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NOT 97 is a home for discovering new music from talented, under-the-radar artists around the world. This is not a podcast. This is not a radio show. This is NOT 97.
Season four finishes strong, featuring one of our biggest guest yet — The Roots' own Captain Kirk Douglas! Kirk introduces us to his own flesh and blood, the 13-year-old Yung Ski Mask, along with his childhood friend: San Fransisco folk force Alabaster Adams. We dive into the deep soul of Kingsley Ibeneche, dig through the multi-faceted sounds of lyricists like Cain Casket and Serious Klein, as well as ride with the street-wise words of Granata.
01 "To The Citadel" by Kingsley Ibeneche 02 The Kids At The Bar" by Alabaster Adams 03 "Voodoo Money" by Serious Klein 04 "Domino" by Caine Casket 05 "Fear of God" by Sports Boyfriend 06 "Counting Green" by Yung Ski Mask07 "Silver Over Gold" by Iyamah08 "It's Hard To Say No (In New York City)" by Granata
-- 09 "Sines" by Greg Wanders
Art: Kevin Horvath
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Today's episode is a special one. Featuring "Juicy" Jackie Carrasco — a project manager at Lola Media Group and the founder of For The Creatives gallery — we're recording live from Kinfolk 90.
Jackie digs deep with a young man from Maine named Sam Knight and his ear-catching brand of left field pop. RaShaad follows that up with the like-minded Public Library Commute and their East Coast dreams of "California."
We ride with Lex Amor's "Mood," get lyrical with Rae Khalil, and hear the wildest "Mambo Number 5" flip by Young Croc, amongst much more. 01 “Mood” by Lex Amor02 "OUCH!" by Sam Knight03 "California" by Public Library Commute featuring Healy04 "No. 5" by Yung Croc05 “Girlfriend” by Rae Khalil06 "HappyVoiceMemo.mp3" by Bambi07 "Miss Charlotte" by Baby Keem08 "Tell Me (Doko Mien)" by Ibibio Sound Machine--09 "Come Home" by Marlene Oak
Art: Amandla Baraka
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Vira Byramji joins us on today's episode. Vira was formerly assistant manager at the legendary Electric Lady Studio. She’s an audio engineer and the founder of the music industry networking event Now What!
Energy starts high with an explosive young lyricist named Zhalarina. Vira introduces beat-maker and producer Space People with his collaboration with NY-bred spitter Nasty Nigel. We dip back to London with Nine8 Collective’s “No Smoke,” go big with Cumulus’s “Retreat,” float off with Melanie Charles’ “Be On My Side” and ride out with “Rico” by Jobii.
01 "Who Want It' by Zhalarina 02 "Wet" by Space People featuring Nasty Nigel 03 "No Smoke" by Nine8 Collective 04 "Retreat" by Cumulus 05 "All I Do" by Taj Ralph 06 "Be On My Side" by Melanie Charles 07 "ur so pretty" by ST. MARTiiNS 08 "Rico" by Jobii -- 09 "Sweet Talk" by Maydar Art: Mike Brennan
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Gabe 'Nandez—the raw New York rapper—joins us on today's episode. Those that attended our Not A Showcase in October already know 'Nandez's sharp talent. The multi-cultural rapper discusses growing up around the world and the craft of creating music as a bilingual artist.
Gabe introduces us to his longtime friend and frequent collaborator Ibekelia, as well as the street wise Rochester rapper Rigz. We sample London's young, genre-bending scene with captivating tracks from Osquello, KiLLOWEN, and Isabelle Brown. And we tackle the opposite poles of hip-hop through Velvet Negroni's untraditional delivery to Tanner Molique's mainstream sensibilities. Gabe also plays his own song, Conneries, from the album Cliquetape.
