Shpongle - Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland (2009)
TombsMix - Funk Psychosis
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Intro (Chester P)
Shafiq Hussayn - Nirvana
Os Mutantes - Teclar
Staff Benda Bilili - Avramandole
The Natural Yogurt Band - Soft Cheese
Klaus Weiss - Research
Ananda Shankar - Dancing Drums (Edit 1)
The Village Soul Choir - The Cat Walk
Nacho Patrol - Mind World
The Upsetters - Dollar In The Teeth
Madlib - J's Day Theme 3
Egg - Fugue In D Minor
The Poppy Family - No Blood In Bone
Klaus Block - Slow Motion
SIDE B:
Os Mutantes - Tempo Perdido
Ananda Shankar - Streets Of Calcutta
Ananda Shankar - Dancing Drums (Edit 2)
Gong - Flying Teapot (James Pants Mix)
MRR/ADM - Untitled (Track 2)
Can - Halleluhwah (Edit)
The Soft Machine - Why Are We Sleeping?
Oh No - The Funk
Biddu - Qurbani Bonus Beats
The New Apocalypse - Junkshop
Lloyd Miller - Elude In The Iranian Mode Shur
Travis Biggs - Tibetian Serenity (Edit)
The Natural Yogurt Band - Chit Chat
Funkadelic - I'll Bet You (1969 Version)
The New Rotary Connection - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
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Various Artists - Psych Funk 101: A Global Psychedelic Funk Curriculum (2009)
Genre: Psychedelic / Funk / World / Jazz / Arabic / All over the fucking place
Released: 2009
Try it
Buy it
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Various Artists - 5 Years of Hyperdub (2009)
Artist: Various
Genre(s): Dubstep/Electronic
Released: 2009
What exactly is dubstep? I'm not entirely sure. Wikipedia offers this:
"Dubstep is a genre of electronic music that has its roots in London's early 2000s UK garage scene. Musically, dubstep is distinguished by its 2step rhythm, or use of snare sounds similar to 2step garage and grime, and an emphasis on bass, often producing "dark" sounds, but just as frequently producing sounds reminiscent of dub reggae or funky US garage. Dubstep tracks are generally produced at a tempo of around 140 beats per minute and in recent years have developed signature half time rhythms, often heavily shuffled or syncopated, and usually, though not exclusively, including only one snare drum hit per bar, often on the third beat. Such factors make dubstep rhythms markedly different from four-to-the-floor rhythms used in other styles of electronic dance music such as house music, which usually have two snare hits accompanying the second and fourth kick drum. Often, the sense of rhythm in dubstep is propelled more by the bassline than by the percussive content."
Unfortunately that's as much information as I, an outsider to the genre, can offer. Hyperdub release a shitton of stuff, mostly 12', and this compilation featuring 30 songs from artists such as Burial, Kode9, Darkstar, Zomby, Samiyam and much more seems to be an excellent introduction not only to the label Hyperdub but the genre of dubstep as a whole. It's a very solid comp that really flows well, beats and melodies chugging along to a brilliant conclusion on many of the offerings. So try it.
Felix Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) (1827)
Artist - Felix Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)
Genre - Classical
Release Year - 1827
- Felix Medelssohn, a musical prodigy and synaesthesite, was famously so struck by the strange and ominous rock shapes surrounding his visit to Fingal's Cave that it forced music into his genius little brain and he jotted down a sample of sheet music for it to send in a letter to his sister describing how instense his trip was. And now to describe how intense the Hebrides Overture is, I'm writing a blog entry with a link to a recording of it, because I was so struck by the strange and ominous shapes of it. This internet thing just makes it all come full circle, doesn't it?
(Note: This recording is by the Utah Symphony Orchestra, which to my knowledge has no official artwork - the picture above is actually Fingal's Cave.)
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All Natural - Second Nature (2001)
Manufactura - Precognitive Dissonance (2003)
and now for something completely different
Manufactura - Precognitive Dissonance
Genre: Power Noise, Industrial
Year: 2003