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Soul Station π: 70s Funk a Romp

DJ Pi takes Soul Station π deep into the funk mines for a two-part groove fest covering 1971 to 1978—from obscure bangers to undeniable classics.

We kick off with The Bar-Kays’ lost track from Black Rock, slide through Baby Huey, The Jade, and The Soul Searchers, and close with Maceo Parker’s A Funky Tale to Tell. The second set heats up with Fatback Band, The Meters’ Hey Pocky Way, Isley Brothers, Graham Central Station, Slave, and Chuck Brown’s Bustin’ Loose, a track that lit up D.C. and helped birth go-go.

Personal memories, killer grooves, and pure funk history.

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DJ Severed Tail: New Nostalgia

HexD is a music genre that focus on a low quality, dirty and melancholic style that evokes a feeling of nostalgia. Both its auditory and visual elements often draw from the aesthetics of early 2000s anime and video games, as people can tell from the sampling choices and album covers. HexD is the intangible essence of the memories, the ethereal realm of alternate time and space, where the chaotic interplay of the new, the present, and the past converges…

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Soul Station π: Out Agressive Funk

This one’s not for the faint of funk. DJ π tears into Out Aggressive Funka twisted, high-voltage journey through raw groove and sharp edges. Pee Wee Ellis sets it off, the Contortions go full punk-funk, and the Bush Tetras stomp the scene sideways.

From Ian Dury to Defunkt, Tackhead to Cameo, we go deep into the dirty side of the dancefloor—where jazz players blow hard and punk kids punch through the beat. It’s sweaty, it’s snarling, it’s alive.

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Soul Station π: Early 70's St. Louis BAG

Today we enter the orbit of BAG—the Black Artists Group, born in late-60s St. Louis and riding the edge of jazz into the early 70s. Like Chicago’s AACM, they believed in freedom, community, and sound that stretched far beyond the grid.

This show is all about that space: Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Luther Thomas, Stoneface Richard Martin, and the Human Arts Ensemble. Two tracks in Set One, just one in Set Two—but these are journeys, not singles.

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Soul Station π: Jazzy Out Funk

DJ π’s Jazzy Out Funk show on WholesomeRadio’sSoul Station π takes you on an exhilarating journey through the early 1970s. This hour of groovy, avant-garde, and funky music features Miles Davis’ electric masterpiece Right Off King Crimson’s jazz-infused Groon* and the high-energy Funky Donkey by the Luther Thomas Human Arts Ensemble. With every track, DJ π celebrates the bold and adventurous spirit of Jazzy Out Funk. Tune in now on WholesomeRadio and get to the right height!

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Soul Station Feature: Luis "Lija" Ortiz

A Romper El Coco

Cuban singer Benny More popularized the song A Romper El Coco, but he was hardly the only singer to record it. This version by the Puerto Rican tresero (a tres player) Luis "Lija" Ortiz is in the conjunto tradition and has a tres solo as well as a very good piano solo. It was probablky recorded in 1950 for the latin label Verna. Ortiz recorded often in NYC and during the mid 1950’s made many records backing bolero singer Panchito Riset.

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