Name: SAIL ON (Dub rmx) by DJCOOPDVILLE
Duration: 3 min 22 s
Description: Cruising away from your problems for a day to Sail On! "Never felt So Good"

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Untold is the soundtrack to a psychedelic blaxploitation film that was too crazy to release. If there is a discernible style here, it is the limitless, post-genre exploration of the restless musical adventurer, whose range is so broad as to encompass itself as it crosses the world repeatedly in a single track. Each song has a core idea - a solid groove and an overarching vibe - but beyond that, the only constant is change – of instrument, mood and era. Having produced film soundtracks for most of his professional career, Fixed Error aka James Orr brings a narrative approach to arrangement, in each track and across the album as a whole. We get the sense that we are hearing a story unfold, with each scene having its own sonic arc.

Kicking off with the funked-up slap-bass car-chase of Out We Go, we are immediately thrown into a world of familiar sounds which are blended and mismatched in the most deliciously unpredictable way. An Asiatic twanging leads into a bombardment of bold brass, soaring strings, DJ scratching and coruscating synth stabs. As the pace subsides, the heavy rhythm gives way to melodic, wistful moments, before plunging us back onto the tarmac with a screech of horns and thud of pumping bass.

After this swaggering, high-octane introduction, we enter the sultry world of Ugandan soul singer MoRoots, crooning a lament to her lost love: Rain On My Skin. As the song develops, an offbeat piano stab and lazy horns turn this into a blunted jazzy Dub tune, as if Shirley Bassey had wandered into a Reggae bar. From track to track, we move into alternative musical universes, from the up-tempo, banging Funk breaks of Wax Lyrical, Flute Fight and Waiting For Time, to the screwed-down, blissful bass vibrations of Flowerchild and Ride The Line, to the psychedelic Disco that is Busted Chops, to the Dub-wise sound system vibes of Salutations. Just as we think we are getting a handle on the flavour of the moment, an incongruous instrument interrupts our reverie (check the rogue accordion on White Label), or Kagayi Ngobi when he captivates us on They Do Not Listen by vividly portraying the impoverished residents of the slums, illustrating their growing frustration with politicians who make empty promises and neglect the marginalized inhabitants of the ghettos.

Fixed Error gathered the material for this album over years, from a bewildering array of samples and live takes from his long career as a professional studio engineer. This is not to say that the overall effect is scattershot or random; Untold is a tightly-formed, polished album whose coherence lies in a deep understanding of how all the diverse elements work and how they can complement each other in new and unexpected ways. Densely-layered, each composition has orchestral levels of complexity, balancing and interweaving a myriad of instruments.

An album that you can get lost in for weeks, Untold is a high-concept, precision-cut musical odyssey that is packed in equal measure with original ideas and funky dancefloor energy.

Untold

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If 2022’s The Children Of Scorpio was the debut album that turned people onto the world of Project Gemini aka Paul Osborne, Colours & Light is the body of work that will be buried deep into their hearts. It is a majestic album, bringing together the worlds of folk rock, psych soundtracks and hazy cinematic funk.
 
A growing confidence and ease emanate from the writing and production of this sophomore LP, bolstered by the reception to his standout debut. “It’s a more layered and diverse record” Paul mentions, “with a more outward-looking, global sound, born out of the records I was listening to and the musicians I was lucky enough to collaborate with”. It feels relaxed yet self-assured, with a kaleidoscope of sounds that twist together in a mesmerising fashion.
 
The theme of the album developed naturally through the lyrics Paul began writing. A creative process both plagued and fed by insomnia, nourished by relationships, entwined in emotions, nights out, nights in and the after-effects on the human condition. Relatable themes yet seen through the prism of a soundscape that takes in many a different culture and scene. From acid folk to psych-funk, Francophile elements to Anatolian and Eastern inspirations, all interlocking and rotating as one.
 
Drawing inspiration from those he admires, Colours & Light radiates with collaborations. The title track, which tips its hat to a live 1973 TV version of Pentangle’s ‘Wedding Dress’, features the folk rock, guitar brilliance of Jack Sharp from Wolf People/Large Plants.
 
Elsewhere, two tracks are blessed by the sultry, smokey French vocals of Gloria’s Wendy Martinez, ‘Extra Nuit’ and ‘Entre chien et loup’. The former echoes Paul's love of classic French psych-pop from the late ’60s and early ’70s and artists such as Laurance Vanay, Calcium, Leonie, and Serge Gainsbourg. Martinez's sublime vocal work nestles perfectly within Paul's psych-folk-funk productions, as her Gloria partner, Alexis Morel (aka Kid Victrola) sprinkles a dose of entrancing guitar line magic on proceedings.
 
