Friday, 6 August 2021

Dub This Road - TAIKOPERA (ダブ・ディス・ロード - たいこペラ) | Powell Street Festival 2021

An innovative musical meeting, and long-distance hi-fi collaboration between British hapa singer / recording artist Denise Sherwood and groundbreaking all-women’s drum groups, Sawagi and Onibana Taiko, with sound designs by legendary dub reggae producer Adrian Sherwood

Specially recorded for Powell Street Festival online, DUB THIS ROAD is a short film adaptation of Denise Sherwood’s debut album THIS ROAD, and presented as a preview version of TAIKOPERA- an experimental concept fusion of taiko drumming and contemporary opera.

Featuring a unique cast of musicians and performers in a 21st century journey of performance traditions and pandemic theatrics, DUB THIS ROAD (TAIKOPERA) is a risky synthesis, a multidisciplinary meditation, which expands and connects diverse cultural perspectives and Asian Canadian histories. Production/direction: Don Chow

Don Chow curates a collaboration with Denise Sherwood (Japanese-British) and Adrian Sherwood (indie record producer and father of emerging singer-songwriter Denise) and two Vancouver taiko groups

Chinese translation

I've known Rolo since the early-mid eighties and you should trust his musical judgement too

I never went to Glastonbury but I did see Fela in 1984. From memory I think it was at The Venue in Victoria that he played at and then after the gig we were either told about the Hampstead gig or maybe it was a leaflet. (Vivian Goldman wrote about it for the NME and if anyone feels like liberating that from RBP for me well I would be so grateful) and yeah it was a strange and disorientating night to say the least. I seem to remember Professor Hindu getting his throat cut too. Is that a real memory but didn't that happen at The Venue before...

Sometime in the morning I will be listening to this mix...

Tracklist:

Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Nocturnal Anatomy

Nurse With Wound - Mothering Tongue

Moor Mother - Valley of Dry Bones

Sevdaliza - Hero

Kikuri - That Place Into Which You Fell Was Lined With A Cushion of Pain And Is No Proof of Your Continuing Existence

Jah Wobble - Just Me And Phil

Kelela - Hallucinogen

Hospital Ships - Nothing To Hide

Lone Taxidermist - Dribble Wizard

L.A.N.D. - Nothing Is Happening Everywhere

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Existence In The Unfurling

KiKu & Blixa Bargeld & Black Cracker - Like This

Burial - Rodent (Kode9 Remix)

Sounds to me like a good soundtrack to the new day coming. Originally put together in pre-pandemic times three years ago

...oh and also this one from 4 years ago Tracklist:

Brock Van Wey - A Gentle Hand To Hold

Netherworld - New Horizons

Echospace - Sonorous [Variant Reduction]

Nico Muhly - Drones & Viola (Part IV: Material In A Long Cadence)

Ian Hawgood & Wil Bolton - Defined Horizons

Murcof X Vanessa Wagner - Erik Satie's Gnossienne No. 3 [Album Version]

Shinichi Atobe - Waste Land 1

Makyo - A Piece of Forgotten Song Drifting Across the Water [Haad Rin Sunrise Mix]

Zonal - Chrystalline

Ian Hawgood - Beauty In The Breakage

Heather Leigh - Fairfield Fantasy

Congratulations to my darling, David @reversediorama on the publication of his fifth novel MONUMENT MAKER out today @WhiteRabbitBks TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING!!! To bear witness to your awe-inspiring creations is one of the greatest gifts of my life. I will love you forever, amen x pic.twitter.com/Hwe6ENkmZG
— Heather Leigh (@wishimage) August 5, 2021

LOCKDOWN 6.0

Toyan - Curfew

Thursday, 5 August 2021

True Story

OK! Andrew made me laugh with that one

Beams of Light/Dreams of Night Mixes

A mix to get me moving in the morning with tracks by Max Richter/Ian Burdge/Mari Samuelsen/Robert Ziegler, Leftfield, Penelope Trappes, Alesini & Andreoni, Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force, Moor Mother, Sault, The Revolutionary Dub Warriors, Pato Banton, Sly and Robbie, The Ruts, Sonny Sharrock, Ulro and Swans A wee 'go to fugn sleep' mix for myself. Tracks by The Associates, The Aloof, Leftfield, the Bug, Pinch, Burial, Nick Murphy and Talk Talk NB: Includes hidden, bonus track and my brain may be different to yours so sleep may elude you. I accept no responsibility The man Nick Murphy in his earlier guise. Got to say that my ex wife was a fan right from hearing him. it took me until I heard this cover of Burial from Triple J's 'Like A Version'

Saturday, 31 July 2021

British Reggae (Aquarius LWT 1976)

ZONAL - Heavy Dub Mix

Tracklist

The Bug - Pressure (ft. Flowdan)

“war on bottoms.”

Hit Run Records Mix

Tracklist: African Melody/Dub From The Ghetto/Jah Will Explain/Wicked Are To Blame (Version)/Righteous Melody/Hunger & Strife (Version)/Trenchtown Dub/Beware/Natty Conscience Free/Love Is Like A Password/Feeling of Reggae/A Field Marshall/The Chosen/A Fe We Jah/Jah Will Lead Us Home/Ten Thousand Lions/North London Thing/No One Can Tell I About Jah/Sweet Reggae Music/Yes Yes Yes/Ivory Girl/Prejudiced Country/Stero Style 79/Long Long Time/Hairdressing Salon/Them Must Fall (Version)

Above: An 18 year old Adrian With Prince Far I

Via See Discogs and Skysaw

Mix is most of the releases (dubs) from the label in (mostly) chronological order