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Krts (Brooklyn) On The Main Ingredient 12/6!

Krts, who’s excellent Hold On EP was released on Project Mooncircle September 23rd, will join me in the studio next week to talk about the project and perform an all-new live set.

About Hold On:

Last year, Brooklyn’s Krts released Remixes for Beards and Flannels, a mix-tape of top shelf classics from hip-hop’s ‘80s and ‘90s heyday. This September, he’ll follow this with his newest and first-ever proper EP release, Hold On, on the Berlin label Project Mooncircle.

With sounds ranging from the eclectic side of Hip-Hop, Broken Beat, Downtempo, soulful Dubstep, Indie Rock, and Fusion Jazz, Krts crafts a soundtrack to an ever-changing NYC landscape, fraught with struggles and flashbacks of what-was, all while letting go of ideals in favor of a new, raw, and heartfelt future. The album’s title track, “Hold On”, concerns the battle of a fleeting love – electronic and psychedelic sounds lead to a heavy, mid-range looped chorus and a deep, rumbling dubstep-style bassline. A taste of struggle is represented in “Whatever”, with it’s 808 kicks, layered snare, eerie and rattling samples, sweeping syths, and improvised piano… all as an ode to the cluttered market of Brooklyn’s indie art scene.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #131 (November 29, 2011)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #131 (November 29, 2011)
gonjasufi – nikels and dimes (warp, forthcoming Jan. 23, 2012)
ta-ku & roughsoul: lovehchild – faster (self-released, Nov. 21, 2010)
tanya morgan – do it tanya featuring tiffany paige (self-released (free), Nov. 22, 2011)
xperiment & b.lewis – currently flow (self-released, Nov. 1, 2011)
fulgeance – analove (musique large, Oct. 25, 2010)
sina. – just shoot (project mooncircle, Nov. 5, 2011)
union – time leak featuring talib kweli & sly johnson (fat beats, Nov. 1, 2011)
onra – send me your love (all city, June 15, 2010)
sam champ – in my mind (instrumental) (self-released, Nov. 28, 2011, name your price)
sir froderick 143 (record breakin, Oct. 10, 2011)
black star – you already knew (mixtape, free, Nov. 25, 2011)
the stuyvesants – over (now that she’s leaving) (self-released, free Oct. 17, 2011)
full crate – cherrie hats featuring chris turner (wonderful ear, Oct. 21, 2011)
the clonious – one at a time (funked up) (ubiquity)
nicolas jaar – don’t break my love (clown and sunset, free, forthcoming Jan. 17, 2012)
oddisee – melbournce (mello music group, Jan. 26, 2010)
jazzanova – look what you’re doin’ to me feat. phonte (motor city drum ensemble remix – morid and hifi3000 dub edit) (sonar kollektiv, free, Nov. 21, 2011)
colonel red – gimme a minute featuring ursula rucker (tokyo dawn, forthcoming Dec. 5, 2011)
zed bias – fairplay featuring jenna g (tru thoughts, Nov. 1, 2011)
photonz – spectre (don’t be afraid, forthcoming Jan. 23, 2012)
mos def – quiet dog bite hard(er) jonny miller edit) (self-released, free)
reel people – outta love featuring omar (4hero remix) (especial, Oct. 1, 2008)
sandy barber – i think i’ll do some stepping (on my own) (al kent classic mix) (bbe, forthcoming Dec. 12, 2011)
raphael saadiq – the answer (columbia, may 10, 2011)
1000names – she loves purple mornings (project: mooncircle, forthcoming Dec. 9, 2011)
lars vom dorf – wired spotlight (thinkloud)
ta-ku – confessions featuring john robinson (project: mooncircle, July 29, 2011)
b.lewis – hurt hurt go away (self-released)
erykah badu – incense (universal/motown, March 10, 2010)
ISHE’ – u promised (self-released)
applejac – what a mess featuring jessica johnson (self-released, Aug. 23, 2011)
sa-ra creative partners – the bone song (ubiquity, june 23, 2009)
amerigo gazaway of gummy soul – breakadawn (self-released, free, 9/13/11)
freddie joachim – hope (mellow orange, Sept. 2011)
the roots – now or never featuring phonte and dice raw (def jam, june 21, 2010)

