Future Vintage is a radioshow dedicated to discovering both the history and the future of soul, funk, jazz, hiphop and house music. The show is presented by Melodee & Radna, together with various guest DJ's. Future Vintage broadcasts every two weeks in collaboration with Dutch public network VPRO 3voor12. On FutureVintage.net you'll find the best shows from our archive, new podcasts and news & views about the music we like to share with you.
By Radna · September 27th, 2009, 17:17 · Radio Shows
A few weeks ago, Evelyn of cut-up, the online music magazine that recently started with weekly audio updates, kindly asked me to do a mix for them. I’ve selected some tracks that I like to listen to, and now this 50 min. compilation is streaming over here. You can check more mixes at cut-up.audio- from hiphop & funk by the Daisy Age to dub & psychedelic tracks from More Tea Vicar.
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Playlist:
Cody ChesnuTT – Magic In A Mortal Minute
The Robert Glasper Experiment – Butterfly
Yesterday’s New Quintet – That Girl
Dam Funk – The Sky Is Ours
Aaliyah – Rock The Boat
Hudson Mohawke – Rising 5
OMD – Talking Loud And Clear (extended)
Nite Jewel – I Want You Back
X-Visitors – The Planet Doesn’t Mind
Moodymann – 4 One Night
Sun Ra – New Horizons
Nina Simone – See-Line Woman
Roy Ayers – You’ve Got The Power
The Raincoats – No One’s Little Girl
Nite Jewel – Weak 4 Me
With a daring campaign, the upcoming edition ofthe TodaysArt festival this weekend, focuses on different forms of conflict. “History shows that whenever people face many questions, conflict ensues. Not necessarily violent, but conflict nonetheless. It is like a chemical reaction: energy is unleashed, things boil and smoke, and out of this energy a new substance emerges.”
For two days the political capital The Hague is transformed into the international city of conflict, with art on interesting locations and a broad range of musicians performing. From the founders of house music in Chicago, Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk and Jesse Saunders, to Bomb Squad legend Hank Shocklee, female electronic producer Pursuit Grooves and uncompromising hiphop by Guilty Simpson.
As you might already know, Guilty has a new project with Madlib coming up, you can listen to the first single over here. Almost two years ago I had a little chat with him, mainly about his hometown Detroit, where the financial crisis already kicked in and casino’s took over the centre – providing jobs at the same time. Press play for more, the documentary I mention in the interview is Detroit, Comeback City (from 1998).
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For more info on the programme of TodayArt, visit the website. Wether you’re a friend or foe, I hope to see you around in The Hague this weekend.
By Radna · September 17th, 2009, 20:13 · Radio Shows
You had to wait a while, but here it finally is: the recording of the Rush Hour / Future Vintage instore with the one and only Mayer Hawthorne. On an August summernight in Amsterdam, we gathered at the Rush Hour record store where Mayer did a DJ set to promote his just released album A Strange Arrangement.
With a nice crowd, selector DJ Delay (check his set out here) and a good soundsystem the vibe was already great, but Mayer made it a night to remember. Starting off with some of his new songs and Motown soul, he continued into a small disco/boogie party.
No playlist, but we hope Stevie Wonder, Cherrelle, Alicia Myer, the m***rf**n Gaslamp Killer taking over the mic and Mayer Hawthorne singing live are enough reasons for you to listen to this episode – enjoy!
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14kt – Going Fine
L.v. Johnson – I Don’t Really Care
Freda Payne – The Road We Didn’t Take
Mayer Hawthorne – Shiny And New
Mayer Hawthorne – Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out (astronote remix)
Mayer Hawthorne – Just Ain’t GOnna Work Out
Freddie Scott – You Got What I Need
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Second That Emotion
Mayer Hawthorne – Make Her Mine
The Superlatives – Don’t Walk Away
The Marvelettes – You’re The One For Me Bobby
Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So, Maybe No (live)
Stevie Wonder – I Was Made To Love Her
Chuck Jackson – Two Feet From Hapiness
Diana Ross & The Supremes – He Was My Sonny Boy
Gloria Shannon – Tears (Are Gifts From Heaven)
Mary Wells – The One Who Really Loves You
Brenda Holloway – Just Look What You’ve Done
Alicia Myers – Don’t Stop What You Doing
Through a flyer for a benefit party for Kon (from Kon & Amir, who compiled the legendary On Track mixtape series) I found out last week that Kon has fallen ill and is going in and out of the hospital. Which means he can’t DJ, which means he has no income. So Spinna, Amir and other friends organised a fundraiser – read more about it on Kon’s personal blog Playin4Keeps.
