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Love For Earth Volume 2: Indian Summer Jazz: Sunrise Side
October 01, 2011 08:18 PM PDT
Here's the second part of the Indian Summer Jazz mixtape. See previous installment for full description. Tracklisting For Sunrise Side: Cool breeze – Charlie Don't Surf
October 01, 2011 07:39 PM PDT
Welcome to another installment of the DJ Tomas Early Mix Series. After about 15 years of promises and procrastination I've finally been able to digitize this mixtape. "Love For Earth Volume 2: Indian Summer Jazz" was one of my most popular mixes, or so I've been told over the years. Interestingly it ended up in a lot car tapedecks in Los Angeles and elsewhere and probably soundtracked number of comedown drives from desert raves. The title references California's extended late summer and early fall bouts with bucolic weather. Musically it represents a peak in the trip-hop/downtempo electronic period in the mid-90s when nary a week passed without a clutch new of must-have singles being released from labels like Mo'Wax, Ninja Tune, Cup of Tea, Talking Loud and dozens of smaller imprints. This mix was definitely enjoyable to do and to hear the reaction it produced. I'm happy to offer it again after all these years. One caveat: this is a direct cassette-to-digital transfer, without any mastering (I'm lazy), so the sound is accordingly lo-fi. Song-wise, though, it's pretty stellar! Cover design by Guy from Funk Pistol, Hawaii. Tracklisting For Sunset Side: Funki Porcini – Softest Thing
October 01, 2011 06:18 PM PDT
Welcome to the DJ Tomas Early Mix Series. Here's part 2 of Love For Earth Volume 1. This mix focuses on downtempo and trip-hop releases from 1992-1995. See Part One for full description. Love For Earth Volume 1: Part One: Liquid
October 01, 2011 05:37 PM PDT
Welcome to the DJ Tomas Early Mix series, a digitized archive of early DJ mixes recorded between 1994 and 2000 and duplicated on cassette tapes. In 1995 I was living in a studio apartment on South Cloverdale Street near West 6th St. in mid-town Los Angeles. I had two Techniques decks set up on milk crates, an archaic handed-down Numark mixer and a cassette deck. It was on this set up that I recorded my first formal mixtape, live in one take to cassette, tape hiss and all. The original tape copy was brought to Smitty, a rave music tape duplicator based in San Fernando Valley, who I paid to press up around 200 copies. At the time I was DJing with Jun from Umoja Hi-Fi at Nova Express (opened '93, closed '08) on Fairfax Blvd, a late-night coffee & pizza cafe. Our night was called Goa Dub, one of the first club nights to feature ambient, trip-hop, dub and downtempo music in an all-ages after-hours space (most weeks we DJed till 4 a.m.). The music on this mix represents the tracks and moods of that time. I no longer have the complete track listing but some artists I recognize include Mad Professor, DJ Shadow, Manaseh, A Guy Called Gerald, Funki Porcini, Fila Brazillia, Edge Test, Sub-Surfing, Bandulu, Biosphere and others. Part One: Liquid focuses on ambient electronic sounds, beat-less soundscapes and some dubby techno. Part Two: Solid is downtempo and trip-hop beats. Cover design by Guy from Funk Pistol, Hawaii. Enjoy! Roots & Reality Mix
April 10, 2011 12:52 PM PDT
Umoja Hi-Fi presents...DJ Tomas: Roots & Reality mix. 90 minutes of new conscious one-drop reggae music. DJ Tomas: Roots & Reality Mix Tracklisting
April 05, 2010 09:00 PM PDT
DJ Tomas: The Reggae Buzz Mix April 2010 (Part 1) DJ Tomas from Umoja Hi-Fi presents a 90 minute mix of new singles and recent riddims inna jugglin' stylee. Big Respects and shouts to my crew Umoja Hi-Fi International (Daz, CoknI O'Dire, Jun, Culture D, Destroyer, Stevie G and B-Love), thanks to MC ZULU and G-Whizz for the drops, big respects to all the labels and reggae promotions ites, 21st Productions, Rude Gal, Soul of the Lion, Truckback, Reggae Russ, LaFamilie, Pressure Sounds UK,VP/Greensleeves, Nathaniel Watkins, Shanty Vibes, Boardhouse,Reggae Roast, Umerah, Redbud Records, DeeCee, Irish & Chin, Pierce Stacy, Robert Rankin, Spliff Skankin, Massive Sounds, XLR8R Magazine Crew, Lud Dub, Katya, Big Up Magazine and alla dem supporting DJ Tomas and Umoja Sound. ARTIST – TITLE _ RIDDIM _ LABEL
