for the love of music and it's with great pleasure that I share this with all ya'll. The artwork is made by me check out more of my artwork here.

thegoodvibez#024 track list:

01- The Future (Intro) / Dexter
02- Check The Rhime ‘09 / QuESt & Nero
03- Behind the Scenes: Ghetto Origins [Produced by J.Period] / J.Period & Q-Tip
04- Push On / Surreal & The Sound Providers
05- Boom Box / Asamov
06- Due Process (Kooley High Remix) / Kooley High
07- Here I Am / Chip Tha Ripper
08- Rousseau / CYNE
09- Jacquelina / Justice System
10- Join the Club / Suff Daddy
11- I Wanna Feel Days / Pat D & Lady Paradox
12- Bless The Child / Jazz Addix
13- LoveLine(s),DedicatedToLastFe'vrier / Blu & Exile
14- Interlude / Jr And Ph7
15- Keep The Faith / MeLo-X Feat. Jesse Boykins III & Print
16- Telephone / Shad
17- Early Dayz Amazement / ShinSight Trio
18- Flashback / Gift of Gab
19- The Juice of Chicago / The Roots
20- Just Begun ft. Jay Electronica, J. Cole, & Mos Def / Reflection Eternal
21- Jazzflow / Freddie Cruger
22- Back Home / Blue Scholars
23- Wordplay (9th Wonder Loungin' Around Remix) / A Tribe Called Quest ft. Consequence
24- Won´t Do Featuring Miles Bonny / Dela
25- OUtro / Apple Juice Kid

Enjoy !

Jazzy Jonez out !

thegoodvibez presents: DJ Cam

I decided to introduce a little something new called the goodvibez presents, basically I will put together a compilation of some of my favorite artists and the first one is DJ Cam.

Dj Cam born Laurent Daumail is a french DJ and his style is a hybrid of hip hop and jazz. Last time I counted he had something like 13 albums under his belt starting from 1994 with Underground Vibes. Now how did i discover DJ Cam ? As you may or may not know, while in college, I had the coolest job, I was working in a music store, it was small and we mostly sold commercial stuff but it’s still up to date one of my favorite jobs. Anyhow at a certain point, huge mega-stores started opening and needless to say it took a few months to shut us down. Even if I hated the huge mega stores I walked in and well I was amazed of the choice they had, imports, rare albums and their hip hop section had way more choices then i was accustomed to, on top of that you could ask to listen to an album which was amazing.

So there I was in that mega-store and by pure fluke I found DJ cam’s the beat condoctor in the acid jazz section, I couldn’t believe it they even had an acid jazz section. so here i am in line with a pile of cd’s to listen to and as soon it started, ” Cuz I love hip hop like Madonna loves dick” and I was hooked. Now within these 13 albums some are a little darker and more on the edge of trip hop like the loa project vol. 2. Then you have his later music like soulshine that you can tell by the title is more soul oriented but lately i rediscovered him with DJ Cam’s Quartet ( Diggin’ and Rebirth of cool) both of these albums are insane for any music lover. I can resume the last 2 albums jazz quartet with dj and a whole lotta groove and that how I rediscovered Dj Cam. Of course when an artist has sucha vaste repertoire it’s not easy to choose 15 songs, so I choose my favorites but also i wanted to display his taste for different moods and ambiances.

thegoodvibez#023 DJ Cam (part.1)

1- I Love Hip Hop
2- Gangsta Shit
3- Rebirth Of Cool
4- Liquid Hip Hop
5- Candyman (featuring Franck Black)
6- Boss Guitar
7- Juliet
8- Soulshine
9- It’s Yours
10- Everybody Loves The Sunshine (feat. Inlove)
11- Summer in Paris
12- So What (part 2)
13- Lost Kingdom (Featuring Kakoli Sengupta)
14- Mad Bluted Jazz
15- New York New York

thegoodvibez#023 DJ Cam (part.2)

1- Bounce
2- Think Twice
3- Welcome to Soulshine
4- Condor (Espionage ft. Guru)
5- So Sweet
6- 6 Sense
7- Success
8- Raise Up
9- You’ve Got To Have Freedom (feat. Inlove)
10- Don Dada
11- Brooklyn
12- Dieu Reconnaitra Les Siens
13- Underground Vibes
14- DJ Cam Sound System
15- St Germain
16- Twilight Zone

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If you dig leave a comment,

Jazzy Jones out !

thegoodvibez #022

My first post of the new decade and here is another goodvibez mix that I'm sharing with you guys, after my indie phase (podcast 19 & 21) here is a nice chilled out electronica mix. My favorite tracks we hard to choose as always but here we go and they are not in any particular order. The High Road by Broken Bells which consists of DJ Danger Mouse and James Mercer. I've been a fan of Danger Mouse since the days of the Grey Album and he never stopped to surprise me, he worked with Ceee-Lo (Gnarles Barkley) MF Doom to name a few and now he choose a new direction Broken Bell's sound is folky the album should come out later this year. Next is Stylo (Ft. Mos Def & Bobby Womack) by Gorillaz is one of my favorite groups and the characters are well crafted, I've been waiting for the album for a while now and word around the web is that it should come out later on this year as well. I was never able to label Gorillaz because the jump from one style to another but the music is always solid. Juicy Grub (feat Yousif) by Pat D & Lady Paradox is a hip hop group from the UK, it's some straight jazz-hop think british Digable Planets, I love how the Brits take hip hop and add their own twist. The rest of the songs are as great but I have a soft spot for these choices.

