It took me a minute to post this up but here’s my latest mix. It’s got just a jazzy flow to it. Overall I feel it is a decent mix. Let me know what you think about it. The tracklisting is below. Listen to it on iTunes or on SoundCloud
Jazz Con Bazz - Da Huzle
People Under The Stairs - Suite For Beaver (Part 1)
Tony D - Piano Grand
Smoke No Bones - Lyrics and Vibes
Ta’Raach - Baaby
L-Fudge - Liquid (Instrumental)
Mr. Scruff - How Sweet It Is
Mass Influence - A Yo! Atlanta Ya On
UMOD - U Better Recognise
DJ Numark & DJ Pomo - The Way I Think
A good friend of the Spaced Invaders and a total turntable badass, JectWon drops some chilled out spring grooves for your next BBQ bash. The opening to the mix is killer! You will also hear a rare horn version of John Lennon’s “Imagine” and a few other treats as well. Expect to hear more from this cat in the future.
I waited to drop this because of both Flatbroke’s and BirdFlu’s love themed casts and I didn’t want to switch the groove up to much. Anyway, here are some dirty, dirty funk breaks that I pulled together for everyone to get down to. Overall, I’m really feeling this podcast and had to dig through a lot of stuff to put it together. Leave some comments and let me know what you think.
A good friend to the Spaced Invaders, DJ Birdflu has dropped an ill, slow-grooving mixtape that is making its way around the Charleston area. I was able to snag a copy of it from him and I asked him if I could make it available to the Stone Groove listeners. The artwork for the cover was done by Birdflu with scissors and tape, the old school way, and you can check the track listing below and see that the attention to details he used in the cover is also used in the collage of music he constructs. Speaking of old school, this DJ uses nothing but vinyl. No not Serato, time coded or anything like that. Strictly original vinyl. You’ll hear the warm analog sounds, and the crackles and pops of gently worn vinyl pressings. The transitions are on point and if you play both this mixtape with DJ Scrunchyface Flatbroke’s Valentine’s Day podcast your beddy-bye time will be set with that special someone.
I did hear this from the owner before it hit the papers, but it still saddens me to hear that B’Zar is shutting its doors. B’zar was a lot more than just a clothing store. I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to miss the most. Maybe it’s the chic styles they had and the attitudes that it embraced, maybe it was owners Gustavo and Andrea Serrano’s way they made you feel when you entered the store, maybe it’s the way that B’Zar stood out from many shops in Charleston. I’m not entirely sure. But what I do know is we need more shops like this in town.
As stated above and from my point of view B’Zar was not just a clothing store. B’Zar was a place that you could go to get a different taste of something not entirely Charleston. It was a place that you could go there and really find out when and where all the great parties and shows were taken place. You could pick up the latest mixtapes from local bedroom DJs or underground DJs. (Thanks to them doing that for me I made some really good friends out of it and met some great new people.) Local visual artists hung out there. Gustavo let his dog Roxy run free in there. New under the radar music was always a topic of discussion. And in the end it just so happens that they sold clothing there as well. I got a different feeling when I walked into B’Zar. It was personal, unlike places like American Apparel where you were always greeted with the same cookie cutter store greeting. With rows and rows of the same cookie cutter merchandise that tried to portray originality with its overstock of designs with plentiful quantities hanging from the racks.
B’Zar was the first place that I ever brought a pair of designer Nikes or even spent $65 for a shirt to dress up in. I still get complimented on all the clothes I bought from there. What can I say, chicks dig clothes from B’Zar.
I hope that with B’Zar closing down, that it’s not the end of all the great things that came from the owners of B’Zar. I’m talking about fashion shows, Kulture Klash, and the like. Gustavo and Andrea had their hands in a lot of Charleston happenings. They are even a sponsor of our Stone Groove events.
Well I am sad to see them go and I will still rock my B’Zar shirt when I’m doing shows. I hope this is not the last we see from Gustavo and Andrea Serrano.
Flatbroke drops all b-boy classics in this one. It’s worth at least ten repeats before you go to sleep tonight. It’s really that good. I’m actually on my fourth time listening to it. Make sure you leave some comments for this guy letting him know how much you like his dusty crate digging.
