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Man Parrish Special Disconet Remixes (Ram's Horn: 1983) Soaring through the skies and landing somewhere on Earth, we discovered an alien. He was not made of flesh, he was not made of stone, he was... check it out humans: man made. Man Parrish, In The Beginning In the continued narrative of machine music, one of … Continue reading Man Parrish – Special Disconet Remixes
Tony Allen: Backbeat of the Revolution Only three months on from the passing of Manu Dibango, and the great Tony Allen has gone on to join him in that in that great gig in the sky. He'd been on a roll ever since the turn of the century, making his mark anew on the current … Continue reading Tony Allen
Cresting into the dawning days of springtime, the last frost retreats into the shadows and the culling of the winter weeds. A towering stack of records nestled under the marquee, waiting in the cool of the morning shade, ready to accompany the landscape/ing as the lingering cold slowly recedes beneath the warm rays of the … Continue reading Garden Grooves 007
Groove, groove, groove, groove with the colour... Down on the boulevard, caught between the heatwave and the afternoon haze, Hotwax Whiskey River on the pavement, the dusted stomp of New Kingdom's Paradise Don't Come Cheap, The 45 King, and traces of Link Wray's Fat Back pulsing through the bone dry breeze. Lost beneath the dull … Continue reading Yellow Sunshine
Various Artists 2nd EditionLanguage 1996 If we're going aerodynamic, what better way to begin than with this 12" promo that bubbled up from Tony Thorpe's Language imprint way back in 1996? Its four tracks preceded the Miscellaneous: The 2nd compilation, a label round-up that followed on the heels of the previous year's first entry in … Continue reading Various Artists – 2nd Edition EP
The year of the album I'd already been working on this little list for awhile now, the concept swirling around in the back of my mind for years (much like the Metal Beat 15 had been). In fact, I was originally planning to post this last weekend, but various real world concerns only pushed it … Continue reading 1988
I had a dream about my man last night... I was chilling with my cousin in Puerto Rico, and he goes Check this out... It's a 12" of Scorpio by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, but this copy had a different vocal version on the flip! Kid Creole, Cowboy and Melle Mel were trading … Continue reading Scorpio
Various Artists 20 Parallel SystemsCheap Hotel 2020 In a sense, this compilation picks up where we left off last time with CHR-009: Terminal Vibration Vol. One, drawing a line from Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's New York New York through all manner of metal beat hip hop right up to the present day. The … Continue reading CHR-010: 20 Parallel Systems
Said rock the house y'all! After some delay (holiday season-related), it's time to pick up where we left off with the final stretch of Terminal Vibration. Tying up loose ends. The second of these post-post entries is a mop up of all the hip hop that fell between the cracks in the Edge Of No … Continue reading Terminal Vibration: Metal Beat 15
Tricky Mission Accomplished Anti- 2000 In the annals of great unexpected moments I've picked up on the radio waves over the years, one that always stands out is the time I heard Mission Accomplished played out on 91x late at night as I was driving home from UC Grossmont back in the day. A blast … Continue reading Tricky – Mission Accomplished