Connie Lim’s voice takes my senses from an urban café into a seed in the middle of the ocean that grows a tidal wave of lush canopy greens, hot orange birds of paradise, and deep red earth colliding into a majestic grand piano. Flavorpill.com describes Lim to [...]]]> Bountiful (right click and “save as” to download)

Connie Lim’s voice takes my senses from an urban café into a seed in the middle of the ocean that grows a tidal wave of lush canopy greens, hot orange birds of paradise, and deep red earth colliding into a majestic grand piano. Flavorpill.com describes Lim to be “armed with a brilliant voice that is both vulnerable and mighty”. Indeed! Connie’s live set is a wonder to behold as this woman brings such intensity that she takes you to distant mystical yet familiar lands. Gracing us from tracks off her latest release, The Hunted, her lyricalism is matched by her piano virtuoso. Check her video for “Sugar”, and you will see that her mighty vocals are as bountiful as her beauty.

~Mama FeelGood

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San Francisco local Lippe aka Phillip Garza is an up and coming producer that cannot be ignored. Lippe will be releasing with Daly City Records, and if you can’t wait until then you can check him out spinning with the likes of [...]]]> Up and Coming (right click and “save as” to download)

San Francisco local Lippe aka Phillip Garza is an up and coming producer that cannot be ignored. Lippe will be releasing with Daly City Records, and if you can’t wait until then you can check him out spinning with the likes of Dark Party, Lotus Drops, and other dub lovers who know how to bring your legs down to the floor with those deep wobbles.

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After a brief hiatus, Sanguine Soul is glad to be back in the studio. Honey Knuckles kicks the show off with a mixture of glitched out hip hop and funk. For the second hour, we feature special guest U9Lift, bringing the blues and [...]]]> The Moody Blues (right click and “save as” to download)

After a brief hiatus, Sanguine Soul is glad to be back in the studio. Honey Knuckles kicks the show off with a mixture of glitched out hip hop and funk. For the second hour, we feature special guest U9Lift, bringing the blues and soul to uplift your day.

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After a cold and dreary summer so far in San Francisco, Maneesh the Twister (Surya Dub and Dub Mission) descended upon the decks at Pirate Cat Radio and brought the summer heat with him.

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San Franscisco DJ/producer Touchphonics hits us hard this week with a dope drum and bass set, mixing elements of hip hop, turntablism, eclectic samples, and original tracks off his label Elevated Press Records. Listen to this show then head over to Underground SF on Tuesday [...]]]> Elevated Rhythms (right click and “save as” to download)

San Franscisco DJ/producer Touchphonics hits us hard this week with a dope drum and bass set, mixing elements of hip hop, turntablism, eclectic samples, and original tracks off his label Elevated Press Records. Listen to this show then head over to Underground SF on Tuesday to see him spinning at the popular SF drum and bass party, Shelter.

Honey Knuckles closes the show with some fresh hip hop and glitch tracks.

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Sanguine Soul gets bass heavy and grimy this week. First, Honey Knuckles drops some glitchy tracks for your enjoyment. A few favorites include Drop Bombs from Ben Samples and Timonkey’s Panther Beach. Next, Digital Rust stops by for a guest set [...]]]> Magnificent Decay (right click and “save as” to download)

Sanguine Soul gets bass heavy and grimy this week. First, Honey Knuckles drops some glitchy tracks for your enjoyment. A few favorites include Drop Bombs from Ben Samples and Timonkey’s Panther Beach. Next, Digital Rust stops by for a guest set featuring some never-heard-before original tracks. Be prepared for a set both obscene and beautiful. You might call it devastatingly pretty; we think of it as Magnificent Decay. By the way, the man was up until the wee hours finalizing these tracks; that’s some dedication!

