Giles Peterson of BBC is here to pay tribute to Gil-Scott Heron , who passed away late last month. Peterson, who has been the BBC Radio host for Underground Funk, Hip-Hop and Soul for over 20 years has definitely felt the magnitude of Scott's music during his time at BBC. Hit the jump to listen to an exclusive mix of all that is great from Gil, from the early 70's to 2010.
Black Box #64 – This time round we pay tribute to the late great Gil Scott-Heron in the only way that will do him justice – playing his own music. We also check out a chunk of Jazz and electronic stuff that is well worth checking out. How apt that this show should be the number as the years in his life. I found it hard to write about him in a way that would do him justice… so perhaps this will be my way of seeing him off. Hope you enjoy. John Coltrane – From the Album [...]
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Hum, après son album fumant avec Gil Scott Heron (R.I.P) Jamie xx nous propose un EP solo portant le nom énigmatique Far Nearer . Cet EP sorti par Numbers est un rêve paradoxale, Far Nearer et ses percussions à la chaleur caniculaire nous envoie directement sur les plages de sable fin du pacifique où des groupes de vahinés s'empressent de vous couvrir de collier de fleurs accompagnées de dauphins qui attendent qu'on leur monte sur le dos pour vous faire visiter les archipels à proximité. Beat For est un [...]
Not long ago revolutionary artist Gil Scott-Heron passed away, while it has been a sad time for the music industry (considering he recently dropped an album last year after a 16 year absence) the world gets to hear his music again, thanks to so many tributes. It's great that an artist such as Gil Scott-Heron can have his music stay alive for generations who did not grow up with his music. Gilles Peterson knows his music, he is the BBC Radio of underground funk, soul, and hip hop blend for 20+ years. [...]
Après quelques mois d'absence je revient enchanter le temps d'un court article vos oreilles avec mes derniers coups de cœur. Et c'est donc sans plus attendre que j'inaugure ce nouvel article avec l'excellent dernier EP de nos amis d' Ecxellior : Lucas et Maxime. Disponible depuis un peu plus de deux semaines sur Beatport, « Butter EP » contient 3 titres originaux dont le génial « Danse La France », superbe et originale ballade vintage que je vous laisse savourer ci-dessous. Y figure également d'excellents remixes de She Said Disco [...]
It was only a matter of time before we saw a Gilles Peterson tribute to the late great Gil Scott-Heron pop up. His crates run deep and his hard drive runs deeper. The track listing is immense, and it features tons of poetry, live performances, rare recordings and more. While there have been several tributes over the past few weeks, this one has got to be among the best. Hit the skip to stream the mix and peep the track listing! Gil [...]
For this week's In The Window I took a walk in the hot weather down Queen St. to the original Cosmos Records between Spadina and Bathurst. Owned by Aki, a man with an insane amount of music knowledge, this location is one of two Cosmos in the area. Both stores are similar in layout in that they're simple rooms absolutely full of packed shelves and vinyl up every possible wall. Although both locations are fairly close to each other they both offer a different variety of genres. This weeks location takes a [...]
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Flako-Paparazzi Download audio file (Paparazzi.mp3) When I heard about the passing of the legendary Gil Scott-Heron, I decided that it was time for another installment of my old-school Innervisions compilations. I grew up in a musical house with a father who collects records. As a kid and even now, the minute you walk into my parents' house you will be greeted with [...]
Lets just take today easy shall we guys? Here's a lovely Gil Scott-Heron Tribute mix by Mr.Ecletic and Smooth himself... Gilles Peterson. Gil Scott-Heron Tribute Mix by Gilles Peterson by gillespeterson
Nowadays, every hipster musician is a remixer. And none more so than Jamie Smith. Starting his speedy ascent to success by way of a Mercury Prize with band The xx , Jamie quickly replaced his surname with the 'xx' identity and gave birth to a moniker now synonymous with remixing. His interpretations of Gil Scott-Heron 's I'm New Here material garnered some pretty high-profile praise, and now he's back with a steel-drum driven 123. Have a listen below: 'Far Nearer' re-interprets the vocal phrase of [...]
Enquanto The xx não dá notícias sobre seu retorno, o produtor e dj integrante da banda Jamie XX, segue trabalhando em seu projeto paralelo, e mostra que se tudo der errado, já sabe caminhar com as próprias pernas. O produtor liberou duas faixas para stream: O ritmo de Far Nearer mostra que é possível ter um pezinho no som tropical sem ser axé descontrolado. Pra contrastar, Beat For traz pra perto um lado mais sombrio da música eletrônica. A arte do single faz referência ao último trabalho que Jamie fez com [...]
A warm memorialisation of Gil Scott-Heron from The Economist : Mr Scott-Heron was often described as the godfather of rap—a moniker he apparently bristled at. Yet it is impossible to listen to him recite "The Revolution will not be Televised" and not hear the way he anticipated Public Enemy, KRS-One and other rappers, who sought empowerment in the angry poetry of disenfranchised black America, and set it to a potent beat. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch
Unless you heard Gil live during the seventies, a lot of this music is going to surprise you. Really surprise you. The heavy African rhythms. The long, jazz-based interpretations. Gil was about far, far more than simply clever polemics or even hummable, politically relevant popular songs. People who only recently experienced Gil live, recently as in since, say, the nineties, probably know him mostly as a retro/semi-nostalgic entertainer, i.e. a sharp tongued, politically-oriented comedian singing mostly old songs, or else they know the dark, near tragic, old man raging against his inevitable demise, the man [...]
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Lovers of Dubstep and remixes. Jamie xx is everywhere in 2011. First with the remix album with Gil Scott-Heron remix album. My favorite remix of Adele's Rolling In The Deep . Now he just released a single called Far Nearer and Beat For. Really love these two tracks! Have a listen to these two tracks. Listen to Far Nearer . Jamie xx - Beat For (limited vinyl & download out now - http://farnearer.com) by Numbers [...]
It goes without saying that Jamie XX is one of the hottest producers in electronic music today. From his Mercury Music prize winning work on the debut album from The XX through to his amazing work with the late, great Gil Scott-Heron on We're New Here . He's also been working on solo material and the first outing has arrived on the mighty Numbers . The track first popped up in DJ sets over a year ago and the wait for release is finally over. Lead track "Far Nearer" makes [...]
In an irony that Gil himself must have appreciated, the return of revolution to the global landscape arrived at moment when mass media enjoy more dominance than ever. In a career that spanned four decades, Gil Scott-Heron had a lot of labels ascribed to him: "revolutionary soul poet", "the voice of black pride", "godfather of rap", "the black Bob Dylan". While all of these may have been true in some way, labels are woefully insufficient to describe the loss of an artist like him. Naturally, in the wake of his recent death at the age of 62, tributes to [...]
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Last few days in May and summer bearing down on us. Things are going quite smooth around the cafe. Check out mixtape that dropped earlier this week and also catch up some stories you might have missed. Anna Calvi| "Desire" (QTV Performance) [Video] A Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron Young Dreams| "Young Dreams" [Audio] Rob Manga & Full Crate | 'Mirrors In June' (Mix) KiD CuDi | Marijuana [Official Video] Young Dreams| "Young [...]
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