Brutal dub from Algeria! From El Mahdy Jr.’s Bandcamp site: “RAÏ DUBS! This is a collaborative release featuring El Mahdy Jr, Gulls, XJ, and Alter Echo. Beginning with a shared love of old school Algerian Raï music and audio deconstruction, we sampled several Raï classics from cassettes and YouTube rips, Continue Reading
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How the Chinese-Jamaican Community Influenced the Development of Classic Reggae
One of the hazards of teaching teenagers is that you have to deal with bored, unchallenged, spoiled children whose interests are base and crude at best. However, a few students are willing to stray out of their comfort zone and go exploring. The topic of reggae came up with one Continue Reading
Ton Q – ROOTs
This release out of Mongolia perked up my ears a bit this morning. Ton Q hail from Ulaanbaatar, the country’s capital, and the group blends a minimalistic dub techno with elements of Mongolian traditional music. Not a bad listen at all.
Cousin Silas & Glove Of Bones – A Brief History Of…
Although I’m happy to say I’m a longtime fan of Cousin Silas’ work, I had no idea what to expect from Glove of Bones, a project I knew nothing about until reading their webpage. I still know little about the band in terms of bio, but what a great impression Continue Reading
Various Artists – Alex from Tokyo presents Japan Vibrations Vol.1
From the World Famous Records Bandcamp Site: “Dive into the exhilarating era of Japan’s electronic dance music scene from the mid ’80s to the mid ’90s with Japan Vibrations Vol. 1. The hand-picked collection by DJ and musical storyteller Alex from Tokyopays homage to the trailblazers and innovators who shaped Continue Reading
Kraut Sounds – Altitude EP
Kraut Sounds are a band from one of the homes of Krautrock, Munich. The music sounds less Kraut and more ambient dub, but it still makes for a gorgeous, somewhat aquatic, listen.
Priori & Al Wootton – FLAW
I’ve been in search of good minimal techno since the subject came up with a colleague’s student (he has access to several brilliant students, present and former, whom I hope to feature here in the future). Doing a bit of digging, this release by Priori and Al Wootton perked up Continue Reading
Errol Brown – Orthodox Dub
Meaty, beaty dub is on offer here by Errol Brown (no, not the Hot Chocolate singer, but the sound engineer based out of Kingston, Jamaica) courtesy of Dub Store Records out of Tokyo, Japan. Those who know me well might figure out why I appreciate the title.
Džiunglių Dvasios – Urban Jungle
Džiunglių Dvasios is, from what I understand, a drum & bass/downtempo project run by Evaldas Azbukauskas, who also records as Girių Dvasios. The beats are heavy and dubby with a bit of soul singing sampled into the tracks. Not quite easy listening, but pleasant in its own way.
Mark Stewart – VS
The indie world lost a giant on April 21st with the passing of Mark Stewart. In his honor, I share a compilation album featuring the crème de la crème of alternative, industrial, reggae and dub music coming out in full force to remix and cut up Stewart’s works. Featured on Continue Reading