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Nevermind ft Mara TK - Benny Tones

Mara TK from Aotearoa simply has one of the most haunting voices to bless our ears... Here is a track by Benny Tones that he features on called "Nevermind"

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Dam-Funk Future Vintage

Dam-Funk Future Vintage Radio Set Download

Track list: Oattes van Schaik – Crimes of Passion Billy Strick – Give Me Your Love Girl Tim Mabin – Jimmy Jam (Instrumental version) Julian Flenoy – Turn Me Out (Instrumental version) Slave – Dreamin’ The Clarke / Duke Project – I Just Want To Love You Prince Phillip Mitchell – I Can’t Get Used to Sleeping By Myself Flowchart – R U Single Mike Francis – Nighttime Lady *All original wax pressings were used* D-F

4:20 Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit

The anniversary of the recording of this song by Billie Holiday – 20 April 1939.

“Strange Fruit” began as a poem written by Abel Merropol, a Jewish high-school teacher from the Bronx, about the lynching of two black men. He published under the pen name Lewis Allan … this picture was cited by Merropol as the songs inspiration…

Merropol, his wife, and black vocalist Laura Duncan performed it at Madison Square Garden. Barney Josephson, the founder of Cafe Society in Greenwich Village, New York’s first integrated nightclub, heard the song and introduced it to Billie Holiday, who went on to perform the song at Cafe Society in 1939. She said that singing it made her fearful of retaliation, but later said that because the imagery in “Strange Fruit” reminded her of her father, she persisted in singing it and it became a regular part of Holiday’s live performances.

She approached her record label Columbia to record the song but they refused fearing retribution – but the did grant her a one-song release from her contract in order to record and release the song through an alternative jazz label – Commodore Records run by Milt Gabler (uncle of comedian Billy Crystal). In time, it became Holiday’s biggest selling record. And although the song became a staple of her live performances, it is said that she’d break down in tears everytime she performed it.

Strange Fruit

Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black body swinging in the Southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant South, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh!

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Electric Wire Hustle - Again (Remixed by Scratch22)

Tamaki Makaurau based producer Scratch22 has remixed "Again" by Wellington Trio Electric Wire Hustle ... this is the kinda song that you should make love to. Simple.

Ancient Treasure - Paul White ft Guilty Simpson

If it is on Stones Throw, there is a 99.99%

chance that it will be amazing, here is a link for

Ancient Treasure - Paul White Feat Guilty Simpson

Fieldlines - Flying Lotus

FlyingLotus has just released Cosmogramma and with it comes this awesome "Augmented Reality" app Fieldlines that has beautiful beats and imagery to match....

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First Past The Post

my first ever post on something i have long been talking about. if it wasn't you this wouldn't be getting done. i am taking the time, here and now, to say thank you. i have nothing but immense amounts of immeasurable love for you.