Greetings!

This episode originally aired 11-28-25 as a musical interlude for the week,

Yours truly and potential guests were on holiday. So, I compiled a little mix of live recorded music from Playground.

My band/project started in the late 1990s and put me and the group in the middle of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene at the turn of the millennium.

I unpublished this episode because it broke format (and felt somewhat self-indulgent). Due to popular demand though, I'm re-publishing it now for your continued Holiday listening pleasure. Thanks for the love.

This is a linear progression of musical snippets of live Playground recordings from 1998 to 2002. I used to post these mp3s for free on the PlaygroundMuzik dot com website and we sold CDs at our gigs. More about Playground to come but you can find Playground (and Man From Playground aka MFP LIVE) music here:

ThePlaygroundSound.com

“there is a way” / “burnin” (1998): Robin Livingston (keys), Ian Herman (drums), Sam Guillisano (bass), Neiel (vocals)

“creative expression” (1999): Robin Livingston, Ian Herman, Trevor Kinsel (upright bass), Swan (vox), Neil

“saint Zakir” (2001): Noah Waldman (drums), Robin, Jomial Allen-Jones (bass), Neiel (sampler)

“elements” (eve of 2002): JasWho? (beats), Noah (congas), Robin (keys, beats), Jomial, Neiel

“the burner” (2002): Jay (beats/keys), Robin, Jomial, Neiel (vox, samples)

Join the conversation at SanFran99.com IG: @Neiel7 (Neil Cavin)

Theme Music: "There Is A Way" by Playground (1998)

In this episode, Part 2 of a conversation with Jason Williams a.k.a. JasWho? Jay has been foundational on the music scene of the San Francisco Bay Area since the late 1990s. Whether performing as a multi-instrumentalist in Bay Area and International music groups, performing his legendary solo live House music sets, releasing original vinyl on the label Soulmine records that he co-founded with Eileen Kaur Alden, recording and producing artists for Temple Music Group, or producing countless artists at his Berkeley recording studio, WhoVille, Jay has lived and breathed music since long before he even arrived on the SF Scene, long ago. You can currently find him running things at Temple SF nightclub, where he's been a crucial part of operations since day one.

December 13, 2025

Here's JasWho's discogs:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/182036-Jaswho

The music in this episode is from his 2000 to 2003 compilations of Soulmine 12"s "Simply Raw House" Volumes 1 and 2. And also, "Colour Dreamz"

Also "Go" by Playground (2003) during the segment w/ C. Peck talking about sparking the embers for the Bay Area scene today.

Join the conversation at SanFran99.com IG: @Neiel7 (Neil Cavin)

Theme Music: "There Is A Way" by Playground (1998)

In this episode, Part 1 of a conversation with Jason Williams a.k.a. JasWho? Jay has been foundational on the music scene of the San Francisco Bay Area since the late 1990s. Whether performing as a multi-instrumentalist in Bay Area and International music groups, performing his legendary solo live House music sets, releasing original vinyl on the label Soulmine records that he co-founded with Eileen Kaur Alden, recording and producing artists for Temple Music Group, or producing countless artists at his Berkeley recording studio, WhoVille, Jay has lived and breathed music since long before he even arrived on the SF Scene, long ago. You can currently find him running things at Temple SF nightclub, where he's been a crucial part of operations since day one.

December 06, 2025

Here's JasWho's discogs:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/182036-Jaswho

The music in this episode is from his 2000 to 2003 compilations of Soulmine 12"s "Simply Raw House" Volumes 1 and 2. And also, "Colour Dreamz"

Also "Go" by Playground (2003) during the segment w/ C. Peck talking about sparking the embers for the Bay Area scene today.

Join the conversation at SanFran99.com IG: @Neiel7 (Neil Cavin)

Theme Music: "There Is A Way" by Playground (1998)