Qool DJ Marv Aural Memoirs and Buttamilk Archives // Instruments of Mass Construction

I love those classic New York movies that have scenes where someone’s keeping their night going by heading to a friend’s afterparty and when they walk in, there’s a mini-jazz orchestra providing the grooves. This is happening in someone’s apartment! The bandleader with the baton bopping with a welcoming smile. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOlpcJhNyDI&feature=related I’ve never had the pleasu...

Pure love emanates from Micheal Jackson on every song. This mix was done for the soulbounce website https://soulbounce.com/ a well informed, opinionated, and great website for music updates, news, previews, and downloads. The did a series of mixes called the Summer of Michael Jackson. Mine was the 2nd of 4 and called Moonlight http://soulbounce.com/soul/2010/08/the_mixologists_summer_of_michael_ja...

"That's the break. This music is the intermission. When you tired of standing up all night dancing and sweating and hollering and screaming and stomping your feet. And it's time that your woman say - well baby I want to just sit down with you and talk with you. That's where Barry White comes in. And it's a slot that's fitted in every young teenager, young adult, middle aged adult, the one's that d...

Latin Jazz and Salsa music recorded in September 2010 in a Manhattan loft space for a company's end of summer soiree...I mean, fiesta! Mostly unmixed because many of these songs end cold (meaning that they don't fade out). If you play good songs, and they end cold, let them be. When they finish, you'll find that you can continue on with a similar vibe, or you can change tempo, or you can change mu...

What Happens When Miles Davis and John Coltrane Step to the Stage at a Thelonious Monk Performance? That's the question I posed while listening to a set of Jazz CDs sent to me by the people behind http://www.yourfriendorfoe.com/. Originally conceived to be a stream/download on the Friend or Foe website, this 37 minute mix, designed to feel like an actual live Jazz club performance, is now availabl...

A 100% vinyl mix from early 2000s featuring rare (but modern) records that are precious to me. Nowadays I use everything, vinyl, CDs, mp3s...this is a throwback to the days where I would put 15-20 records in front of me, choose the 1st and the last and then fill in the space between the bookends with songs that conveyed my philosophy. This isn't music as accessory to drunken tomfoolery, this is mu...

Peace & Quiet - Intersecting Introspective Performances of Classical and Jazz Piano Virtuosos A Beats, Jazz, & Soul Special Relax & Unwind Edition presented by Qool DJ Marv Acid Eiffel - Metronome Darkest Before the Dawn - André Previn Images, Book 2: 2. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fût - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Debussy: Arabesque No. 1 in E major - John O'Conor Como Fue...

Re-Experience The Experience from The Bold and The Brave. More than a tribute to Jimi, the Bold & The Brave aka the Mighty G-Man & Qool DJ Marv have produced either a reimagined recollection or a primer for those who have had Jimi on their list of artists to get into. All of the selections play at their original tempos, the Bold & the Brave have twisted them up to create some spaced ou...

lift off, smoking caterpillar colored lights can hypnotize all we do, think love and wear a smile, looking up the girl who once had me there, we do it in style turn your eyes around, when i'm with you i want to stay there give it to me easy, love's just a kiss away baby the skies'll be blue, i'll take you anywhere you wanna go coffee flavored kisses & a bit of conversation, all i have to do is...

100% vinyl set with a literal theme - grace and elegance. Not much more to be said about the late Arthur Ashe. I can't recall if I got to shake his hand when he came to Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism in 1993 to lecture but I was there soaking in the wisdom. This party was actually for the launch of footwear produced by Run from Run-DMC. Mr. Ashe's wife Jean was in attendance and this set...

Original vision wasn't the final version. Director's Cut Alternative Ending All the same through track 21. 14. Ms. Dynamite - It Takes More (Includes her rap unedited - this was on the cutting room floor for the public version) 21. Raphael Saadiq - Skyy, Can You Feel Me 22. Lisa Left-Eye Lopes - Life Is Like A Park (Released overseas so getting the clearance wasn't possible) 23. The Avalanches - S...

...with a comedic interlude having fun with Badu's Tyrone halfway through and a tiny bit of Rick saying hello at the end. Two turntables, a mixer, a mic, and a Tramps crowd of about 1000 that was ready for Rick James. Contains adult language, parental discretion is advised. http://twitter.com/themightygman https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5gQLsodBsCys1_3Zbm83vg https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podca...

Done sometime in the mid-2000s for the Museum of African Art in New York City. Joe Claussell, Manu Dibango, Fela Kuti, Masters at Work, Olutunji, & more. I don't have the event art work but there's an image for you. My press credential from a 1993 trip to Libreville, Gabon in Africa where I went to report on a summit that was organized by Philadelphia's Rev Leon Sullivan and was well attended...

