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Kiah Victoria (NYC) In The Studio for Episode #238 (January 28, 2014)

Photos from Kiah Victoria‘s interview and guest DJ set on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
milosh – jetlag (milosh.bandcamp.com)
astronote – nidyu (freshzik.bandcamp.com)
the hics – russian dolls (sqemusic.com)
m+o – lift up featuring chance the rapper (hellomiloandotis.bandcamp.com)
jolly mare & stephen bruner – vulnerable people featuring rudi zygadlo (rbma.bandcamp.com)
james vincent mcmorrow – post tropical (vagrant.com)
rumpistol – a town (rump-recordings.dk)
kris bowers – wake the neighbors (concordmusicgroup.com)
zara mcfarlane – her eyes (brownswoodrecordings.com)

Kiah Victoria In Studio Interview
kiah victoria – gravitate (kiahvictoria.bandcamp.com)
kiah victoria aurora (kiahvictoria.bandcamp.com)
db2 – meant to be featuring kiah victoria (soundcloud.com/dbdos)
kiah victoria – breathing is too easy (kiahvictoria.bandcamp.com)

Kiah Picks The Tracks
jon lucien – soul chant (rca)
outkast – prototype (la’face)
discovery – so insane (xlrecordings.com)
kanye west – touch the sky (roc-a-fella/def jam)
michael jackson – baby be mine (epic)
washed out – feel it all around (mexican summer)
billie holiday – god bless the child (sony)
james blake – retrograde (polydor)
mariah carey, brian mcknight – whenever you call (columbia)
kendrick lamar – money trees (aftermath/interscope)

The Main Ingredient is a weekly radio show covering brand new soulful underground music from around the world, featuring as in-studio interviews with the artists making it. New episodes can be found Wednesdays at noon at themainingredientradio.com/wp-content/uploads. The show began in May 2009 as a weekly broadcast from East Village Radio’s storefront studio on 1st Ave. & 1st St. in NYC and continued there until EVR closed it doors in May 2014. This episode is from the East Village Radio Archives.

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Kiah Victoria (NYC) On The Main Ingredient January 28th!

Kiah Victoria, who’s excellent Gravitate EP, has been featured heavily on the show in recent weeks, will come to the studio next week to talk about her music and also share some tracks from her personal collection.

About Kiah Victoria :

Blending intimate vocal performance with the obscure synthetic textures of alt-R&B producer Toulouse, Kiah emerges from the great city of New York. Having garnered the attention of NYC’s Broadway stages- starring in The Lion King as young Nala at age ten, MTV, and now the world renowned Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University, the powerhouse songstress is steadily building on her young career. After singing her way into a feature in Jay Z’s “Picasso Baby”, Kiah released her sophomore EP Gravitate, which is now available for your enjoyment on Spotify and iTunes.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #237 (January 21, 2014)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #237 (January 21, 2014)
the impressions – we’re a winner (abc)
damu the fudgemunk – next in line (y society remix instro 2012 update) (redefinitionrecords.com)
bucie – easy to love featuring heavy-k (demor)
kenny dope – i got rhythm featuring raheem devaughn (kenny dope 10th anniversary remix) (dope wax)
rain dog – cloven (projectmooncircle.com)
soosh – too soon (fLako remix) (upmyalley.net)
mo kolours – mike black (mokolours.bandcamp.com)
patchworks – walkin (edr)
mos def – ms. fat booty (louis futon remix) (soundcloud.com/louisfuton)
the hics – cold air (sqemusic.com)
liquid agents vs sade – give it up featuring carol c (soundcloud.com/carolc)
sleepin’ giant – sunshine (firstwordrecords.com)
kris bowers – forget-er (concord jazz)
louis baker, kid smpl, orlando volcano, and branko – threshold (rbma.bandcamp.com)
wilkinson – too close (catching flies remix) (soundcloud.com/catchingfliesmusic)
wax roof – growing (waxroofmusic.com)
jay 5ive & kromestar – wishful thinking (om unit remix) (omunit.bandcamp.com)
elaquent – the official (urbnet.com)
fourtet – etc (nov 2000) (@fourtet)
blossom – lost ground (projectmooncircle.com)
paper tiger – resistance (wahwah45s.com)
feadz & kito – wettex (cashmere cat remix) (ed banger / because)
fka twigs – water me (theyoungturks.co.uk)
oddisee – invisible walls (mellomusicgroup.com)
m&o – the joy (hellomiloandotis.bandcamp.com)
naia – waiting (soundcloud.com/alternativevice)
king – in the meantime (weareking.com)

