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DJ Jun – Tough Love 2

One of the things that I really enjoy about creating mixes and podcasts is that I get to go through the crates and pick out tunes I don’t usually get to play out much.  Some of my most favorite tracks are those slower soul love jams that just melt you away with every listen, but end up taking a back seat to something more uptempo for the party.  The next mix is a compilation of just that…15 bangin’ soul love songs from the vinyl vault, which make up the second installment in the ‘Tough Love‘ series.

A big Shout to Boule at Consortium Distributions and Brian C for being dude.  If you’re in the Montreal area, CD quality versions of ‘Tough Love 2′ are being given away with purchases at the Consortium Pop-Up Shop on St. Laurent until the month’s end.  Grab’em before they’re gone.

Enjoy the mix!

Tracklist:

Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford – Nobody (Mpingo)
Ruby Andrews – You Made a Believer (Out of Me) (Zodiac)
Alice Clark – You Don’t Care (Mainstream)
Smith – Baby It’s You (Dunhill / ABC)
The Lovelites – This Love Is Real (UNI)
The Olympians – How Can I Love (Now That You’re Gone) (Truth & Soul)
Kings Go Forth – High On Your Love (Mr. C’s)
Eddie Kendricks – Intimate Friends (Tamla)
The Voices of East Harlem – Giving Love (Just Sunshine Records)
The Persuaders – Thin Line Between Love and Hate (ATCO)
Kool Blues – Can We Try Love Again (Capsoul)
Marie “Queenie” Lyons – I Don’t Want Nobody To Have It But You (DeLuxe)
Halleluiah Chorus – I’ve Got to Find a Way (Nickel)
Wendy Rene – After Laughter (Stax)
Isley Brothers  – Don’t Say Goodnight (T Neck)

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DJ Jun – Reggae Love III

Welcome to the new home of DJJun.com!!  I’ve joined forces with my man Sawtay once again to develop Invisible-Friends.com, which is a community based site that hosts DJ Jun, CR8APES, DJ Sawtay, Adrian Hayles and Behind the Front Visual Art Studio.  We’ve been working hard trying to get this new site up and running and will be adding plenty of new mixes and content in the near future so we hope you enjoy it and come back often.

To kick things off at the new site, I present to you the next installment of Reggae Love; Part III.  I’ve had many requests for this ever since Part II dropped in 2008, and what better time to drop a reggae mix than the start of summer.  Seen?  So expect to hear some of my favorite deep Roots, dubbed out Disco mixes, early Dancehall and chilled out Reggae Soul chunes all recorded from original vinyl straight out of the vault.  Love Reggae?  Reggae Love for rills.

If you haven’t already, please subscribe to my podcast to be automatically notified of new mixes and upcoming events.  This podcast link is different from the previous one at the old site so please make sure you have it updated.  Also, if you like what you hear or want more information on songs or artists, feel free to use the new comments section or email me at djjun(at)invisible-friends.com.  Thanks for stopping by the new site.

Peace & Love, Jun

Tracklist:

John Holt – Up Park Camp (Channel One)
Ernest Ranglin – Surfin Part 2 (Studio One)
Derrick Drummond – Jah Judgement Dread (Ital International)
The Chantells – Waiting in the Park (Phase 1)
Jayes & Rankin Trevor – Queen Majesty (Channel One)
Rankin Toyan – Spar With Me (Jah Guidance)
Winston Samuels & the Clintones – Let’s Get It On (Clintones)
The Debonaires – In the Rain (Tobin Records)
Midnight Groovers – Stranger (Hit Parade)
Gregory Isaacs – Bad da (The Thing)
I Roy – Dread Dread Collie (Humbres Blank)
Johnnie Osborne with Earth Roots & Water – Right, Right Time (Summer Records)

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DJ Jun – Sesión de Alma

Life has been keeping me insanely busy these days but I finally made some time to go through the crates and put together a new mix. I dropped the needle on Soundway’s latest Little Francisco Greaves’ Panamanian 45 and the mix flowed from there, all the way to Africa and back again to the Americas. ‘Sesión de Alma’ is a tropical funk, latin jazz and soul session designed to keep you warm in these long wintery months.

