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#344 – IDM session #2
Back in March we had our first IDM session on Beyondjazz radio, but I still had a heap of tunes I wanted to play. So here they are, spanning 18 years of musical legacy with Kirk Degiorgio, Aphex Twin, Plaid, B12, Autechre, Ken Ishii, LFO and more. I hope you’ll either enjoy a wonderful slice of nostalgia, or that a new sonic world unfolds!
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As One – Harmony Park – B12 (1991 12″)
Balil – Small Energies – ART (1992 VA – The Philosophy of Sound and Machine)
Stasis – Funky Purple Hotpants (FTPD) – B12 (1993 12″)
B12 – Hall Of Mirrors – Warp (1993 Electro-Soma LP)
The Future Sound Of London – Flak – Virgin (1994 Lifeforms LP)
Autechre – Slip – Warp (1994 Amber LP)
Rising Sun – Ocean View – Sublime (1995 Green Times LP)
Mouse On Mars – Juju – Too Pure (1997 Autoditacker LP)
Aphex Twin – Flim – Warp (1997 Come To Daddy EP)
Squarepusher/AFX – Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid – Warp (1998 VA – We Are Reasonable People)
Dorian Concept – Past Perfect – none (2006 demo)
µ-Ziq – Kubba – Astralwerks (1998 Brace Yourself EP)
Arovane – Revart Amx – DIN (2000 Atol Scrap LP)
Sun Electric – 7:07 – Apollo (1998 Via Nostra LP)
Aardvarck – Accept – Delsin (2001 Find The Cow LP)
LFO – Blown – Warp (2003 Sheath LP)
Bauri – Vintetar – Neo Ouija (2002 Slacker Journal LP)
Kobol – Broken Ebony – Static Discos (2005 Broken Ebony LP)
Plaid – Tokyo Drive – Beat Records (2008 Heaven’s Door LP)
Sven Weisemann – Limaro 2 – a.r.t.less (2009 Shove EP)
Arne Weinberg – Synthetic Dissection – AW (2009 Alpha & Omega LP)
Sven Weisemann – Shove – a.r.t.less (2009 Shove EP)
The Black Dog – Tunnels Ov Set (Autechre Remix) – Soma (2009 12″)
#343 – RIP Baatin
I’m posting last week’s playlist just for the sake of posterity, because something went wrong with the recording. So alas, you’ll never be able to listen to this episode again. We did pay homage to the passing of Slum Village’s Baatin and played some wickedly dope summer party vibes, but we’ll play them again later, don’t worry.
Slum Village – The Look Of Love – Barak
Slum Village – Tainted – Capitol
Slum Village – Cloud 9 (ft. Marsha Ambrosius) – none
Comfort Fit – Superposition – Tokyodawn
Fredericks Brown – Betrayal – none
Timo Lassy – Ya Dig (Instrumental) – Ricky-Tick
Rhythm Of Element – Praia (Karizma Stomp Remix) – R2
Domu ft. Yannah Valdevit – City Madness (A&D’s 4 The Summer Remix) – Development
Honesty – Bleep Me (Jimpster Perspective) – Room With A View
Soulphiction & Move D – The Limelight – Philpot
Soul Renegades – Oh Yeah – Restless Soul Music
Westpark Unit – More Forever – Farside
Jimpster – Sleeper (Franc Spangler Remix) – Freerange
Jus Wan – Submersive – Naked Lunch
Orbital – Dŵr Budr – FFRR
Little Dragon – Looking Glass – Peacefrog
Domu – Weirduduh – none
Zero 7 – Medicine Man – Warner
Atjazz – Kidnapped In Kathmandu-Rby – M8MC
Rainer Trüby – Ayers Rock – none
Jinadu – Turning The Tide – Tru Thoughts
Oveous Maximus – I Apologize (Atjazz Overpowered Mix) – Yoruba
Andreas Saag – Jazz Lapse – Room With A View
Jimpster – Just The Kind Of Girl – Freerange
Scrimshire – All Roads Lead You Home – Wah Wah 45s
Shortcuts: Joy Orbison, Dorian Concept, Beat Dimensions Vol 2
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo/Wet Look
label: Hot Flush
releasedate: Sept 2009
cat #: HFT009
Massive debut release from the young producer Joy Orbison on the fantastic Hot Flush label out of UK. House meets dubstep meets funky in Hyph Mngo which is heavily aired by Mary Anne Hobbs or Benji B. Wet Look on the flipside is also a killer but more on the deep-atmospheric tip. JO has also remixed José James’ Black Magic and made some guestmixes for various music blogs. This one is out in September but watch out for more Orbison in the future!
