HIT IT AND QUIT IT April 26, 2010- The JAZZ Special...

While all of us at Hit It and Quit It consider ourselves fans and lovers of the music called Jazz, for some reason we haven't found ourselves packing too much of this heady heat into our weekly crates. There are likely a few reasons for this (Jazz isn't really all that popular with the George crowd, lots of Aucklanders don't really get it, we're all still recovering from that 'NuJazz' thing, etc.). Nevertheless, we took a stand against the naysayers and dug deep into our collective vaults to come up with this show. Many thanks to our very special guests Nathan Haines and DJ Truent who both graced us with some real vinyl gems and some funny stories as well.

(And apologies for some tech issues. Chalk another one up to the disfunctional George on-air studio...)

PLUS... coming soon! The full night's recording of The Hit It and Quit It Revue vol. 5- a brilliant night of music and getting down with top Auckland crowd-rockers Manuel Bundy and DJ Truent taking us on a funk odyssey.


Chico Hamilton and Gordon Parks flipping scripts (photo: Gordon Parks)

Playlist

Max Roach - "Sweet Mao" [Victor]
Frank Foster - "The Loud Minority" [Mainstream Records]
Stanley Clarke - "Concerto for a Jazz/Rock Orchestra" [Nemporer Records]
Solar Plexus - "Nevada Madam" [Inner City Records]
Gene Harris - "Theme For Reilana" [Blue Note]
Herbolzheimer' Rhythm Combination & Brass - "Greenwitch" [MPS Records]
Olli Ahvenlahti - "Grandma's Rocking Chair" [Love Records]
Pacific Express - "Black Fire" [Counterpoint Records]
Herbie Mann - "Manteca" [CBS]
Quincy Jones - "Gula Mantari" [A & M]
Compost - "Life Is Round" [Columbia]
Urbie Green - "Manteca" [CTI]
Milt Jackson & The Ray Brown Big Band - "Enchanted Lady" [Impulse!]
Ahmad Jamal - "The World Is A Ghetto" [20th Century Records]
Ramsey Lewis - "Kufanya Mapenzi (Making Love)" [Columbia]
Chris Barber - "Earth Abides" [Freedom]
Sonny Stitt - "Black Vibrations" [Prestige]
Weather Report - "American Tango" [CBS]
George Duke - "Dawn" [MPS Records]
Nathan Haines - "Dervish At The Door" [Haven Music]
Robertinho Silva - "Falange Dos Tambores" [Philips]
Miroslav Vitous - "I'm Your Eye" [Warner Music]
Mickey Tucker - "Plagio" [Muse Records]
Rufus Harley - "Hypothesis" [Ankh]
Phil Ranelin - "Wife" [Hefty Records]
Chico Hamilton Quintet - "Homeward" [Columbia]

HIQI April 26, 2010 Pt. 1
HIQI April 26, 2010 Pt. 2

Hit It & Quit It Radio 19th April 2010

Another week ticks by in the new decade and we are already almost a third through this year... good lord

Mr Booker and myself on board today as our good captain Recloose came down with some mystery illness after a couple dates supporting Derrick May around this fair country.

Booker had some heat he'd brought back from down the line in his hometown of Christchurch and he also dropped a snippet from an upcoming mix release he has coming on on Wonderful Noise over in Japan.

I managed to crash 5 trains together in spectacular fashion

enjoy

Part 1 - http://recloose.com/hiqi/media/2010-04-19_hiqi_april_19_2010_part_1.mp3
Part 2 - http://recloose.com/hiqi/media/2010-04-19_hiqi_april_19_2010_part_2.mp3
Tracklist

Los Jugaderos - "What You Doing To This Girl?" [Junior Boy's Own]
BT Express - "Energy to Burn (Mike Clark Beatdown Edit)" [White]
Blair - "Night Life (Gerd Edit)" [White]
Juggy Murray Jones - "Inside Ameica Pt 2" [Jupiter]
The Revenge - "Looking Up To You" [Raw Cuts]
Billy Love - "Melloghettomental" [Sound Signature]
Dayton - "Dank" [United Artists]
Earth Wind And Fire - "Runnin" [CBS]
Idjut Boys - "Phantom Slasher" [U-Star Records]
Prince Charles and the City Beat Band - "Dont Fake the Funk" [Virgin]
Superior Movement - Wide Shot [Chicago International Music]
Alfonzo Surrett - Only A Winner [MCA]
Hugh Masekela - Dont Go Lose It Baby [Jive Afrika]
Terry Lee - Reach Up [Prelude]

-= Frank Booker Wonderful Noise Mix (Taster)=-

till next time folks!

