Equalizer Music Collective

07/27/2015

Equalizer's 'Summer Soulstice Volume 2' is now on soundcloud for your streaming pleasure. Our 80 minute all-vinyl mixtape collection of soul, reggae, dub, jazz, and more.

http://eqlzr.net/summer-soulstice-volume-2-mixtape/

05/08/2015

From the Jazz clubs in the alleys of Rio to England and America, our inaugural mixtape explores the far reaching influence of bossa nova over the popular music landscape in the 1960s. It came in like a comet and was gone just as fast, but not before the largest artists in soul, pop and rock n roll took notice. Our first soundcloud mixtape, Samba Nova:

http://eqlzr.net/eqlzr-presents-samba-nova-the-celebration-of-the-influence-of-brazilian-music-on-the-world/

05/05/2015

We are celebrating Bob Dylan's birthday all month this May and here is our first celebration.

http://eqlzr.net/all-the-tired-horses-bob-dylan-in-the-70s/

"We witness the volcanic miasma of the death of celebrity, the full house country-love of the family, the destitution of the man on the road and the death of a marriage, and rebirth through fire and brimstone. He flinched. We got a peek inside."

Written by: Ray Lampke Follow // Bob Dylan, the polarizing demigod of youth and rebellion in the 1960's. The lauded, revered, despised,

05/05/2015

One of our favorite records of the past few months that deserves more run is Ruff Draft's 'Illusion Fracture'. Check out our review here:

http://eqlzr.net/ruff-draft-illusion-fracture-review/

03/01/2015

https://soundcloud.com/user48736353001/sets/saw1-era

Yesterday, AFX continued his soundcloud uploading binge with a playlist that sounds like a scrapped album circa 1992. Think between Selected Ambient Works 85-92 and Digeridoo EP.

ok either my connects has gone no providings or soundclown is bust

02/19/2015

Need a winter night musical companion? Ray Lampke shares some of his favorite winter weather jazz essentials from John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Oliver Nelson, & Charles Mingus to Herbie Hancock, Billie Holiday and more. Like here:

http://eqlzr.net/stolen-moments-equalizers-sunday-jazz-radio-vol-1-playlist/

02/11/2015

Check our review of the Joey Badass record. Early candidate for record of the year and a happening for the new gen of hip-hop.

http://eqlzr.net/joey-bada-b4-da-review/

Our review of one of the early runners for hip hop record of the year: Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$.

01/28/2015

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01/27/2015

Joey Badass gets our highest praises so far this year. We put 'B4.DA.$$' into the greater context of what young America is facing head on today.

http://eqlzr.net/joey-bada-b4-da-review/

01/25/2015

In our first rendition of "Yesterday's Music Today" of 2015, we rocked a Spotify playlist featuring the golden era of Lady Soul, Aretha Franklin. Here are 30 of her best originals and classic reinventions from her most fruitful era, releasing 8 LPs on Atlantic Records in 5 short years. What's your favorite Aretha record? Listen and comment below!

http://eqlzr.net/young-gifted-and-black-aretha-franklin-67-72-playlist/

She defined the theatre in which romanticism swaths pragmatic social injustice, feminism in the purest, most assertive temper by simple disposition, God and Gospel distilled into comfort, and interpretation into the most incredible reinvention.

30 classic Aretha Franklin songs from her golden era, of which she released an astounding 8 albums from 1967-1962. Curated and written by Ray Lampke.

01/22/2015

We're back for 2015! Our record of the Month is TUT's "Preacher's Son."

http://eqlzr.net/record-of-the-month-tut-preachers-son/

"TUT’s flow and poetic voice truly make the record superlative. The rhythm and sound patterning on the record are proof of a chiseled artistry. The entire album expresses a positive, cultured response to dire circumstances."

01/21/2015

Download a new (free) Ghostly International comp with Adult Swim

Ready for some serious chill? Download or stream Ghostly Swim 2 for Free thanks to Adult Swim and Ghostly International. adultswim.com/ghostly