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Honey Knuckles enjoys a sunny afternoon in San Francisco by dropping some classic breaks, boogie, soul, and afrobeat. Also Bizzy Bone from Bone Thugs N Harmony catches up with Sanguine Soul to go over his new project Crossroads: 2010. Catch him performing with [...]]]> Uprock and Invigorate (right click and “save as” to download)

Honey Knuckles enjoys a sunny afternoon in San Francisco by dropping some classic breaks, boogie, soul, and afrobeat. Also Bizzy Bone from Bone Thugs N Harmony catches up with Sanguine Soul to go over his new project Crossroads: 2010. Catch him performing with a live band at Slim’s on July 21st. Much love to Bizzy for the interview and respect to Bone Thugs N Harmony, true OG’s in the business. Check out these throwbacks:
Bizzy’s Thugz Cry, Bone Thugs with Biggie, and the classic Eazy-E tribute that won them a Grammy.

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Synthesizer: yo drum you there? Drum: boom Synthesizer: what you up to tonight? Drum: boom clap Synthesizer: working on a new track? Drum: boom tsk boom clap Synthesizer: word. Hey, I love what we’ve been doing together. Dope music we’re making. Drum: boom Synth: I love you man

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Synthesizer: yo drum you there?
Drum: boom
Synthesizer: what you up to tonight?
Drum: boom clap
Synthesizer: working on a new track?
Drum: boom tsk boom clap
Synthesizer: word. Hey, I love what we’ve been doing together. Dope music we’re making.
Drum: boom
Synth: I love you man

A DJ and purveyor of innovative electronic music since the 90′s, Kid Kameleon joins us in the studio and drops science on what’s exciting in electronic music. From the evolution of dubstep and drum and bass, to UK funky, this mad scientist concocts a set of eclectic proportions for all Sanguine Pirate Catters to enjoy. Meow.

* Find out more about Kid Kameleon and the entire Surya Dub crew at www.suryadub.com

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i·rie [I' -ree] -adjective to be at total peace with your current state of being. The way you feel when you have no worries

What is Irie Revolution? DJ Lapu Lapu (aka Brother K), DJ, educator, creator of Roots Kommunikations on KPFA radio, and all around knowledgeable man breaks [...]]]> Irie Revolution (right click and “save as” to download)

i·rie [I' -ree]
-adjective
to be at total peace with your current state of being. The way you feel when you have no worries

What is Irie Revolution? DJ Lapu Lapu (aka Brother K), DJ, educator, creator of Roots Kommunikations on KPFA radio, and all around knowledgeable man breaks it down on the decks. Perhaps it’s the laid back roots rhythms counteracting structured capitalist thought, or maybe it’s the spiritual vibes flowing free of puritanical dogma. No matter how you interpret it, this irie revolution begins with open ears and indigenous voices echoing from an ancient hero‘s DNA.

Much love and thanks to Brother K and Brother Lenz for stopping by. K is so down that even Boots Riley of The Coup had to stop by and give props!

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Can help but dance to DJ Gitane

Jumping off with the track Wonderland, off Onra’s soon to be released Long Distance, Honey Knuckles brings in local producer Lokae to cohost Sanguine Soul. The duo (aka Lokae Knuckles) hopes to put you in a state of wonderment as [...]]]> Wonderlands (right click and “save as” to download)

Can help but dance to DJ Gitane

Jumping off with the track Wonderland, off Onra’s soon to be released Long Distance, Honey Knuckles brings in local producer Lokae to cohost Sanguine Soul. The duo (aka Lokae Knuckles) hopes to put you in a state of wonderment as they select some jammy jams to prepare you for your journey ahead. After the brief stop at headnodding beats, special guest DJ Gitane shows up to send us all to the wonderlands of her worldly rhythms. So please, sit back, put your seat back and tray tables up, and enjoy your trip!

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Hello Sanguine family! In our 56th episode, we focus on the thought of the family or La Familia as we call it here. The Family transcends time, it’s an ancestral connect-the-dots back to the beginning.

In our first set, Honey Knuckles drops some new jams [...]]]> La Familia(right click and “save as” to download)

Hello Sanguine family! In our 56th episode, we focus on the thought of the family or La Familia as we call it here. The Family transcends time, it’s an ancestral connect-the-dots back to the beginning.