Dorian Concept - Trilingual Dance Sexperience/Tropical Hands
label: Affine Records
releasedate: August 13 2009
cat #: AFF 003
Austrian multitalent Dorian Concept is back with a smashing single on the great Affine Records. Listen to a tasty teaser here and buy it asap as it’s released this week. A new album is also coming out from DC who was a special guest alongside his mate The Clonious on the latest Hepcat Radio.
VA - Beat Dimensions vol.2 compiled by Cinnaman & Jay Scarlett
label: Rush Hour
releasedate: Sept 2009
cat #: RH 109CD
Another superb Beat Dimensions selection by Cinnaman (Rush Hour Records) and Jay Scarlett (Spacek Soundsystem). They have again compiled fresh cuts from one of the best beatmakers around including Danny Breaks, Dimlite, Dorian Concept or Samiyam. Check the full tracklist here. You can have a listen to or grab their teaser-mix below:
4hero presents Extensions
4hero present a compilation of original previously unreleased cover versions of their music, reinterpreted by a selection of hand picked artists. Check the player for the 12 songs!
Out on 26 October 2009, with more info on 4hero.bandcamp.com.
Take a look at the video of Ayanna Witter-Johnson’s cover of Give In.
MPM & UpMyAlley Beat BBQ video
Our friends from MPM and UpMyAlley threw a Beat BBQ last weekend – healthy meat meets sick beats? – featuring some of their finest hiphop maestro’s such as fLako and Suff Daddy. There’s a gallery of pictures here and a nice little video:
Little Dragon – Machine Dreams
The much-anticipated second album, Machine Dreams from the lovely swedish soul-pop band Little Dragon is coming out on Peacefrog Records this month.
The new LP is a move forward to more electro-robotic sound but without loosing their intimate soulfulness. Yukimi Nagano is as magical as ever and now the edgy, uptempo beats are providing great context to her hypnotic voice. Each new track can be taken as a gem, though Feather (this will be the first official single), Looking Glass or Thunder Love purely radiate out of the whole. Fortune and Blinking Pigs have already been released on a single earlier this year. The album cover is designed by the Japenese artist Hideyuki Katsumata who also made the animation for LD’s nice Fortune video last year.
Tracklist: 1. A New 2. Looking Glass 3. My Step 4. Feather 5. Thunder Love 6. Never Never 7. Runabout 8. Swimming 9. Blingking Pigs 10. Come Home 11. Fortune (free official dl)
Here is a tasty live video of the new song Never Never from their worldwide album tour. (thanks to pathanapong)
Machine Dreams is out 31, August on Peacefrog Records. Buy on sight!
Official Website: www.little-dragon.se
#342 – Flight Of The Dragon
This show is a little shorter than usual due to some technical difficulties we had. You’ll also notice some distortion here and there, but still, we didn’t want to keep all this good music to ourselves! So bear with us, and check out the mighty fine tunes by Melo, The Roots, Recloose, Comfort Fit, Chalk Hill (Souled), Atjazz, Jose Carretas, etc. Dig it!
