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Let's pretend I post (music) regularly
Jan. 16th, 2019 03:15 pmArisia coming up, also snowstorm. But we're staying 'till Monday anyway so eight inches of snow followed by rain followed by a hard freeze won't be AAAANY problem, right? Dear gods. Anyway, I'm not likely to post (or even read) between Friday and Tuesday so if I don't do this now it ain't gonna happen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyNwWTnCaEA
Caro Emerald's "Tangled Up" showed up on my Pandora modern swing station and I was like, "Oh!" In this clever Lokee remix you can hear the signature tenor line from "We No Speak Americano" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E9Ed9DUQoQ) which was my introduction to the entire genre of modern swing lo these many years ago. It's neat to hear it again, even if it has taken me five years to find this particular track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhNirmwCTfQ
This one came out of a Sander Van Doorn set that I'll probably blog at some point because the whole set is pretty good. I particularly liked this Marco V track "Muraco's Godd", which I first blogged about almost exactly two years ago. The original is from like 2005 but this extended mix appears to be from just last year. It's still pretty hardcore and it gets me dancing.
https://soundcloud.com/guyhaliva/set-techno-afro-house-by-guy-haliva-2019
"Afro" sound tends to mean different things in different parts of the world. In America it often refers to various styles of African-American music, from hip-hop to reggae, and we call sounds from Africa "world" music. Elsewhere - like in Guy Haliva's native Israel - Afro music means music made with sounds and influences from the continent of Africa. Sometimes with native instruments or vocals and sometimes (as here) with electronica and samples built from those continental sounds. I like both, but "Afro" music in this sense has become more rare lately. So this set pleased me greatly.
https://soundcloud.com/thefunkhunters/sets/westwood-radio-006-by-the-funk
The question wasn't whether I would close out this entry with some funk. The question was which one to select. I've got four or five sets in open tabs. This hour-long entry from The Funk Hunters wins in part because it opens with Chali 2na and it's hard to go wrong with him. And it name-checks Satoishi Nakamoto so that's a thing. I'm really sad that the Funk Hunters' current tour won't bring them anywhere near where I live; I'll have to console myself with dancing at my desk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyNwWTnCaEA
Caro Emerald's "Tangled Up" showed up on my Pandora modern swing station and I was like, "Oh!" In this clever Lokee remix you can hear the signature tenor line from "We No Speak Americano" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E9Ed9DUQoQ) which was my introduction to the entire genre of modern swing lo these many years ago. It's neat to hear it again, even if it has taken me five years to find this particular track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhNirmwCTfQ
This one came out of a Sander Van Doorn set that I'll probably blog at some point because the whole set is pretty good. I particularly liked this Marco V track "Muraco's Godd", which I first blogged about almost exactly two years ago. The original is from like 2005 but this extended mix appears to be from just last year. It's still pretty hardcore and it gets me dancing.
https://soundcloud.com/guyhaliva/set-techno-afro-house-by-guy-haliva-2019
"Afro" sound tends to mean different things in different parts of the world. In America it often refers to various styles of African-American music, from hip-hop to reggae, and we call sounds from Africa "world" music. Elsewhere - like in Guy Haliva's native Israel - Afro music means music made with sounds and influences from the continent of Africa. Sometimes with native instruments or vocals and sometimes (as here) with electronica and samples built from those continental sounds. I like both, but "Afro" music in this sense has become more rare lately. So this set pleased me greatly.
https://soundcloud.com/thefunkhunters/sets/westwood-radio-006-by-the-funk
The question wasn't whether I would close out this entry with some funk. The question was which one to select. I've got four or five sets in open tabs. This hour-long entry from The Funk Hunters wins in part because it opens with Chali 2na and it's hard to go wrong with him. And it name-checks Satoishi Nakamoto so that's a thing. I'm really sad that the Funk Hunters' current tour won't bring them anywhere near where I live; I'll have to console myself with dancing at my desk.
Today's music special has a surprise ending. I hope you'll play along because it's just that kind of awesome.
Today's music special has a surprise ending. I hope you'll play along because it's just that kind of awesome.
