Date: January 20, 2005
Subject: So much music, and all so good
Oi! Todo beleza over at Beleza-Music hq. In this exciting episode,
Jneiro Jarel record release party, lots of new music posted from Ayro, So:el
and 99, internet radio you must needs check, hip hop for tsunami
victims, and more globetrotting, yeehaa!
Tonight in Philly! Signal: Jneiro Jarel record release party @ Fluid
The much anticipated "Three Piece Puzzle" is finally dropping on
Kindred Spirits. My boy has been getting airtime from Gilles and Benji,
and you hear him all over London from clubs to record stores. And
charmingly enough, it's worth the hype! If you're in the area,
come down to Fluid tonight for the monthly Signal. It's gonna be a
killer with JJ alongside DJ Cooper from Urban Renewal Records (Durham, NC)
bringing the heat via UK garage, reggae, and all the choons that's fit to
rinse, all-women b-girl crew Montazh mashing up the floor, plus fellow
residents Ultraviolet (Seven 9 Group, Ladies Love Hip Hop), Sezy (www.djsezy.com)
and muhself. Flyer @ www.beleza-music.org/events.
New music at Beleza-Music.org: Ayro, So:el, and 99
It's all about the content this time. Can't remember if I mentioned
it before or not, but we've posted the recording of Ayro's live
Philadelphia debut this past July. It was a total basement vibe, a room
full of heads, and it shows in the set. Really nice stuff, possibly
quite different from other sets you've heard from our boy in Detroit.
www.beleza-music.org/trackssets.
So:el is an up-and-comer who's getting played by just about everyone
who gets turned onto his stuff. He hails from Reading, England, is
working with Amalgama Records plus another entity that, for the moment,
I'm keeping schtum, and counts Kaidi Tatham among his greatest
influences. Read all about it, check a list of his favorite all-time
tracks, listen to some samples of original work, and download an adorable
picture of him travelling the world for your desktop background at
www.beleza-music.org/profiles/soel.html.
Lastly, new mix by 99 called "Me Diz Que Sou Ridiculo" (They Tell Me I'm
Ridiculous) which is apropos for a mix that goes from afropop to
hard techno to brukbeat to deep downtempo to experimental jazz in 80
minutes. The love coming in is just as schizoid: getting stuck in the
car stereos of hip hoppers, techno lovers, classical/experimental
violinists, ambient soundscape artists, breakcore punks, grime hoodlums,
political/radio activist types and of course, broken beat heads. Whaaa????
Yeah, I don't know. It's fun tho, check it out.
www.beleza-music.org/trackssets.
Good, honest radio at www.wkdu.org and www.wrti.org
My boys Junior and Lil Dave run a show called Evesdrop at www.wkdu.org
(or 91.7fm for you locals) Fridays 6-9pm EST. It's HEAT. From classics to
exclusives to essential interviews, it's drawing listeners from literally
all over the world. I know because they get long distance phone calls from
people overseas who stayed up until some ungoddessly hour just to listen.
That's flattery, and it's something you should check out.
Full info @ www.recordbreakin.com.
While we're on radio, you HAVE GOT to check www.wrti.org (90.1fm) Fridays
from 10pm-2am EST for J. Michael Harrison's "The Bridge". I have been blown
away by this show for years. He highlights some of the most fascinating,
bleeding edge, rawkus and ruff, intensely soulful and sometimes very strange
jazz on the edge of hip hop. He's where I first heard Quite Sane and
Burnt Sugar, and he'll also play Jazzanova, et al. This show is insane.
Instant education every week, and things you WILL NOT hear anywhere else.
Ok, that's your warning. Check it or get left behind.
Next time: welcome to peer/podcasting... (you know who you are)
This Sat: "Hip Hop for the People" benefit for tsunami victims (Phila)
The other day, BBC World Service had a story about Papua New Guinea. Their
landmass has been reduced by some ridiculous amount, and their entire water
table has been replaced with seawater. The island has no fresh
water. When the dry season comes, it's gonna be bad news. The people
there have no intention of leaving, and I can understand not leaving your
homeland, but what do you do with a destroyed water table? These are the
kinds of questions we may be answering for a generation or more.
Among the efforts to send help to our human family eastward, is this, which
besides being great music you can feel great about, is a nifty way to warm
up for Jazzy Jeff's b-day bash later that night @ Shampoo:
ILLVIBE COLLECTIVE, 84, and CUE RECORDS presents:
HIPHOP FOR THE PEOPLE
Come out and enjoy a day of HIPHOP to benefit the tsunami victims of South Asia
Music provided by ILLVIBE COLLECTIVE, BLAAK THE 9TH MAN of 84,
DJ Ultraviolet (Ladies Love Hip-Hop), The Skratch Mekaniks, DJ Tactics,
Sesion 31 and more
+ Live Performances by
84
Hezekiah
Break Break Projects
Schoolz of Thought
and more special guests to be announced!
On the hour freestyle sessions
When: Saturday, January 22, 2005
Where: Cue Records
Time: 1:00 pm-until
Cost: None but donations are suggested
Please Make Donations (monetary, WATER,
clothing, and/or canned goods): make checks or
money orders payable to the American Red Cross
We hope to see you there...
While we're on the topic of do-gooders, I encourage those of us in the US
to protest the inauguration today if there is a group gathering in your
city. Another form of dissent going around is NODD, Not One Damn Dime, kinda
like a big anti-Bush Buy Nothing Day. We have to keep up the energy, people.
It's only going to take a little bit more to tip things back to the
sanity side, and we have a responsibility to the rest of the world to fix
this mess. Also, I for one, am completely charmed by this new-found resource,
www.geekcorps.org, which is exactly what it sounds like...Peace Corps for
geeks! HOT! I think I just might apply when I get back. Gee, 99, where
ya goin? Well, I'm glad you asked...
BRASIL!!!!!
News is out! After years of lovingly studying the music, language, and
culture, I'm blowing this freezing pop stand and heading toward the equator.
For 2 months! Starting at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre and ending
in Salvador, Bahia, I'm going to explore every nook and cranny I can find.
I'll also have a laptop, so if you know anyone who wants to make friends
with a goofy but nice American, and maybe get a nice dj for beer and bus fare,
please, please hit me back. I will be bringing home many goodies to
share with all, (can you say, Carnaval with a mic and minidisk recorder??)
and also blogging while I'm there, so I'll have that link up soon as I get it
sorted. If you ever had a burning question about Brazilian music or culture, or want to investigate a band or a scene, let me know and I'll do some research
while I'm there.
As usual, plenty to keep you busy in the 215 and worldwide...
Ate logo,
99
