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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)

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Pure P (Stockholm) In The Studio for Episode #255 (May 26, 2014)

Photos from Pure P‘s interview and guest DJ set on today’s episode of The Main Ingredient.

This is the first episode (post-the-demise-of-East-Village-Radio) hosted exclusively here at themainingredientradio.com/wp-content/uploads. As some of you already have been (thank you!) please spread the word that the show is alive and well and please direct people here for new episodes each week.

My Set
little dragon – let go (seven four/republic)
madlib – cue 9 (stonesthrow.com)
fatima – do better (eglorecords.com)
electric wire hustle – bottom line (okayplayer.com)
afta-1 – temple (loveisreal.bigcartel.com)
jabru – church featuring joel culpepper (k7.com)
jmsn (pronounced jameson) – love & pain (kaytranada remix) (white room records)
captain planet – un poquito mas featuring chico mann (bastardjazz.com)
sonzeira – um toque (brownswoodrecordings.com – london)
mr. scruff – he don’t featuring robert owens (ninjatune.net)
miles tackett – just what i need (root down l.a. records)

Pure P’s Guest DJ Set
michael jackson – love never felt so good (pure p edit)
teedra moses featuring raphael saadiq, scipio & truth hurts – be your girl (kaytranada edition)
joy orbison – donell
reverend p – angels in africa
dj asparagus – i wan’cha
kaytranada – at all
logic – blues for you (hard dub edit)
disclosure – latch (groozm bootleg)
l.j. reynolds – travelin’
jerry knight – nothing can hold us back
linda taylor – you and me just started
the winans – let my people go (breakdown reprise)
childs & moore – superstition (original mix)
jill scott – hate on me (shelter vocal)
bme project – another lover
michael watford – so into you
jodeci – get on up (grant nelson’s anthem)
moody scott – (we gotta) bust out of the ghetto
o’donel levy – freedom and good times
james brown – the spank
grand puba – i like it (i wanna be where you are)
pete rock and c.l. smooth – back on the block
mobb deep – drink away the pain (situations) featuring q-tip
pharrell featuring kid capri – happy (tedsmooth remix)

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Emily King (NYC) In The Studio for the final Main Ingredient from the EVR studio – Episode #254 (May 19, 2014)

Photos and audio from my super fun interview with Emily King on last night’s The Main Ingredient. As I said before, this was the last show recorded in the East Village Radio studio. The station is sadly closing this Friday but The Main Ingredient lives on! I will continue to record the show every week and post it here on themainingredientradio.com/wp-content/uploads. I could really use your help spreading the word during the transition. So please tell a friend to tell a friend! Thank you!

Upcoming confirmed guests!
5/26: Pure P
6/2: Taylor McFerrin

My Set
sampha – subconscious (theyoungturks.co.uk)
jono mccleery – tomorrow (counter / ninjatune.net)
eska – inside out (live) (self-released)
lianne la havas – don’t wake me up (nonesuch.com)
the stepkids – symmetry (stonesthrow.com)
the roots – radio daze featuring blu, porn & dice raw (def jam)

The Interview
emily king – distance (emilykingmusic.com)
emily king – ever after (emilyking.bandcamp.com)
emily king – ordinary heart (emilykingmusic.com)
taylor mcferrin – decisions featuring emily king – early riser (brainfeedersite.com)

Emily and Jon Alternate Songs To Be Played At Their Funerals
the chambers brothers – so tired (columbia)
cat stevens – how can i tell you? (island, a&m)
stevie wonder – you and me (motown)
isley bros – love the one you’re with (t-neck/epic/legacy)
jazz crusaders – love and peace (pacific jazz)
dance – lay it on the line (marion cowings / ned liben)
roberta flack – do what you gotta do (atlantic)

Photos by more dani.




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.