Tracklist:

Little Francisco Greaves – Moving Grooving (Soundway)
Fela Ransome Kuti and his Koola Lobitos – Olulufe (Klimt)
Matata – Talkin’ Talkin’ (Makossa)
Theadora Ifudu – Four in a Tangle (Theagart)
Quantic and his Combo Barbaro – Enyere Kumbara (Tru Thoughts)
Tito Rodriguez – Descarga Cachao (West Side Latino)
Louis Perez & the Peruvian Persuasions – Que Se Sepa (Killer Funk)
Kako’s New York After Hours Orchestra – Vitamina (Alegre)
Greenwood Rhythm Coalition – Salsa Verde (NYC trust)
Paper Plane Project – Welcome to Brazil (Cardboard City Records)
Bronx River Parkway – El Resbalon (Truth & Soul)
Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party (Jazzman)
Randy Carlos and his Orchestra – Mambo Silvado (Fiesta)

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Continuing on where ‘Connecting Flight’ left off, this next mix dives deeper into Jamaican ska and shows its transformation into the slower and more relaxed Rocksteady beat. ‘Rude Boy Ruckus’ mixes together tunes from 1963 to 1967 when this significant change occurred and paved way for Reggae music as we know and love today. Expect to hear some uptempo Ska scorchers and chilled out Rocksteady classics. Enjoy the mix.

Tracklist:

The Skatalites – Chinatown (Top Deck, 1966)
Baba Brooks – Dreadnaught (Beverley’s, 1964)
Don Drummond – Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle)
Alton Ellis – Mouth A Massy (Randy’s, 1965)
Stranger and Ken – Artibella (Studio One)
The Skatalites – Ska Ra Van (Top Deck)
Tommy McCook – Ska-Ba (Island, 1963)
Prince Buster – Answer Your Name (Blue Beat, 1966)
Lynn Taitt and the Boys – Storm Warning (Treasure Isle, 1966)
Prince Buster – Madness (Prince Buster)
Phyllis Dillon – Don’t Stay Away (Treasure Isle, 1967)
Dandy Livingstone – Rudy, A Message to You (Trojan, 1967)
Tommy McCook – Real Cool (Treasure Isle, 1967)
Hopeton Lewis – Take It Easy (Merritone, 1966)
Techniques – Queen Majesty (Treasure Isle, 1967)
Alton Ellis – Rock Steady (Trojan, 1967)
Dawn Penn – You Don’t Love Me (Coxsone, 1967)
Keith & Tex – Tonight (Move & Groove, 1967)
Keith & Tex – Stop that Train (Move & Groove, 1967)

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I’ve put a mix together that breaks down the genre barrier and connects music from, in this case, 8 countries from 4 different continents. ‘Connecting Flight’ mixes together funk, salsa, bossa funk, brazilian & ska tunes from countries such as Germany, Panama, Nigeria and St. Lucia in a way that, hopefully, you don’t even realize that you’ve just travelled through 4 continents in just under 50 minutes. I hope you have as much fun listening to it as I had making it.

A BIG shout out to DJ Double K of Parkdale Funk who has kindly offered to post the ‘Connecting Flight’ mix as Part 1 of his ‘Toronto Funk Series’ and to give me the opportunity to share some music with his readers. If you haven’t already, make sure you go and check out his wicked website with enough podcasts to keep you busy til next year. The man knows his funk & Soul, and better yet…he’s willing to share it.

Tracklist:

Mike James Kirkland – Hang on in There (Bryan, USA)
The Phenomenal Handclap Band – I Been Born Again (Truth & Soul, USA)
Dubben – Funky Duck pt. 1 (GAMM, Germany)
Los Silvertones – El Baile De La Arana (Soundway, Panama)
Coke – Na Na (Sound Triangle, USA)
Orquesta International – Mucho Control (Mavi, USA)
The Funkees – Now I’m a Man (EMI, Nigeria)
Boo and the Tru-Tones – Let Me Get Stoned (TREX, St. Lucia)
Matata – I Feel Funky (Makossa, UK/Kenya)
Tonistics – Holding On (Kingdom Productions, Israel)
The Soul Shakers – You Ain’t My Brother (Amark, USA)
Baba Brooks & His Proceeding Band – 1st Session (Gay Feet, Jamaica)
Tommy McCook & the Skatalites – Sauvitt (Studio One, Jamaica)

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Summer has been crazy busy so far, but I’ve finally got around to putting up a new mix for those summer bbqs and long road trips. ‘Brazilian Wax’ is a collection of rare and classic Brazilian funk, samba soul and bossa grooves from yesterday and today.

