All I Want For Christmas Are B-Sides

Like it or not, "Christmas" has become a musical genre. And as you probably know from last year, I'm sort of obsessed with digging up those phenomenal Christmas jams that never get played at the mall; the rarities, the one-offs, the throwaways — the b-sides. After another year of hard work, here is my mix for 2008:

Download All I Want For Christmas Are B-Sides (ZIP of MP3s)

This year I've been involved in a very important project called CHIRP, the Chicago Independent Radio Project. The project has come a long way and is run by a passionate group of volunteers ... but we still have a long way to go.

I'd like to ask you to help us close out 2008 by making a donation (click the donate button, middle-left). Any amount will help! We're in the process of building up the broadcast studio (located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood) and finalizing operation of our webcast which is scheduled to launch in the next few months. For anyone who makes a donation after reading this, I want to say thanks by sending you a private link to a special bonus track, the most soulful re-interpretation of Silent Night, ever, by Duke Pearson from a rare jazz LP released 1969 on Blue Note. Just send an email to kumar.mcmillan@gmail.com with the subject "CHIRP donation for ya."

Thanks everyone and have a groovy new year.
Yours, DJ Bylamplight

Track listing:



1. Santa's Got A Brand New Bag -- Gary Walker
2. Funky Fresh Christmas -- Busy Boys
3. Groovy Christmas & New Year -- Pee Pee Dynamite
4. Comanche (Link Wray's Christmas) -- Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire
5. I Like Christmas -- Bruce Haack
6. Noëlle A Hawaii -- Antena
7. Rodolfo -- Joe Quijano
8. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town -- Duke Pearson
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -- Paquito D'Rivera
10. Soulful Christmas -- James Brown
11. Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto -- Snoop Dogg
12. Jingle Bells -- Duke Pearson
13. Merry Christmas Baby -- Jimmy McGriff
14. Christmas Hell -- Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire
15. Merry Christmas -- The Jimmy Castor Bunch
16. Silver Bells -- Jacob Miller
17. Silent Night (available when donating to CHIRP, thanks!) -- Duke Pearson

DJ Bylamplight Hosts RnB Flashback on WNUR 89.3 FM

Hey all, Eric Ricks invited me to host the RnB Flashback show yesterday, Sunday Dec 7th, 2008. Thanks Eric! It was a lot of fun. The term Rhythm And Blues describes a wide range of music but mostly was used to define gospel and blues influenced American soul and funk music from the 60s and 70s, the kind that makes you get up and dance.

I found out that I broke an FCC rule by plugging a commercial website on non-commercial radio: aintjustsoul.net (a hobby project of mine). Whoops! If it's any consolation, I am not currently making a profit on it ;)

RnB Flashback broadcasts every Sunday from 1:30 to 3pm CST (GMT-6) on WNUR, Chicago's Sound Experiment. However, the schedule may start to get a little weird due to sports season coming up.

Oh and by the way, I originally met Eric because he sells killer soul records.

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Set 1:

Detroit Emeralds -- You're Gettin' A Little Too Smart
The Superlatives -- I Don't Know How
The Royal Jokers -- Love Game (From A to Z)
Soul Runners -- Spreadin' Honey

Set 2:

The Parliaments -- Good Old Music
The Mark-Keys -- Grab That Thing Pt. 1
Bill Coday -- Sixty inute Teaser
Roy Hytower -- It Must Be Love

Set 3:

Dyke & The Blazers -- Funky Walk
Alvin Cash -- Moaning And Groaning
The Barons -- While The Cats Away
Thomas East & The Fabulous Playboys -- I Get A Groove

Set 4:

James Brown -- Let Yourself Go
Steve Colt -- Dynamite
Jeane Mitchell & Harmonica Fats -- Goodbye Fats
The Maskmen & The Agents -- One Eye Open

Set 5:

Donald Bryant -- My Baby
Effie Smith -- Harper Valley P.T.A.
Soul Bros. Inc. -- Devil Made Me
Lee Rogers -- Our Love Is More

Set 6:

Gary Walker -- Santas Got A Brand New Bag
Binky Griptite -- Stoned Soul Christmas
Carla Thomas -- Gee Whiz It's Christmas
Rufus Thomas -- I'll Be Your Santa Baby

Set 7:

Steve Colt -- Take Away
The Lost Family -- Blow My Mind

[not recorded...]

