Another release by a genius

Progressions – Arts The Beatdoctor (2008)

You rmember my post a while back about Arts The Beatdoctor? Well he apparently released a new EP by the name of Progressions. This EP includes some beats of his and a remix of a song called Dreams by another dutch duo called Pax & Pry (You can download their albums at http://www.paxandpry.com/). This EP is really well done, Arts delivers us some more quality music, highly recommended.

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I reuploaded his first album Transitions in Mediafire so you can all get another look at one of the best producers out there, and I’m not exaggerating.

TM Juke is the shit!

Maps From The Wilderness – TM Juke (2003)

I stumbled upon this artist just a few weeks ago and I just can’t get enough of him. He is a Classical and Jazz trained musician who took his specialty to produce some of the greatest beats I ever heard. It is quite surprising that I have never heard of him since he is so dope!

TM Juke is what every producer’s supposed to be like, you can hear the quality of each song he makes. This album I’m sharing with you today is possibly my favorite album of his. You’ll have Alice Russel appearing there along with some other unknown rappers who don’t disappoint. The music itself is very mellow and pleasant to the ear. The beats will make you go crazy along with some cool effects. Man…I’m on the hunt to find some more producers like him, which is quite a difficult task since you don’t find many good artists as him.

Recommended to every new born child and to every 105 year old Japanese elder, a must! (And it’s awesome for driving too!)

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A New Beginning\Great Live Albums for Your Ears Pt. 1

I have seen in the last couple of days that my blog was missing an apeall. I tried finding what was the problem and found many things wrong with it: First, the posts themsef are missing some dedication, when I first opened this blog I promised myself that every post will be thought out and not just a run through in 10 minuts post. Secondly, I haven’t put my full attention to the design of the blog, which in my oppinion is quite important for people to want to stay. Third and last, I don’t have an About page! I noticed that latley when someone asked me what the hell is the blog supposed to be about and who the hell am I. So I decided to make a new start, a new oppening to the blog. I won’t erase my old posts because it’s quite funny to see how this blog and myself evolved in manners of age, language, taste of music and personality. You people said a teen goes through a period of change and self understanding, then here you have some proof.

I will start saying that I personally love live albums. There aren’t a lot of live performances here in Israel that apeals to me.Yes, there are good Israeli artists playing once in a while but I’ve seen them all. The last live shows I’ve seen were of Al Di Meola, Fred Wesley & The JBs, and the Al Foster Quartet, so now you will understand why I love live albums. Live albums are the alternative to being in the show, giving you the feel and taste of what a real live performance is supposed to be like, no mastering involved. Live albums are the only albums I can just lie down on the bed and listen to them without doing anything else. They are magical in everyway (the good ones of course). So I decided to start posting live albums, so you will have the pleasure of experiencing great live performances.

C’Etait Ici – Yann Tiersen (2002)

bought this album a year ago when I was visiting my family in France. This album is another live album from the legendary composer Yann Tiersen. He has 2 other live albums, one of which sucks and the other I will post in a nother time. It is quite a long show, including 29 tracks, and everyone of them is just beautiful. Every track has it’s own charm. The beauty of this live show is that it’s not played so you will dance and jump and sing along with the artist but just experience another kind of music, enjoyig the sounds made by the performers. It’s quite an exceptional album, you won’t hear it anywhere else.

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Life On Planet Groove – Maceo Parker (1992)

I posted this album a while back but it deserves it’s place in this new beginning. It is my favorite live album, really my favorite. It has been introduced to me by my uncle. The album cover says it all “2% Jazz, 98% Funk”, it’s so groovy! This album features Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Elis, Candy Dulfer and a lot more! You can only shake you’re body when playing this album, it’s impossible to lay quitly and do nothing when the sounds of this album are coming through you’re speakers. I can only wish I was there (well I was close enough, at the Fred Wesley show). The beauty of this album is that it demonstrates the abilty to put order where chaos is presented. To be able to to play Funk is this manner and not go crazy is something very hard to do, I know i wouldn’t handle the pressure and let myself  loose right on stage, the music has so much power! Maceo delivers one of the best shows I ever listened to, along with his past James Brown band members Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Elise, they all did a wonderful job. I will never get enough of this album, and I will always think of it as a very special album, and I will always keep it close to my heart. Long live Funky music!

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Expect some changes to the look and feel of this blog in this upcoming week, I have some work to do.