01 “So I Don’t Feel Useless” by Dianna Lopez 02 “La” by Ibekelia 03 "Simulated Void" by Osquello
04 "Places" by Isabelle Brown 05 “Adrenaline Rush” by KiLLoWEN 06 “The Hated” by Rigz 07 "First Time" by Velvet Negroni 08 "Like Me" by Tanner Molique 09 "Conneries" by Gabe 'Nandez Art: Jacob Consenstein
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Today's episode features Nigil Mack, Republic Records' Vice President of A&R, who has spent years in the industry and played a critical role in the careers of Kid Cudi, DRAM, and more.Nigil introduces Virginia-born crooner Marco McKinnis and Queens-bred up and comer Deem Spencer. We talk through the dynamic, ever expanding sounds of global hip hop with artists like Ireland’s Biig Piig and London’s Deji Okeze. And Berlin’s Gianni Mae stuns in her latest “They Say.” Amongst much more.
01 "Raze : Plan B" by Biig Piig (feat. Benny Mails)02 “Is” by Deem Spencer 03 "019 Bonnie and Clyde" by Deji Okeze 04 "They Say" by Gianni Mae05 "Cargo" by Fade Em All 06 “Another Love” by Marco McKinnis 07 "Pressure" by RiverKinn08 "Amen" by EMAN8
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Today's episode features our friend Arpan Somani at the table. Arpan works in brand partnerships at SoundCloud, co-runs the Brooklyn-based independent newspaper Hands, as well as manages Jachary, whose music was previously featured on the show.
Arpan introduces us to the lush melodies of two New York newcomers: Bathe & Rum.Gold.
We introduce an electrifying, genre-blending offering from Berlin’s Tuftyhead, a raw, nostalgic track from Ojerime, as well as a menacing and yet playful delivery from Chicago’s Nina Tech.
01 "If You Don't Mind" by Pieri 02 "Sure Shot" by Bathe 03 "Cocaine" by Pink Sweats 04 "Why Do I Go There" by Johanna Samuels 05 "In The Dark" by Tuftyhead 06 "Where There's Smoke" by Rum Gold 07 "I Know Now (2003) by Ojerime 08 "Loso" by Nina Tech Art: Maple Shipp © NOT 97. All music ? & © their rights holders, used by NOT 97 with explicit permission.
Today's episode features Yohana Zecarias. Yohana is a multi-faceted producer working in the music industry. Her most recent work was with Black Thought on his latest "Conception."
Today’s episode is heavy with harmony from Atlanta’s Cousins to Tennessee’s Lauren McClinton.
We go exploring with off kilter jungle jazz outfit Safari Williams, get deep with Olu Bliss’s sentimental soul, and hit a few grooves with the multi-national music duo Extremely Bad Man.
01 "Comfortable" by Cousins 02 “Treasure” by Lauren McClinton 03 "Free Again" by Arima Ederra 04 "GET UP!" by TiKA 05 "Theme" by Safari Williams 06 “Unchartered Waters” by Olu Bliss 07 "Long Way To Go" by Jae Stephens 08 "Bombae Lemonade" by Extremely Bad Man Feat. Omenihu & JallalArt: Wes Bechtler
This is season four episode three with Jayda B — Jayda is a DJ, a manager for our friend and artist DUVV, and the US community manager for Amuse.io — the free music distribution company and record label that sponsored our debut "Not A Showcase" last month. Today’s episode features jazz, and a lot of it, from new comers to season vets with Theo Hill to Ray Angry. Jayda talks is through her years living in Tokyo with local DJ Shigge and his track “Hit The Ceiling.” We hear NY’s new soul stand out Cleo Reed as she links with Sporting Life on their “Shut It Down” and Australia’s JPL croons on his smooth single “Oxygen,” amongst much more!
01. "Shut It Down" by Cleo Reed 02. "Hey, It's Me You're Talking To" by Theo Hill 03. “Okygen” by JPL 04. “Stretch” by Orion 05. "Room" by Ahmed "Kidsoul" Mateen 06. "Hit The Ceiling" by Shigge 07. “Ocean, You” by Jess Gallo 08. “Bjork City” by Ray Angry © NOT 97. All music ? & © their rights holders, used by NOT 97 with explicit permission.
Mike Herard is a product of New York's music scene. Herard is an A&R at Shady Records, the founder of Beat Hustle, and a manager for The Last Artful, Dodgr as well as a number of up-and-coming artists. Since coming up in the early 90s in Queens, Herard has been an integral part of New York's hip hop scene.
