Presenting Benjammin,50+ releases with the likes of Black Grass,Scotch Bonnet/Mungos Hi Fi,Prof Angel Dust and Roots Garden,he has become the most loved and recognised voice in the reggae scene in Spain.Here we see him reunited with The 13th Tribe for a Latino/Ragga/Tropical tobasco flavoured slice of dancefloor cha cha cha.Expect to see a whole bunch of seismic collabs from these guys in 2k10.
'Once in a while some great underground rap makes its way to my ears. This time its not the usual American stuff, like Sage Francis, Sixtoo, or Shadow Huntaz, although it has some innovative vocal manipulations and twisted beats like Shadow Huntaz. No this is some homegrown shit direct from Glasgow,Scotland, not quite the rap mecca, but it sure does breed some forward thinking electronic acts, such as our providers here, Eastborn on the lyricals, and The 13th Tribe taking them vocals and chopping and screwing them into some mad rhythms over his crunchy headnodding Southeast Asian influenced track. Big pressure from two great Artists, and even more props goes to them for giving the proceeds of this track to the Haiti earthquake aid'
Mogadon glitch with Sara on Vox and Soft Wasp on Drums,Tommy Wah Wah Molina on Guitar and Freddy Bolivar on blubbery Bass.If u hadnt yet noticed Sara Taxe Rodriguez is Spain's Roxanne Shante multiplied by Queen Latifah to the power of Ursula Rucker.Soft Wasp is a dynamite Dubhop/Step producer hailing from Manchester with a rather plump back catalogue to peruse,check him out here,some of his stuff is well benny hill.
http://soundcloud.com/click-clone
Production,if u can call it that, by 13t. (does this guy ever leave the house? - wierdo)
Downtempo Electronic jiggery pokery@ half time 140bpms, with constantly evolving musical shapes, culminating in a ping pong of blappy bleepishness...down to the load to the free y'all.
(the foto is my friend Olga Estelles and i think its great,it reminds me of Pan's Labyrnth)
This is FREE download from The 13th Tribe's Soundcloud page,navigate there by clicking on the song title above the foto and click on download for the free track. .
Peace.
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Fantastic wee chill out mix by Huskiii from FFtang! Amusingly entitled Cloud Monsters,it features lots of African/Latin/Eastern goodness thatll soothe yer lugs into the new year an beyond.Spark up a herbal woodbine non filter an get yer horizontal jiggy hats on,cloud cluster bomb incoming.... U can hear Huskiii and fellow FFtangeros every third Thursday @93 feet east in Brick lane,look out for our Charlie Inman (dj C-Boogie) of shep Boosh's Cover up fame playing 'a ragbag mix of hiphop samba funk salsa brazillia dancehall jazz' on 21st january - Free entry all night
Umalali - Uruwei Oumou Sangaré - Ne Bi Fe The 13th Tribe - Wanya Eko feat. Gozi Joe Adigwe Juan Son - Las Hadas Juana Molina - Los Hongos de Marosa A.R. Rahman - Silent Invocation A Co ft. Deuce - Bastards Helado Negro - Dahum Paavoharju - Tuoksu Tarttuu Meihin Múm - Marmalade Fires El Remolón - La Bonita Odd Nosdam ft. Jessica Bailiff - Fat Hooks Black to Comm - Virtuosity Is A Means To An End Sublime Frequencies - Evening Ambiance, Myanmar Kuupuu - Taivaankotiin
On a Celtic Tip(ple) I just found this wee selection of Scottish,Irish and Galician (ie Celtic),Ballads and Airs,Jigs n Reels that i used to pass around Irish bars in Spain (it was always worth a free stout or 2 :).It features the melifluous and spine tinglingly angelic voice of Karol Matheson,The majestic Chieftains,Godfathers of Folk music and Bob Dylans best pals;The Clancy Brothers(they taught Bob D how it was done in Greenwich Village NYC in the 60s),the inimitable High Priests of the Scottish Celtic music scene (& of course collaborators of The 13th Tribe) ;The McCluskey Brothers,The raucous,sublime and poetic, Pogues and also The Ard Ri's (High Kings) of Irish Folk Music;The Dubliners.Loud and Proud they all gather round the still, simmering a lethal poitin brew with some well known tunes and some not so well known,kinda suits this time of yr.Hope u dig.Athbhliain faoi mhaise dhuit.