sotomayor
sotomayor
31 jan 18

DeRank™: 0,84

Since we're on the subject of art-rock and lo-fi recordings, here's this beautiful album for the #buzz showcase, devoted to and rightly drawing on the wise suggestions of @ALFAMA.

Officer! - Dead Unique (Blackest Ever Black, April 21, 2014)

We're once again faced with another worthy retrieval work that recaptures a piece of music history from the nineties that, for various reasons, had never seen the light before 2014. "Dead Unique" is an album recorded in 1995 between Baltimore in the USA and London (UK) by Officer!, a project put together by Mick Hobbs, a London-based musician active since the late '70s and involved in various projects like Work, Lowest Note, Lo Yo Yo, and Momes, in addition to his work with This Heat and especially for his friendship with Jad Fair and collaborations in the Half Japanese scene. The conceptual and visionary closeness to Jad Fair (one of the many guests on the album, which revolves around Mick Hobbs) is evident in the various songs of the album (18 in total!) that combine art rock and garage music with UK-inspired psychedelic pop, referencing Beatles-esque experiences and the sixties. With experiments in jazz music and a minimalist, histrionic use of synthesizers, cabaret setups, horror theater, and distinctly This Heat-esque bass grooves, "Dead Unique" is an unpredictable record, bordering on insanity while also being as listenable as the latest albums from Half Japanese or the more pop releases from Flying Nun Records during their golden years and Elephant 6. If I were you, I wouldn't wait a second to listen to it: I'd dive right in "like a fish."

Officer! Someone At The Door

#halfjapanese #mickhobbs #jadfair
 
Dislocation
Dislocation
31 jan 18

DeRank™: 3,00

AIR - Once Upon A Time (Official Audio)

WEEK IN THE AIR - AIR: Once Upon a Time.....
 
sotomayor
sotomayor
31 jan 18

DeRank™: 16,62

The #zot2017 review takes you around the world with this project by Francois Cambuzat released last year on Glitterbeat.

Ifriqiyya Electrique - Ruwahine (Glitterbeat, May 26, 2017)

An incredibly interesting project published on Glitterbeat last May. The idea comes from Francois Cambuzat, leader of the Putan Club, a Frenchman, but historically connected to Southern Italy. "Ifriqiyya Electrique" is more than just a band; it could be described as the moniker he has adopted specifically for this project in which - accompanied by his long-time collaborator, bassist Gianna Greco, and Pierpaolo Leo - he literally gazes out over the Mediterranean and looks towards the adorcist ritual culture of Sidi Marzuq practiced by the Banga community, which constitutes an annual event in the black communities of Southern Tunisia. They are descendants of the Hausa slaves brought there from sub-Saharan Africa: it is a ritual of worship towards the spirits. A kind of ecstatic rite that Cambouzat has defined as post-industrial, developing it in this album titled "Ruwahine" (just like the spirits of the invocation), blending experimental and avant-rock sounds with the Sufi rituals of the Tunisian desert and the voices of Ali Choucen, Youssef Ghazala, Tarek Sultan, and Yahia Choucen, along with the indistinguishable sound of the tabla. The post-industrial fury and the powerful bass sound compulsively dominate all the compositions, combined with no-wave experimentation and the verve of the interpretations, evoking the roar of large sub-Saharan felines, akin to artists like Lydia Lunch. Yet, in some rituals beyond the arrangements, we can recognize that distant blues matrix which later develops in the new continent, and I wouldn't be surprised if some mantras and Sufi rituals recited vocally and without any instrumentation, like "Mawwel" or "Sidriiya," could ultimately make you think of Leadbelly. One world, one species, the same roots.

Ifriqiyya Electrique - Arrah arrah abbaina - Bahari - Tenouiba

#ruwahine #tunisia #glitterbeat
 
Dislocation
Dislocation
31 jan 18

DeRank™: 2,42

Cubba cubba - Antonio Infantino ed il Gruppo di Tricarico

Peace to Toni Infantino, Master and forerunner......
 
zappp
zappp
31 jan 18

DeRank™: 0,00

Fletcher Henderson - Sugar Foot Stomp

Jazz Legends (78) Fletcher Henderson
from "Fletcher Henderson" - 1940 (Columbia)
 
BortoloCecchi
BortoloCecchi
31 jan 18

DeRank™: 6,03

Stevie Wonder - Se tu ragazzo mio (1969) Sanremo

Is he R.E.M. or not?! -7 days

At Sanremo, a promising 19-year-old made an appearance, the song wasn’t anything special, but he knew how to work it...
 
sfascia carrozze
sfascia carrozze
30 jan 18

DeRank™: 3,00

Ektomorf - The Prophet Of Doom (2018) // official clip // AFM Records
They somewhat remind of the more raw Sepultura.
With thirty years of delay.
 
Battlegods
Battlegods
30 jan 18

DeRank™: 8,42

Riccardo Zappa - 1977 Celestion - 01 Frammenti Six chords and a dreamer.
I would have titled it like that, I don’t know. Buah.
 
zappp
zappp
30 jan 18

DeRank™: 0,00

Booker Little – 1961 - Out Front - 02 Strength and Sanity

Jazz Legends (79) Booker Little
from "Out Front" - 1961 (Candid)
 
hjhhjij
hjhhjij
30 jan 18

DeRank™: 8,51

Sarah Chang plays Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor (full) Violin Concerto and Orchestra Op. 47 in D minor. Incredible, this really got under my skin; what atmospheres, what sounds, and what melodies. It's just that, either I’m crazy, or John Williams stole the third theme of the first movement from Sibelius for some Harry Potter music...