Tom Trago made it to the finals of de Grote Prijs, the main music talent contest in the Netherlands. Ok, maybe Tom is not such a ‘new’ talent, but you know he’ll spend the price money well and invest it in good music. So just vote! Go to the website, dance/producers category. The finals will be on the 13th of december in de Melkweg, Amsterdam.
Long live garageband. After a nice talk this morning with Michel Mol, director new media for Dutch public broadcasting, who advised not to wait for oldfashioned radio, but do it yourself, I started a little experiment: Future Vintage at home.
It’s a very simple, but effective way to share music Future Vintage style. The show is made with just my laptop and a turntable (next time I’ll borrow some more equipment). Stream below or download the podcast over here and enjoy!
PS: We now also have an RSS feed to stay up to date, more shows will follow.
Playlist:
Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces
Mayer Hawthorne & The County - Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Baby, Baby Don’t Cry
Q Tip - Shaka
MGMT - The Youth
Caetano Veloso - Nine Out Of Ten
Co-Real Artists - Bound By The Blood
Bilal & Georgia Anne Muldrow - Master Teacher
Carlos Y Gaby - Hot Heavy Heat (Dimlite remix)
Phase II - The Roxy
Fab 5 Freddy - Change The Beat
James Pants - Rhythm Trax
Galactic Fun - Dam Funk
Gary Davis - Remember Me (Kenny Dope remix)
This thursday live in Paradiso, Amsterdam: Raphael Saadiq. Mister Saadiq is the kind of artist that seems missing in action for a while, but then suddenly pops up with strictly quality music. While I still enjoy some songs from Instant Vintage, his latest solo project The Way I See It is all about the retro soul sound that seems very popular lately. Think vintage Motown and Stax, some horns, handclaps and even doo wop…soul with a rough edge that also influenced Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson.
There’s something about it that makes me itch, why copy a style so much instead of creating something completely new? But then again, Raphael mastered it - listen to 100 Yard Dash and watch him wear his slim fitted suit with swagger.
Stones Throw also jumps on the soul bandwagon, with a new artist that reminded me vaguely of Smokey Robinson: Mayer Hawtorne. The biography of this 29th year old singer and producer from Ann Arbor actually mentions the question about new/old soul music: “It’s not just throwback music anymore – this revival is all about progression.”
Mayer Hawtorne just released his first single Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out (on a beautiful limited edition heartshaped 45!), so decide for yourself and listen:
While the prices of solid gold are still on the rise, it felt like the perfect time to repost a mix Bullion did earlier this year for RMBA Radio. M**k sent it to me and thought it was a bit silly, but with all the news about the financial crisis the ‘Sometimes Silver, Moretimes Gold‘ mix is quite uplifting.
You might have heard of Bullion before: his Get Familiar 7″ was played a lot on different radioshows and last year he did a remix project where he combined music of J Dilla and the Beach Boys (!). With this in mind it doesn’t need to be said that Bullion’s record selection is without borders - well there’s only one. Stay Gold.
Once a year, more then 40 museums in Amsterdam open their doors from 7pm until 2am and welcome about 26.000 visitors during Museum Night. Every museum organises a special program, with guided tours, performances, film, food and music. It’s the perfect night to discover Amsterdam in a different way, and take a look not only in the famous, but also hidden treasures the city has to offer.
This year some Future Vintage friends are part of the Museum Night programme (and no, that’s no coincidence). For instance Saint Proper and the More Tea, Vicar? DJs are playing in Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder, one of the loveliest churches of the city. One of the More Tea fellows also organised a Karoake Choir, where you can actually sing with a 13 piece choir supporting you. In the meantime Tom Trago will play at the Rembrandthuis his favourite songs about money - or the lack of it (remember our all about the money Future Vintage show?). In the Foam museum for photography, where the Hyena Men pictures are still on show, Thomas Gesthuizen will play afrobeat and african hiphop, while Deluge will be doing the visuals.
With so many things to do and see it’s best to make your own selection at n8.nl. Or simply get lost in the city and watch out for the big lightcubes in front of museums you might never heard of. Tickets are still on sale and if you e-mail to info@futurevintage.net, I’ll put the first 5 on the list for the secret afterparty, somewhere under a bridge. Enjoy your n8.
