MOOVMNT “Glimmering Fractions : Mix 04 Diamond”
via the homies at Moovmnt.com: “Eventhough it’s a national holiday over here, we’re still keeping up our end of the bargain. Already the 4th installment of our monthly “Glimmering Fractions” mix series. This time the focuss is more on recent music, but I’m sure you guys are going to like …
Chris Dave (Drums) x Fela Kuti
“Chris Dave is probably the most dangerous drummer alive. He is totally reinventing just what you can do with drums.” – ?uestlove And in case you haven’t seen some of his other videos, here are absolutely mind blowing covers of tracks from Portishead, Bob James, Kanye, ATCQ, … Chris Dave …
Forgotten Treasure: WAR “Flying Machine” (1973)
This is one of the ultimate forgotten jams from California’s premier funk/jazz/latin fusion band WAR; one of the biggest selling groups of the 70’s. 50 million records son! The track is from a 70’s Blaxsploitation era movie soundtrack called “Youngblood”. In all honesty, I’ve never seen it but if it’s …
Bobby Womack – The Making of “The Bravest Man In The Universe”
I’m a huge fan of music documentaries, no matter who the artist of group it’s focused on. I can watch countless hours of documentaries, even bands I don’t event like… There’s just something about sitting in on the creation of a record that’s really fascinating. “With co-production from Damon Albarn …
Forgotten Treasure: Max Berlin “Elle et moi” (1987)
This is some serious sleazy disco action right here, straight out of Belgium from the gloriously cheesy 80’s. I discovered this record not that long ago and after about 5 seconds I was in love with it. Really simple, minimal disco à la Giorgio Moroder or Cerrone, actually Max Berlin …
Future Classic: Thundercat “Walkin” (Video)
Ha! What a great way to start the day. A brand new video from Thundercat‘s “Walkin” one of the standout tracks from his 2011 record called The Golden Age of Apocalypse on Brainfeeder. The video, directed by Holly & Kelly Port, is really on that LA vibe and has cameos …
Gilles Peterson – The Last BBC Radio 1 “Worldwide Show”
Don’t mean to sound overly dramatic one this one but this is definitely the end of an era: for the last 14 years Gilles Peterson has been a source of inspiration with his weekly “Worldwide” show on BBC Radio1. I discovered Gilles through a CD I bought in the late …
Future Classic: Evy Jane “Sayso”
Vancouver-based duo Evy Jane has revitalized my beat-starved soul with a single from their self-titled debut EP, “Sayso.” Vocalist Evelyn Mason and producer Jeremiah Klein have created a sound that is truly riveting, falling somewhere between the ethereality of Esthero and the edgy eclecticism of Flying Lotus. Their music would …
Future Classic: LV & Zaki Ibrahim “Explode”
Yes, this came out a year ago but if you know a little bit about us then you know it doesn’t disqualify it as being a “future classic” pick. If you didn’t hear it a year ago, then it’s new to you isn’t it!? For some reason it passed us …
Forgotten Treasure: Everything But The Girl “Hatfield 1980”
I’ve always had a soft spot for Everything But The Girl, the great duo from the UK who were quite big in the 90’s. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt definitely have their place amongst the best in the trip-hop / Brit pop era. “Hatfield 1980” is from their last album …
Modeselektor “Berlin” (Video)
One of our top tracks of 2011 (although it came out late in the year) finally gets a video treatment. Albeit, not the greatest video in history but still kinda cool. But mostly, if somehow, this track slipped past you, check it out!
Forgotten Treasure: Dorothy Ashby “Come Live With Me” (1968)
Sample digging is a science into itself, something that other websites like The Breaks and Who Sampled, so we try to not do too many sample oriented posts. But still, when you’re just listening to music while cleaning the house on a sunday afternoon and a 3 second melody strikes …