to change things up with our monthly transmission of the colectivo futurecast, we have a very special mixtape session provided by two true funksters. one lives in berlin, seb steimel, and the other in abu dhabi, shadi megallaa; when the two met at seb’s studio in berlin last summer and decided to record a mix, things went in an unexpected direction.  the result is a collection of classic tracks, ranging from old school hip hop, passing thru johnny cash, and touching on some serious funk business. this is exactly the kind of mixtape you would need to have handy if you were stranded in outer space!

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INFO & LINER NOTES by Seb + Shadi:

“It was a nice summer day in Berlin last year when me & Seb (Steimel) decided to walk down the street and grab ourselves some fat burgers. It was while we stuffed our faces and watched passers by that we imagined a party where there were these great DJs playing in the bathroom of a club. The were so awesome to the point where everyone eventually heard & the party moved to the bathroom. With that thought in mind we proceeded to go back home & record the mix we titled. Royal Flush sessions Vol 1 (Pun intended). Dig in, Zone out & always remember to flush!”

01 Intro
02 Langhorns – The Quiet Surf
03 The Meters – Cissy Strut (shadi: I absolutely love the groove on this tune. I’ve had it as my ringtone for as far as I can remember. Love it so much I would keep it ringing a while before I eventually picked up. A simple funk groove at its best. Anything by the Meters is guaranteed slickness, but this one is my JAM!)
04 Vildensky – 3 (Prins Thomas’ Lille Uhell)
05 De La Soul – Magic Number
06 Medeski, Martin & Wood – End of the World Party (seb: I chose this one for the very special moments when you just realize that you don’t have any toilet paper left [or a giant meteor is crashing in your flat])
07 Parliament – My Automobile (shadi: There had to be at least one Parliament-Funkadelic tune on the mix. I love the playfulness of the intro. Its just a jam session they had in the studio where you can hear them all exchange ideas. P-Funk all the way baby!)
08 The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine (shadi: Keeping on the funk-soul tip we didn’t have to look much further than MJ. Loved the older Jackson 5 stuff where it was all playful & super funky. R.I.P MJ)
09 The Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun
10 Johnny Cash – 3 Feet High and Rising (shadi: Johnny Cash is a BAD ASS & hence had to be on this mix. It was after we heard the mix over & realized that De La Soul sampled this same song on their Magic Number track which we played easily. It was completely by chance, but was a very pleasant surprise for us)
11 Bruno Nicolai – Spy Chase
12 Eric Clapton – Cocaine
13 Love Joys – All I Can Say (seb: My friend Miguel fell asleep on my sofa to this track, so I had to include it!)
14 Beck – Go It Alone
15 The Bambi Molesters – Sun Stroke (seb: this track allows your dreams of palms, perfect waves, surf-rock to flow at their best!)
16 Stealers Wheel – Stuck in the Middle With You
17 Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls of Fire (shadi: You might have a problem with Jerry marrying his 13 year old cousin, but you’d have quickly forgot about that once you saw his raw stage antics & skill behind a piano. This tune makes us smile & hence made it on the mix)
18 Pass Into Silence – Iceblink with Jackie Brown Outtake (shadi: We snatched a snippet of audio from Jackie Brown, from the scene where De Niro & Bridget Fonda are puffin a bong. There is a lesson to learn here folks, its never too early in the day to puff!)

shadi megallaa & seb steimel – colectivo futurecast 006 (mixtape session #1) by colectivofuturo