I noticed more followers on the blog, thanks a lot it's much appreciated please, comments and feedback are always welcomed. My next post will be thegoodvibez present, basically I will take an artist and compile some songs from all their albums and the first one will be DJ Cam and it will be posted real soon on this note I hope you will enjoy this mix that I've cooked for all y'all and keep in mind I do this blog because i just love sharing that great music with you.

Thegoodvibez#022 track list

1-No Way Down / Air France
2-Dejeuner Sur l'Herbe / Faberge
3-Paradise Circus feat. Hope Sandoval / Massive Attack
4-The High Road / Broken Bells
5-Stylo (Ft. Mos Def & Bobby Womack) / Gorillaz
6-Get Up GoGo (Oddisee remix ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow And Declaime) / Oddisee
7-B-Boy Stance / DJ Raff
8-Let There Be Horns / RjD2
9-Eye Of The Storm / The Sound Stylistics
10-Juicy Grub (feat Yousif) / Pat D & Lady Paradox
11-In All The Wrong Places / Kero One
12-thegoodvibez promo (mp3) / Dj Ron
13-Aquamilitia / Theophilus London
14-Dabz Beat / Morgan Spacek
15-Coat Of Arms / Nosaj Thing
16-Denovement / Daedelus

Enjoy, peace & I'm out

thegoodvibez#021

Well this is my last post for 2009, I just blasted my blog today with 3 posts and my 2009 in music is ready to be downloaded. It was a very interesting year musically, the indie movement is at an all time high and I also notice that the electro sound is becoming very commercial however good music will always be good music no matter what trend is going on.

Let's jump to my favorite tracks since this is a favorite of 09 I'll pick 5 instead of my usual 3. The opening track The Music Scene by Blockhead is a nice instrumental groove on the jazz tip, I was happy when I found out the Blockhead had a new album out being a fan and all even though it's not his strongest release it's still a solid effort. Then I'll go with Quicksand (Boy 8-Bit Remix) by La Roux and this track's been playing in clubs for a while I cannot deny how effective this track is, it's catchy, dancy but most of all damn good. Now Fading In & Out (Kid Cudi x DJ Class Mash-Up) by The Kickdrums is the perfect example that hip hop still has a few words to say and these words are not about rims, guns and pimpslappin'. Humdrum Town by Theophilus London was my discovery of the year is just straight up fresh and new, mixing electro and hip hop and give it an indie feel and you got a kick ass concept, I just love that song. Sweet Sixteen by Think About Life, this Montreal based band is outstanding I cannot really describe the music it's an amalgamation of so many musical styles (Indie Rock mixed with Electro and Hip Hop) one thing I can say for sure is this track is amazing and I can't wait to hear more from them. Well I said 5 but my favorite album of 2009 is with no doubt Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus it's dancy, retro rock the melodies are sweet, the lyrics poetic it's just a gem of an album. as I was writing this post I realised the Lust for Life by Girls needs a shout as well and last but not least (I promise) I Karen O & The Kids with All Is Love from the Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack (my 2nd favorite album of 2009).

thegoodvibez#021 track list

1-The Music Scene / Blockhead
2-Spring (Air France Remix) / Saint Etienne
3-Pon De Floor [Explicit] / Major Lazer (Switch & Diplo)
4-Positif (Original Mix) / Mr Oizo
5-Quicksand (Boy 8-Bit Remix) / La Roux
6-Your Disco Song / Vitalic
7-Tonight / The Juan MacLean
8-Fading In & Out (Kid Cudi x DJ Class Mash-Up) by The Kickdrums / Kid Cudi
9-Weirdo (9th WONDER REMIX ft. E Jon) / Hollyweerd
10-Humdrum Town (Bonus Track) / Theophilus London
11-Sweet Sixteen / Think About Life
12-Deadbeat Summer / Neon Indian
13-Sing Sang Sung / Air
14-Skeleton Boy (Air France Remix) / Friendly Fires
15-Fences (25 Hrs a Day RMX) (REMIX VERSION) / Phoenix
16-8th Wonder / Gossip
17-Lust For Life / Girls
18-All Is Love / Karen O And The Kids

You cal also get an unmixed version on my blog at www.thegoodvibez.blogspot.com

I said it, I meant it and I’m here to represent it.
Peace & I’m out