Tracklist:

Joao Donato – Amazonas (Odeon)
Uniao Black – A Vida (Mercury)
Banda Black Rio – Mr. Funky Samba (Atlantic)
Djavan – Serrado (Odeon)
Banda black Rio – Casa Forte (Atlantic)
Curumin – Esperança (Quannum)
Grupo Xodo – Essa Menina (Copacabana)
Di Melo – A Vida Em Seus Métodos Diz Calma (Odeon)
Jorge Ben – Comanche (Philips)
Tim Maia – Sossego (Warner)
Banda Uniao Black – Yeah Yeah Yeah (Commonfolk)
Orquestra Cbd – Tema Da Zorra (Philips)
Skowa & Mafia – Deus Me Faça Funky (EMI)
Jorge Ben (7 Samurai Remix)- Sou Da Pesada (Poets Club)
Vanessa da Mata – Não Me Deixe Só (Sony)

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Calling all dancer, calling all dancers…put on those dancing shoes and boogaloo to the sounds of The Soul Clap. An uptempo selection of soul & funk gems from yesterday and today. Enjoy.

Tracklist:

Myron & E with the Soul Investigators – Cold Game (Timmion)
Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators – Feeling Free (Timmion)
Eddie Kendricks – Date with the Rain (Motown)
Kings Go Forth – Now we’re Gone (Mr. C’s)
The Capprells with the Sul Brothers Band – Close Your Eyes (Bano)
Maceo & the JBs – Tighten Up (Sound of Champions)
Pearl Dowell – Good Things (Saadia)
Sharon Jones – I Just Dropped in to see What My Condition My Condition is in (Daptone)
Trinikas – Black is Beautiful (Pearce)
Temptations – What it is (Gordy)
Kings Go Forth – One Day (Mr. C’s)
Nina Simone – Mosquito’s Tweeter (RCA)

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I’ve been getting a lot of requests for Reggae Love III from people so I thought I’d put together another mix of reggae, but I also thought I’d throw a little swing on it and give you all a taste of one of my favorite types of music. From James Brown covers to tunes sampled by the likes of 50 and Mos Def, I bring you the next installment from my personal record crates, ‘Jamaican Funk Stylee’.

Tracklist:

Sound Dimension – Baby Face (Coxsone)
Rip ‘N’ Lan – Something Sweet (Crab)
Ancel Collins – Green Tree (GG’s)
The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Pimp (Mocambo)*
Merlyn Brooks – I’ve Been Down (Jama)
The Chosen Few – Do Your Thing (Crystal)
Shark Wilson & the Basement Heaters – Make It Reggae (Moodisc)
Lloyd Williams – Reggae Feet (Supreme)
I Roy – Sidewalk Killer (S.R.S.)
Brentford Allstars – Greedy G (Studio One)
Tony Gregory – I’m Gonna Break You Down (Forward)
Lord Tanamo – Keep on Moving (Coxsone Blank)
The Pioneers – Papa was a Rolling Stone (Gibbs)
The Skatalites – Candle Light (United Artists)
The Lions – Think (about it) (Ubiquity)

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Love is sweet, love is warm, love is bitter, love is tough…the next installment in the mix series called, ‘Tough Love’. A mix of Soul Love songs from my vinyl collection just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Tracklist:

Mayer Hawthorne and the County – Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out (Stones Throw)
Renaldo Domino – I’m a Good Man (Twinight)
Lee Fields – Love Comes and Goes (Truth & Soul)
Syl Johnson – Could I be Falling in Love (Hi)
Darondo – Didn’t I (Music City)
Annette Pointdexter – Wayward Dream (Twinight)
Freddie McCoy – Gimme Some (Cobblestone)
The Charmels – As Long As I’ve Got You (Volt)
Marie “Queenie” Lyons – See and Don’t See (Deluxe)
The Mirettes – Whirlpool (UNI)
Gwen McCrae – 90% of Me is You (Cat)
The Ambassadors – Ain’t Got the Love (Arctic)
Aretha Franklin – One Step Ahead (Columbia)
The Capprells with the Sul Brothers Band – Walk On By (Bano)
James Brown – Sunny (King)
William Bell – I Forgot to be Your Lover (Stax)

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A collection of some of my favorite Brazilian Funk tunes, both new and old, fast and slow, it’s got a little something for everyone. The title ‘Musica de Energia’ came from my time with capoeira where I didn’t stay long enough to figure out the macaco, but long enough to earn the nickname ‘Energia’ from my Mestre. So I called the mix ‘music from Energia’.

