Entre l'ete
Welcome to summer, and a long overdue new posting here. Life has been very packed lately, in a good way (mostly).
First and foremost, regular listeners will have by now noticed that the last few podcasts have been defective for some unknown reason that I'm trying to suss out. In the meantime, I'll go back to posting the show file here. You'll find the latest show at the bottom of this post.
There's been a tremendous amount of amazing music coming out lately, much of it available for download, some of it even for free. Starting with the free stuff, there are several tracks for the taking at the site of Russian electronica revolutionaries, Volga. Their music--ancient Russian folk songs and pagan rituals filtered through an array of electronics--is blessedly hard to classify, and possesses a sound all its own. The site offers downloads from each of Volga's seven releases, plus a remix record.
Manu Chao is offering a free download of the single "Rainin' in Paradize," in advance of his September release, Radiolina.
To celebrate 20 years of "Swimming Among Sharks," Berlin-based Piranha Musik has commissioned several of their DJ friends to mine their deep catalog and create themed, download-only "Jubilee" compilations. There are four volumes out so far, with my two favorites being Volume 2: Bellydance Carnival and Volume 4: Let's Get LatinOriental!. (I should qualify that statement with the admission that I haven't yet gotten to the equally tasty-looking volumes 1, Brass Attack, and 3, Girls Aloud.)
Quango is set to release Roots, Rock, Remixed, "The First Official Bob Marley Remix Album," with interpretations delivered by DJ Spooky ("Rainbow Country"), Bombay Dub Orchestra ("Lively Up Yourself") and Paul & Price ("Small Axe", my current favorite). "Soul Shakedown Party," remixed by Afrodisiac Sound System, can be heard at the record's MySpace page, and you probably won't have to look too hard to find a blog offering it for download. All of these remixes are very tastefully done, maintaining the original spirit and keeping Bob front and center. Irie!
Finally, we arrive at the link to the latest episode of TerraSonic (featuring some of the music mentioned in today's post). As ever, thanks for tuning in and Happy Summer!
TerraSonic - 23 June 07
First and foremost, regular listeners will have by now noticed that the last few podcasts have been defective for some unknown reason that I'm trying to suss out. In the meantime, I'll go back to posting the show file here. You'll find the latest show at the bottom of this post.
There's been a tremendous amount of amazing music coming out lately, much of it available for download, some of it even for free. Starting with the free stuff, there are several tracks for the taking at the site of Russian electronica revolutionaries, Volga. Their music--ancient Russian folk songs and pagan rituals filtered through an array of electronics--is blessedly hard to classify, and possesses a sound all its own. The site offers downloads from each of Volga's seven releases, plus a remix record.Manu Chao is offering a free download of the single "Rainin' in Paradize," in advance of his September release, Radiolina.
To celebrate 20 years of "Swimming Among Sharks," Berlin-based Piranha Musik has commissioned several of their DJ friends to mine their deep catalog and create themed, download-only "Jubilee" compilations. There are four volumes out so far, with my two favorites being Volume 2: Bellydance Carnival and Volume 4: Let's Get LatinOriental!. (I should qualify that statement with the admission that I haven't yet gotten to the equally tasty-looking volumes 1, Brass Attack, and 3, Girls Aloud.)
Quango is set to release Roots, Rock, Remixed, "The First Official Bob Marley Remix Album," with interpretations delivered by DJ Spooky ("Rainbow Country"), Bombay Dub Orchestra ("Lively Up Yourself") and Paul & Price ("Small Axe", my current favorite). "Soul Shakedown Party," remixed by Afrodisiac Sound System, can be heard at the record's MySpace page, and you probably won't have to look too hard to find a blog offering it for download. All of these remixes are very tastefully done, maintaining the original spirit and keeping Bob front and center. Irie!Finally, we arrive at the link to the latest episode of TerraSonic (featuring some of the music mentioned in today's post). As ever, thanks for tuning in and Happy Summer!
TerraSonic - 23 June 07
