Sunday, 5 June 2011

Sun Ra: Viscosity And Thermonuclear Breakdown...

No, I haven't gone soft, but I have grown a bit older. And with increasing age comes a certain mellowness that settles into your sentient soul after having traveled the cosmic byways (and in some cases, low-ways) for several consecutive decades. You've done a lot of living, experiencing a lifetime of war and peace, pain and pleasure, heartache and joy. After so much, you've hopefully come to know, understand, and appreciate your place in the vast scheme of the cosmos. Out there before you, the massive void of space that once invited you on wild adventure to intergalactic discovery no longer seems to pulse quite so strongly as it once did before. You've already traversed the astral jet streams with thrusters full throttle, intent on being the first in line for exploration into the realms of unknown worlds. So today, there's no more need for afterburners. You've seen a good portion of what the world has to offer and accomplished most of what you were placed here on Planet Earth to do, and now your bones are beginning to grow somewhat weary. It's time to slow down a bit and reflect on past endeavors in order to contemplate your spiritual evolution into the next plane of living.
When I first heard the universal truth of Sun Ra's message, I was a very young man in attendance at the Ann Arbor Jazz and Blues Festival, an interplanetary landing strip where the Sun Ra Mythic Science Arkestra touched down late one night to became a frequent and welcomed return visitor. I myself was a reluctant product of the times, but I nevertheless became enthralled with the far reaching tones that emanated from the stage --- sounds and circumstances that seemingly originated from somewhere far away in another galaxy. I also enjoyed the rush and surprise of untold stories from deepest space. But as my jazz education continued to flourish, my focus then began to shift more towards Sun Ra's earlier (and dare I say, more conventional) dispatches that reflected his admiration for the Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson big bands that once roamed the hiways of this planet. Obviously before his arrival from Saturn, Ra had studied our ways and our musical pioneers in preparation for sharing his own knowledge and sounds with us earthly beings who happen to occupy this third stone from the sun. It was then that I became convinced that the Ra and his Arkestra were among the finest (and most swinging) of dance bands in the entire solar system...

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DJ Hudson presents Wild Bunch Sound – Massive Attack Samples (1988-98)

It’s been a while between posts, so here’s a real killer mix to make amends. Taken from his very own blog What Would Hudson Do?, here’s DJ Hudson’s epic homage to Massive Attack.
“This is a collection of records sampled or covered by Massive Attack from their first three LPs and the singles of that time. Shout out to Tony Hosey who used to bring all the Massive Attack records round to my house way back when.” – DJ Hudson
You Know, You Know – Mahvishnu Orchestra (One Love – Blue Lines)
Isaac Hayes – Ike’s Mood I (One Love – Blue Lines)
So Glad You’re Mine – Al Green (FIve Man Army – Blue Lines)
Five Man Army Dub (Five Man Army – Blue Lines)
Les McCann – Sometimes I Cry (Teardrop – Mezzanine)
James Brown – Never Can Say Goodbye (Better Things – Protection)
En Melody – Serge Gainsbourg (Karmacoma [Portishead Experience])
Funkadelic – Good Old Music (Safe From Harm – Blue Lines)
Led Zeppelin – When The Levee Breaks (Man Next Door – Mezzanine)
Quincy Jones – Summer In The City (Exchange – Mezzanine)
Man Next Door – John Holt (Man Next Door – Mezzanine)
Lowrell – Mellow Mellow (Lately – Blue Lines)
Pieces of a Dream (Weather Storm – Protection)
Isaac Hayes – Joy (Lately – Blue Lines)
Billy Cobham – Stratus (Safe From Harm – Blue Lines)
James Brown – The Payback (Protection)
Be Thankful (Be Thankful – Blue Lines)
Sade – Siempre Hay Esperanza (Be Thankful – Blue Lines)
Mambo – Wally Badarou (Daydreaming – Blue Lines)
Tom Scott – Sneakin In The Back (Blue Lines)
Do the Funky Penguin – Rufus Thomas (Any Love)
Blind Alley – The Emotions (Any Love Remix)
Funk You Up – The Sequence (Any Love)
Daisy Lady (Any Love)
Planetary Citizen – Mahvishnu Orchestra (Unfinished Sympathy – Blue Lines)
Rock Creek Park – The Blackbyrds (Blue Lines)
JJ Johnson – Parade Strutt (Unfinished Sympathy – Blue Lines)
Young-Holt Unlimited – Light My Fire (Light My Fire – Protection)
Isaac Hayes – Our Day Will Come (Exchange – Mezzanine)
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Paris DJs Soul Soundsystem - For Ever Gil Scott-Heron!

