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When I was but a child, my dad used to, on a yearly basis, go down and play music for the Tifton Love Affair. He said typically the other musicians were fairly average contemporary country acts.

Once, though, he came home with a cassette of a musician who had played there by the name of Eddy Navia.

Needless to say, Eddy didn’t exactly fit in at that particular festival in south Georgia. (Dad said he had a crowd of about 3 curious and slightly agitated onlookers.)

Over the next several years, we nearly wore out the tape but not before we had the sense  to transfer it.

Navia, a master of the charango, showcases the beautiful and misleadingly complex rhythms of South America. “Copagira” is definitely the stand out track on the album in my opinion though there are definitely no scrappers. If you ever have a chance to pick up some Navia in the store, I would HIGHLY recommend it. Beautiful stuff…

(You can also find it HERE.)

Peace.

-J

Here’s a teaser track I did for a project my buddy chucklone and I are working on together with some rappers from down south. CRUNKSTER!

More to come over the next couple of days!

HERE’S A SONG I DID WITH UP AND COMING AUSTIN RAPPER, “BISHOP BOSS!” THIS GUY GOES SO HARD! LOVE THIS TRACK SO MUCH!

BISHOP BOSS / TRACK 8 THEORY. YEAH! SOUTHERN RAP LIVES, SHAWTY!

My boy CHUCKLONE is designing my EP. It is coming out In April. Look out for it! This song’s called “SKYLARK.” I’ve been working this winter.

Boy, I was REALLY in a hurry to get this remix done. It was like, I knew I was rushing, and though I didn’t have a set deadline for finishing, the rushing and rushing made my life seem like it wasn’t very fun. I mean, I just kept telling myself that the only two REAL obligations I have to uphold are merely living and dying, yet I remained in a hurried state, and I could NOT even begin to tell you why that is… 

Seriously… ALABAMA. Amazing band. I used to absolutely LOVE this song when I was a kid. I mean, when it came on the radio, I used to make my dad crank up the volume and sing along with me. In fact, this song was probably (as a small child) my first realization of the power of harmony. (Even despite my parents listening to tons of great music like the Zombies and the Beatles et al…) 

This being said, I think it’s a perfect pop song. Everything about it is amazing. The lyrics, the production, the harmonies, the way it makes you feel like riding around in a pickup truck in Kite, GA screaming the lyrics… It’s a perfect PERFECT pop song. (I accidentally just typed “poop song” first, and it really really made me laugh a lot more than it should…)

I mean, just check these dudes out! Then, who could forget THIS GEM! Great band, great song, and an absolutely absurd remix that probably never should have been made. I have been listening to a lot of “Benga” lately, so I decided to make parts of the song somewhat DUBSTEP-Y. This was a bit of an experiment, and hopefully it turned out okay. Enjoy my “In a Hurry Remix.” 

PACE! (Yes, pace… it’s a variation on peace employed predominately by frat-boys and David Sampson.) 

Okay, folks, here it is! My good friend down in Charleston @ANDYHOLYCITY made this sweet track for Halloween called “Welcome To Hell.” Here is my re-work of that track. Mine’s pretty different from the original, but I think it’s still good for some dead-night groovin’. I recommend listening to it REALLY loud on a really nice stereo. I’ll make it downloadable here shortly. Enjoy, everyone! Keep your eyes peeled for a new remix coming soon! Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, last post of the day, I promise. I have just been completely rockin’ out to this sweet remix lately, and you all need to hear it. Team Canada DJs are … well, how do you say it? Absolutely incredible? Yeah, that covers it…