Kamasi Washington - 'Final Thought'

It's not that this record sounds, in any specific regional identity sort of way, like Los Angeles. If anything, it sounds like dislocation and amalgam: like '70s modal swing, like Donald Byrd's A New Perspective meets Charlie Parker With Strings, like the last half century of black popular music. But L.A. is integral to its existence. It's where saxophonist and composer Kamasi Washington, now 34, met his bandmates in high school or before. It's where they found various gigs with pop stars, set up residencies in clubs that would have them, lived in actual houses where they can jam and pooled their money to book a recording studio for a month. The first fruit from that collective undertaking is overkill: 17 songs, nearly three hours, horns, a double rhythm section, strings, vocal chorus. It's gloriously so, an imposing collection that first overwhelms with volume and energy and ecstatic solos and reveals its depth of color and hummable melodies as you begin to process it. It's proof that you can both go big and go home. —Patrick Jarenwattananon, US National Public Radio

Languis: Live In​-​Studio 05​.​06​.​01

https://simballrec.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-studio-050601

01 The Gene Dudley Group - I've Changed (feat. E) [Wah Wah 45s]

Teen Daze - Morning World [Official Audio]

Trevor Rabin- "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" 90124 2003

16 de abril 2014

Este es el demo original que el surafricano Trevor Rabin grabó de esta canción. Yes hizo de ella uno de los éxitos comerciales más grandes de la década de los 80. Esto es lo que dice Wikipedia sobre el origen de la canción:

The first version was a four track version Rabin recorded at his home studio in London in 1980. Rabin played all instruments on the demo as well as singing.
The song was first recognized as a potential hit when Rabin played the demo to Ron Fair who was then a junior A&R man at RCA records. Rabin was to record the song along with many others as an album for RCA. (The majority of these songs become the majority of the songs on Yes's 90125 album.)
Rabin ultimately declined the solo deal with RCA and joined up with Chris Squire, Alan White and Tony Kaye to form a band called Cinema, later becoming a revamped version of the 70's progressive rock band Yes.

Harmonium - Histories Sans Paroles

For their second record, French-Canadian folk guitar trio Harmonium expanded into a symphonic quintet, adding woodwinds and keyboards to flesh out a concept album based on the four seasons (and a fantastical fifth). The first side is all pastoral warmth, with guitarist Serge Fiori's sweet-nothings croon, and jazzy asides. Elegant stuff, but only a warm-up for the side-two centerpiece "Histoires sans paroles," which is 17 minutes of cyclical flute themes, Mellotron haze, and billowing vocal harmonies (featuring guest Judi Richards). In 2007, journalist Bob Mersereau ranked Si On Avait Number 56 in his book The Top 100 Canadian Albums. But he may have undersold the album — it's the pinnacle of the entire folk-prog movement. R.R. - Rolling Stone magazine

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Tiron & Ayomari

http://tironandayomari.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-new-wonderful

TiRon & Ayomari (a.k.a. T/A) are a duo from Los Angeles who's genre bending sound make them one of the most exciting hip hop groups to emerge in years.

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Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - 1973 Io sono nato libero - 01 Canto nomade pe...

Prog flourished in Britain, but some of the genre's most innovative bands (PFM, Le Orme, Goblin) came from Italy. Banco were the most unique of the bunch, defined by the operatic bellow of Francesco Di Giacomo and the expressive dual keyboards of brothers Vittorio and Gianni Nocenzi. While 1972's Darwin! showcased the sextet's Romantic edge, the following year's Io Sono Nato Libero (or I Was Born Free) perfected the approach with cleaner production and refined arrangements. From the serene ballad "Non Mi Rompete" to the 15-minute symphonic-rock pummeling of "Canto Nomade per un Prigioniero Politico," the album represents Rock Progressivo Italiano at its purest. R.R. - Rolling Stone

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Mikael Seifu

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Ethiopian Beatmaker Mikael Seifu Shares ‘Brass’

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Addis Ababa-based beatmaker Mikael Seifu dropped the stunning and hypnotic “The Lost Drum Beat” earlier this month, the lead single off his upcoming 2-track release on Washington, D.C. imprint 1432 R. The Ethiopian producer is now sharing the release’s 13-minute B-side “Brass,” a slow-building, free-form electronic composition that evolves from a minimal introduction into a beat built on UK garage, Ethiopian folk sounds and looping saxophone sirens. For more from the Mikael Seifu, revisit his journey through reinterpreted Ethiopian sounds on his Africa In Your Earbuds mixtape. Stream “Brass” below and order The Lost Drum Beat on 1432 R‘s bandcamp.