Solitary Selections

DJ Raj Mahal was called upon friends and family to spin an impromptu, on-the-fly all vinyl 70s/80s disco funk mix to ring in the year. Lots of classics and a few raers. Happy New Year!

Track List:

Mysteries of the World - MFSB

Love On A Summer Night - McCrarys

Hit On You - Roundtree

Backstrockin' - Fatback

Billie Jean (inst) - Michael Jackson

Only You - Steve Monite

Electric Avenue (Original Mix)- Eddy Grant

Let's Work - Prince

Pumpin' It Up (Club Mix) - P-Funk All Stars

Get Up - Vernon Burch

Holy Ghost (extended) - The Bar-Kays

Pump Me Up - Trouble Funk

Catch a Groove - Juice

Groove To Get Down - T-Connection

Shakedown Street - Grateful Dead

I Can't go for That ( No Can Do)- Daryl Hall And John Oates

Need You Tonight - Inxs

Boogie Down (Bronx) - Man Parrish

You Are In My System - The System

Let's Do It - Convertion

Christmas Rappin' (Inst)- Kurtis Blow

Bounce Skate Rock Roll - Vaughn Mason

Good Times (Como Vamos A Gozar)- Charanga '76

Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang

Fire it up - Rick James

Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers

Ram Jam - Black Betty

Your Love - The Outfield

We're celebrating our 25th episode and last stream of 2020 with a tribute to the "Sergeant Pepper's of rap", the Beastie Boy's landmark 1989 LP Paul's Boutique. DJ Raj Mahal channels his inner Dust Brother and raids the dolla bins for an hour of samples used on the hip hop classic. Tons of sleazy, slick 70s grooves, drum breaks, funky soul, Blue Note fusion, etc. It's all vinyl and all live!

Live Stream Performance: https://youtu.be/fFpnqLlP3sw

Track List:

Intro - DJ Raj Mahal

Funky Snakefoot - Alphonse Mouzon

Dancing Room Only (Drums) - Harvey Scales

Tell Me Something Good - Ronnie Laws

Born To Love You - Rose Royce

6 O'Clock DJ (Let's Rock)- Rose Royce

Super Mellow - Louis Bellson

Jazzy Sensation (Bronx Version)- Jazzy 5

Sharon - David Bromberg

Magnificent Sanctuary Band - Donny Hathaway

Momma Miss America - Paul McCartney

Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

Brave & Strong - Sly & the Family Stone

Machine Gun - The Commodores

So Ruff, So Tuff - Zapp & Roger

Pumpin' It Up - P-Funk All Stars

Shake Your Pants - Cameo

Party Time - Kurtis Blow

Sugarhill Groove - Sugarhill Gang

Shuckin' The Corn Eric Weissberg

Last Bongo In Belgium - Incredible Bongo Band

Rien Ne Va Plus - Funk Factory

I'll Bet You - The Jackson 5

Put On Train - Gene Harris

Do Your Dance (Drums) - Rose Royce

Loose Booty - Sly & the Family Stone

Ask For Janice - Beastie Boys

Burundi Black (Drums) - Burundi Black

Save the World - Southside Movement

Draw Your Brakes- - Scotty

The Well's Gone Dry - Crusaders

Outro

Dig it as DJ Raj Mahal goes deep into the stacks to bring forth a cornucopia of groovy latin funk rock, psychedelic cumbia, fuzzed-out salsa, and neck cracking Cuban joints. It's all vinyl and all live!

OG Video Steam: https://youtu.be/_I_jjRIsaJ8

Track List:

Intro - DJ Raj Mahal

Baila Chibiquiban - Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion Inc.

Bacalo Con Pan - Irakere

Y Viva La Felicidad - Juan Pablo Torres y Algo Nuevo

Kelen Ati Len - Orchestre Du Bawobab

Let's Boogie - Ray Camacho

tiro al blanco - Afrosound

Generation Gap - The New Generation

Right On - Ray Barretto

La Danza de la Tanga - Pianonegro

La Danza Del Mono - Los Orientales De Paramonga

Oye Como Va - Little Joe & the Embers

Te Amo Mas - Coke

Menudo Time - Los Monchis

Viajecito - black sugar

Josefa Matia - Los Tremendos

El Bollinski En D7 - Eddie Montalvo

Latin Rock - The Rhythm Record

Habana Keynot - The Cabildos

Malaria fever - Chicken Curry & His Pop Percussion Orchestra

Condiciones Que Existen - Eddie Palmieri

DJ Raj Mahal is back with a tribute to one of his favorite beat digging mixes from back in the day, Diplo and Tripledoubles' AEIOU 2. Check it as he geeks out and spins his favorite tracks from the original 2003 mix that caused shockwaves through the beat digging community. Expect lots of funky psych rock and dusty breaks / loops from all over the globe. It's all vinyl and all live!