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 NYC – Episode #130 (November 22, 2011)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #130 (November 22, 2011)
toro y moi – go with you (carpark)
oddisee – winds from the north (oddisee)
oscar + martin – recognise (two bright lakes)
lily m – loving universe (the works remix) (brownswood)
jose james – trouble (oh no remix) (self-released)
the stuyvesants – ragtop cadillac eldorado brougham (thestuyvesants.com)
georgia anne muldrow – more & more featuring bilal (animated creatures)
the hackney colliery band – closer (wah wah 45s)
icebird – wander (rj’s electrical connections)
SBTRKT – ready set loop (young turks)
starkey – villagers (ninja tune)
krts – hold on (project mooncircle)
linn & freddie – waiting for spring (homegrown)
captain planet – samba radiante 2011 (bastard jazz)
dan electro – let them come (soulab)
sampha – rainstars (young turks)
great weekend – let’s do it again (over and over) (the do-over)
vindahl – versatile featuring tuco ifill (tokyo dawn)
LEMS – hello beat 3 (version) featuring naoyuki takano (moonstarr remix) (green piece)
the roots – make em nv (self-released)
tobrock – 6 AM (melting pot)
fulgeance – vilnius bump (ben butler & mousepad remix) (melting pot)
eliot lipp & jasia 10 – the urge (old tacoma)
slum village – faster (barak)
nameless – devonwho x black milk x namless (actriz mix) (self-released)
MED – blaxican (stones throw)
iSHE + hezekiah project – hold on (self-released)
b.lewis – morning yawn (self-released)
true live – need to be now (3rrr-fm)
the rAah project – dawn to the night (knowfood/inertia)
sarah white – turn me on (bagpack)
the soul session – woman and man featuring anaj (georgia anne muldrow remix) (agogo)

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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Hezekiah (Philly) In The Studio for Episode #129 (November 15, 2011)


(Ok, so I forgot to take his picture while he was there).

Hezekiah‘s interview and musical selections from this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
mark de clive-lowe – alabi featuring sanra nkake (tru thoughts)
ta-ku – pagasa (self-released)
tanya morgan – whatever it’s mine (self-released)
xperiemnt & b.lewis – open skies (self-released)
platinum pied pipers – fever (dj spinna remix) (ubiquity)
lossy – rain came down (tru thoughts)
dirg gerner – loose lights (hotep)
georgia anne muldrow – wholly spirit (animated creatures)
the stuyvesants – the second time around (sd)
adrian younge presents venice dawn – it’s me (wax poetics)

The Interview
iSHE + hezekiah project – pressure (self-released)
iSHE + Hezekiah project – go get it (self-released)
iSHE + Hezekiah project – hold on (georgia anne muldrow remix) (self-released)
iSHE + Hezekiah project – paradise (self-released)

Hezekiah’s Picks
b. (blu) – burgandy (new world color)
eric roberson – strangers (eOne)
kindred the family soul – take a look around featuring bilal and bj the chicago kid (shanachie)
iSHE + Hezekiah project – otis pt.2 (bonus track) (self-released)
hezekiah – sweat drip from my balls (self-released)
beanie sigel – gotta have it featuring peedi crack and twista (def jam)
hezekiah – gypsy slang featuring bahamadia (rawkus)
johnny popcorn – 4 people go (let it go) (forthcoming)
bilal + nottz – something to hold onto (live) (unreleased)
icebird (rjd2 + aaron livingston) – please, dont (rj’s electrical connections)
bilal – robots (chuck treecse remix) featuring iSHE + Hezekiah (plug research)
eric roberson – male ego featuring hezekiah (eOne)

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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Sarah White (NYC) In The Studio for Episode #128 (November 8, 2011)

