Category: In Studio Guests

Photos from Shortcircles‘ interview on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
denitia and sene. – casanova. (input)
shortcircles – all i can be for you (instrumental) (plugresearch.com)
charliered – smile to you (tristate inventory)
p.r – set the scene featuring skyzoo & substantial (cultclassicrecords.bandcamp.com)
gang colours – why didn’t you call? featuring lulu james (brownswoodrecordings.com)
safia – listen to soul, listen to blues (indian summer remix) (soundcloud.com/safia-music)
myele manzanza – 7 bar thing featuring mara tk (bbemusic.com)

The Interview
shortcircles – fallin’ (plugresearch.com)
beep – mbira (shortcircles remix) (soundcloud.com/shortcircles)
shortcircles – tunnels (plugresearch.com)
shortcircles – sometimes things are exactly as they seem (plugresearch.com)

Shortcircles Picks The Tracks
glenn jackson – save (ceremony)
hiatus kaiyote – rainbow rhodes (hiatuskaiyote.bandcamp.com)
kenny wheeler – part 1 – opening (ecm)
empty pockets – are you recording? (soundcloud.com/empty-pockets-oakland)
ernest ranglin – avila (oscar’s song) (avila street)
dan casey – gravity (ceremony)
kingdom – bank head featuring kelela (fadetomind.net)
kouta – granola (soundcloud.com/kouta)
bonnie koloc – roslyn (ovation)
floating points – love me like this (ftps remix) (r2)

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 (Cherries Records Co-Founder) DJ Shred One’s interview and guest DJ set on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
blitz the ambassador – bisa featuring nneka & ty (jakartarecords.de)
deft – faded (projectmooncircle.com)
the foreign exchange – call it home (theforeignexchangemusic.com)
denitia and sene. – lucy.loosie (input)
ladi6 – hold tight (ladi6.bandcamp.com)
soia – obtaining (recordbreakin.com)
body language – falling out (bodylanguage.bandcamp.com)
theo parrish – kites on pluto (sound signature)

The Interview
amalia – welcome to me (cherriesrecords.com)
benjamin – love is gonna let you down (cherriesrecords.com)
doug shorts – don’t sleep on my love (cherriesrecords.com)

Shred One’s DJ Set
benny tones – odyssey (b.bravo’s ‘lover’s bounce’ remix) (bbemusic.com)
reggie b. – tell me baby feautring sherrale b (soundcloud.com/reggieb18)
reva devito + roane namuh – lavender (roanenamuhrevadevito.bandcamp.com)
the electric vs. etrecs – simple as easy (etrecs.bandcamp.com)
J-1 – tbd (unreleased)
reggie b – time (soundcloud.com/reggieb18)
dwele – what profit (rt music group)
proh mic – i like (cherriesrecords.com)
tony ozier – the funk (cherriesrecords.com)
prince – boyfriend (npg)
tuxedo – so good (tuxedofunk.com)
proh mic – right on time (cherriesrecords.com)
the sunburst band – put a lyric in it (z)
reva devito + roane namuh – c(h)ampagne (roanenamuhrevadevito.bandcamp.com)
original just us – you’re my latest Inspiration (big jack’s discotechnology edit) (unreleased)
feel – let’s rock (sutra)
amuzement park – groove your blues away (our gang entertainment)

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 Tawiah‘s interview on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
yosi horikawa – maki (yosihorikawa.bandcamp.com)
columbia nights – all in (recordbreakin.com)
omar – come on speak to me (freestylerecords.com)
quadron – never land (vested in culture/epic)
myron & e – everyday love (stonesthrow.com)
!!! (chk chk chk) – one girl / one boy (warp.net)
bobby – more than just a friend (quiereschicle.com)
thundercat – tenfold (brainfeedersite.com)

Tawiah Interview
tawiah – every step (bush girl)
maddslinky – further away featuring tawiah (tru-thoughts.co.uk)
tawiah – run (tawiah.co.uk)
eric lau – for you featuring tawiah (kilawattmusic.com)
tawiah – faces (tawiah.co.uk)

Tawiah Picks the Tracks
minnie riperton – les fleur (grt)
quadron – favorite star (vested in culture/epic)
nia andrews – for lovers (niaandrews.bandcamp.com)
tawiah – recreate (unreleased)
christian scott – the eraser (concord jazz)
alex isley – don’t/do (soundcloud.com/alex-isley)
me’shell n’degeocello – lovely lovely (bismillah)
francis and the lights – how could you (kttf)
ella fitzgerald + the paul smith quartet – how high the moon (live) (polygram)

