I usually do field work before I sit down to play with somebody;
in other words I go listen to them play in a concert,
listen to their music, tapes, whatever,
so that when I sit down with them,
I have a vague idea what their temperament is about and what kind of musical patterns they enjoy playing.

 

Rest In Peace
Zakir Hussain
1951 -2024 

 

 

 

 

 

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Todays Music

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Live 11 Electric Piano Preset Explained

 

 

 

 

wowflower

 

 

 

 

 

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How to Harris Parents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Manipulated Intelligence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Attention

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Drum Grooves (Ableton)

 

 

 

Lotus Tunes Academy

Life in the UK

 

Gary Thomas • The Kold Kage

R E P O S T

 

The struggle is apparent on saxophonist and composer Gary Thomas' 1991 album, The Kold Cage, reissued in 2004 as part of label auteur Stefan Winter's remastering of his JMT label titles. Thomas is a consummate tenor man and flutist. His frustration with what had become standard jazz discourse in light of the new, influential (very narrow-minded) traditionalism ushered in a decade earlier by Wynton Marsalis and cultural conservative Stanley Crouch is obvious here. Thomas employs everything from turntables to electric guitars, synthesizers, and even rap to combat the stasis, while remaining a jazz player. From his knotty forceful compositions "Threshold" and "Gate of Faces," which open the album, Thomas engages extrapolated notions of jazz harmonics and contrapuntal considerations while relying heavily on electronic keyboard textures, and electric guitars (courtesy of Kevin Eubanks and Paul Bollenback) to stretch the margin of that engagement. But on "Intellect," the tension cracks and splinters. Here Thomas' flute and saxophone are shored up by pianist Mulgrew Miller's funky modal statements while rapper Joe Wesson pops along the synth basslines and indicts everything around him in old-school Sugarhill style -- likewise on "Infernal Machine," where Michael Caine's synths paint an off-kilter basis for baseline rhythms to underscore and jump off of. Wesson's tough street rap about faltering neighborhoods, dope, and the strength of the "black mind" introduces a chillingly futuristic series of overdubbed horn lines in the gaps. And on it goes for the rest of the hour, feinting and darting before active confrontation with the myth and magic of jazz in an attempt to make it speak outside of its historical truth and into the current cultural one. It's an exhausting but compelling and rewarding listen. It messes with those classicists in a big way by sitting on their shoes while, at the same time, pulling the tradition into the current vernacular for its validation and assertion as popular music. Far from academic, this is fire-breathing music, one that forces not only confrontation but, from any open-minded music listener, a reexamination of the jazz terrain as a once, present, and future music.

Thom Jurek

1. Threshold
2. Gate Of Faces
3. Intellect
4. Infernal Machine
5. The Divide
6. Peace Of The Korridor
7. First Strike
8. Beyond The Fall Of Night
9. The Kold Kage
10. Kulture Bandits (To Be Continued)

Gary "GTX" Thomas

tenor saxophone, flute, synthesizers, and rap vocals (7,9,10)

 
Joe "BMW" Wesson • rap vocals (3,4,7)
Kevin Eubanks • guitar (1,3,6)
Paul Bollenback • guitar, guitar synthesizers (2,5)
Mulgrew Miller • piano (2,7)
Tim Murphy • piano, synthesizers (3,4,5,9)
Anthony Perkins • synthesizers (8,10)
Michael Caine • piano, synthesizers (1,6)
Anthony Cox • acoustic bass
Dennis Chambers • drums
Steve Moss • percussion

Produced Stefen F. Winter


 

 

Label: 1991 JMT/Polygram 849 151-2
Format: 320
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Jazz
Style: Jazz Fusion

Akure Wall ‎• Afromorph Text

R E P O S T

 

 Born in Nigeria to a Nigerian mother and an British father, vocalist and poet Akure Wall structure was raised in London and gained recognition performing being a spoken word artist on the poetry circuit. Her work highlighted cultural injustice and acts as politics commentary. In 1996, Wall contributed “THE ONLY PATH Is Down” towards the Audium Capsule, Vol. 1 compilation. 3 years afterwards, she released the record Afromorph Text message through the Freakstreet imprint, support her phrases with loops, examples, and live globe music instrumentation. She has a successful modelling career. 

spokenwordarchive

 

1. The Only Way Is Down

2. Defying The Linear

Oye Mealor • Vocals
Margaret Wall • Vocals
Michael Kwesi Graves • Vocals
Richard Olatunde Baker • Talking Drum

3. Come See

4. Someone

Julia Palmer • Cello

5. Oyindamola

Richard Olatunde Baker • Talking Drum

6. Travelling Throug

7. Lullaby Ganesh

8. Superniggasoulsista

9. Merman

10. Cold Storage

Keziah Jones • Guitar

11. Sticky

12. Umbrella

 

Produced by
Akure Wall, Michael Kwesi Graves, Richard Olatunde Baker,
Femi Sanyaolu, Danny Gee

 

 

Label: Freakstreet ‎– FSCD0007
Format: 320
Country: Europe
Release: 1997
Genre: Funk / Soul, Non-Music
Style: Poetry, Downtempo

James Chance RIP

 

James Chance

                                                              1953 • 2024            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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David Sanborn

1945 - 2024

 

 

 

 

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Jah Wobble presents PJ Higgins • I Did Bad (Bill Laswell Remix)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Harmony Bloom

 

 

LotusTunes Academy

 

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Bill Laswell : Mixtape N°7 - The Return of Celluloid

 

 

 