A photo from Sarah White‘s interview and musical selections from this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
b. bravo – substance featuring lady alma (earnest endeavors)
proh mic – don’t stop (all natural)
mark de clive lowe – get started featuring omar & sheila e. (tru thoughts)
vindahl – sometimes (12″ groove version) (tokyo dawn)
xperiment x b.lewis – my lucky lady (self-released)
TrUe TheFuture – NOTW (self-released)
georgia anne muldrow – more & more (remix) featuring bilal (animated creatures)
teebs – while you dooooo (extended) (brainfeeder)
scrimshire – alignment featuring stac (wah wah 45s)
git – if you just make love to me (bbe)

The Interview
sarah white – rhythm lab instrumental (bonus track) (bagpack)
sarah white – seek elevation (cultura love)
sarah white – fade (j todd remix) (self-released)
sarah white – why cry? (cultura love)
sarah white – warrior featuring cecilia stalin (cultura love)

Sarah’s Picks
sbtrkt – wildfire featuring yukimi nagano (young turks)
taylor mcferrin – broken vibes featuring vincent parker (rude)
phantom lover – change (show me how) featuring nicholas ryan gant) (self-released)
james blake – limit to your love (tanzlife edit) (soundcloud.com/tanzlife)
yellowtail – kings + queens featuring jose james (bagpack)
saturn never sleeps – black featuring rucyl (saturn never sleeps)
janelle monae – oh, maker (wondaland/bad boy)
dhundee – light of day featuring michelle amador (sugar cuts music)
new look – so real (self-released)
breath featuring mr. v – blaze (slip n slide)

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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Sarah White (NYC) On The Main Ingredient 11/8!

Sarah White who’s new album Space Madness was released a few weeks ago will join me in the studio next week to talk about the album and share some of the music she’s listening to right now.

About Space Madness:

Space Madness is a dazzling collection of songs showcasing Sarah White’s remarkable songwriting skills, vocal abilities and her knack for dropping incredibly hypnotic, well refined, electro-acoustic soul bangers. The album is tightly reinforced with stylistically inventive and deep-leaning, future soul-funk productions from multi-talented musician and producer Rico Simon Mendez (a.k.a. DJ Don Cuco) with additional productions from Hadyn, Teddy G, and PoLo (PapaJazz) and vocal contributions from Cecilia Stalin and Nicholas Ryan Gant.Space Madness is an emotionally honest, life-affirming, and gorgeous record, full of unrelenting positive messages. Album opener “Reachin’ Up” is a compellingly sombre yet blues melting jam which beautifully highlights Sarah’s understanding and sense of classic American soul, while songs like “Fam” and “Nu Life” are positively woozy, future boogie electrosoul transmissions, absolutely lush with impressive synths, string orchestration, and tastefully distorted guitars. All this suspended atop propulsive rhythms and percussions, and Miss White remains consistently arresting, on point, and elegant throughout. It’s truly a beautiful collaboration; a brilliant voice with a forward-leaning, unique musical vision.

About Sarah White:

Born and raised in the beautiful lake-filled city of Minneapolis, Sarah White has been surrounded by art and music since birth. Singing her first melodic notes in the stroller, music has been an essential part of her life; a driving force behind her. A musical journey, Sarah has studied the piano, flute, guitar, electronics and voice, learning everywhere from moonlit freestyle ciphers to classical training. Once she discovered her voice, experimenting with song and emceeing, have brought her the most pleasure and continues to inspire her to experiment and take risks.

Collaborating with many talented Dj’s, Musicians and Artists, Sarah has traveled on a ride through Hip Hop, Trip-Hop, Soul, House, Folk and eventually landed in her current home, Brooklyn, NY. Sharing stages and building with the likes of Amy Winehouse, K-OS, The Coup, Imani Uzuri, King Britt, Rucyl Mills, Jose James, Dj Moni, Ursula Rucker, Afta-1, and many more amazing talents, she feels humbly inspired while inspiring others.

Sarah continues to grow and create by ‘spreading love the Brooklyn way’! She is currently working with her partner and Producer, Rico Simon Mendez aka DJ Don Cuco, developing Cultura Love, a non-profit devoted to bringing music and art to kids in communities in need. Their new collaborative album, “Space Madness”, will be released on Cultura Love Records, where they will dedicate 50% of all proceeds to the development of Cultura Love and its first workshop.

