Stay Cool

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This month Moonchild are in the cut as we look at their last year and their latest album Voyager.

Stay Cool #010 features:

- An interview with LA based Soul R&B group Moonchild

- A live interview and performance with Jerome Thomas and Warren Xclnce

- A never before heard alternate 'B' remix of Anderson .Paak’s “Room In Here” by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The PLAYlist

- Music submitted by Jazzo, Kofi Stone, Kai Rabal, Billy Dukes and original sky

Thanks for the support, and look out for video of the full Moonchild interview coming soon to my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/seangran

Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

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This month’s extra bit of Stay Cool is full of bass-heavy hip-hop and R&B, with some of my favouite uptempo selections that didn’t make it to show nine. Show ten drops this Saturday featuring Moonchild and more! Look out for 0.5 mixes between shows once a month for the time being and as always thank you for the support!

Tracklist:

1. Savon - Lemme Show U (feat. Waldo and Lou Phelps

2. Digital Mozart - 周波数[frequency]

3. Donae'o - Big Ben (MoreNight Remix)

4. Bengfang - Snapchat Shawty v2

5. J.Robb - WhatUWantt (feat. DEJA & Ciscero)

6. JD. Reid - On Air

7. Sipprell x Melo-Zed - Broken Ground

8. Sivey - Moving On (ft. Emmavie)

9. emune - Illuminate

10. Doja Cat - So High (Ymno Remix)

11. Eric Bellinger - Staring At The Ceiling

12. ASAP Mob - Frat Rules (Ft. ASAP Rocky, Playboi Carti & Big Sean)

13. Shaka Lion - Depois Do Eclipse (Singularis Remix)

14. Gazpacho. - WHAT WAS PLAYING THROUGH MY MIND

15. west1ne - theelks_5

16. Shakka - Turn Off the Lights (ft. Wretch 32)

17. Syd - On the Road

18. Mike Gao - Adventura

19. QUIÑ - HAPPENED TO HAPPEN

20. Shay Lia - 3 Months

21. Like - Even More Than More

22. Jaël - Need or needed me?

23. IOAH - When i think about you

24. Christian Rich - In Between

25. Tek.lun - They Hate That 119

26. Kallitechnis - Song For You (feat. Innanet James)

27. Birthday Boy - Walk Away

28. Wiz Khalifa - Plane 4 U

29. Jetson - IGOTSUMDROP

30. shamana - dnf w yogiloops

Originally premiered on Stay Cool #003 w/ 20syl + Mr. J. Medeiros (AllttA) and Marie Dahlstrøm: bit.ly/staycoolradar003

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▶ Tracklist: bit.ly/staycoolradar003tracklist

Back in May friend of the show Marie Dahlstrøm compiled this diverse mix of some of her favourite tracks from her homeland.

SCAPES is a series in which an artist or music lover selects some of their favourite tracks from their hometown, country or a place they feel strongly connected to and presents a soundscape of that location.

▶ Discover: @djjazzyjeff | @rhymefestofficial | @daynejordan | @blackjoshape | @ao-uzzi

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The Magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff invades the show for a bumper edition of Stay Cool, bringing his homies Rhymefest and Dayne Jordan along for the ride.

Stay Cool #009 features:

- Interviews with Jeff, Rhymefest and Dayne covering everything from working with each other to the upcoming third Magnificent album and beyond

- A live interview and performance with Black Josh Ape, including a live performance of Barber Shop which I played on show 007

- A SCAPES mix from Ao Uzzi, representing Hungary’ and Budapest’s @elevatedteam

Thanks for the support and look out for videos of the full 80-min interview with Jeff, ‘fest and Dayne as well as Josh’s live performance and interview coming soon on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/seangran

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Here's a beat-heavy break between main Stay Cool shows extra rare with me riding solo for an hour. I planned to extend this to two hours but I've come up with a better idea involving a series of instrumental-focused mixes since there are so many that I don't get to fit in the show.

Look out for 0.5 mixes between shows once a month for the time being and as always thank you for the support.

Tracklist:

Rbe. - Come Get It

The Jet Age of Tomorrow - The Long Way Home (feat. Syd)

Thelonious Martin - They Don't Know - Instrumental

Boyakaza - Turning Heads

Knxwledge - wntwrk

submerse - Cool Off

Juicy the Emissary - A4

Soft Glas - Riverside

Action Bronson - La Luna

Children Of Zeus - No Strings Attached

Hieroglyphics - You Never Knew

Khrysis - Fly Shit

GhostWridah - Red Bottoms

Godfather Don - Status

Suhnraw - Pass The Blunt

Suhnraw - Higher

Dwele - Find Me, Beep Me

B.I.C (Bitches Is Crazy) - Dreams (Prod. By Vesa)

Tru - Fungus (feat. K. Solar, Scott Kelley & Steve Lacy)

The Jet Age of Tomorrow - Ain't a Party

Styles P - please listen to my mixtape

Black Josh & Pete Cannon - Know About It

Ahwlee - Cry Baby

Jay Alpha - ID from Radio Juicy mix

JOREL - cassie remix

Curren$y - Skybourne (feat. Smoke DZA & Big K.R.I.T.)