A few years ago I met Kon in Amsterdam for an interview and really loved the disco set he played later that night in Bitterzoet. He and Amir were joking about each others music taste: the more introvert Amir exploring European rare jazz, while Kon was diggin’ for that special boogie record. On his blog you can download the most recent set he did, that contains artists like Gary Davis, Roy Ayers and Shalamar, plus a lot of Kon’s personal edits. Download + playlisthere.
“I was fortunate to have grown up in a time when this sound, this music, was new, and there’s a lot of memories connected to this music” - we hope you get well soon Kon, all the best.
By Boye · September 10th, 2009, 23:10 · Radio Shows
As promised, here is part one of the Future Vintage Instore at Rush Hour Recordswe did a while ago. The total show takes over 2 hrs so we felt free to divide it into 2 shows each being 1hr. This first hour features DJ DELAY a.k.a. JOHNNY YEN a.k.a. ‘Leon from Waxwell’. Next to serving the crowd obscure records via the outlet WAXWELL, he’s now also working on a compilation featuring rare dutch music. Ofcourse Future Vintage conducted a serious interview with him which can be heard halfway throughout the show, in which DELAY tells more about the compilation, DJ’ing and future plans. Check out part 1 of the Future Vintage x Rush Hour instore with Melodee, Radna and DJ DELAY.
Next week: pt.2 with the MAYER himself including a never heard before live version of maybe no maybe so…stay tuned!
Track List:
Shuggie Otis / Intro
Darondo – Didn’t I.
The Charmells – As Long As I’ve Got You.
The Ambassoadors – Ain’t Got The Love.
Oliver Sain – Over The Hill (7″ version).
Oddysey – Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love.
B.J. Ward – The Loner.
Q65 – Get Out Of My Life Woman.
The New Holidays – Maybe So, Maybe No.
Michael Jackson – Got To Be There.
Mayer Hawthorn – Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out.
Bobby Reed – Time Is Right For Love.
Smokey Robinson – Tracks Of My Tears.
Lee Towers – Love Is A Lonely Thing.
Truus Simons – Toen Ik Naar Een Naaste Zocht.
The Soully’s – Geef Mij Je Hand (Delay’s “Heeft Em Dubbel” Edit)
Boozy – City Boy.
Hairy Diamond – Torture.
Michael Jackson – We’re Almost There
Recently we played quite a few songs from Nite Jewel – the artist name of May Ramona Gonzalez, who released her self-produced album Good Evening earlier this year. The songs of Nite Jewel sound melancholic yet strong, and overall feel like they were made in a small bedroom. “I was just recording on that 8-track because I’m not very good with computers”, Ramona Gonzalez explains in this interview on her recording techniqe and background as an art student in Los Angeles. Together with bandmember Emily Jane, Ramona is touring through Europe this month. She’ll visit Studio 80 in Amsterdam on September 18th 16th, see her further schedule on myspace. I’m wondering what her live show would be like, it seems worth to investigate. PS: Together with Viral Radio we’re looking for a new studio in Amsterdam, and almost found one. We’ll let you know as soon as things are confirmed.
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By Boye · September 1st, 2009, 20:22 · Radio Shows
Future Vintage has come to the end of the NPS collaboration on Radio 6. This is the final episode of the season, but please bear with us, next week a compilation of the Mayer Hawthorne x Rush Hour instore party will be available as part of our weekly broadcast. Although this is no goodbye…we do like to thank everybody who checked us out over the past half year. Hopefully next week we’ll also have the definitive answer on the future of the show. No worries though, we’re not about to quit!
This final NPS/ Radio 6 show will feature a set of highlights from the past half year, requests from you guys and personal favorites. Sit down and relax for the grand finale of the NPS season, and keep checking this blog for new shows in the future.
Track list:
Moondog – Birds Lament
The Gaturs – Concentrate
Morgan Zarate ft. Raphael Saadiq – I Need You
Sa-Ra – Just Like A Baby
Emerson – Sending All My Love Out
Certain Ratio – Shack Up
Nite Jewel – Let’s Go The Two Of Us
Floating Points – Love Me Like This
Dam-Funk – On Her Way 2 Her Path
Mulatu Astatke – Yegelle Tezeta
Kindred Spirits Ensemble – Ja-Mil
Savath & Savalas – Pavo Real
Lee Fields – My World
Eddie Kendricks – Goin’ Up In Smoke
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