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UPTOWN EXPRESS – EPISODE 8: Fibonacci Nights

by john on Mar 14, 2012 • Comments Closed

In this episode: 7,333 seconds of petty recrimination, broken promises and technical failure, peppered by a possibly-faultless selection of great music, new & old, heavily skewed toward all things Detroit Techno and early-80′s boogie with some disco, house and hip hop thrown in for good measure. ‘Gunshot!’ as they say.....

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Modern Soul Records

by john on Nov 21, 2011 • Comments Closed

There seems a fair amount of hype around contemporary takes on boogie and 80′s funk these days. Truth be told it’s great reference point; there are a seemingly endless supply of obscure and unknown artists / tracks for inspiration and it’s a scene that has never been quite as over-done...

as featured / episode 6

Drive Me Home- Fast Life

by john on Nov 7, 2011 • Comments Closed

Can’t believe it is just over three months since we sat down with Dominik to chat about his forthcoming Fast Life EP. Since then Summer has turned to Autumn, problems with the vinyl production have been overcome and now one of our favourite releases of the year is finally available...

as featured / episode 7

TIDAL MOTIONS

by john on Oct 25, 2011 • Comments Closed

This month’s show features an interview with one of our favourite artists; AD Bourke. A couple of years ago we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to remix one of his tracks. Opening the source files, the incredible depth and complexity involved Adam’s music-making quickly became apparent. That depth is equally obvious...

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UPTOWN EXPRESS – EPISODE 7: Seven Shows for Seven Listeners

by john on Oct 20, 2011 • 2 Comments

Équipe Ulysses in the mix on NTS Radio, episode sju. We’re back after an extended hiatus – Phasers set to shambles. In this episode: Ninety one white-hot minutes of inane chat and petty squabbling, soundtracked by a probably-peerless selection of great music, new & old, heavily skewed toward all things...

Music

Patrice & Friends -Cashmere Sheets

by john on Oct 10, 2011 • Comments Closed

(via dftd) “About to get my end away but first some cognac and an olive..” Some musical aliases and album concepts are so perfectly conceived and executed they compel the listener to just count to ten and play make-believe within the world of the author’s own creation. And so it...

On Tour / Ulysses 82

Boogie Valhalla

by john on Sep 13, 2011 • Comments Closed

First thing you notice about Norway is the emptiness. Coming into land, hundreds of miles of forest, broken up with the occasional secluded homestead and black mirrored fjord. It’s a beautiful sight. God’s own country. Pretty soon we’re on a bullet train heading into Oslo, chatting boogie, edits and eBay...

as featured / episode 6

Quaid — The Nitewatch (Metropolis interlude) Demo

by john on Sep 1, 2011 • Comments Closed

One of the great things about having a radio show is the excitement of getting new tracks to play for the first time. Whilst we are still waiting for an “exclusive, exclusive, exclusive” jingle, the joy of being ‘first’, especially in this age of digital impatience, remains as intense as...

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BENEDEK-That’s My Jam! Feat. DāM-FunK

by john on Aug 22, 2011 • Comments Closed

Love this track.. LA native Benedek has been making music since he was nine years old, his latest jam with modern funk crown prince, Dam-Funk takes it to the next level. We featured one of his tracks Glidin on show 5 but this has raised the game again. With a...

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UPTOWN EXPRESS – EPISODE 6: Cesc Degrees of Separation

by john on Aug 20, 2011 • 1 Comment

Équipe Ulysses in the mix on NTS Radio, episode seis, mano-a-mono. Chris and John are joined by Citinite’s latest addition to its all-star roster, ‘Drive Me Home’. His label debut, ‘Fast Life’ is a guide to perfection in musical melancholia and synth-based awesomeness. Cop it HERE. UPTOWN EXPRESS – EPISODE...

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Moovmnt- The Future of Funk Mix

by john on Aug 11, 2011 • 1 Comment

Thank to Niels at Moovmnt for including a Ulysses82 track in his amazing Future of Funk mix. It is a great overview of a group of artists, from a very diverse set of backgrounds, coming together to become something which is starting to feel like scene (or moovmnt for that...

transmissions

TRANSMISSIONS 002

by john on Jul 25, 2011 • Comments Closed

*Welcome to the second edition of Transmissions, a fortnightly collection of the things that have been particularly noteworthy bits and pieces*. * NPR looks at the economics of having a hit record, using Rihanna’s recent single, “Man Down,” as an example…..bottom line, it’s a marketing business (with a bit of...