Knxwledge - GidaDrommrSom

Benaddict, Slim, Ella Mae - Daydream

MF DOOM - Coca Leaf

B. Cool-Aid - all_weekend f. vida jafari

FloFilz - A Lil Bit Of (feat. Chiara Noriko)

Talos - Man Needs Love, Pt. 2

Elujay - Worth It (feat. Joyce Wrice)

Sierra Sellers - Smooth

▶ Snippet premiered on Stay Cool w/ seangran 008 feat. Joe Armon-Jones, Maxwell Owin, Danny Watts & ish.ism: bit.ly/staycoolwseangran008

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@dnnywtts first caught my attention when he released Messenger Series Vol. 1 with @cosmiccompositions a thought-provoking 2013 EP that featured production from Ohbliv, KVZE and more. Four years later he's returned with his brand new debut album, Black Boy Meets World, entirely produced by Jonwayne of Stones Throw. I caught up with Danny to talk about the album, working with Jonwayne, leaving his job and taking music full time, and more.

Timestamps:

0:11 How Houston has changed over the years

2:25 Other Houston artists in his “sphere” of music

3:32 The music he grew up on

8:01 How it feels to have dropped his new album Black Boy Meets World

9:55 Where the title comes from

12:58 How he met Jonwayne

17:52 Working with LA artists compared to working with Houston ones

19:07 A recent facebook post of his about a serious moment that made him consider how the world views Black men and male masculinity and breaking that stigma to become more open and expressive with his emotions

28:40 His favourite tracks from the album

29:37 Being raised by a single mother and having to raise his daughter without a template

33:20 How it feels to have left his job and comparing taking rap seriously to a normal job path

38:11 Plans for the next 12 months

40:05 How Messenger Series Vol. 1 with Cosmic Compositions came together

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This past Saturday 30+ of my friends joined me to celebrate Stay Cool airing live for the very first time featuring:

- An interview and the first ever live performance on the show from Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin who recently dropped their Idiom project

- An interview with Houston rapper Danny Watts, who recently dropped his Black Boy Meets World album entirely produced by Jonwayne of Stones Throw

- A SCAPES mix from ish.ism that celebrates the diversity of Hong Kong

- Exclusive unreleased music from @planet-giza, @scottxylo, @2latethedon and @emkozey

Thanks for all the support, and keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks for details on how I'll be making the show more interactive with it now airing live.

Tracklist:

Moods - Truth (feat. Beau Nox)

Curren$y - Hennessy Beach (instrumental)

Curren$y - Hennessy Beach ft Dom Kennedy

dom$olo - BrownShugaPackets

Leven Kali - Yours

High Klassified - Gold (feat. Mick Jenkins)

Kintaro - Soul Boy

EVA808 - PRRR [DUBPLATE] {RIP}

Trim - Freestyle (Ben Hauke edit)

Billy Lemos - HIgh // Free (w/ Juto, Rei So La)

Jonwayne - Rainbow (Ft. Danny Watts)

Danny Watts Interview 🎙️

Planet Giza - ID***

TerrellMackey - New Coat (Sugadaddy)

2LATE X M.KOZI - ID***

Toro y Moi - Don't Try

Benedek - Tuff Luv

Ben Hauke - I Kinda Missed It Ft. Joe Armon-Jones

Byron The Aquarius & Cropper - Song For A Friend

Rick Wade - Sound

Kyle Hall - Teacher Plant

Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin Interview 🎙️

Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Orwin - Easy Now

Stay Cool Sessions: Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin Live Performance

Young Bull - Quiet (feat. Christian Sinclair & Claire Dickson)

Aso - Aso

Asal Hazel - USAYUDO

Fatima - Mind

Jazztronik - LISTEN to YOUR LOVE (DJ Mitsu the Beats Remix)

Blue Lab Beats - Freedom (feat. Louis VI)

Young Bull - Egyptian Joint (All I Need)

Scott Xylo - ID***

SCAPES 🌄 - Hong Kong, by ish.ism (ish.ism's note: Most are HK artists, others are people who have either lived in HK for awhile or passed through and made music from their inspirations. I feel like HK is such a transient city with so many people coming and going and the selection of artists reflects that.)

Delf - Oriental Healer

Hong Kong Express - Watching

Fid Mella - Hongkongo

Onra - Trapped

Fid Mella - Zeoi

tayce - don't remember

surya - spiritual

nobu loops - Memories

mimasu - allgud

L'Homie - Rainfalls

Originally premiered on Stay Cool Radio 002 w/ seangran + @joekay, @andrepower and @thewhooligan & @sangobeats of @soulection: bit.ly/staycoolradar002

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▶ Tracklist: bit.ly/staycoolradar002tracklist

Well it finally happened. Since I began doing interviews all the way back in 2013 starting with Sango Soulection has been the most requested interviewee, and back in March of this year it happened when they were here for a gig at Camden’s established Roundhouse location. The following day I caught them at Spiritland, a new music-focused restaurant that served as the space for a vibes session with a number of Soulection’s talented roster curating.

