sampleecious#: a post every Friday where i choose just one great track sampled for one or more other great tracks, also you can listen to (when it’s possible) a small preview on the video below, enjoy!
#21: “Joshua” by Miles Davis from “Seven Steps To Heaven” released in 1963 > sampled in > “Horn In The Middle” by Nujabes from “Metaphorical Music” released in 2003.
Freddie Joachim released the last installment to the “Dust” series, it’s called “Dusting” and is available as free download at music.freddiejoachim.com enjoy!
This is “Obsidian” the new album by the US artist Baths released on Anticon. “I’ve always been inspired by really dark material and from the beginning I knew I wanted the songs to be much darker, both musically and lyrically,” Baths says, well…. Obsidian is a dark album, it’s hard to tell if this album is good for you, i think you have to be “in the mood”. Give it a chance…. it may surprise you in a “positive” way. Obsidian is available now at www.anticon.com enjoy!
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Thundercat new album called “Apocalypse” will be out next week but it can be streamed in in its entirety at www.npr.org, the album is so beautiful, go check it!
Mount Kimbie, the English duo consisting of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos, is back with the new album called “Cold Spring Fault Less Youth” released on Warp Records. I didn’t like their last album “Crooks & Lovers” back in 2010 but I’ve quite enjoyed this one. 11 Electronic-not for everybody-tracks. how to describe this album? i don’t know. is it a great album? i don’t know. do i suggest this album? yes, and that’s enough.
This is “Bight” the new album by Singer/Songwriter, Producer and DJ Scrimshire released on Wah Wah 45s. “Convergent”, the first single released in March, is the bomb and overall “Bight”, which is more electronic than his past albums, sounds great. Bight is available now at scrimshire.bandcamp.com bight enjoy!
mixamelo# “a mix/mixtape every monday”: This Monday by Cutter Buck, from Los Angeles. It’s called “Soul & Rhythm Draft” and it’s a full hour mix with some beautiful Soul & R’n’b, you can stream & download the mix down below, enjoy!
everybodydigs# is a series of posts about Jazz, Funk, Soul & R’n’b albums released from the 20s to the 90s, you can read a brief description/review and listen to a small preview (when it’s possible). everybodydigs# is like when someone tells you “hey you should listen to this album!” and nothing less, enjoy!
With their second album, Miles Smiles, the second Miles Davis Quintet really began to hit their stride, delving deeper into the more adventurous, exploratory side of their signature sound. This is clear as soon as “Orbits” comes crashing out the gate, but it’s not just the fast, manic material that has an edge — slower, quieter numbers are mercurial, not just in how they shift melodies and chords, but how the voicing and phrasing never settles into a comfortable groove. This is music that demands attention, never taking predictable paths or easy choices. Its greatest triumph is that it masks this adventurousness within music that is warm and accessible — it just never acts that way. No matter how accessible this is, what’s so utterly brilliant about it is that the group never brings it forth to the audience. They’re playing for each other, pushing and prodding each other in an effort to discover new territory. As such, this crackles with vitality, sounding fresh decades after its release. And, like its predecessor, ESP, this freshness informs the writing as well, as the originals are memorable, yet open-ended and nervy, setting (and creating) standards for modern bop that were emulated well into the new century. Arguably, this quintet was never better than they are here, when all their strengths are in full bloom. (allmusic)
everybodydigs# is a series of posts about Jazz, Funk, Soul & R’n’b albums released from the 20s to the 90s, you can read a brief description/review and listen to a small preview (when it’s possible). everybodydigs# is like when someone tells you “hey you should listen to this album!” and nothing less, enjoy!
Monk’s Dream is the Columbia Records debut release featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), and Frankie Dunlop (drums). Jazz scholars and enthusiasts alike also heralded this combo as the best Monk had been involved with for several years. Although he would perform and record supported by various other musicians, the tight — almost telepathic — dimensions that these four shared has rarely been equalled in any genre. By the early ’60s, bop had become considered passé by artists as well as fans looking for the next musical trend. This is coupled with the fact that discerning Monk fans would have undoubtedly recognized many of these titles from several live recordings issued at the end of his tenure on Riverside. Not to belabor the point, however, but precious few musicians understood the layer upon layer of complexities and challenges that Monk’s music created. On tracks such as “Five Spot Blues” and “Bolivar Blues,” Rouse and Dunlop demonstrate their uncanny abilities by squeezing in well-placed instrumental fills, while never getting hit by the unpredictable rhythmic frisbees being tossed about by Monk. Augmenting the six quartet recordings are two solo sides: “Just a Gigolo” and “Body and Soul.” Most notable about Monk’s solo work is how much he retained the same extreme level of intuition throughout the nearly two decades that separate these recordings from his initial renderings in the late ’40s. Monk’s Dream is recommended, with something for every degree of Monk enthusiast. (allmusic)