Asymetrics Mixtape #19: Jacky Michoo
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Die-hard Reggae vinyl collector Jacky Michoo delivers a unique mixtape of Yardie classics showcased with their soulful roots !
Tracklist
- Bob Marley interview by Robert Schlokoff
- Hopeton Lewis - This Music Got Soul
- Prince Buster - Nothing Takes The Place Of You
- Toussaint McCall - Nothing Takes The Place Of You
- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - My Eyes Adored You
- Betty Padgett - My Eyes Adored You
- Glen Brown - Tell It Like Is
- Aaron Nevill - Tell It Like Is
- Al Green - Love and Happiness
- Dennis Brown - Westbound Train
- Observers - Scavengers
- Ansel Collins - In Bound Train
- Tommy McCook & Observers - 1000 tons of Version
- Derrick Harriott - Some Guys Have All The Luck
- The Persuaders - Some Guys Have All The Luck
- Jackson Five - The Young Folks
- Keeling Beckford - So Alive
- Nora Dean - Peace Begins
- Bobby Powell - Peace Begins Within
- Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie
- Matumbi - Brother Louie
- Unknown DJ - Brother Louie Version
- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Chossey Beggar
- Rita Marley & The Soulettes - A Deh Pon Dem
- Wilson Pickett - Midnight Hour
- Ras Michael Mid - Night Hour
- The Marvels - Rocksteady
- Aretha Franklin - Rocksteady
- Bob Marley - Keep On Moving
- The Impressions - I Gotta Keep On Moving
- Tammy Terrell - If This Were Mine
- Dennis Brown - This World Was Mine
- Tamlins - Baltimore
- Lila Iké & Skillibeng - Thy Will remix
- Nina Simone - Baltimore
Jacky Michoo
Jacky Michoo is a record collector from the french west coast city of La Rochelle. First influenced by Hip Hop in the 90’s, he started by collecting US & French Rap. Then, he became a Reggae activist, playing vinyl from jamaican R’n'B to modern Nu-Roots and borrowed his stage name from Jackie Mittoo, the funkiest of Jamaican keyboardists.
Quickly learning how to produce music for a local Hip Hop collective, he started digging samples from New York Rap classics and discovered that many Reggae tracks also had an origin in Soul music. This mixtape showcases how the jamaican musicians and producers were heavily inspired by US music and made it their own...