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The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #150 (April 10, 2012)
henry wu – festive brukka (henrywu.bandcamp.com)
the liquid crystal project – the order peramater (nature sounds)
jay electronica – dear moleskine (roc nation)
zaki ibrahim – draw the line (forthcoming/motif)
jamie xx – far nearer (drvg cvltvre slow grind) (soundcloud.com/drvgcvltvre)
rocket juice & the moon – follow-fashion featuring fatoumata diawara & m.anifest (honest jon’s)
q-tip – for the nasty featuring busta rhymes (freddie joachim remix) (mellow orange)
thesatisfaction – deeper (suppop)
miles bonny x b.lewis – lost without you (milesbonnyxblewis.bandcamp.com)
abjo – return from time (sankofa) (soulection)
p.m. – atmosphere (pmmusic.bandcamp.com)
badbadnotgood – uwm (badbadnotgood.com)
madi diaz – trust fall (jensen sportag remix) (cascine)
sy smith – nights (feel like getting down) featuring rahsaan patterson (psyko)
rhye – 3 days (innovative leisure)
rumpistol & red baron – i’m not listening (project mooncircle)
devonwho – sleet (all city)
evil needle – angel (soundcloud.com/evilneedleprod)
cecilia stalin – cinematic favorite (ccstalin.bandcamp.com)
al green – simply beautiful (king most redirection) (soundcloud.com/kingmost)
apollo brown – balance featuring john robinson & ken starr (mello music group)
ta-ku – ugh featuring mei swan (ta-ku.me)
hawthorne headhunters – tribute (plug research)
rasheeda – time travel (amondjackson.bandcamp.com)
kurtis stanley – walt clark special (gummysoul.bandcamp.com)
soundsgood (joe good & miles bonny) – where i fit in (milesbonny.bandcamp.com)
the alchemist – whole lotta thug (decon)
fLako – see i’m moving featuring kay young (self-released)
dela – whatuwanna featuring blu (remix) (drink water)
k-def – high stakes (redefinition)
the killer meters – cramp your style (freestyle)
vindahl – disordered (soundcloud.com/ronnivindahl)

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.

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #149 (April 3, 2012)
rocket juice + the moon – lolo featuring fatoumata diawara + m.anifest (honest jon’s)
hawthorne headhunters – boats in your eyes (plug research)
rhye – hunger (innovative leisure)
thesatisfaction – queens (sub pop)
raquel rodriguez – wildfire (rqlrod.bandcamp.com)
georgia anne muldrow – best love (someothaship)
jasmine sullivan – without you (produced by waajeed) (bling47 newsletter exclusives)
bmb aka space kid – lightworks (soulection)
jo stance – hey girl! (freestyle)
funky bijou – ooh baby (stereophonk)
bonobo – brace brace (ninja tune)
shigeto – a child’s mind (ghostly)
wildbirds & peacedrums – fight for me (leaf/control group)
pomrad – dans (oohwee)
ta-ku – remember (ta-ku.me)
lo phi – fallnfloat (insect)
insightful – fill (insightful.bandcamp.com)
lee fields & the expressions – faithful man (truth & soul)
shaolin afronauts – the scarab (freestyle)
sina. – must be my baby (facebook.com/sinasounds)
two fresh x bookworm – waterlevel (twofreshbeats.bandcamp.com)
doc daneeka + abigail wyles – tobyjug (brownswood)
b.lewis – one more go round (self-released)
40 winks – kodak (project mooncircle)
forget me not – what were you gonna say (diamond & raw)
shortcircles – searching for a reason (plug research)
soopasoul – brand nu (lack of afro remix) (freestyle)
silhouette brown – constant questions (2 banks of 4 40 degree rinse) (2000 black)
slugabed – sex (groundislava remix) (ninja tune)
rumpistol x red baron – gravity (project mooncircle)
hird – keep you kimi featuring yukimi nagano (dealers of nordic music)

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.