In our first set, Honey Knuckles drops some new jams from Aloe Blacc, Mux Mool, and Sub Swara.
Keeping to the stride of la Familia, we welcome Sanguine cousin, Spank Bank playing under the moniker Mack Lau. He drops a classic funk and 80′s set. Tying things together, Mama Feelgood gives props to her Moreno Valley fam, and features tracks from hometown heroes Afta-1 and Stereodojo.

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With the Sanguine familia out of town, our good friend Canary Turd, fellow Pirate Cat Radio DJ and host of the Canary Hours takes over and does this Saturday proper. Don’t sleep on this one as she hosts Deceptikon off Daly City Records for a [...]]]> Canary Take Over (right click and “save as” to download)

With the Sanguine familia out of town, our good friend Canary Turd, fellow Pirate Cat Radio DJ and host of the Canary Hours takes over and does this Saturday proper. Don’t sleep on this one as she hosts Deceptikon off Daly City Records for a dope live set and interview to talk about his latest release, the Mythology of the Metropolis.

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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 [...]]]> Love Supreme (right click and “save as” to download)

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 artist, with little need for cognition, to simply take form from pure impulsive imagination. The guests we present tonight mold their clay from similar instinctive sites.

Tonight’s first featured guest, SF local DJ JB, described forming his sets as “on the fly”–meaning that he’ll have a rough estimate of the genres he’d like to vibe, but ultimately creates his sets in the moment. We also feature an interview with performance artists, Chris Sullivan aka Shockwave and Anthony Veneziale aka Two Touch, from the improv collective Freestyle Love Supreme. In a live pre-recorded interview (I know, the term “live pre-recorded” sounds oximoronic, but the interview was soooo off the hook when we recorded live, I had to disclaim!), breakdown their improv talents as analogous to free jazz.

To honor the free flowing spirits of our guests, Honey Knuckles and I also decided to wing-it, and ended up masterfully bringing-it; evident in the cohesion between banter and mixes which gracefully vibe almost as pure as Coltrane’s Love Supreme!…Haha, I wish! But I do give props to Honey Kunckles who not only spun two short sets so we could present the Freestyle Love Supreme interview within context of some boundary breaking artists, but mixed background for the interview impromptu…ahh that’s good skill.

Feelin the free~
Mama Feelgood

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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 [...]]]> Liquid Alchemy (right click and “save as” to download)

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 2010, we decided to forgo the expected decade in review or top 50 list and instead, decided to throw a theme of the abstract variety in your direction: Liquid Alchemy. Special guest U9Lift joins the Sanguine team for a live set, transforming original beats with samples and acapellas to create his own form of musical gold. As usual, Z-Note and Honey Knucks dispel their own brand of magic on the decks to show you their interpretation of the theme. So as you consume our first show of the decade, what is your liquid alchemy?

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If you’ve clicked the play button on the above audio then you may already realize that something is awry. We recorded a great show for our fam, featuring many songs of experiences contributed from near and far, and a mad talented live [...]]]> Songs of Experience (Glitch Edit) (right click and “save as” to download)

If you’ve clicked the play button on the above audio then you may already realize that something is awry. We recorded a great show for our fam, featuring many songs of experiences contributed from near and far, and a mad talented live performance from local electronic musician, Noel Vaughn.

But in a twist of fate after so many episodes of clear sailing until today’s one year anniversary show, our two hours of material got smashed into seven minutes of a glitchy pastiche. Quite a seven minutes worth listening to nonetheless–well, if you enjoy a collage of vocal and spatial patterns intermingled by the random impulses of the recording equipment. Much love to everyone who contributed a song and a strong memory associated with its sonic frequency; hopefully you were able to listen to us live! More songs of experience to come in the future!

Be sure to peep Noel Vaughn’s soundcloud for only a taste of what this man can do live with a computer, keyboard, and various trigger pad robotics.

