James Whetzel has a new DJ mix playing in the International Fountain at Seattle Center. The mix plays starting at 11am and runs when the big show programming is not going–the big show runs every hour and half hour. The mix also plays in the background in the Center House.

Artists in the mix include: Bernhard Fleischmann, Louiz Banks & Gary Bartz & Ron Carter & Ravi Chary & Jimmy Cobb & Rudresh Mahanthappa & Vikku Vinayakram (whew!), Bombay Dub Orchestra, Cepia, incredible Bongo Band, Loscil, Manu Dibango, Bobby Matos, Rainier Truby Trio, Deela, Massive Attack, Rockers Hi Fi, and Thievery Corporation.

Here is a link to one of the tracks: “All Blues” by Miles Davis as peformed by Louiz Banks & Gary Bartz & Ron Carter & Ravi Chary & Jimmy Cobb & Rudresh Mahanthappa & Vikku Vinayakram, from the Miles From India album.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FDL7P2/ref=dm_dp_adp2

Best musical regards,

Funketabla

James Whetzel has a new DJ mix playing in the International Fountain and in the background in the Center House.  The mix plays in the Intl. Fountain when the Big Show is not playing; the Big Show is where the fountain shoots off large jets of water and has its own music.  The Big Show plays every half hour on the hour and half hour for 5 - 10 minutes.  James Whetzel’s DJ mix plays the rest of the time.

Artists in this week’s mix, the Sunshine in Seattle in April Mix, include:

Herb Alpert vs. Ozomatli, Benny Goodman, The Jesters, Mint Royale, Ghostland Observatory, Phillip Glass, Wax Stag, Ratatat, Run DMC, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Astor Piazzolla & The New Tango Quintet, and J-Dilla.

Here is a link to one of the tracks, “Sur: Regresso al Amor (South: Regression to Love) by Astor Piazzolla via ilike:

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Astor+Piazzolla/track/Sur%3A+Los+Suenos+%28South%3A+The+Dreams%29

And what the heck, here is another one, James is so glad he found out about this little piece of Seattle Garage Rock from the 60s that he wants to spread it far and wide!  Here then is a link to the instrumental “Alki Point” by The Jesters:

http://www.amazon.com/Alki-Point/dp/B001NERVUE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1271725170&sr=8-1

James also wants the world to know that he did some special editing on the Run DMC instrumental in the mix so that it would be clean for public performance.  It was necessary to edit out a little Sam Kinison sample  . . .

Best musical regards,

Funketabla

James Whetzel has a new mix playing at the Seattle Center.  The mix plays in the background of the Center House and in the International Fountain when the “Big Show” music is not playing.  The Big Show plays every half hour on the hour and half hour and is the water display in which the fountain shoots off large blasts of water.

This year at the Cherry Blossom festival there are some skaters coming from Japan to do skating demos at the festival, and there is an emphasis on Hapa (mixed culture, half Japanese half other) culture.  So the mix reflects this and is more high energy with some Japanese and Hapa rock, hip hop, electronica, and  Hapa samba.

Artists in the mix include: DJ Krush, MC Kan, Curumin, Teriyaki Boyz, Kiyoshi Graves, Cornelius, B’z, and Inden.

Here’s a link to one of the tracks:  “Sambito” by Curumin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXao0xt0YhM

Best musical regards,

Funke Tabla

James Whetzel has a new DJ Mix playing at Seattle.  The mix plays in the background of the Center House and in the International Fountain when the Big Show music is not play.  (The Big Show music plays every hour or half hour on the hour or half hour, and is the music to which the fountain shoots off big jets of water.)

Artists in this mix include:

Mum, The Daktaris, Thievery Corporation, King Tubby, Super Rail Band, Arovane, Frederic Galliano, Black Star Liner, Dennis Brown, To Rococo Rot, Truby Trio, and Modest Mouse & 764-Hero & Dynomite D.

Here is one of the tracks a remix by Seattle based DJ Dynomite D of the track “Whenever You See Fit” by Modest Mouse & 764-Hero.
http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/27871103

James Whetzel has his best ever DJ Mix playing in the International Fountain, when the “big show” music is not playing, and in the background of the Center House.

Artists in the mix include:

Wheatus, Sir Mix A Lot, Presidents of the United States of America, Weird Al Yankovic, Focus, MC Chris, Baha Men, Flight of the Conchords, and a pod of Humpback Whales from the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Here’s one of the tracks, Sir Mix A Lot (the JR Ewing of Seattle) w/ “Posse on Broadway” via you tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n13K5BWZBP4