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The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #89 (February 1, 2011)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #89 (February 1, 2011)
space invadas – listen (bbe)
johnson & jonson – god’s in the building featuring miguel jontel (tres)
wildcookie (freddie cruger & anthony mills) – something about those days (tru thoughts)
donwill – take this ring (donwill.bandcamp.com)
fid mella – at the chop shop (meltin pot)
benny tones – aero:soul featuring mara tk (every waking hour)
rhian benson – say how i feel featuring slum village & dwele (dkg)
barry styles – she’s gone (unfold)
the xx – intro (xl / beggars)
flako – love opera featuring shuanise (kwatro)
ad bourke – aries (tokyo dawn)
blu – surrender (mixtape)
baatin – miss brasil (unreleased)
black mlik – watch em featuring que diesel & fat ray (fat beats)
sa-ra creative partners – cosmic lust / my lady (jazzy sport)
tiron – go ronnie (mixtape)
bonobo – all in forms (ninja tune)
jamie woon – night air (candent)
the rah band – messages from the stars (original 12″ astro mix – atjazz edit) (tokyo dawn)
azari & lll – into the night (scion a/v)
ghostpoet – liiines (brownswood)
dan electro – down is the power (p-vine)
andre 3000 – i do (mixtape)
cee lo green – fool for you featuring phillip bailey (elektra)
encore – wind up (2000f & j kamata remix) (island records)
dorian concept – toe games made her giggle (ninja tune)
sonnymoon – bungee (sonnymoon.bandcamp.com)
ayomari – this is an interlude (self-released)
boom clap bachelors – when sly calls (boom clap bachelors)
obba supa x hypedog – cum on cum on (hypedogcompilation.bandcamp.com)
rick ross – super high featuring ne-yo (def jam/maybach)
cohoba – space love (stereoptico)
dudley perkins – falling (stones throw)
full crate – hhc5 booby & melinda (melting pot)
mr. brady – get choze featuring diamond d & blu (clear label)
space dimension controller – 2ez (autopilot’s lament) (ukdo 12 inch)
cazeaux o.s.l.o. – wortha’s greens (myspace.com/theoslo)
freddie joachim – from yesterday (freddiejoachim.com)
jay electronica – jazzmataz (twitter.com/jayelectronica)

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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Hadyn from Phantom Lover (NYC) In The Studio for Episode #88 (January 25, 2011)

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.

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Phantom Lover (NYC) on The Main Ingredient 1/25!

The ever-mysterious Phantom Lover will join me this Monday at midnight in the East Village Radio Studio to talk about his excellent Mauve EP and to play a guest DJ set for the 88th edition of The Main Ingredient.

About Phantom Lover:

Who (or what) is Phantom Lover? Conceived as a collaborative effort, Phantom Lover is the premier project by Brooklyn-based producer Hadyn. Named after the 1976 Leon Ware recording of the same name, Phantom Lover was imagined as a cross between a one man production team and a large scale collective effort, and with the help of a cast of vocalists which includes new school soul talent Jesse Boykins III, UK songstress Fatima, the eclectic Sarah White, and DC’s own Nicholas Ryan Gant, Hadyn is pleased to present the Mauve EP.

Originally from Los Angeles, Hadyn moved to Brooklyn, New York in 2005 to attend and subsequently graduate from sound engineering school. Afterwards, while interning at a record studio in Brooklyn, Hadyn met Jesse Boykins III, who insisted that Hadyn include his track “Chanel” on Jesse’s then-upcoming album “The Beauty Created”. Then, after years of DJing in New York and honing his production skills, Hadyn felt it was time to put his Phantom Lover concept into motion. Based on dj/producer based efforts such as Soul II Soul, Massive Attack and many others, Phantom Lover is meant to be a combination of beat culture production and more traditional based song writing. Balance is key in Hadyn’s mind, and with his Phantom Lover project and his incredible cast of collaborators he is proud to share the Mauve EP with the world, his first step in what will sure to be a long venture ahead.