Manitous and J. Mousepad in their element

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere the winter solstice is but on the horizon, changing seasons, perceptions of light and dark, and heralding atmospheric water phenomena. This week we team with our Slayers Club homeboys Manitous and Joe Mousepad [...]]]> Precipitation (right click and “save as” to download)

Manitous and J. Mousepad in their element

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere the winter solstice is but on the horizon, changing seasons, perceptions of light and dark, and heralding atmospheric water phenomena. This week we team with our Slayers Club homeboys Manitous and Joe Mousepad in channeling the hydrometeoric energies that have graced our skin and streets, in what we present as our ode to precipitation.

I make our boys blush with some sassy commentary on loving the sultry slickness that Honey Knuckles turned on with the lo-fi oscillations from Natural Self and the funky vocal cataclysm of Alice Russell’s “A Fly in the Hand”. Ohhhh let me warn you, before you have a chance to dry, Joe Mousepad and Manitous brings on more of the wet stuff with their fingers on our sonic trigger! Mousepad drizzles us with a KAOSS-filled jam session along side an Amazonian Rainforest set that goes everywhere from Souls of Mischief to Mux Mool, deluged to us by none other than Mr. Manitous!

Relish the soak from our ode to the element that keeps us flowing, heart’s rivers wide, allowing us another lovely motivation to hold onto the ones that warm us…enjoy with love!

Heart flowing,
Mama FeelGood

P.S. For more on Joe Mousepad find him on twitter (he lives on it).

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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 [...]]]> Everlasting Bass (right click and “save as” to download)

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 for low frequency flavors.

For the first course, Z-Note prepares a mix with generous servings of dubstep and hints of southern production. I hope it whets your appetites because Matt Haze unveils the main course next, a classic Drum and Bass set. Using mostly vinyl, he achieves a bold meal with Joe Mousepad adding live freestyle flavors through the mic and Kaoss pad. If you can handle it, then don’t miss out on dessert. Honey Knuckles serves a massively decadent final course of hip hop, glitch, dubstep, and breaks.

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It’s been a while since the entire Sanguine Soul family rocked the airwaves together. With the return of Honey Knuckles, and a visit from Shelmatic up from LA, Sanguine Soul brings the party on this week’s episode, Bounce. Join us as our special guest, Kush Arora, injects bass into Pirate Cat’s [...]]]> Bounce

It’s been a while since the entire Sanguine Soul family rocked the airwaves together. With the return of Honey Knuckles, and a visit from Shelmatic up from LA, Sanguine Soul brings the party on this week’s episode, Bounce. Join us as our special guest, Kush Arora, injects bass into Pirate Cat’s veins and gets the whole studio bouncing. Residents Z-Note and Honey Knuckles dig deep this week and fuse boogie, hip hop, dubstep, breaks, and funk into their sets. Mama Feelgood closes us out with the dope beats of PANTyRAiD in the background.

Z-Note Set
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Co-Creators Absurge, Danny, Tim, Travis + Fringe Crew

The fortuitous gift of sensation astounds me. Our eyes pierce the window of the world from close to far. Our ears capture the smallest vibrations in the air. With tongue and nose we indulge in the flavors of this earth. And our bodies lunge into textures fine and grainy, substances liquid and solid. But the [...]]]> Synesthesia

The fortuitous gift of sensation astounds me. Our eyes pierce the window of the world from close to far. Our ears capture the smallest vibrations in the air. With tongue and nose we indulge in the flavors of this earth. And our bodies lunge into textures fine and grainy, substances liquid and solid. But the senses do not always divide so cleanly. Sounds, colors, substance, and audible vibration blend in the most fascinating ways within the neural pathways. We might feel the wretched smell of the Civic Center metro station, hear the ringing heat of a tumultuous sun, or like Nabakov, visually associate letters with colors. And music too often evokes impressions beyond the strictly audible, from raw feelings to colors and smells to tastes. In fact, music lies deep within the realms of synesthesia, where the expression of the world and human body meet in an ever dynamic, nebulous intertwining.

