Keep on fighting, keep on fighting, hold on – this one, sonically, is probably more about the holding than about the fighting.
1: Kali Malone – Hagakyrka Bells [iDeal]
2: Nobuo Uematsu – March to Narshe [Square]
3: Jóhann Jóhannsson – There is No Safe Side but the Side Of Truth [NTOV]
4: The Cause of Labour is the Hope of the World [NTOV]
5: The Westerlies – In The Morning [The Westerlies]
6: The Westerlies – Robert Henry [The Westerlies]
7: The Westerlies – Saro [The Westerlies]
I didn’t name this set of high-quality 45 degree turns after the text in the photo, which I think I deserve some credit for.
1: Neneh Cherry – Dream Baby Dream (Four Tet Remix) [Smalltown Supersound]
2: Bass Clef – Interform [Trilogy Tapes]
3: Chez & Trent – Morning Factory [Slow To Speak]
4: Axel Boman – Eyes Of My Mind [Studio Barnhus]
5: Night Communication – Nocturne Seduction [Safe Trip]
6: Lost Souls of Saturn – The Awakening (James Holden’s Past Life Rave Regression) [R&S]
Seen on a shirt in Maria Hernandez park.
A lot of feelings in NYC right now, and no way to see if they’re going to obtain but to wait.
Drum & bass in, as they say, your face. More protests soon.
1: Blu Mar Ten – If I Could Tell You [Blu Mar Ten]
2: Björk – It’s In Our Hands (Greyarea Lawsuit Remix) []
3: Djrum – Induction [2nd Drop]
4: Skee Mask – Kozmic Flush [Illian Tape]
5: Djrum – Hard To Say [R&S]
6: Homemade Weapons – Svalsat (Donato Dozzy Remix) [Samurai]
7: Signal & Cruk – Illusion [Invisible]
8: Bruce – Ore [Hessle Audio]
9: OL – Kombi [Error Broadcast]
10: Photek – The Third Sequence [Virgin]
11: Brainkillers – Screwface [Above Board]
12: Noise Factory – The Future [Above Board]
13: Fixate vs Double 99 – Ripgroove [Ice Cream]
This one sort of organically morphed into a Black Lives Matter set.
1: Chaka Khan – I’m Every Woman [Warner]
2: The Salsoul Orchestra – Salsoul Hustle [Salsoul]
3: Boncana Maiga – Yala M’le [Hot Casa]
4: José Casimiro – Morti Sta Bidjàcu (Intro) [Analog Africa]
5: Bana – Pontin & Pontin [Analog Africa]
6: Al Lover & Cairo Liberation Front – Level 1 [Al Lover]
7: Miss Red – One Shot Killer [Pressure]
8: Shanique Marie – Ring The Alarm! [Equiknoxx]
9: Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy [Chess]
10: Otis Redding – Respect [Atlantic]
11: Aretha Franklin – Respect [Atlantic]
12: Sly & The Family Stone – Stand! [Epic]
Pretty darn funky, but this one is really about recording & timbral differences, now that I think about it.
1: Marvin Gaye – T Plays It Cool [Motown]
2: Forest Law – New Thoughts New Eyes (Extended Mix) [Brownswood]
3: War – Good, Good Feelin’ (Original Un-Cut Disco Mix) [Far Out]
4: Boncana Maïga – Koyma Hondo [Hot Casa]
6: War – Corns & Callouses (Hey Dr. Shoals) [Far Out]
7: James Brown – Papa’s Got a Brang New Bag (Part 1) [Polydor]
8: Boncana Maïga – Zourou [Hot Casa]
I made some music with my odd sequencer! You can read about the sequencer, or try it out, or just listen – one album is 808 drum explosions, one is FM synths minimalism / ambience.
Halfway there, six weeks early. Saying that <a thing> will take one’s mind off the current slow-motion disaster is trite – but this one is for you anyways.
1: Confidence Man – Out The Window [Heavenly]
2: Little Fluffy Clouds [Big Life]
3: Charlotte Gainsbourg – Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix) [Because]
4: Fonkyson – Caresse Feat. Le Couleur [Lisbon Lux]
5: Mt. Si – True [Casince]
6: Four Tet – Teenage Birdsong (Avalon Emerson Remix) [Text]
7: Chvrches – Leave A Trace [Goodbye]
8: Chvrches – Bury It [Goodbye]
Some jazzbo hepcat once made an album in like 27/8 and so forth – a sort of deliberately weird version of Time Out – but in the liner notes he said that he was making music for future generations, that The Olds wouldn’t understand. Amusingly, we’re still mostly in four; just very fast and with crazy polyrhythms.
1: P. Adrix – Abetura De Roda [Principe]
2: Nidia – E da Banda [Principe]
3: Dj Nigga Fox – Vicio [Principe]
4: P. Adrix – Bola De Cristal [Principe]
5: Nidia – Toma [Principe]
6: P. Adrix – Zelda Shyt [Principe]
7: DJ Nigga Fox – Poder do Vento [Warp]
8: Nidia – Brinquedo [Principe]
9: Pupilos do Kuduro – Bilo [1138787 Records DK]
10: Nidia – Shane Noah [Principe]
11: DJ Du Marcel – Tribal Sound [Section Cabo]
12: DJ Amorim – The Next Level [Section Cabo]
13: DJ Nigga Fox – Maria Costa [Warp]
14: DJ Du Marcel – Moto Cross [Section Cabo]
15: DJ Joca Moreno – Levanta Moral [Section Cabo]
16: Mr. Bow – Meu Assunto [MZ Inc]
17: Mr. Bow – Massinguitane [MZ Inc]