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James Tillman (NYC) In The Studio for Episode #253 (May 12, 2014)


Photo by: Anthony Valadez

From James Tillman‘s interview on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
taylor mcferrin – the antidote featuring nai palm (brainfeedersite.com)
little dragon – paris (seven four / republic)
fatima – biggest joke of all (eglorecords.com)
gary clark, jr. – blak & blu featuring big krit (garyclarkjr.com)
tune-yards – time of dark (4ad.com)
eno / hyde (brian eno & karl hyde) – mother of a dog (opal / warp.net)
people under the stairs – get hip (piecelock 70 pl70.net)

James Tillman In Studio Interview
james tillman – love within (jmtill.com)
james tillman – and then (jmtill.com)
james tillman – loved (jmtill.com)

James Tillman Picks The Tracks
stereolab – fuses (elektra)
the bar-kays – holy ghost (stax)
marcos valle – nao tem nada nao (oden)
toro y moi – still sound (carparkrecords.com)
van hunt – what were you hoping for? (godless hotspot / thirty tigers)
darondo – didn’t i (luv n haight)
arthur verocai – velho parante (continental)
toro y moi – i can get love (carparkrecords.com)
mac demarco – chamber of reflection (captured tracks)
ella fitzgerald, duke ellington – tingling is a happiness (verve)

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.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #252 (May 5, 2014)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #252 (May 5, 2014)
little dragon – pretty girls (seven four/republic)
analog players society – looking for a new love (redbudrecords.com)
taylor mcferrin – decisions featuring emily king (brainfeedersite.com)
m&o – run! (mnosoul.bandcamp.com)
chet faker – talk is cheap (downtownmusic.com)
fs green – watrasei (gowtu intro) (iamfsgreen.net)
jmsn – do u remember the time (evil needle remix) (soundcloud.com/evilneedleprod)
essa – the world belongs to you (firstwordrecords.com)
eric lau and tawiah – the way we are (northernshore.net)
nas x cookin soul – one love featuring q-tip (cookinsoul.com)
gary clark, jr. – when my train pulls in (big krit remix) (garyclarkjr.com)
teebs – holiday featuring jonti (brainfeedersite.com)
gabriele poso – invocation 006 ( ) (agogo-records.com)
chrome sparks – lost in the chrome forest (futureclassic.com.au)
disclosure – help me lose my mind (ta-ku bootleg) (bootleg/unavailable)
jarreau vandal – move love featuring joya mooi (jarreauvandal.bandcamp.com)
mark e – bog dance (ghostly.com)
elderbrook – rewinding (soundcloud.com/elderbrook)
eno / hyde (brian eno + karl hyde) – daddy’s car (opal / warp.net)
boddhi satva – stop jealousy (dubstrumental) (bbemusic.com)
abjo – trip the light fantastic (soulection.com)
kidkanevil – all is not lost featuring cuushe & cokiyu (projectmooncircle.com)
insightful – i can see (soundcloud.com/insightfulone)
sorceress – cherished (wonderwheelrecordings.com)
jesse boykins iii – a matter of the heart featuring phonte (nomadic music)
alfa & emmavie – sing to the moon (ae-music.co.uk)
badbadnotgood – can’t leave the night (innovativeleisure.net)
damon albarn – lonely press play (thirteen / parlophone)
james tillman – loved (jmtill.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.

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Jesse Boykins III (NYC) In The Studio for Episode #251 (April 28, 2014)

Photos from Jesse Boykins III‘s interview on last night’s The Main Ingredient. His new album Love Apparatus hit stores last week 4/22.

My Set
kelis – runnin’ (machinedrum remix) (ninjatune.net)
kidkanevil – tales of moonlight and rain (japan bonus) (projectmooncircle.com)
badbadnotgood – since you asked kindly (innovativeleisure.net)
d’angelo – spanish joint (osage remix) (soundcloud.com/osageisreal)
jd twitch – why go to war (luakabop.com)
sorceress fka funkommunity – dose (wonderwheelrecordings.com)
james tillman – and then (jmtill.com)

Jesse Boykins III In Studio Interview
jesse boynkins iii – b4 the night is thru (nomadic music)
jesse boynkins iii – plain (nomadic music)
jesse boynkins iii – the wonder years (nomdic music)
mabanua – until you know featuring jesse boynkins iii (fragment ink)

