Category: In Studio Guests

From Pure P‘s guest DJ set on The Main Ingredient.

The Main Ingredient on East Village Radio – Episode #316 (December 16, 2015)
marcus marr & chet faker – learning for your love (downtownmusic.com)
collocutor – agama (al dobson jr indica remix) (onthecornerrecords.co.uk)
prince – xtraloveable (npg)
reginald omas mamode iv – jumpworkshakemove (labelloveworldwide.bandcamp.com)
statik selektah – couldn’t tell featuring black thought (soundcloud.com/statikselekt)
erykah badu – phone down (motownrecords.com)
art nap – thursday (soundcloud.com/art-nap)
golden rules – golden ticket (lexprojects.com)
jamie woon – sharpness (polydor.co.uk)
shaolin jazz – third hustle (shaolinjazz.com)
tennyson – 7:00 am (tennyson.bandcamp.com)
charles murdoch – straws (futureclassic.com.au)
kiasmos – drawn (erasedtapes.com)
chance the rapper – somewhere in paradise featuring jeremih & r. kelly (chanceraps.com)
benny sings – show box money featuring mayer hawthorne (jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com)

Pure P Guest DJ Set
wizkid – ojuelegba
burna boy – soke
tory lanez – say it
bryson tiller – don’t
maurice moore – lol.
mr carmack – chill n with girlfriend
anderson .paak – am i wrong
kendrick lamar – alright
jarreau vandal – be alright
c. justice – so good
brother in arms – all this love
darius – helios featuring wayne snow (pomo & tennyson remix)
missy elliott – wtf (where they from)
august heldt – undantag (mwuana refix)
angel – leyla (maleek berry remix)
tiwa savage – ileke
craig david & big narstie – when the bassline drops
nomad – dagen före dagen efter
pure p – new york city (allstar mix)
up hygh – keep on

The Main Ingredient is a weekly show on East Village Radio presenting brand new soulful underground music from around the world and interviews with the artists making it, recorded live in NYC.

The Main Ingredient on East Village Radio – Episode #307 (September 30, 2015)
roots manuva – don’t breathe out (bigdada.com)
the lions – the magnificent dance featuring black shakespeare (stonesthrow.com)
disclosure – willing & able featuring kwabs (island)
bastien keb – chicken stomp
floating points – nespole (luakabop.com)
owiny sigoma band – i made you, you made me (highwolf remix) (brownswoodrecordings.com)
ainslie wills – never know what to say (ainsliewills.bandcamp.com)
hypnotic brass ensemble – jupiter (honestjons.com)

Bells Atlas In-Studio Interview
bells atlas – future bones (bellsatlas.bandcamp.com)
bells – loving you down (demo version) (wearebells.bandcamp.com)
bells atlas – jyeah (bellsatlas.bandcamp.com)
bells atlas – bling (bellsatlas.bandcamp.com)

Bells Atlas Pick The Tracks
rex lawson – uwei bo nua
meernaa – constant love
the seshen – turn
tune-yards – real thing
queens d.light – love pistol
unknown mortal orchestra – multi-love
teebs – shoouss lullaby
hiatus kaiyote – the lung
fell runner – better isn’t always better
the soul surfers – astra (ubiquityrecords.com)
kimbra – as you are
kendrick lamar – alright

The Main Ingredient is a weekly show on East Village Radio presenting brand new soulful underground music from around the world and interviews with the artists making it, recorded live in NYC.

