Electronic

UFO’S OVER NEW YORK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR4STfeAhW0 Konstruktivits - New York From Konstruktivits - Glennascaul Released on Sterile Records, 1985, UK When you go through records, checking the back of the cover for familiar names, some are invitations to give those records a listen while a few almost urge you to buy them on sight. Needless to say that the name…Lire la suite UFO’S OVER NEW YORK

RESORT ISLAND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_4BXfWRNPw&feature=youtu.be Shohjo-Tai - Flamingo Island From Shohjo-Tai - Forever 2001 Released on Broadway, Japan, 1986 Remember that heavy tune by a Japanese Idol band we posted a few months ago ? Well, the three girls from Shojo-Tai are back with another summer hit, casually called Flamingo Island. Once again, the production is flawless and it's no…Lire la suite RESORT ISLAND

AASHID DUB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8wDsgAMKzc Afrikan Dreamland - Unwasted Time (Dub) From Afrikan Dreamland - Blu-Reggae Released on Ayo, 1983, US Last November, we wrote about a very surprising album, by Nashville's master of reggae (if not one of the only reggae musicians from Nashville), Kosmik Gypsy by Aashid Himons. This record, Himons' only solo album, blew our minds…Lire la suite AASHID DUB

MINDGAMES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYFKH0MzYA4 Lix - Stalking From Lix - S/T Released on Fat Records & Tapes, 1984, Sweden Released in 1984 on Fat Records & Tapes, that is to say the same year and on the same label than balearic heads favourite, Sjunne Ferger's mind-blowing Mindgames, Lix's only album is an oddball of a record. Unlike Mindgames, there is something straight-forwardly…Lire la suite MINDGAMES

DON’T JUDGE A RECORD BY ITS COVER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR0camhw4RY&feature=youtu.be Lapassenkoff - Congo / Masaï From Lapassenkoff - Shing A Ling! Released on Mosquito, 1988, France One of the things we've learn from rummaging through record bins is that you kind of need to judge a record by its cover in order to make some selecting amongst unknown records. And most of the time,…Lire la suite DON’T JUDGE A RECORD BY ITS COVER

ANOTHER BAMBOO SONG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1MDMAS2N3A BILL - Glassbamboo From BILL - Spielwiese Zwei Released on Klangbad, 2010, Germany It's hard to quantify the importance of Jaki Liebezeit over contemporary electronic music or even over modern drumming but no one can deny the fact that his hypnotically regular and highly characteristic  drumming influenced - in one way or another - the…Lire la suite ANOTHER BAMBOO SONG

I’D LIKE MINE TRIBAL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQAlQRC8oCo&feature=youtu.be Nyles-Jarvis Project - Tribal Juice (The Ritual Version) From Nyles-Jarvis Project - Tribal Juice Released on Jazz Club, 1997, US Nyles-Jarvis Project was a very short-lived project - as only three songs and their various mixes were released under this moniker - by Nyles Arrington, who had a few house hits in the 1990's,…Lire la suite I’D LIKE MINE TRIBAL

BARRERAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmzPHO_CKSk&feature=youtu.be Iury Lech - Here Comes Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes From Iury Lech - Victima Of Dunceing Released on Insolit, 2001, Spain   Many of you may have heard of Iury Lech's mind blowing computer-assisted second album, Musica Para El Fin de Los Cantos, featuring the ambient banger Barreras. However, the popularity of this record - which will…Lire la suite BARRERAS

THE DIGITAL HIGHLIFE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7vvLujkzY4 Mr. Cee - Kaba From Mr. Cee - Kaba Released on Ceeko Records, 198?, Ghana How is it possible that all those Ghanaian records are almost  "ungoogleable" ? We mentioned a Ghanaian artist, Paa Solo, a few weeks ago, who released a very mysterious record in Berlin, and now, Mr. Cee, as impossible to…Lire la suite THE DIGITAL HIGHLIFE