impulse travels radio. episode 209. 29 march 2016.

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[audio:https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/podpulse/impulse.160329-.mp3|titles=dj lil tiger + empanadamn. impulse travels. 29 march 2016.]

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photo: Queso. Paraguay. | by stefelix. licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This episode features a live Impulse Mix by EMPANADAMN that includes a special tribute mix to one of our beloved Hip-Hop heroes, PHIFE from A Tribe Called Quest who passed away a week before this show aired.

The show features music from KING (Los Angeles), Afrohorn (Nyc), ntx.bee (Berlin + Paraguay), Silva (Brasil), Kaytronik (Bmore), Manatee Commune (Seattle), Santigold (Philly + NYC), The Range (NYC), El Guincho (España), Douchka (France), A.K. Paul (London), Amana Melomé + Mark de Clive-Lowe (Germany + Los Angeles + Italy + New Zealand), TOKiMONSTA + Gavin Turek (Los Angeles), Snowden (ATL), Synkro + Lyves (Manchester + London), Kidnap Kid (London), DJDS (Los Angeles), Kamasi Washington (Los Angeles) and more.

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impulse travels radio. episode 208. 15 march 2016.

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[audio:https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/podpulse/impulse.160315-.mp3|titles=dj lil tiger. impulse travels. 15 march 2016.]

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photo: Hundertwasserhaus “Waldspirale” in Darmstadt. | by Dirk Hartung. licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This episode features music from KING (Los Angeles), Silva (Brasil), TOKiMONSTA (Los Angeles), Brother In Arms (SF), Jolly Mare (Milano), Captain Planet (BK + Los Angeles), Michele Thibeaux (Houston), El Guincho (España), Kaytronik (Bmore), Manatee Commune (Seattle), Amana Melomé + Opolopo (Germany + Los Angeles + Italy + Sweden), The Invisible (UK), DJ Karen (Argentina), The Range (BK), Daniel Haaksman + Bulldozer (Berlin + Bogotá), Synkro (Manchester), Keys And Crates + Katy B (Canada + UK), Plat Ramos (QNS), Wilson Fisk (UK), Submotion Orchestra + Andrew Ashong (Leeds + London + Ghana) and more.

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impulse travels radio. episode 207. 08 march 2016.

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[audio:https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/podpulse/impulse.160308-.mp3|titles=dj lil tiger. impulse travels. 08 march 2016.]

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photo: Birdie. Ghana. | by Eileen Delhi. licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This week’s show features music from Maleek Berry + Sneakbo (London + Nigeria), Amana Melomé + Daz-I-Kue (Germany + Los Angeles + Italy + London + ATL), Fuse ODG + Shatta Wale (London + Ghana), Kranium (QNS), SK Simeon + Machinedrum (Melbourne + Uganda + BK), Protoje + Sevana (JA), TOKiMONSTA + A L L I E (Los Angeles + Toronto), Davido + Olamida (Nigeria), Kaytronik (Bmore), Natalia Lafourcade (D.F.), Manatee Commune (Seattle), Irene Tremblay (España), Shawni + 23∆D (Los Angeles) and more.

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impulse travels radio. episode 206. 01 march 2016.

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[audio:https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/podpulse/impulse.160301-.mp3|titles=dj lil tiger. impulse travels. 01 march 2016.]

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photo: Bouza. Niger. | by LM TP. licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This episode features songs from TOKiMONSTA (Los Angeles), Kaytronik (Bmore), Manatee Commune + Maiah Manser (Seattle + Oregon), Protoje + Chronixx + Shy Fx (Jamaica + London), Amana Melomé + Daz-I-Kue (Germany + Los Angeles + Italy + London + ATL), Esperanza Spalding (PDX), Mirage (ATX), Michele Thibeaux (Houston), K-Otix (Houston), Kashmere Don + E Ross (Houston), Jamie Woon (UK), Rhemi + HanLei (London), Bombino (Niger), Baaba Maal + Henrik Schwarz (Senegal + Berlin), Sly Johnson + La Machine + Wilson Fisk (Paris + UK), Daniel Haaksman + DJ Spoko (Berlin + South Africa), Mista Chatman (Seattle), Lovespeake (Norway), Louis Futon + Rozes (Philly), Cha Wa (New Orleans), Boogat (Montréal), Keys N Krates (Toronto) and more.

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impulse travels radio. episode 205. 23 february 2016.

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[audio:https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/podpulse/impulse.160223-.mp3|titles=dj lil tiger + empanadamn. impulse travels. 23 february 2016.]