This Is Smooth……

Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Vol. 1 (2000)

So have you heard of  You Got Me by The Roots? Of course you have!

This is how Jill Scott was first discovered by the world, and me! In my journey of discovering new music and new styles I stumbled upon this smoothness called an album. This is album is so relieving, so……damn i have no words to descrive it’s smoothness apart from telling you folks that it’s a must have experience, especially after a hard time or even during, it will bring you back to you’re senses through it’s (yes, again) SMOOTHNESS!!

I decided to attach a video of one my favorites Jill Scott song so you’ll get the touch of butter in your hears before hearing the actual album.

Do yourself a favor and go to your nearest shop and spend the damn 10$ on this fine fine album, and if you’re broke download this album right here. BUT! you’ll have to buy it eventually, and I trust you folks on this because I still beliveve in the kindness of humanity, so DO NOT dissapoint me!

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Two Jewels of Acid-Jazz

Ahhhh Acid-Jazz….one of my favorites genre. It started to evolve only in the 90s with the help of many artists like The Brand New Heavies, Incognito, Jamiroquai, US3 and more. Todya I’ll introduce you to 2 of the most influencing albums to the genre:

Guru – Jazzmatazz Vol.1 (1993)

This album is more of Jazz-Hop than Acid-Jazz but people like to combine the two genres into one which is Acid-Jazz.

This album was first introduced to me as the savior from shitty music by the greatest of all Kazeroi in Rapdungeon. At the time when I was 15  I was listening to to more mainstream music, going with the flow, Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, 50 Cent, Eminem and more until one day I was watching MTV and saw a Mos Def track playing. I looked everywhere for some more Mos Def and stumbled upon Rapdungeon which had some Mos Def stuff in it. I kept visiting the blog for a while because I loved what was posted there. One day Jazzmatazz was posted, I downloaded it and fell in love. This album changed my whole perspective of music, seeing what was possible to make. The album is so groovy, so well done. Jazz and Hip-Hop were never combined so well, you won’t find an album that combined the two better than this one. The  lyrics are really good, the music is amazing, and if you’re a Jazz-Hop fan then you’ll fall in love with it.

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Ronny Jordan – The Antidote (1992)

This album has been first introduced to mee through my uncle. He asked me one day if I knew the song “So What” and I started laughing thinking he must think I’m stupid or something “Heal yeah I know this song, it’s a Miles Davis song, I’m not that an idiot”. Then he popped out this CD and put it in the CD player and asked me again “Do you know this version of  So What?” “No…….But this is awesome!!!”, he played me So What by Ronny Jordan and staight away I went and ripped the CD to my MP3 player. This album is so groovy and so well done, a pure Acid-Jazz album. If you’re a fan of Acid-Jazz then you should get it right now. Ronny Jordan is a guitarist who was one of the more influental to this genre. He was also featured in the Jazzmatazz Vol.1 album and was also featured in the Jazzmatazz tour along with Guru, go check it out.

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Duke Elington & John Coltrane…..One of the best duos of Jazz.

“So here’s a little story that must be told…”

Duke Elington & John Coltrane – Duke Elington & John Coltrane (1962)

You guessed right, another uncle story. So i was checking up albums at my uncle’s place and stumbled upon a black covered album with fine orange and pink fonts on it and 2 people playing the Sax and Piano. “Is this a good album uncle?” “Of course it is, one of the best Jazz albums evermade with two of the finest Jazz artists….give it a listen you’ll enjoy it”. Well I listened to him and played it….I wasn’t impressed to be honest, not because it’s a bad album but because I was too young and still listening to 50 Cent and shit so I didn’t know how to appreciate it.

2 Years has passed and I was checking my old USB key and the album was there.  ”Well I remember my uncle told me it was a good album, let’s try it again” so yea I played it again and my mouth stayed wide open for about 10 min, I was amazed. The sound was so smooth, I wasalmost crying how beautiful it was, like a first surprise kiss. I guess I finaly appreciated Jazz the way it should be, I fell in love with it.

John Cotrane’s Sax playing is just at it’s best, along with Duke Elington’s Piano playing, two of the greatest Jazz artists joined together to make this marvelous album. The two has succeeded in combining their skills to make a breathtaking experience with every track you listen to. Sax playing hasn’t been done better than by John Coltrane, everything seems so smooth, so right when you ear it. Duke Elington has the talent of playing the piano so you won’t hear it, that’s right, you won’t hear it. It’s played so well done that you don’t even notice that you’re enjoying it, it’s intergrated in a way that you know it’s there but you don’t, you know you enjoy what you’re hearing but you don’t know why.  So make yourself a favor and buy this album (Not even telling you to download it) but you can always download it here and have you’re own oppinion.

