Posted by: ariel on: August 22, 2009
Cachaito – Orlando “Cachaito” Lopez (2001)
I have sadly just realized that one of my favorite artists has passed away on February 9, 2009 from a Prostate surgery complication.
Quote from Wikipedia:
“Born in Havana on February 2, 1933, Orlando “Cachaito” López first got actively involved in music when he was only nine years old. By the age [...]
Posted by: ariel on: August 13, 2009
I’m ripping a lot of CDs right now so get ready for some posts this week with a lot of music.
Posted by: ariel on: August 2, 2009
Yeah, the real vacation has started. You will find me right now in Hong-Kong staying at my dad’s place, enjoying myself before my recruitment to the army. Sadly I’ve been given by the army only combatant options so you will find me in the next 3 years in the front line in this damn war [...]
Posted by: ariel on: July 22, 2009
The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions – Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington (1961)
Damn….I’ve been out for a long time I see. I was terribly busy with work, but now it’s over and the real vacation starts until my recruitment to the army, so in the meanwhile I’ll be posting some more awesome music [...]
Posted by: ariel on: July 1, 2009
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 [...]
Posted by: ariel on: June 23, 2009
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 [...]
Posted by: ariel on: June 13, 2009
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 [...]
Posted by: ariel on: June 9, 2009
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 [...]
Posted by: ariel on: June 4, 2009
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 [...]
Posted by: ariel on: May 31, 2009
“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 [...]
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