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Personal Space
I haven’t posted about a knock-out record in quite ahwile, but Chocolate Industries’ Personal Space has been tearin’ up my turntable all weekend.
“If the independently-pressed record made the galaxy of recorded music that much larger, the burgeoning home studio became the black hole from which little escaped … This collection presents the unheard underground of the self-produced, often solo, electronic soul world of the ‘70s and early ‘80s, offering a view into an ocean of sound that is in turn peaceful, bizarre, funky, and often humbly ahead of its time.”
Ridiculously good.
Free Jazz Bitmaps Volume 1 Release
Make sure to hit Saki here in Chicago on Friday, May 4th, 2012 from 6 – 9pm for the release of Free Jazz Bitmap Vol. 1 by Nick Butcher. Live music by Nick along with Katherine Young, Jenna Lyle & Joann Cho. It's a free event! Also, make sure to hit Pitch Design Union for a give-away of this poster for the release.
The Listening Room
Hey Chicago: ever wonder what happened to the music that used to flow from Dr. Wax before it shut it’s doors? Turns out the whole shebang found it’s way to the Seattle Art Museum via “The Listening Room,” an installation by Chicago artist Theaster Gates.
“…the finished installation [has] the look and feel of a speak-easy, church, storefront and museum gallery all rolled into one. The centerpiece of the show is the DJ Booth, made by Gates out of reclaimed materials…”
Pretty interesting concept, complemented by sister installation “Record Store,” a collaboration between the museum and Olson Kundig Architects.
Parra x Madlib Tee
Add this to my short list of holiday gift requests. Super hot tee by Parra for Madlib. Buy it at the Stones Throw webshop.
Paul Rodgers on Wynton Marsalis
This month was Wynton Marsalis's 50th Birthday. For those of you who don't know, Wynton is the undisputed most important figure in jazz alive today. Check out the post Paul Rodgers put up about working with one of his heros over the past 20 years.
So Undead
So Undead was an exhibition in Berlin about the similarities between hard core/punk/metal and electronic music not only in composition but socially and aesthetically. Furthermore I here some buzz about a potential documentary. I'm always excited to see cross-genre examination in music and art and this project is no exception.
Helado Negro
With a love for 'Latin music explorers' like Os Mutantes, and an untold numbers of others that I don't know about, it warms mi corazón to hear the music of Roberto Carlos Lange (Helado Negro). The son of Ecuadorian immigrants, Roberto pulls sounds from all of the tropics crafting songs from a simple, singular ideas and organically developing them into a rich expression of atmosphere and culture. His latest album, Canta Lechuza, released by Asthmatic Kitty, is what got me tuned in, but his earlier album, Awe Owe, while different, is just as deserving of attention, a revealing sign to the depth of Roberto's contributions to music. Free downloads available at the Helado Negro Bandcamp page. Photo Credit: Eve Sussman
Helado Negro: Regresa by Middle Mind Project