Tracklist:

Jairzinho Oliveira – Musica e
Hélio Matheus – Mais Kriola
Orlandivo – Um Abraço no Bengil
Marcos Valle – Mentira
Joao Donato – Cala Boca Menino
Emilio Santiago – Bananeira
Tim Maia – O Caminho Do Bem
Fredeiro, Edson & A Transa – Bobeira
Gilberto Gil – Maracato Atomico
S Tone Inc – Beira Do Mar
Azymuth – Caca a Raposa
Antonio Carlos e Jocafi – Kabaluere
Allessao Vilhoso – Sol De Verau (7 Samurai Remix)
Boogaloo Combo – Hot Pants Road
Novos Baianos – A Menina Dança

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A mix of classic and rare reggae, rocksteady and early dancehall from my personal vinyl collection.  Cover illustration by Sawtay.

Tracklist:

Cornel Campbell – Queen of the Minstrels (Studio One)
Junior Mervin – Cool Out Son (Heavy Duty)
Stranger Cole – Crying Every Night (Baron’s Blank)
Freddie McGregor – Wine of Violence (Studio One)
Carlton and the Shoes – Never Give your Heart Away (Studio One)
Family Man Barrett – Soul Constitution (PK)
Al Campbell – Take a Ride (Studio One)
Ini Kamoze – World-A-Music (Island)
Dynamics – Move on Up (Big Single)
Alton Ellis – Sun Of Man (Clintones)
Johnny Osborne – Love Makes the World Go Round (Summer Records)
Dennis Brown – Black Magic Woman (Sun Shot)
Augustus Plablo – El Rocker’s (Rockers)
Bitty McLean and the Supersonics – Walk Away From Love (Peckings)
Mighty Diamonds – Posse Are You Ready (Relic World)
Wayne Smith – Under Mi Sleng Teng (Witty)
Tenor Saw – Pumpkin Belly (Kingston)
Tenor Saw – Ring the Alarm (Techniques)
Sister Nancy – Bam Bam (Techniques)
Barrington Levy – Mind Yu Mouth (Gibbs)
K.C. White – Keep On Loving You (Love)

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Tracklist:

Timothy Mcnealy – Saggitarius Black (Shawn)
Detroit Sex Machines – Rap it Together (Soul Track)
Renaldo Domino – Let Me Come Within (Twinight)
Wayne Carter – Wahoo, Wahoo, Wahoo (Mootrey’s)
The Night Train – Making Tracks (Wirl)
Matata – I Want You (Makossa)
Ernest Van Treose – Popcorn Push Push (RCA)
Marilyn Barbarin – Reborn (Bo-Sound)
Helene Smith – You Got To Be a Man (Deep City)
Maggie Thrett – Soupy (Dynovoice)
J.C Davis – A New Day (Soul Patrol)
Dee Felice Trio – There Was a Time (Bethlehem)
Raw Soul – Stormy Weather (Plut)
Kokolo – The Way Up (Tramp)
Nicole Willis – Soul Investigators Theme (Timmion)
The Dynamics – Brothers on the Slide (Favorite)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Mercury (Pantone)

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Reggae Love. Love Reggae.

Tracklist:

The Revolutionaires – Leftist (Disco Mix)
the Mighty Diamonds – Right Time (Well Charge)
Junior Byles – Beat Down Babylon (Upsetter Records)
Johnny Osbourne – Ready or Not (Jamcan)
Lee Perry and the Upsetters – Black Ipa (Downtown)
Dave and Ansil Collins – Double Barrel (Big Tree Records)
Althea and Donna – Uptown top Ranking (Gibbs)
Marcia Aitken – Still In Love With You Boy (Gibbs)
Ernest Wilson – Undying Love (Studio One)
Silvertones – Smile (Studio One)
Slim Smith – My Conversation (Pama Supreme)
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires – Express Yourself (Dynamic)
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires – Hot Reggae (Dynamic)
Lynn Tait – Williamsburg (Dj Juno’s Mos Def Edit)
Marvels – Rocksteady (KRM)
Bumps Jackson – Funky In Jamaica pt. 2 (Alatac)
Alton Ellis – La La Means I Love You (Nu Beat)
Gregory Issac – Love in Pauper (C Records)

