A mix by Joseph Sannicandro (@thenewobjective) that will be played at Cinema Politica (www.cinemapolitica.org) screenings as people gather for the projection.
Below is the track listing:
Soundtrack Politica mix by @thenewobjective
Accompanying image from the documentary: Whose Streets?
https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/whose-streets
Two things I love: hip hop and soundtrack music. More specifically, New York hip hop and Italian soundtrack music, which form the basis of most of this mix (with a few west coast tracks thrown in for good measure). In recent years there’s been a newfound appreciation for soundtracks and library music, but hip hop producers have been digging those gems for decades. MCs are amongst the best contemporary storytellers, though they don’t often get enough recognition in that respect. And in my opinion, we have been witnessing a new golden age in New York hip hop, so I’ve mostly selected songs released in the last few years to highlight the excellent work being done today. There are a good number of instrumental cuts here, but where there are rhymes they often have political and spiritual significance that might resonate with the films screened at Cinema Politica. I also aimed for close to gender balance on the voices heard on this mix. I gravitated towards tracks that tell a story and tracks that sample soundtracks, and tie it all together with a few choice cuts from soundtracks themselves.
TRACKLIST
Goblin - “Mad Puppet's Laugh (Opening intro)” (Profondo Rosso, 1975)
Madlib - “Breaks Of Mediate Pt. 1” (Beat Konducta Vol. 0: Earth Sounds, 2001)
Nappy Nina - “Lugie” (Mourning Due, 2023)
Navy Blue - “1491” (Song of Sage: Post-Panic!, 2020)
AKAI SOLO - “Marine Snow” (Body Feeling, 2022)
AMANI + King Vision Ultra - “Water (feat. maasai)” (AN UNKNOWN INFINITE, 2020)
Quelle Chris + Chris Keys - “Sacred Safe (feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier, & Homeboy Sandman)” (Innocent Country 2, 2020)
Flying Lotus - “R2 Where Are You?” (Star Wars Headspace, 2016)
Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - “Waiting For The Moon (feat. Mosel & Anna Wise)” (Everything’s Fine, 2018)
billy woods & Kenny Segal - “Houthi” (Hiding Places, 2019)
E L U C I D - “impasse” (I Told Bessie, 2022)
AKAI SOLO & NAVY BLUE - “OCEAN HUE HOURS” (TRUE SKY, 2020)
Madlib - “Chops & Thangs” (Beat Konducta Vol. 0: Earth Sounds, 2001)
Moor Mother - “Made A Circle (feat. Nappy Nina, maassai, Antonia Gabriela & Orion Sun)” (Black Encyclopedia of the Air, 2021)
Gang Starr feat. MOP - “1/2 & 1/2 (Instrumental)” (Blade Soundtrack, 1998)
Goblin - “Suspiria (Celesta And Bells)” (Suspiria, 1977)
Piero Umiliani - “To Seek” (La Morte Bussa Due Volte, 1969)
Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - “Gold Purple Orange” (Everything’s Fine, 2018)
Navy Blue - “Aunt Gerry’s Fried Chicken” (Song of Sage: Post-Panic!, 2020)
KING VISION ULTRA (feat. Lord Kayso) - “Media Training” (SHOOK WORLD, 2023)
Egisto Macchi - “Jungla I” (Africa Minima, 1972)
Raekwon - “Casablanca” (instrumental loop edit) (Immobilarity, 1999)
Piero Umiliani - “Lavoro Nero” (Atmospheres, 1979)
Madlib - “Two Timer (The Pimp)” (Beat Konducta Vol 1-2: Movie Scenes, 2006)
Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams - “I’m Buggin”
Egisto Macchi - “Regno di Dio” (Risonanze / 3 - Evocazioni Musicali Di Temi Biblici, 1979)