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DJ Parler (NYC) In The Studio for Episode #87 (January 18, 2011)

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.

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DJ Parler (NYC) on the Main Ingredient 1/18!

DJ Parler (par-lay) (site, twitter, facebook) will join me next week in the East Village Radio studio to share a guest DJ set for the 87th edition of The Main Ingredient.

About DJ Parler:

New York City based DJ Parler (par-lay) has rocked audiences and tastemakers across the U.S., South Africa, Italy, Brazil, Mexico and beyond. His eclectic style and ability to move a crowd allow party goers to experience a musical journey that ranges from Hip Hop, Funk, Soul, Breaks & Rare Grooves, Reggae, Electro, Rock, 80’s & 90’s, International Sounds and more.

Producer of the acclaimed SAMPLOLOGY Mixtape Series, tour DJ for Hip Hop duo Kidz In The Hall, and official DJ of The Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival & WNYC Battle of the Boroughs, Parler’s work has been featured in such outlets as Okayplayer, URB, HipHopDX, 2DopeBoyz, Suite 903, SOHH, Rap Radar, MTV, and Sirius XM Radio.

Highly sought-after, his events & collaborators include the likes of Nike, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, WNYC, Questlove of The Roots, Clark Kent, Nick Cannon, Q-Tip, Rich Medina, Rob Swift as well as concert performances backing Hip Hop and R&B’s burgeoning & powerhouse artists.

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Sam Champ (Brooklyn) In The Studio for Episode #86 (January 11, 2011)

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.

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The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #85 (January 4, 2011)

The Main Ingredient Radio Show NYC – Episode #85 (January 4, 2011)
onra – oper8tor (all city)
alex b – you and i both know (elm & oak)
oddisee – in the now featuring olivier daysoul (oddisee)
kings go forth – high on your love (luaka bop)
cee-lo – i want you (monk’s just until it drops edit) (elektra)
b. bravo – computa love (frite nite)
b. lewis – day 3: diary of a maniac (blewis.bandcamp.com)
the roots – radio daze featuring blu, porn & dice raw (def jam)
new look – numbers (newlookmusic.com)
paul white – so far away (tranqill’s version) (soundcloud.com/alexchase)
electric wire hustle – again (bbe)
bullion – crazy over you (bullion.bandcamp.com)
dimlite – can’t get used to those (afterlude) (now again)
the stuyvesants – softer side (sd)
bilal – free (plug research)
krystal klear – tried for your love (all city)
francis and the lights – for days (cantora)
dinner at the thompson’s – different beings featuring lee fields (earth at work)
olivier daysoul – foolish (oddisee)
quadron – pressure (plug research)
benny tones – nevermind featuring mara tk (every waking hour)
hypnotic brass ensemble – spottie (choice cuts)
cee-lo – champain (mixtape)
jamie lidell – completely exposed (warp)
erykah badu – umm hmm (universal motown)
fid mella – ready (melting pot)
dukehugh – don’t they know (dukehugh.com)
bonobo – stay the same featuring andreya triana (ninja tune)
black milk – welcome (gotta go) (decon)
phantom lover – beaucoup papa featuring fatima (phantomlover.bandcamp.com)
trilogy – brother don’t cry (brownswood)
b. lewis – day 7: bare necessities (blewis.bandcamp.com)
black spade – new u (mixtape)

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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Top Songs of 2010 / Sam Champ (Brooklyn) On The Main Ingredient 1/11!

Tonight I’ll be presenting my top songs of 2010 and then next week I will be joined by Sam Champ who released his debut “Sam Champ Remixes EP” just before Christmas. It features remixes of both new and well-established artists, including D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Amerie, Usher, Flying Lotus, and Electric Wire Hustle and is available as a free download here.