Herard introduces a sensational young Haitian-American producer, singer, and songwriter from Florida named Beni Moun, as well an explosive local rapper named Topprraaa.
Georgia lyricist Coley Xavier breaks down a vivid image from his childhood with "Story Time: Suburban Slum." Beat maker underscore flaunts his versatility on "throwing tantrums while the car's parked" and a young NYC composer named HAWA catches ears on her infectious single "I'm Safe."
01 "Phantom Powerless" by Jumi 02 "Tokyo" by Topprraaa 03 “Elevating” by The Foreigners 04 "throwing tantrums while the car's parked” by underscores 05 "Story Time: Suburban Slum" by Coley Xavier 06 "Noah, What's Love" by Beni Moun 07 “I'm Safe” by HAWA08 “single (on the weekend)" by marcos g
Art: Daniel Shepard, IG: @danyboydoid
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Mike Herard is a product of New York's music scene. Herard is an A&R at Shady Records, the founder of Beat Hustle, and a manager for The Last Artful, Dodgr as well as a number of up-and-coming artists. But since coming up in the early 90s in Queens, Herard has been an integral part of New York's hip hop scene.
Herard introduces a sensational young Haitian-American producer, singer, and songwriter from Florida named Beni Moun, as well an explosive local rapper named Topprraaa.
Georgia lyricist Coley Xavier breaks down a vivid image from his childhood with "Story Time: Suburban Slum." Beat maker underscore flaunts his versitility on "throwing tantrums while the car's parked" and HAWA catches ears on the infectious single "I'm Safe."
01 "Phantom Powerless" by Jumi 02 "Tokyo" by Topprraaa 03 “Elevating” by The Foreigners 04 "throwing tantrums while the car's parked” by underscores 05 "Story Time: Suburban Slum" by Coley Xavier 06 "Noah, What's Love" by Beni Moun 07 “I'm Safe” by HAWA 08 “single (on the weekend)" by marcos g
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Welcome back to NOT 97. This is season four's debut episode featuring New York / Seoul-based alternative RnB artist DUVV. We kick off season four with "Oro," a playful, cinematic delivery from Mexican-American duo Reyna Tropical. DUVV introduces former Grateful Dead cover band Circles Around The Sun and their journey of a song "Immovable Objects." Brooklyn's HDBeenDope spits his heart out on "For The Record." Toronto's Untradition shows talent wise beyond his humble beginnings on "New Drugs," and New Zealand's Tom Young flexes on the stripped, intimate "Me and My Girl." DUVV will be performing at NOT 97's debut event NOT A SHOWCASE alongside duendita and Gabe 'Nandez at Cafe Erzulie on October 20th, 2018. Tickets are free at notashowcase.eventbrite.com — RSVP Now! 01 "Oro" by Reyna Tropical 02 "Immovable Objects" by Circles Around The Sun 03 "Fake The Funk" by Pheolix 04 “For The Record” by HDBeenDope 05 "New Drugs" by Untradition 06 "My Name" by JIL 07 "Me and My Girl" by Tom Young 08 “Years Gone By” by Avantdale Bowling Club
Artwork by Irene Chin
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Welcome back to NOT 97 — this is season three's bonus episode. Today's show is like never before, with Cady Drell hosting a table full of accomplished women representing all angles of the music industry who you might remember from past episodes. We have illustrious freelance writer Rae Witte, Bronx-bred hip-hop artist Flo Kennedy, and Genesis Garcia from Def Jam Recordings publicity team.
We introduce Cincinnati art-rock four piece The Ophelias and play a low key kiss off of a song from young, New York soul singer CoCo Mamba. New Jersey's Angelo Mota gets hots on "Breakfast in Bed," his contageous ode to time-stopping morning sex. And the whole table falls head over heels for up-and-coming LA-based RnB crooner Love Mansuy on "Mine."
01 "Fog" by The Ophelias 02 "My Body" by Lemin 03 "Nobody" M w S 04 "A Small Flame" by Loony 05 "Follow Me" The Shacks 06 "Mine" by Love Mansuy 07 "Better Than Breakfast" by Angelo Mota 08 "Drive" by Cöco Mamba Art: Clara Kirkpatrick © NOT 97. All music ? & © their rights holders, used by NOT 97 with explicit permission.
