Dating back to his college radio show at Vanderbilt University, Stones Throw General Manager Eothen Alapatt has made a habit of digging up long-forgotten music legends. His love for musical history is at the heart of what he’s done for the past 10 years. All that said to lay the foundation for where [...]
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Gilles Peterson “Back in Brazil” (Review)
Posted in Reviews on Aug 23rd, 2006
Most people give way more lip service to Brazilian music than they give actual time in their stereo systems. Even among the people who truly love the music, very few of them know a great deal about the artists they are feeling. Gilles Peterson is one of those rare people who both love [...]
Ilhan Ersahin is the man at the center of an ever-growing circle of musicians centered around his Nublu nightclub in New York. Brazilian Girls, Kudu, Love Trio, and others have all spent time incubating in front of audiences at Nublu. Our Theory is Ilhan’s latest creative endeavour.
Born of a chance meeting with French [...]
How do you review an artist as renowned as Omar? I think with the following disclaimer. There’s not a song on this album that I don’t like. Well, I’m not all that hyped about two of the four MCs on “Gimme Sum”, but other than that I love Sing.
The record is simpler [...]
Megatron “I Believe in a Thing Called Soul” (Review)
Posted in Reviews on Aug 4th, 2006
This talented trio has a knack for combining sounds in an unusual way. Big band funk meets psychedelic new-age? Throw in a quirky synthesizer with soulful trumpets and percussion and I Believe in a Thing Called Soul could make a believer out of you.
Julian MacDonough keeps things going with skillful percussion. Not [...]
Will Holland aka Quantic has a DJ’s sense of rhythm and it shows throughout his production work. This makes sense considering he is a sought after DJ on both sides of the Atlantic. The rhythm section of each song on An Announcement to Answer is geared to moving bodies on a dancefloor. [...]
There’s something to the concept of Collective Efforts latest album. It’s titled Medicine and the album notes suggest it could help you develop a happier, healthier outlook on life. After listening to it repeatedly over the past few weeks, I’ll be damned if Medicine doesn’t actually put you in a better mood.
Everything is [...]
Palace Lounge presents Cafe D’Afrique (Review)
Posted in Reviews on Jun 27th, 2006
You’re a much more attentive music consumer than me if you have ever heard of even one of the artists featured on Café D’Afrique. This is a collection put together to showcase a collection of artists emerging out of South Africa. As with almost any collection consisting of exclusively new artists, there are [...]
Yeah this review is a little late. What can I say, we’re still getting our record service up. Labels don’t just automatically believe you when you call them up and say you want a record for a review. Untrusting bastards. All you cats getting record service and not doing anything with [...]
Louie Vega presents Luisito Quintero “Percussion Madness” (Review)
Posted in Reviews on Jun 13th, 2006
Luisito Quintero is a Venezuelan percussionist who has been a backbone in the music of Louie Vega’s Elements of Life project for years. Percussion Maddness realizes Louie’s ambition to form a record with Luisito’s virtuosity as the centerpiece.
If you go into the record with any doubts whatsoever, Quintero proves his worth right from the [...]
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