Guille de Juan

We met Nickodemus about 15 years ago in Barcelona at a common friend's dope music basement and tasty Mexican restaurant called Dostrece. We were already big fans of his music and his globe-trotting gigs when we got to shake hands with this good man. But getting to meet the person Nico Simone behind the revered artist Nickodemus, only increased our admiration and respect for him. He is not only an outstanding DJ and a very accomplished producer of global beats, but most importantly he is a compassionate, beautiful, peace-loving human being who understands the power of music to spread love and break borders. His worldwide touring schedule (managed by himself) is dazzling, millions of miles travelled across the world on a noble mission to spread positive vibes and unite peoples through the transforming power of music. One Nation Under a Groove, you know. So it is with great pride and excitement that we present today a very special Curtis Radio episode, introducing 10 important songs that Nico keeps close to his heart. So sit back, relax, turn the volume up and enjoy the musical journey. If you are in Barcelona do not miss his next show on November 11th playing at the historic ballroom La Paloma for our friends at the mighty Poly-Rythmo night. It's going to be such a vibe!

10 TUNES TRACKLIST

Yusef Lateef - Back Home

Mama's Gun - This is the Day

Q-Tip - Man Woman Boogie

Soul II Soul - African Dance

Celia Cruz - Un Bembe pa' Yemenya (Jose Marques Remix)

Ray Baretto - Indestructible

Novalima - Beto Kele

Chancha Via Circuito - Ilaló (Baiuca Remix)

Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up

Ernest Ranglin - Surfin

Yo mama Joe Bataan is playing on Curtis radio!! Yes, yes you heard that right! THE Joe Bataan, THE legendary musician from NYC, king of Latin Soul...from the streets of El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) in his teenage years, to recording eight essential albums for seminal label Fania Records, to founding his imprint Salsoul and pioneering a new music genre (hip hop) with his smash hit Rap-O Clap-O, to his most recent release "Call My Name" on Vampisoul, Joe Bataan's stunning and everlasting career spans six long decades, and the list of achievements is simply too long to list here. He is without a doubt one of the most important artists of that rich and fruitful melting pot of soul, jazz, and Latin music that emerged in the Big Apple in the second half of the 20th Century and that, to this day (Bataan is still very active at his 80 years of age) continues to inspire, induce body movement and uplift the souls of music lovers from across the globe. So it is with great pride and excitement that we present this beautiful 10-song selection from the "alma" of Joe Bataan directly to yours. So sit back, relax, turn the volume up and enjoy the show. Joe Bataan ladies and gentlemen!!

10 TUNES TRACKLIST:

Joe Bataan - Ordinary Guy

Smokey Robinson - Ooo Baby Baby

Frankie Lymon - Why do fools fall in love

Judy Garland - Somewhere over the rainbow

Joe Bataan - Rap-O Clap-O

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Joe Bataan - The Prayer

Tito Rodriquez - Cara de Payaso

Frank Sinatra - Young at Heart

Joe Bataan - Mujer Mia

Marcos Valle, Nicola Conte, Prime Cuts, Mark de Clive-Lowe, bwoy stakes are higher than high with our Curtis Radio series...and the list of dope guests goes on for 35 sensational episodes covering all sorts of amazing records from all eras, tempos and colors. Every second Sunday we unveil a 10 song selection handpicked with love by a A-List of DJs, musicians, producers, diggers and collectors from across the globe. Today we proudly present an essential selection curated by Parisian ace beatmaker and funkateer extraordinaire Onra. As true lovers of a dope hip hop beat and absolute suckers for that 80's slow and phat ass boogie basslines, we found in Onra's sound something close to a musical Holy Grail. That's why we are honored and extremely pleased to present this new episode, with 10 tunes that we love and that make perfect sense in the context of Onra's genuine and irresistible approach to music. This should be played at high volume!! Press play & enjoy.

10 TUNES TRACKLIST:

Jodeci - Pump It Back

Tha Dogg Pound - Let’s Play House

2pac - Picture Me Rollin’

Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic

Barrington Levy - My Woman

Devin Morrison - Too Far Gone

Roy Ayers - Poo Poo La La

Alec Mansion - Maintenant

Bootsy Collins - I’d Rather Be With You

After Hours - Waterfalls (3AM Mix)

Essential New Episode Alert!