On our Season Three finale, we welcome up-and-coming Queens-bred soul songstress Duendita to the shop. She introduces DC duo April & VISTA and their delicate, bold neo soul sound on "How To Get By." As well as an afropop bop from Nerika titled "Runnin."
London new comer Haich commands attention on the intricately crafted, genre-bending delivery "Peak." We hear towers from forward thinking folk outfit Dirty Birds. Miink mesmerizes on "Scorched Moth." And Reginald Chapman displays a raw, daring new jazz sound.
01 "Peak" by Haich 02 "How To Get By" by April + VISTA 03 "Towers" by Dirty Bird 04 “Scorched Moth” by Miink 05 "We Shall Overcome" by Reginald Chapman 06 "Runnin" by Nerika 07 "Ordinary Life (Message From An A.I. Girlfriend)" by Computer Magic 08 “Crazy Bae” by Tape Toy -- 09 "Ima Get You" by Duendita © NOT 97. All music ? & © their rights holders, used by NOT 97 with explicit permission. Art: Sebastião Hungerbuhler
Today we're blessed to be joined by the one and only bassist Mark Kelley of The Roots. Kelley comes to the table with Scotting Producer Sam Gallaitry's mesmerizing groove "Hibernationa" and a HOV-ready instrumetnal by Detroit beat maker Seige Monstrocity.
We dance through Black Grapefruit's genre-bending bop "Mind." Bounce along with Dublin-based Jafaris's otherworldly "Found My Feet." We find solace in our records in the wake of lost love with The Nude Party. And float off with Jakob Agawa's "Velvet Light."
Today also marks Marie-Claire culture editor Cady Drell's official post as a weekly host.
01. "Home Team" By Indigo De Souza 02. "Hibernation" by Sam Gellaitry 03. "Records" by The Nude Party 04. "Son Of A Bad Man" by Marcus Atom 05. "Mind" by Black Grapefruit 06. "Believe" by Seige Monstracity
07. "Dress / Undress" by QTY 08. "Found My Feet" by Jafaris 09. "Velvet Light" by Jakob Ogawa
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Art: Kentaro
Today we have the former music editor at Okayplayer at the table — Michael Gonik, aka Zo.
Gonik breaks in with Brooklyn electro pop trio The Visions and their genre defying track "Balance." And hits us with the unapologetic, future-facing sounds of Jachary and his stunning "Just Adjusting."
Amber Simone crafts a cantagious groove on "I Think About Girls Sometime." Julian Skiboat contemplates love and loss on "Whiskey." Vuyo cruises on "Lord Knows." and Dori Valentine writes wise beyond her years on "Chlorine."
01 "Lady Sunsine" by Applyby 02 "Balance" by The Visions 03 "Whiskey" by Julian Skiboat 04 "Lord Knows" by Vuyo
05 "Think About Girls Sometimes" by Amber-Simone 06 "Just Adjusting" Jachary 07 "Chlorine" by Dori Valentine 08 "222” by El’Naturale
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Today we’re joined by Lyndsey Havens, Billboard Magazine’s associate editor. We introduce Diani Eshe (Ay-Shay) — a sharp Brooklyn lyricist with a hidden lineage. Knees go weak at Moss Kena’s falsetto on “Square One.” Dutch wonder kid Bülow makes it clear not to cross her on the unapologetic alt pop track “Lines.” And we spin “Watch” from Tokyo’s CIRRRCLE—an electric new collective that consists of a Japanese beat maker, a rapper from San Antonio, and an LA-born lyricisist. Amongst much more.
1. "Love Is Only A Feeling" by Diani Eshe 2. "Square One" by Moss Kena 3. "Lonely Part 2" dANNY tRASH 4. "Crumbs" by Jordan Dennis 5. "Money Dance" by AiDAN ft. Sydny August 6. "Lines" by Bülow 7. "Mercy" by ANWAR 8. "Watch" by CIRRRCLE
Art: Michael Brennan
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Today we welcome to the table Genesis Garcia, a publicist at Def Jam Recordings with years of experience in finding and promoting budding young artists.
