More balmy music for another incomprehensibly lovely February day. The Double, at least on Palm Fronds, made music that conjures up images of a blissful day in a malfunctioning future.
Download “Blanket on a Beach.”
Download “Standing on a Levee.”
The Double on myspace.
Gwen McCrae - Rockin’ Chair (192k mp3)
[Via Youcangetwithdiss]
Some delicious Miami soul for this unfathomably warm February evening. McCrae landed a #1 R&B single with the title track off this album, though the real burner is definitely “90% of Me Is You.”
Recorded in 1966 in Bali, this tune contains roots of: the throttling drum worship & wanton velocity lust that characterize late-period Boredoms; the devotion to subtly disrupted patterns and delicate melodies exemplified in Steve Reich’s most famous works. The enmeshing of these ostensibly contravening properties make for music equally notable for its fragility as for its brutality.
+60 AP if you spot the G-707.
Being a “.org” means we probably have to be more charitable and involved with our community. Thanks Hipsterrunoff.
A dude in Lorton is asking a pretty nice chunk of change ($1375.00!) for his somewhat rare Roland G-707 midi guitar and GR-700 synth module. Supposedly it comes with the original 24 pin connecting cable as well, which is perhaps rarer than the guitar and synth themselves.
Watch it in action on the BBC program Rock School (Well, technically it’s a Roland midi pickup and the G-77 bass, but close enough). They give a pretty nice overview of guitar synths, and, towards the end of the clip, Midge Ure (of Visage, Ultravox, etc.) comes on to talk a bit about their limitations.
To love about Washington Phillips:
- He alternates between force & fragility with more grace than should be possible.
- He uses “whom” properly (see also Andre 3000).
- He built his own zither-ish instruments.
- His introduction to this tune, which reconciles workmanlike duty with existential dread.
- His full name is George Washington Phillips, and patriotism is cool again.
- Listen!
Available on the Washington Phillips anthology Key to the Kingdom, & ensconced within 6 discs of Americana bacchanalia on Goodbye, Babylon.
Cartoon city? Check. Small children pretending to be Billy Idol, Prince, Ric Ocasek, Cyndi Lauper and Bruce Springsteen? Check. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined a more perfect video for Nolan Thomas’ “Yo! Little Brother.”
I came across a 12” of this a few weeks ago, so, fresh off the Mix Institute Hi-Fi, do enjoy the below single edits: