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This is a piece I wrote dedicated to the late soprano sax player and composer Steve Lacy that’s on our recording, Kelenia. Each time we play this tune it comes out very different. I’ll soon post some different live recordings of this tune that came out totally different, with various special guests- Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Lionel Loueke. Hope you enjoy!
The new Video Daughters album hits the world on Dec. 6th, and this video is proof of real tangible gains and successes since an earlier demo, sweat and blood-like in the studio to make it all appear before you as it is. What I take away from watching it is a real pastiche of the classic NYC thing, someone from there comes to do what they did before, but HERE, for the fun and hell and chance and challenge of it. The vocals remind me of American hope too smart to be blind, and some disgust and joy and whatnot. Who the hell knows though, cuz this video blinks from a platform station outside to faces and morphing torsos gimping at the shoulder, and then we’re back on the street and I catch a line about future businessmen of the world with shit on their dicks, then hypnotic swirls and baby faces, and mouths open with eyeballs superimposed on backs, and then tongues with littler mouths singing from their surface. Great editing within this one visually, and the music is glitchy on the edges and lo-fi centrally, but really pure new Americana overall. Check it for yourself.
This is an audio/visual montage dedicated to the true patriots involved in the Occupy movement. Lyrics by William Peck. Music: “Nightsticks” by Moe Shinola
Is this show produced somewhere in Williamsburg, in the basement of a building, funny, interesting…? I was on that show sometime ago last year: http://youtu.be/uo1xxl9o6VY. And I enjoyed it.
Afropop’s Sean and Banning have returned from Egypt with a plethora of music, video and sounds. This week they are taking a breather after an intense, month-long trip before delving into the 4-part radio & web series they will be producing on the music of Egypt. Stay tuned by reading Banning’s latest entry on Koranic Recitation. You can also check out their video of a Sufi saint celebration (watch below) in Upper Egypt. Very cool video! Recommended to Sublime Frequencies fans!