Right here, right now (music)
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drwexLet's pretend that my life didn't blow up (ok, that I didn't blow up my own life) and I could post about my usual things, like music. Nothing really revelatory here, but let's ease back into the pool, shall we?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCgCu9zCOIQ
This thing goes back to 1993 and it is a now-corrected deficiency in my life that I have never heard it before. "La Femme Fetal" is a jazz-heavy rap track that is deeply political. It's jazz-rap about birth control and abortion rights, not to put too fine a point on it. All art is political and some of it (especially hip-hop) takes politics head-on. Good music is timeless, but it's kind of sad how American politics have kept this relevant for 25 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&reload=9&v=0e0txlm7KUo
I noted A-WA in my review of the 200 songs by women+ list and have been wanting to follow up since. As with the previous track this is political music, with A-WA using Acid Arab's music to make a vocal/video statement against the male-dominated cultures of the Middle East.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&reload=9&v=GINpKSkZawk
I found this because it's adjacent to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It's a similar sort of breathy, intimate, yet biting music. "I bled words onto a page for you, and you never knew my name" - ooh, ouch.
https://soundcloud.com/djmayajakobson/netta-toy-mashup-israel-song-eurovision-contest-2018-vs-backstreet-boys-maya-jakobson-mashup
I've been finding Maya Jakobson tracks in my stream now and then, and this is a fun mashup from her. I'm not a big fan of the source material, but Eurovision is kind of all over the top trashy show anyway so it fits.
https://soundcloud.com/sanholobeats/right-here-right-now-feat
San Holo is a name I've been seeing off and on for a while in my new music letters. This is a light, happy track with a slow beat. Nothing too exceptional, but worth watching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCgCu9zCOIQ
This thing goes back to 1993 and it is a now-corrected deficiency in my life that I have never heard it before. "La Femme Fetal" is a jazz-heavy rap track that is deeply political. It's jazz-rap about birth control and abortion rights, not to put too fine a point on it. All art is political and some of it (especially hip-hop) takes politics head-on. Good music is timeless, but it's kind of sad how American politics have kept this relevant for 25 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&reload=9&v=0e0txlm7KUo
I noted A-WA in my review of the 200 songs by women+ list and have been wanting to follow up since. As with the previous track this is political music, with A-WA using Acid Arab's music to make a vocal/video statement against the male-dominated cultures of the Middle East.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&reload=9&v=GINpKSkZawk
I found this because it's adjacent to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It's a similar sort of breathy, intimate, yet biting music. "I bled words onto a page for you, and you never knew my name" - ooh, ouch.
https://soundcloud.com/djmayajakobson/netta-toy-mashup-israel-song-eurovision-contest-2018-vs-backstreet-boys-maya-jakobson-mashup
I've been finding Maya Jakobson tracks in my stream now and then, and this is a fun mashup from her. I'm not a big fan of the source material, but Eurovision is kind of all over the top trashy show anyway so it fits.
https://soundcloud.com/sanholobeats/right-here-right-now-feat
San Holo is a name I've been seeing off and on for a while in my new music letters. This is a light, happy track with a slow beat. Nothing too exceptional, but worth watching
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Date: 2018-12-13 11:33 pm (UTC)