RIP Nujabes

RIP Jun Seba aka Nujabes

DMZ 5th Bday Bash

On 5th of March, DMZ celebrated it's fifth birthday as an annual bday bash at The Mass, Brixton feauturing dubstep's finest producers&DJs. Here are some photos&vids from that night. Enjoy..
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*above photo is from ashes57's dmz 5th bday set

Just a Band - 82

You may all think Africa is our past, but thanks to Akwaaba Music we can now see clearly, Africa is also our present and future.
With their discoesque techy-house sound, Just A Band greetz us again.They released their second album from Akwaaba Music last month and till that day, they became one of my favorites.
Their sound can be described as a blend of Daft Punk, Air, etc.(French touch), Basement Jaxx, and even Goldfrapp and Terranova; or better, like Benjamin said: "Think Stevie Wonder landing in Versailles (home to Phoenix, Daft Punk, Air) - singing in English and Swahili".
Personal favorites are Extra, Kai Ridho, Migingo Express and Usinibore.
Stream the whole album and watch the video of the first single, Usinibore. Then, you may all go and grab it. This is one of the best albums released last month.

Extra Dirty Bomb

What I last heard something from Filastine is, he attended the Bike Bloc with his bicycle mounted megaphones during the Copenhagen Climate summit.Here's what I mean:

Then we came to today.Following his successful 2009 album, Dirty Bomb, Mr. Filastine gave us a present consisting of 7 remixes and a live recording.He also prepeared a mix for Dutty Artz supporting his new EP release.You can get it from here.
I have no words for this EP except adding Filastine's own thoughts about tracks, direct from his blog:

A1. Opium Den (Jahcoozi remixes Desordenador)-Deservedly loved and respected Berlin heroes that somehow make ecstatic pounding bass music that speaks about serious themes like gentrification & the vacuity of hipsterism. We played together in Marseille once, they were wonderful.

A2. Discontinuities (Cardopusher remixes Singularities)-Just walking down the street in Caracas is an act of will. Doing so with dreadlocks down to your ass is asking for serious trouble, and trying to introduce audiences to music like breakcore & dubstep in such a context demonstrates a rare fortitude of character. Cardo lives in Barcelona now, he’s a neighbor.

A3. Hungry Ghosts (phowa remix) feat. Wire MC-I met the Jeremiah aka phowa at dawn in a crowd of sleep-deprived ravers at a music festival in the Canadian forest. He told me that he’d be coming to Barcelona. Everyone says that, but he actually showed up. Later in Vancouver he organized one of the most enjoyable gigs of the 2009 tour, at a derelict movie theater, followed by an afterparty so packed that it was drizzling inside from the sweat condensed on the ceiling.

A4. Desordenador (live version feat. cellist Amélie Bouard)-The day before I was due to fly to Reunion Island from Lyon, France, my accompanying VJ cancelled. The ticket permitted passenger name changes, with less than 24 hours notice we somehow found & confirmed cellist Amélie as a substitute invited artist. She heard my songs for the first time with headphones during the 12 hour flight to the Indian Ocean. Now we are a regular team.

B1. Pharma Sutra (Ill Gates remixes Fitnah) *only on the vinyl-Deeply lucky to have met this other Mr. Gates, a digital jack of all trades- producer, vj, and educator who is not afraid to get political. His contribution was too good to wait for this delayed release, we let it out digitally earlier on compilation, where it topped Beatport’s charts.

B2. Con Las Manos en la Masa (Deep Throat X remix) feat. Malena D’Alessio-They came up to me during a wild semi-legal street party in Tokyo with a CDR and saying, with polite smiling and bows, “japanese ghetto sounds,” later i saw them on stage rocking old school drum machines while wearing balaclavas. They are associated with the expanding situationist/anarchist scene there.