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African Sunset (And It’s Not Paul Simon)

So my whole library of music has been erased by some kind of virus and I have been given the task to rebuild it as fast as possible. I thought about it a little and told myself I’m going to rebuild it slowly instead, appreciating every album that comes in again.

Geoffrey Oryema – Beat The Border (1993)

I was busy digging deep into my Mom’s CD library and sumbled upon a guy called Geoffrey Oryema, an Ugandan artist. I put it in my computer and started listening to one of the most magical albums I ever heard.  The album is called Beat The Border, made in 1993. The beauty of the album is that the guy has succeeded making a modern african type of music, which is highly appreciated by me. You feel like being in Africa, without the horrors going on up there, just seeing an african sunset while listning to this wonderful album. Suddenly everything seems magical and unrealistic, you just get into it and don’tt want to go out. The breeze of air crashing into you’re body with the aroma of fresh leaves along with the luxury of having a beer and playing an electric guitar, that is what you will feel when listening to this. Go ahead and do yourself a favor and give it a listen, and even buy it if you can, those artists need every penny they can get, and they deserve it.

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One of my all times favorites!

Yea well….I’ve been lazy, lazy uploading, writing, raring, and all the stuff making this blog all great. Is some one still here? I guess not, got a lot of work to do then.

I will try and make my comeback once more inspired by the truly great Kazeroi who has  also returned from a long hiatus.

Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life (1976)

This album I am posting here is one of my all time favorites. Introduced for the first time by my Dad who apparently owned the vinyls as a kid. He wanted to inspire me with some “real” music and bought me the CD. Only today I really appreciate the work done on this album. The lyrics have meaning, the music is just fantastic and never gets old, even after 30 years since the album was first released.
The album was fully produced by the one and only Stevie Wonder in his 20s. Even today I am not able to  stop listening to this magnificent album and you should listen to it too (If you haven’t already). You will find many classics in it and you will ask yourself many times “Haven’t I heard it already somwhere?”. Well yea, many of the songs in this album have been remastered by many of the biggest artists today, making this album, even more special.
Give it a try, you won’t regret it.

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2 New Amazing Albums!

2 of my greatest anticipations of the year havn’t let me down. 5 years untill the release of Dido’s new album and 1 year untill the release of Seal’s new album.

Safe Trip Home – Dido (2008)

Dido’s new album got my full atention this past week and still can’t get enough of it, just can’t. Her voice is amazingly beautiful and the music is very well done. With the help of her brother Rollo Armstrong and producer Jon Brion she has made herself a masterpiece of soulful music which is very well done. Many critics and people may be saying this album is a let down but you have to sleep on this album to really appreciate it.

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Soul – Seal (2008)

Seal’s album has been released and got m y hands on it just today. It’s an album with recreations of classic songs, and suprisingly he (in my oppinion) made the songs better. From "This is a mans mans mans world" from James Brown to "I’m still in love with you" by Al Green. Will up you’re spirit in no time, oh this CD is going to be playing in my car for a long time!

                  

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So get those albums now! Even buy them (As I did), they are worth every penny!

 

Nina Simone “My music is black classical music.”

My Baby Just Cares For Me – Nina Simone (1987)

So here I am again trying to get myself together and start writing again, need to stop laying around pretending everything’s is good and doing nothing, writing is something I like to do, so why not do it?

I discovered Nina Simone when I was in France this summer at my uncle’s place searching his CD collection and I just stumbled upon this CD. Her name sounded good, and my uncle said she is a marvelous singer and piano player, so I went and riped it on my computer and listened to it on my way back to Israel. I became addicted to her voice, to her piano playing, basically to this album. You can’t describe how beautiful it is. I am a fan of Jazz music, I got really into it lately mainly thanks to her, and you should try it to.

I really like the stry behind the quote “My music is black classical music.”, she refused to call it Jazz, and to be honest I agree with her, it’s classic music invented by black people, there is no disgrace in admitting that, people just decided to label it az Jazz, nothing wrong with this neither, but Nina’s piano playing do remind me of classical music, but she makes it sound a lot more modern and pleasant to the ear, a must hear.

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I’ll try to keep posts coming, so stay alert.