CULTURA LOVE is a world where all artists can express their true passion in the form of color, sound, mind, body, vision and spirit.

Sarah is also a mother of 2 lovely girls, a photographer and a writer.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #127 (November 1, 2011)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #127 (November 1, 2011)
renee dion + tall black guy – thriller (self-released)
sir froderick – farzana (woizer) (record breakin)
full crate – fluffy dragons (wonderful ear)
scrimshire – ascension featuring the hackney colliery band (wah wah 45s)
the stuyvesants – vibe in the stuy (sd)
jonti – hornet’s nest (stones throw)
iSHE & hezekiah – go get it (self-released)
roots manuva – here we go again (big dada)
proh mic – i remember featuring georgia anne muldrow (all natural)
analog players society – i can’t wait featuring cecilia stalin (redbud)
MED – too late (stones throw)
broken haze – rebuild (b.bravo remix) (tokyo dawn)
sarah white – limitless (cultura love)
miles bonny + circle research – jesus children of america (self-released)
johnny hammond – tell me what to do (whiskey barrons rework) (self-released)
inc. – swear (4ad)
jamie xx – far nearer (xl)
chico mann – this love (wax poetics)
the quantic soul orchestra – who knows featuring kabir (tru thoughts)
salva – obsession featuring b.bravo (FoF)
zed bias – lucid dreams featuring falty dl (tru thoughts)
kuhn – we’re gonna make it (civil)
oscar + martin – what i know (twobrightlakes)
cloud – winter nights (exceptional)
hidden jazz orchestra – walzer (serwo schamuztki + kosta aldente dishamonications rewolte remix) (agogo)
sam trump – maybe (self-released)
aaron jerome – dancing girl featuring mozez (bbe)
jono mccleery – wonderful life (counter/ninja tune)
bon iver – minnesota, wi (jagjaguwar)

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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Ta-Ku (Perth, Australia) In The Studio for Episode #126 (October 25, 2011)

Photos from Ta-Ku‘s interview and guest set from this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
switch – i stilll love you featuring andrea martin (dubside)
oddisee – uptown cabaret (mello music group)
b.bravo – kiss ‘n’ tell featuring zackery force funk (earnest endeavors)
the stuyvesants – tough love (because love is tough) (sd)
iSHE & Hezekiah – hold on (georgia anne muldrow remix) (self-released)
goapele – milk + honey (skyblaze/decon)
mux mool – palace chalice (ghostly)
sarah white – why cry? (cultura love)
3 – seekae (rice is nice/pop frenzy)
inc. – heart crimes (4ad)

The Interview
ta-ku – out of my way (self-released)
ta-ku – folk (self-released)
ta-ku + roughsoul – waves (self-released)
ta-ku – :::fanfare (highs + lows x new balance)
ta-ku – :::ladies night (highs + lows x new balance)
ta-ku – :::nine to five (highs + lows x new balance)
ta-ku – hey kids (brownswood)
ta-ku + miles bonny – down to earth club music (self-released/moovmnt exclusive)

Ta-Ku’s Guest DJ Set
ta-ku – sick
fitz amro$e – kassie
? – adams family isht
unthnkable – knxwledge
astronote – feel the heat
elaquent – teddy bear
? – NY4
? – lightmares
m-phazes – from russia with love
m-phazes – tryna do me
boombaptist – townsend-too late
christoph el’ truento – push on
ta-ku – bounce
b.lewis – your loss
co.fee – gypsy skirt
lunice – the name dunnit featuring troy dunnit
lunice – purp walk
eprom – elephantkillers2
duke hugh – yoshi’s island
hazel – twilight
mr. dibiase – track 10
? – get the job done (instrumental)
mndsgn – flybutter instrumental
mister bibal – black canary
stro elliot – dilla tribute (requiem for dilla)
bug – reach the clouds
the roots – upper egypt
m-phazes – eli porter deeed it
hazel – the v (raw)
thundercat – $200 TB featuring austin peralta
slum village – players (instrumental)
freddie joachim – meditation
a tribe called quest – crooklyn (instrumental)
thes one – target
tiron & ayomari – all my love featuring yummy bingham
tall black guy – ride the cali sun
zebrahim – zoning
zebrahim – zilch
zebrahim – beautifullest thing

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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Ta-Ku (Perth, Australia) On The Main Ingredient 10/25!

