The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #154 (May 8, 2012)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #154 (May 8, 2012)
jaw gems – it’s morning forever (jawgems.bandcamp.com)
ta-ku – #dusty 20 (ta-ku.me)
freddie joachim – keep lovin’ featuring carlitta durand (melloworange.com)
andreya triana – far closer (ess85 remix) (ess85.bandcamp.com)
graciela maria – underwater (projectmooncircle.com)
michael kiwanuka – tell me a tale (cherrytreerecords.com / interscope)
hollie smith and mara tk – lives for living (soundsmith)
miles bonny – we (innatesounds.com)
hypnotic brass ensemble – fire (colm k edit) (choicecuts.ie)
segilola – paint the way (soundcloud.com/konductorslab)
marbert rocel – let’s take off (compost-rec.com)
milosh – you make me feel (plugresearch.com)
willie hutch – tell me why has our love turned cold (motown)
the soul session – woman and man featuring anaj (agogo-records.com)
bobby womack – the bravest man in the universe (xlrecordings.com)
pazes – limbo (pazes.bandcamp.com)
grussle – s.u.f.l.a.n. (thebeattapeproject.com)
freddie cruger – take it personally (ubiquityrecords.com)
donwill – maybe you & i (interdependent)
lianne la havas – forget (shlohmo remix) (unofficial)
rumpistol / red baron – floating (sekuoia remix) (projectmooncircle.com)
bmb aka space kid – huuhoohaa (draft) (soulection.com)
slugabed – moonbeam rider (ninjatune.net)
jono dorr – ghost walking (thebeattapeproject.com)
maker – earth elder (facemeltchicago.bandcamp.com)
flying lotus – gng bng (warp.net)
tribe – son of tribe (planet-e.net)
gossamer – name tape (themelt.bandcamp.com)
lazerbeak – lift every voice (doomtree.net)
bev lee harling – sunlight (wahwah45s.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.


DJ Platurn (Oakland) In The Studio for Episode #153 (May 1, 2012)

A photo from DJ Platurn‘s guest DJ set on this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
jai paul – jasmine (xl)
chet faker – terms and conditions (chetfaker.com)
flying lotus – sexslaveship (warp)
hidden jazz quartett – high heels featuring omar (agogo-records.com)
the bamboos – where does the time go? featuring aloe blacc (tru-thoughts.co.uk)
ta-ku – blow up (ta-ku.me)
kendrick lamar – kush & corinthians featuring bj the chicago kid (top dawg)
hollie smith and mara tk – transcendence featuring camplaix (soundsmith)
memphis – (guilty) after love is gone (electronica hiphop smooth instrumental remix) (soundcloud.com/djmemphis)

DJ Platurn’s Set
the chaffey college jazz ensemble – imagination flight
kendra morris – if you didn’t know
serious drug – wild cookie
REL – break out
chet faker – no diggity
cults – go outside (menahan street band remix)
pointers sisters – don’t it drive you crazy
nat adderly – r.s.v.p.
gang starr – what i’m here 4
michael jackson – billy jean (MoR remix)
quantic & his caombo carbaro – wandering star
quantic y conjuncto – step into the world (platurn blend)
michael kiwanuka – i need your company
milton nascimento – catavento
consequence – don’t forget ’em
andreya trina – a town called obsolete
erro – summertime (so hot)
janet jackson – love would never do without you (midnite sons remix)
endgames – ecstacy (centurion mix instrumental)

More From Me
lazerbeak – xylophone (doomtree)
vindahl – head over heels featuring coco (soulization remix) (tokyo dawn)
dappa dubs – waajeed vs. mobb deep (soundcloud.com/dappa-dubs)
soulful! – fishscale wallabeez (thebeattapeproject.com)
sonnymoon – houstalantavegas (waajeed refix) (bling47.com)
insightful – sunlight (insightful.bandcamp.com)
brazzaville – chappaqua (40 winks remix) (project mooncircle)
melo-x – the dark joker (mixtape)
marbert rocel – monsterparty (compost)
thomalla & martin riegelnegg – eivar (rbma)

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.