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Tracklist:

Cyril Neville – Gossip
Love Unlimited – Move Me No Mountain
The Blackbyrds – Spaced Out
Jimmy McGriff – The Bird
Cyril Neville – Tell Me What’s On Your Mind
James Brown – Popcorn With Feeling
Gwen McCrae – 90% Of Me Is You
Sharon Jones – This Land Is Your Land
James Brown – Talkin’ Loud and Saying Nothin’ Pt. 1
Eddy Jacobs Exchange – Pull My Coat
Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles
Boss Tres Bien – Boss Tres Bien
Boss Tres Bien – The Sweetest Sounds (DJ Juno’s Soon Come Edit)
DJ Einstein and MC Zaakir – Have and Have Nots
KMD – Hard Wit No Hoe
Amerie – One Thing
Salt – Hung Up
Aretha Franklin – Baby I Love You
Wendy Rene – After Laughter
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet- Capricorn

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Tracklist:

Byrdie Green – Return of the Prodigal Son
Grand Puba – Lickshot
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – The Creator (Surfboard Mix)
KMD – Peachfuzz (Last Chance for Radio)
Lou Courtney – Hey Joyce
All the People – Cramp Your Style
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – T.R.O.Y. (Vibes Mix)
Jay Dee – Ritmo Suave Bossa Nova
Chi Ali – Funky Lemonade
KMD – Nitty Gritty (Dog Spelled Backwards Remix)
Dream Warriors – Follow Me Not (Ultimatum Remix)
Monk Higgins – Up On the Hill
Wess & the Airdales – Black Out
Quantic Soul Orchestra – Pushin’ On
Dusty Springfield – Spooky
Donald Byrd – The Emperor
Marlena Shaw – California Soul
Sharon Jones – You Better Think Twice
James Brown – Nose Job (B-Boy Mix)
Diamond D – What You Seek
Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half Steppin’
The Emotions – Blind Alley
Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm – Getting Nasty
O.C. – Ma Dukes
Da Bush Babees – Maybe
People Under the Stairs – E Business
Da Grassroots – Black Dove
Kool & the Gang – Sea of Traquility

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Hip hop mix with my long time friend, DJ Liem. His De La Remix needs to be heard.

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A short hip hop mix. DJ Batho rips it up on this one.

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Hip hop, funk & soul mix Feat. Batho and SnowyOwl from Rhythmicru.

Tracklist:

Bohannon Band – Save Their Souls (Dakar)
Minnie Riperton – When it Comes Down to it (Epic)
Aaron Neville – Hercules (Mercury)
Gaturs – Booger Man (ATCO)
Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul – Fallin’ Rmx (Immortal)
Bobby Hughes Experience – Seasons (Ultimate Dilemma)
Odetta – Hit or Miss (Polydor)
Marva Whitney – In the Middle (King)
Brand Nubian – Wake Up (SD Mix) (Electra)
A Tribe Called Quest – If the Papes Come (Jive)
People Under the Stairs – The Suite for Beaver Pt. 2 (OM)
Ugly Duckling – Now Who’s Laughing (Bad Magic)
Souls of Mischief – Live and Let Live (Jive)
Rascalz – Really Livin’ (Calabash)
J-Live – Braggin’ Writes (Dome Cracker Mix) (Raw Shack)
Batho – Connected (Juno’s Mix)
Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk (King)
Bobby Byrd – I Know you Got Soul (King)
The Gaturs – Gator bait (Gatur)
Jimmy Smith – Root Down (Verve)
Ernie Hines – Our Generation (We Produce)
Pleasure Web – Music Man (Eastbound)
The 9th Creation – Bubble Gum (Ritetrack)
Digable Planets – Nickle Bags (Pendulum)
Jurrasic 5 – Freedom (Up Above)
Grand Puba – I Like It (Electra)
Truth Enola – Ill Love (Bear Mountain)
Pharcyde – Emerald Butterfly (Delicious)