#groovemaster

[soulmusicsongs]

Collie Stuff - The Chosen Few (Collie Stuff - The Chosen Few / Collie Dub - Groovemaster All Stars, 1975)

[kuramirocket]

[water-mellie-seeds]

To continue the m&l fruity streak i think either mario or luigi have to step up and get kissed by this guy

[thexube]

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[otaviogilbert]

Sax and the City Band Sets the Dance Floor Ablaze at Aisling Whelan & Sean Lohan's Wedding

🎷✨ Get ready to groove with Sax and the City Band as they set the dance floor on fire at Aisling Whelan & Sean Lohan's unforgettable wedding! 🎶💃 Immerse yourself in the magic of their sensational performance, filled with soulful saxophone melodies and infectious beats. 🕺🔥 Don't miss out on the electrifying energy that turned a beautiful celebration into an epic dance party!

[musicsoftware]

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[omanxl1]

HOUSE elements | Deep Soulful Fix | April 29, 23

Digital Crate Digging Continues as we proceed and continue with this O-Dog Day on this Saturday afternoon that’s shifting into Saturday evening! The saga  / struggle continues as life goes on as the toil and strife goes on, my people in Sudan can understand but we kept achieving! Some stopped believing, the drunk repose made them forget about the empty tomorrows. Chilling out in so called…

[cryptid-killjoy]

[choco-pudding]

Space Channel 5 Part 2: Sugoku Sugoi Guide Book p. 140-149 (Translations by @lavoszero and myself. Edits and typesetting by myself)

Second part of Report 6.

Imgur link to all of the Sugoku Sugoi Guide Book translations we’ve done thus far.

Plain text below.

p.140 The Space Arena · The Stage

Dancing

Ulala’s Stars: 3 Purge's groove is as venomous as it is unique. His erratic rhythm and glistening costume verge on being a total sensory overload. But the inputs themselves aren’t that complicated. It's a type of dance that you can handle even if you stick to your own pace.

“The dance energy of the audience is charging the Ballistic Groove Gun.”

4.

       Ulala 012 Purge! x        Ulala 013 Puuurge! o o

5.

014 ⮕ ⮕ ⮕ ⬅ ⬅ 015 x ⬇ ⬇ 016 ⬅ ⬅ ⬅ ⮕ ⮕ 017 x o ⬆ 018 ⬆ ⬆ ⬆ ⬇ ⬇ 019 x

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Groovemaster 2000 135

Up

p.141

“The Ballistic Groove Gun charges ever still!!”

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020 ⬇ ⬆ 021 ⬇ ⬆ 022 ⬇ ⬆ 023 ⬆ ⬇ 024 ⬇ ⬇ 025 ⬇ ⬇ 026 ⬇~ ⬆ 027 ⬇ ⬆

“Time for a special guest… President Peace!!”

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Groovemaster 2000 136

Up Meow

p.142

“Pew!”

“Commence Dance Dimension X!!”

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Groovemaster 2000 138

Up Meow Meow

p.143

“Bam!”

“Ulala, I needed your dance power, you see. Now we have all the power we need!”

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Groovemaster 2000 138

Up Meow Meow

p.144 The Space Arena · Dance Dimension X

Shooting

Ulala’s Stars: 4 "Now we have all the dance energy we need." Ulala was Purge's real target all along. Our arrival here was planned and scripted from the start; everything was leading up to this moment…

7.

028 ⮕ ⬅ 029 ⬅ ⮕ 030 ⬆ ⬆ ⬅ ⮕ ⬅ ⮕ x 031 ⬆ ⬆ ⮕ ⬅ ⮕ ⬅ x 032 ⮕ ⬆ ⬅ ⬆ ⮕ ⬅ x 033 ⬅ ⬆ ⮕ ⬆ ⬅ ⮕ x 034 ⬇

“Aaah!”

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Groovemaster 2000 139

Up Meow Meow Right Left Down

p.145

You won't mind if I pull the plug on your little show?

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Groovemaster 2000 140

Up Meow Meow Right Left Down Right Left Down

p.146 The Space Arena · Super Ulala Dimension A

Ulala’s Stars: 5 Struck down by Purge, Ulala slipped into the deep darkness of unconsciousness. Yet, somehow, the rhythm of everyone’s clapping managed to reach her ears… After the final secret input, we were all wrapped into the "Super Ulala Dimension," a creation of her reawakening.

“Get up, come on, Ulala. Clap your hands by pressing ⬇ on the directional pad!”

8.

035 ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ 036 ⬇ ⬇ ⬇

“Ha!”

9.

037 ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ 038 ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ ⬇

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Groovemaster 2000 141

Up Meow Meow Right Left Down Right Left Down Meow Meow Meow

p.147

“Yo!”

10.

039 ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ 040 ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ ⬇

“Ho!”

11.

