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Unsplash On this last day of October we are a bit "lost in nostalgia" on our Smooth Sailing boat. Enjoy the trip! In 1974, Brazilian singer Ana Mazzotti recorded her album Ninguem Vai Me Segurar . Her husband Romido Santos produced and played drums, and the supporting cast was fleshed out by members of Azymuth. At the time, the band were in their infancy, but they would go on to build a discography that defined Brazil’s samba-tinted strain of jazz-funk. Though she was musically literate from an early age, Mazzotti is not credited with any instrumentation on the album. Instead, Azymuth’s keyboardist Jose Roberto Bertrami served as an instrumentalist, arranger, and co-writer on several tracks. Recorded in Estudio Haway around the same time Azymuth cut their self-titled debut album there, it’s natural to consider the two records as accompanying pieces. After nearly a dozen years confidently steering the S.S. Nostalgia, playing the beloved yacht rock hits of the 1970s and

Unsplash I hope you will enjoy these French funky chillout tracks! I got inspired after I had I heard Le Temps Est Bon from Isabelle Pierre in a French car commercial some time ago. French singer Véronique Sanson began her career in the 1970s and became well known in France soon. Her world turned upside down when she met Stephen Stills of Crosby Stills & Nash. One day, during a recording session in Paris, she left the studio pretending to go buy cigarettes, but never came back... She flew overnight to the USA, where she married Stephen Stills. In LA, she recorded new music with superstar composers such as Ray Parker JR and Harvey Mason, which resulted in her album Hollywood . Tracklist: Ntjam Rosie – L’Amour (2010) Nouvelle Vague – Say Hello Wave Goodbye (2009) Serge Gainsbourg – Couleur Café (1964) Cléa Vincent – Samba (2017) L'impératrice – Séquences [Voilaaa Remix] (2017) Hypnolove – La Piscine [Lewis OfMan Remix] (2016) Bleu Toucan – Le Vent Se Lève

Again I dug up a couple of grooves from the crates. The very obscure tracks by Grayson Street and Phoenix are from a brand new compilation, called Can You Feel It? Vol.2 Modern Soul, Disco & Boogie 1976-84 . Enjoy this fresh part of Grooves From The Crates ! George Benson’s Midnight Love Affair is from his classic album Give Me The Night , produced by Quincy "Q" Jones: "Q's regular team, including the prolific songwriter Rod Temperton and the brilliant engineer Bruce Swedien, is in control, and Benson's voice, caught beautifully in the rich, floating sound, had never before been put to such versatile use.” (Allmusic.com) Tracklist: Grayson Street ‎– Medicine Man (1971) Leon Ware – Words Of Love (1982) Carter And Chanel – Midnight Love Affair (1981) R. B. Hudmon ‎– This Could Be The Night (1981) Sandra Wright – Midnight Affair (1974) Phoenix – Lover’s Fantasy (1970s) Leroy Hutson – Nice And Easy (1982) Side Effect – Midnight Lover (1981)

Photo by frank mckenna on Unsplash Pop, soul and AOR, that’s the smooth sound of the classic FM airwaves. Have fun with this brand new episode of Mellow Mellow FM Radio ! When you hear Bobby Goldsboro sing the lyrics of his song Summer (The First Time) , it seems to be about a great sin that's going to happen ('the sun was a demon'). Millie Jackson's interpretion of the track is more about seducing than being seduced. She 's relaxed and in control ('you try not to stare'), while Bobby Goldsboro is shaking like a leaf when the 'first time' is about to begin. Although no one seemed to care at the time, nowadays the lyrics would be considered very inappropriate ('You were 31, I was 17'). Next up is a new part of Grooves From The Crates . Tracklist: John Valenti – Why Don’t We Fall In Love (1976) Walter Jackson – It's Cool (1982) Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers – Just The Two Of Us (1980) Ambrosia – How Much I Feel

Welcome to a new series: songs in soft focus ! The band Lounge FM described their music as “Friday night bath music” and I decided to make their description one of the themes of this cloudcast. The other inspiration source of this first songs in soft focus part is Petite Meller’s 3 years old Milk Bath . The French-Israeli singer defines her music as “nouveau jazzy pop”, which is in her vision a combination of jazz, French chansons and disco (“euro trash”). I selected tracks that sound like “nouveau jazzy pop” and one from a man that inspired her, namely Serge Gainsbourg. Petite Meller recently released a new single, called Aeroplane . Enjoy the first part of this new series! Next up is a fresh episode of Mellow Mellow FM Radio . Tracklist: Googie & Tom Coppola – Broken Wings (1980) Durand Jones & The Indications – Cruisin’ To The Park (2019) The Sha La Das – Open My Eyes (2018) Lounge FM – New Phone Who Dis (2019) Club Des Belugas – Strange Things Beyond The S