Upcoming Gigs:
6/2/2012 Sol Power Allstars @ ESL
The Sol Power All-Stars:
Stylus.Meistro.Deep Sang
with Hermon Farahi on percussion
The Sol Power All-Stars are bi-monthly residents, 1st Saturdays at Eighteenth Street Lounge in Washington, DC
Booking:
info [at] solpowerdc [dot] com
Here’s another live recording from our ESL residency. The last one was the warm-up, this one is a peak time banger.
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Blessing your digital media player of choice with the newest Sol Power mix before we see you this weekend.
Stream from the widget above or download from Divshare.
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Here’s another live one from the vaults from when Lil’ Dave joined us. As always, your choice of a stream or download.
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Here’s another one from the stash to add to your collection and get you amped for our return to ESL. Stream from Mixcloud above or download from Divshare at the following link:
Sol Power featured on the Illvibe Collective podcast
Lil Dave of the Illvibe Collective asked us for a mix to feature on their weekly podcast, The Difference. Check it out HERE (recorded live @ Outside in August):
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Part 2 from August. Stream above with the tracklisting or download it from DivShare.
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Another funky set from the archives to get you ready for Saturday. Stream it in the widget above and follow along with the tracklisting or download it from Divshare.
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Park View Yard — Reggae / Dub / Dancehall mix
A bit of a departure from the Sol Power sound, but I have been a reggae head for a long long time. And my reggae crates are probably deeper than those of any other genre. Over the years, I’ve accumulated a nice collection of 70s and early 80s roots, early dancehall, and dub LPs, a whole bunch of 12” roots singles (most of which have DJ versions and / or extended dubs), and crates full of 45s. I go through phases where I concentrate on other genres, but I always seem to come back to reggae for a few reasons (in no particular order):
1) The vocalists — For such a small island, there are SOOOO many truly gifted Jamaican vocalists — Dennis Brown, Freddie McGregor, Johnny Osbourne, Jacob Miller, Marcia Griffiths, Gregory Isaacs…the list goes on. Each and every one of the above could hang with the best Motown / Stax artists, imo.
2) The recording / engineering. For whatever reason, the recording / production techniques and engineering in Jamaica was light years ahead of the rest of the world. Early reggae producers / engineers like Lee Perry and King Tubby really wanted to differentiate their sound from the American R&B that was also popular on the island at the time and make sure their joints sounded louder and bass-ier than everyone else’s inna di yard. So they got really creative behind the boards. In the late 70s / early 80s, Prince Jammy, Scientist, and Junjo Lawes just took it one step beyond. Besides the weirdness / echo / delay, everything just SOUNDS so good and dynamic.
3) A lot of reggae is just damn funny. Name another genre with hits about the skeletal system, bicycle tricks, or getting married (and later divorced)?
So anyhow, here is my mix — all vinyl, all roots rock reggae, dub and dancehall.
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An old mix for the weekend! Afro-latin goodness!
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Bask in how much you missed us before joining us again this weekend.
The Mixcloud widget has the sweet tracklist function, but if you need to download it, get your DivShare on.
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