With a Def Jam representative on the show we came prepared with a batch of rappers, all from drastically different environments. Slowthai, a sharp-tongued 23-year-old from Northhamton, England starts us off. Genesis introduces the raw and menacing world of Hammond, Indiana’s Vince Ash, we hear “All Seeing” from lo-fi LA duo Blackfist, and discuss “Badangadang,” a playful and poignant bop from Toronto’s Tee Krispil.
01 "Ladies" by Slowthai 02 "Ride With Me" by Vince Ash 03 "All Seeing" by Blackfist 04 "Badangadang" by Tee Krispil 05 "People Watching" by Sen Morimoto 06 "Love Actually" by Off Bloom 07 Operatic (prod. Black Noi$e) by Cousin Mouth 08 "Think About You" by Manana
Art: Bianca Rivera
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Welcome back to the show — Not 97 Season Three Episode Five. With RaShaad still running around Europe, we reach back to season one and welcome back one of our first guests ever, Newseek's senior writer and Matt's flesh and blood, Zach Schonfeld. Joining the table alongside Zach is Paula Mejia, an associate editor at Atlas Obscura and the author of the 33 1/3rd book on The Jesus & Mary Chain's debut "Psychocandy."
We start off bold with a young Toronto prodigy by the name of Mor Mor.
We discuss the many context and values of ambient electronics through Debit's song "Power Chords." Zach introduces the whimsical, warped psychadelics of polish rockers Trupa Trupa, along with Soccer Mommy's raw and devestating offering 'Still Clean."
Melbourne's Charlie Thread lightens the mood with a bouncy call for more time — "Forever and a Day."
01 "Whatever Comes To Mind" by Mor Mor 02 "Power Chords" by Debit 03 "Only Good Weather" by Trupa Trupa 04 "Glow" by WHATUPRG 05 "Vision" by Family Reunion 06 "Caminando" by Exotica 07 "Still Clean" by Soccer Mommy 08 "Forever & A Day" by Charlie Threads
Art: Kevin Horvath
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This is Not 97 like never before featuring our first official guest host Cady Drell (Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Glamour, etc.) alongside her close friend Stacey Anderson, who is a senior editor at Pitchfork and has years of experience writing for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and more.
Stacey introduces "The River," a menacing, bold stand-out from London-based Lolina's debut project "The Smoke." After discovering them in a local alt-weekly on a cross-country roadtrip, Cady brings Albuquerque's Prism Bitch to the table, a band far too good to be far too unknown.
Toronto's Jaunt flaunts their boundless sound on "Faster Interactions." And Keyah/Blu floats on the laid back loosey "paper trip v1."
01 "Left In A Panting" by John Looke (ft. Salami Rose Joe Louis) 02 "The River" by Lolina 03 "You Got I Want" by Prism Bitch 04 “Faster Interactions” by Jaunt 05 "paper trip v1" by Keyah/Blu 06 "Ban Man" by Gita 07 "Old Town" by Say Sue Me 08 “Graffiti” by Grandmilly & Shozae
Art: Ryosuke Kataoka © NOT 97. All music ? & © their rights holders, used by NOT 97 with explicit permission.
This is season three, episode three with Corey Cambridge. Corey is a writer, rapper, and podcaster — a man of many endevours. He introduced the New York born-and-bred vocalist Synead and talks us through his writing process on "Lost In The Wild," her infectious ode to feeling free. We play through "Miles Song," a beautiful stand out from budding UK songstress Cleo Sol's debut project "Winter Songs"
Virginia rapper Gim Dave reintroduces himself on the heavy-hitting single "Grim." And Yazmin Lacey floats across genres from jazz to neo soul, hip hop and world music on the dynamic delivery "90 Degrees."
01 "Small Hours" by Otto
02 “Lost In The Wild” by Synead 03 "Autumn" by Riley Deacon 04 “Miles Song” by Cleo Soul 05 "Grim" by Grim Dave 06 "Matter" by Mari 07 "Keep Cool" by Jada 08 “90 Degrees” by Yazmin Lacey
Art: Michael Brennan © NOT 97. All music ? & © their rights holders, used by NOT 97 with explicit permission.