Setlist, 27 June 2009

For this week’s show, I wanted to play a few rarities related to Michael Jackson, so I reached into the archives for a few very cool things, including one from the “Motown Remixed Vol. 2″ CD, the Miami mix of the Jackson 5’s “Dancing Machine,” which reimagines the Jackson 5 as a satin-shirted salsa band in Miami. Pretty cool stuff, actually. I also played Todd Terje’s remix of “Can’t Help It,” the original of which tends to be overlooked on “Off the Wall.”

Other good stuff of note this week: The new “Viagem 2″ compilation of Brazilian music from the ’60s, put together by Nicola Conte, the outstanding downtempo/ambient CD “Grains” by Nuremberg-based Boozoo Bajou, and the new release by Brazilian singer Clara Moreno, “Miss Balanco.”

The entire setlist is here as a Google Spreadsheet.

Setlist, 13 June 2009

This week’s show had some excellent new music from The Whitest Boy Alive, Little Dragon, Boozoo Bajou and Rosalia de Souza, as well as some straight-up classics from Joao Gilberto and Marcos Valle. But the happiness was also mixed with sadness about the passing of Curtis Jones, who died this week.

Those who knew Curtis know that he was a truly unique person, and the world is a poorer place without him in it. On the other hand, the next dimension is probably a lot more fun and strange now. I wracked my brain trying to figure out a song to play, and, recalling his “Carnival of Sensuality” performances, I figured the best thing to play was Celia Cruz’s “La Vida es un Carnaval” (Life is a Carnival).

The entire setlist is here as a Google spreadsheet.

Setlist, 30 May 2009

This week’s show had an awful lot of new material, possibly owing to the summer festival season, or possibly just because people like putting out records in May. Regardless, I’m happy

The standout new tracks this week were the Mexican Institute of Sound’s “Yo Digo Baila (Shir Khan remix)”, Towa Tei’s “Mind Wall (feat. Miho Hatori), from his upcoming album “Big Fun,” the Long Lost’s “Amiss” (and Daedalus will be at the Meet Factory on Wednesday 3 June, btw), as well as Quantic’s “Juanita Bonita.”

Here’s Amiss in YouTube audio:

The Jazzanova show at the Palac Akropolis was outstanding, and if you missed them, you have another chance to see them in their 11-member live formation at the Wilsonic Festival in Bratislava on 13 June.

One of the other tracks I got to play this week was Ray Barretto’s cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise,” and I’d forgotten what a straight-up jammie that is. Both tasty and sabroso . Here’s the YouTube of that track:

Setlist, 16 May 2009

This week’s show was a lot of fun to put together, but was also marked by multiple technical problems. To make a short story boring, I ended up doing most of the show from my iPod. Nonetheless, it was fun to work on this week’s themed setlist: Brazilian women singers. I got quite a few classic albums this week from Gal Costa and Joyce, and it is always great to play old favorites.

For me, the standout tracks this week were Joyce’s “Clareana,” Gal Costa’s “Que Pena” and George Duke’s “A Brazilian Love Affair.” Looking forward to his show at the Lucerna Music Bar on 19 May. Here’s Joyce singing “Clareana” live:

Here is this week’s setlist as a Google spreadsheet.

Setlist, 2 May

This week I had a lot of new material, and it was really fun to put together this week’s themed set, which was about places and spaces. The great singles this week were Jack Penate’s “Tonight’s Today:”

Kaskade’s “Move For Me”

and Tortured Soul’s “Did You Miss Me?” which is a great piece of neo-soul.

Speaking of new soul, I’m really looking forward to Jazzanova at the Akropolis on 28 May. Should be excellent.

The entire setlist is here as a Google spreadsheet.

Setlist, 18 April 2009

This week’s show really arranged itself; the first hour more or less was devoted to new stuff, specifically in the electro genre, the second hour was more salsa and latin, and the third hour was marked by a set devoted to the weather, which has suddenly turned rainy and colder. April showers bring May flowers, right?

There were a lot of standout new tracks this week, including Aeroplane’s remix of Lindstrom & Solale’s “Baby I Can’t Stop,” The Twelves’ remix of Metric’s “Help I’m Alive” and Novalima’s “Yo Voy.” I get a feeling we’re going to hear a lot from both Aeroplane and Novalima this summer.

I also managed to find a true gem at Bontonland this week, a compilation of ’50s doo-wop called “Stateside Presents Doo-Wop Classics,” which has a couple of my all-time favorite songs evah, including The Flamingos’ “I Only Have Eyes For You.”

Anyway, for those of you keeping score at home, here is this week’s setlist, in Google Spreadsheet format.

Setlist, 4 April 2009

This week’s setlist was especially in honor of Barack Obama’s visit to Prague, and had quite a few songs about the economy. Among the new stuff this week was the outstanding “Paris,” a remix of the Friendly Fires by the Belgian duo Aeroplane which essentially remade the song and put in vocals from the Berlin-based Au Revoir Simone.

I had the good luck to see Aeroplane’s DJ set last weekend at the Icon club in Berlin along with a DJ set from Jazzanova’s Alex Barck. Aeroplane completely tore it up; I haven’t seen a set that good for a long time.

Anyway, here’s the setlist from this week’s show, as a Google spreadsheet.