Hello there,
Mathieu Schreyer here, how are ya?
Good good, thank you.
Hey, the amazing Francis Starlight of Francis and the Lights  is back with a gem of a song called ETC that is available as a free download via Soundcloud.
What a nice fella This francis is.
: )

Here’s hoping the new album is near. Stay classy LA.
 

Top 10 Reissues of 2012 from Mathieu Schreyer
1. Henri Guedon – “Cosmozouk Percussions” (Superfly Records)
2. Michael Chapman — “Rainmaker” (Light in the Attic)
3. Marvin Gaye — “Trouble Man, Expanded Edition” (Hip O Select)
4. Ohio Penitentiary 511 Ensemble — “Hard Luck Soul” (Jazzman Records)
5. Blo — “Step Three” (Hot Casa)
6. FJ McMahon — “Spirit of the Golden Juice” (Sacred Bones Records)
7. Myrian Makenwa — “La …

Top 10 Compilations of 2012 by Mathieu Schreyer
1. V/A — “Loving on the Flipside” (Now Again/Truth and Soul)
2. V/A — “Personal Space” (Numero)
3. Sofrito — “International Soundclash” (Strut Records)
4. V/A — “Jukebox Mambo” (Jazzman Records)
5. V/A — “The Music From The Balconies Nearby Was Overlaid By The Noise Of Sporadic Acts Of Violence” (Dirty)
6. Kiki Gyan — “24 Hours in a Disco” (Soundway Records)
7. …

FaltyDL is the moniker of Drew Lustman, a young electronic music producer based in New York. His music draws influence from house, garage, hip hop, broken beat and is always deep lush and soulful. Check out his latest remix for Alice Russell.
Last week, I had the great pleasure of airing a mix that Falty DL made exclusively for my show. He plays some of …

I am not a big indie rock fan in general but every now and then a band pops up that speaks directly to me — just to remind me about how meaningless genres and boxes are. Good music is good music, regardless of the form in which it is being delivered.
Here comes Balthazar a Belgium rock band who I became familiar with this summer …

From KCRW DJ Mathieu Schreyer:
When it was time to put my top 10 albums of the year together at the end of 2011, I of course ended up with 20 albums.  And Lucas Santtana’s “Sem Nosalgia” was one of them.
It was one of the rare times when I got a CD I truly love in the mail. It was sent to me by …

From KCRW DJ Mathieu Schreyer:
Last Friday, I had the honor to host Pat Thomas on my show as he came in for a quick chat and DJ mix. His book, “Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975” provides amazing insight in the effect of the Black Panther movement on music from the late ‘60s to the mid-70’s.
It took him five years to track …

From KCRW DJ Mathieu Schreyer:
I was running around a lot during the holidays and when I’m moving like that, it takes a bit more than usual to catch my attention, and that’s just what 17-year-old Archy Marshall, aka King Krule managed to do with his second EP, “The Noose of Jah City “. It’s out now on True Panther.
Formerly known as Zoo Kid (check …

Check out KCRW DJ Mathieu Schreyer’s list of the Top 10 Compilations of 2011. And find all of our DJs top 10 album lists here.
1) Darondo – Listen to My Song : the Music City Sessions – Beat Goes Public
Darondo “Get Up Off Your Butt” by FUNK★U
2) Keb Darge and Little Edith’s Legendary Wild Rockers – BBE Records
The Reekers …

Sepalcure is a project that combines the production talents of Travis Stewart aka Machinedrum and Praveen Sharma, both great producers in their own right.
Machinedrum has been on the scene since 2001 and has been consistently releasing records since then, as well as a handful of great remixes for the like of Jimmy Edgar, Foreign Begga, Scuba, Praveen and Benoit, Calva …. (check out his …