Jesse Boykins III Picks The Tracks
chrome sparks – marijuana (chromesparks.bandcamp.com)
alex isley – fda (soundcloud.com/alex-isley)
gotye – i feel better (sample ‘n’ seconds)
emily king – distance (emilykingmusic.com)
sampha – without (theyoungturks.co.uk)
frank ocean – lost (oddfuture.com / island / def jam)
hiatus kaiyote – mobius streak (flying buddha/sony)
moruf – homie.lover.friend (soundcloud.com/moruf)

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.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show Episode #250 (April 22, 2014)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show Episode #250 (April 22, 2014)
hot chip (covering william onyeabor) – atomic bomb (luakabop.com)
swiff d – attack forces (soundcloud.com/swiff-d)
tourist – patterns featuring lianne la havas (mondayrecords.co.uk)
zara mcfarlane – open heart (diggs duke remix) (brownswoodrecordings.com)
gabriele poso – invocation 009 ( ) (agogo-records.com)
kidkanevil – inakunaru featuring phasma (projectmooncircle.com)
playin’ 4 the city – funk in ny (o.p’ reprise) (plastik people)
bunny on acid – it’s on featuring amp fiddler (studiorockers.net)
hidden orchestra – spoken (submerse remix) (tru-thoughts.co.uk)
von pea & aeon – alive (hipnottrecords.com)
phoenix and the flower girl – believe in (phoenixandtheflowergirl.bandcamp.com)
william arcane – fade (picturesmusic.co.uk)
the souljazz orchestra – as the crow flies (strut-records.com)
jesse boykins III – the wonder years (nomadic music)
teebs – view point (brainfeedersite.com)
illum sphere – ra_light (ninjatune.net)
sk radicals – reachin’ 4 da farside (misa negra remix) (people)
gold panda – back home (ghostly.com)
nightports – clok (soundcloud.com/nightports)
chet faker – lesson in patience (downtownmusic.com)
sohn – tempest (4ad.com)
kelis – bless the telephone (ninjatune.net)
chrome sparks – enter the chrome forest (futureclassic.com.au)
darondo – didn’t i (dave allison rework) (ubiquityrecords.com)
mobonix – this wrek (xil)
electroom acoostap – heaven is my home (cascaderecords.fr)
marley carroll – first thought best thought (little people remix) (marleycarroll.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.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #249 (April 15, 2014)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #249 (April 15, 2014)
jungle – busy earnin’ (xlrecordings.com)
iamnobodi – monarch (jakartarecords.de)
gang starr x jurassic 5 x dj mitsu – just to get unified (soundcloud.com/mrsonnyjames)
marvin gaye – i want you (diskobeistet remix) (soundcloud.com/peoplelovemusic)
sonzeira – southern freeez (talkin loud)
little dragon – reminisce a new (ohmega watts drum edit) (soundcloud.com/ohmegawatts)
the lbc’s – u and me featuring yung zeke and pops (soundcloud.com/jmozee)
teebs – hi hat featuring populous (brainfeedersite.com)
sohn – artifice (4ad session) (4ad.com)
dj center – dem say ah (pushthefader.com)
krts – what u want (soundcloud.com/krts)
logic – break it down featuring jhene aiko (louis futon remix) (soundcloud.com/louisfuton)
blap deli – lxxxgude (soundcloud.com/bl-pd-li)
safia – paranoia, ghosts & other sounds (young franco remix) (soundcloud.com/safia-music)
jesse futerman – futureman (juslikemusicrecords.com)
tiny hearts – stay (jeedo x refix) (soundcloud.com/tinyhearts)
apollo brown – the answer (mellomusicgroup.com)
darondo – didn’t i (florent f rework) (ubiquityrecords.com)
phoenix and the flower girl – smile (phoenixandtheflowergirl.bandcamp.com)
natural sequence – galactic soul featuring distant starr x byron the aquarius (free-crates.com)
essa – prayers of a non-believer featuring d.ablo (essamusic.bandcamp.com)
gabriele poso – invocation 008 ( ) (agogo-records.com)
si *se – this love (hird remix) (soundcloud.com/carolc)
ki:theory – lay our bodies down (kringer)
christian prommer – waltz (soundcloud.com/compost)
tensnake – the last song (astralwerks.com)
meklit – in sleep (sixdegreesrecords.com)
anushka – atom bombs (brownswoodrecordings.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.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #248 (April 8, 2014)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #248 (April 8, 2014)
dj center – 2am inna london dub (pushthefader.com)
seou – havona featuring astronote (seoufly.bandcamp.com)
micatone – circle (sygaire remix version 2) (soundcloud.com/sygaire)
chet faker 1998 (downtownmusic.com)
sohn – lessons (4ad.com)
jesse boykins iii – plain (nomadic)
rihanna – loveeeeee song (rancido’s traveling soul rework) (soundcloud.com/rancidodeepjourney)
long arm – sleepsafe featuring i.v.a. + ruslan gadzhimuradov (projectmooncircle.com)
phil beaudreau – faith and anger (weareaoe.com / high renaissance)
fatima – ridin round (sky high) (eglorecords.com)
de la soul – goes with the word (wearedelasoul.com)
von pea & aeon – nip slip (hipnottrecords.com)
tensnake – first song (astralwerks.com)
the temptations – cloud nine (fkj remix) (soundcloud.com/fkj-2)
the spandettes – automatic (dorightmusic.com)
tôg – 5 år fra nå (redeyetransit.com)
natural sequence – freedom flower (lo kick remix) (free-crates.com)
gamertag – maze impact (allcityrecordlabel.com)
magical mistakes – moves so slowly (kingdeluxe.ca)
oscar key sung – holograms (two bright lakes / warner music (au/nz only))
zetroc – harp for debra (zetrocmusic.bandcamp.com)
keeper – happy to be sad (soundcloud.com/boombaptist)
todd terje – svensk sas (olsen)
ki:theory – needles featuring maura davis (kringer)
meklit – overgrown (sixdegreesrecords.com)
the jones family singers – going home (arts-and-labor.com)
musicbyjam – andromeda 2297 (musicbyjam.com)
teen daze – paradiso (soundcloud.com/teendaze)

