Appletree is doing things bigger and bigger each time. The releaseparty tonight and tomorrow there is the first of Appletree Nights. A fresh new serious party, that´s going to be held every last Friday of the month in the Bitterzoet, Amsterdam.
First edition with DJs SP, de Reiger and Sotu the Traveller.
Warm and soulfull music which Appletree and Moovmnt.com are used to bringing you, so be sure to go check it out!
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And in the spirit of i just giving ya’ll a taste of some great live performances, now let’s do it for real. For all of our dutch readers, especially those living in Rotterdam, be sure to go check out Appletree Records’ own Ntjamrosie in Dizzy Jazz Cafe tonight!Ntjamrosie´s celebrates the release of her long awaited debut album ´Atouba´.
For those of you who don’t know her yet, shame on you, take a look at her page and check out the audio/video section to get an idea of what she does. Nice warm Fender Rhodes mixed with some electro sounds, which is guaranteed for a great live performance.See y’all tonight!-Snatch-
We of Moovmnt are big fans of live performances and tend to go to as many as our budget and schedule allows. But still there are some big concerts that we sadly have had to miss, mainly because of our ages.
Kay of the Foundation , who’s cd with Nicolay will drop any time soon, has put together a fantastic Podcast for RappersIknow.com for all of us who haven’t had the opportunity to be at these concerts. It exists of live version of lots of my favourite soul tracks and probably of yours to. I’ve gotten goosebumps a few times just listening to this podcast, these live performances are not just some fools shouting on a mic but putting down a everlasting performance with sweet voices (no homo).
Be sure to peep the moment Marvin sings his first word on “Distant Lover”, the guitar solo on “Summer Breeze” from the Isley Brothers and Jill Scott doing a piece of “ATCQ’s – Find My Way”.
Thanks a lot Kay for making my day.
Tracklist:
“Live” hosted & compiled by Kay of The Foundation & DJ Cipher
“Intro Theme” Live (Kay Commentary) Marvin Gaye
“Lady” Live D’Angelo
“Queen of Sanity” Live
“Hey Joe” Live Jimmy Hendrix
“You’ve Got A Friend” Live Donny Hathaway
“Intro Theme” Live (Kay Commentary) Marvin Gaye
“Summer Breeze” Live Isley Brothers
“Distant Lover” Live Marvin Gaye
“Devotion” Live Earth Wind & Fire
“Slowly Surely” Live Jill Scott
“Back In The Day” Live Erykah Badu
“Intro Theme” Live (Kay Commentary) Marvin Gaye
“Corner of the Earth” Live Jamiroquai
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Dwele is known for his smooth soulful tracks and voice to really set the mood. His 2 official albums Some Kinda and Subject were well received back in 2003 and 2005. He’s done a few featurings in the meanwhile with Slum, Kanye and Common but we’re still eager to hear some new solo stuff. Will 2008 be his year? Who knows.. let’s hope he’ll bring some new songs to the Grammy’s!
More updates on Dwele coming soon.
Dâm-funk is also on this months Stonesthrow podcast.
Raach City Riot 10″-4
Pooh-Bah records has just released a brand new 10″ from Detroit’s own Ta’Raach called, “Raach City Riot”-all grimey Detroit Hip Hop instrumentals at it’s finest. The record, which seems to be of another limited Pooh-Bah release, also features a lot of movie dialogue to keep the mood and the theme behind Raach’s music flowing. Following up his Lacks project with singles with acts like J Dilla, Platinum Pied Pipers, Exile and Giant Panda Raach has come back around to his roots with this 10” release. “Raach City Riot” is a Rapsploitation concept album about bar-b-que, triumph and infiltration. This EP captures the essence of a people living in a bleak society and how they face down a bloated regime and its’ jive idealisms.
Ta’Raach & The Lovelution – Fallen Soldiers/Us
Ta’Raach is also teaming up with “Okayplayers rookie of the year” Blu as C.R.A.C Knuckles.
The album called Piece Talks will be released Spring 2008. Listen to a snippet first on Moovmnt.
C.R.A.C Knuckles – Activate too