01. Time Zone • World Destruction


02. The Last Poets • When The Revolution Comes


03. The Golden Palominos • Boy (Go)


04. Touré Kunda • Natalia (Natalia)


05. Deadline • Makossa Rock

06. Massacre • Legs

07. Mandingo • Herima


08. Grand Mixer D.ST. / Crazy Cuts (Crazy Cuts)


09. Manu Dibango / Electric Africa (Electric Africa)


10. Ginger Baker • Interlock


11. The Golden Palominos • Clean Plate 

12. Beside • Change The Beat

13. Bill Laswell • Work Song


14. Shango • Shango Messag

15. Lightnin’ Rod • Sport

16. John McLaughlin • Marbles

17. Material feat. Whitney Huston • Memories

18. Lightnin' Rod, Jimi Hendrix • Doriella Du Fontaine (Doriella Du Fontaine)


19. Material / I’m The One (One Down)


20. Daniel Ponce • Invocación De 80

The Voice Of Cassandre

Afrofuturism

 

 

 

learningmusic.ableton.com

 

 The Ableton Learning Team consisting of Chris Peck, Dennis DeSantis and Jack Schaedler walk us through the project Interactive Music Learning on the Web. They showcase their developments (including using Max), inspirations and process, along with their two most recent releases;

 

Get started making music

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.:: The Bug • Freak Zone Playlist • 9th Sept 2021 ::.

 

 

01. The Bug • Freak Zone Playlist Intro

02. The Bug • Pressure (feat. Flowdan)

03. The Pop Group • Blood Money (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)

04. Vivien Goldman • Private Armies (Dub)

05. Cabaret Voltaire • Seconds Too Late

06. Muslimgauze • Turkish Cypriot

07. Techno Animal • Hypertension

08. Porter Ricks • Polytoxic 1

09. Massive Attack • Risingson (Setting Sun Dub Two)

10. Coki • Haunted

11. Ossia • Dub Hell

12. Scorn • Soon Come (Version Beat)

13. Logos • Glass (Boylan Devil)

14. TNT Roots • Chant Down Babylon Verse 2

15. G36 • Militant

 

Label: BBC Radio
Show: Freak Zone 6 Music
Format: 320
Country: UK
Publication: Sept 9th 2021
Genre: Dub
Style: Dub, Bass, Dubstep, Industrial

 

Disco Pogo For Punks In Pumps Vol. 13

 

1. John Matthias • All The Time In The World
2. John Cale • Bicycle (Original Version)
3. Phi-Life Cypher • Over
4. Diverse • Certified
5. Jersey Street Allstars • Burnin' (Original Mix)
6. Midwest Product • Dead Cat
7. Francisco • Fregna (The Age)
8. Vector Lovers • Electrosuite
9. Mysterymen • Monofunk
10. Richard Davis • Bring Me Closer (Edit)
11. Trüby Trio • Universal Love (Tiefschwarz Mix) 

 

Label: Jockey Slut – BP-14852
Series: Disco Pogo For Punks In Pumps – Vol. 13
Format: 320
Country: UK
Released: Dec 2003
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Leftfield, House, Electro

  

 

 

Disco Pogo For Punks In Pumps Vol. 12

 

1. Circlesquare • Non-Revival Alarm
2. The Books • Motherless Bastard
3. Grand National • Peanut Dreams
4. Mense Reents • Dress Like An Albino
5. J.J. Fuchs • Stick It In T'Middle
6. Riow Arai • Break Roads (Re-Edit)
7. Non-Prophets • Any Port
8. Olav Brekke Mathisen • Hasj Box
9. The Things • Don't Care
10. Justice vs. Simian • Never Be Alone
11. The Juan MacLean • By The Time I Get To Venus
12. Dave Clarke • The Wiggle

Label: Jockey Slut – BP-14334
Series: Disco Pogo For Punks In Pumps – Vol. 12
Format: 320
Country: UK
Released: Nov 2003
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: House, Synth-pop

 

 

Disco Pogo For Punks In Pumps Vol. 11

 

1. Jaylib • Heavy
2. Luke Vibert • Acidisco
3. Junior Boys • Birthday
4. Two Banks Of Four • Two Miles Before Dawn
5. Tortoise • In Sarah Mencken, Christ And Beethoven There Were Women And Men (D's Winter Crazy Dub)
6. Sascha Funke • Now You Know
7. Agoria • Spinach Girl
8. Derrick L. Carter • Where U At?
9. Lady B • The Devil Inside Is The Best Part (Original Bleep Mix)
10. Munk Feat. Princess Superstar • Ah Uh
11. Phuturistix • Beat Jerky
12. Villalobos • Waiworinao

Label: Jockey Slut – BP-14014
Series: Disco Pogo For Punks In Pumps – Vol. 11
Format: 320
Country: UK
Released: Oct 2003
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Leftfield, House, Minimal Techno

 

 

Disco Pogo For Punks In Pumps Vol. 10

 

1. Cody ChesnuTT • Serve The Royalty
2. Jon Kennedy • The Loafer
3. Sidewinder • Stanway's Revenge
4. The Soulsavers • Rumblefish
5. The Bumblebeez • Microphonediseases (Ail Mix)
6. Willis • Paper & Stone (Brooks' Paper Cuts Mix)
7. H-Foundation • Tonight (King Britt's Sexy Mix
8. Modeler • Island Life
9. Leon Nine • Tongue N Groove
10. Chris Korda • This Is Cheese
11. Legowelt • Sturmvogel
12. Pepe Deluxé • Black Cadillac (Bangkok Impact's White Cadillac Remix)
13. The Vanden Plas • Santa Margherita

 

Label: Jockey Slut – BP-13226
Series: Disco Pogo For Punks In Pumps – Vol. 10
Format: 320
Country: UK
Released: Aug 2003
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Electro, Downtempo, House