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#433

w/ skillits

July 12, 2025

No agenda here other than playing records with friends — and it produced 4.5 hours of excellent music. KEMS opens and closes, skillits brings a smooth soul set in the middle, rap79 delivers his usual well-rounded selections. Features Grachan Moncur III, George Duke, Phardah, Charlie Megira, Betty Wright, The Meters, Casual and Billy Idol. That's the beauty of the all vinyl free form format — nothing is off-limits when every choice is made with intention and genuine love for the music. Hope y'all enjoy. Peace. KEMS & rap79

Tracklist

KEMS

Seefeel - Climactic Phase #3 (Too Pure) Pressure Drop - Got To Be For Real feat. Anita Jarrett (Attica Blues Vocal) (Higher Ground / Hard Hands) People Under The Stairs - Empty Bottles of Water (Om) Casual - That’s How It Is (Disseshowedo Mix) (Jive) Soft Power - New Beginning (RR Gems) Jeff Parker - 2019-05-19 (Eremite) Tommy McGee - Take Me Home (Numero) Peter Brown - For Your Love (Drive) Michael Jackson - Rock My World (Epic) Tall Black Guy - Dark Streets (First Word) Thundercat - For Love I Come (Brainfeeder) Charlie Megira - Tower of Tongues (Numero) The Revolutionary Ensemble - Manhattan Cycles (India Navigation)

skillits

Delia Gartel - See What You Done, Done Hymn #9 (Right-On) The Ripples - Cowgirls to Boys (Hypache) Brenda & The Tabulations -Dry Your Eyes (Union Records) Shirley Vaughn - Climb Every Mountain (Fairmont) Betty Wright - Girls Can’t Do What The Guys Do (Alston) Brothers of Soul - I Guess That Don’t Make Me a Loser (Boo) Betty Everett - I Can’t Say No To You (Uni) Gladys Knight & The Pips - It Hurt Me So Bad (Trip) Betty Lavette - Only Your Love Can Save Me (Calla) Slim Harpo - I’m Your Bread Maker, Baby (Excello) Miles Stone - Too Many Tears (Monogram) Betty Wright - Let Me Be Your Love Maker (Alston) Rhetta Hughes - Walk on By (Tetragrammatron)The Meters - Sassy Lady (Josie) Delegation - Oh Honey (State) Alexander O’Neal - Innocent (Tabu) Toby Gilder - Big Chill (Star Creature) Billy Idol - Eyes Without a Face (Chrysalis)

rap79

Phardah - Village of Skulls (Ultraaani / Dream Wobble) Dollar Brand Duo - The Pilgrim (Enja) Norman Connors - Maiden Voyage (Buddah) The Emotions - I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love (Columbia) Gil-Scott Heron - Delta Man (Where I’m Going From) (Arista) Les Espions - Casse-Tête Jungle - (Les Editions Vermillion) Gosha Martynov & Natasha Sinyakova – Ya Tebia Zhdala (Growing Bin) Organi - Pictures Of Your Face (Self-Released) John Handy - Namia (A Tribute To John Coltrane) (Columbia) George Duke - Fools (MPS) Rebel Vibrations - Hunger & Stripe (HItrun Records)

KEMS Returns

Tha Alkaholiks - Next Level (E-Swift Remix) (Loud) Polyrhythm Addicts - Big Phat Boom (Nervous) Elzhi - LIght One Write One (Glow) Sly 5th Avenue - Nuthin’ But A G Thang feat. Brad Allen Williams (Tru Thoughts) Grachan Moncur III - Thandiwa (Blue Note) New Art Jazz Ensemble - Song For The Unsung (Revelation) Digable Planets - Last Of The Spiddyocks (Pendulum) Cappadonna - 97’ Mentality feat. Ghostface Killah (Razor Sharp) Big Pun - Tw’nz (Deep Cover ‘98) (Loud) Patrice Scott - Moments & Concepts (Sistrum) Bobby Konders - The Poem (Nu Groove) Mogwaa - Blue Line 11:30 PM (Star Creature)

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