Episode Details

ASH & DASH - RIVA SESSIONS Live 2 Two - (Skender daBalkanimal & Mel Hammond) FULL MIX 58min ALL ORIGINAL SONGS BY SKENDER MAKOTA & MEL HAMMOND TRACKS & TIME STAMPS (songs start time is ending time of previous track, as they are seamlessly played in the set - if burning to CD or downloading, make sure no space in between the tracks is added): 01 - ASH & DASH - keep in mind - 00:00 02 - ASH & DASH - can u feel it like we do - 06:59 03 - ASH & DASH - insight inside - 15:41 04 - ASH & DASH - let me ring yo bell - 21:49 05 - ASH & DASH - baby don't trip - 29:15 06 -ASH & DASH - da SENSATION - 36:55 07 - ASH & DASH - live in da loop - 44:06 08 - ASH & DASH - Feelin' oh so - 48:11 From the dust laden warehouses of Chicago emerges “Ash & Dash”. The voluminous collaboration of Skender Makota and Mel Hammond. Well respected in their own right, individually these two madmen have done more than most duos can conceive. Skender Makota a.k.a. “The Balkanimal” has leant his talents to legends like Frankie Knuckles, Roy Davis Jr., Julius The Mad Thinker and The Monkeynuts Project. This Berklee School grad is the multi-instrumentalist of “Ash & Dash”. Delivering funky live and synth bass licks with heavy jazz filled keys atop signature drum programming from Hammond. Mel, the best kept Chicagoland secret, is known for his beat driven productions, which keep the dance floor moving, as well as deep spoken word vocals in all of the Ash & Dash productions, and other well known classics, such as “From Chicago to Paris”. The prose he provides is not only thought provoking but entertaining as well.