Give the summer some.

MaseQua Myers & Jami Ayinde | Black Land of the Nile

Brenda Russell | It's Something

Aretha Franklin | It Only Happens (When I Look at You)

The Voices of East Harlem | Can You Feel It

Billy Paul | Am I Black Enough for You?

Minnie Riperton | Wouldn't Matter Where You Are

Tower of Power | Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong)

The Love Unlimited Orchestra | Satin Soul

Trouble Funk | Trouble Funk Express

Michael Jackson ‧ Tangoterje | Can't Help It

Flying Lotus | Do the Astral Plane

Shaun Escoffery | Days Like This (Spinna & Ticklah Mix)

Airto | Toque de Cuica

Level 42 | Last Chance

George Duke | Brazilian Love Affair

James Mason | Free

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77 | Zanzibar

Roy Ayers | Our Time Is Coming

Andy Bey | Tune Up

Mixed by El Mahboob, August 2012

Si La Sol
If the sun / is the only

As with my previous mixtape Re‧mi Do, solfège syllables are used in the title (for the notes or keys B, A, G), and I employ harmonic mixing (key or chord matching). EDIT: There is an improvised key plan that does include root movement in fifths, enharmonically, by tritone; more or less accidental to the process of organizing around what are essentially pitch sets of common tones.

I want to acknowledge some friends, DJs, creators, etc. who have informed and inspired my listening:

General Eclectic
Petri Glad
Kevin Laverty
Stuart Li
Paul E. Lopes
Jason Palma
Koray Özel
Anousheh Showleh
Son of S.O.U.L.
Sophistiphunk
Daniel Viljoen
Victor Undergroundvibe

All recordings are the intellectual property of the artists.