Category Archives: Check It!
Moogfest – the annual event honoring the remarkable vision of Robert Moog and his amazing musical inventions that changed the course of music – is reinventing itself. This year, moogfest 2010 will move from New York City to Asheville, NC – the place Bob Moog called home for the last 30 years of his life – and will expand to a 3-day, multi-venue event during the weekend of October 29 -31, 2010. During the festival, moogfest 2010 will host artists … Continue reading
If you’re in the USA then head over to Amazon to download a free Jazz Sampler from Tru Thoughts Recordings including tracks by Quantic Soul Orchestra, Nostalgia 77, Saravah Soul and Lizzy Parks.
On August 10, 2010, Daptone Records released The Budos Band III, the long-awaited follow-up to 2007′s The Budos Band II. Conceived during weekly, beer-fueled writing sessions in their dank Staten Island rehearsal space, sharpened to a fine point on the road – more than 150 live gigs over the last two years – and recorded during an intensely productive 48 hour period in January 2010, The Budos Band III is chock full of the type of tough sonic nuggets that … Continue reading
Japanese punk-jazz renegades Soil & Pimp Sessions return with their sixth studio album on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings imprint. The sextet’s roof-raising, festival-conquering live show has earned them new fans at every stop on their annual trailblazing European tours. On their sixth album the sextet tear it up with covers of ‘Pop Korn’ and ‘Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag’ and incorporate two vocal-featured tracks for the first time. Japan’s Ringo Sheena provides vocals on ‘My Foolish Heart’ and a … Continue reading
DARK PARTY is the electronic dance project of Tacoma raised, Brooklyn-based producer ELIOT LIPP and Chicago-based producer LEO 123. Each with their own respective critically hailed releases, they make and DJ electronic music influenced by House, Disco, and 80′s Hip-Hop rooted in New York and Chicago, the cities where they currently reside. Having originally met at The San Francisco Art Institute several years ago, the DARK PARTY project actually didn’t come together until 2005 – formed as an outlet to pay tribute to the duo’s … Continue reading
FREE QUANTIC TRACK: Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Dog With A Rope QUANTIC DJ MIX ‘Dog With A Rope’, out as a digital single on June 8th, is the first taste of the forthcoming album of the same name by Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno. The second LP from Quantic’s acclaimed tropical dub and reggae inspired side project, the ‘Dog With A Rope’ album comes out on 19th July, perfect timing for this sun soaked sound, with all the hazy heat … Continue reading
The descendant of warrior princes, the son of two black African parents, Afro-pop pioneer Salif Keita was born “white.” Inheriting albinism, a lack of skin pigmentation, Keita instantly stood out among other Africans and stood out as a spokesperson for tolerance in all forms. La Différence (Emarcy Records; June 8, 2010), the legendary singer addresses this deeply personal issue–albinism in Africa—and gives it an urgent global resonance that takes his songs from Bamako to Beirut. As Keita’s famed “golden voice” … Continue reading
Bringing Nomad Freedom to the Dancefloor and Water to the Sahara There’s a sound you hear in the desert, a hum that can only be felt in the deepest silence. It is the high tone of vibrating nerves, the rush of blood in the veins. It’s the ultimate beat, the dance of the body itself. This sound lies behind filmmaker, producer, and former VJ Kathi von Koerber’s three-part exploration of the life, worldview, and creativity of the nomadic Tuareg peoples … Continue reading
