~Ive been wanting to do an all vinyl nite for some time now...lets face it, Seratos cool and really makes djing easier, but nothing beats dropping 45s and dusty LPs. So, if youre in Austin or plan on being in town, stop through and get your vinyl envy on!
-was goin thru some old mix cds the other day and dug up this one here...its not a bad mix, despite the rather poor transitions. Kinda fun reminiscing...2004 seems so long ago...forgot how much i really enjoyed some of these tracks, still do....d'load for free or stream...
~Ive been ripping vinyl to mp3 for several years now; every now and then, I feel a bit compelled to share the love and post one of those hard to find LPs long out of print and virtually unattainable...so here ya go, enjoy!
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Summers in full effect, so been busy workin on some new stuff...this track here is gettin a lil love on Fairtilizer, hangin in the top 10 in the World section...for now...log in and vote if ya dig it.
this one Im still kinda on the fence about...I love the dub/cumbia stuff, but the 1st acapellas leans a lil too heavvy toward the gangsta thug rap...Ill prolly rework it and find somethin less thuggish, at some point
~been feelin this track since I first heard it a couple weeks back; really diggin her flow, the spanish horns, the whole package...hopefully she'll find her way back into Austin soon...
another artist from Chile, Cholita Sounds aka Purdy Rocks--I actually posted her Soundcloud track 'Marachai Serpiente' a few weeks back...she was kind enough to send me some new tracks and they are really great...her sound reminds me of a cross between some 80s nu-wave/synth (think Nico,but much better!) and some more modern sounding electro-clash...check this one here....
I know, I know, why post an 80s track by some British dudes on a blog that focuses mostly on Nu-World Bass music; well, to be honest, all I can say is that I found a copy of the Better Off Dead soundtrack recently, ripped it from vinyl to mp3 and have been playing the hell out of it...Im an 80s kid, born in '75, so this movie was one of my favs as a younster...but I never realized how nice the soundtrack really is...some real sleeper hits on there.
anyhow, when Im not listening to this soundtrack, Ive been reading quite a bit as well...just finished rereading Albert Camus's "The Stranger"--one of the central ideas in this book is this notion of "benign indifference," the philosophical idea that very little matters regarding one's choices in life. The character in the book is punished not for the senseless murder he commit, but because of his utter indifference toward his mother's death.
An interesting idea that has its perks, for one could very well go through life without a care...utterly indifferent to the world. Camus was from Algeria, participated in the French Resistance, and wrote "The Stranger" at the age of 29!Camus died on 4 January 1960 at the age of 46 in a car accident. In his coat pocket lay an unused train ticket. He had planned to travel by train, with his wife and children, but at the last minute accepted his publisher's proposal to travel with him. I wonder if Camus would choose to take that train if given the opportunity, or would he maintain a 'benign indifference'.
Also from Algeria comes Rai music. I first heard about Rai years ago while at a dj gig. I was playing some Bhangra music and assorted Eastern vibes and someone approached the booth and asked me if I'd ever heard of Rai music. I hadnt but I went out soon after and picked some up. Needless to say, I found some really great stuff. The vinyl was pretty limited, although I did find a comp or two on LP. Most of what I came across was on cd though.
Ive only come across a few Rai-hiphop tracks, one of them being really good. Im always looking for some of this stuff, but it doesnt always pop up for me. Heres one I used to play out. Its a beautiful track featuring some lovely vocals from Fadela, I believe.