HIT IT AND QUIT IT April 12, 2010 w/ OLIVERWHO FACTORY

If you haven't heard of the Oliverwho Factory until now you probably haven't been checking our playlists all that closely. We have been steady banging their productions for awhile now- all of them irresitably soulful, interesting and experimental. This artistic duo (Darryl and Shone) have admittedly maintained a low profile over the last 7 years of producing records for their Madd Chaise label, but the music speaks VOLUMES. Listen in as I get a chance to chat with the OWF about everything from the music industry, the creative music-making process and inner city pressure.

For more information and heat from the OWF visit their label site- Madd Chaise.

Side note, I was fitting to get a minute of an interview in with Derrick May but it didn't happen due to time zone restraints... I'll see if I can corner him for a minute while he's here to talk about the good ol' days of 80s Detroit.

Last bit of news, you can now SUBSCRIBE to our podcast via iTunes/RSS (at the bottom). Many thanks to our HIQI family members Chris Mills and Ben Lawson for taking the time to hook this up!

Now without any further ado... lets just get on with the show.


Darryl and Shone of the Oliverwho Factory...

Playlist

KC the Funkaholic - "Feel The Vibe (instrum.)" [Boogie Bash Recs.]
Floating Points - "People's Potential" [Eglo Records]
Tele Music - "Disco Freeze (Faze Action edit)" [Needwant recs]
Joey Negro & the Sunburst Band - "Twinkle (Idjut boys Dub time)" [Z Records]
Taron-Trekka - "Krass Und Kick" [Freude Am Tanzen]
First Choice - "Love Thang (Kon Lovepella)" [White]
Ilja Rudman - "Calypso (extended mix)" [Red Music Records]
Donny McCullough - "From the Heart (Kon Amir Edit)" [bbe]
Hunee - "Took My Love (vinyl edit)" [Drumpoet Community]
Hector - "Orale (Original Mix)" [Phonica]
Derrick May - "Salsa Life" [Trans Mat]

"Oliverwho Factory Interview"

"Oliverwho Guest Mix"
Delano Smith - "Road To Nowhere" [Third Ear Recordings]
Larry Heard - "Missing You" [Track Mode]
Nubian Mindz - "Afrika Man" [Delsin]
Oliverwho Factory - "Come With Me" [Madd Chaise]
Delano Smith - "The Exploration" [Third Ear Recordings]
Oliverwho Factory - "Rythmn" [Madd Chaise]
Fabrice Lig - "The Track (OG mix)" [Versatile Records]
Oliverwho Factory - "Moonhacker" [Madd Chaise]
Shinedoe - "Alpha" [100% Pure]
Oliverwho Factory - "U Don't Know" [Madd Chaise]
Vortex - "Moving Inside Me"
Oliverwho Factor/Jamerson - "Shaka"
Carl Craig - "Tres Demented (edit by Laurent Garnier)" [Planet e]
"End Guest Mix"

HIQI April 12, 2010 Pt. 1
HIQI April 12, 2010 Pt. 2

The Hit It & Quit It Revue - April Throwdown

Yes yes! We're back for another installment.
After a wonderful special edition with Kano SMASHING it to pieces, we've decided to double our money and throwdown at Khuja once again, this time featuring the young and old of Auckland's DJ Jedi's: Manuel Bundy and Truent. YES!
Both are bringing special "HIT IT & QUIT IT" themed sets (namely: Soul/Disco/Boogie), so you know it's gonna be the real deal!
Come down and check it out. As always supported by Messrs Recloose & Booker.

Friday 23rd April. Khuja Lounge, Get on down. 11.30pm start til very late, with muchos gracias to Tiger Beer, Red Bull & Serato.

See ya there!

HIT IT AND QUIT IT April 5, 2010

Recloose and Sam Harman holding down the fort. Lots of new stuff including Ricardo Miranda, Kings Go Forth, Vitamin D and Cobblestone Jazz...

Special announcements:
Next week (April 12) its our DETROIT DOUBLE FEATURE! I'll be catching up with Derrick May for a phone rap about his upcoming Auckland appearance (see previous post for more details) followed by an interview with The Oliverwho Factory (plus a 45 minute guest mix from Oliverwho? himself!).

And on April 19 we've got Auckland's jedi DJ master himself Manuel Bundy falling through for a long-overdue HIQI on-air throwdown...

And now lets just get on with the show...

Playlist

Marius Vareid - "Vallefaret (Blackbelt Andersen Remix)" [Full Pupp]

Ricardo Miranda - "Black Acid" [Hour House Is Your Rush]

Levon Vincent - "Six Figures" [Novel Sound]

Leon - "I Follow You ft Corrina Joseph (Deetron Remix)" [Rebirth]

A Number Of Names - "Shari Vari" [Puzzlebox]

Andres - "Ska's Revenge" [Mahogani]

K.C. the Funkaholic - "Me, Myself and My Day" [Boogie Bash Recs.]

