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The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #259 (June 24, 2014)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #259 (June 24, 2014)
the sugazz – desillusions (colorsrecords.ch)
mark de clive-lowe – ghaziya (mashibeats.bandcamp.com)
alex barck & stee downes – who do you love? (soundcloud.com/alexbarck)
jamie xx – all under one roof raving (theyoungturks.co.uk)
galaxians – skydive (ditherdown.com)
floating points – king bromeliad (eglorecords.com)
lost midas – head games featuring audris (tru-thoughts.co.uk)
little dragon – pink cloud (seven four/republic)
pell – morning light (pellyeah.com)
asher roth – parties at the disco featuring zz ward (ingrooves.com)
jaw gems – storm (jawgems.bandcamp.com)
ad bourke – cosmic dust (fivefoldrecords.com)
lone – restless city (randsrecords.com)
afta-1 – how eye (instrumental) (loveisreal.bigcartel.com)
josé james – while you were sleeping (bluenote.com)
chrome sparks – cosmic claps of love (chromesparks.bandcamp.com)
strawberry jam – lot more livin (soundcloud.com/sly5thave)
m&o – house (mnosoul.bandcamp.com)
badbadnotgood – hedron (innovativeleisure.net)
rudi zygadlo – lily (rz records)
baron rétif & concepción perez – where’s my soul (instrumental) (heavenly-sweetness.com)
taylor mcferrin – florasia (brainfeedersite.com)
me’shell ndegéocello – tom (naive.fr)
lee fields – all i need (truthandsoulrecords.com)
aurra – somebody (dam-funk remix) (familygrooverecords.com)
hidden orchestra – seven hunters (dam mantle remix) (tru-thoughts.co.uk)

The Main Ingredient is a weekly radio show (formerly of East Village Radio – R.I.P.) presenting brand new soulful underground music from around the world and interviews with the artists making it, recorded live in Harlem NYC. Listen anytime at themainingredientradio.com/wp-content/uploads.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #258 (June 17, 2014)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #258 (June 17, 2014)
dayne jordan – all about the art (soundcloud.com/djjazzyjeff)
myron & e – do it do it disco (j rocc re-edit) (stonesthrow.com)
asher roth – be right featuring major myjah (ingrooves)
b.j. smith – prototype (nunorthernsoul.co.uk)
m&o – it was the song featuring donnie trumpet (mnosoul.bandcamp.com)
little dragon – underbart (seven four/republic)
mom tudie & tom misch – waiting on you (soundcloud.com/momtudie)
michael jackson – love never felt so good (original version) (epic)
brownout – planet caravan (ubiquityrecords.com)
jaw gems – pitch bend (jawgems.bandcamp.com)
fs green – warrior featuring skinto (iamfsgreen.net)
norvisjr – do kno that… (brownswoodrecordings.com)
the celestics – old news (hw&w huhwhatandwhere.com)
blu – red & gold featuring prodigy, mitchy slick & phil da agony (nature-sounds.net)
lee fields – standing by your side (truthandsoulrecords.com)
quantic – you will return featuring alice russell (tru-thoughts.co.uk)
sorceress fka funkommunity – teacups (wonderwheelrecordings.com)
pharrell – frontin’ featuring jay-z (disclosure remix) (soundcloud.com/disclosuremusic)
sylvan esso – play it right (partisanrecords.com)
abimaro and the free – mark (flashbaxx remix) (nunorthernsoul.co.uk)
alfa & emmavie – easily, i forget (ae-music.co.uk)
ambient jazz ensemble – the journey (hereandnowrecordings.com)
oceaán – your side (chessclub-records.co.uk)
elderbrook – going (soundcloud.com/elderbrook/gone)
bill withers w/studio rio – lovely day (sony legacy)
lil’ john roberts – space featuring eric roberson, stokely, anthony david and musiq soulchild (starburst / nia)
chet faker – gold (downtownmusic.com)
fatima – gave me my name (eglorecords.com)

The Main Ingredient is a weekly radio show (formerly of East Village Radio – R.I.P.) presenting brand new soulful underground music from around the world and interviews with the artists making it, recorded live in Harlem NYC. Listen anytime at themainingredientradio.com/wp-content/uploads.

