Over ten minutes into this fucker, and we've got trumpet over organ over every freakin' type of percussion reasonably imaginable... we start with bass lines like fingertips massaging you... then bells, then maybe a harp...? Black Unity, all told, is one track, at 37:21... it's an exercise in tribal rhythm: it builds, and it builds and it FUCKING BUILDS, repeating and repeating and reiterating and synonymizing and reflecting and recapitulating... (and during all this where the trumpeter's still trying to out-scream and/or arpeggio Sanders... and he's giving it a pretty good go...!) Black Unity is the [...]
We are officially at the end of what we can pretty much call the Week of Kendrick Lamar . Dude pretty much owned every music website this week with his onslaught of late night and live performances, interview after interview, and, oh right, the release of his proper debut album . But hey, he's not the only artist to have a strong week, as we heard good-to-great projects from numerous artists. We've rounded up some of our favorites here for y'all to enjoy. And the best part? They're all free. Click page 2 to [...]
How do 26 free new tracks inspired by jazz legend Pharoah Sanders sound? Good, right? Nah, try great . This compilation, which was put together by Cosmic Compositions, breathes new life into his storied discography and features several Potholes favorites. Ben Jamin , Tuamie , @Peace , KVZE , and more appear and flip the hell out of samples from across the genresphere. Sanders' music might be the focus, but you'll also hear some classic drops from acts like Erykah Badu along with some Denzel Washington vocals. You can stream/download this fantastic [...]
Jesco White - This First Dance earthtone9 - Wolverine Blues Death Grips - @deathgripz Brown Bag AllStars - The League Of Intoxicated Gentlemen KEEPBULLFIGHTING - Finally Decide Y La Bamba - Juniper Marine Research - Parallel Horizontal Laura Rivers - That's Alright (Since My Soul Has Got A Seat Up In The Kingdom) Divorce - Horseheads Can't - Too Shy Arthur Collins - The Preacher And The Bear [...]
Two years after the death of his mentor and boss, John Coltrane, and just before signing his own contract with Impulse!, Pharoah Sanders finally got around to releasing an album as a leader apart from the Impulse! family. Enlisting a cast of characters no less than 13 in number, Sanders proved that his time with Coltrane and his Impulse! debut, Tauhid, was not a fluke. Though hated by many of
The Fender Rhodes is the most famous electric piano in the world. Part of this is because it was there at the right time; one of the low numbered MIDI voices is the Rhodes piano. The other part of that is the incredible sounds it makes. Half the time they don't sound like a piano at all, shimmering and ethereal, full of tremelo. The first time Lonnie Liston Smith got his hands on a Rhodes was in 1971 when he walked into the studio to record the album Thembi with Pharoah Sanders. [...]
After Trane, Pharoah Sanders was the tenor saxophonist who most startled me, made me rethink the sound of the saxophone and re-appreciate what could be done with the horn. Trane, of course, was the brightest light in the constellation of sounds I knew as jazz. There were many others whom I liked but none of them were a North Star, a guide to what was possible, to where we could go when we were free to go wherever we wanted to go, wherever we were capable of going; or, as we said critiquing our own limitations: we can do anything [...]
Dear Captain Awesome, I'm writing you this email because my ears are exhausted from listening to new age music and I would like you to help me discover new genres of music (Well, new for me and I suppose, old for the world). As a child I've been exposed to Nat King Cole and Louis Armstrong and I've been singing standard songs like 'Funny Valentine' and 'Summertime' ever since I could remember, but I haven't really taken the time to make jazz music my own. Actually, I haven't even taken the time to acquaint myself with [...]
This is the work of a confident explorer willing to go anywhere and do anything, and a cursory glance at Sanders' unsmiling album covers from 1973 makes the conditions clear: strap in and come along for the ride because once we start we aren't slowing down. Raise your hand if you've been holding out hope that more of Pharoah Sanders' early '70s catalog would finally get remastered and/or released for the first time on CD. Anyone? Well, there weren't necessarily people clamoring for this music even during the era it was made. But certainly more people had at least [...]
by S. Victor Aaron In the wake of 9/11, LA producer Carlos Nino initially put together a collective of about 20 area musicians he named Build An Ark with the intent of spreading a message of peace, love and harmony through music. Nino himself says "we came together to make music that hopes to inspire peace and love in this [...]