Zaki Ibrahim (Johannesburg) In The Studio for Episode #152 (April 24, 2012)

A photo from Zaki Ibrahim‘s interview on this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
hollie smith and mara tk – autumn rain (soundsmith)
mfp – light-minded (earnestendeavours.com)
jazzy gentle – smiling a tear (royayersproject.com)
sweatson klank – own (projectmooncircle.com)
omar – sing (if you want it) (scratch professer re-twist) (tru-thoughts.co.uk)
eric lau – what i’d rather featuring oddisee (talamak)
fLako – psico (kwatro.info)
es-k – doo good 2 (beattapeproject.bandcamp)
dj soko – biters featuring guilty simpson (mellomusicgroup.com)
leon ware + quadron – hold tight (quiereschicle.com)
mr day – follow you (favoriterec.com)

The Interview
zaki ibrahim – something in the water (motif)
zaki ibrahim – connected mattalike (iqra/d6)
drumattix – heartbeat (dnh)
zaki ibrahim – draw the line (motif)

Zaki Picks The Tracks
sbtrkt – wildfire featuring yukimi nagano (young turks)
jesse boykins iii – tabloids (machine drum remix) (jb3music.bandcamp.com)
1 o.a.k. – me & you (honorrollcrew.com)
just a band – extra (justaband.bandcamp.com)
dva – 33rd degree featuring muhsinah (hyperdub)

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 #151 (April 17, 2012)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #151 (April 17, 2012)
oddisee – hustle off (mellomusicgroup.com)
dj mr. doc – green monster (beattapeproject.bandcamp.com)
leon ware + quadron – orchids for the sun (quiereschicle.com)
teebs – monterey park bells (mtendere.tumblr.com)
jai paul – btstu (xlrecordings.com)
fLako – transition (kwatro.info)
hollie smith and mara tk – the spirit racing the mind (soundsmith / holliesmith.co.nz)
dangerous heresy – full circle (tommy tempa remix) (flavors.me/tommytempa)
the joubert singers – stand on the word (patchworks remix) (favoriterec.com)
gang colours – fancy restaurant (deft remix) (brownswoodrecordings.com)
georgia anne muldrow – remember (outro) (someothaship.com)
zaki ibrahim – black and grey (motifblog.tumblr.com)
shlohmo – rained the whole time (nicolas jaar remix) (FoFmusic.net)
mf borat – dedicated to love featuring samantha alexes (mfborat.bandcamp.com)
swiff d 93 (soundcloud.com/swiff-d)
clark – tooth moves (warp.net)
the stepkids – suburban dream (union remix) featuring pharoahe monch + homeboy sandman (stonesthrow.com)
jusoul – think 2wice (jusoul.bandcamp.com)
melo-x – fire geomu (mixtape)
sweatson klank – always you (projectmooncircle.com)
thavius beck – itoony (plugresearch.com)
krts – heartache (projectmooncircle.com)
little dragon – ritual union (tensnake remix) (tensnake.com)
miles bonny – rocketlove (milesbonny.bandcamp.com)
badbadnotgood – limit to your love (badbadnotgood.com)
hadyn – guise (hadyn-music.com)
freddie joachim – moons (melloworange.com)
miles bonny x b.lewis – always on my phone (milesbonnyxblewis.bandcamp.com)
dimlite – back to the universe pt. 2 (sonarkollektiv.com)
colossus – like that (om-records.com)
bullion – rude effort (paul white remix) (onehandedmusic.com)
roots manuva – first growth (bigdada.com)
todd terje – snooze 4 love (original mix) (running-back-records.tumblr.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.


The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #150 (April 10, 2012)

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)

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.


Buscrates (Pittsburgh) In The Studio for Episode #148 (March 27, 2012)

Photos from Buscrates‘ interview and guest DJ set on this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
elephant and castle – rise (plug research)
abjo – the bridge (self-released)
thesatisfaction – needs (sub pop)
slum village & de la soul – turning me off (mixtape)
gensu dean – forever featuring large professor (mello music group)
tensei – passport (plug research)
dimlite – the way blood travels (sonar kollektiv)
anthony valadez – begins featuring miles bonny (plug research)
sy smith – the ooh to my aah (psyko)
40 winks – only love (project mooncircle)
diggs duke – patiently, we bloom (self-released)

The Interview
east liberty quarters – lucky charm (rotating souls)
east liberty quarters – lucky charm (rotating souls)
the supremes – come into my life (buscrates re-edit) (self-released)
buscrates – everybody shine (roy ayers project)

Buscrates DJ Set
khemistry – i got a feeling
norman connors – keep doin’ it
change – heaven of my life
dynasty – way out
leon f. sylvers III – world champion (son of s.o.u.l.) get down
the o’jays – put our heads together
fatback band – she’s a go better
vesta williams – don’t blow a good thing (buscrates radio boogie remix)
east liberty quarters – worlds away featuring laura benack
bernard wright – master rocker
spunk – hot flashes
kreamcicle – hold on
the jones girls – keep it comin’
gary taylor – force of habit
carol williams – have you for my love
maxx traxx – don’t touch it!
crown heights affair – put me in gear
deco – fresh idea
change – tell me why
b.b. & q. band – imagination
private eye – private eye
buscrates – jokers

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)

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)

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)

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.