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 Natasha Diggs’ all-45s guest DJ set on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

Intro
raashan ahmad – mbeguel (love) (jakarta)
the crusaders – that’s how i feel (blue thumb)

Natasha’s Set
rudy noman – back to the streets (new day records)
chuck bynum – marathon lover (warner brothers)
toni smith – ooh, i like the way it feels (malaco)
was (not was) – out come the freaks (dub version) (island)
tom tom club – wordy rappinghood (sire)
funkapolitan – as the time goes by (london)
light of the world – time (mercury)
freeez – southern freeez (beggars banquet)
gregory andre – i want to be with you (sea side)
azymuth – jazz carnival (milestone)
earth wind & fire – runnin’ (kalimba/cbs)
kenix featuring bobby youngblood – there’s never been (no one like you) (derby)
sunfire – shake your body (warner brothers)
the rah band – messages from the stars (catfish)
cojo – play it by ear (destiny)
clifford coulter – love’s too hot to hide (columbia)
the pendletons – waiting on you (slept on records)

My Set
manzel – midnight theme (dope brother)
l.a. carnival – blind man (cut chemist edit) (stones throw)
the supremes – come into my life (motown)
lamont dozier – going back to my roots (warner brothers)
natalie cole – annie mae (capitol)
impressions – you want somebody else (curtom)
maze featuring frankie beverly – feel that you’re feelin’ (capitol)
lonnie liston smith – a chance for peace (flying dutchman)
donny hathaway – what’s goin’ on (atco)
gil scott-heron and brian jackson – fell together (arista)
jon lucien – the war song (rca)
angela bofill – under the moon and over the sky (grp/columbia)
brainstorm – waiting for someone (tabu)

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 Hiatus Kaiyote‘s interview on last night’s The Main Ingredient. Big shout to HUMAN for coming through and taking photos. More shots here.

My Set
notorious b.i.g. – ten crack commandments (14kt remix) (soundcloud.com/houseshoes)
spinnerty – noel’s dream (recordbreakin.com)
shuggie otis – special (epic / legacy)
cody chesnutt – do better to the young (vibration vineyard)
the foreign exchange – if she breaks your heart (the randy watson experience remix) (theforeignexchangemusic.com)
letherette – d&t (dorian concept remix) (ninjatune.net)
bonobo – first fires featuring grey reverend (ninjatune.net)
eeeeeeee!! – to tell the truth (cocaine80s.com)
lady – sweet lady (truthandsoulrecords.com)
alice smith – be easy (rainwater recordings)
laura mvula – sing to the moon (rca)
dj koze – amygdala featuring milosh (pampa)

The Interview
hiatus kaiyote – mobius streak (hiatuskaiyote.bandcamp.com)
hiatus kaiyote – lace skull (hiatuskaiyote.bandcamp.com)
hiatus kaiyote – malika (hiatuskaiyote.bandcamp.com)

Hiatus Kaiyote Picks The Tracks
ainsle wills – something i prepared earlier (ainsliewills.bandcamp.com)
kirkis – the soft machine featuring loreli (soundcloud.com/ziggy-12)
silent jay – up (cdmk.bandcamp.com)
electric sea spider – bank loot (electricseaspider.bandcamp.com)
clever austin – crispy
oscar key sung – all i think about (part 1) (oscarkeysung.bandcamp.com)
the putbacks – kung fu pyramid (soundcloud.com/theputbacks)

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 of Diggs Duke (and Rachel Brotman) during his interview on last night’s The Main Ingredient. They’ll both be performing live at Drom this Sunday, April 10th at 6pm. Recommended.

My Set
troumaca – lady color (brownswoodrecordings.com)
eliot – tv family (6bit.bandcamp.com)
lady (nicole wray + terri walker) – money (truthandsoulrecords.com)
breezy lovejoy – 8oom 8ap (breezylovejoy.bandcamp.com)
zaki ibrahim – draw the line (alternative version) (motif)
inc. – the place (4ad)
ty – like you never (tru-thoughts.co.uk)
mark de-clive lowe + the rotterdam jazz orchestra – relax…unwind (tru-thoughts.co.uk)