"Way before jazz hybridity became a worldwide phenomenon, de Clive-Lowe was busy designing its blueprint".

This is a quote and a true statement taken from an article in renowned Jazziz magazine that perfectly encapsulates the pioneering and unorthodox musical approach of Japanese-New Zealander composer, jazz musician, remixer, and electronic music producer, Mark de Clive-Lowe. Equal parts jazz musician and beat-scientist, LA-based since 2008, Mark has released twenty solo albums and counts hundreds of collaborations on stage and in the studio. With over 20 years in the game spanning multiple genres and continents, the list of releases, projects, collaborations and artistic achievements is just too big and too long to be listed here. Let's just say that it's an immense pleasure and an absolute honor to be presenting a new Curtis Radio episode with 10 important songs carefully handpicked by the wonderful musical mind of Mark de Clive-Lowe. So sit back, relax, press play, turn the volume up and enjoy the journey. Music for the soul!

10 TUNES TRACKLIST:

Ahmad Jamal - The Awakening

Joe Henderson - Tress-Cun-Deo-La

Donald Byrd - Stepping Into Tomorrow

Herbie Hancock - Nobu

Ryuichi Sakamoto - A Thousand Knives

Goldie - Inner City Life

4Hero - Loveless

Slum Village - Get Dis Money

Moodymann - Black Mahogani

Afronaught - Transcend Me

An avid record collector since his early teens, Joel aka DJ Prime Cuts has spent the last 25 years rocking crowds across the globe with 15 years as resident at iconic London's Fabric nightclub.

Hip Hop was the first calling and via the music's foundations in Funk, Soul and Jazz, Joel began a lifetime obsession with digging for the extraordinary.

With an almost peerless DJ battle history, both solo and as founding member of the legendary Scratch Perverts, Prime Cuts has won four DMC world titles. He has invented his own scratch technique (the Euro Scratch)and played an important role in the technological development and design of the Pioneer DJ mixer series (DJM-909 & DJM S-9)

This year he released Chartist EP on the The Trilogy Tapes imprint, a contemporary dancefloor oriented production, that draws influences from the Chicago and Detroit electronic sounds.

A love of sampling culture, crate digging and Electronic Music continues to feed into the studio output and blistering live shows performed in stages around the world.

This 10 song selection for Curtis Radio shows his broad and deep musical scope, digging for the perfect samples and beats regardless of trends, genres, colors or tempos. Today we proudly present an impeccable selection of ten carefully handpicked songs from the massive record collection of Prime Cuts. From Cybotron to Chez Damier to Terry Callier, these are indeed 10 Prime Cuts that you need to listen to. Turn it up and enjoy!

For today's very special Curtis Radio episode we step into the territory of modern jazz royalty, with a 10 song selection carefully handpicked by italian composer extraordinaire Nicola Conte.

Nicola Conte established himself as one of the finest and most eclectic musicians, producers, and composers in the Italian and international jazz scene. As a classically trained guitarist, bandleader, crate-digger, and DJ, Conte's journey into music originating from beyond Europe defines his brand of cosmic jazz. A prolific producer,

Conte's musical oeuvre echoes a spectrum of influences deriving from bossa nova, film soundtracks of the 60’s, spiritual jazz, Latin America, and African music.

It's an honor and a great pleasure to present this exclusive musical selection curated by Nicola Conte, which showcases in just 10 songs his exuberant, colorful and boundless musical universe. Sit back, relax, turn up the volume and enjoy the musical ride. Food for the soul!

10 TUNES TRACKLIST:

MILTON WRIGHT - BROTHERS AND SISTERS

OVEOUS - LEGACY

MICHAEL OLATUNJI - GIN-GO-LO-BA

CLARK TERRY - SWAHILI

TOMORROW PEOPLE - OPEN SOUL (T-GROOVE EDIT)

SABU MARTINEZ - HOTEL ALYSSA SOUSSE (Danny Krivit Edit)

THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSAMBLE - SAMBA DEE

LECI BRANDAO - QUESTAO DE GOSTO

HERMON MEHARI - TENAFAQUIT (DANILO PLESSOW RMX)

LE STREGHE - KAPUA PELE EA

The broad concept of eclecticism takes on a new level of excellence and depth when Lydia González, known in the music world as T.Modet, stands behind a mixer and a pair of turntables. Born in Seville, she received a valuable family musical heritage that was quickly expanded and enriched with a new and enormous spectrum of sounds and influences resulting from her extensive travels around the world from a very early age.