The Main Ingredient is a weekly radio show covering brand new soulful underground music from around the world, featuring as in-studio interviews with the artists making it. New episodes can be found Wednesdays at noon at themainingredientradio.com/wp-content/uploads. The show began in May 2009 as a weekly broadcast from East Village Radio’s storefront studio on 1st Ave. & 1st St. in NYC and continued there until EVR closed it doors in May 2014. This episode is from the East Village Radio Archives.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #236 (January 14, 2014)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #236 (January 14, 2014)
brenk sinatra – undecided+longassintro (soundcloud.com/brenksinatra)
diggs duke – cause i love you (brownswoodrecordings.com)
the rooks – twister (soundcloud.com/therooksband)
james vincent mcmorrow – gold (vagrant.com)
eric roberson – she went away (freddie joachim remix) (soundcloud.com/melloworangemusic)
tek nalo g – eyeee want to see snowflakes fall (teknalog.bandcamp.com)
tenorio jr. – nebulosa (turbojazz edit) (soundcloud.com/turbojazz)
banks – warm water (snakehips remix) (hernameisbanks.com)
milosh – skipping (milosh.bandcamp.com)
gang colours – led by example (brownswoodrecordings.com)
the hics – tangle (sqemusic.com)
kiah victoria – breathing is too easy (kiahvictoria.bandcamp.com)
atoms for peace – judge jury and executioner (xlrecordings.com)
julian edwardes – mudslide (emufucka remix) (fremdtunes.com)
paper tiger – expensive samurai (wahwah45s.com)
wildlight – oh love (marley carroll remix) (soundcloud.com/jumpsuit-records)
lianne la havas – elusive (fLako remix) (soundcloud.com/liannelahavas)
blu & nottz – end of the world featuring rashad (coalminerecords.com)
night logic – unkleness (projectmooncircle.com)
gregory porter – free (bluenote.com)
kenautis smith & black spade – march madness featuring ari lourdes (allnaturalhiphop.com)
blue in green – big band theory (cold busted)
mfp – confest (beatsforchange.bandcamp.com)
turner brothers – running in the rain (sun sound re-edit) (ubiquityrecords.com)
ephemerals – six days a week (ephemerals.bandcamp.com)
annalove & louis baker – wide open (rbma.bandcamp.com)
shigeto – safe in here (ghostly.com)
bobbi humphrey – please set me at ease (blue note)
seawind – i need your love (a&m)

The Main Ingredient is a weekly radio show covering brand new soulful underground music from around the world, featuring as in-studio interviews with the artists making it. New episodes can be found Wednesdays at noon at themainingredientradio.com/wp-content/uploads. The show began in May 2009 as a weekly broadcast from East Village Radio’s storefront studio on 1st Ave. & 1st St. in NYC and continued there until EVR closed it doors in May 2014. This episode is from the East Village Radio Archives.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show Episode #235 (January 7, 2014)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show Episode #235 (January 7, 2014)
the procussions – virginia wolf (theprocussions.bandcamp.com)
stepkids – symmetry (stonesthrow.com)
dj koze – ich schreib’ dir ein buch 2013 (pamparecords.com)
!!! (chk chk chk) – one girl / one boy (warp.net)
abigail wyles – mantra (mtarecords.co.uk)
the twilite tone – do it properly (soundcloud.com/thetwilitetone)
tanya morgan – for real (imprint180.com)
diggs duke – is it love? featuring vaughan octavia (brownswoodrecordings.com)
b.j. smith – umi says (nunorthernsoul.co.uk)
jose james – sword + gun featuring hindi zahra (bluenote.com)
okapii – don’t mind the rain (gsmusic.wordpress.com)
falty dl – kenny rolls one (ninjatune.net)
omar – simplify (freestylerecords.co.uk)
charliered – lovely (tristate inventory)
columbia nights – as we are (brother spanky’s upper room remix) (recordbreakin.com)
zaki ibrahim, kid fonque, dj whisky – be (atjazz.co.uk)
dan electro – lead me on (soulab.com)
todd terje – strandbar (samba version) (olsen)
the hics – lines (sqemusic.com)
sohn – bloodflows (4ad.com)
kenautis smith + black spade – look around featuring ari lourdes + demetrius upchurch (allnaturalhiphop.com)
booker t – sound the alarm featuring mayer hawthorne (concordmusicgroup.com/labels/stax)
ephemerals – things (part 1) (ephemerals.bandcamp.com)
shortcircles – sometimes things are exactly as they seem (plugresearch.com)
alice russell – i loved you (tru-thoughts.co.uk)

The Main Ingredient is a weekly radio show covering brand new soulful underground music from around the world, featuring as in-studio interviews with the artists making it. New episodes can be found Wednesdays at noon at themainingredientradio.com/wp-content/uploads. The show began in May 2009 as a weekly broadcast from East Village Radio’s storefront studio on 1st Ave. & 1st St. in NYC and continued there until EVR closed it doors in May 2014. This episode is from the East Village Radio Archives.