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New Look – Everything – Brownswood
o1o – Moonstalk – Deepblak
Hygher Baby – Gone 4 Long – Circulations
Melo – Caroline – Raw Fusion
The Roots – How I Got Over – Def Jam
Comfort Fit – Snare Wars – Tokyo Dawn
Red/The Man Without The Machine – I Should Tell Ya Momma On You (Dam-Funk Remix) – Stones Throw
Paul White – The Punch Drummer (Extended) – One Handed Music
The Gaslamp Killer – Finders Keepers Megamix – Finders Keepers
Lefto – Fela Edit – MPM
Shake Aletti – Digital Connection (Recloose Remix) – none
Sarah Linhares – No Question – Public Transit Recordings
Chalk Hill – Nobody Can Do What You Do – Chalk Hill Edits
Honesty – The Flight Of The Dragon – Room With A View
Blue Daisy – The Fall – none
Atjazz ft. Yannah Valdevit – Info People (Atjazz Floor Dub) – Development
BitterSuite ft. Sacha Williamson – Sorry (Rurals Jazz Mix) – Deepsystems
Jose Carretas ft. Zeep – Memories – Son Liva
Bopstar ft. Zara McFarlane – Desire (Jose Carretas Remix Instrumental) – Soul Heaven
Root Soul ft. Vanessa Freeman & Mike Patto – Spirit Of Love (Phil Asher’s Restless Soul Boogie mix) – Especial
Jazzanova Live! at 10 Days Off (with download)
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The line up to this year’s 10 Days Off festival in Gent included a night with both Jazzanova and Gilles Peterson. The time shedule even mentioned “Live! feat. Paul Randolph”, but our first thought was “sure, a live PA over a dj-set”. While visiting the Dour festival for a Dorian Concept gig that very same day though, we were told we had just missed the full Jazzanova live band on Lefto’s stage. Our hopes went up that maybe we’d also get the full live experience at 10 Days Off later that day…
And yes, Berlin’s finest dj and producer collective came over with a trumpeter, a saxophonist, a drummer, a bass player, a lead guitar player, a pianist and Detroit’s Paul Randolph on vocals. Axel Reinemer was the only original Jazzanova crew member present, adding sample delicacies from behind his laptop.
If you had asked me before that night, I would’ve considered it to be difficult bringing Jazzanova’s sample and programming masterpieces from their first album live in an exciting way, but the band did pull it off. It really was a live gig, and not just a couple of musicians playing over a backing track.
Daniel W. Best introduced us to the live band, giving an overview of the special band Jazzanova and Sonar Kollektiv has with the 10 Days Off dance festival. (They dj’ed here regularly and once had a night when all 3 rooms exclusively featured Sonar Kollektiv artists on the line up.)
The band played classics like Days To Come, L.O.V.E. And You & I and No Use (where Paul Randolph nicely pulled off replacing the silk voice of Clara Hill) next to new material from the latest album Of All The Things on Verve Recordings.
Via Studio Brussel we found a full and high quality recording of the whole gig, which you can listen to here:
We also snapped this video in glorious HD during Let Me Show Ya! which gives you an idea of the vibe that night. Highlight of the night was the encore of Boom Clicky Boom Klack, though. So go witness them, if the band’s tour passes anywhere near you!
Gent Jazz festival review, part II
July 16 – Jamie Lidell
The Belgian band Briskey had the honour of opening the second weekend of the Gent Jazz festival, focused on cross-over/fusion acts. But we only got there just when Leela James started. Her job was to get the crowd warmed up with her spicy melange of soul and funk: catchy, but not really remarkable. Her show was a mix of highs and lows, while she tried a little too hard to get everyone involved. The audience loved it though, and the tent was buzzing when the headliner came on stage…
Jamie Lidell came, saw and conquered. In just a handful of years he has managed to evolve from an obscure electronica-wizard to a top-notch mainstream performer. Not that he wasn’t good back then, but he sure gets a lot more attention now – the crowd was huge! Not that surprising considering he has four or five ‘hits’ by now, which the spectators could easily sing along.
