Cut Chemist

Cut Chemist 'Sound of Police' (HipHop/ Remix/ DJ/ Afrobeats)

Cut Chemist was Jurassic 5's DJ on their first album, which is sick by the way.
Here, on 2 live sets of about 20 minutes each, he mashes up some afrobeat, Ethiopian and Brazilian records.

Using a single turntable, a mixer, a loop pedal, he propulses beats after beats with an efficiency and the ease of a master.

REally good performance for an epic journey through those exotic beats and swaying rhythms.


Enjoy!

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin "Di Doo Dah" [1973, Folk/Pop, France]

A great find here. I have had this for maybe two years now, and coming back to it the other day blew me away. Listening to those kind of albums on some good stereo system really gives them the full perspective of what the musicians want to share. The orchestrations and arrangements are really inspired and serve righteously Jane's graceful and sensual voice

Lastly, if this cover doesn't make you want to listen to it, you might be a lost cause.. !

A delicious album.

Enjoy!

San Francisco House Music

Rising to the Top: House Sound of San Francisco

I thought switching genres would be a wise thing to do as diversifying yourself is something that can only be beneficial. I did not force myself into electronic music in general, from which house music branched off it as a subgenre in the early nineties in Chicago. I have personally been hermetic to a lot of this kind of stuff until I got into it through live performances (DJ set is a live performance that I do appreciate a lot too), dancing scenes, under influence.. Burning Man definitely got me into a lot of that stuff as a lot of music played out there is electronic based.

Anyway,here is what we got here:
This CD was found in my new apartments basement by the owner himself (my roommate, accessorily), a retired DJ agent who used to know a lot about this kind of music.

(for the info he nows go back to college to finish a previously started bachelor). ANyway.

Studying in the kitchen, he was hearing from my room some STS9 tune playing. He walked down the basement and came back with this obscure "underground electronic scene from San Francisco" as he called it.

I actually just found out that there is quite a bit of information online about this mix.

It reminds me of some Mark Farina who was actually part of that San Francisco scene after he left Chicago.

Enjoy Homies,

My new friend.

Actually I lie I got the 2275 :P

Quantic

I stumbled upon this unique DJ and musician while wandering the endless streets of the blogosphere megalopolis.
This compilation is the best introduction you can get to this crazy sound seeker. Travelling the worlds for unique tunes that he mashes up, overlays with instrumentions and guest appearances.
Brilliant shit.
Read up if you like him.

Quantic by PYITE-1

Enjoy

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield "There is no place like America Today" [1975, Soul, USA]

Let's diversify the genres while staying in the same timeframe.
A superb soul album by Curtis Mayfield.
Not his most representative album but definitely a unique one in his already rich discography.

The song "Blue Monday People" still reminds me my old roomies, in love with that song :)
Great cover too.

Below, the opening song, "Billy Jack":



Enjoy.

Ash Ra Tempel

Ash Ra Tempel "Starring Rosi" [1973, Rock/Psych., Germany]

One of my krautrock nuggets.
Mostly instrumental, the album displays Manuel Göttsching's unique guitar playing.
A great album.

Enjoy!