RV Salters established the General Elektriks project just before he moved vom France to San Francisco. Since classifying the sound as a certain genre is really though here, at least I can say that you may hear influence both by France and by California in his sound. Join his group on facebook folks!
[audio:http://www.chromemusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/06-Little-Lady.mp3|titles=General Elektriks – Little Lady]General Elektriks – Little Lady
After Djing two nights in a row and lots of booze involved these Soul tracks really made my day.Hope you enjoy them just as much
[audio:http://www.chromemusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Gwen-McCrae-Lets-Straighten-It-Out.mp3] [audio:http://www.chromemusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Nina-Simone-Baltimore-Ex-Friendly-Re-Edit.mp3]
I heard about Lady Daisey coincidentally – the usual, meaning the information thats meant for you will definitely find you – and i instantly liked the sound of her and especially the “feel” of it. I just heard this one song “Soul Strut” and was on the human search engine aka Twitter requesting the tune to anyone out there and she herself replied with the words: “Let me hook you up, i have good connections, lol”. Needless to say thats on a positive vibe…She sent it through (but the entire album) and i liked it all. One of these late nigths in the bureau and some sweet mellow soul music, and hippie sounding woman with a great voice giving it that special magic touch. Simply sweet.
I told her i was gonna write a review, but i lied, i am probably the wrong guy to be critisizing records, i play what i like and the rest does not exist to me. But the album is beautiful and just right for the summertime and so i will rather recommand buying her new album, lol: “Make sure to get her album, after you have seen the show, definitely worth it, plus always the best time to buy an album is after a live show. If that doesnt work out, here’s another way you can get it: its called Amazon. lol
And i found out more things like that she was playing some gigs with Mayer Hawthorne, her new album “In My Pocket”is dropping on BBE Rec, she is good friends with some friends of mine, she just recently moved from the US to Berlin, and then i simply had to invite her over to play a live show @ YUM YUM this Friday and LD was very much up for it. So come see her show this Friday, May 28th at YUM YUM Munich, and give her some live hugs +++ and give her some digital hugs on her various social medias:
Twitter::::Facebook::::Myspace::::Blog
[audio:http://www.chromemusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/02_SOUL-STRUT.mp3|titles=Lady Daisey “Soul Strut”]song & sunshine taken from her album “in my pocket”
Here are a few soul gems mostly known in their sampled form in hip hop songs
[audio:http://www.chromemusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/wendy-rene-after-laughter.mp3]wendy rene – after laughter sampled by the wu tang clan / “tearz”
[audio:http://www.chromemusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/the-supremes-its-time-to-breakdown.mp3]the supremes – its time to breakdown sampled by gangstarr / “JFK to LAX”
[audio:http://www.chromemusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/bohannon-singing-a-song-for-my-mother.mp3]bohannon – singing a song for my mother sampled by ed o.g. & the bulldogs /”i got to have it”
[audio:http://www.chromemusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/bobby-blue-bland-aint-no-love-in-the-heart-of-the-city.mp3]bobby blue bland – ain’t no love in the heart of the city sampled by jay z / “heart of the city”
i had one of the worst dj nights ever yesterday… (exaggerating)
i was playing with a nice guy.. his sound wouldnt just fit in. but i wasnt there to just cut him off and do my normal arrogant approach of just taking the eff over – and even though the sound was nothing the party promised it to be, i guess at times you cant just take fucking control over everything and have nothing better to offer – i am just not cut out for playing 4/4 or any other sound for hours and hours.
i want it to change constantly and be alive – cause thats what music is – its empowering, gives you a great feeling, is mentally and spiritually uplifting. it strikes a chord in your soul and lets you fuel your motor with positive energy. (ps i am not touching that other shit)
yesterday, it simply didnt feel like i belonged there – I dont like – and i repeat – i dont like to play an hour of the same monotoneous tempo – i am hell tired of 4 to the floor tunes after 30 min, or any other style.
i like to play fucking good music and i like to play all styles all the time and simulataneously – cant have that rubbish going on for too long – i need a hip hop beat backed by some rock tune, backed by some dubstep, some folk music – yeah some surfer shit, followed by some reggae by some disco, some uk funky and so forth. You guys know me and you heard my mixtapes, and everywhere i go it seems the mixtapes have allready been there.
i do not diversify by genres or styles, by undergound or pop. these are just mental labels to help someone determine who he or she thinks he is. That is so childish and its doing exactly the opposite. Wake the fuck up!
i laugh at people who eat the same shit every day – but this is in no sense any better.
the true essense of YUM YUM and why i play is to play good music (bring you the heavens and the sunshine)
….and not to please some cultural rubbish, some diluted mind needs as fuel for his/her self esteem. so screw all of that and let me make the first step by playing you what kind of song fits right into what i am saying:
[audio:http://www.chromemusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/I-Wanna-Hold-Your-Hand-Al-Green.mp3|titles=I Wanna Hold Your Hand – Al Green]
Al Green – I Wanna Hold Your Hand
ps – feel free to comment and tell me how wrong i am …
A real nice treat, (love the ice cube pic below – some real gangsta ish)
