{"id":7380,"date":"2018-03-11T11:13:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T16:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7380"},"modified":"2018-03-11T11:13:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T16:13:39","slug":"the-return-of-the-mothership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7380","title":{"rendered":"The Return of the Mothership"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Mothership,now boarding…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parliament\/Intro
\nAfro-Samurai
\nDick Hyman \u2013 Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
\nCapt Sisko
\nJimi Hendrix \u2013 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
\nMorpheus\/1
\nScientist \u2013 The Dark Secret of the Box
\nMorpheus\/2
\nDorothy Ashby \u2013 Soul Vibrations
\nGene Harris \u2013 Don\u2019t Call Me Ni**er Whitey
\nThe Brother From Another Planet
\nPhil Upchurch \u2013 Elektrik
\nLando Calrissian
\nElectrostats \u2013 21st Century Kenya
\nMace Windu
\nIsaac Redd Holt Unlimited \u2013 Listen to the Drums
\nDarth Vader
\nRoots Radics Band \u2013 Son of Darth Vader
\nMr Spock\/Rahsaan Roland Kirk
\nBrother Jack McDuff \u2013 Moon Rappin\u2019 (Edit)
\nLt Uhura
\nRotary Connection \u2013 Tales of Brave Ulysses
\nDanger Mouse\/Murs\/Free Design \u2013 To a Black Boy
\nShuggie Otis \u2013 Pling!
\nEddieHarris feat Blind Willie Johnson \u2013 Dark Were the Silver Cycles (F16C Mash)
\nSun Ra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Funky16Corners Presents: The Mothership Mix <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Note: What you see before you is a re-post of a mix I did (one of my faves) back in 2014 to accompany a literary anthology (see story below). It was (and remains) a bit of a departure for Funky16Corners, but I dig it and I think you will too. – Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to the new week.<\/p>\n

I have something very groovy for you today.<\/p>\n

A while back, one of my favorite Facebook-made acquaintances, the author Bill Campbell<\/strong> told me that he was assembling an anthology of afrofuturistic stories, and was thinking about using a mix as part of the Indiegogo campaign.<\/p>\n

That anthology, ‘Mothership: Tales From Afrofuturism and Beyond’<\/strong><\/a> is very, very cool, and I would suggest you avail yourself of a copy either in paper, or digital form. Make sure to check out the Rosarium Publishing<\/strong> web site as well.<\/a><\/p>\n

Always looking for an interesting challenge, I offered my services in furtherance of that goal, and Bill said yes.<\/p>\n

The mix you see before you is one of those that I had rolling around the back alleys of my mind for a long time before I actually stated pulling out records, digging for drops etc.<\/p>\n

The concept of afrofuturism<\/a> is especially intriguing, and the thought of finding its application in musical form really got me thinking.<\/p>\n

There are musicians included in this mix that worked the conceptual side of things rather directly, like Jimi Hendrix<\/strong> and George Clinton<\/strong>, and some that worked their way into the groove stylistically (Eddie Harris, Shuggie Otis<\/strong>) and others that just created a specific piece of music that seemed destined for inclusion in the mix (Dick Hyman’s<\/strong> epic reworking of JB<\/strong> for instance).<\/p>\n

I was trying to create a vibe – which is what you ought to be doing with a mix, anyway – but in this instance, it was far removed from the dance floor and drilled deep inside the head (via the ears, naturally<\/em>).<\/p>\n

This is definitely one for the headphones, trippy, often deep, sometimes weird and in several spots traveling outside the known boundaries of the Funky16Corners<\/strong> universe.<\/p>\n

I’m proud to have been given the opportunity to work with Bill, and very happy with the mix.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it too.<\/p>\n

I’ll be back later in the week with another brand new mix.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Also, make sure to follow Funky16Corners<\/strong> on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>, Twitter<\/strong><\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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