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Electric Wire Hustle (Wellington, New Zealand) In The Studio for Episode #257 (June 10, 2014)

This week’s episode features New Zealand-based duo Electric Wire Hustle. They just released a follow up EP to their self-released 2009 debut album that turned many heads internationally and was picked up for worldwide distribution in 2010. The sophomore album Love Can Prevail is due out September 8th.

My Set
baron rétif & concepción perez – where’s my soul featuring vimbai mukarati (heavenly-sweetness.com)
duke hugh – go on (soundcloud.com/dukehugh)
diggs duke – secrets seem rehearsed (brownswoodrecordings.com)
mo kolours – mike black (john wizards remix) (mokolours.bandcamp.com)
taylor mcferrin – pls dnt lstn (brainfeedersite.com)
bläp dëli – love&yourimagination (pragmatictheory.bandcamp.com)
josé james – without u (bluenote.com)

The Interview
electric wire hustle – perception (every waking hour)
electric wire hustle – longtime featuring steve spacek (bbemusic.com)
electric wire hustle – bottom line (okayplayer.com)
electric wire hustle – if these are the last days (okayplayer.com)

Electric Wire Hustle Pick The Tracks
jay electronica – better in tune w the infinite featuring latonya givens
the roots – make my featuring big k.r.i.t. & dice raw
georgia anne muldrow – seeds
flying lotus – ideas featuring mapei
atoms for peace – default
machinedrum – she died there
julien dyne – december featuring parks
benny tones – maybe in the stars there’s a little bit of us



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Electric Wire Hustle (Wellington, New Zealand) On The Main Ingredient June 9th!

Electric Wire Hustle are one of my favorite groups to emerge in the last five years. Not only did I have the pleasure/honor of getting to spin opening and closing sets for their show on sunday night (hear one here), I also was able to snag an interview with them before they headed out for the west coast leg of their tour. Their new These Are The Last Days EP was released on monday on okayplayer and their sophomore album, Love Can Prevail will be released september 8th.

if you aren’t familiar with them, you can stream their debut album (which also features Myele Manzanza on drums) here.

About Electric Wire Hustle:

With their debut self-titled album Electric Wire Hustle achieved cult status.
A number one song on Hype Machine, five-star reviews from the likes of Okayplayer, and BBC Radio support from Gilles Peterson and Benji B secured them unwavering support internationally. A flood of production requests followed their first release, the fruits of which we will see in 2013, along with their heavily anticipated second album.
Demand for their live show has seen EWH perform in 14 countries, appearing at festivals such as Glastonbury, Dour, Sonar, Sziget, SXSW, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide and New York’s CMJ.
With a slew of new material to come in 2013, EWH are poised to make significant contributions towards GOOD MUSIC.

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Taylor McFerrin (NYC) In The Studio for Episode #256 (June 2, 2014)

First things first – Taylor’s debut album Early Riser came out today and it’s excellent (the “Best of 2014” kind of excellent). Please support!

I also had the honor of interviewing him last night with a great “in studio audience” of friends in the house as well. We talked about the creative/recording process for several of his songs, meeting heroes of his, like Herbie Hancock, and much more. Click on the player below to listen to the show!

Thanks Dani, Erin, Lina, James, Tory, Noah, John Bravo, Thushan, Jeff, Jarrod Kurtis and Zach!

My Set
electric wire hustle – bottom line (flako remix) (okayplayer.com)
badbadnotgood – kaleidoscope (innovativeleisure.net)
fatima – underwater (eglorecords.com)
essa – sorry (firstwordrecords.com)
sau poler – juun (soundcloud.com/sau-poler)
ambient jazz ensemble – eyes wide open (hereandnowrecordings.com)
little dragon – killing me (seven four/republic)

The Interview
taylor mcferrin – postpartum (brainfeedersite.com)
taylor mcferrin – already there featuring robert glasper, thundercat and marcus gilmore (brainfeedersite.com)
taylor mcferrin – decisions featuring emily king (brainfeedersite.com)
taylor mcferrin – the antidote featuring nai palm (brainfeedersite.com)

Taylor Picks The Tracks
marvin gaye – why did i chose you? (motown)
stevie wonder – looking for another pure love (motown)
quasimoto – come on feet (stonesthrow.com)
slum village – untitled/fantastic (barak/good vibe)
d’angelo – africa (virgin)
outkast – prototype (la’face/arista)
george duke – just for you (epic)
herbie hancock – come running to me (columbia)







(photos 2 and 6 by moredani)