Solid Sounds Podcast

Another solid collection of songs we've been playing in the studio. Deep Southern Soul, uptempo funk, laid back jazz, drum heavy rock and roll. Nice! Head to www.madesolidinla.com/solid-sounds for the full playlist.

The HVW8 Podcast was about 4+ years worth of simply incredible producers, djs, artists and musicians sharing what they do. We helped form The Hawthorne Headhunters, gave Dam Funk some of his first mix releases (and later paired him with Taz Arnold and Thundercat live) and featured DJ Haircut pre-Mayer Hawthorne craziness playing the pre-release of It Ain't Gonna Work Out. Aloe Blacc, Daz-I-Cue, The Twilite Tone, Kutmah, Computer Jay, House Shoes and many, many, many more came through. Ty G and I would open and close with short sets. This mix from about the third year was my only chance to post a full set on my own. I think I held my own... It's actually one of my favorites. Greedy Bitches x Stereo MCs! Haha!

80's Funk, Boogie, Modern Soul, Disco Soul For the longest time, these were under appreciated by the average DJ listener and club goer. Along came my friend Dam Funk as the champion of all of the above. Clubs like 1983 and Funkmosphere brought the shit back to the mainstream and reminded people how amazing it all is. First LA and then the world. I'm thankful to have been around during the "comeback" (quotes because most of us know it never when anywhere...). These are my records with a little additional production thrown in. It's the joint!

So we've listened to A Touch of Spazz - my foray into samples and loops. My "Classic Hip Hop Style' was made using some of the (very basic) skills I learned making Spazz. It's kind of taking those even earlier Classic mix mash-ups to a proper level. At least my level of proper levels. You see I get bored easily and all of those acapellas just sitting in my stacks call to me. Like the Nas and DJ Cam starting us off going into Grand Puba with TM Juke. Add a few Youtube snippets and we got it! This mix get rotation in my car and in the studio. Hope you dig...!

he Solid State Original Mix and The Turkey were both big winners in my book - all records that I love. The mixes are more or less on point. Quality listens both. I can play some records from time to time. Thank you. A Touch of Spazz came with my purchase of Ableton Live. Now I was taking all those years of record shopping to the computer. I'm obviously messing around on this one. Tons of samples, mash-ups, putting beats behind things and adding sound bites all over the place. I'm the first to say I'm no producer but I surprise myself sometimes. Good times all the way!

Now you may have heard The Original Solid State Mix - that was just a warm-up. Here's The Turkey, coming a few years later as a holiday gift for friends. The sound is a little harder but more refined than my style back in 2004. This mix is the one I passed to Miles Tackett (of Breakestra and Funky Sole here in LA) who was playing it in his car with Tyler Gibney (aka HVW8 Ty G). Ty and I linked up shortly after on the strength of this and started our long run hosting the HVW8 Podcast Series (Live at the BBQ, Music Is My Art and HVW8 International). That series is due for a revival... For now, check The Turkey mofos!

This is the first mix that I made using the Solid name. I had just opened for Peanut Butter Wolf's Bad Meaning Good mix LA release party and did this with that style in mind. Many music genres flowing together - representing my influence at the time, favorites around 2004 and records I had just picked up. The mix caught on and the rest is history. Big thanks to my friend PBW!

Solid Classics: Quincy Jones - Summer In The City Peter Brown - For Your Love Donald Byrd - Think Twice Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park Jean Jacques Perry - E.V.A. Love Unlimited Orchestra - Midnight Groove Faze-O - Riding High Gwen McCrae - 90% of Me Is You Al Green - So Glad You're Mine Patrice Rushen - Remind Me Juicy - Sugar Free Dexter Wanzel - Feels So Good Jean Carn - Don't Let It Go To Your Head Rufus and Chaka Khan - Stay Linda Clifford - Never Gonna Stop Roy Ayers - Mystic Voyage Isaac Hayes - House Full of Girls Curtis Mayfield - Future Shock Cymande - Bra James Brown - Nose Job Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing BT Express - You've Got Something One Way - Cutie Pie Midnight Star - Curious Leon Ware - Why I Came To California Freedom - You've Just Got To Be The One Barry White - Playing Your Game, Baby Love Unlimited Orchestra - Strange Games and Things Stevie Wonder - As Eddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need a Change of Mind William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You've Got David Ruffin - Don't You Go Home Manchild - Especially for You Lonnie Liston Smith - Renaissance

Labi Siffre - Watch Me Sex on Toast - Oh, Loretta! Pieces of a Dream - Warm Weather Myron & E - Going in Circles (Shimi Sonic Edit) Sade - War of the Hearts (Paul Nice Blend) Leon Bridges - Coming Home Martin Solveig - Sur La Terre Michael Kiwanuka - I Need Your Company Skip - Cry To Me Mavado & Wailing Souls - Wa Dem A Do (Al Fingers' Fire House Rock Remix) Tony Joe White - Rainy Night In Georgia (Boozoo Bajou's Georgia Dub) Mo' Horizons - African Sunset Jehro - Everything Marvin Gaye - Right On Arthur Lee - Everybody (Catalist Edit) Lianne La Havas - Unstoppable (Jungle's Edit) Jazzanova - Take You Back (Unexpected Dub) Zero 7 - This World Ken Nordine - Reaching Into In

Mr. Bird Feat. Greg Blackman Roy Ayers - Everybody Leo Sayer - Easy To Love (BB Edit) The Fritz Al Jarreau - Roof Garden (Qnoe's Edit) Dayne Jordan - Play Dat! Sinkane - How We Be Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Fu Manchu Matthew McAnuff - B Careful (Daddy Vad RMX) Kellee Patterson - Mr. Magic Dusty Springfield - Spooky (Jayl Funk Edit) Joe Bataan - Call My Name (Lemon Remix) Barbara King - What I Did in the Street BadboE - The Bullet Jam Basement Freaks - Mission Jazz Kwanza Posse - WIcked Funk Diggs Duke - The Ppinnacle (of Class and Taste) Dwele - Hold On Caia - Afterwards @ The Bar Carlton Livingston - 100 Weight of Collie Weed