balkan

15 Battles – Mirrored (Warp Records) : Everybody’s been talking about “Mirrored” this year, and they kind of deserve it for getting their oddtimed dissonant music to find strange acclaim from mainstream circles as well as mathheads.
14 Deejay OM – Reheated Naan and Curry (Galapagos4) : A fine hybrid of Indian samples mixed with beats. Somehow liked it much more than Madlib’s take. Past

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.

Hey-O-Hansen is a three piece Berlin outfit, that name their style Berlin-Afro-Alpin-Dubstep-Killersound, the second song “Moon” is from 2005, an electronic Balkanfolk dancer, which carved the name to my head that resulted in me jumping on this album which includes their singles from the last years

I thought I was cool

Yusef Lateef – Nubian Lady (Loudersoft) jazzy & laidback
Andrew Liles – Where? (Motel de Moka) drone/noise/ambient
Todd Terje – Kul I Pul (1.618) nudisco
Final Fantasy & Cadence Weapon – Paris 1919 (The Torture Garden) 5 More songs from this session here. avantpop/indie
Eagle*Seagull – The boy with a serpent in his heart (Music for kids who can’t read good) indiepop with violins & piano
A Hawk and a Hacksaw & The Hun Hangár Ensemble – Ihabibi (Eardrums shall fail) Absolutely terrific Balkan stuff, great cover of Iahabibi
Os Mutantes – Jardim Eletrico (Swan Fungus)
From his 1971 retrospective.
Descartes A Kant – Pedigree (Sonorama) Highly electric & noisy jazzcore with fem vocals.
Erase Errata – Rider (Timedoor) Erase Errata concert review & 2 songs, another electric fem punk grp.
Banana Brothers – Mercy Mercy Mercy (Waxidermy) Obscure 70s funk oddity.
Augustus Pablo – Thunder Clap (Covert Curiosity) King of dub with a song from Original Rockers.
Jimi Tenor & Rhythm Taxi – Moon Goddess (Fat Planet) The Finnish King of weirdness is back with some live fruitcake jazz.
Pit er Pat – Solstice (Hear Ya) Mature Indie . more here.
Ornette Coleman – Clergymans Dream (Words and Music) 19 min. live freejazz piece from the recent Pulitzer winner the legendary Ornette Coleman.