ariel’s groove

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 [...]

I’m ripping a lot of CDs right now so get ready for some posts this week with a lot of music.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]