In Barcelona we are lucky to be able to enjoy her always surprising and colorful selections thanks to a regular presence in the bills of the best clubs and festivals in the city (Laut, Nitsa, Mira, Primavera Sound, Sonar, Sound It, Brunch ...) alone as T.Modet or with Virginie, another voracious digger and excellent DJ, under the alias Shakti Alliance. In a more experimental and electronic way, in a global discovery format without borders or labels (take a tour of the archive of her wonderful programs Círculo de Borneo for dublab radio), or moving feet and cheering souls on the best dance floors with her inimitable sets, there is no doubt that T.Modet is a polyhedral and absolutely free artist that we admire and enjoy. So we are very pleased to present here this exclusive selection of 10 songs for Curtis Radio that show the beauty, substance and originality of T.Modet's musical palette. Press play, turn it up and have fun!

10 TUNES TRACKLIST

JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON - Love that will not die

DONALD LANGESTRAAT - I'm ready for dancing

LARRY HEARD - Caribbean coast

SADE - Why can't we live together

SYSTEM OLYMPIA - Passi Mai

AL DOBSON JR. - Santiago Black (Ptaki Version)

SAHARA_JA - I'm an arabian knight

BASIL HARDHOUSE - City streets

FOCUS ZULU - Rock Batlanga

LEE TRACY - Jesus going to clean the house

En nuestra búsqueda constante para conectar con selectores, DJs, buscadores de oro negro, coleccionistas, y demás especies apasionadas de ese precioso y amado formato musical que es "el disco", teníamos que cruzar caminos de forma inevitable con Ainara Marañon, also known as Sama Yax. Bilbaína nacida en México y afincada en Barcelona, lleva ya largo tiempo compartiendo su pasión innegociable por la mejor música disco y house, con sets de factura exquisita, pinchados estríctamente en vinilo (respect!), en clubs y festivales pequeños, medianos y enormes, a lo largo y ancho de todo el país. Con un olfato infalible para seleccionar discos que activan y estimulan en nuestros pies, cerebro y alma, los receptores del factor "groove", nunca le hemos escuchado pinchar un tema obvio o simplón. Nunca. Siempre con clase, siempre imaginativa, siempre "underground" y combativa en sus selecciones y en su actitud, tenemos que confesar que amamos bastante a Sama Yax. Por eso nos complace especialmente presentar este nuevo episodio de Curtis Radio, el número 30 ya, con 10 temas* que importan en el maravilloso y emocionante universo musical de Sama Yax. Dale play, súbe el volumen y disfrútalo.

*hay un tema incluído del gran Marcos Valle, y queremos recordaros que actúa en Barcelona (Sala Apolo2)el próximo 21/08, con warm-up a los platos nada menos que de Breixo Martinez. Conciertazo y sesión previa absolutamente recomendables.

** hemos observado en el track-list un tema de autor "unknown" y título también "unknown". Son esos white labels misteriosos que no tienen ninguna información y que un feliz día cayeron en tus manos no sabes como. Atención nerdaza@s del disco out there, sabemos que hay unas cuant@s, ¿sabéis de que tema se trata? ¿conocéis al autor y/o el título?. Ahí va el reto. Quien lo sepa que lo diga y gana 3 discos de nuestra cuidada sección a cargo de Tropikon Records, y un par de nuestros refrescantes cocktails Gin Scott-Heron.

TEN TUNES TRACKLIST:

WILLIAM PITT - CITY LIGHT

SEAWIND - FREE

MARCOS VALLE - ESTELAR

TATA VEGA -(I’VE GOT MY) SECOND WIND3

THE JONES GIRLS -NIGHTS OVER EGYPT

THE S.O.S BAND - GROOVIN’

UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN

MBG - Ore: Nove Nove Nove

FELIPE GORDON - I’M A JAZZ CAT

MALIK ALSTON - IN A BETTER WAY

We met Gino Grasso and Luca Trevisi aka LTJ Xperience, two of the finest DJs and most avid record collectors from Italy, in Soundcloud. Back then the platform was a very fertile and active hub for music discovery and exchange for likeminded music lovers from around the globe. We instatly connected with the deep, slow but heavy on the beats and bass, discofied dope sound they were releasing, and we bought and had all their releases and edits in constant rotation in our sets. Next natural step was to invite them to deejay at some of our Playtime events in Barcelona, and then we became good friends. Music has this power. It's a universal language that creates powerful and long lasting bonds. The bio and list of achievements in Gino's extended 4+ decades career is too long to be listed here so we will keep the bio stuff short and let the music play and do the talking.