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Bobby Tank-On II You

by john on Jul 20, 2011 • Comments Closed

‘Bobby Tank‘ makes music he describes as ‘like Rick James riding a flying unicorn along Orion’s belt whilst smoking a crack pipe!’. It’s a big claim…but (unbelievably) he *almost* has the tunes to back it up. We played a ‘On II You‘ on our last show, it’s kind of cut-up,...

as featured / episode 5

Jellphonic & Zacky Force Funk — 100 Snakes (Bounce Mix)

by john on Jul 14, 2011 • Comments Closed

This is the first track the machine people mix which quaid put together for Episode 5. It wasn’t till I was trying to track it down to buy it that I realised that he had made this mix himself. (exclusive…exclusive..exclusive) It’s the flip side to all the rampant negativity you...

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UPTOWN EXPRESS – EPISODE 5: Fire Monsters

by john on Jul 1, 2011 • 2 Comments

Équipe Ulysses in the mix on NTS Radio, cinco-de-wino. Chris et John are joined for a brief chat with Firemusic main man Jim K, who also introduces a killer ‘Machine People’ mix. Just look at that tracklisting people!! Discussion points: - Lady names and funk pseudonyms - Intimidating Richard Gere:...

as featured / episode 4

2000 AD

by john on Jun 9, 2011 • Comments Closed

We first met Adam when he was in London for last year’s Red Bull Music Academy. It was before ‘Mirage‘ had hit, but it was clear that guy was on verge of great things. The subsequent reaction to the EP and the snippets I’ve heard of his forthcoming material point...

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EPISODE 4: Quattro Stallioni

by john on Jun 2, 2011 • Comments Closed

Équipe Ulysses in the mix on NTS Radio, fourth time lucky. A little too much pre-match meat consumption / during match sugar-y drink consumption create a difficult metabolic environment for our hosts to try (and ultimately fail) to overcome. You could can almost hear the sugar levels dropping in there....

as featured / episode 3

THE TIME-THE STICK [EQUIPE ULYSSES 'WARP' VERSION]

by john on May 30, 2011 • Comments Closed

I wonder if ‘The Time’ are the band Prince thought he would end up in, when he was hustling his way through the Minneapolis music scene, before that insatiable ambition kicked in (if there was a ‘before’). In the end they became a product of that ambition instead. The first...

as featured / episode 3 / ulysses82

James Otis White Jr- Baby Come On (Ulysses82 Dub)

by john on May 25, 2011 • Comments Closed

I have happy memories of this track. It was one of our early attempts at an edit and one of the first we were really happy with. We played it out a few times and it sounded okay;it helped to move our sets from an eclectic mix of soul, funk,...

as featured / episode 3 / firemusic

Flying Lotus — Tea Leaf Dancers (Deep Range jackin’ mix)

by john on May 22, 2011 • Comments Closed

Flying Lotus needs no introduction. The last few years have seen his reputation cemented as one of this generation’s leading beat makers. But as this *exclusive, exclusive, exclusive* edit by firemusic prime mover quaid goes to show, even the greats sometimes need a tweak sometimes. As with many successful remixes it’s...

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EPISODE 3: Oh My Gauche

by john on May 17, 2011 • 1 Comment

Équipe Ulysses in the mix on NTS Radio, three for three. It is *honestly* starting to come together a little bit. The selection is a little bit more eclectic this time, the sort of mixing and matching of styles which remind me of Saturday sessions with the Illa, where we’d...

as featured / episode 2

Gifted & Blessed

by john on May 12, 2011 • Comments Closed

In this manic age of information/cultural overload, sometimes it feels good to get back to the things that really matter. For me that increasingly means finding music that moves me, emotionally or spiritually. Music that reaches me in that way is much more likely to continue to resonate, months and...

as featured / episode 2 / firemusic

Space Phreek

by johnbk on May 10, 2011 • Comments Closed

This is the track we opened Episode 2 with (and I couldn’t pronounce the group’s name right!!). Stay classy, Johnny! It’s by a band called ‘Reflections on Creation and Bass‘ who are the made up of Firemusic principle Quaid and intergalactic wordsmith MC Ster. It’s been a Ulysses exclusive for...

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