Here's something that can keep the blues away if your country has left Euro2012 too early.
Created by dj and producer duo Sebo Sellout & Flow One, who have dished up a delicious chopped, looped, cut and paste mix of rare and hard-to-find records from all over the globe varying from scout troop flutes, psychedelic folk and exotic funk served up with amusing vocal clips in what they call a 'modern, multi-track break and sample mix' Apparently 12 months in the making this is the duo's first mix together and well worth the wait in our opinion....Recommended and a D/L for pimping in ya wheels!
Something that i downloaded earlier in the year and to be honest never got around to listening to, you know filed away never to be seen again..Until yesterday while trawling through the mytea@om archives, I came across this, from a young Dutch producer, Crookram (alias Chris Angelovski) an exceptional sample-master with a def touch with production and having no insistence on any particular style. His music has been made so colourful by using an unusually rich variety of downtempo, funk, hip hop, nu jazz elements and breakz, released simultaneously on the bankrupt recordings label and on budabeats netlabel. It is still available for free download All 18 tracks, so go get it!...great chill out material.
From the Bankrupt review; "...an album that has been 5 years in the making in which musical genres like soul, funk, hiphop and library music have been combined with modern downtempo beats and movie samples. his ambition is to focus on atmosphere and moody vibes, something that's become quite uncommon in modern day music. you can expect scratchy records, mysterious movie samples and a great talent for production, elements which have been praised already by many people involved in the downtempo scene."
This has been doing the rounds of the bloggosphere for a long time now, i'm sure some of you have seen it already, but following on from the previous post, it's apt to share now. The vid clip is a fascinating, 20-minute narration of the history of the "Amen Break," Nate Harrison's 2004 video is an interesting theory on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable drum break. Check out the 1Xtra history as well!
John Carraro's wall at the Roosevelt:pic courtesy of waxpoetics
While browsing a few online music mags the other day i came across this story of a recently departed New York record dealer and felt i must re-share it on here so as to get another side of the story about digging around for great music.
Create digging at the Roosevelt by John Carraro.
An eye opening story of a infamous record dealer at New York’s legendary record fairs that were held at Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel located at E. 45th Street in the 8T's, who came to influence a whole generation of music producers, especially the Hip-Hop community.
"This is the tale of a convention where for a few sacred seasons, a certain magic was in the air as dreams were realized and friendships made. The Roosevelt was much more than just a big room filled with people looking for what they wanted. It was a show that for a few seasons actually helped to influence people’s lives and the music that some would create. So let us wind up our metronomes and begin with how it all came to fruition."Read On
So we're back inna brand new decade peeps and here's hoping everyone of you had a peaceful and relaxing holidays....My Christmas wasn't exactly relaxing for me as i'm the main cook in my house at this time of year..but the Japanese new year, well that was days of doing absolutely nothing at all, except eating, drinking and sleeping!
We're kicking off 2010 with a classic french funky jazz drum break courtesy of composer & orchestrator Daniel Janin & J.C Pierric with this 1970's offering lifted from the LP "A L'Orgue Hammond" using his pseudonym Eddy Driver and Sampled by The Beatnuts on their track "muchachacha"
Herman Kelly & Life were a short-lived funk group in the `70`s who had releases on the Miami based labels TK Disco and Electric Cat. In 1978 they released a track called "Dance To The Drummer's Beat" From his album "Percussion Explosion"
It is probably after the track "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band, one of the most sampled drum tunes of all time, mainly by the hip hop community, including artists; 2 Live Crew "Megamixx", DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince " Live at Union Square" & "Magnificent Jazzy Jeff", NWA "Dopeman", Brownstone "Lets Get It Started", Rodney O & Joe Cooley "Yeah Boy", Richie Rich "(My DJ) Pump it Up", 2 Hyped Bros "A Dog "Doo Doo Brown".
It has also appeared on the breakbeat compilations "Ultimate Breaks and Beats"
Tracklisting:
A1. Dance To The Drummer's Beat (5:09)
A2. Time After Time (4:38)
A3. A Refreshing Love (6:40)
B1. Who's The Funky D.J. ? (8:34)
B2. Share Your Love (3:30)
B3. Do The Handbone (3:40)
