There have been quite a few upsetting things goin' on in Greece the past month, provin' once more –not that there was ever any doubt- that the government and the state is as rotten as hell would be if it actually existed and that most citizens of this country -and other countries as well for that matter- are so ignorant and indifferent, it hurts.
Having said that, this post today ain’t about sharing music. It’s about sharing the very profound will of mine that someday we will all be able to search for our inner selves, leave the superficial, vain and materialistic part of us behind, unite and truly love each other, so that we finally understand that we need no fancy stuff, we need nobody to rule us, nobody to make decisions for us and nobody to say what’s right and what’s wrong.
Cause everything could only be right then. And people wouldn’t have to go on hunger strikes, facing death, to claim human rights.
Stretch your mind and unite, people. There’s your power.
It ain’t cool to be an outsider in this.
track's info: Jon Lucien - Search For The Inner Self Ampex Records 1971
I bet all my delivery flyers (you do know how important delivery flyers are, don't you?) that the Bamboos and Funk'n'Stein definitely had this in mind when they started makin' music.
Absolute funk from the late '70s and Experience Unlimited. One of those pieces of music that its lyrics make you think, but its melody gives you peace, even when the rest of the world has totally lost it. And I won't even begin talking about the vocals by Melva "Lady" Adams and Donald R. Fields.
Peace.
track's info: Experience Unlimited - Peace gone away Free yourself Black Fire 1977
Mr. Santiago Ferreira (or Santi), born in Paraguay, based in the U.S., released his first full length album Ciclico about three months ago. And although I must admit that most of it may be too latino-tango-ish for my kinda taste, this track is funky as hell.
I don't know any Spanish, but I know this tune is a toda madre -and I hope I didn't just say anything for anyone's mother. Maybe fantástico. Just to be safe.
Something cozy and full of soul before we head to bed and wake up to kick off a brand new week, which who knows is gonna bring.
Just a little trip to the late '60s, with Arthur Conley's blessed voice and some heavenly horns, sad bass and perfect lead guitar, all in absolute tune with the piano bits.
Great, now I can't sleep...
track's info: Arthur Conley - I'm a lonely stranger Sweet Soul Music ATCO Records 1967
Since I managed to survive the previous stroke and attend yesterday's party without a heart attack, I might as well tell you a few things about my Breakbot experience.
I 'll be honest: there have been Breakbot sets that have absolutely blown my mind in their full duration, track by track. Yesterday, in The Kids are Alright party, I can say that I got the chills with 3-4 tracks that have never heard before, had minor strokes with 1 or 2 awesome unknown tunes (and the fact that they still remain unknown doesn't help my condition), danced a lot, came face to face with Breakbot -and without realizing it I think I froze and goggled-, but in the end I didn't totally get that "mind blowing" feeling.
I think it's because Breakbot's set was just 1 hour and a half -or a bit longer- and during that time he had to warm up, harsh it up, disco it down, bring back the old skool, play a few hits and close down. Too many things to do, too little time. But to tell you the truth, I don't care. Mind-blowing or not, I had a great time. Breakbot can do that to you, even with the worst one of his sets. And this man's talent of incorporating producing skills into a dj set is just beyond me.
Highlights: The I'm glad that you're here track, Breakbot's intro track (see video below), Michael Jackson's Thriller track with people from the crowd dancing on stage -they should have danced like zombies though, that would be fun- and the whole nostalgic '90s part of the set with Snap, Robin S and stuff.
(ok this actually was more than mind-blowing, I admit it)
(This is the Thriller track I mentioned, but that's it, sorry. No more videos. I prefer spending the night dancing than recording...)
After Breakbot, Busy P took over. He started off well with a really dirty edit on Imagination's Illusion
and a bit of disco mood, but then things got too harsh for my ears, so I
didn't stick around much longer. After all, I'm like 100 and if the
music can't speak to me, I get tired and hungry.