The list of collaborations extends further with Raz and Markey Funk, drummer Tony Coote and percussionist Paul Elliott all featuring. Regular collaborator and underground icon Barrie Cadogan (Little Barrie) returns along with Bert Page from The Cromagnon Band, who between them provide a hit of whacked-out, fuzzed-up country guitar and Moog madness respectively on ‘Lost In The Woods (Bacchanal)’.
 
Rounding off the record Paul’s daughter, Olivia Osborne, supplies the keyboard intro on the penultimate track ‘Twilight’. Dorian Conway from The Soundcarriers (whose bandmate Paul Isherwood returns on mixing duties) then layers echoing heavy flute parts to magically capture the psychedelic sunrise images brought to mind. 
 
Balancing light and shade on this record, there is beauty and tension all wrapped up in Paul’s vivid and visceral, storytelling gift.

Project Gemini - The Sun Devil

What could be better than a selection of fresh and tasty tracks to relax and get away for an hour?

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LIFE IS GOOD # 8

Cruising away from your problems for a day to Sail On! "Never felt So Good"

SAIL ON (dub)

SAIL HERE

SAIL ON (Dub rmx)

GhOuLISH Tech House MILES JACKSON  Drawless Mix.WAV

New mixtape with dusty grooves strictly from vinyl. Listen to the third episode with a bag full of funky Jazzbreaks. Dig this!

Vol. 1: https://soundcloud.com/soulbrigada/soulbrigada-pres-dusty-wax-1
Vol. 2: https://soundcloud.com/soulbrigada/soulbrigada-pres-dusty-wax-vol-2

SoulBrigada pres. Dusty Wax Vol. 3

Truth be told, it's a bit unfair to try to distil such a crazily diverse musical time into a tasty 30-minute nibble, but consider it as just a starter in a magnificent meal of middle-eastern psychedelic folk and garage (excuse the embarrassing-dad metaphors, I've never been great at mixing Sunday-morning hangovers and creative writing). Anyway here we go!
 
1.Erkin Koray- Hayat bir Tesseli - Erkin Koray 2 (Dogan)
Celebrated as the “Jimi Hendrix of Turkey”, Erkin’s reputation as one of the first to embrace electric guitar and modern amplification/ effects has earned him the status of Turkish pysch God. And he’s got some pretty fucking cool facial hair.

2. Mehrpouya – Soul Raga – Pomegranates (Finders Keepers)
Found on yet another ace compilation from the guys at Finders Keepers, this funky psychedelic jam is a gem. Iran is a country famous for its rich and diverse culture marked by revolution, exile and diaspora. The 60s and 70s were for Iran, as for many other countries, a period of political and cultural upheaval and change, reflected in the music of that time.  It is impossible not to the note the bombs, isolation, lies and hardship suffered by the Iranian people over the last few decades and hope that they will be remembered and reached out to, rather than ignored as the product of successive years of brutal rule.

3. Ersen – Gunese Don Cicegim – Ersen (Finders Keepers)
Funky beat-driven fuzz freak-out from one of the most versatile and schizophrenic musicians to come out of Andalou Pop.

4.  Shabah – I Need Somebody to Love – Raks Raks Raks (Raks Records)
Ideal for that late-morning pyjama mope. A great example of Western composition under the spell of Iranian time signatures and subtle emotion.

5. Penahi – Dance Music -  Raks Raks Raks (Raks Records)
Another great track from the compilation “27 Golden Garage Pysch Nuggets from the Iranian 60s Scene” out on Raks Records.  Perfect for a kitchen boogie.

6. Zia – Kofriam - Pomegranates (Finders Keepers)
I can’t resist anything with a good ole bit of rhythmic group clapping or some dance/trance inducing beats, so this had to go on.

7. Kouroush Yaghamaei – Gole Yakh – Where are you from? (Now Again Records)
Practically a child prodigy on the Santour (a traditional Iranian string-percussive instrument), Koroush Yaghamaei began to play the guitar when he was 15 and was one of the first musicians to introduce rock to Iran. Gole Yakh was his first single and breakthrough hit, a love song written by his friend, and famous poet, Mahdi Akhavan Langeroudi. However it wasn’t all smooth running, Yaghamaei’s voice was banned for 17 years after the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and his picture was only allowed to published in his albums 24 years after.


Half An Hour of.. Middle-Eastern Psych-Rock Freakiness

From Spanish Harlem,NYC via Miami,Fla. Producer for Xodusmuzik. Started as a DJ spinning vinyl on various pirate radio channels and clubs in Miami. New music alert for 2021. TOMA ! Listen to my single here. 
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