Tune in Tonight!!! Tuesday 8/31/10  8-10pm(PST) for an extended edition of "THE MELTING POT" featuring 4 hours of International Eclectronica. Featuring Remixes, Refixes, Edits, Mashups, of your favorite artists whith those who are about to be. Im looking for input on tonights show and since there are 4 hours all the ingredients are out and i am open to suggestions. If youre a fan of the show your participation is needed. If you havent heard it before check www.kboo.fm/themeltingpot for playlists, bios on past featured artists, video links, and links to downloads from some of the globes hottest producers in International Eclectronica.

We will be featuring tastes of Downtempo, Future Funk, Jazz, Breakbeat, HipHop, Drum and Bass, Indigenous Riddims, Reggae, Global Bangers, Dubstep, Bhangra, African, Latin Beats,  Trip-hop, Psychedelic, House, Tribal, Dub, Roots Music... from thoughout the years and across continents. Bringing you the fresh International heat while focusing on local talent, and the roots of electronica. Please take a minute to leave a comment with your favorite genre, artist, label, or feeling that you want to hear more of and be and active member in this show community radio. Help decide the flavors of the brew...

And check out http://www.prettylightsmusic.com/#/downloads for a copy of the new
PRETTY LIGHTS album Spilling Over Every Side

Video Links...(past KBOO Performances)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeWXBDmTI5A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkvioIwji9o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS-lG4w10-c

     THE MELTING POT 8/17/10 Featured Artist - ZION I - Tune in tonight 8-10pm(PST) for an exclusive interview with AMP LIVE from Zion I - on Dr.J's "THE MELTING POT" 90.7fm in Portland Or, Online @www.KBOO.fm/listen

Zion I is a hip hop duo from Oakland, California. The duo consists of producer (& DJ), Amplive, and Mc Zumbi. The group is known to its followers for Amp’s futuristic production techniques, using a mix of live instrumentation and samples, and Zumbi’s positive and socially conscious lyrics. Zion I debuted in 1997 with the locally distributed cassette-only EP Enter the Woods. Their first single on Indie label Ground Control Records (“Inner Light”) paved the way for an album deal and in 2000, they released the critically acclaimed Mind Over Matter. In total, they have released six studio albums, 2000’s Mind Over Matter, 2003’s Deep Water Slang V2.0, 2005’s True & Livin’, 2006’s Break a Dawn (a Japan exclusive), also in 2006 a collaborative album with The Grouch, Heroes in the City of Dope, and 2009’s The Take Over.

Ten years after the release of their debut single, Oakland hip-hop duo Zion I return with The Takeover, a filler-free new mix of jabs, roundhouses and uppercuts that continue their streak as one of hip-hop’s most diverse groups. 

For Takeover, which features guest spots by Houston legend Devin the Dude, UK emcee Ty and Rhymesayers’ Brother Ali, producer AmpLive and emcee Zumbi incorporate the best parts of their live show—perfected through nonstop touring—and bring that vibe to the studio. 

“Zion I has a reputation of being very spiritual and serious,” notes Zumbi. “I think The Takeover is a lot more fun than our past records. We still touch on serious subject matter, but this album shows the other sides of our personality.”

Over the course of five LPs and numerous EPs and mixtapes, the group has proven to be a welcome enigma in hip-hop. Lyrically, Zumbi runs the gamut on a range of issues both serious and frivolous, discussing problems and pleasures both spiritual and worldly. Throughout, his fanbase keeps coming back for his smooth delivery and ability to raise issues without sounding didactic. Musically, Amp draws from both the usual (funk, soul) and esoteric (house, drum n bass) to create soundscapes that work as well on an electronic music mixtape as it does hip-hop. An accomplished remixer as well, Amp has remixed everyone from Linkin Park to MGMT, and most recently released Rainydayz Remixes based on Radiohead’s In Rainbows. Every production and remix, though, always brings it back to his main job in Zion I. “I started using way more effects on this album,” says Amp. “So I was able to bring in more elements that I’ve been using for some of the dance and indie rock stuff.”

Despite living a few miles from each other, technology facilitated the making of Takeover, as the duo would e-mail verses and beats back and forth, with each member continually making notes and suggestions on both parts of the song. This fully collaborative effort ensured that both Amp and Zumbi would have a say in the final product during the entire production process. “Our songs go through many different styles and iterations,” admits Amp. ““Caged Bird,” for example went from an Electro R&B joint to a drum n bass track to its current version [as a soul-inflected, string-laden beat].”

While the final work is still Zumbi and Amplive, the two are quick to point out how their writing process has changed this time out.  “We have an inner core of people who we let listen to the album in different stages and got feedback on what they liked,” says Zumbi. “On other albums, it was generally us just making whatever we wanted and then they’d just say what songs they like. Our skin is thick enough and we’re honest enough with ourselves that we can take criticism.” 

This new method of recording was essential to the finished product, but the group always has a definite idea in mind, looking at their tracks as fans as much as musicians. “We try to make music that falls into a crack and fills a void for us as fans of music,” says Zumbi. “We discuss what we want the album to feel like and then we just let the unconsciousness take over and let things go. We just allow that process to take on its own life.”