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photo: St-Lucia Paradise. St. Lucia. | by Michel Bertrand. licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This week’s episode features two live Impulse mixes by Empanadamn and DJ Lil Tiger, as well as tunes from Kaytronik (Bmore), Pomo (Montréal), Protoje + Chronixx + Shy Fx (JA + LDN), Michelle Thibeaux (Houston), Poté (St. Lucia + LDN), Ny*ak + Ian Blevins (UK), D-Felic + Ovasoul7 (Nederland + Los Angeles), Odesza + Zyra + 20Syl (Seattle + France), Monique Bingham + Black Coffee (NYC + South Africa), Sam Gellaitry (Scotland) and more.

Empanadamn‘s live mix, featured below, blazed through various genres, including DnB, Jersey Club, Future Bass, Dancehall, UKG, 2Step and more, with songs from Marvin Gaye + Drumagick (D.C. + São Paulo), Rich Homie Quan + Pawn Shop (ATL), AlunaGeorge + Popcaan (LDN + JA), Kranium + Ty Dolla $ign + Major Lazer (QNS + Los Angeles), Charly Black + Braindead (Kingston + Israel), Deville (LDN), Funkystepz (LDN), Sunny + Gabe + D.R.A.M. + Star Slinger (Virginia + LDN), Sonido Berzerk + Fonobisa + Ballgrime (D.F. + Guadalajara), Black Puma (Stockton), Moslem Priest + Mysteriz (Kuala Lumpur), Chip + JME + Lethal Bizzle (LDN) and more.

You can also listen to Lil Tiger‘s Impulse Mix, a bouncy, uptempo but much more chill affair, with music from Nick Wisdom (Vancouver), Pomo (Montréal), Anderson. Paak (Los Angeles), Goldlink (DMV), Klaves (Poland) and more.

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impulse travels radio. episode 204. 16 february 2016.

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[audio:https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/podpulse/impulse.160216-.mp3|titles=dj lil tiger. impulse travels. 16 february 2016.]

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photo: HENSE. Atlanta. | by Brooke Novak. licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This week’s show features music from Michele Thibeaux (Houston), K-Otix + Kashmere Don (Houston), Pomo (Montréal), Anderson .Paak + BJ The Chicago Kid (Los Angeles + Chicago), Society Of Soul (ATL), Sleepy’s Theme (ATL), Louis Futon + Rozes (Philly), Poté (St. Lucia + LDN), Kamasi Washington (Los Angeles), Jamie Woon (Uk), Klaves (Poland), Black Coffee + Mondii Ngcobo (South Africa), Donnie (ATL), Rüfüs Du Sol (España), Wizkid (Nigeria), Full Crate (Amsterdam), Tom Misch + Carmody (LDN), DJDS (Los Angeles), Kuso Kurae (Charlotte) and more.

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impulse travels radio. episode 203. 26 january 2016.

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[audio:https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/podpulse/impulse.160126-.mp3|titles=dj lil tiger. impulse travels. 26 january 2016.]

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photo: Calgary. | by Stephen Downes. licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This week’s episode features music from Brew (Houston) (Rest in Peace, Brother Zin #LightOfZIN), Anderson .Paak (Los Angeles), D-Felic + Ovasoul7 (Den Haag + Los Angeles), Chemical Brothers + Beck + Joe Goddard (UK), Keys N Krates + Ouici (Canada), Tourist (UK), Darkstar (UK), Mar (Amsterdam), Rüfüs Du Sol (Sydney), Gavin Turek + TOKiMONSTA + Sonns (Los Angeles), Obenewa + Machinedrum (LDN + BK), D’angelo (Virginia), Fat Freddy’s Drop (New Zealand), Brooklyn Funk Essentials (BK), Little Shalimar (Louisville + BK), Moods X Nightingale (Rotterdam + Glasgow), Poliça (Minneapolis), Autograf + Janelle Kroll + Vijay + Sofia Zlatko (Chicago + Belgium), Sivey (Manchester), Laser (Calgary), Chloe Martini + Azteka + Wantigga (Poland + Rotterdam + Deventer), Tiga + Shiba San (Montréal + Paris), Hannah V + Louise Labelle + Jarreau Vandal (UK + Nederland), FaltyDL (BK), Friend Within (Liverpool), Esperanza Spalding (PDX) and more.

“I love you. I miss you. Rest in peace, my brother Zin.”

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impulse travels radio. episode 202. 19 january 2016.

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[audio:https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/podpulse/impulse.160119-.mp3|titles=dj lil tiger. impulse travels. 19 january 2016.]