OG Live Stream: https://youtu.be/9YGmK56HZsU

Track List:

Intro - DJ Raj Mahal

Sarandi - Los Grillos

Karnaval - Howard Wales

The Other Song - Spirit

Sakura - Odetta

No Morira Jamas - Los Angeles Negros

Occapella - Lee Dorsey

Been So Long - Motherlode

Our Ship - Southern Contemporary Rock Assembly

Take Me, Break Me - Underground Sunshine

Alibi Annie - Trifle

Christine - J. K. & Co.

Troubled People - The Heads Of The Family

The Electric Liturgy-Recessional -Mind Garage

You've Come This Way Before - Nancy Priddy

Dreamworld - The End

Stoned Is - Cynara

Acka Raga - Shocking Blue

Mushroom - Can

Elegy - Colosseum

Toe Jam - Mount Rushmore

Patch Of Grass - Jeff Cooper And The Stoned Wings

Hush now - Jimi Hendrix

Lunar Invasion - The Silhouettes

THEME MUSIC (SAD) - Dharmatma

Dance of Maria - Elias Rahbani

THEME MUSIC (Happy) - Dharmatma

The Bump - George Freeman

Police woman - Henry Mancini

Straight Up - Exit 9

It's about that time to bring forth the obscure 70s funk that's captured the imaginations of djs, collectros, and producers over the years. Check it as DJ Raj Mahal puts his crate digging skills to the test , delivering another episode of rare groove cult classics. It's all vinyl and all live!

Live Stream Video: https://youtu.be/5SVuKgJQC1s

Track List:

Intro - DJ Raj Mahal

Hang Loose - Don Thompson

What's It All About - The Sylvers

Bad Times (freaked version) - Tavares

I' Been Watchin' You - Southside Movement

Live and Let Live - Jimmy Jones

Why Can't People Be Colors Too? - Whatnauts

Getting Uptown (to Get Down) instrumental - United 8

Hook And Sling - Eddie Bo

Hot Butter 'n' All - Part 1 - Lou Courtney

You're Wasting My Time - Billy (Sugar Billy) Garner

Hector - The Village Callers

Looking Out My Window - Tom Jones

Penguin Talk - The French Connection

Land of 1,000 Dances (Inst.) - Herb Bernstein's New Crusade

Get It On - Unknown Artist

Sunshine Of Your Love - Spanky Wilson

Concrete Jungle - Little Beaver

Crossword Puzzle - Sly Stone

In My Body's House - Gene chandler

Addicted To Your Love - Muscle Shoals Horns

Freddie's Dead - The Happening BDA

We're back with an eclectic batch of mostly early 70s fuzz laden funk rock on 45. Join us for a live dose of raer as DJ Raj Mahal spins the message board cult classics as well as a few joints the hipsters might not be up on yet. It's all vinyl and all live!

OG Live Stream Video: https://youtu.be/tI623QD8hYg

Track List:

Intro

Soul Strut! - Coko & Misha Panfilov Sound Combo

Drainpipe - Protein Bros

Allora mi ricordo - New Trolls

Murmullo - Los Rockin Devils

Air - Onyx

In Your Room - Carriage Company

Paper Man - Jade

Pork Chops - The Jon-Lee Group

Everybody's Excited - Flower Island

Family Affair - Flash & The Dynamics

Party Time - Cinnamon Suns

Get Down (When The Feelin' Hits You) Pt1+2 - Blacklove

Dirty Music - Monarch

All Shook Up - Roger Freeman

SHOTGUN II - The Chambermen

Gimme Some Lovin - Jordan

What You Need - Button

Dici (Dizzy) - Quelli

Margarina - The Ten Tops

All Along The Watchtower - Barbara Keith

To commemorate our 20th live stream, we turn the clock back to the early 2000s when we worshipped the ultimate crate digger DJ Shadow and his unique brand of sample based instrumental hip hop that influenced a legion of 45 based blazing downtempo off shoots. Get your MPCs ready as Raj spins classic and obscure samples used by shadow on his early work. It’s all vinyl and all live.

