More so than ever this year seems to be rife with end of year lists. Most decent things have gotten a nod off someone at this stage so maybe this is redundant. Oh well. This is not a definitive list of 2012’s top music (even for me). I bought less music this year than any…
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2 hour mix 4 the ravers
Quick and dirty mix I did the other night, an hour of melodic techno followed by an hour of deep house. Download here. For the ravers. 01. Pittsburgh Track Authority – Strenf – unreleased 02. Amir Alexander – The Black Rain – Argot 03. Tony Ollivierra – Stiletto – Northside District 04. Echo 106 –…
Emeralds – Just To Feel Anything
When I first saw Emeralds play live at Unsound back in 2010 my friends and I couldn’t help but notice their performance dynamics. On the right you had the stoic keyboardist, in the middle the pretty boy guitarist with his expressive licks and hair flicking and, most amusingly, on the left, with his back turned…
Gmos25 – Syliphone Mix – Music From Guinea
Editions Syliphone Conakry was the most famous of a number of state-funded labels set up in Guinea post-independence under the cultural policy known as Authenticité, the purpose of which was to revive and modernise the arts, especially music, while still remaining faithful to traditional roots. Regional orchestras were established throughout the country, including Bembeya Jazz…
Louis Haiman, The Trash Company, Tim Maia
Been a while since I’ve posted about records I’ve been buying, and aside from Kenny’s efforts we’ve certainly become pretty slack in that department recently, I blame pipecock for dedicating more time to making music than just talking about it! Anyway, there’s been a few new releases and new reissues that have really impressed me…
Juju & Jordash: Techno Primitivism
A friend of mine is of the opinion that an album doesn’t really need to exceed about 45 minutes or so in length. I’m inclined to think 60 as a better marker. Gal Aner and Jordan Czamanski would argue against either going on the latest expansive addition to their catalogue. With Techno Primitivism they have…
Records: Mary Boyoi, Cut Hands, Frak, Workshop
Ok, so I here I go starting in earnest again with some regular reviewing. Mary Boyoi: Zooz Unlike our man Gmos, I have little knowledge on the African music scene. No point in pretending. It’s not something I’ve spent a lot of time with, with only Honest Jon’s Shangaan Electro series that delved into this…
NCW – Pharoah And The Goose in stores now…plus a couple of other tings…(5 years?)
Pharoah and the Goose has slowly but surely been finding it’s way into record shops over the last week or so, hence this lil heads up for anyone interested in getting their mits on it. So far, Clone, Juno, Decks, Deejay, Kristina, Crosstalk in the States, Technique and Lighthouse in Japan are amongst the bigger…
ultra waggly wizard sword – live mix excerpt
Two months ago I had the esteemed pleasure of playing for the peerless* internet radio site (for lack of a better word?) ultra wizard sword. I started at around 8 PM EST on a Friday night (standard UWS start time), and expected to play for a couple hours, three at most. I didn’t really have…
Coming soon…Apartment [Three] NCW – Pharoah And The Goose
What with summer time being a bit of a lull period in music while everyone gets their holidays and festivals on come September it’s gonna be time to get things rolling again on all things Apartment. NCW, the man behind the first release, returns with a somewhat different beast of a record. Jazz and deep…