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Webisode

On my last (Best Songs of 2013) radio show I mentioned doing a “webisode” of the songs that I didn’t get to play, but after going back the list (before I whittled it down 3-4 times), I decided there was so much I wanted to still play that I decided to do “The Best Songs of 2013 – Part 2” next week instead. There will be some themed, downloadable 2013 mixes coming soon as well!

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Here are my favorite albums of 2013 in alphabetical order. The spotify playlist at the bottom includes my favorite tracks from each release.

Bells Atlas – Bells Atlas
Based In: Oakland
Label: Self-Released through bellsatlas.bandcamp.com
Release Date: June 18, 2013
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Social: @BellsAtlas
My Favorite Tracks: Incessant Noise, Jyeah, Capable People
CharlieRED – MUSE.
Based In: NYC
Label: Tristate Inventory
Release Date: September 3, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Smile To You, Lovely, Gotta be a God, Champion
denitia and sene. – his and hers.
Based In: Brooklyn
Label: Input
Release Date: March 19, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: lucy.loosie, trip.fall., she’s not the only one.
Diggs Duke – Offering For Anxious
Based In: Washington, DC
Label: Brownswood Recordings
Release Date: December 1, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Is It Love?, Something In My Soul, Harsh Words With The Oracle
Disclosure – Settle
Based In: Reigate, Surrey, England
Label: PMR
Release Date: June 3, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Latch, Second Chance, Tenderly
DJ Koze – Amygdala
Based In: Germany
Label: Pampa
Release Date: March 22, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Ich schreib’ dir ein Buch 2013, Nices Wölkchen, Amygdala featuring Milosh
Falty DL – Hardcourage
Based In: NYC
Label: Ninja Tune
Release Date: January 18, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Straight & Arrow, Kenny Rolls One, She Sleeps
Jai Paul – Jai Paul
Based In: London
Label: (Unauthorized Bootleg Release of Demos)
Release Date: April 13, 2013
Jai Paul Soundcloud
My Favorite Tracks: Track 7, Track 3, Track 5
Laura Mvula – Sing To The Moon
Based In: London
Label: RCA
Release Date: March 4, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Diamonds, Green Garden, Make Me Lovely
Omar – The Man
Based In: London
Label: Freestyle Records
Release Date: June 24, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Simplify, Come On Speak to Me, I Love Being With You
Quadron – Avalanche
Based In: Los Angeles (via Copenhagen/Hovedstaden, Denmark)
Label: Vested in Culture/Epic
Release Date: May 31, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Favorite Star, Neverland, Hey Love
Rhye – Woman
Based In: Los Angeles/Toronto
Label: Polydor Ltd. UK
Release Date: March 5, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Shed Some Blood, The Fall, Last Dance
Shortcircles – Between Waves
Based In: Oakland
Label: Plug Research
Release Date: July 2, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Sometimes Things Are Exactly As They Seem, All I Can Be For You, Patience

Other Great Albums That Came Out This Year
Ainslie Wills (Melbourne) – You go your way, I’ll go mine
Alice Russell (Brighton, England) – To Dust
Alice Smith (NYC) – She
Amel Larrieux – Ice Cream Everyday
Atoms for Peace – Amok
Black Milk (Detroit) – No Poison No Paradise
Bonobo (Brooklyn/NYC) – The North Borders.
Booker T (Los Angeles) – Sound The Alarm
Charles Bradley – Victim Of Love
Chico Mann (Jersey City, NJ) – Magical Thinking
Ephemerals (London) – Nothin Is Easy
Eric Lau (London) – One of Many
Fat Freddy’s Drop (Wellington, New Zealand) – Blackbird
Gold Panda (UK) – Half Of Where You Live
Gregory Porter (NYC) – Liquid Spirit
James Blake (London) – Overgrown
Jesse Boykins III (Brooklyn/NYC) – P.O.P (Purpose or People)
Ladi6 (Auckland, New Zealand) – Automatic
Lady (Nicole Wray & Terri Walker) – Lady
Marley Carroll (Asheville, NC) – Sings
Milosh (Toronto) – Jetlag
Mop Mop (Andrea Benini) (Cesena, Italy) – Isle Of Magic
Myele Manzanza (Wellington, New Zealand) – One
Myron & E – Broadway
Osunlade (Santorini, Greece) – A Man With No Past Originating The Future
Raashan Ahmad (Oakland) – Ceremony
Sandra St. Victor – Oya’s Daughter
Shigeto (Detroit) – No Better Time Than Now
Skyzoo & Antman Wonder – An Ode To Reasonable Doubt
Sweatson Klank (Los Angeles) – You, Me, Temporary
Tanya Morgan (Brooklyn) – Rubber Souls
Thundercat (Los Angeles) – Apocalypse
Toro Y Moi (Berkeley) – Anything In Return
William Onyeabor – World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor?
Yosi Horikawa (Japan) – Vapor