B3. Batalha Cotidiana (Maga Bo remixes B’talla) feat. Rabah-Maga Bo is my closest colleague & fellow bootstrap nomadic producer. Without each other we probably would have long ago given up on the precarious and often degrading attempt to survive via music. He spends half his year moving around (mostly africa), the other half in a cinderblock hut on the roof of a residential skyscraper in Rio de Janeiro.

B4. No Lock No Key (Electromeca remix) feat. DJ Collage-On tour in australia in 2007 I was gifted a few gigs of breakcore and found Electromeca’s work. It’s next-level grit, in his own words: “hectic B-Boys break-dancing in a puddle of motor oil, The Bomb Squad meets Russolo in a Z-movie disco-club, FM-radio harsh beats, dismantled stuttering beat-box, muddy boom-bap”

Just choose your medium and grab it, either wax or digital (personal choice is vinyl definitely).

Soundclash Special

It's really a rough week for me, I do not have much time to post here or dubstr or anywhere.But now it's all over, we succeeded to transfer datas over fiber optic cables and all flight datas are coming to our...wait wait what the fuck I'm talking about.Too much work make my brain melt I think.
Anyway, 13th of February, which is tomorrow, Soundclash crew, which is also the Voconut crew, gonna present you Hessle Audio's Ben UFO.Also, I'll be playing along with Astrofonk and Obookubo.So, be there or be square...

Mouna

When our friend Benjamin from Akwaaba Music sent this gem, I was really impressed with the music of Malian musician Iba Diabaté, Abdoulaye Diabaté's son, but I can't find any time to post something about it.It's hard to describe his music but what I felt and heared when listening to his music is the sound of every roots and rootsy genres that I've ever loved.Still having no time for a deep review, I can at least post his music here.It should be enough to be possessed by his music.

Voconut Presents

Yes yes, Voconut is back to shake the throne of Babylon.
Live acts from the Voconut Records' artists, Ali Slayer, Klaustro, KNBO, and Obookubo.You already know them, but if not, what I can say is, you can miss your child's birth but you should not miss this.Date 23.01.10, pitch Peyote.
Also, this night is the launch party of Voconut.com

Vibrato #12

Well, the series will continue at Pixie on saturday night.Datafobik, Traktor, GGman and Guven will be behind the decks.Unfortunately, I have lots of things to do in Ankara and I can not be there with my dear comrades.Buuut, I've a word for you who are in Istanbul, DO NOT miss it.Be careful, punishment will be severe.
Btw, tonight, GGman, Traktor and Guven gonna play at Karga Bar.This is the invasion of Khalkedon...

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Moments of Mine

Last night on Mary Anne Hobbs's BBC Radio 1 show, Starkey built a brand new track called "Moments of Mine" from scratch during the two hour show with the help of Anneka on vocals and Reso on percussions as announced nearly a month ago as a first of a new series called "Building the Beat".He used the samples that were sent to MAH from producers, DJs and listeners for this night.
The photos of this special production is here, and also they filmed the event.Later, it will be up on MAH's youtube channel.
The track is downladable, go get it.

Yabby You RIP

Sad sad news we got today.Vivian Jackson aka Yabby You, one of the greatest&legendary voices of reggae died yesterday in Clarendon, Jamaica.What a terrible start to 2010.

Music for Our Future

If you are a Battlestar Galactica fan, this will make your day.Create Digital Music, Pitchfork and Xlr8r join their forces together with TV network SyFy and create a free, 13 track compilation that is inpired by the upcoming TV series Caprica.
The compilation includes songs from various artist but Hudson Mohawke, Untold, King Midas Sound, Willits & Sakamoto and Lusine are the ones that attract my attention.To be honest, i don't expect this compilation to be this good.You can download it from here.

A Minha Face

As the African Cup of Nations 2010 started this week, nothing will be better than a kuduro album to celebrate it.Benjamin Lebrave from Akwaaba Music sent me this album last week, which is due to be released on 12th of January from iTunes.Well, I can say this is one of the best kuduro albums I've listened so far.
Killamu is part of the kuduro scene for 10 years, and he is one of the names that contribute to the development of the genre.He explains it all in the video below.

