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

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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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Introducing: Fatima

21/02/2010 by admin.

Frequent guest vocalist on some of the 2009 and 2008’s groundbreaking beat-based music Fatima is now ready to forefront a solo release via Iglo Records on the 23rd March.
In the space of two years, the London based Stockholm singer has showcased her eclectic range through her performances on well-recieved singles by Floating Points (Peroration Five), Sa-Ra’s Shafiq Husayn (’Lil’ Girl’) and Mr. Beatnick (’Green Is The Colour Of Hope’) and collaborated live with I.G, Floating Points’ Orchestral Ensemble and Slum Village.

Her debut four track EP release is named ‘Mindtravelin’ and it features productions from Stones Throw-signed and funkster aficionado Dam-Funk, plus VeeBeeO and Funkineven.

Regularly played on BBC 1Xtra’s Benji B show, Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide show and on Rinse via Alexander Nut. From Dubstep to Soul, Jazz to Orchestral, Fatima is set for great things.

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The xx / Fever Ray / Richie Hawtin presents PLASTIKMAN: added to BESTIVAL 2010

18/02/2010 by admin.

Before the addition of The xx, Fever Ray and Richie Hawtin, we were convinced that Rob da Bank’s Bestival MAY contain the best line up for any festival to be held in the UK this year. Now with the addition of these three deservedly acclaimed artists, it’s safe to to say that Bestival contains the best line for any festival to be held in the UK this year. Keep the 9th - 12th September 2010 free for this…

Taken from the Bestival website…

“Staying on course to deliver the closest thing to festival nirvana this side of rock ‘n’ roll heaven, Rob da Bank and the Bestival crew are just too excited to be able to hold in the latest mega-mungus line-up announcement for our seventh outing any longer. With the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Flaming Lips, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem and Gil Scott Heron already out of the besti-bag, we have got some absolute belters joining the bill for the first Robin Hill Country Park adventure of the teenies!

Rob da Bank says: ‘OK, check this out for a triple whammy - my joint favourite band of last year The xx playing what will be a very rare UK festival appearance on our very own Isle of Wight, the audio-visual phenomenon that is Fever Ray with her ONLY UK festival this year and to cap it all one of the most important electronic wizards about, Richie Hawtin bringing his Plastikman guise to the Big Top. Selfishly these are three of the most played artists round the da Banks’ at the moment and if you don’t already own all the music get it now and get ready for September!’
Winners of a truck load of coveted accolades, including The Guardian and Rough Trade Shops’ Album of the Year, for their sublime debut album The xx will be taking the ferry to the Isle of Wight to blow you away with one of only three UK festival appearances this year that will see them baring the spellbinding lyrical interplay and evocative riffs that have deservedly made the masses fall head over heels for them. Aside from blowing us all away in the Big Top on Friday the band will also be loading Saam Farahmand’s groundbreaking, super-future ‘xx: a Sculpture of the Album’; a 3D physical interpretation of their music, into their van. Utilising film, light and sound via three specially created audio-visual units this will play all weekend in Bestival’s very own permanent cinema onsite … and you won’t see it at any other UK festies!”

The festival is to be held at Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight.

Visit the Bestival website for more information.

Posted in Fantastic, Gil Scott Heron, Richie Hawtin, Weird, Wonderful, September, Isle of Wight, Fever Ray, The xx, peace, art, music, vibrations, 2010, Rob da Bank, Bestival, Uncategorized | No Comments »

These New Puritans: Polarizing, Doubling, Slashing.

09/02/2010 by admin.

It’s no secret that the Southend band These New Puritans led by the elusive Jack Barnett eschew from pigeonholing when it comes to presenting their overall sound. As heard from their debut album “Beat Pyramid“, their mission is to build their own inner world with regards to seemingly disparate influences, (from the prolific underground rap producer J Dilla. to the atmospheric layering of Steve Reich and sombreness of Robert Wyatt’s brass). Continuous progression seems natural and of reason to the quartet.



Their sophomore album ironically named “Hidden” stands as a testament to slashing their way through pre 21sth century habits of categorising music and sounds…literally. Consequently, it definitely makes sense to not listen to this album in relation to anyone as if they have any musical peers.



These New Puritans - “We Want War” - Directed by Daniel Askill





Extensive precise methods of foley recording along with the employment of producer and mixer (Graham Sutton and Dave Cooley, respectively), Japanese Taiko drums, plus a brass and woodwind section, a children’s choir, prepared piano - combined with TNPS’ beat and sampling sensibilities. ‘Hidden’ truly sounds like TNPS may well be the true heir to the Wu-Tang Clan and Benjamin Britten. Truly remarkable and challenging.

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