DEATH FROM ABOVE 1985

An Asian Guy, a Jew, and a Mexican Tell You What Kind of Music You Should Listen to

[dfa1985]

Miami Horror - Leila

Been a while! Heard this on Mayer Hawthorne’s latest Hawthorne Radio and it definitely goes. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Fatback - She’s a go-getter

Discogs has a soundcloud. Why did nobody ever tell me this before? Took this one from Buscrates mix (it’s #49 on their list). Please check out the mixes there, as they’re incredible. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Japanese Disco Edits 3, by YUNG BAE

6 track album

Japanese Disco Edits 3 (album) - Yung Bae

More future funky goodness from Yung Bae. Does not disappoint as always. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

"FUNK LIFE" Tribute Mix to Dam-Funk Mixed by Ghost

"Funk Life" is a tribute mix to Dam-Funk selected and mixed by Ghost. A retrospective of nearly a decade of music through Ghost's lens. Kick back, relax and enjoy!! The funk humbly continues...

“FUNK LIFE” Tribute Mix to Dam-Funk by Ghost

Wow is all I can say. This is awesome. If you’ve followed for any amount of time, you’d know that I am a big D-F fan and it is fantastic to see a mix put together of only his jams. Great catalogue by DF and an excellent mix. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Frederick Knight - Let Me Ring Your Bell Again

Cool other perspective of Ring My Bell by Anita Ward. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Haruomi Hosono & Friends - Coral Reef

First heard this tune as a sample for Bansheebeat & Yung Bae’s Summer VI (awesome song as well) but randomly picked this album (Pacific) from my Youtube “recommended” list and heard the original on there. I definitely dig it and the whole album definitely has an ocean/beach/Pacific Ocean vibe to it. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

A Groovy Thing, by Flamingosis

18 track album

Flamingosis - A Groovy Thing (Album)

Currently listening to this so I do not have any stand out tracks...yet.

 I really dug the last two albums he has put out so I am sure this will be good.

Enjoy!

[dfa1985]

Funkmosphere 10+1 Year Anniversary 7/1/17 part 1

Listen to Funkmosphere 10+1 Year Anniversary 7/1/17 part 1 by Funkmosphere

Funkmosphere 10+1 Year Anniversary Live Mixes

Godfather of the modern funk revival, Dam - Funk, heads up an excellent all funk, all vinyl dance party every Thursday at the Virgil in Los Angeles. They recently got together to celebrate their 11 year anniversary at the Standard and lucky for us, they recorded their sets. I know what I’m gong to be listening to for the next few days. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Midnight Shuffle - Cosmos

Some “City Pop” for you. Taken from Van Paugam’s City Pop mixes.

“ ✦ "In the early 1980s, with the spread of car stereos, the term City Pop (シティーポップ Shitī Poppu) came to describe a type of popular music that had a big city theme. Tokyo in particular inspired many songs of this form. During this time, music fans and artists in Japan were influenced by album-oriented rock (especially Adult contemporary) and crossover (especially Jazz fusion) ✦ Essentially a "mood" or "lifestyle" genre, its themes reflected a life of luxury in a sophisticated urban environment. “

Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Pleasure - Future Now

This album is dope from start to finish. All of the songs are pretty good. The song that most are familiar with from this group is Glide, which is awesome but I like this one a lot and haven’t heard it before giving the album a shot. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Brian Ellis - Nice Surprise

What a surprise!

- Alex

[dfa1985]

Migos - Bad and Boujee Can’t Touch This REMIX

Was not feeling today or this week in general but this has definitely made things better. Great combo. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Kenix feat. Bobby Youngblood - There’s Never Been (No One Like You)

1st heard this on Dam Funk’s Boiler Room collection video and recently in a Knxwledge/Earl Sweatshirt radio show. To quote Knxwledge “If you’re in a bad mood, just listen to this and you’ll feel good.” Have to agree. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Caravan Palace - Lone Diggers

Pretty fun pop song but what got me is the video. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Karriem Riggins - Headnod Suite (Album)

Couldn’t find any tube videos that had it cut up so I can highlight specific track and the album is meant to be enjoyed by listening to it as a whole anyway (at least IMO) so here is the entire thing. The way the uploader used the time marks is kind of funny so you can’t link to certain parts of the album but it’s all good anyway so just listen to the whole thing. Highlights for me are Bahia Dreamin’, Cheap Suite 5, and Suite Poetry. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Tuxedo - 2nd Time Around

March is turning out to be pretty crazy for this music fan. Drunk by Thundercat and Headnod Suite by Karriem Riggins (post for this coming soon) and Mayer Hawthorne & Jake One announced Tuxedo 2 with their appearance on Kimmel. Here is the song they performed on the show. Very excited. Enjoy!

- Mario

[dfa1985]

Thundercat - Tokyo

Drunk is out today and this is my favorite track so far (only listened to half of the album). Gundam Cafe, spending all money on anime, “Goku fucking ruined me” xD super funky and hilarious. Enjoy!

- Mario