With the equinox occurring on the 21st of September, one day before Peace Day, we didn’t have to look far to find a direction for this edition of Seasons Change. Jimmy Monsta Funk and Kamikaze have collaborated beautifully around a theme of ‘peace’, playing records that not only play off their own selections but also complimenting those of the other.
Whittled down from a list exceeding 100 records, the end result is 46 tracks across three hours. Ranging from Alice Coltrane to Elvis Presley, The Roots to the Doors, Prince to The Pixies and beyond, there’s real message in all this music.
Headphones in or speakers loud, enjoy.
Gustav Holst – Venus, Bringer Of Peace [Decca]
Alice Coltrane – Atomic Peace [Superior Viaduct]
Sun Ra Arkestra – Nuclear War [Strut]
Boogie Down Productions – World Peace (Jive)
Dabrye – Air Feat MF Doom (Ghostly International)
Pink Siifu – Peace God Feat Jeremiah Jae (Pink Siifu)
Ras G – Peace (Saalaam) [Ramp]
The Roots – Peace [Remedy]
Ras G – Love and Peace [Leaving]
Chimurenga Renaissance – Peace Always Has A Price [Glitterbeat]
Lionrock – Packet of Peace (Jeff Mill’s Deep House mix) (Deconstruction)
The Lordd – Peace Is (Jerome Sydenham remix) (Kraftmatic Records)
Jean-Luc Ponty – Computer Incantations for World Peace (Polydor)
Prince – Partyup (Warner Bros)
Creation Rebel – A Peace Remedy [On-U Sound]
Jah Woosh – Peace and Love [Original Music]
Tappa Zukie – Peace and Love [Ras]
Most Wanted – Calm Down (Fever Records)
Paul Simpson Featuring Adeva – Musical Freedom (Free At Last) (Cooltempo)
Logic – The Warning (Planet Pacific)
DJ Skull – Promise of Peace (Sect Records)
Victor Romeo Presents Leatrice Brown – Love Will Find A Way (Dance Mania)
Robert Hood – Peace (Closing Theme) (M-Plant)
Rev Lonnie Farris – Peace In The Valley [Mississippi]
Elvis Presley – (There’ll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) [Victor]
Pete Seeger – Turn Turn Turn (CBS)
Johnny King & The Fatback Band – Peace Love Not War (BGP)
The Doors – Peace Frog (Elektra)
Bharat Karki and Party – International Peace [Em]
The Maytals – Give Peace A Chance [Trojan]
Poor Righteous Teachers – Time To Say Peace (Profile Records)
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five – World War III (Sugar Hill Records)
DJ Freshtrax & Ace II With Pressure Zone – Destruction (Dub Zone Mix) (Beatfarm Recordings)
DJ Dawn & The Ranking Queens – Peace Truce Thing [Soul Jazz]
Sugar Minott – Peace Treaty Style [Soul Jazz]
Bob Marley & The Wailers – War (Island Records)
Sizzla – Strength And Hope (Xterminator)
Tranquility Bass – They Came In Peace (Mo Wax)
The Pixies – La La I Love (4AD)
William Onyeabor – Why Go To War (Luaka Bop)
Paul Hunter – Reflection (Guidance Recordings)
Pharoah Sanders – Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah (Prince Of Peace [Verve]
Lonnie Liston Smith – Peace (Flying Dutchman)
Ornette Coleman – Peace (DOL)
African Head Charge – Peace & Happiness (Shashamane Version) (On-U Sound)
Rhythm Doctor – Phuture (Truelove)
Joe Smooth Featuring Anthony Thomas – The Promised Land (Club Mix) (D.J. International)