February 1, 2012

al kent's disco demand re-edits

Top notch disco edits by Glasgow's Al Kent of Million Dollar Disco now (re)compiled by BBE!
http://www.spin.com/articles/hear-dj-al-kent-burn-through-his-nsfw-disco-demands-box-set
http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=BBE173CCD
http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?artist=2076
http://www.milliondollardisco.com/mdd.html

January 23, 2012

rip johnny otis

January 17, 2012

mohammed ali 70!

"Hits And Misses - Muhammad Ali And The Ultimate Sound Of Fistfighting" (Trikont US 0314, 2003) was reviewed in [uzine] 03.17 … Mr. Cassius Marcellus Clay aka Muhammad Ali was one of thé greatest men of the 20th Century. All praise!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali
http://trikont.de/musik/hits-and-misses-muhammad-ali-and-the-ultimate-sound-of-fistfighting/
http://trikont.de/shop/black-radical-music/hits-and-misses-muhammad-ali-and-the-ultimate-sound-of-fistfighting/

December 24, 2011

wyatt's way

"O Tannenbaum" Wyatt's way ;-) Recorded Summer 1981, released 1982-03 on "Nothing Can Stop Us" (Rough Trade) … Robert Wyatt also wrote the liner notes for a 1991 compilation of '7Ts piano pieces by Cornelius Cardew which featured "Red flag prelude" (197X). Hey and can someone please add Mr. Wyatt's interpretation to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Tannenbaum ?!? [Nope ain't gonna do it myself.]

December 15, 2011

jazz loves marvin gaye

After 2004's "Marvel Of Marvin - The Heard Instinct - Essential Covers & Cookies" v/a comp on Harmless (HURT057), there's this year's "Jazz Loves Marvin Gaye" on Verve Jazzclub / Trends (Universal Germany). And see also: http://funky16corners.lunarpages.net/?p=2009

November 18, 2011

stoner funk: two things in one

Bay area youngsters going for stoner funk … clearly influenced by that west coast hippie rock … the Two Things in One!
http://www.twothingsinone.com/
http://www.michaelburtonproductions.com/kevinburton.html
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=8735
http://omnivorerecordings.com/2011/09/teenage-funk-from-the-two-things-in-one/

November 4, 2011

mah na mah na dat bip bippadotta

Piero Umiliani's classic track (1968), as made famous by David Mahna MacKay (in 1969 - more on him in the next post), Sesame Street (1969), Sesamstraße (?) and, last but not least, the Muppets (e.g. 1976) … Apparently, Jim Henson c.s. have recorded several versions, most of them by the character Bip Bippadotta ... but Sandra Bullock did her part too - see http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Mahna_Mahna_(song) for more on all that!

November 3, 2011

italo funk experience

A Goblink Floyd ripoff or other Oldfieldesque exorcism + a few other gems off the "(Big Bang Present) Italian Funk Experience (Synth Funk, Italo-Exploitation & Espresso-Jazz From Italy 1969-1980)" v/a cd. Mostly filled with Italian library, it's not as exquisite as the French volume, sadly. Also just out in Nascente's half-a-midprice "Funk Experience" series: "(DJ Andy Smith & Keith Lawrence Present) Jamaican Funk Experience (Rude-Boy Riddims, Skanking Horns & Boss Reggae)" - similarly great but not grandiose.