Σάββατο 29 Μαΐου 2010
Παρασκευή 28 Μαΐου 2010
Τετάρτη 26 Μαΐου 2010
Τρίτη 25 Μαΐου 2010
Δευτέρα 24 Μαΐου 2010
Σάββατο 22 Μαΐου 2010
Παρασκευή 21 Μαΐου 2010
Πέμπτη 20 Μαΐου 2010
Δευτέρα 17 Μαΐου 2010
Τρίτη 11 Μαΐου 2010
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate - Ali & Toumani
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Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate - Ali & Toumani
Two of Afrtica's most distinguished musicians reunited to record a follow-up album to their lauded 2005 collaboration, In The Heart Of The Moon; sadly, it was a session that was to prove a final one for the great Ali Farka Touré (who passed in 2006) but the standard of musicianship on show gives no suggestion of the legendary guitarist's declining health. For these compositions the old master is joined by Malian kora virtuoso Toumani Diabaté, a musician as famed for his collaborations with Bjork as for his own fleet-fingered recordings. The performances are, as you'd hope, spectacularly good. Touré's playing reveals phantom connections to the blues on pieces such as 'Samba Geladio' and opener 'Ruby', during which he takes on a delicate, melancholy style that serves as a rhythmic foundation while Diabaté's resounding, harp-like figures flounce artfully across the piece. The recording style is suitably up-close and unflinching, giving the listener an incredible vantage point to these two master-musicians in action, and at every turn Ali & Toumani feels like a very special album. Significantly, this is music that will appeal far and beyond the imagery thrown up by outmoded conceptions of so-called 'world music'; anyone who's previously been enraptured by the instrumental aplomb of guitar giants from John Fahey and Robbie Basho to Bert Jansch and Davy Graham will surely hear the same streak of inspired musicianship running through these passages. Without doubt this is a momentous mid-career entry for Diabaté and a wonderful curtain call for the late, great Touré.
Δευτέρα 10 Μαΐου 2010
The Lloyd Miller Trio
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Blundetto Voices feat. Hindi Zahra, Budos Band
This is some real summatime shit. Frenchman Blundetto enlists Moroccan soulstress Hindi Zahra (signed to Blue Note) on "Voices" to get down over some reggae beats. So righteous, Tkat probably loves this. The smoked out instrumental is excellent as well. On the b-side, Blundetto enlists the Budos Band horn section for some hard afro-reggae on "Mustang." Recommended
Quantic / Tell It Like You Mean It / Giraffe Walk Digi-12 (Tru Thoughts)
Two Lab favorites get together on Tru Thoughts, and the result is quite awesome. Quantic & Mr. Scruff's "Giraffe Walk" is a 7 minute plus, drippy funk opus. It's not quite what I expected for a 12" collaboration. The duo put extra effort into the track with live instrumentation (live flute play and latin drumming!) and loads of production finesse. Fans of the breakbeat sounds of both of these producers will not be disappointed with this multi-movement piece. The flip features a solo Quantic track "Tell It Like You Mean It," a summery, jazzy broken beat number. Hot single.
Κυριακή 9 Μαΐου 2010
Τετάρτη 5 Μαΐου 2010
Kevin Yost - Fundamentals (Best of the Early Years)
Kevin Yost - Fundamentals (Best of the Early Years): "
I Records is proud to present an album of 12 select tracks highlighting some of Kevin Yost's early ground breaking releases.
Hailed as the master of the jazz-house fusion, he changed the face of electronic music as we know it today. His eclectic mixture of classic jazz and syncopated rhythms have resonanted around the world and transformed a smalltown farm boy into a worldclass DJ/producer. (This Traxsource album version features unmixed DJ ready tracks).
Written, porduced and arranged by Kevin Yost. Published by Cal Vent Music. c&p 1995-2010 i! Records /i Recordings. Web.www.irecordings.com
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I Records is proud to present an album of 12 select tracks highlighting some of Kevin Yost's early ground breaking releases.Hailed as the master of the jazz-house fusion, he changed the face of electronic music as we know it today. His eclectic mixture of classic jazz and syncopated rhythms have resonanted around the world and transformed a smalltown farm boy into a worldclass DJ/producer. (This Traxsource album version features unmixed DJ ready tracks).
Written, porduced and arranged by Kevin Yost. Published by Cal Vent Music. c&p 1995-2010 i! Records /i Recordings. Web.www.irecordings.com
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ANDREYA TRIANA / FLYING LOTUS - Lost Where I Belong
ANDREYA TRIANA / FLYING LOTUS - Lost Where I Belong: "
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ANDREYA TRIANA / FLYING LOTUS
Lost Where I Belong
Ninja Tune
BEATS / DOWNTEMPO / WONKY
12'
Fresh from an appearance on their brilliant 'Eyesdown', Andreya Triana hooks up with Bonobo again for 'Lost Where I Belong' this time omitting the original and jumping straight to the killer Flying Lotus remixes. Andreya's vocals are always best suited to tracks with an Afro-Latin leaning, previously gracing well loved music from Theo Parrish, Mr Scruff and Flying Lotus - most notably on Flylo's career defining 'Tea Leaf Dancers' . With 'Lost Where I Belong' she's in her element circulating honeyed tones over Flying Lotus' bed of angelic harps and vintage strings to somewhere truly magical. Lovely yah.
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Τρίτη 4 Μαΐου 2010
Δευτέρα 3 Μαΐου 2010
Κυριακή 2 Μαΐου 2010
THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA / VARIOUS - LateNightTales
THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA / VARIOUS
LateNightTales
Azuli
JAZZ / RELATED
CD
After discs from Arctic Monkeys and Snow Patrol, this strong Late Night Tales selection from The Cinematic Orchestra marks 'a return to a more typical Late Night compiler', as the label themselves would have it. Sure enough this is a deftly curated sequence featuring classics both old and new from the likes of Nick Drake, Steve Reich, Burt Bacharach, Shuggie Otis, Sebastien Tellier, Burial, Thom Yorke and Bjork (whose still-amazing 'Joga' serves as a reminder of just how incredible she is at the top of her game), to name but a few. The Cinematic Orchestra themselves make an assured contribution with their 'Talking About Freedom' - an exclusive cover of the Fontella Bass classic - and as is traditional the album closes with a reading: this time it's the third part of 'The Happy Detective', both written and read by Will Self.
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Σάββατο 1 Μαΐου 2010
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