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Wednesday, 26 September 2012
The Power Of The Situation
Discovering Psychology: The Power Of The Situation with Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D
First Listen: Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
Both his own music and the music of the artists on Ellison's Brainfeeder label have turned what started as instrumental hip-hop into a sound of his own. It's a wonky bundle of skittering beats, bass-heavy bottoms and delicate, melodic tops. Over the years, FlyLo has added to and refined this voice, and Until the Quiet Comes (out Oct. 2) plays like it comes from a tunesmith intimately familiar with his toolbox.
Ellison wends his way through a wide, dizzying canyon of sounds and sensations, all while keeping his cool. The result is intricate enough to make listeners scramble to dissect every little flourish in the mix, but it's also so sonically brash and powerful that it's hard not to let the whole body of sound wash over you. Until the Quiet Comes operates as a continuous thread of music, with a coherent flow of transitioning moods.
It starts off busy: "All In" is an introduction spun from bells, snares, shakers, harps, guitars, basses, kicks and a lilting voice in the background. The temperature cools as a voice wafts into the mix and seduces the ear into another barrage of thumping drum patterns. It's a method Ellison has mastered: lulling listeners with intoxicating melodies, then smacking them upside the head with a sobering bass kick.
This is far from the only trick in FlyLo's bag. Take, for example, "Sultan's Request": Forceful from the outset, the bending synths romp through the track as though they could rip holes through a dance floor. That is, until the low end comes in: an absurd drop of snaking bass that dwarfs the monster sounds preceding it. Then, Ellison jumps out of this low-frequency swamp back into the upper register, by bringing in helium-huffing samples that bounce beneath a steady string of hand claps. He moves from low to high, dense to sparse, mellow to frantic, dark to light, and almost always hits a sweet spot somewhere in between.
Ellison also possesses a knack for bringing in talent, whether as head of the exquisitely curated Brainfeeder or as an artist in search of featured guests. Featured on Until the Quiet Comes are past collaborators Erykah Badu and Thom Yorke. In "See Through to You," layers of Badu's voice are woven into loose, overlapping patterns that function as fibers in FlyLo's sonic quilt. Elsewhere, Yorke's voice haunts "Electric Candyman" with a reverb-thick roll. The Brainfeeder bassist Thundercat is here, too, making an appearance in "DMT Song," a swirling bag of vocals and plucked strings. Niki Randa and Laura Darlington's contributions exemplify Ellison's penchant for using vocals with a ghostly quality to them.
At just more than three-quarters of an hour, Flying Lotus' new album beats with a heart unique to its creator. With each release, FlyLo adds to his palette of sounds without cluttering his arrangements. Until the Quiet Comes is Ellison's most sonically adventurous and least muddled journey yet, as well as a trip worth taking over and over again — the quiet can come later.
Sami Yenigun @'npr'
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Anoushka Shankar - Festival Les Nuits de Fourvière 7/9/12 (Complete Concert)
Anoushka Shankar: A Sitar Player In Andalusia (Listen/Download)
♪♫ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Allah Hoo
Bonus:
One of THE greatest singers of all time. When this man opened his mouth to sing, angels came out...
New mix from King Midas Sound's Kiki Hitomi
1. Blondie (Rapture) cover
2. Zomby (Witch Hunt) x Neil Young (Old Man)
3. Evian Christ (Thrown like Jacks) x Velvet Underground (Venus in Furs)
4. Portishead (Machine Gun) x Sister Nancy ( Bam Bam) x Ras G
5. Actress (The Kettle Man) x Missy Elliott (She's A Bitch / Work It)
6. Mark Prichard (Elephant Dub) x Buju Banton (Murderer)
7. Modeselektor (Grillwalker) x Grace Jones (Pull Up To The Bumper)
8. Omar Souleyman (Li Raja Behawakom) x The Bug (Skeng)
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Earth - Fowlers Live, Adelaide (14/9/12)
Featuring a brand new song, Badger, this recording offers a good look into Earth doing what they do best.
Dylan Carlson - Guitar
Adrienne Davies - Percussion
Don McGreevy - Bass
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(Thanx Martin!)
Especially nice as I had to pass on the Melbourne gig due to my recent foot op...
Van Morrison - Born to Sing: No Plan B (2012)
Review in Jazzwise Magazine by Stephen Graham:
"Van Morrison (v, p, el g, as), Paul Moran
(Hammond Org, kys p, t), Alistair White (tb), Christopher White (ts,
ct), Dave Keary (g), Paul Moore (b) and Jeff Lardner (d). Rec. date not
stated
Van Morrison has jazz in his blood,
only a fool would think otherwise, and Born to Sing is the latest
proof although none is needed. His second for Blue Note, the first
What’s Wrong With This Picture? was notable for the poignant ‘Little
Village’, a song his fans immediately took to their hearts. Chances are
the title track ‘Born to Sing’ will be joining the pantheon of his
best songs of the last 25 years, up there with the wondrous ‘Fast
Train’, ‘Only a Dream’, and ‘Celtic New Year’. On this, his first
studio album since Keep it Simple, this time recorded unusually in his
home town of Belfast, Morrison has come up with the goods once again
after the commercial and critical success of Keep It Simple and the
huge interest shown when he followed it by releasing a live album based
on his great 1960s masterpiece, Astral Weeks.
Why
he delivers here is mainly because of the anthemic title track, with
its showband feel and rousing lyrics, although other tunes such as the
bluesy ‘Pagan Heart’ are among a string of strong songs. ‘Close Enough
For Jazz’, which adds words to an older instrumental version of the
song, is a grower, with some deep-down low singing from Morrison, who
turned 67 at the end of August, and a melody that recalls some of his
playful work with Georgie Fame on albums such as How Long Has This Been
Going On? ‘Educating Archie’ is the joker in the pack, recalling in its
title, but not in its lyrics, an old radio show, later on TV,
featuring a self willed ventriloquist’s dummy eventually ruling the
roost. The album, which also tackles issues facing society including
the relentless pursuit of money whatever the cost on the song ‘If In
Money We Trust’, has a stripped down small band backing with fine
trombone, good horn unisons and a stand-out electric guitar intro
cutting the air like a razor on ‘Pagan Heart’."
♪♫ Defunkt Millenium - Believing In Love (2012)
Defunkt Millenium plays Defunkt classic from 1982 "Believing in Love" at Grafelfing Festival (Munich) 2012
Joe Bowie- trombone/vocals,
Kim Clarke- bass/vocals,
Adam Klipple- keyboards/vocals,
Tobias Ralph- drums/vocals,
Vincent Brijs- baritone sax/vocals
Composers Janos Gat/Joe Bowie
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