Episode 51 - Daft iN Africa (ft. Freddy and Marky)

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Check the waves as we welcome Proof and Freddy Anzures to drop an afro-futuristic soul slap. The recurring Sanguine theme of retro-futurism (check: Android Boogie) resurfaces, this time with a focus on fusing music and technology stemming from the African diaspora. Don’t [...]

Episode 48 - Drums of Passion (ft. Derrick Love)

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For this Valentine’s Day weekend we hit you up with not only some drums of passion but also the ebullient vocalizations and soulful poetics that spring forth from the valley of propulsive rhythms. Ya, it’s quite a ride, featuring exuberant sounds from Derrick Love–of San Francisco’s [...]

Episode 46 - Love Supreme (feat. DJ JB & Freestyle Love Supreme)

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Dj jb orange from http://djjb.vox.com/

Born from the higher powers of creation, there is a place many artists can describe as their “zone”, “nirvana”, or what freestyle MCs call getting open. This metaphysical realm is when paint, chords, camera angles, notes, words, or medium of choice escape the [...]

Episode 43 - Liquid Alchemy

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After a 2 week hiatus, we are back! We hope you had good times closing out the decade because it’s been a great genesis for us, and we’re grateful that Sanguine Soul had a place in your heart last year. To celebrate the birth of [...]

Episode 40 - Android Boogie (ft. King Most)

Android Boogie (right click and “save as” to download)

King Most split between man and machine

Since the industrial revolution, people have leveraged arts to explore the concept of merging human soul with technology (see Fritz Lang’s Metropolis or read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein). With androids being the epitome of humankind’s effort to merge machine and homosapien, [...]

Episode 39 - Mayhem (Menace to Society)

Mayhem (right click and “save as” to download)

So we don’t drink juice in the hood or smoke fools with glocks but we have a mean trio of spinners hitting you tonight. Honey Knuckles beacons with a funk that causes street corner folks to windmill with his old-to-new school span of breaks. Inspired by [...]

Episode 35 - Everlasting Bass

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We’re cooking up something special tonight on Sanguine Soul.  With the theme ingredient being Bass, guest chefs Matt Haze and Joe Mousepad (Slayer’s Club) drop by the studio to help create this musical feast. I don’t know how you like your Sanguine Soul, but be prepared [...]

Episode 34 - Don't Sweat The Technique

Don’t Sweat the Technique

The times are changing for hiphop. The raw, funk break and heavy lyricist sound of the late 80s and early 90s doesn’t carry the genre forward today. Just ask New Yorker columnist Sasha Frere-Jones (although if done right we could “Tream ‘Em Right” like Chubb Rock all over again).

Despite the [...]

Episode 33 - The Elements

The Elements

A few days ago, Mama FeelGood and I asked ourselves, “How would we represent the fundamental elements of nature through music?” The result is episode 34 of Sanguine Soul. With Shelmatic and Z-Note in LA, the Mic Mistress and I cobbled together a show dedicated to the four elements: Wind, Water, Earth, [...]

Episode 32 - Give It Up, Turn It A Loose

Give It Up, Turn It A Loose

James Brown In the Jungle Groove

Honey “The Carnal” Knuckles and Z “The Humble Magnaminous” Note go back to the roots of Sanguine Soul with this week’s episode, “Give It Up, Turn It A Loose.” We look towards the one and the only, the funkiest there is, the godfather [...]