Some Think Blue Presents…Radio Egal

29/04/2010 by admin.

Brought to you by Kazim Kazim Kazim and dsb Radio - live from Berlin, Germany every week.

Expect to hear forward thinking body moving sounds every week from our radio show. It’s the first of many more to come,

Radio Egal 28.04.10 by Radio Egal

Four Tet - Sing
Erykah Badu - Fall in Love
Shara Nelson - Aiming at Your Heart
Micky Murka - Ride the Rhythm
Quasimoto - Low Class Conspiracy
Cobblestone Jazz - Fiesta
Joy - I Need Your Love pt 2
Christy Essien Iybokwe - You Cant Change a Man
Caribou - Odesse
Doctor Rocket - High Speed Rocket
Parallel Dance Ensembe - Weight Watchers
Popular Peoples Front - Church Love
Sharon Jones and The Dapkings - I Learned The Hard Way
Niagara - City Walk
Deep Purple - Chasing Shadows
Caribou - Sun
Tobacco ft Beck - Grape Aerosmith
Eto - Are We Dead
Jeanette - Por Que Te Vas

http://http://radio-egal.blogspot.com/

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Liquid Swords: The Second Edition in Autumn?

29/04/2010 by admin.

Wu-Tang veteran and teacher GZA in accordance to wuforever.com is release a sequel to his groundbreaking classic album this Autumn. More substantial details are yet to be posted, but the brief post mentions that the leader/abbott of the Wu - RZA is to produce the sequel.

Of recent times, GZA has gained notoriety for his collaboration with artists outside the realms of what many generally call hip-hop. Effortlessly, and funnily enough, he has received positive feedback for his work with guitar lo-fi bands and artists such as the notorious Black Lips, the otherworldy King Khan, and Santana’s son Salvador, compared to his latest release in 2008 ‘Pro Tools’.

If this album sequel will occur, it will be impossible for Wu fans to ignore and not compare it to a not so dissimilar sequel concept by Wu Gambino - Raekwon, who released the critically acclaimed ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II’ a decade-plus album’s worth of work.

Recently, an apparent  and more consistent resurgence in the Wu is happening since the tragic death of ODB in 2004, noticeably their sound has grown but there’s a maintenance of that Wu-Tang hard-edged sound.

In retrospect, maybe we should have seen GZA’s sequel coming.

Sources

http://wuforever.com

http://twitter.com/wuforever/status/12957842755

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Steve Reid - Musical Orator and Drummer. R.I.P

15/04/2010 by admin.

‘Music to me is not just frequencies, and sound. It goes beyond the physical realm. It’s like talking in tongues.’ - Steve Reid (with Four Tet)

It was Reid’s belief in the spiritual power of music, and through his undying love for rhythms, improvisation and beats which led to a three year long journey around the continent of Africa in the 1960s, and to invent a genre of music which reflected his passion known as Kozmigroov. Only Reid can state such adventurous journeys.

Only a handful of musicians can safely state that their musical contributions attributed to building the influential sounds of Motown music, and to idiosyncratic artists such as Miles Davis, Sun Ra, James Brown, Fela Kuti and of course Four Tet (Kieran Hebden), who has considered himself as Reid’s musical soul-mate.

It’s with great surprise and sadness to find out through Gilles Peterson and The BPM that the restless Reid died after a prolonged battle against throat cancer.

Check the ‘Spirit Walk’ LP by ‘Steve Reid Ensemble - one of Reid’s more recent work in which includes the electronic contribution of the aformentioned Four Tet. (Released on Soul Jazz Records, 2005) The album works ultimately as a welcoming record, encompassing Steve’s musical vision from the past to the present. It’s free-flowing music, which recalls the orchestraic andorganic sensibilites of what people today call ‘Jazz’, and draws out youthful and synthesized sounds that resonate today’s constant sonic progression within music. The two sounds collide and melt into each other coherently.

Rest in peace, Steve Reid.

January 29, 1944 – April 13, 2010

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Sun Ra Arkestra - in London, UK. Got your tickets?

08/04/2010 by admin.

Under the direction of hard working alto-saxophonist Marshall Allen, the forever boundary pushing big band The Sun Ra Arkestra return to the UK for a three-day sold-out residency at Cafe OTO, in London from the 12th of April.

For those that don’t know, search for Sun Ra (May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), a remarkable prolific composer and pioneer of music (and noise), who is often mistakenly regarded as ‘avant-garde’ free jazz. His Arkestra’s large diverse and never-ending category demonstrates that there’s something for everyone to pick from.

It’s a cop out to say this, but true nonetheless. Having musicians such as Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Thelonious Monk, Coltrane, Mulatu, Madlib, Lightning Bolt and Kode9 mention the space-age composer in reverence stands for something.

Sun Ra placed discipline and precision within the centre of his work and his life. His compositions entertwined with cosmic philosophy (or equations), Egyptology and messages that transcend ‘his’-story and knowledge. Sun Ra Arkestra’s pioneering acceptance of the unknown, along with combination of acoustic and electronic experimentation, both on record and through live shows continues to this day through the Arkestra.

Tickets have sold out according to Cafe OTO, but extra tickets are to be made available on the door for each day.

http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/programme.shtm

http://elrarecords.com

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