James Whetzel has a new DJ mix playing at Seattle Center.  The mix plays in the International Fountain when the “big show” music is not playing, and in the background in the Center House.  The “big show” is the water display in which the fountain fires off large blasts of water.

Artists in the  mix include:

IZ, Ghislain Poirier, Toumani Diabate, Keletegui Diabate, & Basekou Kouyate, Prince Jammy, Carol Thompson, Pete Rock, Dusk, Melvin Sparks, Fun Da Mental, Ngawalau Michel & Orchestre, Pucho, Yann Tiersen, MC Solaar, and Fila Brazilia.

Here’s one of the tracks via iLike and YouTube:

This quirky video to “Don’t Smile, It’s Post-Modern” by Ghislain Poirier puts a new twist or two on what it means to be funky, funky lavatory . . .

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ghislain+Poirier/track/Don%27t+Smile%2C+It%27s+Post-Modern

Best musical regards,

Funketabla

[photo of the Seattle Center International Fountain taken March 25, 2010 by James Whetzel, the two girls in the right side of the photo were grooving out to both IZ and Ghislain Poirier]

James Whetzel has a new DJ mix playing at Seattle Center. It plays in the International Fountain, when the “Big Show” music is not playing, and in the background of the Center House.

The Big Show music is the music that accompanies the fountain shooting off large jets of water.

Artists in this weeks mix include: Cocteau Twins, Nortec Collective, Miyazawa, Rainier Truby, Pole, Ernest Ranglin, J-Dilla, Thievery Corporation, The Smiths, Soulstance, Massive Attack, and Mexican Institute of Sound.

Here’s a link to one of the tracks, “For Phoebe Still a Baby” by Cocteau Twins:

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Cocteau+Twins/track/For+Phoebe+Still+a+Baby?src=onebox

[photo of the photo from the Seattle Center webcam, march 19, 2010, http://www.seattlecenter.com/]

James Whetzel has a new DJ mix playing at Seattle Center in the background in the Center House and in International Fountain when the “big show” music is not playing.  The big show music plays every hour and every half hour for 6 -15 minutes.

The current mix is the Irish Festival mix and features music by various artists including:

The Swell Season, U2, The Pogues, Camille O’Sullivan, Pugwash, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Niamh Parsons, St. James Gate, Duke Special, Seamus Egan, Sinead O’ Connor, Kila, Sharon Shannon, Mundy, and Dervish.

Here’s a link to one of the tracks, a medley of “The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin& Galway Races”

 http://www.ilike.com/artist/The+Pogues/track/Medley%3A+The+Recruiting+Sergeant%252FThe+Rocky+Road+to+Dublin%252FGalway+Races

Special thanks to Mr. Colin Boyle and also to fusion radio superstar Dean Sven Carlson.

James Whetzel has a new DJ mix playing at Seattle Center from March 2 - 9, 2010.  It plays in the background in the Center House and in the International Fountain when the “big show” music is not playing.  The “big show” is the music to which the fountain fires off big blasts of water, and which usually plays for 5 -10 minutes every hour or half hour.

James’ new mix includes music by:

Mum, Manu Dibango, Morcheeba, Explosions in the Sky, Death Cab for Cutie, De-Phazz, Cepia, Max Roach, Apocalyptica, J-Dilla, Plan B, Nightmares on Wax, The Section Quartet, and Mogwai.

Here’s one of the tracks revealed for you via you tube:

From Seattle & Paris, voila Plan B’s  “Backside Grind (Pt. 2)”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCrf0QEd6bs

[photo of the International Fountain @ Seattle Center taken by James Whetzel on March 2nd just before the music was changed]

Vibrance’s Edge is a track I am giving away as free download on the occasion of Holi. It’s an unmastered mix of a new James Whetzel solo track.   Appropriately, it’s a Bollywood influenced number.

You can download it at iLike:

http://www.ilike.com/artist/James+Whetzel/track/Vibrance%27s+Edge+%28Diamond+in+the+Mix%29

& Sound Cloud:

http://soundcloud.com/jameswhetzel/vibrances-edge-diamond-in-the-mix

Astute Whetzel listeners may recognize an element or two from the track “About Love” from my album “The House of Good Juju.”  Yes.  It’s true, I started this track by remixing “About Love” for a performance a couple months back.  I now know more about love  than I did in 2008, so it is only fair that I revisit the music and bring some deeper insights and renewed vigor.

For those who don’t know what Holi is, it’s a Hindu festival in which people “play with colors.”  This can mean throwing colored powder on people, smearing people with colors, or using super shooters to spray colors.  Sometimes it seems like it can get a bit out of hand, (word to the wise avoid riding a train in Bihar during holi . . . I’m just sayin’) anyways it can also be a lot of fun.
There are many stories about the origin of Holi, the one I like is that it came about because Krishna, who was an adopted child as the story goes, was confused as to why he looked different from his girlfriend Radha.  Krishna had dark skin, and Radha had light skin.  His adoptive mother suggested to him that that they put colors on each other so that their difference in appearance would disappear.

A couple years back I threw a holi party with my buddy Shree D and I have to say the concept did work.  By the end everybody did look like members of the same extra-terrestrial race! (see attached photo by Cassie Wallender).

I hope you enjoy the track, it’s not actually a track about holi per se but I thought it was a good occasion to give this one out to the world.  So please vibe out to it, rock out it, dance about to it, and even throw colors on someone if you can find someone who wants to do it!

Hey, hey holi hai. Cheers!

James Whetzel