A debt of thanks for our friends at La Ruleta Rusa Radio Program in Spain for around 7 hours of David Bowie-related programming!
http://www.ivoox.com/player_ej_10266262_4_1.html?c1=ff6600
Month: January 2016
[Music] Fake Plastic Heads – Je Ne Sais Quoi
Fake Plastic Heads hail from Munich, Germany, but their sound brings together a disparate blend of styles. There’s little else out there which blends electronic music genres so well.
[Music] Louis Sclavis Sextet – Réponse à Gavotte
Clarinetist Louis Sclavis was one of my first exposures to this kind of music. It was through a magazine that included a free CD that I first heard his music, and I’ve remained mesmerized ever since.
[Literature] The Known Unknown: On Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky is a Russian-Ukrainian writer of Polish descent whose works compares favorably to the Argentine polymath Jorge Luis Borges. After picking up two of his works, I can see why.
This article, from The Paris Review, is a great way to be introduced to his life and the themes of his work.
[Music] David Bowie & Philip Glass – Heroes (Aphex Twin Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjBcNU1UZUs&feature=share
David Bowie, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, all remixed by Aphex Twin. As collaborative efforts go, it doesn’t get much better than this.
[Music] Buika – No habrá nadie en el mundo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgQBlPgdzY0
Here’s some Latin Jazz and copla to sway the day away, courtesy of Buika, a singer from Palma de Mallorca, Spain with Equatoguinean roots.
[Music] Tablet Sleep – Inversion
As if I don’t have a number of interesting reasons to visit Russia. The Day Of Life Forgotten is an independent net label operating, it seems, out of Moscow (though if it’s not the case, I’ll update the post). This release, by my friend Alexei Serebreikov under his monicker Скрижали сна, is a great balance of electronic music, mixing elements of psychedelic music and drum & bass, a touch of IDM, all the while keeping everything sounding balanced and rhythmic. Something worth pursuing.
[Music] Nina Simone – The Ballad of Hollis Brown (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm-g0p2yTaU
Thanks to ace typographer Nick Sherman for posting this classic from Nina Simone!
[Music] The Upsetters – Blackboard Jungle Dub
Of the the true masterpieces of the dub genre, here are Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters doing mighty damage to your bass amp.
[Music] Carey Bell – Too Late
One of the finest players of blues harmonica, Carey Bell was not only a solo artist, but a sideman to such players as Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk, Lowell Fulson, Eddie Taylor, Louisiana Red, Jimmy Dawkins as well as his own son, guitarist Lurrie Bell, according to Wikipedia.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 