For this week’s episode in dedication to the phenomenon of synesthesia, we decide to select some synth based tunes and variations thereof that might just impress your skull with bubbling colors. I (Z Nooooooote) hold down the Sang crew solo for this one. Honey Knucks and Aisha are busy melting their brains in the desert, and Shelmatic has peaced to Lala land. So enjoy my shit! Expect some jazz-funk masterpieces, sultry boogie nastiness, and dub-step erotica. But I’m much more excited to mention that Luis Vasquez joins me in the studio to guest select a synth-wave radiality and introduce one of his many projects, The Soft Moon, to all listeners here and far. We discuss the immediacy of creative expression and the hindsight of categories and genres. And we chop it up about some of Luis’ most imaginative sonic muses. The Soft Moon debut full length will come out some time in the winter with a tentative November date, so stay tuned!

I apologize for the louder than necessary background volume over some of our vocals, you’ll have to fill in he gaps of the conversations. It’s an experiment in audience participation really. Tell us what you see. For me it’s a lot of burgundy stained indigo with a sludge water consistency.

- Z Note beaming out

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Spank Bank…Honey Knuckles…Sass Appeal…Lokae & Joe Mousepad…these are the contenders on today’s episode of Sanguine Soul, the Royal Rumble. That’s right. Tonight, in absence of Aisha, Shelmatic, and Z-Note, Honey Knuckles uses his powers to summon some sonically sick DJ’s to bring it. In one corner, we have Spank [...]]]> Royal Rumble

Spank Bank…Honey Knuckles…Sass Appeal…Lokae & Joe Mousepad…these are the contenders on today’s episode of Sanguine Soul, the Royal Rumble. That’s right. Tonight, in absence of Aisha, Shelmatic, and Z-Note, Honey Knuckles uses his powers to summon some sonically sick DJ’s to bring it. In one corner, we have Spank Bank, beginning our evening with an epic electro earfuck. Next, Honey Knuckles floats onto the floor and drops a little hip hop, funk, and world rhythms for your aural pleasure. Expect some new joints by the Quantic crew and a few remix heaters. After a brief intermission, Sass Appeal brings it hard with her sultry smooth tech house set. And closing out the Rumble, DJ Lokae and emcee J. Mousepad (Lok-Pad) destroy it on Ableton, a mic, and a Kaoss pad.

Sanguine Soul thanks all the artists who represented their style on the Rumble. We hope you appreciate and enjoy this diverse session, and thanks for listening.

Live set by Spank Bank [begins 12:28]
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Live set by Honey Knuckles [begins 34:19]
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Live set by Sass Appeal [begins 1:02:08]
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Live set by Lokae and Joe Mousepad [begins 1:31:20]
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The intertwining of drums and fire date back to ancient days of story telling and human expression. Crackling flames spin in a symbiotic dance upon the backbone of frenetic drum licks. Channeling this spirit, Sanguine Soul decided to conceptualize a “drums and fire” theme. We experimented with light blue flames burgeoning into ferocious [...]]]> Drums and Fire

The intertwining of drums and fire date back to ancient days of story telling and human expression. Crackling flames spin in a symbiotic dance upon the backbone of frenetic drum licks. Channeling this spirit, Sanguine Soul decided to conceptualize a “drums and fire” theme. We experimented with light blue flames burgeoning into ferocious fires, all supplemented by a dynamic range of drum energy levels.

The Gaslamp Killer jumping in your face

I (Z Note) jump off the session with vortex breaks from DJ Shadow, Jean-Pierre Massiera’s wondrous disco, and Free The Robot’s electric jazz funk. At half time, LA’s own fanatic of drums and fire straight out of the Low End Theory, The Gaslamp Killer, joins us for a brief Q&A. We talk about his beginnings as a DJ in San Diego, where his production is taking him, and the influences behind his feral mixtape masterpieces, sojourning through global psych, cackling drums, freaked out atmospherics, and laser heavy dub-step madness. Be sure to peep his new mixtape Hell And The Lake Of Fire Are Waiting For You! and stay tuned for the upcoming ep My Troubled Mind (Brainfeeder) to be released on Aug. 4.