Having been a fan since 2012 when I first discovered Sango, Evil Needle and Ta-ku there were lots of questions I could’ve asked but I whittled them down to ones I felt were most important. Enjoy.

Part 1: The Whooligan and Andre Power

0:10 How it feels to have seen Soulection reach six years

1:30 Who are some of the lesser known that have helped Soulection get to where it is?

3:50 Soulection’s special relationship with London

6:04 Where else in the world they have a strong connection to, whether as part of Soulection or outside of it

9:12 Where in the world they want to go to that they haven’t been to yet

11:07 Soulection's success as a template for numerous others looking to start a label and whether they feel there's a big difference in people being inspired VS copycatting

13:34 Why Soulection took a break from releasing projects last year

14:20 Soulection removing the roster from it’s website and the movement’s recent transition

16:30 How Promise Once More, Soulection’s most recent compilation came together in terms of concept and content

20:27 The biggest misconception that people have about Soulection or themselves?

25:23 Plans for the next twelve months (Soulection Health?!)

27:45 Part 2: Joe Kay

28:11 Reaching 300 episodes of Soulection radio and they biggest challenges in keeping up with a weekly show

30:25 How it felt playing a three-hour special with many of his loved ones in front of him

31:30 Soulection’s special relationship with London

31:13 Where else in the world he feels a strong connection to

33:31 Soulection’s origin as Illvibes and how what his Grandma thought of it at the time (as he started it in her garage)

34:35 How he got all the producers that contributed to the first Soulection compilation, which dropped on the same day as show 001

35:42 His Slowed Edits taking off and how he feels about the success they’ve seen

36:51 Why Soulection took a break from releasing projects last year

37:58 Soulection removing the roster from it’s website and the movement’s recent transition

39:30 How Soulection discovered DKVPZ and why they felt their music was worthy for a white label release

40:37 The release of “To Me” and how they discovered BOWTYE and Avalon Young

41:56 Promise Once More

42:53 The biggest misconception that people have about Soulection or himself?

43:45 Soulection Festival and why now is the right time for it

44:56 Plans for the next twelve months

▶ Snippet premiered on Stay Cool w/ seangran 001 feat. Ivan Ave & Evil Needle: bit.ly/staycoolradio001

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I’m honoured to have had @IvanAve as my very first interview subject for Stay Cool all the way back in March. The musician and DJ has been a mainstay in my playlists at home since I first heard “Obedience” with Mndsgn off of @Jakarta-Records' Spring In Jakarta release. There’s something about his unassumingly deep lyrics and demeanour that, coupled with beats by Ringgo and his numerous fellow @Mutual-Intentions collaborators, has always appealed to me in a way few rappers do. Above a very groovy (and noisy) Camden Academy DJ set we sat for a chat and discussed a number of things; here’s a handy list so you can keep track.

We talked about:

(0:00) Shows in London, how he got into hip hop & DJing and his stage presence

(4:39) His musical upbringing

(6:25) How his Oslo based crew Mutual Intentions came together

(10:13) The homegrown hip hop scene in Norway and how international music is received there

(11:52) Whether growing up in Norway had a large effect on what he does now

(13:19) The story behind “Also” with Kaytranada and Kiefer

(15:39) Letting things happen naturally, the message behind his music and his music as a sanctuary beyond the BS

(18:31) The stunning “Also” video and how Also Known As, the Oslo-based producers that produced the video, are deeply tied to the concept of the song

(20:32) His connection to London and artists / platforms from the area that he’s a fan of (s/o to Wu-Lu, Hawk House and others)

(22:27) His favourite vinyl that he’s discovered in the last year (Candle Tribe - Boogie / R&B from the late 80's)

(23:31) Producing beats himself, old aliases and the status of Every Eye

(24:58) The Hands project from his early days and the importance of the strength physical realm in his lyrics

(27:37) How his writing process has changed over his career. Stopping rapping after 30?!

(28:50) Nas being the greatest of all time, his beat selection and Life Is Good

(31:19) Recent (and old) albums he’s been listening to lately

(33:11) Show equipment and his 1997 SP-555

(34:35) The unique position of being a White, Northern European rapper and the importance of awareness of the place of such a person in the music game

(38:02) Artists to look out for (Jawn Rice, Joyce Wrice and Jon Bap)

(40:17) His plans for 2017

(40:55) His relationship with Jakarta Records and why it’s such a great home for his music

▶ Discover: @kiefdaddy | @momtudie | @amaraworldwide

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Stay Cool continues in it's new time slot of 12-2PM BST and features:

- An interview with Kiefer, the amazing pianist and beatmaker that has worked closely with Ivan Ave and Castelluzzo, both profiled in Stay Cool #001.

- A chosen one mix from talented UK producer Mom Tudie, known for his soulful works and collaborations with the likes of Tom Misch and more. He's got some brilliant music coming so keep an ear out.

- A SCAPES mix representing West Africa by the home Amarachi Nwosu, a talented writer, photographer and creative that's been a big inspiration to my hustle.

This is the last show for the foreseeable future before we start airing live from October 7th, so thank you to everyone on the journey that’s helped me get so far so quickly!

-seangran