A Tribute Mix

Ment presents Gil Scott-Heron by Ment Rasmentalism on Mixcloud

Gil Scott-Heron R.I.P.

April 1, 1949 - May 27, 2011

Very sad as we`ve just heard thru the twitter that the great man has passed on around 4pm US eastern time @ St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, He was 62.......see Here, Here & Here.

God bless ya GSH

JAZZ (2001) Ken Burns

A virtuoso performance by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns from 2001, JAZZ celebrates the music of America - from blues and ragtime to swing, bebop and fusion. The 19 hour series was created from over 500 musical selections, 75 interviews, 2400 stills and more than 2000 film clips. A MUST WATCH fine history of JAZZ.

Ep1 - "Gumbo"/Beginnings to 1917



Ep2 - "The Gift"/1917-1924
Ep3 - "Our Language"/1924 -1929
Ep4 - "The True Welcome"/1929-1935
Ep5 - "Swing: Pure Pleasure"/1935-1937
Ep6 - "Swing: The Velocity of Celebration"/1937-1939
Ep7 - "Dedicated to Chaos"/1940-1945
Ep8 - "Risk"/1945-1955
Ep9 - "The Adventure"/1956-1960
Ep10 - "A Masterpiece by Midnight"/1961 to present

Once on Cut

Brand new deepness release from our fav netlabels Echodub/DFRNT's CUTmusic.

Buck UK's Once EP is an atmospheric dub-house/deep-techno slice of music revolving around his beautiful chords and distant vocals.This EP has Buck UK's original and the emotive Essáy returns for his second appearance on Cut with his deep emotional dub-techno take on the original. Free Download via Bandcamp....Recommend.

Tracklist
1. Buck UK - Once
2. Buck UK - Once (Essáy's Ambstep Mix)
CUT003

Nubian Beauty

Quicky from the GetPhysical label and the French circus showmen of Nôze...Top quality!

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Times Are Hard Friends Are Few

Chillin' with a heavy head cold ain't no fun but with some spiritual righteous vibes from Del Jones 'Positive Vibes' 1973 LP, re-issued in Japan, that's similar in vain to the legendary Gil Scott-Heron, helps ease the suffering! This is one of those top-notch albums that really needs your attention..seek it out..Njoy!


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Demdike Stare

To coincide with their 3x re-release of previous album projects Demdike Stare aka prolific vinyl collectors Sean Canty and Miles Whittaker, dropped this podcast for xlr8r this week.
A mixture of sounds plucked from a variety of sources, from traditional Middle Eastern, Asian,Eastern European ,modal jazz & industrial..These guys never fail to inspire me....check it out HERE

Get to know about the guys a bit more,



Part 2

Love is The drug

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