The Main Ingredient on East Village Radio – Episode #305 (September 16, 2015)
just a band – winning in life featuring owuor arunga (just-a-band.com)
the souljazz orchestra – as the world turns (strut-records.com)
erik luebs – farewells (projectmooncircle.com)
headnodic & raashan ahmad – warm up (raashanahmad.bandcamp.com)
mundu x r-kay – so much wilhelm screams (heardandfelt.com)
talib kweli – money good (kweliclub.com)
tom misch – wake up this day featuring jordan rakei (beyond the groove)
farao – til it’s all forgotten (arts-crafts.ca)
submotion orchestra – doppelgänger (counterrecords.com)
james chatburn – creator (jameschatburn.bandcamp.com)
jamie xx – loud places (instrumental) (theyoungturks.co.uk)
daru jones – because its in you pt2 (rusic)
c. b. overton – if i can’t stop you (shock)

DJ Turne Guest DJ Set

The Main Ingredient is a weekly show on East Village Radio presenting brand new soulful underground music from around the world and interviews with the artists making it, recorded live in NYC.

The Main Ingredient On East Village Radio – Episode #302 (August 26, 2015)
the cuba libre allstars – valdez in the country (freestylerecords.co.uk)
sir – n.b.n. (freshselects.bandcamp.com)
stuart mccallum – city (naimlabel.com)
basecamp – greater than (owsla.com)
mello music group – word to the wise featuring oddisee (mellomusicgroup.com)
julio bashmore – let me be your weakness featuring bixby (broadwalk)
owiny sigoma band – i made you / you made me (brownswoodrecordings.com)
electric wire hustle – aeons (bastardjazz.com)
odesza – light featuring little dragon (counterrecords.com)
seven davis jr – everybody too cool (ninjatune.net)
the soul surfers – astra (ubiquityrecords.com)
jazmine sullivan – baltimore (rca)
lianne la havas – midnight (warner music uk)
segilola – steadfast (healthmusic.co.uk)
moth hifi – dogs on a lead (wahwah45s.com)
twilight and twilite tone – higher (instrumental) (ubiquityrecords.com)

MAJESTIC MOOD DJ SET
monassa – sargasso
onra – love tip (feat. mc melodee)
bishop nehru – breath (prana $pirit)
little simz – mandarin oranges (ft. waldo) (bonus track)
jetpack jones – mary plus one
roy ayers – feel like making love
carlos nino & miguel atwood-ferguson – fall in love
slum village, j dilla, miguel atwood-ferguson, carlos nino & ned east – fall in love (orchestral remix by ned east)
slum village – fall in love
quantic & anita tijoux – doo wop (that thing)
de la soul – buddy
marcos valle – estrela
kon – mj edit
j-felix – late night sos
kokee band – love for sale
em vee – what a woman needs
daymé arocena – don’t unplug my body (atjazz astro dub)
anushka – kendrick

The Main Ingredient is a weekly show on East Village Radio presenting brand new soulful underground music from around the world and interviews with the artists making it, recorded live in NYC.

This week’s episode features New Zealand-based duo Electric Wire Hustle. They just released a follow up EP to their self-released 2009 debut album that turned many heads internationally and was picked up for worldwide distribution in 2010. The sophomore album Love Can Prevail is due out September 8th.

My Set
baron rétif & concepción perez – where’s my soul featuring vimbai mukarati (heavenly-sweetness.com)
duke hugh – go on (soundcloud.com/dukehugh)
diggs duke – secrets seem rehearsed (brownswoodrecordings.com)
mo kolours – mike black (john wizards remix) (mokolours.bandcamp.com)
taylor mcferrin – pls dnt lstn (brainfeedersite.com)
bläp dëli – love&yourimagination (pragmatictheory.bandcamp.com)
josé james – without u (bluenote.com)

The Interview
electric wire hustle – perception (every waking hour)
electric wire hustle – longtime featuring steve spacek (bbemusic.com)
electric wire hustle – bottom line (okayplayer.com)
electric wire hustle – if these are the last days (okayplayer.com)

Electric Wire Hustle Pick The Tracks
jay electronica – better in tune w the infinite featuring latonya givens
the roots – make my featuring big k.r.i.t. & dice raw
georgia anne muldrow – seeds
flying lotus – ideas featuring mapei
atoms for peace – default
machinedrum – she died there
julien dyne – december featuring parks
benny tones – maybe in the stars there’s a little bit of us

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)

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)

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.

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.

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.