I’ve been using the beta for 2/3 weeks.
It’s a really good service, like an online itunes library with all the tracks you what to hear every so often ,but don’t feel the need to own.
You can check it out here.
I really hope the Music Industry does mess this up.
Back for the New Year.
Still able to bring together a killer selection of (mostly) unknown (to me) discoid gems.
Massive.
pic via
One of our favourite websites talking about one of our favourite bands.
The style and influence of Morris Day and the gang.
Scroll down past the ads for the text (seem to be some formating issues in ff)
Thursday is the Ain’t it Black 1st birthday party at Favela chic.
It’s gonna be a monster session-a celebration of an amazing year of finding new music and making new friends, with live music from Olivier DaySoul and the usual *cough cough* deejays.
To celebrate here is an exclusive Ulysses82 edit (it’s )
Come down, if you’re local, there’s rumours of some crazy-assed fancy dress costumes flying around, but either way there’ll be a lot of love in the room.
This is amazing.
A mini studio in your browser
Suddenly Flash on the iphone seems like an amazing idea.
Try it here.
For a blog that used to be all about music, it’s been ages since we have posted any of our favorite mp3s. I guess the soul searching that followed the ‘is it promotion/is it theft ?’ mp3blog debates awhile back and changes in our life (and my browsing habits) all conspired to make the focus of the blog shift a little.
Still it feels good to take it old school every so often -and this recent Grace Jones bootleg seems as good a way as any to try and get the groove back.
p.s. If you’re SE1 local, check out Innersounds maestro, Jez’s new residency every Friday at Jack’s, Isabella Street, behind Southwark Tube for the best music this side of the river.
All killer no (floor) filler.
Have a great weekend.
Man I love this track, and the video is even better.
Mythical Greek creatures, a band with a great look and what looks suspiciously like the ‘Hot Cops’.
What’s not to love ?
pic via (dez dickerson to prince’s left)
citinite’s new release is something of a lost classic.
Taken from the film Purple Rain, Dez Dickerson’s track ‘Modernaire’ has been an unreleased collectors item for the past 24 years.
“Without a doubt, the most widely known and sought-after of my songs is ‘Modernaire’. The song was immortalized in the film, Purple Rain, during my performance onstage with my band, The Modernaires (then comprised of Paul Cassady on bass, Roland Lozier on keyboards, Ernie LaViolet on drums, and the late, great Joe Hunt on guitar). Whilst all but 18 seconds of our big screen debut wound up on the cutting room floor, the song became somewhat of an underground favourite, with some going as far as taking a snippet of the tune from the film soundtrack and looping it!”
From the dope packaging to the incredible selection of remixers, the degree of care and attention taken over this release puts most labels to shame. It’s even more impressive given the freakish levels of obsessiveness surrounding Prince that citinite are able to bring something so rare and, to most people, brand new to the table.
As much as the original absolutely owns me, the remixes go one step further, with the Hot Persuasion version especially taking that retro edge and repackaging it so it sounds like it was made in some alternative version of the future.
And quite honestly there is little else I want from my funk. (or my life)
There is an overview/interview over at Manni’s blog and you can listen/buy the mp3’s from here.
You really, really need a piece of this.
“That record was up against the paranoia of radio and the power of corporate record labels. That time, the record and the artist won. These days, neither one would have had a chance in hell.”
The story behind Prince’s ‘Kiss‘.
From the wondeful Mixonline archive.
via mefi
and Dave Rat’s take on Prince’s live show;
What is it about Prince’s show that has my defenses up ……… It was the the words still resonating that were forced into my own and everyone else’s ears, that define it best, “What’s My Name?, Say My Name!” and watching the crowd respond quasi-unified act as commanded and I realize that Prince’s show is all about the perpetuation of the ‘ME’ that is the ‘him’ that we are occasionally allowed to call Prince.
Defitinely felt a similiar vibe at last year’s London shows.
This is my biggest tune right now.
Hitting that beautiful sweet spot between 80’s analog funk, early electro and UK hiphop, Reflections On Creation & Bass‘ new track has caused ructions everytime we’ve played it. Whereas other Quaid productions have sometimes found their natural home in the headphones rather than the dancefloor, with this project Quaid’s deep detroit influences have a natural counter with MC Ster’s wickedly off balance flow.
It’s the sort of music that seems instantly timeless and that the UK used to be able to make with ease (but we’ve somehow forgotten). It takes something we recognise and twists it into something new and does so without losing the dancefloor.
There’s an LP due early next year, till then, as exclusive as it gets.
Reflections On Creation & Bass- Got to Go
Don’t sleep.