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This week’s episode featured new music from Anderson .Paak + Pomo (Los Angeles + Montréal), RJD2 (Philly + Ohio), Sam Gellaitry (Scotland), Floating Points (Manchester), Adrian Younge (Los Angeles), Baaba Maal (Senegal), Gavin Turek + TOKiMONSTA + ES.P (Los Angeles + Miami), Oh Wonder (London) and Darkstar (UK), as well as tunes from Destra (Trinidad), Kamasi Washington (Los Angeles), Mariachi Flor De Toloache (NYC), Fat Freddy’s Drop (New Zealand), Sivey (Manchester), Rüfüs du Sol (Sydney), Dego (West London), Nutron (Trinidad), Phil Gerus (Moscow), Sister Nancy + FASTA (Kingston + Nederland), Preedy (Trinidad), Full Crate (Amsterdam), Sofi De La Torre + MACE (España + Berlin + Milano), Louie Lastic (Virginia + D.C.), Nick Wisdom (Vancouver), and the legend David Bowie.

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Rest in Power, Brother Zin. #RIPZIN #LightOfZIN
impulse travels radio. episode 201. 05 january 2015.

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[audio:https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/podpulse/impulse.160105-.mp3|titles=dj lil tiger + empanadamn. impulse travels. 05 january 2016.]

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Our first episode of 2016 began with a small tribute to our fallen radio brother Zin, who was killed in a car accident in Denver the day before this episode aired.

We heard about his passing only a few hours earlier, and decided to say a few words and play some of his music to start off the show to pay our respects. Zin, founder of All Real Radio and a veteran of Houston’s KPFT Pacifica Radio, was a beloved and key member of the Houston scene, where Impulse Travels has its roots. He was also an MC, poet, activist, avid supporter of artists of all kinds, and an encouraging friend whose light reached well beyond the cities of Houston and Denver, where he split his time. We will miss you forever, Zin, but your light shines eternal.

The show also features the return of empanadamn, who took over the controls for a bit to play his first themed set of the new year paying homage to New York’s first truly brick night of this Winter season. (It was about 15 degrees outside while we aired this show).

Overall, we played songs from Zin + Snap (Houston), Sam Gellaitry (Scotland), Goldlink (DMV), Maribou State + Holly Walker + Martin Iveson (UK), Fat Freddy’s Drop (New Zealand), Monique Bingham + Black Coffee (NYC + South Africa), José James (Minneapolis), Mar (Amsterdam), Si Tew (London), Rudimental + Skream (UK), Louie Lastic (Virginia + D.C.), Phil Gerus (Moscow), Sweater Beats (L.A. + Philippines), Sivey (Manchester), Kings Of Convenience + Thero (Norway + Florida), Ryan Hemsworth + Grynpyret (Halifax + Stockholm), Singularis (Nederland), Chloe Martini + Alyss + Maxo (Warsaw + NYC), a l l i e (Toronto), Nina Simone (North Carolina) and more.

#RIPZIN
#LightOfZIN

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dedicated to my broken fam worldwide.
impulse travels radio. episode 200. 29 december 2015.

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[audio:https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/podpulse/impulse.151229-.mp3|titles=dj lil tiger. impulse travels. 28 december 2015.]

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The close of 2015, a tumultuous year of spectacular highs and soul-crushing lows, wasn’t wonderful for me. My head has been a mess ever since I got back to New York in December, and the holidays didn’t help the way I hoped they would. Already in a down mood, the heartbreaking (but sadly unsurprising) lack of indictment of Tamir Rice’s murderer earlier in the day dampened my spirits even more. Prepping for the 2015 close-out show, remarkably enough our 200th episode, I felt broken. When I feel broken, music is my therapy, and I figured what better way to mend my broken spirit than with the music that has healed and inspired so much of me in the past: my beloved broken beat.

This one is definitely for my bruk heads, but it’s also for anyone out there who just likes to vibe on good music. The show features tunes from the brilliant minds of 4Hero, Neon Phusion, IG Culture / New Sector Movements, Bugz In The Attic, Vikter Duplaix, Masters at Work, Swell Session, Herbert, Bembe Segue, Moonstarr, Restless Soul, Recloose and more. It’s not 100% broken. There’s some other stuff in there, too. But broken is the theme.

It’s crazy to me that most of these songs are 10-15 years old.

Please keep in mind, this is not meant to be a “best of” or any kind of comprehensive representation of broken beat. It’s just me playing some songs I found on my hard drives that I really loved back in the day, and still love so much now.

I don’t even have most of my old broken favorites on mp3. I’m old. My bruk days were vinyl-based, but I wasn’t trying to lug a bunch of vinyl from Brooklyn all the way up to the Harlem at 3am on a Tuesday morning. I’ve paid enough of those dues a thousand times over, and I wasn’t up for it anyway. I feel no more pressure to be about that life. I got nothing to prove.

Not all the classics are here. And not all your favorite songs are here. And not all the great broken artists are represented. And that’s okay. Your playlist may vary. Here’s just a little something I put together because I was in a mood, and I needed something soothing for my soul to lift me back up. So relax, turn the volume up, and come dance with me and see what it’s like on the other side of the universe.

— dj lil tiger

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