Miles Bonny (Kansas City) In The Studio for Episode #125 (October 18, 2011)

A photo from Miles Bonny‘s interview and guest set from this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
freddie joachim – looking back (mellow orange)
onra – flight or die (all city)
ta-ku – folk (self-released)
vindahl – monday i die (tokyo dawn)
jose james – trouble (self-released)
bug – reach the clouds (jus like music)
the stuyvesants – spank love (sd)
iSHE & hezekiah – so official (self-released)
eric roberson – right back to me (blue erro soul)
oddisee – all along the river (mello music group)
mayer hawthorne – no strings (new version) (universal republic)

The Interview
miles bonny – sing your song (innatesounds)
miles bonny – nothin’ but chu (self-released)
brenk – dedicated featuring miles bonny (melting pot)
miles bonny – rescue me (big pun suite) (self-released)

Miles Bonny’s Guest DJ Set
big pun – you came up
reggie b. – the traveler feat. pharoah
georgia anne muldrow – thump
brenk – wolves 2 (still hungry)
blue mitchell – harmony of the underworld
miles bonny – marc jacobs vamp
miles bonny – untitled
nicholas kopernicus – brisa (unplugged)
the impressions – you can’t be wrong
five special – baby
thundercat – fleer ultra
linquist & greer – #12
willie nelson – a song for you
sly stone – that’s lovin you
dreams – imagine my surprise

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.


Miles Bonny (Kansas City) On The Main Ingredient 10/18!

Miles Bonny who runs the INnatesounds label out of Kansas City will be in town to perform at the Brooklyn Bodega CMJ “We Got The Jazz” Showcase Tuesday, but will first be my guest on the 125th edition of The Main Ingredient.

He has had his hands in (probably a record high) 32 songs that I’ve played on the show, mostly as a performer and I offered him an open invite to be a guest quite a while ago. I’m really excited that it’s finally going to happen.

About Miles Bonny:

Miles Bonny was born uptown in NYC (Payson Ave.) and grew up in Teaneck, NJ until college when he returned to his parent’s roots in the midwest USA’s Kansas and Missouri regions. Grandson of a music therapist, son of a trumpeter, Miles also produced hip hop beats, leading to a feature in the now defunct Scratch Magazine at it’s height. Since first recording as a vocalist in 2006, he has traveled to Europe to tour 3 times in the last 4 years, focusing on Germany, where he records for Melting Pot Music. Currently residing in Kansas City, Missouri, Miles will play for the first time in NYC at the Brooklyn Bodega CMJ Showcase “we got the jazz” at DROM on Oct 18th.


The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #124 (October 11, 2011)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #124 (October 11, 2011)
linn & freddie – blip blop (homegrown)
MONOm.i.c. – three beat magic (onkyovizion/disques corde)
mayer hawthorne – can’t stop featuring snoop dogg (universal republic)
iSHE & hezekiah – pressure done (self-released)
kissey – cry (kissey.co)
livications – plutonic lab (3rrr-fm)
icebird (rjd2 & aaron livingston – the return of tronson (rj’s electrical connections)
vindahl – out and about (tokyo dawn)
ta-ku – backwards (self-released)
b.lewis – free raffle (self-released)
com truise – brokendate (ghostly international)
dan electro – two wings (soulab)
maverick sabre – i need you (zed bias remix) featuring donaeo (mercury)
roots manuva – get the get (slugabed remix) (ninja tune)
ben westbeech – summer’s loss (strictly rhythm)
tiron & ayomari – fin (cafeteria line)
island – robot koch (project moon circle)
salva – blue (FoF)
gang colours – fireworks in pocket (dj dials remix) (brownswood)
blu – jazmine (new world color)
dj shadow – i’ve been trying (verve)
the dynamics – little pablo (favorite records)
format none – giedra (renegades of bump)
SBTRKT – heatwave (young turks)
has-lo – perfume trail (mello music group)
evidence – you (rhymesayers)
colonel red – i will be there (tokyo dawn)
nomo & shawn lee – upside down (ubiquity)
sir froderick – DOODOOonSHOE pt. 2 (swarvy) (record breakin)
brenk – lupo (melting pot)
thundercat – boat cruise (brainfeeder)
miles bonny – 5 o’clock suff (mpm)
julien dyne – fallin’ down featuring parks (bbe)
quadron – tone (emoce/cremedelacrack remix) (cremedelacrack)
krts – whatever (project mooncircle)
alias – talk in technicolor (anticon)
phonté – sendin’ my love (the foreign exchange 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.


