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• Culture, Music

  20 Years Later

  07.16.08 | Permalink | 19 Comments

  In an interesting parallel to Theo’s comments, my wife sent me this link just now. I for one cannot believe it has been 20 years. The really depressing part is to think of how far black musical artists came in the 20 years preceding that album which surely has to be a pinnacle of political […]

• Culture, Music

  Interesting “Interview” with Theo Parrish

  07.14.08 | Permalink | 42 Comments

  Moodmat dropped what they are calling a “one question interview” with Theo Parrish, and of course he has some interesting things to say about the question of race and gender in dance music. It annoys me to no end that they are not allowing comments on such a piece of writing As per Theo’s request, […]

• Culture, Mixes, Music

  Meo & Daniele @ Les Cigales

  06.25.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  A lot is talked about certain Italian discos during the late 70s and early 80s, Cosmic (with DJs Daniele Baldelli and TBC) and Typhoon (with DJ Beppe Loda) being the most well known. They were well known for playing a style called Afro, which starts at New York Disco as a reference point but diversifies […]

• Culture, Nonsense

  MythBusters: Mnml Ssgs Edition

  06.23.08 | Permalink | 12 Comments

  You too can join in the fun of tearing down the only true myth present in any of the posts: the idea that Detroit is not the birthplace of techno. Read the mnml ssgs guys’ posts here and here, and then my part here. This is exactly the kind of weird revisionism that is perpetrated […]

• Culture, Music, Records

  NIGERIA SPECIALS

  05.11.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  I’ve really been digging the Soundway label from Brighton, England, ever since I picked up the amazing Ghana Soundz compilation back in 2002. Since then they’ve been consistently unearthing and compiling obscure gems from West Africa and beyond, always with a strong emphasis on the funk. Rare doesn’t always mean good, but with these […]

• Culture, Music

  MP3 Blogs

  03.11.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Our homie Steve over at Little White Earbuds dropped a nice story on RA about the effect of MP3 blogs. As you can see from our links section, we link to quite a few MP3 blogs. The main difference in what I look for in an MP3 blog is that they are putting up old, […]

• Culture, General, Interviews, Music

  Into the Mind of Nubian Mindz

  01.22.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Colin Lindo, aka Alpha Omega and Nubian Mindz, is an electronic music veteran who can turn his hand to many genres and makes music that didn’t easily fit into specific genre definitions (we like that here). He has recorded for legendary jungle label Reinforced and his New World Chaos album on Archive is an underrated […]

• Culture, Records

  Ron Murphy (NSC) R.I.P.

  01.13.08 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Ron Murphy, the mastering engineer at NSC and a true legend in Detroit techno and house passed away today. A message posted by Mike Grant to the 313@hyperreal.org e-mail list this evening said this:
  It is with a heavy heart and great regret that I announce the passing of Ron Murphy.
  I was called with the news […]

• Culture, General, Music, Nonsense, Records

  2007 Year In Review

  12.31.07 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  For me, 2007 ends about three blocks from where it began. Fortunately, those three blocks were the three blocks to the ocean. Looking out of your bedroom window and seeing the ocean right fucking there is what’s up. Big ups to the Baltimore crew for the hookup, it’s always a good time chilling with those […]

• Culture, Nonsense

  We Are (A Blog) Family

  12.14.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  The links sections here at ISM is meant to act as a dependable place to find MP3s, interviews, blog posts, and basically any good resource for music and record related sites. Every blog that is on there is in my personal reader, so that is the highest reccomendation I can give (and let me just […]

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