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Here are my favorite EPs of 2013 in alphabetical order.

Dirg Gerner – Dirg Gerner EP
Based In: London
Label: Eglo Records
Release Date: July 8, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Before Its Over, Vicious Cycle
Eska – Gatekeeper EP
Based In: London
Label: Earthling Recordings
Release Date: November 20, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Red, Gatekeeper
FKJ – Time for a Change EP
Based In: Paris
Label: Roche Musique
Release Date: July 8, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Unchained, So Much to Me
KRTS – The Foreigner EP
Based In: Berlin
Label: Project Mooncircle
Release Date: December 6, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Berlin Girls, Sunrise Over Warschauer
Sampha – Dual EP
Based In: Morden/London
Label: The Young Turks
Release Date: July 29, 2013
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My Favorite Tracks: Without, Indecision, Can’t Get Close

Other Great EPs and 12″s That Came Out This Year
Alice Russell (Brighton, England) – Midnight At The Beverly Laurel EP
B.J. Smith – Dedications to the Greats
Black Orange Juice – We Started Alone EP
Fatima – “Family” / “La Neta”
Freeze-Tag (Cleveland, OH) – Eskimo EP
Maribou State (London) – Truths EP
Olaf Stuut (Amsterdam) – Siren EP
Pomrad (Antwerp, Belgium) – This Day EP
Rachel Brotman (NYC) – Anecdote EP
Raleigh Ritchie (UK) – The Middle Child EP
The Rooks (NYC) – Something You Can Take
S O H N (Vienna/London) – Bloodflows
Todd Terje (Oslo, Norway) – Strandbar
Ty (London) Kick Snare And An Idea Part 2
Vindata (Los Angeles) – Paradigms
Yumi And The Weather (Brighton, UK) – All We Can

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #234 (December 31, 2013)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #234 (December 31, 2013)
sampha – without (theyoungturks.co.uk)
lone – airglow fires (randsrecords.com)
disclosure – latch featuring sam smith (pmr)
quadron – favorite star (vested in culture/epic)
james blake – retrograde (polydor ltd. uk)
fat freddy’s drop – mother mother (the drop)
jai paul – track 7 (bootleg demos)
fkj – unchained (rochemusique.com)
pomo – so fine (soundcloud.com/pomobeats)
falty dl – straight & arrow (ninjatune.net)
zero 7 – don’t call it love (soundcloud.com/zero7)
vindata – all i know featuring akw (audiomack.com/artist/vindata)
rhye – shed some blood (polydor ltd. uk)
denitia and sene. – lucy.loosie (input)
dirg gerner – before its over (eglorecords.com)
eska – red (earthling)
charles murdoch – dekire featuring oscar key sung (futureclassic.com.au)
thundercat – heartbreaks and setbacks (brainfeedersite.com)
olaf stuut – siren (atomnation.net)
bells atlas – incessant noise (bellsatlas.bandcamp.com)
the internet – partners in crime, pt. two (oddfuture.com)
kaytranada – all we do featuring JMSN (kaytradamus.bandcamp.com)
eric lau – for you featuring tawiah (kilawattmusic.com)
charlieRED – smile to you (tristate inventory)
krts – berlin girls (projectmooncircle.com)
laura mvula – diamonds (rcarecords.com)
philip owusu – goodnight (philipowusu.bandcamp.com)

The Main Ingredient is a weekly radio show covering brand new soulful underground music from around the world, featuring as in-studio interviews with the artists making it. New episodes can be found Wednesdays at noon at themainingredientradio.com/wp-content/uploads. The show began in May 2009 as a weekly broadcast from East Village Radio’s storefront studio on 1st Ave. & 1st St. in NYC and continued there until EVR closed it doors in May 2014. This episode is from the East Village Radio Archives.