Ta-Ku who featured heavily in my interview with Miles Bonny last week and has been popping up on more and more of my playlists, just turns out to be visit NYC right now. And he’ll be my guest on next week’s show.

This man is quite prolific. If you aren’t familiar with him, there is plenty to hear on his bandcamp (you can start with one of my favorite tracks).

About Ta-Ku:

Within just 3 years of operation in his chosen field, Regan ‘Ta-Ku’ Matthews has evolved from a self-taught student of music into a scholar of progressive beat production, cultivating a unique sound that has since resonated to all corners of the globe. As an astute observer of the melodic elements of soul music and the percussive elements of hip-hop, Ta-Ku takes influence from pioneering beatsmiths such as J Dilla, 9th Wonder and DJ Premier.

In 2008, an invite to the prestigious Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, taking counsel from the likes of of DJ Toomp, Chuck D, Bun B, Omas Keith and Dennis Coffey and sharing alumni status with artists like Teebs, Onra, Dorian Concept and Pursuit Grooves. The trip was a breakthrough moment for Ta-Ku as he channeled his experience and new found motivation to liberate a slew of free beat tapes within months of his return. Shortly after flooding the internet with a diverse array of releases, his output was rewarded with subsequent collaborations involving CyHi Da Prynce (G.O.O.D music), John Robinson, Raashan Ahmad (Paper Chain labelmate), Joe Scudda, Outasight, Kid Daytona, Phil Ade, Raaka (Dilated Peoples) amongst many others. Ta-Ku’s work ethic continued to garner worldwide attention and within two years of his return from the Red Bull Music Academy he’d become a regular fixture on countless blogs and online zines, securing himself a prized feature on Giles Peterson’s esteemed Brownswood Electr*c Compilation.

In 2011, Ta-Ku aspires to take his hip-hop roots and apply them to further experimentation within the electronic and new soul realms. His musical identity continues to evolve with the progressive nature of the genres he has contributed to, illustrated most recently with a Soulection-endorsed 24 mixtape and his debut EP and 12″ releases through PROJECT: Mooncircle and DarkerThanWax respectively.

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Miles Bonny (Kansas City) In The Studio for Episode #125 (October 18, 2011)

A photo from Miles Bonny‘s interview and guest set from this week’s The Main Ingredient.

My Set
freddie joachim – looking back (mellow orange)
onra – flight or die (all city)
ta-ku – folk (self-released)
vindahl – monday i die (tokyo dawn)
jose james – trouble (self-released)
bug – reach the clouds (jus like music)
the stuyvesants – spank love (sd)
iSHE & hezekiah – so official (self-released)
eric roberson – right back to me (blue erro soul)
oddisee – all along the river (mello music group)
mayer hawthorne – no strings (new version) (universal republic)

The Interview
miles bonny – sing your song (innatesounds)
miles bonny – nothin’ but chu (self-released)
brenk – dedicated featuring miles bonny (melting pot)
miles bonny – rescue me (big pun suite) (self-released)

Miles Bonny’s Guest DJ Set
big pun – you came up
reggie b. – the traveler feat. pharoah
georgia anne muldrow – thump
brenk – wolves 2 (still hungry)
blue mitchell – harmony of the underworld
miles bonny – marc jacobs vamp
miles bonny – untitled
nicholas kopernicus – brisa (unplugged)
the impressions – you can’t be wrong
five special – baby
thundercat – fleer ultra
linquist & greer – #12
willie nelson – a song for you
sly stone – that’s lovin you
dreams – imagine my surprise

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.