Majestic Mood (Vienna) In The Studio for Episode #123 (October 4, 2011)

Photos from Majestic Mood‘s interview and guest set from this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
oddisee – for certain featuring diamond district (mello music group)
tall black guy – sweet europe (self-released)
dj shadow – scale it back featuring little dragon (verve)
vindahl – inside out (tokyo dawn)
zaki ibrahim – heartbeat (RNH)
ben westbeech – falling (strictly rhythm)
tiron & ayomari – jack kerouac (the cafeteria line)
maddslinky – moonshine
evidence – the red carpet featuring raekwon + rass kass (rhymsayers)
phonte – who loves you more (the foreign exchange music)
9th wonder – now i’m being cool featuring mela (traffic entertainment)
sola rosa – all you need (melting pot)

Majestic Mood’s Guest Set
abby lee tee – stuck into (minor sick remix)
elliot – warm jazzz rain (abby tee remix)
eskmo – cloudlight
gianna charles – i need you
flying lotus – shadows
trishes – bitcrushed
gold panda – quitters raga
hazel & slakah the beatchild – this
strand – mac 8
HudMo – ooops (on my)
paul white – the doldrums
cid rim – bumpy red tower
fLako – blurry dream
mancini & the creepers – gold sand
robot koch – hard to find
knx. – freedomb
roman rauch – relax
fantastic clik & sport g – she’s like …
jon phonics – the one
fella vaughn – jailbait
knx. – broklin
feux&kalifornia kurt – gossip
brenk – murda dem
tettery bad – unite (dj buzz & twintowas remix)
danny breaks – moonpah
bibio – fire ant
two inch punch – love you up
beatvadda – dafunk
leatherette – in july focus
monkey robot – so amazing
ad bourke – 100
cid rim – cut the knife
fulgeance – analove
mosca – tilt shift
young montana? – midnight snacks
hazel & slakah the beatchild – chill back
this is why – jed and lucia
fantastic mr. fox – sepia song

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.


Majestic Mood (Vienna) On The Main Ingredient 10/4!

Majestic Mood who runs the Groove Merchants Radio Show out of Vienna is town spinning with my some of my favorite DJs, including sets at Rich Medina & DJ Akalepse‘s Props party at LPR and Ge-Ology‘s Life On Mars party at subMercer.

He will also stop by the East Village Radio studio Monday night for The Main Ingredient #123. I’m looking forward getting his thoughts on the international beat scene (and his DJ set, of course).

Shout to Synapse for the intro.

About Majestic Mood:

If there’s anything any good DJ should be able to do, it is to set a mood. In the case of this cat from Vienna/Austria/Europe, the mood is going to be majestic – no matter which musical genres are involved. Inspired by Hip Hop, he explored it’s various roots – Jazz, Soul, Funk… – at an early age and paid his dues playing some residencies around his hometown. In recent years, he’s been immersing himself in the international Beat movement that fuses Hip Hop aesthetics with more electronic soundscapes and even deeper bass frequencies. His online radio show Groove Merchants is a good starting point for explorations into the field as it also features interviews with artists like Hudson Mohawke, Waajeed, Tokimonsta & Mount Kimbie. He is also the resident DJ for “The Message Radio Show” on Vienna’s Superfly FM and co-hosts the club series Royal Eclectic.

Trishes (FM4/MPM)


FS Green (Amsterdam) In The Studio for Episode #122 (September 27, 2011)

A photo from FS Green‘s interview and guest set from this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
mayer hathworne – green eyed love (waajeed remix) (stones throw)
applejac – diana in the autumn wind featuring shecky’s jazzy (self-released)
tiron & ayomari – if i had you featuring d.r.u.g.s. & thundercat (self-released)
vindahl – down (tokyo dawn)
phonte – gonna be a beautiful night (the foreign exchange music)
sekoya – introducing the highlife (3rrr-fm)
sola rosa – humanised featuring bajka (melting pot)
lack of afro – a time for featuring wayne gidden (freestyle)

The Interview
maikal x – escapade (produced by fs green) (patta)
fs green – pick a star (melting pot)
homemade – innersoul featuring GMB (bacardi visita)
pete philly – game (produced by fs green)
fs green & element – looking for a way featuring slakah the beatchild

FS Green Guest DJ Set
siroj – romance
dwele – dodgin’ your phone featuring david banner
ben jones – stereosine
element – pacquiao (produced by fs green)
the hop – picture the world
mar – inglewood
fatima – mind
kano – the truth
bluey robinson – i know (fs green remix)
pete philly – ocean (produced by fs green)
the jet age of tomorrow – burfday
mark de clive-lowe – hooligan featuring nia andrews
promise – somebody else featuring slakah the beatchild and brendan phillips
homemade – settle for (seymour bits remix)
the weeknd – birthday suit (get loose remix)
clara hill – nowhere (fs green moombahsoul remix)
jesse boykins III – b4 the night is thru (fs green remix)

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.



