Choose Your Own Adventure is the name of the album just released this past June on the Do Right! Music imprint by quirky Toronto artist, Maylee Todd. Stream the songs and pick up the album via her website, or check her out live (and free!) in Toronto on August 21st at Harbourfront or September 29th [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Upon visiting the Soundway Records website in order to grab the link for my previous entry, I stumbled across this mix by Miles Cleret (he runs Soundway). Check out the selections.. those first 3 tracks are gold! ..And much more goodness within… For those of you in Toronto who like your funk on the tropical [...]
One of my favourite artists of all time is the godfather of Ethiopian jazz, Mulatu Astatke, and this 10″ Soundway record of a few old re-releases of the funkier side of his music is one of my favourite records of all time (i.e. I will probably get buried with this record!): This 1998 album of [...]
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