Category: Episodes

A photo from Hadyn From Phantom Lover‘s guest set on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
wildcookie (freddie cruger & anthony mills) – jackson miles (tru thoughts)
tokimonsta – last night’s blurry memories (all city)
ben westbeech – slowly (benwestbeech.com)
plantlife – when she smilles she lights the sky (4hero remix) (gut)
ghostpoet – us against whatever ever (brownswood)
submotion orchestra – finest hour (planas remix) (brownswood)
elan tamara & dimitri grimm – doze (dimlite.bandcamp.com)
jono mccleery – tomorrow (ninja tune)
pete rock & c.l. smooth – shine on me! (st. nick)
black milk – shut it down (fat beats)
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phantom lover – change (show me how) featuring nicholas (phantomlover.bandcamp.com)
phantom lover – subtle featuring jesse boykins iii (phantomlover.bandcamp.com)
phantom lover – faith featuring sarah white (phantomlover.bandcamp.com)

Hadyn’s Set
grace jones – slave to the rhythm (manhattan/island)
soul ii soul – keep on movin (club mix) (virgin)
phantom lover – beaucoup papa featuring fatima (phantomlover.bandcamp.com)
sade – turn my back on you (epic)
wally badarou – chief inspector (island)
natasha king – am-fm (emergency)
the jones girls – you gonna make me love somebody else (philadelphia international)
the family – screams of passion (paisley park)
52nd street – i can’t let you go (mca)
thelma houston – you used to hold me so tight (mca)
loose ends – gonna make you mine (mca)
sherrick – just call – sherrick (wb)
george duke – let your love shine (epic)

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.

A photo from DJ Parler‘s guest set on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
napo – hearbeat (i need you) (renegades of bump)
j. rawls – digital funky (polar)
blame one – wonder why (soulspazm)
tiron – superwoman featuring ayomari (self-released)
martyn / mike slott – pointing fingers (all city)
kenn starr – home comes first (mello music group)
jose james – vicadin (unofficial)
space invadas – imaginist (bbe)
talib kweli – cold rain (javotti/3D)
ghostpoet – cash and carry me home (alex patchwork remix) (brownswood)

DJ Parler‘s Set
soul searchers – ashley’s roach clip (sussex)
consequence – bearer of bad news (mixtape)
the sylvers – don’t give up the good life (mgm)
von pea – good life (interdependent)
steely dan – kid charlemagne (mca)
9th creation – bubble gum (pye)
james brown – funky drummer (king)
kool & the gang – give it up (de-lite)
the honey drippers – impeach the president (alaga)
quincy jones – hikky burr featuring bill cosby (alt version) (a&m)
manzel – midnight theme (dopebrother)
grand funk railroad – nothing is the same (capitol)
roy ayers – life is just a moment pt. 2 (polydor)
unknown – unknown (unknown)
james brown – my thang (polydor)
village callers – hector (rampart)
edwin birdsong – rapper dapper snapper (salsoul)
gang starr – skillz (virgin)
gang starr – code of the streets (chrysalis)
nice and smooth – funky for you (priority)
gang starr – just to get a rep (chrysalis)
jean jacques pery – E.V.A. (vanguard)
funkadelic – you’ll like it too (lax)
dexter wansel – theme from planets (philadephia international)
sly & the family stone – thank you (falettinme be mice elf agin) (epic)
rhythm heritage – theme from swat (abc)
the beginning of the end – when she made me promise (alston)
kool & the gang – soul vibrations (de-lite)
paul humphrey – uncle willie’s dream (blue thumb)
lafayette afro rock band – hihache (hi and fly records)
mighty ryeders – evil vibrations (sun glo)
rimshots – dancing girl (astroscope)
little royal – razor blade (tri-us)
james brown – give it up turn it loose (king)
pazant brothers – chick a boom (vigor)

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.