Krystal Klear (Manchester) In The Studio for Episode #121 (September 20, 2011)

A photo from Krystal Klear‘s interview and guest set from this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
vindahl – the opening (tokyo dawn)
julien dyne – maddingos (3rrr-fm)
iSHE + hezekiah – opportunity (3crates.bandcamp.com)
nicholas – without you (dikso)
ta-ku – throwback (takuakaflip.bandcamp.com)
brenk – nite ridah 2k11 (melting pot)
j-live – the me and you (triple threat productions)
amerigo gazaway of gummy soul – rock co.kane flow featuring mf doom (gummysoul.bandcamp.com)
jono mccleery – home (ninja tune)
onra – change of heart (all city)

The Interview
devonwho actriz – (krystal klear woogie mix) (klipmode)
krystal klear – tried for your love (all city)

Krystal Klear Exclusive Bits
ksrystal klear – entre
krystal klear – swandive
krystal klear – the only way
krystal klear – never thought you would go featuring olivier daysoul
krystal klear – grand turbo
OMD – history of modern (krystal klear remix instrumental)
the court and sinden featuring mystery jets – after dark (krystal klear p-hard disco remix)
krystal klear – pistol chauffeur

Krystal Klear Guest DJ Set
? – want you 4 awhile (krystal klear edit)
millie scott – one stop lover
modernique – love’s gonna get you
attitude – love me tonight
metro area – caught up
krystal klear – trust laynard
giorgio moroder – i wanna rock you
giorgio moroder – e=mc2
apollonia 6 – sex shooter (dance version)
cheri – star struck
kano – don’t try to stop me (iLLumedit)
chaka khan – i feel for you
mary jane girls – candy man
steve sheila – don’t you give your love away
t-connection – heaven in your eyes

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.


Krystal Klear (Manchester) on the Main Ingredient 9/20!

Krystal Klear, who regular listeners will recognize from my Best of 2010 show (among others), will join me tonight at midnight to share some music and conversation in the East Village Radio studio tonight for the 121st edition of The Main Ingredient.

Krystal Klear – Tried For Your Love (ACKK12x1) by allcitydublin

About Krystal Klear:

Born and raised in Dublin, making music his whole life Krystal Klear was at first inspired by Hardcore Punk and Metal, he began playing lead guitar and gigging around Ireland. His major inspiration was always Boogie, Funk and Hip-Hop – leading him to create the Krystal Klear moniker in 2008.

Since early 2010, Krystal Klear has recorded an exclusive mix for the now defunct (but forever infamous) Mary Anne Hobbs BBC Radio 1 show, been chosen as a resident for the successful Hoya:Hoya club night in Manchester, toured the U.S.A (stopping off at Dam Funk’s Funkmosphere night) and garnered love from XLR8R, Mixmag and Dazed & Confused. Brodinski, FACT Mag and Juno have all named him ‘One to watch in 2011’ and recent shows in Hamburg, Amsterdam and London have garnered hype from the European audience.

KrystalKlear’s contemporary take on Boogie/New Jack Swing pricked the ears of Cooly G who signed him for the debut A-side on her Dub Organizer label. The single ‘Tried For Your Love’ off All City Records was played 6 weeks in a row on Benji B’s BBC 1XTRA show and a collaboration with Olivier Daysoul led to a deal from the tastemaking Eglo label. With remix commissions from legendary synth-pop bad O.M.D., The Count & Sinden, Lazer Sword and collaborations with Skream and Hudson Mohawke.

Being renowned as a firecracker live and a versatile DJ, his recent sets at the Warehouse Project, Doldrums and The Producers House club nights playing everything from modern boogie, chicago house to Anita Baker have solidified his presence on the U.K. club circuit.

Endorsed by Dam Funk, Hudson Mohawke, Skream, Joy Orbison, Brodinski, Toddla T, James Pants, Jack master and many more – 2011 is gonna be a big year for KK.


The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #120 (September 13, 2011)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #120 (September 13, 2011)
new look – nap on the bow (self-released)
b.lewis – hardly pardoned (self-released)
grooveman spot – promise (self-released)
miles bonny – rescue me (big pun suite) (self-released)
j dilla/jay dee – no one knows (unofficial)
trus’me – can we pretend featuring amp fiddler (prime numbers)
lems – hello beat 3 featuring naoyuki takano (moonstarr remix) (green piece)
the dyamics – miracles (favorite)
captain planet – get you some featuring brit lauren (bastard jazz)
linn & freddie – live for love (homegrown)
oddisee – mattered much featuring olivier daysoul (mello music group)
tall black guy – with you (self-released)
lindquist & greer – 2 (milesbonny.bandcamp.com)
klutch/angelo arce – summertime (new world color)
peter brown – without love (drive/t.k.)
raphael saadiq – movin’ down the line (columbia)
milosh – run away (plug research)
kyoto jazz massive – mystery of ages featuring bembe segue (ptr)
classen collective – close to greatness (deep joy mix) (jcr)
jono mccleery – fears (ninja tune)
fresh sly – the brown eyes waitress (digi crates)
elephant and castle – the hangar (plug research)
the step kids – legend in his own mind (stones throw)
zo! – holding you, loving you (foreign exchange music)
ta-ku – out of my way (self-released)
yesterday’s new quintet – rocket love pt. 1 (now again/stones throw)
cesmiles – touching (milesbonny.bandcamp.com)
eric roberson – the hunger featuring w. ellington felton (blue erro soul)
uptownxo – rumors featuring gordo brega & ab the pro (self-released)
john ellis and the big bang – people that i love (stylin 500 version) (3rrr-fm)

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.