041 ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ 042 ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ 043 ⬇ ⬇ ⬇

“When have I ever lost…[3] “at dancing!

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Groovemaster 2000 142

Meow Meow Meow

p.148 The Space Arena · Super Ulala Dimension B

Ulala’s Stars: 5 The Super Ulala Dimension completely eclipsed Dance Dimension X and the rhythm was now in our hands. Outmatched by our moxie, Purge the Great’s power deteriorated and President Peace able to be safely rescued. All that was left… was to finish him off!

12.

044 ⬆ ⮕ ⬅ ⬇ 045 ⬅ ⮕ ⬇ ⬆ 046 o o o o o

“This isn’t what my prompter says!”

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Groovemaster 2000 143

Meow Meow Meow

13.

047 ⬆ ⮕ 048 ⮕ ⬅ 049 ⬅ ⬆ 050 ⬆ ⮕ x 051 ⬆ ⬅ x 052 ⬇ x 053 ⬆ x

“Ulala Thank you!”

“We've rescued the president!“

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Groovemaster 2000 144

Meow Meow Meow

[exiled-on-mainline]

groovemaster-3000 is officially gone. as i have no plans to make any blogs i may make an actual about me post

[bandhyukoh]

[NME] A match made in indie heaven: Hyukoh and Sunset Rollercoaster on the warmth and friendship of their collaborative album ‘AAA’

This interview belongs to NME. September 3, 2024. By JX Soo.

“It’s been crazy,” Tseng Kuo-Hung says with a laugh. The Taiwanese musician and frontman of soft rock band Sunset Rollercoaster immediately sets a tone for NME’s interview: serious yet full of smiles. He’s sat alongside Oh Hyuk, the frontman of South Korean indie band Hyukoh, and the producer JNKYRD, having just wrapped up intensive group rehearsals in Seoul for the two bands’ upcoming world tour. It’s mania for a momentous occasion: ‘AAA’, the surprise collaborative album by Hyukoh and Sunset Rollercoaster, two bands at the forefront of Korean and Taiwan’s respective indie rock scenes.

This weekend, they kick off their tour with two sold-out nights at Seoul’s Olympic Hall; the two shows the following week in Taipei are fully subscribed, too. After more dates in Asia, they’ll head to Australia, where they’ll play the John Cain Arena in Melbourne. So it’s no surprise that it’s all hands on deck for both bands right now. “We haven’t really stopped meeting each other,” JNKYRD says, referring to the international rehearsal schedule they’ve shared for the past few months. But the energy feels fitting: ‘AAA’ – the acronym for ‘access all areas’ – has the hustle and bustle of touring in its DNA.

They first met during Hyukoh’s first Asian tour in 2017, when the Korean four-piece checked out a Sunset Rollercoaster show in Taipei at the recommendation from their compatriots The Black Skirts. The Taiwanese outfit, who’d just released their breakout record, 2016 EP ‘Jinji Kikko’, were starstruck. “When they first came to our show, I thought, ‘Wow, now this is really a superstar!” Kuo recalls.

Over subsequent visits, the two warmed to one another, as Kuo began casually showing Oh around Taipei. “I was just a tour guide,” Kuo admits, recalling how he would bring them around on the capital’s ubiquitous motorcycles. There, their positive impressions of each other grew. “I already knew he’s really a smart guy. My impression was that the music is super good – and I was super good too,” Oh shares. On his part, Kuo says: “I just realised he’s actually always a shy guy and really easygoing.”

Photo: Zhong Lin

Their blossoming friendship turned naturally into collaboration. That relationship began on Hyukoh’s 2020 EP ‘Through Love’, where Sunset Rollercoaster delivered a lush remix of the track ‘Help’. Oh returned the favour by contributing a bridge to ‘Candlelight’, the centerpiece on the Taiwanese groovemasters’ 2020 album, ‘Soft Storm’. Eventually, the stars aligned for a proper project and both groups convened last year at a retreat in Gapyeong Music Village.

There, their shared chemistry created an organic, productive atmosphere – and strong momentum. “I remember the first week, we only got four days to do the recording. And our goal was to make one song per day,” Kuo says. With no expectations, the bands simply began jamming together, a dynamic which quickly gave rise to opener ‘Kite War’.

Soon, both bandleaders began contributing their own demos to the process. “We thought maybe we would start with an EP. But in the end, things were going too smoothly, so an EP became an album,” Kuo says. JNKYRD, who co-produced the album, describes the process as “all in one room”, noting how half the record was created with all ten members of both bands in a tiny, crammed recording space.

Developing those demos together, the two bands seemed naturally attuned to each other – a dynamic that surfaced as they worked on the synthy ‘Y’, which began as an Oh Hyuk draft. “Once he played the demo to everybody, I think all ten people got the vision,” Kuo recalls. “So the whole process was kind of like: enjoy the journey and naturally the music [will show] up.”