A photo from Sam Champ‘s interview & guest dj set on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
malice and mario sweet – speed of light (forthcoming)
seinabo sey – like we have nothing to lose (self-released)
carlitta durand – icarli (self-released)
tiron and ayomari – what you waiting for (self-released)
flow factory – dear
black milk – play the keys (fat beats)
freddie joachim – i want to know (freddiejoachim.bandcamp.com)
tom caruana – back in the game (self-released)
krystal klear – dekryptic (all city)
mdcl presents sy smith – teena (lovergirl syberized) (mashibeats.bandcamp.com)
johnson and johnson – been such a long time (tres records)

The Interview
d’angelo – left and right (sam champ remix) (samchamp.bandcamp.com)
amerie – fall in love (sam champ remix) (samchamp.bandcamp.com)
electric wire hustle – perception (sam champ remix) (samchamp.bandcamp.com)
flying lotus – tea leaf dancers (sam champ remix) (samchamp.bandcamp.com)

Sam Champ’s Set
terry tester – yokohama
karriem riggins – 12’s in 8 (scion)
madlib the beat konducta – yo yo affair part 1 and 2 (rapster)
j dilla – marvine (unreleased)
buscrates 16 bit ensemble (buscrates16-bitensemble.bandcamp.com)
sam champ – grusin memories (unreleased)
esthero – thank heaven 4 you (freddie joachim remix) (organology)
lauryn hill – ex-factor (a simple mix) (columbia UK)
kim hill – summertime in aspen (spinna remix) (up above)
jack sample pros – perskryptshyn (fat city)
fatima – soul glo (eglo)
onra and pursuit grooves – are you satisfied (feat. fatima) (favourite)
full crate, fs green, grand jackson – settle for (feat. mar) (bacardi visita)
the detroit experiment – highest (rope-a-dope)
buscrates 16 bit ensemble (buscrates16-bitensemble.bandcamp.com)
sa-ra creative partners – love stomp (jazzy sport)
sam champion – elis2-buscrates mix (unreleased)
j dilla – amazing…
terry tester – weldon
sam champion – new orbits fast alt (unreleased)

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.

A photo from DJ Chela‘s guest set on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
jed and lucia – painted stars refix (ubiquity)
karlmarx – mists (melting pot)
mike gao – loving night (all city)
musiq – dontstop featuring bilal (def soul)
j. roc – we good (whoisjroc.bandcamp.com)
mf doom – deep fried frenz (rhymesayers)
ta-ku – sylvia (paperchain)
krystal klear – boogie wan (all city)
bilal – lost my mind (plug research)
onra – the perfect match (brownswood)

DJ Chela’s Set
dj center – yes! featuring zaki ibrahim (push the fader)
bocafloja – legado remix (quilomboarte)
blitz the ambassador – breathe featuring rob murat (alala)
pharoahe monch – shine featuring mela machinko (war/duck down)
red astaire – follow me (g.a.m.m.)
stacy epps – floatin (brownswood)
jay electronica – the announcement (featuring john f. kennedy) (mixtape)
ursula rucker – feel me (noizeyboy / soulspazm)
surya – green tara mantra (benevolent)
homeboy sandman – angels with dirty faces (highwater)
reflection eternal – back again featuring res (blacksmith)
youngblood brass band – pastime paradise (big band)
hot 8 brass band – it’s real (tru thoughts)
cee lo green – i want you (elektra)
pure p – human nature (retouch) (g.a.m.m.)
miguel – all i want is you (feat. j. cole) (jive/sony)
ursula rucker – so what? (noizeyboy/soulspazm)
j. period and nneka – walking (j. period remix) featuring jay electronica (mixtape)
wyclef jean – sang fezi (columbia)
j-live – home or away (triple threat)
awkword – imperialism (feat. c-rayz walz & reks) (sub city)
mark ronson and the business intl. – bang bang bang (rca)
erykah badu – love (universal motown)
dj vadim – beautiful ft. yarah bravo (101 distribution)

A photo from Dinner At The Thompson’s interview on The Main Ingredient.

**If you are in NYC be sure to check out their last show before they head to Chicago! This Thursday, December 2nd, at 10:00 pm at Rose Live Music in Williamsburg – FREE.**

My Set
olivier daysoul – in the now (duke hugh bossatronic remix) (dukehugh.bandcamp.com)
maddslinky – special featuring omar (tru thoughts)
bilal – think it over (exile remix) (plug research)
mar / louis bordeaux – mar variation/1st session (marvations.net)
ces cru – float (innate sounds)
andre 3000 feat. black spade – da art of storytelling part iv (mixtape)
jesse boykins III – trust (nomadic music llc)
bonobo – black sands (ninja tune)
electric wire hustle – again (scratch 22 remix) (bbe)

