Contact Wave: The Village (Jesse Justice and Mekala Session)
12.06.20

Co-hosted by Chris Kissel and Chuck Soo-Hoo, the twice-monthly dublab program Contact Wave enthusiastically celebrates the best experimental, avant-garde, psychedelic, and off-the-grid music crafted in L.A. and beyond.
This week’s episode featured Jesse Justice and Mekala Session of The Village, an L.A.-based label releasing new and vintage sounds from the orbit of the Pan Afrikan Peoples’ Arkestra. We spoke with Justice and Session about the story behind the stellar Horace Tapscott-Michael Session duo record they recently released, the legacy of the Arkestra, and the new sounds still cropping up in its wake.
Tracklist:
**The Village interview** Horace Tapscott & Michael Session – One for Lately (Previously Unreleased) Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – Little Africa – from “Nyjah’s Theme/Little Africa” (The Village) (2020) **The Village guest mix** Bruning V. Alten’s Sunrise Orchestra – Lady U – from “Malata Suite” (Software Music) Katalyst – Leimert Day – from “Nine Lives” (World Galaxy) (2020) The Sonny Criss Orchestra – The Black Apostles – from “Sonny’s Dream (Birth of the New Cool)” (Prestige) (1968) Azar Lawrence – Bridge into the New Age – from “Bridge into the New Age” (Prestige) (1974) Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin – Dibwe Diambula Kabanda – from “Missa Luba” (Phillips) (1964) John Coltrane Quartet – Kulu Sé Mama – from “Kulu Sé Mama” (Impulse) (1967) Phil Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble – New Frankiphone Blues – from “The African Look” (Zulu) Ras G – Ingera, Lentils and Kale – from “Back on the Planet” (Brainfeeder) (2013) Kara – Ogbeture – from “Colors” (Leaving) (2020) Black Nile – Cranshaw ft. Tru – from “The Further Side” (World Galaxy) (2020) Sharada Shashidhar – Loose Ends – from “Rahu” (Leaving) (2020) Zeroh – Metacine ft. FR/BLCK/PR – from “BLQLYTE” (Leaving) (2020) Eddie Harris and Les McCann – Kathleen’s Theme – from “Swiss Movement” (Atlantic) (1969) *** Charles Curtis – Anton Webern, Movement for String Trio, Op. Posthumous – from “Performances and Recordings 1998 – 2018” (2020) Loris S. Sarid – Ferns and I – from “Music for Tomato Plants (Constellation Tatsu) (2020) Andrea Cortez – Song 4 – from “The Secret Song of Plants” (Aural Canyon) (2020) Willie Easton – Near the Cross – from “The Best of Sacred Steel” (Arhoolie) (2010)Related Broadcasts


