The Archive of Feelings
05.03.25
As an archivist / librarian, T-Kay brings an eye and ear for the historical, unique, and transnational to her musical curation. The Archive of Feelings is a celebration of sounds and struggles of everyday life across linguistic and geographic boundaries gathered through serendipitous findings from around the world. T-Kay joined the dublab family as an intern in 2006 and hosted her first show “The Afternoon Love-In” in early 2007. Prior to dublab, T-Kay hosted “Hooray for Everything!” from 2001-2005 on KSPC Radio (Claremont, CA) and “Hip Hop Hooray” from 2009-2015 on KOOP Radio (Austin, TX).
This week T-Kay is joined by professor, author, and DJ Oliver Wang who will be sharing some of his favorite boogaloo records.
Oliver Wang is a professor of sociology at CSU-Long Beach and the author of Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews of the San Francisco Bay Area (Duke Univ. Press, 2015). He is the curator for the Japanese American National Museum exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community, a summer/fall 2025 exhibition about Japanese American car culture in Los Angeles. He is author and editor of the exhibition’s companion book, also entitled Cruising J-Town, to be published by Angel City Press.
Oliver is a regular writer on music, arts and culture for outlets including NPR’s All Things Considered, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Los Angeles Times, and KCET’s Artbound. He has co-hosted the podcasts Pop Rocket and Heat Rocks and is currently developing a new podcast on the songs of Asian America. In the mid-2000s, he created the audioblog, Soul-Sides.com and he is both co-creator and co-host, alongside Morgan Rhodes, of the music/interview podcast, Heat Rocks.
Tracklist:
Don Tiki – Flower Humming / Hot Like Lava – Hot Like Lava – Aloha Got Soul (2021)
Sandy Nelson – Soul Man – Boogaloo Beat – Imperial Records (1968)
David Martial – Jerk Vide – 45 – Aux Ondes
Ivan ‘Boogaloo Joe’ Jones – Sweetback – Bag of Goodies – Luv n Haight (1991)
Cortijo y su Maquina del Tiempo – Gumbo – Nu Yorica! Culture Clas in New York City: Experiments in Latin Music 1970-1977 – Soul Jazz (2015)
Irakere – Chequere que Son – 38 1/2 – BASF (1976)
Charlie Palmieri – Cote pa la Cola – Latin Bugalu Atlantic (1968)
The Latin Souls – Latin Souls Descarga – Boogaloo & Shingaling – Kapp (1967)
El Combo Nacional – Caravan – Esto Si Es Boogaloo – Seeco
Bossa 70 – Me Quedo con el Shingaling – Gozalo! Vol. 3: Bugalu Tropical – Vampisoul (2009)
Boogaloo Combo – Bonequinha – Na Onda de Boogaloo – Epic (1969)
Menhan Street Band – There’s a New Day Coming – 45 – Daptone
The Dutch Rhythm, Steel & Showband – Down by the River – 45 – Negram
Los Grimms – Crimson and CLover – 45 – Philips
Louise Forestier – California – 45 – Disques Vogue
Surboum African Fiesta – Save Me – 45 – African
Sleeping Dogs – Sun Place – 45 – Space Fruity
JoJo Bennett & Mudie’s All Stars – Tne Steps to Soul – 45 – Moodisc
Caffe – Falcon – 45 – Godo
Alma Latina – Tema De Alma Latina – 45 – Dee Vee
Mario Rincon – Full Salsa – 45 – Peerless
Naima Samih – Zilaf Filada – 45 – Disques Gam
Gougoush – Namehayam Ra Bedeh – 45 – Sare
Joby Valente – A Un Aporte Noir – 45 – Celini Disques
Orquestra Los Van Van – Llegue Llegue – 45 – Areito
Gal Costa – Baby – 45 – Philips