Tracklisting :
01. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Three Miles Down
(from 'Secrets' album, 1978 / Arista)
02. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Angel Dust
(from 'Secrets' album, 1978 / Arista)
03. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
(from 'Pieces Of A Man' album, 1971 / Flying Dutchman)
04. Gil Scott-Heron - Home is Where the Hatred Is
(from 'Pieces Of A Man' album, 1971 / Flying Dutchman)
05. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - The Summer Of '42
(from 'From South Africa to South Carolina' album, 1976 / Arista)
06. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Willing
(from '1980' album, 1980 / Arista)
07. Gil Scott-Heron - The Klan
(from 'Real Eyes' album, 1980 / Arista)
08. Gil Scott-Heron - Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul?
(from 'Small Talk at 125th & Lenox' album, 1970 / Flying Dutchman)
09. Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day & John Coltrane
(from 'Pieces Of A Man' album, 1971 / Flying Dutchman)

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Q&A: Lee 'Scratch' Perry

'My biggest disappointment? I have a very nagging wife.' Photograph: Getty Images

Lee "Scratch" Perry, 75, was born in Jamaica. In 1968 he formed a label, Upsetter Records, to record his own music; his first single was People Funny Boy. In 1969, he had his first British hit with Return Of Django. The same year he began to produce Bob Marley & The Wailers, beginning a long association that led to the popularisation of reggae and dub music. Perry went on to work with the Clash, Paul McCartney and the Beastie Boys. In 2003, he won a Grammy award for Best Reggae Album for his record Jamaican ET. He is the special guest at this weekend's We, The People festival in Bristol. He is married for the second time, and lives in Switzerland.
When were you happiest?
When I wake in the morning and go to the bathroom and go pee pee.
Which living person do you most admire?
Me.
What was your most embarrassing moment?
The most embarrassing moment anyone can have is when you run out of cash and have to ask for a loan. That happened to me in Jamaica 25 years ago. That's why I left.
What is your most treasured possession?
My music.
Where would you like to live?
I believe in Hell and Heaven. I'd prefer to live in Heaven than in Hell.
What would your super power be?
I'd fly from my enemies and turn invisible so they can't see me.
Who would play you in the film of your life?
All the fishes in the sea, all the birds in the air and all the animals in the jungle.
Cat or dog?
One day I had some birds in my house – I think birds are angels – and the cat ate one. I don't like cats any more.
What is your most unappealing habit?
Angels showed me how to live and what to eat, not to drink alcohol, not to smoke. Now I eat marijuana: I make curry and tea with it. If I had carried on drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana, I am sure I would not be talking to you now.
What is your favourite smell?
Cherry blossom and Chanel No 5.
What would you most like to wear to a costume party?
A George V gown, boots and crown.
To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why?
God. God sees everything we do.
What was the best kiss of your life?
I refuse to kiss human beings as I am scared of getting a virus from things people eat. I prefer to kiss a tree, a rose, a bird or an animal. I used to kiss my cat until the cat ate my bird.
What has been your biggest disappointment?
I have a very nagging wife.
When did you last cry, and why?
When my mother died.
How often do you have sex?
My needs is not dead and my thing is still alive.
What is the closest you've come to death?
The last time I had a spliff, I made an extra big one and it knocked me out for a day, a night and another day.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
I don't think I will have a funeral but if I do, the song I would like to hear is my first hit, People Funny Boy.
Where would you most like to be right now?
In Buckingham Palace, on the throne with the Queen's crown on my head.
Tell us a secret
Before I was a human being, I used to be a kingfish.
Rosanna Greenstreet @'The Guardian'