A triumvirate of grand: lounge-futurist progenitor Esquivel wrote & recorded the original sultry & swinging tune in 1968; consummate polyglot & Francis Ford Coppoloa soundtracker Osvaldo Golijov grafted it to a characteristically dynamic & subtly dissonant arrangement; the aggressively talented and preternaturally hip Kronos Quartet recorded it for their 2001 record Nuevo. Likely to randy up all those that hear - use accordingly.

Buy Nuevo!

A couple of jams I came across while perusing the interblobs this evening:

Gwen Guthrie’s mini LP “Padlock”, with mixes by Larry Levan. It looks like the rip is from the PTG Records reissue, though sadly minus a couple of the bonus tracks.

Kashif’s “Send Me Your Love.” I was familiar with his name from records he produced with Melba Moore, Evelyn King and Whitney Houston, but I really started jamming on his solo stuff when I found his 1983 LP, “Condition of the Heart,” at a thrift store. This one’s got some nicely produced synthy RnB/boogie-type numbers on it.

Pretty funky! It’s somewhat like Ian Svenonius’ super distant long lost nephew working out a Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis jones. A fairly dope pedigree for sure.

Bonus: You can download the record this is on for free on their website.

This…is…amazing. Let it be known: if Chris Dane Owens plays a show in DC, I’ll be there.

p.s. LOVE HAS ENEMIES.

Recorded Sunday November 23, 2008 at Vorst Nationaal in Brussels, Belgium. Watch it here or view the full size version on Murphy’s website.

Murphy has some rad/silly costume changes throughout the full set, including several Frisbee shaped hats and some giant stuffed bendy men. She also busts out a cover of Bryan Ferry’s “Slave to Love” towards the end, which sadly doesn’t sound as deliciously synthy as it does in this mesmerizingly ludicrous Gucci commercial.

It appears as though some genius at Hobnox.com has used interweb magic to brew up a thing called Audiotool, a Flash-based, fully functional emulation of the TR-808 and TR-909 rhythm composers and the TB-303 bass synth (plus an array of pedals to boot).

Bonus points if you make a song with it and include it on your mix.