Live Stream Video Performance: https://youtu.be/IA-mGERU3H4

Track List:

Intro

Ol' Man River - Caterina Valente

Plenty Action - Soft Touch

Grey Boy - Human Race

There's a Deejay in your Town - Samson & Delilah

Tears - Giorgio Moroder

Sekoilu seestyy - Pekka Pohjola

Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra - Stanley Clarke

Imagination Flight - Chaffey College Jazz Ensemble

Fun & Funk Pt II - Fantastic Epic's

Life is a gamble (instumental) - Preacher

Pm or Later (Instrumental) - The New Breed

Been Had - Sapo

Love, Love, Love - Pugh Rogefeldt

Possibly Maybe - Björk

Nucleus - The Alan Parsons Project

Touching Souls - Kay Gardner

Linde Manor - Dennis Linde

Soft Shell - Motherlode

So I'm Down - Brown Dust

Invisible Limits - Tangerine Dream

Strange About Your Hands - Sensations Fix

Love Suite - Nirvana [UK]

Six Day War - Colonel Bagshot

Pre "J.T" 70s Kool & The Gang is one of the seminal funk outfits that would later inspire a generation of hip hop producers and musicians. As a tribute to co-founder Ronald Bell who recently passed, Raj Mahal spins some of his favorite classic and obscure funky Kool joints with a few covers thrown in for good measure.

Video Live Stream Version: https://youtu.be/Leo7ZLWv4CE

Track List:

Jungle Jazz - Kool & The Gang

Higher Plane - Kool & The Gang

Soul Vibrations - Kool & The Gang

More Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang

Spirit Of The Boogie - Kool & The Gang

Electric Frog (Part 1) - Kool & The Gang

Love The Life You Live - Black Heat

Love The Life You Live (Part 2) - Kool & The Gang

Sport - Lightnin' Rod

Rated X - Kool And The Gang

Electric Frog (Part 2)- Kool & The Gang

Dujii - Kool and the Gang

N.T. - Kool And The Gang

Life Is What You Make It - Kool & The Gang

Breeze & Soul - Kool & The Gang

North,East,South,West - Kool & The Gang

Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang

Winter Sadness - Kool & The Gang

Here After - Kool & The Gang

Raj spins all the underground beat digger bombs and message board cult classics. Expect funk 45s, big band b-boy breaks, J Dilla sample fodder, euro psych and much more! It's all vinyl and all live!

Live Stream Video: https://youtu.be/Q4BsRkI18_8

Track List:

Diana in the Autumn Wind - Gap Mangione

Daydream - Gunter Kallmann Choir

The American Metaphysical Circus - The United States of America

You've Come This Way Before - Nancy Priddy

It's No Secret - Joann Garrett

Weisser Sand -Su Kramer

Four Heads - Ken Woodman

Get Out Of My Life Woman -Allen Toussaint

Hit Or Miss - Odetta

Kissing My Love - Cold Blood

Steppin' Out - Lionel Robinson

I Believe In Miracles (Single Version) - Jackson Sisters

Different Strokes - Syl Johnson

Boogaloo-Tramp - A.C. Reed

Cramp Your Style - All the People

there's a break in the road - betty harris

California soul - Marlena shaw

Misdemeanor - Foster Sylvers

Stomped and Wasted - Dizzy Gillespie

Leroy the Magician - Gary Burton

Les Fleur - Minnie Riperton

Raj Mahal spins a gumbo of raer, sophisticated 70s / 80s modern soul with a smidge of boogie, disco, and electro funk thrown in. It's all vinyl and all live!

Live Stream Video: https://youtu.be/IBsGYmtzfqE

Track List:

Simple Girl - T & T

I'm Gonna Miss Ya - Aaron Broomfield

Foreigner of love - Contrast

Brazilian Rhyme ( Extended Mix) - Earth, Wind & Fire

Miss Cheryl - Banda Black Rio

Nothing Can Hold Us Back - Jerry Knight

Gotta Thang (Extended) - One On One

Chove Chuva - Mas Que Nada (OG) Samba Soul

Can't I Take You Home - Mel Sheppard

Having Fun - Rhyze

Intercession - Crown

future Love - Franklyn

Only You - Steve Monite

Feelings - Chateau

To Be With You - Maxx Traxx

Put the BS Aside - Starvue

The Way You Move Me - Opus Seven