ABDUL MATI KLARWEIN FOR MILES DAVIS ‘BITCHES BREW’

Welcome to VS 2012, Show number three.  Retirement seemed like such a good idea at the time.  We would put our feet up at the railing of our Queenslander up in the cane fields, we’d pop a XXXX and watch the sun set of over heat haze, whilst convoys of cattle would graze.  A certain texture, that certain beat, brings home the night time heat.

Oh, you are not au fait with the Australian idiom? (or the lyrics of Gangajang??)  Well, considering two of us live in Europe and SCSI has citizenship from Moldova (so ljucky!) we question whether in fact even we understand a word that was just said.    So, I guess it means the retirement is over, the shoes are back on, the tinny is re-sealed and we break out the wheels of steel for another show.

Featuring French madness from actor Phillipe Nicaud, weird scat sounds from Janko Nilović coming to Paris via Montenegro and France via French Guiana with Henri Salvador, the first set ends with a tribute to the fashion hub of the world (no, not Miami, philistines!) , Carnaby Street, here in London Town.

The next set is our loving and sincere tribute to one of the greatest musical genres of all time.  Many people call it Southern Rock, he know it simply as HRS.  Hard. Rocking. Shit.  We start with Wicked Wilson Pickett (who Kurac and Ringfinger saw in Sydney in the early 90s) with Duane Allman on geetar.  In all seriousness, it is an amazing piece of soul and a great, great vocal from Wicked.  The same can’t be said for the next track by Gregg Allman and his ‘woman’ Cher.  This album has been out of print since 1977.  We cannot for the life of us understand why.  The final track is by the Allman Brothers Band from their début album and to me represents one of the most amazing pieces of slide playing in recorded history.  No jokes there.  At least its shorter than the live version of Mountain Jam (clocking in at a short and clipped 34 minutes).

A few tracks from record store day now; A Pet Shop Boys cover by Field Music and Andrew Bird ‘giving it away’.  This is backed by the late, great J.Dilla and Tinariwen from Mali remixed by Portugal the Man.  In between is a new piece by DJ Ringfinger himself.  Please be kind to him, he really gets a hard time from the press, despite many press junkets, some well attended events and a gift bag that would put Paris Hilton to shame (a Jaguar XJ-S for everyone in the room, beat that Oprah)

Le Monde once described him as… ’le plus gros tas de merde depuis que étron peu Sarkozy’ whilst the Asahi Shinbum simply called him ‘たわごと’ .  The track, entitled ‘A modern interpretation of feminist theory’ features some spoken word from 1960s NYC cab drivers. For more of his rubbish, head to http://www.fabricationdebruit.com.

Finally, we have three very warped tracks selected by DJ Kurac.  We start with Metabolist, an early 80s band from the UK, then the LA based early 70s synth work of Nik Raicevic and finally 14:39 mins of late 70s disco funkery from Hot R.S with their version of ‘House of the Rising Sun’.

There you have it, show 3 in the bag.  well, maybe we can go back to our retirement home now.  Anyone spring us the cab fare?

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ROB SATO FOR SOLE ‘BOTTLE OF HUMANS’

NICK REKA ILLUSTRATION FOR BUCK 65 ‘CENTAUR

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Do come in, thanks for the wine and flowers
and welcome to another outbreak of Adamantiumness
04 & 05 2012 have proved abundant fruit bearers
it’s been all music this month, seriously:
Had the pleasure of watching Shigeto, Young Magic & Rob Glasper live this past 30 days,
got my deck sorted after god knows how long – hit Phonica and Sounds Of The Universe obviously, & checked some of the vinyl I’ve been accumulating that i never even got a chance to listen to (Hence Edgar Winter randomness!)
Saying that, a lot of DL action this time around as well. (no mic technique from me this month, crazy sore throat right now)
Kicking off with some Freenuss from the always wortha check XLR8R website in the shape of the beautifully fraught VIEGO ABIUNGO,
after that the collabo between ASA & STUMBELEINE gives you just about all the ululating strings and post TELEFON TEL AVIV electronics you can handle. Then a track from the compiled instrumentals of FRIENDZONE which has just been released free from their tumblr.
3 RnBesque songs on the trot next, the wonderful MAR with a track from another free EP, never known him to sell a record yet so don’t quite know how he makes ends meet but who are we to complain. Then KAYTRADAMUS bolsters the DIPLO produced USHER track ‘climax’ and LAPALUX tears a new one in MARIO’s ‘let me love you’.
Some big new talents follow – The err postdubstep of M.CONSTANT & BASKETBALL CAMP, the boogie electronics of INNOBUSHU & HEION, and then the man who broke my neck while i was waiting for a train at Whitstable station a fortnight go TUAMIE – shit is so unbelievably raw and god’s teeth it swings like a bored essex housewife! Get the EP for def.
Then to the house and disco doings – The fantastic ISM imprint’s MAGNETIC SOUL, Mexican House Maestro LA ROYALE (yep Mexican House that’s right), A nugget from my Brazillian Dig – the Tom Moulton Loft-insulating Edgar Winter track, and a rollerskating theme tune from HUNT’S DETERMINATION.
Wrapping up with the godzilla-massive ‘Samsfav’ track by FLYLO from KUTMAH’s ace compilation for the Worldwide series, a badass RAJA rewonk of WUTANG, the fabulously monikered SEVEN DAVIS JR, a track by INFINITE GLOSS that seems to have disapeared off the Web and closing proceedings with all-time Adtrax homeboy ACKRYTE from his new EP.
Links to all the tracks, free or otherwise are below, support the talent if you can, lest they stop blessing our ossicles n that.
Enjoy, more soon. Duchamp

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Props to Kutmah for flagging this dude on his ace Worldwide compilation

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ALSO INSTRUMENTALS COLLECTION VOLUME 1 – DL FROM THEM VIA SENDSPACE

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If you end up sharing a room at University with Donny Hathaway
Then get your first group signed to Curtis Mayfield’s MAYFIELD record label
Then get hand picked to replace Curtis as Main vocalist in the IMPRESSIONS
Then decide to go solo and while you are at it write, arrange and produce virtually everything on said records
The get paid to produce and write music for anyone you feel like including Roberta Flack
And you don’t die young and are still touring when you’re 67
congratulations, well done, good show
You are Leroy Hutson.

Here’s an hour or so of some of his classic ish for your listening pleasure:

Yo Leroy!

Tracklist:

Leroy Hutson – Situations
Roberta Flack – Tryin’ Times
Arnold Blair – I Won The Big Deal
Leroy Hutson – Lucky Fellow
The Impressions – Potent Love
The Natural Four – Try Love Again
Leroy Hutson – I’ll Be There, I’ll Still Care
Geraldine Hunt – You Brought Joy
The Voices Of East Harlem – Giving Love
Leroy Hutson – All Because Of You
Leroy Hutson – Love To Hold You Close
Arnold Blair – Trying to Get Next To You
Leroy Hutson – I Think I’m Falling In Love
The Impressions – Love Me
Leroy Hutson – Love The Feeling

Nice Madlib interview on Adultswim