Marching Band in Cape Town - 6/18/2010

Africa, here we come!

Freddie McGregor (w. the Sound Dimension): Africa Here I Come

The Elcados: Ku Mi Da Hankan

Taffy B. and DJ Slow are bound for South Africa, Lesotho, and Burundi. Stay tuned for sounds and images from the motherland....

In the meantime, I'll direct you to a few incredible blogs on African Music, in no particular order:

voodoofunk.blogspot.com

analogafrica.blogspot.com

likembe.blogspot.com

awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com

Revolution's a Lie

Download

her story - flying lizards
rain dance - herbie hancock
barnowl - caribou
cut men - mi ami
turn to red - killing joke
everybody dubbing - treasure isle dub
hormone - growing
impossible guitar - phil manzanera
fantasies - silver apples
revolution's a lie - ariel pink's haunted graffiti

Soothing Sounds for Sabine - Little Miss Echo

A belated welcome to my now month-old niece Sabine:

In honor of her birth, here is a favorite track by Raymond Scott, a pioneer in ambient and electronic music, from his 1962 3-disc masterpiece Soothing Sounds for Baby:

Little Miss Echo

 

Despite the title, these songs are not just soothing for babies, but also their tired parents, or any other adults, for that matter. This is among my favorite records of all time, and props goes out to M.C. of Chicros for turning me on to the mellow sounds. More Raymond Scott can be heard on the Planequarium Mix.

And more of Sabine can be seen at Wrath66.com.

Another big Happy Birthday shout-out goes to Sasha, who is 1 year old today!

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*Editor's Note: Photo of sweet lil' Sabine is courtesy of her dad / my bro, Wrath66, a distinguished artist, designer, blogger, and now, father. Of the many wonderful photos of his daughter I've been lucky to see, this one still blows my mind the most!