Featured Mix | April 09 | DJ Damon Bell

px_damonFeatured Mix: DJ Damon Bell – Spring 09 Mix
The ever talented Producer/DJ/Tastemaker Damon Bell delivers a taste of the smoothness that has become synonymous with his live sets. A nice mix of tempos and grooves for the headspace.
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Playlist

I’m Still Standing – Omar
Turned On To You – Eighties Ladies
Time To Get It Together (alternate extended mix) – Marvin Gaye
Perfect Timing – Mos Def
Step To This – The Hue
Michael Wycoff – Looking Up To You
Call Me – N’Dambi
Superficial – Amp Fiddler (Moodymann Mix)
Something So Right – The Twilte Tone
The Groove I Feel – Hamilton Bohannon
Beat The Street – Sharon Redd
Track 01 7:07
Mahogany Brown – Moodymann
On A Day Like Today – Gichy Dan’s Beachwood #9
Track 05 6:11
I.C.U – Karizma
The Bottle – Gil Scott (Daz I Kue re-do) 10:15
Trip To Your Mind – Hudson People

DBR-D022 | AYBEE – East Oakland Space Program coming 5.5.09

AYBEE - East Oakland Space Program

AYBEE – East Oakland Space Program (DBR-D022)
Much anticipated debut album from Deepblak Chief Alchemist AYBEE. Featuring appearances by Erik Rico, FEMI, Paul Randolph, Afrikan Sciences, Karen Paige, and Blaktroniks. Release Date pushed back to May 5th, 2009.

AYBEE @ The People (Oakland) | 2009

Footage of me getting down with the fam at the legendary thePeople party in Oakland. Despite my allergies acting up the vibe was thick. My man Erik Rico blew some wigs with his performance letting people sample some live 25th Century Soul…Love | Respect | Power to Cecil, Cali, Amy, B-Brown, and Hey Love for invite. They left an irreplaceable legacy in Oakland.

AYBEE and Trini - Contact

[DBR-D021] AYBEE and Trinidadian Deep – Contact

Prescription/Future Vision label mates AYBEE and Trinidadian Deep join forces to continue setting the pace for all that is deep. A peerless slice of futuristic deepness Contact announces the arrival of a new definition of the deep/electronic dance experience.

Feeling this groove 100%, the artwork is excellent as well. The cut is deeper than daniel day-lewis drilling for oil in 19th century mid-west and captures the essence of a well crafted deep house track with many layers being brought together impeccably. Good job. – Mickey Blanco (Visions UK)

(DBR-D018) Written and Produced by A. Bazile (BMI) and Trinidadian Deep © Deepblak Recordings 2008.

Deepblak presents Blaktropolis Vol.1

[DBR-D020] Deepblak presents BLAKTROPOLIS vol. 1

V/A – Deepblak presents BLAKTROPOLIS

In the not so Distant Future these are the sounds of BLAKTROPOLIS the city of Soul and Sound

Freshest shit this year, off the meter!
– Atjazz/Mantis

Yes I. Dope shit as usual!. Love especially the Aybee rmx of Dozie.
– Enrico (isoul8) Archive/Neroli

The DOZIE I have been playing for months on the show – KILLS me everytime, so much soul, emotion, feeling in the delivery !  Its been a big favourite of mine in 2008.
– Mickey Blanco (Visions UK)

The 3-track teaser I got sounds dope again: the very dark, futuristic and industrial ‘Solaris’ venturing in the techno/IDM space is my absolute favorite. This would fit just perfect with those fly-by scenes of Blade Runner! There’s also a great Aybee remix for Dozie’s soulful vocals on ‘Sensuality’, and the experimental breaks of Afrikan Sciences in ‘A Decision’. My ears are eager to hear more!
– Lensco (Beyondjazz.net)

Just when I thought I had heard everything, along comes a disc out of nowhere to truly mess my head up. The music I’m referring to is Blaktropolis Vol 1 from Deepblak recordings. This compilation features futuristic soul in an array of styles from house, spiritual jazz, tribal and broken beat that will have you asking yourself, “Where did these guys come from?”
– Reg Dancy, 10/08 (Basic Soul, UK)

(DBR-D020) Various Artists (P)+ © Deepblak Recordings 2008. All Rights Reserved

o1o – The Undatow 2 in XLR8R

o1o - The Undatow 2

Abstract Beats, Broken, Downtempo:
o1o
“The Undatow 2”
Deepblak

This upstart Oakland, CA-based crew is going to heat up Fall 2008 with this smoking four-track EP. Picture future-funk and dreamy beats that lie between Flying Lotus and Boards of Canada territory. Evocative and supremely bumpin’. – XLR8R

AYBEE | In the Headspace | July 2008

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In the Headspace | July 2008

Blaktroniks – Mechanized Soul LP (Rubaiyat)
AYBEE and Trinidadian Deep – Contact (cdr)
6th Burough Project – Just A Memory (L.E.S.S. Productions)
Incognito – Freedom To love (Heads Up Intl.)
Inverse Cinematics – Detroit Jazzin (Pulver)
Afrikan Sciences – Thresh (cdr)
Flying Lotus – Beginners Falafel (Warp)
AYBEE and Erik Rico – Music (cdr)
Jazz Liberators – U Do Feat. Stacy Epps (Kif recordings)
Outkast – Liberation (La Face)
Swing Out Sister – After Hours (Polygram)
George Benson and Earl Klugh – Mimosa (Warner Bros.)
Simbad – Oblique Suga Slow Mowgly Remix