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #147 (March 20, 2012)
memphis – (everybody loves) the sunshine (self-released)
abjo – soul weather (self-released)
mister bibal – wanna be featuring tamara saul (trueflav)
jaekim – blackwards (self-released)
calvin flowers – donny hathaway – love love love (remix) (self-released)
dela – go on featuring reach (drink water)
sene. – backboards. featuring blu (plug research)
shigeto – brown eyed girl (ghostly international)
shortcircles – star party (plug research)
lemonade – neptune (true panther)
colossus – sunshine (om)
evil needle – waves (soulection)
kurtis stanley – mileage (instrumental) (self-released)
REL – break out (self-released)
comfort fit – exabyte (fLako remix) (tokyo dawn)
soundsgood (joe good & miles bonny) – best song ever featuring iD (self-released)
bambooman – moters (xvi)
sy smith – the primary effect (psyko)
four tet – sing (extended mix) (domino)
bright moments – travelers (luaka bop)
devonwho – cactus (all city)
mar – our attempt (self-released)
sara sayed & xxxy – the earth got round (rbma)
ports – empty squares (middlewood)
adrian younge vs. adrian quesada – final word (ubiquity)
ghost – a tale of life part 2 (ghost.bandcamp.com)
minor sick & abby lee tee – sundayday (15 pieces)
my panda shall fly & benjamin jackson – js8 (five easy pieces)
part time heroes – leaving (wah wah 45s)
lee fields & the expressions – wish you were here (truth & soul)
karen clark sherd – nothing without you pt2 (rusic)
onra – dirty loop (favorite)
speech debelle – eagle eye (big dada)
taz arnold – jame$ (tisa)

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.

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #146 (March 13, 2012)
busta rhymes – put your hands (cobrawolfshark remix) (self-released)
shecky’s jazzy tofu – reminiscin’ (after hours) (self-released)
adrian quesada – the last time (ubiquity)
quantic & alice russell with the combo barbaro – i’ll keep a light in my window (tru thoughts)
lee fields & the expressions – who do you love (truth & soul)
raphael saadiq – they don’t know featuring common & ledisi (unreleased)
dela – whatuwanna featuring blu (dj spinna remix) (drink water)
rel – fundamentals (self-released)
mike slott & diane badie – nightingale (project mooncircle)
robert glasper experiment – move love featuring KING (bossa soula remix by ahmed sirour) (self-released)
ppp – no worries (waajeed remix) featuring steve spacek (mixtape)
union – coco mango featuring mf doom (redef boy scout remix) (fat beats)
mux mool – the butterfly technique (ghostly international)
sy smith – messages from the stars (psyko)
floating points – vacuum boogie (eglo)
cecilia stalin – so blue n green (ccstalin.bandcamp.com)
jabru – vice (xvi)
coultrain – who r u? (juju dust)
bobby womack – please forgive my heart (xl)
part-time heroes – sinking (wah wah 45s)
evil needle – mood music (soulection)
hadyn – oceans (forthcoming self release)
daisuke tanabe – b f r 16 (ate) (self-released)
ELMNT – must come down featuring lord quest & junia-t (self-released)
tehbis – higher (brownswood)
liquid crystal project – ghetto (polar)
ta-ku – tatoo (self-released)
shlohmo – wen uuu (FoF)
mary mary – no somebody pt2 (rusic)
colm k – so! (bstrd boots)
steve spacek – the hills (sound in color)
electric wire hustle – again (duke hugh remix) (self-released)

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.

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #145 (March 6, 2012)
ta-ku – dusty joint #20 (self-released)
thavius beck – watson (plug research)
lee fields & the expressions – i still got it (truth & soul)
oha – thunderbird (self-released)
flying lotus – melt! (warp)
dimlite – as we arrive (sonar kollektiv)
shigeto – so so lovely (ghostly international)
yosi horikawa & dorian concept – red sound (rbma)
robert glasper experiment – letter to hermione featuring bilal (blue note)
colossus – innacity (om)
rocket juice and the moon – hey shooter featuring erykah badu (honest jon’s)
isaac aesili – freedom cry featuring mara tk (soulab)
sun glitters – insane (project mooncircle)
don ray – give a little (dub mix) (all massive)
shlomo – wen uuu (evenings remix) (FoF)
one eskimO – hometime (eat more cake remix) (self-released)
freddie joachim – each breath (mellow orange)
sir oj – supreme (wonderful ear)
yolanda adams – my heart pt 3 (rusic)
waajeed & the jazz katz – city blues (bling47)
ray lugo – common sense is self defense (jazz&milk)
rhye – open (innovative leisure)
coultrain – untitled (follow ur lead) (juju dust)
ishfaq – change featuring adi dick (scribble)
shortcircles – time time time (plug research)
fulgeance – smartbanging (one-handed music)
dan electro – lift up my mind (soulab)
14kt – the d light in you (hypedog)
erik l & illingsworth – would you believe featuring noun, stray & hanna (soularp)
eric lau – the mission featuring guilty simpson (kilawatt)
gang colours – to repel ghosts (brownswood)
submotion orchestra – finest hour (exceptional)

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.

