Special Inauguration Edition: Here’s looking forward to 4+ years of the change we really need.  From ObamaIcon.Me.

An update to an earlier post: Remixes from KidGusto’s debut album “KG Originals” are available worldwide now on 12″ vinyl on the TrueGrooves label. 

The LP includes five remixes, with two remixes from yours truly (Kaushik M. in case you were wondering).  My two contributions are the blissed-out “Trip to Alborz” and the dubby and funky “Fed Up.”  The latter is a collaboration with Rusty B. of All Good Funk Alliance, with vocals from See-I (Rootz and Zeebo of Thievery Corporation).

Check it out at the following outlets, both in-store and online. Thanks for listening and for your support!

USA:
Groove Distribution (Chicago)
DJ Hut (Washington DC)
Turntable Lab (online)
Turntable Lab (NY and LA)
 
Canada:
Beat Street Records (Vancouver)
 
UK and Europe:
Fat City (Manchester)
HHV Music and Clothing (Berlin)
Juno Records
Phonica (London)
 
Japan:
Calamel.jp
Hi Hat Records
 
Tracklist:
A1  KidGusto - Mini Joop (Marc Hype & Jim Dunloop Remix)  
A2  KidGusto - Sonic Conducer (DRM Remix)
A3  KidGusto - Fed Up (Kaushik M. & Rusty B. Remix)  
B1  Mustafa Akbar - Stop, Drop & Roll (KidGusto Remix)  
B2  KidGusto - Trip to Alborz (Kaushik M. Remix)

Here’s a little something to warm up your ears in this cold December weather.  These are my reworked versions of Jazzanova’s “I Can See.”  The Berlin-based jazz, soul and broken beat crew have a brand new album “Of All The Things.” Here’s a taste:

I love the raw soulful sound of the original track.  Out of about 16 parts (including a glockenspiel!) I picked out my favorite bits for these versions. Enjoy and happy holidays!

Jazzanova - I Can See - Kaushik M. Edit (188) - 5.31 MB

Jazzanova - I Can See - Kaushik M. Instrumental (177) - 5.3 MB

January 2009 Updates: The “I Can See” edits have been popping up in a few places, on radio shows and online. The weekly podcast Friday Favecast included the instrumental edit in its Best Albums Roundtable 2008 podcast… it passed the SoulBounce sniff test in December… Pathaan gave it some warm rickshaw love on his BBC Asian Network show… and finally the edits got the noodle treatment on the Beane Noodler Hotpot show… thanks to everyone for the support!

One of my all-time favorite albums is Peter Gabriel’s “Security” (sometimes just known as Peter Gabriel IV). Here are segments from an almost 50 minute long, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album.  This comes from the long-running British TV program The South Bank Show.

Haunting Ethiopian flutes… field-recorded audio fragments from a local junkyard… the outrageously expensive Fairlight CMI sampler… Gabriel brought together all these elements and much more over an 18 month period. The process of writing and producing the album is truly eye-opening. Lesson learned from Gabriel: Less is more. The often tortuous process he went through resulted in hundreds of hours of studio recordings, which were often stripped down to only a few minutes of material for each track.  But the journey he undertook is inspiring. 

Greets… BBC Asian Network asked me to do a special mix for the Friction radio show hosted by Bobby Friction. It’s for a producer showcase called Reproduced. It was on today at 10:00 PM GMT (5:00 PM EST). They’ll also have the show archived on the Friction website if you want catch it later. Downloadable podcast available too (UK listeners only).

Friction on BBC Asian Network

Get my 20 minute Reproduced mix here (link goes away in a week):
http://www.yousendit.com/download/Q01HQk14ZEtJMHRFQlE9PQ

KAUSHIK - FRICTION REPRODUCED TRACKLIST - August 19 2008

Artist — Track
1. Brown Sounds - Panchgani
2. Kaushik - Song of the Valley
3. Karsh Kale - Manifest (Kaushik Ambient Remix)
4. Steve Spacek - Dollar (Kaushik Remix)
5. Temple of Sound - People’s Colony No. 1 (Kaushik Dub)
6. KidGusto feat. See-I - Fed Up (Kaushik & Rusty B. Remix)
7. Karsh Kale feat. MC Napoleon Solo - Manifest (Kaushik Alternate Remix)
8. AR Rahman feat. Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi Chauhan - Gulfisha (Kaushik Remix)
9. Outro/Credits

Thanks for listening!

Update:  Just heard the Reproduced segment and had to share Bobby’s reaction. He was heavily medicated due to a neck injury of some sort. Here’s what he had to say after he heard my set:

“Wow that was like a meditation, it was like a dreamscape he managed to mold from his beats and music. We just shut up and closed our eyes and nodded our heads… If he treats women like how he treated that music in terms of having an eye for beauty and the right sort of vibe, he’s going to be a very lucky man.” 

I think Bobby needs to hurt his neck more often! Thanks to BBC Asian Network, Bobby and Meera for the opportunity to do the mix.