In september KC the Funkaholic was already announcing his Boogie Bash in Paradiso, and with 6 days left here’s a reminder. The charming (selfmade) flyer by KC says it all; expect music from Rick James to James Pants, with a focus on the dancefloor and a lot of fun. Since KC hopes for some funky moves from the audience, he made a top 5 of youtube video’s. Practice one dance a day, and start with the most simple one - the Oak Tree - to get in shape before friday the 31st. KC will be playing with Manga in the Paradiso basement, starting at midnight.
There’s a guestlist for Future Vintage listeners/readers, just e-mail us, first come, first served!
KC’s Boogie Bash Youtube top 5:
Yes, Amsterdam Dance Event that is. Every year around this time dance related labels, promoters and artists hook up in Amsterdam for some networking and talent scouting, but for most of us ADE is mainly about 3 days of parties. While a lot of the line-up is not exactly my cup of tea, there is always some interesting stuff going on. Since last year the Bimhuis (usually the authority on jazz in the Netherlands and abroad) is also part of ADE. On friday the 24th, for the second time Beatdimensions will take over the Bim. After the legendary edition with Flying Lotus and Hudson Mohawke, now Dimlite, Mike Slott and Take are invited by Juha and Cinnaman to play their futuristic beats & beyond. For more info on the Bimhuis line up, visit audioculture.org, where our friend Juha also did an interview with Daedelus, who’s performing this tuesday at Smart Project Space.
As fans of his longtime running radioshow might already know; Gilles Peterson is also in town. In London he just started again with his weekly monday night in Bar Rumba (I remember going to the last one a few years ago), in Amsterdam he will be playing at KSpace and Bar Struik on the 23rd, together with Brownswood affiliates thBpm and Lefto. With Melodee hosting an Appletree night at Bitterzoet, 1.1 / Mamiko playing in Studio K, DROP inviting fresh producers at OneFourOne for a beatbattle and Tom Trago and San Proper doing another Le Pop at Canvas, it’s hard to choose. What are you going to do?
To get your dancing shoes on, here’s a set Tom Trago did recently at Dekmantel (thanks to Rush Hour):
And here’s a mix + interview with local 8 Bit hero Hayzee, who plays at DROP (thanks to Little D Soundlab):
After reading some e-mails from upset Future Vintage listeners, (”I miss my weekly podcast, where are you guys?!”) I felt it was time for a little update again. No we didn’t left, it’s just that we don’t record any shows at the moment, since we haven’t find the right place to start it again. Behind the scenes we are still working on that, and it seems January will be the time for a Future Vintage radio comeback.
In the meantime, the FV crew is busy as usual. Melodee is for instance flying to Jakarta this week (after just coming back from shows in Berlin), together with KC the Funkaholic to perform on a festival with La Melodia. They have a new website by the way, designed by Mr. Punchdouble, who also designed this blog. Then Rush Hour brought the exciting news that Tom ‘Teacher’ Trago is about to release his first solo outing since 3 years. You can already hear a snippet of Passion, the promo 12″ for Tom’s upcoming album Voyage Direct. And then yours truly is busy organising the Amsterdam Museum Night, which take place the 1st of november. With 41 museums collaborating, a lot of interesting exhibitions and Saint Proper, More Tea, Vicar?, Tom, Aardvarck and others playing at different locations troughout the city, it promises to be a wonderful night. More music in the next post, for now, take a sneak peek inside Tom’s studio, thanks to Ondergrond.TV.
When I was still living in Utrecht and listening mainly to hiphopmusic, I heard about the Disco3000 parties but never went there. Luckily, Disco3000 is back, launching again this friday at Paradiso with Antal, San Proper, and Trus’ Me (Manchester) playing upstairs. Expect ‘deep disco, deeply rooted house & future musics’ the invitation says. After the fun we had last friday at the (excellent) James Pants concert, I’m sure this will be another great night to start your weekend with - the boogie is back.
To get in the mood, go to the Disco3000hyve or check some mixes online, at the RushHour website I found for example Antal’s deep disco mix:
And here’s a nice podcast Trus’ Me did a while ago:
Door opens at 00.00, the next Disco3000 will be the 5th of december 2008. See you there!