"24" Season 8 Premiere Reception | Recorded live on January 14 2009 at the Soho House, New York City | Qool DJ Marv LIVE! After the 1st song, Mykelti Williamson came over to me and asked, with fervor, "who was that?" I told him that it was Rocco DeLuca & The Burden, an artist on Kiefer Sutherland's label. His night already seemed made. We shook hands and I knew a good night was in store. The s...

Conception __________   Let's Forget About The Time   You're On The Mind   Some Wild Special Way   Contemplation of Penetration   Anything's Acceptable   Exquisite Taste   Eyes Never Lie Isn't it Supposed To Take A Long Time?   Final Approach To Satisfaction   Every Minute Every Hour   Tease SeQuence   Taste The Thoughts   At the Louvre in Paris   Cherries ____________ Qool DJ Marv An Arts&Cra...

Blending melodic and eclectic worldwide all coast Hip Hop in Brooklyn at a place called Sol in 2002. Featuring Kenny Dope, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, iNi, Common, Erykah Badu, Charlie 2na, Roots Manuva, A Tribe Called Quest, Ge-Ology, Sadat X, Talib Kweli, Master Ace, DJ Cam, and more. Thanks to Phileo for the twist on my name. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5gQLsodBsCys1_3Zbm83vg https://podca...

September 10, 2009 Literal DJing on themes of intrigue, mystery and paranoia while adding nuance and musical ambiance at the premiere party for the new HBO comedy series Bored To Death on a roof top loft in Manhattan. I got a sneak peek so that I could prepare my sneak attacks. Watch the show and listen close and you’ll hear how this set came together. Clues and cues are not just in the soundtrack...

I was asked to do a set for J-Wave Radio in Japan and I preferred to send them something that had been done live (I wanted it to be a real moment with people involved. Part two of the previous mix (+ the additional embellishment of an intro and adding the song Friends & Buddies – which is my theme song) is what played in Tokyo and beyond. It's been my myspace intro forever but the sound qualit...

Qool Side Take The Train – Brooklyn Funk Essentials Transmigration – Outside Exchange –Massive Attack Mu-Chu – Toshinori Kundo & DJ Krush Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi – Air Talisman – Air J’ai Dormi Sous L’eau – Air Moments In Love Interlude – Art of Noise Through the Fog – Silent Poets Smoke Gets In My Eyes – Slide Five Ease – Money Mark Elena – Outside Marv Side Surfin – Ernest Ranglin Another...

This mix was made for a music industry showcase that featured a performance by artists on the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis label Perspective Records. Happened sometime in the mid to late 90s. Jimmy & Terry were due to be in the house and the event's producer gave me the green light to make a mix of their productions to play before the performances. I got an education in big time music biz while w...

the first buttamilk cassette tape side a intro/purpose -- qool dj marv on behalf of miles davis nerd -- groove collective straight players -- f-mob proceed -- the roots the real vibes -- the wiseguys i used to love h.e.r. -- common sense moving on -- ryuichi sakamoto vocab -- the fugees just wanna touch her -- dj krush black ego -- digable planets proceed 2 -- the roots featuring roy ayers side b...

The 1st part of the very fun night in the United Kingdom. Check out Emskee shouting out local areas, but with New York style vocal finesse. We've never played like this so this was an on the spot spontaneous debut. We were well received. Check out more of Emskee here: https://www.mixcloud.com/marcsmith184/ And the Marisco here: https://www.instagram.com/mariscoclub/ https://www.youtube.com/channel...

Here's the 2nd installment of the Peace & Quiet series. Some deeper moods betwixt songs played with ease. A breezy finale closes out this collection and it's a reprise. You'll hear more from Thelonious Monk, Claudio Arrau, Art Tatum, Reinbert de Leeuw, Dave McKenna, Andre Previn, Yann Tiersen, Alessandra Celletti, Gonzales, & Sergei Rachmaninov as well as an opening composition by Nico Muh...

Minding Michael Part Five: The Angels Minding Michael Part One: A Good Time http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2009-06-29T11_35_05-07_00 Minding Michael Part Two: Dreamer http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2009-06-29T11_40_50-07_00 Minding Michael Part Three: Grab Your Belt Buckle/Music’s Taking Over http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2009-06-29T11_46_43-07_00 Minding Mi...

Minding Michael Part Four: Stick with Us and We’ll Show You How to Smile (Part Four of Five) Minding Michael Part One: A Good Time http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2009-06-29T11_35_05-07_00 Minding Michael Part Two: Dreamer http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2009-06-29T11_40_50-07_00 Minding Michael Part Three: Grab Your Belt Buckle/Music’s Taking Over http://djqoolmarvsounds.p...