From the electro-rap homage “DJ DJ” to the spacey futuristic synths of “Antenna,” The Takeover encapsulates the diversity and versatility that have made Zion I Bay Area stalwarts for over a decade. As with any Zion I album, there’ll never be any compromise away from deep thought, but as anyone who’s seen the pair live knows, that means nothing if the crowd ain’t entertained.  

One listen to the album, and you’ll know The Takeover may be the most appropriate title of the year.

http://www.zionicrew.com/

 

Greetings, its been a while since the last update. Come celebrate the
Hawthorne Bridge's 100th birthday party the MORsound event happening
under the Hawthorne bridge this Saturday. KBOO will be broadcasting
the event from 4-9pm this Sat. Tonights show will feature new tracks
from Random Rab, Nanda, BxP Soundsistema and more. Tune in around 8:30
for a preview of Morsound and the PDX Bridgefest Preview.

for everyone…

BRIDGING CULTURES – 4-9pm

A sampling of Portland’s diverse communities, MC’d by Tres Shannon of
Voodoo Doughnuts.  This afternoon, open-air concert includes: Music by
Sneakin’ Out, MarchFourth Marching Band, Venerable Showers of Beauty
Gamelan, Tapwater, and more To Be Announced! Kids’ Pavilion with Sound
Roots School of Music, the Right Brain Initiative, Portland Paper
City, and Battle of the Band Camp. Sustainability and Ambiance by
Friends of Trees, Bamboo Temples and Todji Kurtzman. Food by some of
Portland’s great vendors. Beer & Wine Garden by Lagunitas Brewing
Company and Barefoot Wine & Bubbly.

(60ft GEO DOME) Main stage:

NIAYH
Chervona
Philly's Phunkestra
SNEAKIN OUT
MARCHFOURTH marching band
PARADE ONTO THE HAWTHORNE BRIDGE!
Buoy LaRue
Vokab Kompany
WANDERLUST CIRCUS
SWEET SNACKS
SIDECAR TOMMY (beats antique)


Solar Stage:

Manimalhouse
Boka Marimba
VENERABLE SHOWERS OF BEAUTY GAMELAN
Dusu Mali Band
Nuestro + Medicine for the People
Reggie Houston
Reva Devito
Manhandel
Trio Subtonic

All Ages/Free (suggested $5 donation)

THE HAWTHORNE BRIDGE CENTENNIAL PARTY – 9 – 11pm

Be sure to stick around for the crescendo of the event at 9:30pm with
the “Lift 100” Hawthorne Bridge Centennial Party. Join us on the
nation’s oldest working vertical lift bridge as we celebrate its
centennial in style with an enormous interactive media display on the
lift span of the Hawthorne Bridge with music by some of your favorite
Portland bands. Music by MarchFourth Marching Band, Solovox, DJ
GlobalRuckus all on the Mobile Groove Bomb.

On the Hawthorne Bridge!

AND DON’T FORGET THE AFTERPARTY…..! – 11pm – 3am

Come down off the Hawthorne Bridge and keep the party going late into the night with the MORSound Afterparty. Music by Sweet Snacks, Sidecar Tommy (of Beats Antique), Vokab Kompany….and more! And don’t miss the Midnight Performance with Wanderlust Circus!

All Ages/$10

LISTEN LIFE ON KBOO 90.7 FM, OR AT KBOO.FM/LISTEN – all day broadcast of the event!

TELEFON TELAVIV                SOUND IN A DARK ROOM    
DZIHAN & KAMIEN                AY AY AY           
DJ LOGIC                               SIMMER SLOW
THUNDERBALL                     VIBRATIONS
TOMMY SIDECAR                 AAA TABLA REMIX
FK1000                                  TOOTS
SIZZLA                                   RAIN SHOWERS (BRONX DOGS DUB MIX)
ACEYALONE                         THE GUIDELINES
OOH AAH                              TUESDAY AGAIN
J BOOGIE                               THE CUTS
ZION I                                      GO HARD
KAYA PROJECT                     FROM MUMBAI
RANDOM RAB                      CLARIFICATION OF MEANING
BOB MARLEY                       DUPPY CONQUERER FK5 DUB
WARREN G                           REGULATE (ACCAPELLA)
DJ VADIM FT BLU RUM 13   ITS OBVIOUS
BASSNECTAR                      DUBUASCA
3 MG’S                                  BEAUTIFUL MIND
PRETTY LIGHTS                  SHORT CUT/DETOUR
UPTIGHT                              GET UPTIGHT MAN
MIKE LADD                          JET PACK
JOEL                                    WONT TAKE NO
BLUETECH & MIRROR SYSTEM        LIVING TIME
KRUDER & DORFMIESTER            BUG POWDER DUST
FAREEDA                             GARDENS OF WISDOM
GOVINDA                             PLUS LOIN
DAVID STARFIRE                WAFFLER RE-UP
LEON                                   MADFUNK (ZAMALI REMIX)
ZEB                                      AFRODISCO (INFRAGHANDI REMIX)
THUNDERBALL                  STRICKTLY RUDEBOY
BADBOE                             DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO (FUNKANOMICS)
AFRICA BAMBAATAA         GOT THAT VIBE (FK5 REMIX)
DE LA SOUL                       ME MYSELF AND I (BADMARSH & SHRI REMIX)
THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS        TIN DRUM ( DJ FRAPPO REMIX)
ED SOLO & SCHOOL OF THOUGHT    WHEN I WAS A YOUT