My plan to blog more was slightly thwarted by travel: i'm in New England at the moment, and internet access has been a bit sporadic, so i've been doing analogue stuff like reading books and playing piano. Crazy , i know. Anyway, i've been working out this Pharoah Sanders piece, which is tremendous fun. It's kind of a palate cleanser in the middle of the parent LP Elevation , a joyful 5-minute respite from the crazed overblown reed and piano soloing surrounding it (which, don't get me wrong, is also great). i've been listening [...]
Originally posted 11 April 2007 KHALID OF SPACE, PART TWO: WELCOME Larry Young Lawrence of Newark Perception : 1973 CD Universe / iTunes [seemingly out of print again] LY, organ, bongos, vocals; Pharoah Sanders [credited as 'Mystery Guest'], saxophones and vocals; James Blood Ulmer, guitar; Charles Magee, electric trumpet; Dennis Mourouse, sax and electric sax; Cedric Lawson, electric piano; Deirdre Johnson, [...]
Originally posted 11 April 2007 KHALID OF SPACE, PART TWO: WELCOME Larry Young Lawrence of Newark Perception : 1973 CD Universe / iTunes [seemingly out of print again] LY, organ, bongos, vocals; Pharoah Sanders [credited as 'Mystery Guest'], saxophones and vocals; James Blood Ulmer, guitar; Charles Magee, electric trumpet; Dennis Mourouse, sax and electric sax; Cedric Lawson, electric piano; Deirdre Johnson, [...]
i'm starting to think that maybe the scheduled rapture may well be going to happen after all at 6pm Pacific Time – 2am Sunday GMT – just because everyone's taking such great pleasure in the certainty that it won't, and so wholeheartedly embracing all the attendant possibilities for believer-bashing. 1 Sort of like The Boy Who Cried Apocalypse, or something. Anyway, i thought it was only right to draw together some sort of short mix of stuff [...]
The world seems to have lost interest in mash-ups, and rightfully so. Most of the time they seem to consist of little more than an 'ironic' pop vocal slapped onto the instrumental of whatever happens to be the coolest track in indie clubs at the time. How refreshing, then, to find a project that is more reworking than mash-up, and that actually yields some interesting results. A few months back, a graphic designer called Logan Walters decided, apropos nothing, to rework Wu-Tang album covers as if they had been released by legendary [...]
T wo years after the death of his mentor and boss, John Coltrane , and just before signing his own contract with Impulse!, Pharoah Sanders finally got around to releasing an album as a leader apart from the Impulse! family. Enlisting a cast of characters no less than 13 in number, Sanders proved that his time with Coltrane and his Impulse! debut, Tauhid, was not a fluke. Though hated by many of the jazz musicians at the [...]
Twas the week before Christmas, and all throughout the Bay Area clubs, things are looking a bit sleepy. But, fear not! Because there is something high quality in the cards every night for the next 7 days, including a few rare performances by legends! Thursday, December 16th Bela Fleck & The Flecktones w/ The Alash [...]
Holy shit I'm tired. And by that I mean "here's another Spotify monthly playlist from the grandiose ears of self" or some other shite like that... There shall be mentaldom, animals fighting out to the death and probably boogieing while we're at it!!Hooray and stuff.... I'm off to make some nice tea.June 2010 PlaylistDandi Wind "Umbilical Noose" (Bait the Tapes, 2005 Bongo Beat Records) Buy
Une petite compile/compilée par mes soins. A écouter les yeux fermés et le coeur en mouvement. Quelques menus extraits: Matt Elliott - End Pharoah Sanders - Myth Lonnie Donegan - Lonesome Traveller POLLYester - The Indian (Mock Toof Remix) La compile : Train De Jour
The Ripple Effect
Potholes In My Blog
Life Just Bounces
Wine, Women And Song
Doklands
breath of life
Indiecision
PopMatters
Something Else! Reviews
Destination: OUT
The Line Of Best Fit
Spinning Platters
Versions Galore
Easy Music for Difficult Ears
L.A.D.R.I.
Frau – Tarian Sari (stream)
Watch Empire of the Sun perform “Alive” on Kimmel
Full Moon Official After Party: Yuksek x Zimmer @ Drom (85th Avenue A)
Arctic Monkeys | Do I Wanna Know? (Official Video)
