Here at ISM, we like to give coverage to artists we respect and admire. It’s been a while since we last had an interview up, so here is the next installment. I caught up via email with DJ and producer Reggie Dokes, owner of Psychostasia Recordings, to talk music, the “D”, and being in a…
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RIP Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes passed away on Sunday the 10th of August 2008 at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, aged 65. The man is a legend of soul and funk music. He started off as a session musician playing organ and keyboards in the Stax house band on Otis Redding cuts such as the Otis Blue album…
A Little More On “Action Without Thought”
Digging around for a Sun-Ra CD case last night (which I never fucking found!), I happened upon the book that got me thinking about the idea of zen and deejaying a few years back. Entitled “The Unfettered Mind, it was lent to me by my man Chris Schubert who is a big fan of the…
20 Years Later
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…
Interesting “Interview” with Theo Parrish
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,…
Meo & Daniele @ Les Cigales
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…
MythBusters: Mnml Ssgs Edition
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…
NIGERIA SPECIALS
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 guys,…
MP3 Blogs
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,…
Into the Mind of Nubian Mindz
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…