Surround Sounds - "Beyond the Dance (12" Extended Mix)" [Surround Sounds]

Endgames - "Ecstasy" [Ballroom Records]

BAB (Big Apple Band) - "Party & Get Down (Undercover Brother Edit)" [Dopebrothers]

Kings Go Forth - "One Way" [Lukabop]

Vitamin D - "9000 Look-A-Likes" [Cold Busted]

Strong Arm Steady - "Soul 4 Real" [Stones Throw]

Bootsy's Rubber Band - "Strechin' Out (In a Rubber Band)" [Warner Music]

Fatback Band - "Is This The Future ?" [Spring]

Billy Love - "Cant Keep Running Away" [Sound Signature]

Coffee & Cigarettes Band - "That's the way (downbeat edit)" [Electric Roots Music]

Norman Connors - "You Are My Starship" [Buddah Records]

The Planty Herbs - "Music Is the Word" [Wax On! Records]

O J Simpson - "Cali Hills" [Stones Throw]

Mophono's Halftone Society - "Sinicism" [Bastard Jazz]

Cobblestone Jazz - "Midnight Sun" [!K7] 

HIQI April 5, 2010 Pt. 1
HIQI April 5, 2010 Pt. 2

Derrick May in Auckland, NZ- April 15, 2010 at Be Club + DJ Mix

It has been more than a few years since I caught up with the Detroit techno godfather known as Derrick May. The last time we played together was in Yokohama (also with our main man Ibex aka Tony Ollivierra, brother to Transmat's Neil Olivierra) way back in 2003 or '04.

Lucky me 6 years later when I find myself rapping to Derrick's not-so-secret agent about his pending return to the south seas. As it turned out Derrick's gig in Auckland had fallen through last minute, so with the help of some friends (Nick D and Marie at Be, propers!) we were able to secure an 11th hour venue.

Auckland, this is going to be a burner of a night. Don't sleep. To re-iterate...

Derrick May, Live at the Be Club, Auckland, NZ
Thursday April 15, 2010- only ten buck!

Photo Credit: Jason Grant Benberry

And to get us in the dancing mood??? My man Adam in Detroit supplied HIQI with this nice slice of Derrick May live in Tokyo to share with all the heads out there: Derrick May- Hi Tek Soul Mix Tokyo.

Also tune into our Hit It and Quit It show this Monday as I attempt to get a little airtime with the one known as Mayday himself. Barring that you can peep the rest of our Detroit double feature with a very special profile on the Oliverwho Factory, a Detroit duet who have been steadily churning out a string of beautifully complex and soulful techno classics since 2003.

HIT IT AND QUIT IT March 29, 2010 w/ SG mix from Young Marco (Amsterdam)

True believers, welcome back. New installment for you featuring a shit-hot exclusive guest mix from our main man Young Marco. Check his output as a producer, label guy (Hand Of God Records), A&R hustler (get the lost Mandre record he hooked up here!) and graphic artist for Rush Hour (his work is featured on many of the stellar 'best of' compilations they have been doing). Kid's on fire!


Young Marco sports a mean hangover...

HIQI March 29, 2010 Playlist

Young Marco - "Moving Fast (Very Slowly)" [Hand Of God]
Tom Trago - "Dekmantel Anthem" [Rush Hour]
Jackname Trouble - "Light Again(KiNK mix)" [White]
Dirty Jesus - "Don't Fuck With My Shit (DJ Harvey Black Cock Edit)" [Juno]
Ray Harris - "Scaramunga" [Record Kicks]
Art Of Tones - "The World As I Live It" [Room With A View]
Johnwaynes - "Falling Leaves (Original Mix)" [Groovement]
Manuel Tur - "Beasts & The Birds" [Delusions Of Grandeur]
Osborne - "Afrika (Bullion Remix)" [Ghostly International]
Dam Funk - "Searching For Funk's Future" [Stones Throw]
Dam Funk - "LAtrifying" [Stones Throw]

"Young Marco Mix"
Nona Hendryx - I Sweat (Going Through the The Motions)
Mass Production - Victory '83
Barbara Norris - It's Heavy
Brian & Zan - Pump Your Body
Daniel Wang - Not Feeling It
Rick Wilhite - Drum Patterns and Memories
Vangelis interlude
Young & Co - Such A "Bassline" Feeling
Fist of Facts - Wah Wah
Prince Charles And The City Beat Band - Bush Beat
African Suite - In The Pocket
Jaz edit - Shrimps and Grits
Bobby "O" - Still Hot 4 U
J.C. Barreto - Dr Love
Johnny Guitar Watson interlude
Rick Howard - I Wont Lay Back 
Neil Howard - The Gathering
Marian De Garriga - On My Way
END GUEST MIX
Coffee & Cigarettes Band - "The Birds" [Electric Roots]



HIQI March 29, 2010 Pt. 1
HIQI March 29, 2010 Pt. 2
Young Marco's Hit It and Quit It Mix (without DJs shit-talk)