The best thing about this album is, it is not limited to classic kuduro sounds, you can feel the kizomba and semba flavors troughout the album.Even, while listening to Vai Con Calma you may think Carlos Lamartine visited Killamu in his studio, and while he was there, they made this magnificent song.Another thing that makes this album special is, Killamu cannot stop himself from experimenting on his music that we are not familiar to hear from other kudurists.
Do not neglect this pure and sometimes aggressive energy rising from the streets of Luanda.If you have no idea about kuduro and music of Angola this album will be a good start for you.First listen to the mixtape below and then go get it when it's released.

Killamu Mixtape by Akwaabamusic on Mixcloud

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Artik Turkce yazmicam demistim ama dayanamadim.Yukardakinin birebir cevirisi degil ama idare edin iste.Skylife styla..
Afrika kupasinin basladigi su gunlerde bir kuduro albumunden daha iyi bir hediye olamazdi.Akwaaba Musicten Benjamin gecen hafta Killamunun 12 ocakta cikacak albumunu yolladiginda bu kadar tutulacagimi tahmin etmiyordum bu albume.Simdiye kadar dinledigim en iyi kuduro albumlerinden biri diyebilirim.
Luandadan bizi selamlayan Killamu 10 senedir kuduro sahnesinde yeralip gelismesine katkida bulunan isimlerden.
Album kuduroyla sinirli degil, adam kizomba ve semba havalarini benimsemis ve muzigine yedirmis ozellikle Vai Con Calma'yi dinlerken sanki Carlos Lamartine kalkip gitmis Killamuyu studyosunda ziyaret etmis hazir ordayken beraber sarki yapmislar gibi hissedeliyor.Diger kuduristlerden pek alisik olamadigimiz deneylere de girismekten kendini alikoyamamis Killamu.
Kuduro ve Angola muzigi hakkinda bir fikriniz yoksa bu iyi bir baslangic olacaktir, en kisa zamanda edinin albumu.

Fokus@Mini Muzikhol

Cihangir'deki yeni gozde mekanimiz Mini Muzikhol duzenli olmasini planladiklari Fokus gecelerini baslatiyor.Simdi onlara baglanip tanitima bakalim, soora diyeceklerim var:

"FOKUS Etrafta ve Undomondo işbirliğiyle düzenli olarak yapmayı hedeflediğimiz, çeşitli tarz ve sesleri derinlemesine masaya yatırdığımız bir gece. Bu gecelerin ilkinde saat 22:00′den itibaren BBC tarafından yayınlanan The Story of Reggae adlı belgeselin ilk bölümünü izliyor, ardından da Karayiplerden çıkmış olan, calypso, ska, rocksteady, loversrock, reggae, dub ve dancehall tarzı müzikler eşliğinde eğleniyor olacağız."

Simdiii, bu gecenin selectalari undomondo’dan Mersenne, etrafta’dan Çağlar ve Ali Y.Caglari tanimiyorum ama Mersenne ile Kimmeryali Ali Y nin seckisine sonuna kadar guvenirim.Bu geceye gitmeyen tas olur, biliyorum hepiniz gideceksiniz.

PS: Bu da bu blogun son Turkce postu olsun.Bundan sonra patois yazicam burda, anlayan beri gelsin.Boylece googleda 'kankalar' aramasiyla buraya gelen dostlarimizla vedalasmis olacagiz, yani isallah!!

Free Buju

Mark Anthony Myrie aka Buju Banton 10 Aralik gunu tutuklanmasinin ardindan Miamide bir cezaevine konulmustu.Haber alinir alinmaz hayranlari ve arkadaslari tarafindan ufak bi Free Buju hareketi baslatilmisti bile.
Assagida bu hareketten iki Free Buju sarkisi var