Clarence Carter -- I Can't Leave Your Love Alone
Clarence Reid -- Nobody But You Babe

Set 8:

Thelma Jones -- The House That Jack Built
Soul Runners -- Grits 'N Corn Bread


Yours,
DJ Bylamplight

Do You Speak European promo by Lowdjo

As promised, the 'official' Do You Speak European? promo recording.. a freebie for all the European youngsters out there, enjoy!

1. ludwig von beethoven - european anthem
2. don't mess with texas - you're not punk and i'm tellin' everyone (croatia)
3. aphrodelics - rollin' on chrome (wild motherfucker dub) rmx by richard dorfmeister (austria)
4. l-wiz - egyptic (sweden)
5. bucovina club vs taraf de haïdouks - carolina (romania)
6. peneri strycka homeboye - praha (czech republic)
7. edo maajka - bomba (bosnia and herzegovina)
8. tarkan - kiss kiss (turkey)
9. cheb mami & k-maro - nos couleurs (france)
10. stereotyp ft. edu k & joyce muniz - jece valadao (austria)
11. hadise - my body (turkey / belgium)
12. ttc - téléphone (france)
13. skream - tech-appeal (united kingdom)
14. no smoking orchestra - evropa (bosnia and herzegovina)
15. fanfare ciocarlia - 007 / james bond theme (romania)
16. jablkon - mountain / hora (czech republic)
17. besh-o-drom - tortapapir (hungary)
18. prljavo kazaliste - mi plesemo (croatia)
19. f.o. system - örült vilag (hungary)
20. plastic bertrand - ça plane pour moi (belgium)
21. bloc party - mercury (united kingdom)
22. front 242 - tyranny for you (belgium)
23. the knife - listen now (sweden)
24. pierre gérard - dyse

time -- 68:26

download the DYSE-promo-mix!
(alternative link on divshare)
and
Watch the DYSE-movie, here.
and read all about this project, here

SMartival-set by Lowdjo (80 minutes over Brussels)

Live-recording of the first 80 minutes of Lowdjo's set at the SMartival on the 26th of november, featuring:

die welträumförscher, aisikl, fennesz-jeck-matthews, allan hughes, fennesz, colleen, flotel, vincent gallo, alejandro franov, john cage, es, nina simone, six organs of admittance, caetano veloso, cobra killer & kapajkos, os mutantes, novos baianos, caetano veloso, raul seixas, os mutantes, blondie, deerhoof, xberg dhirty6 cru, jahdan blakkamoore-dj rupture-matt shadetek, cauto.

download the SMartival-set

Dark Days by Lowdjo

The first hour of gRig's All Hallow's Eve..

Dark Days -- tracklisting:

anthony hopkins - 'i ate his liver'
bbc horror sounds
angelo badalamenti - mort de la pièvre
roger webb - night of horror
non - cruenta voluptas
texnolyze sample
angelo badalamenti - l'éxecution
laibach (1961-1982)
otto von shirach - zombie halloween
texnolyze sample
messer frau müller - iron felix kubin
ike yard - a dull life
j.j. burnell - euroman
throbbing gristle - 10 pence
vvv - incredible criminals
ich bin - bodybuilding
einstürzende neubauten - tanz debil
ike yard - loss
vvv - desperate fa the miracle
martin rev - temptation
oleg kostrow - death of frankenstein
v/vm - eurohit
v/vm - benelux bukkake sperm
miss nicky trax - acid in the house
french theory - lost on the way to destelbergen (vocal mx)
angelo badalamenti - l'anniversaire d'irvin

Download Dark Days mx (320kbps - 189mb)

Pugh - Ja, dä ä dä!

Edgy Swedish psyche / folk, ripped from LP: Pugh - Ja, dä ä dä!. Great album, goes all over the place. You might recognize the first 10 secs as a sample from DJ Shadow's Mutual Slump. LP is in high demand now (no thanks to Shadow! :)) so it took me a while to snag one. Enjoy!

Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder LP (MONO)

Excellent gypsy jazz on Impulse from the orig. Mono LP. Thanks for the rip, Geoffrey!
snatch

Divshare-files (mixes)

Hellow to all you visitors, bloggers.. Just a quick note to tell you that all downloadable divshare-files are finally accessible again!
There should be no problem any more to download all the mixes, and soon there will be more, much more..
Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for listening!

l8ter

Low.

Peneri Strycka Homeboye - Terorist

Czech hip-hop.. Hit it!

grab it from mediafire

Cal Tjader - San Francisco Moods (mono LP)

One of vibes man Cal Tjader's excellent jazz albums, released 1958 on Fantasy (3271). Ripped at 320kpbs from the original mono LP. Easy listening doesn't get any easier than this.
Download from divshare.