Just check out G&D (the project he shares with fellow groove master Dino Angioletti)or the essential compilation curated for BBE Recordings with his brother Federico as The Grasso Brothers "We Know How To Boogie", or this new Curtis Radio episode right here, and you will understand the level of knowledge, passion, dedication and the immense depth and value of Gino's record collection. So it's with great joy and excitement that we present today the 29th installment in our beloved Curtis Radio "10 Songs" series, masterfully handpicked by our amigo and disco Don Gino Grasso. Turn it up and get your groove on, Gino sure knows how to boogie!

TEN TUNES TRACKLIST:

Jonh Mavis - Move your Body

Mendes y Mendes - Mitamio

Ebony  Band - Sing a happy song

Joe Gibbs and Steel Band - Don’t stop til you get enough

Hugh Masakela - Give it up

Doug King - Baya Latinos

Illusion of a Band - Party with you

For Real People - Love begin with you

Merchants Pilgrim - Instant Funk

Voltage Brothers - Happening in the streets  (Domo Domo rework)

Numbers are important. They let us humans understand and anchor our possition in relation to time, space and the cosmos. Ever since the days of early civilizations, people have used numbers to keep track of time, predict the future, and map out the stars. One sunny June afternoon in Barcelona, while chatting with trailblazer DJ and voracious record collector Ben* (Turntablejazz/Yasiin Bey's DJ/Love Wax-Cologne+Tunis) about our Curtis Radio show, we mentioned that in a complete 12 months season we have released a total of 27 episodes from a carefully handpicked selection of DJs, record collectors, artists & musicians from across the globe. He expressed instant interest in doing a show, and said he would like to participate with a "10 songs" episode that would be number 28. The 2 and the 8, that is a number that means to Ben*, he has a personal project related to that particular sequence of numbers. And here it is. Press play, turn it up and dive deep into these 10 beautiful and soul-lifting songs that Ben* keeps very close to his heart. Being a seasoned record digger with true love for the vinyl format for more than 25 years, Ben* has conceived his selection as a concept vinyl album. Side A (or part 1) containing 5 songs, 4 of them from his current favorite artist Kahil El Zabar plus "Harvest Time", an eternal spiritual jazz cut from recently passed genius Pharoa Sanders. Side B (or second part of his selection)where he takes us on a more uplifting and spacey path of uptempo grooves with 5 rare gems that will induce body movement while still keeping the spiritual element and touching the heart & mind.

Curtis Radio show guest selectors can present their 10 desert island records or they can focus on a particular genre or pick 10 tunes from their last favorite producer. The songs can be in random order and unmixed or smoothly blended in the form of a mini DJ set. It's a free format with just one rule. Only 10 songs. Not 6 not 14. Only 10. So let's now count like Kraftwerk in our robotic voice, and feel the importance of numbers...

Eins, zwei, drei, vier

Fünf, sechs, sieben, acht

One, two

Un, deux, trois

Uno, due, tre, quattro

Un, deux, trois

Uno, due, tre, quattro...

10 TUNES TRACKLIST:

KAHIL EL ZABAR - THE OPENING

PHAROAH SANDERS - HARVEST TIME

KAHIL EL ZABAR - A TIME FOR HEALING

KAHIL EL ZABAR - WE GET THROUGH THIS

KAHIL EL ZABAR - SPIRIT GATHERER

MICHAEL BOOTHMAN & CHARMAINE FORDE - WHAT YOU WON’T DO FOR LOVE

LOUIE VEGA & UNLIMITED TOUCH - MUSIC IS MY LIFE

RECORD PLAYER - FREE YOUR MIND

THEO PARRISH & MAURISSA ROSE - THIS IS FOR YOU

CASSIETTA GEORGE - DON’T GIVE UP