About Sam Champ:

Sam has previously produced tracks for vocalist Kissey Asplund and keyboardist/vocalist Selan, and provided sample-identification assistance for The [Abstract] Best Q-Tip mixtape series by acclaimed DJ/producer, J. Period. He also maintains several long-standing DJ residencies in Brooklyn, including the popular Champion Sound! party with OP! at Soda Bar. He has performed at concerts and parties for 15 years, including events for Blackstar and Raphael Saddiq.

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DJ Chela (NYC) In The Studio for Episode #84 (December 21, 2010)

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)

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DJ Chela (NYC) On The Main Ingredient 12/21!

DJ Chela is going to come by The Main Ingredient Monday night to play a guest set!
(DJ Chela on Twitter, Facebook, Myspace. Her site.)

DJ Chela’s Bio:

DJ Chela is the DJ for the next generation, representing her values and music with passion. Since her beginnings in 2002, she has performed on three continents, branding her name in everything from radio, clubs, mixtapes, battles and live shows to political activism. Out of her legwork she has birthed a movement all her own: the New Girl Order, embracing the new possibilities for our world when Women’s voices have an undeniable and respected presence in Hip Hop and society as a whole.

Spending her formative years between Durham, NC and Nicaragua, Chela saw a lot of the world and from a young age dedicated her life to a global movement for social justice. During this time she also became impassioned by music and in ‘93 learned to play the guitar, writing and performing original songs. In 1998, living in Oberlin, Ohio, she fell in love with DJing and after several years gathered the experience and courage to take it on. Later in Durham she worked alongside the Reggae sound system TNT Sound and turntablism pioneer DJ Soundmachine, honing her skills.

Today, her live sets are a dynamic synthesis of Hip Hop, RnB, Reggae, Latin rhythms, Rock and Pop to classic funk and soul, and have secured her gigs everywhere from New York, Miami, DC, Philadelphia, to Caracas, Venezuela. Chela’s recent mixtape releases “Chela for President,” “Embedded Reporter: Live from the Front Line,” and “High Treason” have helped her to establish a unique style all her own in mixtapes: revolutionary themes combined with scratch production, mixing and original blends, with a focus on showcasing emerging artists.

In 2005 she earned the nomination for “Best Female Mixtape DJ” at the Justo’s Mixtape Awards, as well as the prestigious induction into both Justo Faison’s Justo’s Mixtape Allstars and the elite all-female Hip Hop movement the Murda Mamis. DJ Chela hosts and mixes the weekly radio program “New Girl Order Radio” at Duke University’s WXDU, and was recently selected as one of the “Top 10 most influential College DJs” by Urban Network Magazine. She has been featured in The Source, Mixtape Magazine, Ozone Magazine, Down Magazine, and graced the front page of her hometown papers numerous times. Chela has worked alongside revolutionary MC Immortal Technique as his DJ, and has opened up for such artists as Remy Martin, Rah Digga, Talib Kweli, dead prez, Saigon, and KRS ONE, also sharing the turntables with legends Luv Bug Starski, DJ Showtime, DJ Envy, and many others.

Beyond the realm of DJing, Chela is also a singer/songwriter, visual artist, Reiki master and aspiring fashion designer, possessing an artillery of hidden talents she promises the world will bear witness to in time. With a style and charisma that rivals her DJ skills, backed with a passionate commitment to social justice, Chela is emerging as an unstoppable young star with authenticity, originality and depth. In 2006 and beyond, as she continues to drop mixtapes, travel, perform and speak, the New Girl Order is on its way.

What others are saying about DJ Chela:

“Chela is a true conduit of information and definitely a stop on the Underground Railroad.”
– M1 of dead prez

“Chela is as essential to Hip Hop’s Political scene as some of the dope records she spins that are found in her crates. Chela redefines beef by not battling other emcees and deejays, but instead she stays bringing crazy heat to this oppressive system.”
– Davey D, www.daveyd.com

“Chela is the hottest female DJ in the country.”
– Saigon

“When I heard her muppet/chop combos, I knew Chela was no joke.”
– DJ Soundmachine