The Interview
diggs duke – holding on (diggsduke.bandcamp.com)
diggs duke – duty of grace (diggsduke.bandcamp.com)
hypnotic brass ensemble – jupiter (honest jon’s)
diggs duke – well repel (diggsduke.bandcamp.com)
diggs duke – patiently, we bloom (diggsduke.bandcamp.com)
kool + the gang – summer madness (de-lite)

Diggs’ Picks The Tracks
walter smith III – benny’s (fresh sound)
salif keita – koukou (classic jazz france)
rachel brotman – two doves (rachelbrotman.com)
big l – the heist (rawkus)
ahmad jamal – whisper not (verve music group)

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 Cecilia Stalin‘s interview on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
soil & ‘pimp’ sessions – movin’ featuring maia hirasawa (victor japan)
darondo featuring tall black guy – i don’t want to leave (sure know how to love me re-edit (ubiquityrecords.com)
philip owusu – goodnight (forthcoming)
eeeeeeee!! – the distant river (cocaine80s.com)
rhye – shed some blood (universal/polydor/seven four)
weedy of 40 winks – for us (projectmooncircle.com)
pavel dovgal – mouth (projectmooncircle.com)
just a band – probably for lovers (just-a-band.com)

The Interview
cecilia stalin – favorite things (ccstalin.bandcamp.com)
cecilia stalin – so blue n green (ccstalin.bandcamp.com)
cecilia stalin – afro blue (future) featuring daz-i-kue (ajabu!)

Cecilia Picks The Tracks
jan johansson – ganglek fran alvdalen (heptagon)
stina nordenstam – little star (eastwest)
minnie riperton – baby, this love i have (epic)
a tribe called quest – scenario (jive)
john coltrane – naima (atlantic)
stevie wonder – if you really love me (motown)
aretha franklin – rock steady (atlantic)
weather report – palladium (columbia)
erykah badu – certainly (kedar/universal)
radiohead – airbag (capitol)

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 KRTS‘ interview on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
flako – eclosure (five-easy-pieces.com)
vlooper – astral plank (musicismysanctuary.com)
bondax – baby i got that (relentless-records.net)
positive flow – look around any corner featuring sharlene hector (tokyodawn.net)
weedy of 40 winks – warmuils (projectmooncircle.com)
swiff d – wah (swiffd.com)
captain planet – chingata featuring chigiyomaster (mixtaperiot.com)
a.zebra – shootingstars (lumenous.bandcamp.com)
kendrick lamar – sherane a.k.a. master splinter’s daughter (aftermath/interscope)
purple hearts – know go (purplehearts.bandcamp.com)
take – slouched over (12 inch edit) (inner current)

The Interview
krts – fire (projectmooncircle.com)
krts – strange boys in blue (projectmooncircle.com)
krts – was she worth it (projectmooncircle.com)
krts – your eyes featuring stevee wellons (projectmooncircle.com)
krts – something new featuring jon hairston (projectmooncircle.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.

Photos from Oddisee‘s interview on last night’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
dam mantle – lifting (notown)
cody chesnutt – i’ve been life (vibration vineyard)
erimaj – nothing like this (don’t cry)
homeboy sandman – whatchu want from me? (stonesthrow.com)
falty dl – straight + arrow (ninjatune.net)
dj vadim – akura uprock featuring gregory blackman (bbemusic.com)
bosq of whiskey barons – dem know featuring kaleta (ubiquityrecords.com)
dotmatic – overture iv: hello featuring i, ced & stopha vasquez (recordbreakin.com)
kendrick lamar – the heart pt. 3 (will you let it die) (soundcloud.com/topdawgent)
lupe fiasco – how dare you featuring bilal (atlantic)

The Interview
oddisee – the need superficial featuring olivier daysoul (mellomusicgroup.com)
oddisee – thinking maybes (mellomusicgroup.com)
oddisee – let it go featuring olivier daysoul (mellomusicgroup.com)

Oddisee Picks The Tracks
andrew ashong & theo parrish – flowers (sound signature)
rick ross – 3 kings featuring dr. dre + jay-z (def jam)
kanye west, jay-z + big sean – clique (island/def jam)
van hunt – what were you hoping for? (red distribution)
kendrick lamar – poe mans dreams (his vice) featuring glc (top dawg entertainment)
lianne la havas – don’t wake me up (liannelahavas.com)
phonte – the good fight (theforeignexchangemusic.com)
thundercat – is it love? (brainfeedersite.com)
santigold – disparate youth (atlantic)
kanye west + jay-z – the joy featuring curtis mayfield (def jam)

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.