1. Plantlife - Lovetoy
2. Clifton Dyson - Playgirl (Disco Beard Edit)
3. MF Doom - All My Favorite Ladies (Tokimonsta Sultry Mix)
4. James Blake - Postpone
5. Ark - Old Chariot
6. Mount Kimbie - Serged (Falty DL Remix)
5. Burial - Unite
6. Saul Williams - Black Stacy
7. St Ettienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
8. Adriano Calento - Prisencolinensinainciusol
9. Wild Beasts - Hooting & Howling (Kwes. Rework)
10. Iz & Diz - Mouth (Brad Peep’s Remix For Friends)
11. Frank Chickens - Solid Line
12. Grum - Turn It Up
12. Toro y Moi - Causes Of This
13. Onra - Long Distance ft Oliver Daysoul
14. Biggie - Hipnotize Instrumental
15. Hey-o-Hansen - Fire Spirit
17. N/A - Studio One Woman
18. Tanya Stephens - Is A Pity
19. Horace Faith - Black Girls
20. Sly Johnson - Is It Because I’m Black

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/

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

‘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)

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

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

We’ve listened to this guy’s demos for a couple of years via the now-arguably ‘Ghost-town’ of MySpace and have always been into his work. Rarely within the realms of the phenomenon known as hip-hop in the UK do we find a lyricist who emits a sense of universal truth yet maintain musical accessibility. Justifiably, he has been compared to Mike Skinner.

From his smooth conversational rhythmic flow to his talented sparse melodic productions, Ghostpoet (born Obaro Ejimiwe) has caught the ears of London-based musicians and DJ’s including The Golden Silvers, Micachu, new soul singer Rox, enigmatic producer Kwes and the legendary Radio 1 Gilles Peterson to name a few. Ultimately, this has lead to collaborations between Ghost and the aformentioned. Ghostpoet has made appearances, live at The Golden Silvers clubnight and on Micachu & Kwes’ mixtape release.

Ghostpoet has kindly curated a mix for SomeThinkBlue which is available to download off his very own blogspot (click on the image below).

There’s no tracklisting but hey - that would be telling. The London-bred Coventry-based vocalist is expected to release his debut single on Gilles Peterson’s very label Brownswood (home to Jose James!) this Spring.

Ghostpoet’s MySpace

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.

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.

The title says it all, really.

Click here for the full outstanding lineup for this year’s festival

Rob Da Bank, BBC Radio 1’s purveyor and selector of strange and wonderful music has finalized and confirmed the line for this year’s Bestival, and by far the line-up is without doubt…strong - to say the least.

Taken from Bestival’s website…

“Always celebrated for its outlandish programming and open-minded ethos, 2010’s edition of the Bestival story is about to unfold before your very eyes. Following up last year’s sun-drenched intergalactic triumph will be no mean feat but once again Rob da Bank and the Bestival crew have pulled out all the stops to ensure that Robin Hill’s 88 acres of leafy beauty will be transformed into an unbelievably wondrous musical paradise for our seventh heavenly outing that is set to close the festival season from September 9th to 12th. After last year’s site move about we’ve listened to lots of feedback and have decided to give the main stage a new home, plus we have a few other tricks and treats up our sleeves… all of which will be revealed!”

Please visit Bestival for full ticket info and our terms and conditions.

We cannot recommend this festival enough.