MonfreshFresh slabs of wax for the discerning earhttps://www.monfresh.com/2023-09-23T03:20:14+00:00Moncef BelyamaniDetroit Swindle - Guess Whathttps://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/detroit-swindle-guess-what/2023-09-23T03:20:14+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>While catching up on music I might have missed over the past decade, I came across Kerri Chandler's "Watergate 15" mix. It starts off strong with Detroit Swindle's "Guess What". The Dutch duo have since <a href="https://mixmag.net/read/detroit-swindle-name-change-dam-swindle-news">changed their name to Dam Swindle</a>.</p>
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Tom Misch - It Runs Through Me (feat. De La Soul) [Beyond The Groove]https://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/tom-misch-it-runs-through-me/2018-12-01T03:08:08+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M1N_wbhAfQ4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
Disclosure (feat. Gregory Porter) - Holding On (DâM-FunK Re-Freak)https://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/disclosure-feat-gregory-porter-holding-on-dam-funk-re-freak/2015-09-08T10:00:49+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>The original is a slamming House track, but Dâm-Funk gives it a nice boogie treatment here.</p>
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Potatohead People - All The Wayhttps://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/potatohead-people-all-the-way/2015-09-08T07:31:56+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>Smoothness.</p>
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Illa J - Universe [Bastard Jazz]https://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/illa-j-universe/2015-09-08T05:24:54+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>Illa J's new single produced by Potatohead People, from his forthcoming self-titled album, out on Oct 2nd on Bastard Jazz Recordings.</p>
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Fouk - Cat Lady [Outplay]https://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/fouk-cat-lady-outplay/2015-09-08T03:53:59+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>Swingin' House track by label owners Hans Peeman and Daniël Leseman. Available on vinyl only on the "First Things First" EP. The riff you hear throughout is sampled from
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBWS3BJSNtQ">George McCrae's "I Get Lifted"</a>.</p>
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Hank Mobley - Dig Dis [Blue Note]https://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/hank-mobley-dig-dis/2015-09-08T02:44:44+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>From the “Soul Station” album, released on Blue Note in 1960, with Hank Mobley on tenor sax, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Blakey on drums.</p>
Nuyorican Soul - Nautilus (Mawtilus) [Talkin' Loud]https://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/nuyorican-soul-nautilus-mawtilus/2015-09-08T02:21:32+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>Masterful remake of
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BP1_1DpeBE">Bob James’s “Nautilus"</a>, with Peter Daou and Dave Darlington on the Rhodes and keyboards, Vidal Davis on the drums, and strings arranged and conducted by Vincent Montana, Jr.</p>
<p>This particular version, with the clean intro and outro, is only available on the
<a href="http://www.discogs.com/Nuyorican-Soul-Nuyorican-Soul/release/92374">6x12" box set on Talkin’ Loud</a>. A must-have for MAW fans.</p>
Laurindo Almeida - Claire de Lune Sambahttps://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/laurindo-almeida-claire-de-lune-samba/2015-05-02T20:31:32+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>I first discovered Laurindo Almeida via
<a href="http://www.discogs.com/Stan-Getz-With-Laurindo-Almeida-Stan-Getz-With-Guest-Artist-Laurindo-Almeida/master/123563">his album with Stan Getz</a>, which I found at the
<a href="http://www.austinrecords.com/">Austin Record Convention</a> several years ago. The first track on that album is one of my favorites, and you can listen to it on
<a href="http://www.monfresh.com/handzonradio/monfresh-sessions-14/">Monfresh Sessions #14</a>.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, I looked up Laurindo Almeida on YouTube and came across this great interpretation of Debussy’s piece. It’s from the 1979 album "Chamber Jazz” on Concord Jazz.</p>
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Sola Rosa - Real Life feat. L.A. Mitchell [Agogo Records]https://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/sola-rosa-real-life-feat-l-a-mitchell-agogo-records/2015-01-20T01:23:39+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>Great NuSoul tune by this quintet from New Zealand.</p>
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Opus Seven - Bussle [Source Records]https://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/opus-seven-bussle-source-records/2015-01-19T22:11:57+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>Get down to the funky Disco sounds from 1979.</p>
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Simian Mobile Disco - Cerulean [Wichita Recordings]https://www.monfresh.com/fresh-tunes/simian-mobile-disco-cerulean-wichita-recordings/2015-01-19T19:25:32+00:002024-01-09T18:55:30+00:00Moncef Belyamani<p>Solid dance-floor tune from "Unpatterns." The
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkQoCCsu_fA">music video</a> is kinda trippy.</p>
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