Our absentee Honey Knuckles premixes some burners for your listening calisthenics. He takes us to the hypnotic south of Asia with Deejay Om, Nickodemus connects Brooklyn and Romania, and Afrika Bambaataa beams us up to another fucking dimension of sound. Shelmatic keeps the background jazzy drum kicks locked down with Pete Rock’s Petestrumentals (Bbe, 2001). Tell us what you think of this episode yall!

peace and bless 1
- Z Note

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We’re going LIVE on the radio every Saturday  from 8-10pm on Pirate Cat Radio. Listen to us live in the Bay Area on 87.9FM or streaming worldwide at piratcatradio.com.  You’ll still be able to download/listen on our site via archived podcasts, pero you can now also kick it with us at the station/cafe on 21st [...]]]> Yo Sanguine Fam~

We’re going LIVE on the radio every Saturday  from 8-10pm on Pirate Cat Radio. Listen to us live in the Bay Area on 87.9FM or streaming worldwide at piratcatradio.com.  You’ll still be able to download/listen on our site via archived podcasts, pero you can now also kick it with us at the station/cafe on 21st & Florida, San Francisco. Come out!

The show will now broadcast on a weekly basis, and we will update our website each and every Sunday afternoon. We’re always looking for interviews with local musicians and community organizers. Please email us at sanguinesunday@gmail.com if you are interested!

See yaaaaaaa

Here at Moss Street Studios we’re all about stretching our ear holes into the far reaches of our outer soul. While some tend towards plugs for such stretch armstrong feats, we prefer expansion by way of rhythmic vibration. Call it aural exercise. And if you would be so generous to flex your [...]]]> Babel Rhythms

Here at Moss Street Studios we’re all about stretching our ear holes into the far reaches of our outer soul. While some tend towards plugs for such stretch armstrong feats, we prefer expansion by way of rhythmic vibration. Call it aural exercise. And if you would be so generous to flex your inner lobes with us, then allow us to take on the role as your slightly offbeat, soul sonic yoga instructors.

In this episode of Sanguine Sunday we teeter on the limit zones of the funk. Whether meandering along the electro-soul of Little Dragon reworked into a synth heavy jazz groove by Floating Points, traversing the uncannily dank texture of Asha Puhtli’s resonant vocals, or bear witnessing to Man Parrish blurring supposedly tight packaged color and orientation lines with his idiosyncratic brand of electro-funk, this mix lingers on the slippery dynamism of concept and sound.

Oscillating between the sonance of the traditional and the new–brushing the past with fresh meaning in contemporary combinations while informing the inchoate feel of the novel with its heritage–we do not shy away from evolving montages of beat and melody. That’s where Babel Rythms comes in. From the dusty ruins to the rebuilt heights of the Tower of Babel, to the oftentimes forgotten fact that music is the lone universal language which even divine punishment neglected, the funk endlessly babbles up into nascent forms of roots music.

And so, we bring you a feature on the burgeoning sound of Dub-Step orchestrated by local enthusiast, grand mixer, and up and coming producer, Lokae (AKA BOOM LOLO). Originally hailing from the grimey back waters of East London, the dissonant boom bap rhythms of Dub-Step has swooped down into the sewage spills of the San Francisco Bay with the force of a ravenous mutant sea gull, this shit is real. Turn it up! Time to exercise the them ear holes, ‘cus in a reworking of DOOM’s words, we got more soul than a hole in sock. And like a black hole engulfing intergalactic trash, that hole can’t stop won’t stop unraveling at the seams.

Like what you hear? Peep Lokae’s original styles Babel Funk mix for a sound lesson in dub-step, glitch, and fidget.

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