Dinner At The Thompson’s In The Studio
dinner at the thompson’s – daily vitamins (earth at work)
dinner at the thompson’s – vegas (earth at work)
dinner at the thompson’s – can’t get over it (earth at work)
dinner at the thompson’s – fly nature (earth at work)
dinner at the thompson’s – reality check (earth at work)
dinner at the thompson’s – short & sweet (earth at work)
dinner at the thompson’s – conciousness (earth at work)
dinner at the thompson’s – ladies (earth at work)
dinner at the thompson’s – running (forthcoming)
dinner at the thompson’s – different beings feat. lee fields (forthcoming)
dinner at the thompson’s – you are love (forthcoming)
dinner at the thompson’s – rise up (forthcoming)
dinner at the thompson’s – this day we call hope (forthcoming)
dinner at the thompson’s – levitating (forthcoming)

Dinner At The Thompson’s Pick The Tracks
asiko – lagos city (soundway records)
james mason – funny girl (chiaroscuro records)
flying lotus – tea leaf dancers (feat. andreya triana) (warp)
pattie blingh and the akebulan five – reallytho (ramp recordings)
night people – lee dorsey (abc records)
the fabulous peps – my love looks good on you (soul-tay-shus)
steve spacek – hey there (sound in color)
serge gainsbourg and jane birkin – ballade de melody nelson (mercury france)

A photo from Qool DJ Marv‘s all-vinyl, all-45s guest set on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
brenk – ole woam 2 (aus kaisamuhn in die wod) (melting pot)
fs green – tycoon thug (melting pot)
black spade – i heart featuring simeon & vic spencer (mixtape)
koen – 671 (koen.bandcamp.com)
jesse boykins III – tabloids (machine drum remix) (nomadic music LLC)
dj mitsu the beats – m.o.o.d. for otis featuring medaphoar (planetgroove)
freddie joachim – that’s life (radio edit) (mellow orange music, organology)
electric wire hustle – waters (bbe)
nicolay – move on featuring darien brockington (bbe)
fid mella – ha ha ha ha (melting pot)
trek life – so supreme (featuring olivier daysoul) (mello music group)
pretty lights – my other love – filling up the city skies
marie queenie lyons – see and don’t see (deluxe)
johnson & jonson – the only way (tres)
black milk – don cornelius (blackmilk.bandcamp.com)

Marv’s All-45s Set
hundred strong – shine (featuring j. todd) (high noon)
beans – mutescreamer (el p remix) (warp)
thunder lightning and rain – super funky part II (vox pop)
robert jay – alcohol – part 2 (vox pop)
bumps jackson – funky in jamaica (part 2) (alatac)
jstar – i’m dubbing out (white label)
greenwood rhythm coalition – regresar a cali (names you can trust)
plant life – this – when she smiles she lights the sky (gut)
tes – new new york (lex)
malcolm mclaren – world’s famous (island)
roe o vs. monk o – bdk vs greedy g – extra raw (wah wah 45)
the together brothers (emskee & monkone) – let it go (ten12)
the dix – here comes the dix (smacks)
the majestics – tighten up (unique)
madeline bell – that’s what friends are for (jazzman)
j-walk – tearaway / heavens above (pleasure)

A photo from my interview with Olivier Daysoul on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
jay electronica – the announcement feat. john f. kennedy (mixtape)
brenk – cannibal love – hi-hat club vol. 4 (mpm)
paul white – so far away (tranqill’s version) (soundcloud.com/alexchase)
little dragon – fortune (iambic remix) (peace frog)
fid mella – bada bing (mpm)
take – neon beams(alpha pup)
dj mitsu the beats – intro (grooveman spot remix) (planet groove)
hearin’ aid – higher (feat. tony clifton) (juggling’)
koen – 660 (koen.bandcamp.com)
14kt – the meaning (self-released)
dibiase / p.u.d.g.e. – smoke it over (allcity)
sa-ra creative partners – hey love (babygrande)
reggie b – it gets better (INnatesounds)
trek life & the unknow – 2 seconds (thinkloud)
blackalicious – as the world turns (quannum)
oddisee – the warm up feat. homeboy sandman (oddisee)
rjd2 – sell the world (def jux)
blu and exile – dancing in the rain (sound in color)

Olivier Daysoul in-studio Interview
olivier daysoul – in the now – mr. saint louis ep (oddisee)
onra – my mind is gone featuring olivier daysoul (all city)
olivier daysoul – just a song – mr. saint louis ep (oddisee)
olivier daysoul – labor – mr. saint louis ep (oddisee)
olivier daysoul – foolish – mr. saint louis ep (oddisee)

His Mr. Saint Louis EP is available now.

Olivier picks the tracks
nipsey hustle – tha hustle way (direct connect)
cameo – freaky dancin’ (chocolate city)
ryan leslie – you’re not my girl (casablanca)
rick ross – maybach music III (def jam)