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #144 (February 28, 2012)
thavius beck – thanks (plug research)
flying lotus – dance of the pseudo nymph (warp)
haydn – manchild (forthcoming!)
adele – rolling in the deep (grand ear remix) (self-released)
robert glasper experiment – move love (wantigga remix) (self-released)
shortcircles – counting the lights (plug research)
estelle – speak ya mind (homeschool / atlantic)
don ray – esta negra linda (all massive)
siroj – the end (wonderful ear)
real – oak (xvi)
ta-ku – trip (pragmatic theory)
colm k – slipping (into tomorrow) (forthcoming/bstrd boots)
nneka – still i rise (decon)
oh no – not2late (self-released)
dotmatic – (hot)steppin’ (record breakin’)
union – coco mango featuring mf doom (fat beats)
arca – covenant (uno)
king britt presents scuba – our time featuring lizz fields (slip ‘n’ slide)
1-o.a.k. – stay with me (hnrl)
flako & brokenchord – come back as a flower (self-released)
wildbirds & peacedrums – the drop (leaf/control group)
part time heroes – words (wah wah 45s)
speech debelle – blaze up a fire featuring roots manuva (dig dada)
eric lau – can you feel it? featuring guilty simpson + fatima (kilawatt)
dela – praise & praise (self-released)
mister bibal – demonstration featuring black spade (trueflav)
blossom – tiffkas (project mooncircle)
badbadnotgood – cmyk/limit to your love (self-released)
miles bonny x b.lewis – bottom to top (self-released)
l’orange – dedicated (hypedog)
mux mool – ruin everything (ghostly international)
chief – common & d’angelo (feelin’ music)

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.

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #143 (February 21, 2012)
sbtrkt – pharaohs (what so not’s ‘club rerub’) (self-released)
mecca:83 – jay’s theme (hypedog)
shortcircles – fallin’ (plug research)
robert glasper – move love featuring king (union remix) (self-released)
myele manzanza – absent featuring bella kalolo (every waking hour)
quendolin fender – nightwish (project mooncircle)
union – coco mango featuring mf doom (y society power outtage mix) (fat beats)
k-def – driving (redefinition)
esthero – thank heaven 4 u (calvin flowers remix) (self-released)
boom clap bachelors – lob stop sta (plug research)
teebs – top hats (brainfeeder)
erykah badu – i want you (rancido’s deepersoul edit) (self-released)
dimlite – when devices off (sonar kollektiv)
dorian concept & xxxy – chuglive (rbma)
d’angelo – untitled (how does it feel) l-vis 1990’s own way edit) (self-released)
arca – spira (uno)
coultrain – the girl of my dreams (juju dust)
sebb – phat kat (feelin’ music)
cecilia stalin – quinox (ccstalin.bandcamp.com)
ta-ku – dusty joint #19 (self-released)
dj shadow – scale it back featuring little dragon (robotaki remix) (verve)
mux mool – live at 7-11 (ghostly international)
insightful – dramatic entrance (soulection)
sweater beats – foxy (self-released)
m-phazes – james blake never learnt to make drums smack like this (self-released)
miles bonny x b.lewis – together forever (self-released)
JuSoul – thank you (hypedog)
wax roof – get money (remix) roof’s dilla day tribute (self-released)
freddie joachim – morena (self-released)
88-keys – gotta tell y’somethin’ (demo)
blu & madlib – cut up (self-released)
kurtis stanley & dirty cabin – flyin’ high (self-released)
union – baby mama featuring mani hoffman (fat beats)
sepalot – the measured amount (rush hour)
my panda shall fly & benjamin jackson – data module (five easy pieces)

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.