A respected member of grandpa-electronics, one of the first moog musicians, one half of the Perrey-Kingsley duo and a composer for TV, ballet, dolphins and insomniacs in need of musical theraphy… good old J. J. Perrey is no less an inspiration for all electronic musicians of our era.

With great sadness and awe I read about the demise of Max Roach while on vacation a few days ago on a national newspaper. It felt a bit awkward to read about his death on a mainstream newspaper, which never ever ever says a thing about jazz or writes obituaries of important international artists, just bullshit magazine stuff. You know you’ve been an important artist when the news of your death is even featured on a mainstream tabloid in Turkey. Now that means something!.

Marc Ribot going wild with Yezriel, a bluesy song off his new album on Tzadik with a powerful riff on the wonderful Book of Angels and Mr. Scofield covering Rolling Stones’ unforgettable single Satisfaction.

Going on a short weekend vacation at 10AM and it’s already 3AM here and I need some sleep, so here are 2 faves from the last months. First, a smoky roots reggae/dub hit from 70’s Jamaica, remastered this year by Wackies. Bullwackies All-Stars’ Free for All is the title track and it was out on The Heptones’ Hepic label.

First up is J. Rawls presenting Ohio MC Holmskillit, which has been my most repeated hiphop album this year. There’s some soulful & jazzy deep hiphop a la Madlib here.

First a soulful afrobeat on a funky beat from Cymande’s self titled 1982 album. Then a truly hypnotic track by the king of bearded disco DJ Harvey “Lovefinger” which I guess gives its name to the blog lovefingers.

The second part of minimalia covers different sides of the minimal dance spectrum. Whether it’s Kadebostan’s African vocal induced dancer or Efdemin’s lush bell melodies, the thing that makes me identify all as minimal is only the rhythm. The last two tracks are dark and distressing in the way it reminds me of the painstaking late hour low energy dancefloor nights I had a few years ago

Here’s a two part minimal house/techno selection including first and foremost the evilest track of 2007, a 10 minute non-breather remix by Ricardo Villalobos which will leave you gasping for breath. Released on Skull Disco.