Episodes

  • Episode 1: Day of Umoja 2021 (DJs Daz, Jun, Monalisa, Aaron Paar, Culture D & Tomas)

    Episode 1: Day of Umoja 2021 (DJs Daz, Jun, Monalisa, Aaron Paar, Culture D & Tomas)
    Dec 31 2021
    Umoja Hi-Fi presents Day of Umoja 2021! An annual celebration on the first day of Kwanza. All 6 DJs from the Umoja DJ collective spinning eclectic sets of reggae, soul, funk, jazz, hip-hop, Afrobeat, rocksteady and more Check the set lists below for full artist and song titles. Follow us everywhere @umojahifi Sets lists: Monalisa: Otis Gayle - I’ll Be Around Johnny Osborne - We Need Love Delroy Wilson - Same Old Song Annetta Jackson - Meditation Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Message From A Black Man Fatback Band - Wicky Wacky  Boris Gardiner - Melting Pot Chosen Few - Funky Buttercup Toots & The Maytals - Funky Funky Peter Tosh - Buck In Hamm Palace Badder Than Evil - Hot Wheels Tony Allen - Black Voices Jun: Dillinger - Cocaine Desmond Dekkar - 007- Shanty Town Monyaka - Go Deh Yaka Kwanzaa posse - Wicked Funk Lord Domino & the Ska Boys - Simply Funky Manu Dibango - New Bell Earth Wind & Fire - Runnin’ Re-Edit William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You’ve Got Bob Marley - Reggae on Broadway James Brown - There Was A Time Miles Davis - Black & Satin Aaron Paar: Ernest Ranglin - In The Rain Funkadelic - Can You Get To That The Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother Marvin Gaye - Symphony (Salaam Remi Remix) Reflections - She’s My Summer Breeze Allen Toussaint - Goin’ Down Grassella Oliphant - Get Out Of My Life Woman Labelle - Moon Shadow  Isaac Hayes - Breakthrough Art & Ron - Can’t Stop Talkin’ Kitchener - The Road Cornell Campbell - Duke Of Earl The Impressions - Gypsy Woman Daz: The Soul Jazz Orchestra -Mamaya Fela Kuti - Water Get No Enemy Pete Rock - Pete's Jazz Towa Tei - Technova The 45 King - Spread Love Beats J-Live - A Charmed Life Dam-Funk - Mirrors Outkast - Happy Valentines Day Tomas: Bounty Killer - Smoke The Herb (Brooklyn Jackers Remix) Lady Lee vs Nubian Crackers - Situation (Symphonic Matt Nelkin Mix) Cutty Ranks & General Levy  - Watch Me Now (Blend Mishkin Rmx) Funkdoobiest  - We A Doobiest (Titan Sound Rmx) Stylo G - Call Mi A Yardie (Blend Mishkin Rmx) Rayvon vs Don T - No Guns, No Murder (Outstanding Matt Nelkin Mix) Super Cat - Dem No Worry We (Hip Hop Ragga Mix) Fu Shinkins - La Schmoove Gangstarr - The Illest Brother UTFO - Roxanne, Roxanne Hortense Ellis - People Make The World Go Round Derrick Harriott - Let Me Down Easy Keith & Tex - Hypnotizing Eyes Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free Culture D: Konshens - Dem Nuh Know Joy White - Dread Out Deh Delroy Wilson - Cool Operator Billy Boyo & Little John - What U Want to Be A Disc Jockey Cocoa Tea & Heavy D - Walls Come Tumbling Down Jennifer Lara -  Mr DJ Sonya Spence - Talk Love Coffee -  Harder They Come Lutan Fyah - Rub A Dub Galaxie P - Ole Stalawa Tonto Irie - Me A Di Cooker Bounty Killer/ Spragga Benz - Remember to Pray
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    2 hrs and 59 mins
  • Aaron Paar - Stomping Grounds Radio Tribute to Al Jackson

    Aaron Paar - Stomping Grounds Radio Tribute to Al Jackson
    Jan 31 2021
    Umoja HiFI's Aaron Paar (Worldship Records, Teflon Dons) pays tribute to DJ Al Jackson, of the LA-based Soul Children, presenting his recorded works as Aljax3. This set originally appeared on Paar's Stomping Grounds radio show (2nd & 4th Mondays 8-10 PM on dublab.com). Al Jackson's show Explorations is also archived on dublab.com Al Jackson: peace be with you brother, thank you for your life and music!
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    55 mins
  • DJ Tomas presents The Day of Umoja 2020

    DJ Tomas presents The Day of Umoja 2020
    Dec 29 2020
    A mix for the first day of Kwanza (Umoja or Unity) to celebrate the origins and sound of my DJ collective Umoja HiFi Soundsystem. This 1-hour mix features sublime selections from Latin and downtempo to broken beat, and other eclectic rhythms. Day of Umoja Tracklist Brownout – Con El Cuete (Second Sky and Thomas Blondet Remix) Ondatropica – Tiene Sabor, Tiene Sazón (iZem remix) Joe Bataan – Ernestine Robert Glasper Experiment – Afro Blue featuring Erykah Badu (9th Wonder's Blue Light Basement Remix) Om Unit – Lightgrids Arp 101 – Warriors Galactic Pomrad – Bofhaun Tatham,Mensah,Lord & Ranks – Teacup feat Eric Lau Mr. Scruff – Music Takes Me Up Featuring Alice Russell Willie Colón – Ché Ché Cole (Sake1 Leftism Edit) Ambient Jazz Ensemble – Jazz Face (Kirk Degiorgio Remix) Chip Wickham – Snake Eyes (Ishmael Ensemble Remix) Kid Sublime feat. Nicky Guilland – Something About Your Love Yellowtail – Juju Mim Suleiman – Bibi Na Mpu (Maurice Fulton Dub) Nomumbah – Milziq Sleepwalke – Brotherhood (Marc Mac Dirty Jazz Mix) Atjazz feat Sarah Jane Morris – Fantasy (Domu remix) 4hero – Sink or Swim Peshay – Vanguard
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    1 hr
  • DJ Tomas - Umoja SoundStation on NiceUpRadio (Reggae)

