Perhaps the thing to admire most about FaltyDL’s music is the sense of surprise that accompanies each release. Despite his finely crafted signature style, you can never be quite sure what you’re gonna get with a Falty production. This is partly due to the use of a wide range of samples – listen carefully and [...]
Those that know me well know that I’m rooting for the geopolitical underdogs to win the FIFA World Cup (I can’t shed politics, yo! And how thrilling would it be to see a European nation get their asses whooped by a country from the Global South?). So what does soccer have to do with music? [...]
I like this marriage of polyrhythms and tech-house… a blend of some of my favourite types of sounds! Stay tuned for a possible Nicolas Jaar interview sometime in the near future, thanks to MUTEK.
I was in Cuba very recently where I randomly (and happily!) stumbled across dusty old records displayed in a store window on Calle Neptuno in Centro Habana one day. At the back of the store was a record stall filled with vinyl, the grooves etching out old but not forgotten songs by Cuban musicians. I asked [...]
Gimme A Night Mix by MissRuckus Recorded: October 3, 2005 1. Quantic – Sound of Everything (feat. Alice Russell) 2. Los Hermanos Latinos – Puerto Rico remix 3. The Daktaris – Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti 4. Orlando Julius & The Afro Sounders – Alo Mi Alo (Parts 1 & 2) 5. Nico Gomez & His Afro [...]
How have 10 years gone by so fast? Wasn’t it just last week that we were stashing away emergency rations in our basements, getting all ready for the apocalypse (aka Y2K)? This past decade was an interesting one for me because 2000 marked the actual year that I really began my increasing transition from guitars [...]
urbansteve here, hoping you’re not all “listed out” from other blogs and sites. 2009 treated us with loads of amazing tracks, remixes, full-length albums, compilations, re-issues and Dj mixes. This is my attempt to sort through some of my favourite gems of 2009. Favourite tech/dubstep tracks (title-artist-label): History of the Sun (Agnes remix) – Dana Ruh [Perspectiv] listen [...]
“Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached a [...]
I like my music obsessed friends. I love sharing new tracks, artists and musical styles with others because I always learn something new. When I met MissRuckus in late 2007, I was just skimming the surface of afrobeat, high life and other forms of African music- mostly Ghanian and Nigerian. After talking with her and exchanging music [...]
The first time I ever heard this track, I was completely and utterly floored. A seriously killer Ghanaian highlife track, it was apparently a big hit in Ghana back when it was first released: Kyen Kyen Bi Adi Mawu – Alhaji K. Frimpong You can nab a $200 original vinyl copy on Ebay. Yeah, I [...]
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