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Daniel Givens - Mandala / Mural

You've got to admire people who do their own thing and Daniel Givens certainly does that. Here's one of the more accessible tunes from the Chicago producer's 2000 album. If a mandala is a generic term for a pattern, used in meditation, that represents a microcosm of the universe from a human perspective, then this slow score certainly fits the bill.

Daniel Givens - Mandala / Mural - Age - 2000

Method Man & Redman - Cereal Killer

I feel the need for some real hip hop. Method Man and Redman from 1999. Full on from the first second heard force filth.

Method Man & Redman - Cereal Killer - Blackout! - 1999

Carl Craig - Undisputable

Carl Craig on the Moxie label with his edit of The Undisputable Truth's Sandman. Released in 2004, this is superfine.

Carl Craig - Undisputable - 12" - 2004

The Love Commitee - Just As Long As I've Got You

Mixed with Gibbon love rather than the Tom Moulton version found on their 1978 album.

The Love Commitee - Just As Long As I've Got You (Walter Gibbons 12" Mix) - Law and Order 12" - 1978

Caralho Que Bom

Herbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio - Nirvana

Slowing it right down for Sunday evening, a lovely piece which, to me, sounds better with the slightly distorted recording.

Herbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio - Nirvana - Nirvana - 1961

Attica Blues - Blueprint

A bit of moody Mo'Wax.

Attica Blues - Blueprint - Blueprint EP - 1995

Manu Dibango - Besoka on Salsa

With Manu leaving his sax at home and playing vibraphone, this track was improvised at the end of a studio session in 1976 and, I believe, only released on this album in 2002. Simply smouldering.

Manu Dibango - Besoka on Salsa - B Sides - 2002