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.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #247 (April 1, 2014)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show – Episode #247 (April 1, 2014)
de la soul – dilla plugged in (wearedelasoul.com)
anthony valadez – intro featuring the decoders (plugresearch.com)
brasstracks – say u will (soundcloud.com/brasstracks)
zetroc – facsimile (zetrocmusic.bandcamp.com)
the jones family singers – made up my mind (arts-and-labor.com)
electroom acoostap – ascension (cascaderecords.fr)
oscar key sung – so here (two bright lakes / warner (au/nz only))
abhi//dijon – let you know (abhidijon.com)
willie hutch – slick (motown)
phil beaudreau – something better (aoe/high renaissance)
natural sequence – after the rain featuring ensilence (free-crates.com)
freddie gibbs & madlib – bomb (madlib invasion)
pharrell williams – happy (neus remix) (soundcloud.com/neus)
superhumanoids – geri (nite jewel remix) (innovativeleisure.net)
go yama – laputa star bits (extended) (darkerthanwax.com)
jets – midas touch featuring jamie lidell (machine drum version) (leisuresystem.net)
ibibio sound machine – woman of substance (soundwayrecords.com)
slakah the beatchild – keep up featuring ayah (bbemusic.com)
tôg når me våkne opp imårå (mathias stubø diskorama remix) (redeyetransit.com)
teen daze – tokyo winter (soundcloud.com/teendaze)
gamertag – find your pulse (allcityrecordlabel.com)
congi & occult – autumn leaves featuring segilola (copyright control)
sohn – veto (4ad.com)
the ruffcats – seven of five (mpmsite.com)
voices of east harlem – right on be free (elektra)
seou – old song (seoufly.bandcamp.com)
saul vallens – in my head featuring gyrefunk (soundcloud.com/gyrefunk)
illum sphere – embryonic featuring shadowbox (ninjatune.net)

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.