‘AAA’ glows with this chemistry – as well as the bands’ shared affinity for analogue warmth and equipment, which the record’s highlights feature prominently. ‘Antenna’, for example, came from exploring presets on a recently purchased Eventide H90 pedal, while ‘Young Man’ bounces on a ARP 2600 synth bassline. “Sounds like I’m bragging about how much equipment I bought for the whole session,” Kuo quips.

Having grown up in China, Oh’s Mandarin-speaking background also helped build a cultural bridge between the two acts. (“He’s a little bit weird, as well,” Kuo jokes, “but this kind of weirdness connects these people.”) Representation wasn’t necessarily their goal with ‘AAA’, but Oh does acknowledge the unconscious role it played: “We are not trying to represent Asians, but working on something with Asians was one of the main ideas of this project.” Both bands have toured North America and Europe; Hyukoh played Coachella in 2019 and Sunset Rollercoaster in 2023. They found common ground with each other as Asian bands touring the West, which was not common in the circuit at the time. “We can kind of feel the same emotion, the same aspects and same experience.”

And when it came to picking visual collaborators, two threads emerged: chemistry and top-class Asian talent. Japanese star director and former Sunset Rollercoaster collaborator Pennacky helmed the video for ‘Young Man’, which captures the two bands joyfully jamming in a subterranean studio with a retrofuturistic sound machine. The clip for ‘Antenna’, by Korean director rafhoo, features watery dreamscapes and major star power in the form of Hong Kong indie darling Leah Dou and Taiwanese actor Greg Hsu. And at Gapyeong, both Oh and Kuo lent their creative powers to another leading figure: BTS leader RM, who was recording his second solo album ‘Right Place, Wrong Person’.

Photo: Zhong Lin

‘AAA’ is a fitting title for Hyukoh and Sunset Rollercoaster’s collective standing in Asian indie music. For Hyukoh, the record is even more notable, given they last put out a full-length album – their breakout release ‘23’ – way back in 2017. But Oh and Kuo are quick to stress how their collaborative creative process helped ego and pressure fall away.

“We are all, like, super nerdy music lovers. When we get into the studio, we are all kind of mentally, ‘ego-ly’ naked,” Kuo notes. “Because you have to show your songs to other people, so we don’t have these ego burdens… If we just love the music, then we don’t have these weird superstar problems. We just concentrated on music and tried to make the best of it.”

The “most impressive” thing about the ‘AAA’ collaboration, Kuo says, was reaching a state of “full trust” that’s already difficult to achieve in one band. “I see the tour list, we’ve got 45 people all together… [With] the music, we can unite these 45 people.

“[Having] this kind of trust in each other, this kind of friendship, I think is a really amazing thing.”

[soulmusicsongs]

Soul Music Discoveries

Nice way to start of this week is my 5 Soul Music Discoveries. Five songs, of which I didn’t know the existence before or that simply deserve to be reheard. Hope you enjoy it!

Bim Bam (Thank You Mam) - Steve Young (Bim Bam (Thank You Mam) / Apartment Eleven, 1971). Great country funk

Collie Stuff - The Chosen Few (Collie Stuff - The Chosen Few / Collie Dub - Groovemaster All Stars, 1975) Awesome reggae soul

Harina de Maiz - Los Sobrinos Del Juez (Mortifica / Harina de Maiz, 1974). Latin disco funk

Jangolo (Les Mangues) - Jo Tongo ( Jangolo, 1976) Great Disco form Cameroon

Punish Me - Ernie Shelby (Bend Over Backwards / Punish Me, 1972)

More Soul Music Discoveries

[bigjoe11]

GrooveMaster 3 Tonearm Review

Titanium? Taking Turntabling Into the Space Age with the GrooveMaster 3 Tonearm! The catch was that I had to do some serious online searching to find a good metal one; there was a plethora of plastic mounts available (which are less than ideal sonically), and although advertised as suitable for my BL-91 turntable, the first aluminum one I ordered was too large to fit. I got a refund from Amazon…

[water-mellie-seeds]

?! Groovemaster more like Gaymaster???

[thunkdeep]

Bling Bones in Space: Hip-Hop’s Final Frontier

In a galaxy not so far away, in the neon-blasted streets of StarGroove City, there roamed a skeleton named Skully Groovemaster — a legend in his own right, if anyone asked (and even if they didn’t). Skully wasn’t your run-of-the-mill pile of bones; he was decked out in the flashiest gear this side of the Milky Way: reflective helmet shining like a supernova, sunglasses cool enough to freeze the…

[prayzefestgospelnetwork]

For your voting consideration... Angela Greene host of Jazz Flavors (curated by Craig "The Groovemaster" Roulhac) are nominated in 2 categories on the Prayze Factor Awards. Scan the QR Code to Vote. Full details attached #prayzefactorawards17 #angelagreene