He skillfully grasped everyone’s attention and didn’t let go until he left the stage. That alone was an amazing accomplishment, given that the band was incessantly experimenting, with live recorded loops, sampling the audience’s ringtones, freaky voice effects, a customized digital saxophone/vocoder, et cetera. Sonically they went all over the place: pop, funk, hard rock, psychedelica, techno, jazz, you name it. As a true chameleon Jamie perfectly fit in. He clearly enjoyed it himself, and we did even more! Check our video of some footage of the concert.
July 17 – José James & Jef Neve, Rodrigo Y Gabriela
The second Friday opened with the fourth Belgian concert of José James. The vocalist and composer from NYC is slowly but surely building up a heavy reputation in our country, especially after teaming up with Belgian pianist Jef Neve. The two jazz cats seem to get along quite well, and the organisers were smart enough to program them as a duo again. José and his band, including London’s finest Richard Spaven on drums and Glenn Gaddum on bass, played a couple of songs from the debut album (a.o. Park Bench People) and a cover of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers’ Moaning. We heard some previews of new work too, presumably from the upcoming album on Brownswood Black Magic. Particularly the rendition of a tune called Stay With Me was excellent, with Jef Neve’s piano solo being among the best things I’ve ever heard live. It was a delight to see how much pleasure José and Jef had on stage. So much chemistry, in fact, that Mr. Spaven and Mr. Gaddum were almost background personas for most of the gig. (Also noting that Spaven’s drum solo wasn’t his best yet, in an otherwise great performance.)
José took the time to really elongate the tracks and freely scat all over the place. (Too much? I thought not.) We found this gig definitely a step up from the previous one we saw at Jazz Middelheim, seeing José perform his songs in an even deeper and more thorough way. Check our video of some footage of the concert.
Later that night the sensational Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela were the top of the bill. Wielding a lightning fast and marvelous technique the two virtuosos made more than a few jaws drop. Strumming, picking, banging and knocking on the strings and the wood around it, the two forged a sort of flamenco-rock-house sound wall that must be heard to be believed. While there may not have been a lot of progress and variation in their set, it was yet another memorable closing act.
July 19 – Jamie Cullum
The final day of Gent Jazz was all about the British piano wonder boy Jamie Cullum, but not before some local talent gave it a shot. The HoGent Jazz Orchestra is an occasional formation, consisting of graduates from the HoGent music academy, now active in some well-known local bands. They did a very nice job, playing tunes from Moiano, Earth, Wind And Fire, Jim Cole and other soul and funk classics.
Next up was Lady Linn & Her Magnificent Seven, a Belgian band that has made steady progress over the past years, earning the reputation of solid crowd-gathering festival material. They play swing and big band jazz wrapped in a poppy package – the type that gets your hips shaking and your feet tapping in no time – topped with Linn’s sweet vocal cords. I was pleasantly surprised by their performance!
But as said, the true hero of the night was to be Jamie Cullum, and he did not disappoint. He brought a carefully balanced set with both catchy hits, steamy grooves and unpretentious ballads. There was something for everyone – young and old, connoisseur and newb – and thus he managed to bring jazz to a broader public. Not an easy task.
It was the kind of concert where the band is laughing, making fun and enjoying themselves while actually making damn good music. Which subsequently lead to the audience participating heavily. His sometimes long talks between songs were great and didn’t even pull the tension out of the gig.
Final notes…
While watching Jamie I realized the Gent Jazz crew had successfully tried to bring not only great musicians on stage, but at the same time great performers and entertainers. The Nina Simone Tribute singers, Jamie Cullum, José James & Jeff Neve, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Jamie Lidell, … they all masterfully entertained the huge audience, which in turn gave a lot of love back.
I’ve never seen so much people at the Gent Jazz festival (it was a record edition), and I truly hope they keep this thing going strong!
