Blackmoonchild - Blk Planet Radio feat AK640S 6/2021

https://www.nts.live/shows/high-hopes-w-judah/episodes/high-hopes-w-judah-27th-february-2022

Judah presents High Hopes once a month.

High Hopes w/ Judah 270222

Baltimore hip-hop experimentalists Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals return with vital new album King Cobra, a mighty, omnivorous record that pushes the duo to unstoppable creative heights.

Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals’ inexhaustible creativity has already gifted us 2020’s Dear, Sudan - a kaleidoscopic, unpredictable joyride of late night channel-hopping - and 2021’s brutal post-George Floyd manifesto Rhino XXL, but King Cobra is a new experience still. It is a masterfully executed expression of both ferocity and joy. ”Not a checklist of all the ills in the world,” says the band, “but it feels like darkness”. An expansively ambitious record, full of fire, and a thrilling new step from artists on a crucial mission.

An opening of moody, operatic lamentation for guitar and voice steeped in VHS warble intensifies the record that follows. “Coke Jaw” barrels out like a swinging fighter, matching nimble Tron synthesis with lines that “fuck the Clintons and the Kennedys” and proclaim “we the post-apocalytpic Run-DMC”. Lead single “Death Of A Constable” maintains the visceral energy, Ennals honouring Black life and culture in one line and biting hard on injustice and inequality in the next. He’s “saving up for a new guillotine” to deal with PTSD giving him “killer dreams”. Centrepiece “A Melancholy Boogie” ups the funk without softening any collision impact. A Prince-esque bassline and Funkadelic backing vocals are punctuated with orchestral stabs and Ennals’ penetrating, fleet-footed dissections of innercity hardship. Throw in themes of learned Afrofuturism and Tanzania-born Infinity Knives’ instinctive East African licks, and the track is capable of towering over its peers.

The duo offering Ice Cube and KRS-One’s Boogie Down Productions as influences reveals an admiration for time-revered classic hip-hop, but digging deeper uncovers references (both overt and subtle) to Pink Floyd, Stars Of The Lid, William Basinski, Sade, Outkast and Aretha Franklin among a vibrantly coloured palette. “Sonically it’s jagged, it’s incongruent, it’s supposed to make you feel a little uncomfortable,” the duo explained.

More than a pure hip-hop producer, Infinity Knives (aka NPR composer-in-residence Tariq Ravelomanana) demonstrates his oft-discussed love of contemporary classicists such as Max Richter and Jóhann Jóhannsson throughout. Hidden deftly amongst the hard-hitting beats and Ennals’ lyrical dexterity are moments of blissful orchestration that betray an abundance of musical talent and a precise control over the cleverly formed layers of melody and harmony. Key track “Don’t Let The Smooth Taste Fool You” is in the rare and notoriously complex 10/4 time signature, but in Ravelomanana’s hands it prowls sleek and powerful as a lion. More than a pure hip-hop record, King Cobra provides a relentlessly inventive backdrop for Brian Ennals’ righteous poetry of vitriol, rage, philosophy, humour and myth-making. “This isn’t an album meant for you to smile to,” Ennals writes, “except when I say something funny.”

King Cobra

A Melancholy Boogie

https://www.nts.live/shows/minimal-effort/episodes/minimal-effort-30th-september-2022

Minimal Effort 300922

A new edit by me, featuring: Javier Santiago x Seba Kaapstad

Tracks: 
Alive - ReBirth  
Love! 

an injection of Love, a glimpse of Living 
2mins of listening pleasure
enjoy 🌀

Javier Santiago x Seba Kaapstad (mix/edit)

NAMESAKE 2023P7 SILK ROAD RUNWAY

Bouyon music from Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Dominica. Heavy hardcore anthems, synthed out remix instrumentals, and carnaval ballads.

https://www.nts.live/shows/christopher-kirkley/episodes/christopher-kirkley-6th-april-2023

Autotune the World w/ Christopher Kirkley - 6TH APRIL 2023

https://www.nts.live/shows/harriet-brown/episodes/harriet-brown-19th-may-2023

All About Our Love w/ Harriet Brown: Janet Jackson special 190523

Number 40 in the series coming in courtesy of Jacob Gorchov, long time collector, DJ and owner of the Palto Flats label. Jacob was kind enough to host us in NYC last summer after a Commend in store and we spent the night chatting about music, upcoming projects and life in general. Turns out we're very much on the same page in our tastes so it's a pleasure to host this recording. Words from Jacob below: 

This mix was recorded live a year ago as a declaration of the music I was listening to at the time; a culmination of artists/sounds I’d worked with, and others that long informed my listening habits. I’d often toyed with the idea of taking background sounds and interpolating them with more accessible sounds in my mixes, and this I think does that, with a heavy emphasis on melody and  rhythm, as well as a plethora of mid-late 80s v/a mailorder compilations full of otherwise unknowns and one-offs (those records being some of the most enjoyable listens).

Includes music by: Alvin Curran, PWOG, Luc Marianni / Zex Pitron, R. Girardin, Y. Yoshikawa, and more.

Forecast 040: Palto Flats

Blessings, Blends & Lituations: A visual guide. Moments I call blessings, footage from touring around the globe dating back from 2012-2019. Lots of silly moments hanging out with friends, family and frequent collaborators. & Lots of Chicago Footwork dancing throughout the video

Check Out The 16 Min Clip On My Youtube Below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU5z2MYXfBQ

Blessings Blends & Lituations: Mixed By DJ Earl (165 BPM)

The multifaceted artist shares the ideas behind his media-crossing works.

For more, visit Resident Advisor: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=515

@duvaltimothy

Javier Santiago x Seba Kaapstad (mix/edit)

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