    DJ Tomas - Umoja SoundStation on NiceUpRadio (Reggae)
    May 5 2020
    It's Umoja Hi-Fi's Nice Up Radio show #46 with DJ Tomas in the mix. New music from Buju Banton, Anthony B, Jah9, Romain Virgo, Nattali Rize, Christopher Ellis and more. New riddims, and strictly 2020 reggae vibes! Listen to the show live Sundays 3-5PM PST or catch the weekly re-posts at www.soundcloud.com/umojahifi
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    2 hrs and 1 min
  • Star Eyes: A Life in the Electronic Underground

    Star Eyes: A Life in the Electronic Underground
    Apr 20 2020
    Welcome to the Umoja Hi-Fi podcast. Umoja Hi-Fi is a seven person DJ collective formed in Los Angeles in 1992 and we are active to this very day! Subscribers to this podcast may be used to the various DJ mixes we’ve been dropping on this channel, and those are going to continue, but today we’ve got something special - we'll talk to DJ Tomas's long time friend and colleague Star Eyes, a.k.a. Vivian Host, an accomplished DJ, producer, music journalist, radio host and podcaster in her own right. DJ Tomas met Vivian in LA in the early '90s around the same time that Umoja Hi-Fi formed. Tomas booked Star Eyes for one of her first gigs at, an after-hours event at Nova Express cafe, he wrote and edited with her at URB and XLR8R magazines, and watched her career flourish at Red Music Music in New York. Speaking of Red Bull, Vivian's New York party crew Trouble & Bass won the 2013 Red Bull Culture Clash event -- a true underdog upset, besting Max Glazer's Federation Sound, Que Bajo and hip-hop producer Just Blaze. Since then, she's only continued to rise. Dubbed "Brooklyn's Queen of Heavy Bass," hear how Vivian discovered reggae sound system culture, became a pioneering US drum & bass DJ, and forged a successful music journalism career along the way.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • DJ Daz - Funk on 45 (Rare Groove, Funk, Soul Mix)

    DJ Daz - Funk on 45 (Rare Groove, Funk, Soul Mix)
    Apr 8 2020
    We present a very special vinyl 45s mix from Umoja Hi-Fi co-founder DJ Daz. This versatile DJ was born in London and raised in Los Angeles where he got deep into music from a young age. In his London youth he attended Dingwalls sessions (where Gilles Peterson, Patrick Forge, Paul Murphy and others played) and after relocating found his way to LA’s Delicious Vinyl Records, home to the Pharcyde, Masta Ace and Brand New Heavies, among others. Later he became a resident at influential LA rare-groove/acid jazz club Brass. He co-founded Umoja Hi-Fi with DJ Tomas in 1992 and has been an active club DJ in the hip-hop, rare groove, soul, funk, house and reggae scenes. His long running Chocolate Bar night saw dozens of artists and celebrities pass though its doors. Daz agreed to dig in his 45 box for this special guest of rare and cool funk 45s. Enjoy the groove!
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    59 mins
  • DJ Aaron Paar: Ximeno Singles Mix (Reggae/Funk)

    DJ Aaron Paar: Ximeno Singles Mix (Reggae/Funk)
    Jan 1 2020
    Ximeno Records was co-founded by Danny Holloway and Aaron Paar in 2011 and releases limited-run vinyl 45s, focusing mainly on rare, funky vintage reggae and soul cuts. Aimed with DJs and selectors in mind, Ximeno has released though cover versions of tracks like “Let It Whip”, “I Want Your Love,” and “Rock With U” by artists including Derrick Harriot, Grace Jackson, Blood Sisters, Skatalites and Tappa Zukie. Check their Discogs page for more selections (https://www.discogs.com/label/482668-Ximeno-Records). Holloway and Paar first experimented with a 200-pressing 45, when it sold out quickly, and records number two and three also sold out, they knew they were on to something. Says Paar, “A lot of the ideas came from from Danny Holloway’s personal (record) collection; we would discuss and I would recommended the tracks I thought would work for DJs — things that people could play in the clubs right away. We’ve released a lot of reggae boogie or disco covers, and funkier tracks like “Melting Pot” by Underground Vegetables. Danny and I just combined our knowledge to give DJs something in our bag and make it more accessible.” Now enjoy this mix by Paar, who rep’s Umoja Hi-Fi and Worldship Records in addition to Ximeno. This mix is an Umoja Hi-Fi exclusive of the first 10 Ximeno singles.
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    46 mins
  • Culture D - Umoja SoundStation on NiceUpRadio

    Culture D - Umoja SoundStation on NiceUpRadio
    Oct 14 2019
    Umoja SoundStation 3-5PM PST on Nice Up Radio with hosts from Umoja Hi-Fi DJ Tomas SF, Culture D and King CoknI O'Dire. Listen on niceupradio.com or download the app from Apple App Store or Google Play. #reggae #roots #classic-dancehall #one-drop #nice-up-radio #umojahifi Catch the re-broadcast every week on soundcloud.com/umojahifi Find Umoja on all your socials @umojafifi (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube)
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    1 hr and 57 mins