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08.12.10Dexter Wansel – You Can Be What You Wanna BeContinue Reading...
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11.23.09Skinnerbox : Jazz outfits, New Wave mouths and Disco bodies #MusicMondayThe duo of Olaf Hilgenfeld and Iftah Gabbai is definitely not your run-of-the-mill techno, disco or jazz. So then, color me intrigued by Skinnerbox & their unusual (and efficient marriage) of disparate styles, particularly when it matches so clearly with the musical calico I'm hearing out of European electronic music lately. There's a taste of Richie Hawtin meets Mark Farina meets 808 State in these songs. Do I have your attention? Under the surface, there are also tastes of Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones influence in this particular collection, dotted with edgy Grace Jones/Nina Hagen/Lene Lovich-esque ...
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11.17.09Gil Scott-Heron returns from the edge with a new album.The legendary Gil-Scott Heron, the black radical poet, musician, composer, author, purveyor of spoken word and singer (whom many refer to lovingly with titles like "the black Bob Dylan" and "the godfather of rap"), has been long presumed dead due to his conspicuous absence from music. Though kept alive through retrospectives and reverential referencing of him by those whom he influenced, Scott-Heron himself seemingly vanished 15 years ago after an experimental and efficacious music career which spanned four decades. Like several of his contemporaries, Scott-Heron accrued a tremendous following and much of his success during the 1970's and 1980's, ...
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07.21.08A Song To Start Your Day: I Am The Black Gold of the Sun remixed by 4HeroI just haven't been updating lately and I don't know why. I am listless and bored with everything (not to mention being deep in the struggle), I found myself sleeping less and writing more. Just not here. It's the mid-summer lull before the cool of autumn prevails. I'm an autumn baby, you see, so we suddenly bloom when the leaves are turning their cool oranges and muted browns and such. Anyways, in my sullied state, I've found myself returning over and over to this song all week. Inspired by a request from I'm Waking ...
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