A little tribute to Dilla coming from ill beat maker Cold Legistics. Soul beats for a SOUL BROTHER. TURN IT UP!Cold Legistics - Peace
A little tribute to Dilla coming from ill beat maker Cold Legistics. Soul beats for a SOUL BROTHER. TURN IT UP!
Eddie Gale - Black Rhythm Happening
Got put onto Eddie Gale a couple weeks ago by Mr Dangerspiel (shot cuzzy), so have had this album "Black Rhythm Happening" as well as the extraordinairy "Ghetto Music" on frequent rotation. I vaguely remembered Gales name through his recordings with Sun Ra & his Arkestra, but he has also contributed to other seminal releases such as Cecil Taylors "Unit Structures" and Larry Young's "Of Love And Piece". Gales playing is a good example of taking the "older" jazz styles and combining with the "newer/freer/spiritual" as well as other "non-jazz" influences. Regardless of all the different influences that can be heard, this is straight up SOUL music.
(thought I'd include the "Ghetto Music" cover as well, which is Gales wacky parody of the KKK)
Eddie Gale - Black Rhythm Happening
Moved in for three days, couldn't hack it.
"We were having one of those bad runs, where you seem to interview about thirty people every day and they are all zipper heads. We really took this guy in desperation. He wasn't A-list, didn't have a microwave or anything like that, and now both he and the felafel roll were cold" John Birmingham.
I was given a book by a guy named Olli who recently moved into the empty room in our flat, Over a cup of tea and a cigarette on the front porch he told many story's about delusional flatmates and crawling in and out of flats around Auckland. He Died with a Felafel in His Hand is a novel by John Birmingham, first published in 1994, This comic edition consists of a collection of storys about living in share houses in Brisbane and other cities in Australia with variously dubious housemates. The title refers to a deceased heroin addict found in one such house. "Here is the full horror and madness of shared housing, as experienced by millions of young Australians, in hilarious and graphic detail".
If you think you got it bad this is a must read.
Bit of A Stones Throw Round Up
So its Dilla's birthday this Sunday and as you may or may not know he died three days after his his 32nd birthday so its quite fitting that Stonesthrow have made available the 2003 Jaylib Vs J-Rocc mixtape. It's a "mixtape of Dilla, Madlib & Jaylib songs as well as some of the sources, essentially telling the story of this group".
Also to coincide with the Stonesthrow 2010 Hoodies & Sweatshirt releases is this ST X Stussy Dilla Tee.
Also here's more free tunage from the forthcoming reissue album by the Equatics. And lastly keep ya eyes peeled for the Guilty Simpson x Oh No remix joints which will be dropping on the Stones Throw facebook/twitter as well as Mayer Hawthornes "A Strange Arrangement" instrumental LP. For more info on all this dope shit go to the Stonesthrow website. Holla
Pinch feat. Yolanda (Guido Mix) - Get Up
Picked up this 12 a few days ago which I've been diggin for some time now.
People - Ceremoney: Buddah Meet Rock
So I managed to score a free ticket to AC/DC (thanks Amber!). Never thought I'd have the devil horns in the air willin' out to Angus Young, but yeah fuckin great.Anyways, heres some classic rock shit (not in the typical sense obviously) from Japanese hard/psych rockers "People". 13 minutes of slow chugging/chanting/psy goodness
Shomyo Part.1
Yayoi Kusama
While we're on the Japanese tip, I finally made it to see the Yayoi Kusama exhibition which is pretty amazing (to put it mildly). A very colourful and interesting character, I definately recommend checking it out. If you want to make the most of its probably best to go earlier in the morning when its not so crowded and you can check the mirror/light room exhibits for longer as opposed to 45 seconds. This week is the last week of the exhibition so get in while you still can (they are open later than usual). Been thinking I should send Kusama a bag of marbles and the people album as a thank you for the head trip.
Jay - Z and the Masonic Order?
Jay-Z’s latest video called “Run This Town” (featuring Rihanna and Kanye West) contains occult symbolism relating to secret societies. It has been long rumored that Jay-Z is part of some sort of occult order (probably Freemasonry) due to the hints slipped in his songs and his imagery.
This extract is taken from vigalintcitizen.com and supports the argument that prolific rapper Jay Z is down with Freemasonry. It's not the first time we have heard references in songs to secret societies. Check this photo of the man wearing a sweater with the saying "Do what Thou Wilt" Although this saying was interpreted in different ways, most agree that it refers to the dismissal of conventional moral and ethical rules in order to find one’s “True Will”. In other words, the usual guidelines by which good and evil are determined have to be blurred and forgotten to obtain the true path to illumination.There's lots of press around the video and Frankly I'm not sure what to make of it?
Watch the video :
What do you think?
Freshies!
Been a minute since any footwear managed to make it onto the drop. Been on my feet a fair bit lately so I cop'd a pair of these and they are mighty comfy indeed. Prop's to the Loaded Welly crew for holding down.
Larry Gus
An adorable Greek man named Larry Gus informed us about recently being named "vice greece's album of the month" so we checked him and he's great!
www.myspace.com/larrygus
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Dimlite
Dimlite also known as Misel Quitno.
The EP is called Prismic Tops, it will be coming out on Now Again Records (Stones Throw) soon. He is also working on a full length album called tangerine cheese cake.
Food spot: number 1
Been getting sweet feeds from Ram's on upper Cuba for a minute now. Drop in for a bite sometime open late most nights.
Chilli oil dumplings all day!
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