January 21, 2010 01:39 PM PST
In 1992 I was a few years into hosting Reggae Music Forward, a weekly reggae radio show on KXLU Los Angeles. The program focused on new dancehall and modern roots music, with some foundation and old cuts in thrown in as well. But 1992 was also a turning point for reggae in general; it was a peak moment of the newly ascendant dancehall era and major American labels had been on a dancehall and reggae artist signing binge for a few years. Tiger, Mad Cobra, Supercat, Shabba Ranks and others all cut major label deals and their music began being remixed and merged with other urban genres. Hence, a good portion of this broadcast features reggae-hip-hop remixes that were popular at the time. These tracks are mixed back to back, using the station’s rudimentary belt-drive Techniques turntables. The blends are not all perfect, but live mixing was an innovation back then, especially on college radio. The set was recorded to cassette and I have edited out the breaks and back announcing. I believe this set is a good representation of not only the prominent styles of the time, but also the strong ties with hip-hop. It’s amazing to think that “Murder She Wrote” – which is possibly the world’s most recognizable dancehall anthem -- had only just come out. Bogle-dance rhythms like Shabba’s “Ting A Ling” were dominant. At the same time, roots singers like Cocoa Tea and Garnet Silk were starting to revive the dormant melodic reggae scene. All in all, this is a snapshot of ragga 92-style, blasting from the Los Angeles nighttime airwaves. I hope you enjoy this radio selections, and I plan to bring a few more from this era forward this year. [DJ Tomas, January 2010] Ragga 92 Style – A Radio Mix Track Listing
May 26, 2009 09:07 PM PDT
This is an audio lecture that was fist presented in April 2009 at the EMP Pop Conference in Seattle, WA. Hosts Tomas Palermo (DJ Tomas) and Ron Nachmann (DJ Shockman) extricate the differences between British Lovers Rock and Jamaican Romantic Reggae music. We run through the history of each style as well as some pf each musics' impact on gender and expression in their respective countries. Read the full summary here: http://tinyurl.com/q5pmqs DJ Tomas Presents: Echo Sense
February 03, 2009 11:28 PM PST
A 77 Minute Dubstep Journey. Dub I.D. Intro
December 26, 2008 06:47 PM PST
Umoja Hi-Fi Kwanzaa Series: DJ Tomas
Cornell Campbell – Rope In
Big respect and dedication to the Umoja Crew: Cokni O’ Dire, Daz, Culture D, Jun, Stevie G, B-Love. Much love to the Bay Area foundation godfathers Massive Sound International — Spliff Skankin and Robert Rankin, big up Brixton Hitman - the radio Don, thanks Lloyd Brown for the drop. This mix was done live with 7”-45 vinyl and digital tracks via Serato and processed with GarageBand. Thanks to all who support and love reggae, Jamaican music and culture. Umoja sends everyone blessings for Kwanzaa and the New Year: Oh-Nine Gonna Be Well Fine! (This episode is cross-posted at http://umojahifi.podomatic.com) |
Podcast SummaryMixes, podcasts, DJ sets and radio shows featuring reggae, dancehall, rocksteady, dubstep,funk, electronic, afrobeat, soul, samba, Latin and Brazilian grooves. About DJ TomasSan Francisco based DJ Tomas is co-founder of the Umoja Soundsystem and Voltage Music record label. He started out as a reggae radio DJ in high school and also at college station KXLU in LA. He began spinning clubs in 1990 and in 1992 co-founded along with DJ Daz the Umoja Soundsystem, a seven man multicultural, multi-genre music crew. While primarily a reggae sound, Umoja also plays hip-hop, soul, electronic, house, broken beat, Latin and Afrobeat – a unity of cultures through music. On the production side, DJ Tomas has recorded as Double Identity for his own Voltage Music label, Bastard Jazz, Ninja Tune, Ubiquity and others. He's released five nujazz/broken beat and dub singles as Double Identity and remixes under his dub/dubstep alter ego Dub I.D. He cohosts the Friday Night Session, 10 p.m. Fridays on KUSF In Exile http://www.fridaynightsession.com
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