Jools Yules

Many of you know my love & appreciation for World Music, especially from India & Africa. 

Now a little while ago an already renowned african musician named Msafiri Zawose (http://msafirizawose.com/) somehow noticed me & asked me if I want to collab & eXPeriment a bit with his music. So this is my first try on one of his tracks from his last album "Mbotela" called "Ilima" (Original here: http://msafirizawose.bandcamp.com/track/ilima-2)

I feel very much honoured to be thought worthy to contribute to the continuation of this ancient Tanzanian "GoGo" music & hope you like it! :-)

This is what others write about him:
"Msafiri Zawose is renowned for his traditional Gogo style music, which relies heavily on the zeze & limba in combination with distinct lyrical harmonies. This rich musical tradition is from the Wagogo people Dodoma in Central Tanzania. Msafiri Zawose, son of the late Dr. Hukwe Zawose, continues this musical tradition while fusing with more modern styles, creating a truly distinct and unique sound."

Msafiri Zawose: Ilima (hjerlmuda remix - please click title for description)

Some basic 12 bar. Samples from Lightin' Hopkins, Son House, Raful Neal and a seal, even they get the blues!

Whose That Ridin'

Shake 'em On Down

my second remix of this Harrison Kennedy song. The original song was also released on Black and Tan Records in 2005.

Buy on iTunes

Let Her Talk Remix #2 - Harrison Kennedy (miXendorp remix)

Rastafarian Reggae tune
titled:Jah Loves You Man!!
lyrics+singing by:Sennid+the Abyssinnians
produced by:Kung-Fu Beats
inspired by:JAH RASTAFARI H.I.M. HAILE SELASSIE I 1st!

Sennid + the Abyssinians -Jah loves you man!!(Kung-Fu Beats production)

Time for a little down-home, feel good Boogie-Woogie!

And for those interested, I have just released Barcelona and I Believe, 2 CDs of my own music and a few jazz standards. SoundCloud's Dan van den Berg and Al Schulman wrote the liner notes for them. Here's a link if you are interested in checking them out - itunes.apple.com/us/album/barcelona/id1071251143

Thanks as always for your time listening, for your comments and for your shares

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SoundCloud Boogie

Russ and I throwing down our first ever guitar-viola jam.  A new song was born.  Named after a box canyon across the valley from the cabin.  You are one of the first, and one of the only humans to ever listen to it.  I hope you feel the joy.  I felt the joy.  I feel the joy.

Butterfly Canyon

BUDDIES GONE

Memories

An instrumental fragment of 真夜中のコード by Japanese rocker Kondo Tomohiro from his album 近藤智洋 overlaid with an excerpt of Jack Kerouac reading from On The Road. More about Kondo: http://www.kondotomohiro.com/


Kondo/Kerouac ("Out We Jumped In The Warm Mad Night")

A doo-woppy dance-nonsense song. Inspired one night on Twitter by 1) my Superb Wife's use of the marvellous word "shoogle" and 2) my pal Nancy S. Franklin suggesting that "to shoogle" should be a dance craze then contributing the "shoogle to the left" bit.


Do The Shoogaloo

Rolls It Up

I am not a musician but music plays a very important role in my creative life! I am an artist/designer and music is my companion and my muse in the long hours I spend working in my studio! 
I am immensely impressed and grateful for all the talented and inspiring musicians whose work graces this Cloud, and I will always re-post sounds that I love (and will listen to again) - knowing that others will enjoy them!
I feel slightly embarrassed and quite humbled when I receive such graceful messages of thanks from artists whose work I have re-posted - after-all, I am the one who is so inspired by the discovery of your brilliant music!!!
So thank YOU!!!
Jools :)
P.S. If you want to see where the music takes me there is a link to my Portfolio site on Behance below!!! 
NEW!! - Thanks for all the great feed-back on my work! I shall be re-launching with a website (shop & archive) ‘KULT-JE’ in the not too distant future! Meanwhile, examples of past and current work are featured on my Instagram (@joolselphick)
Since my heart op in Jan2021, I have had to deal with taking quite a lot of meds which have interrupted my design work - that and moving to Germany in 2020 - and back in 2021 (due to Covid my business plans stalled!) - SO, slowly getting it together…. hang tight!😊

I have an archive of my work to date on Instagram - @joolselphick

Jools Yules

Julie Elphick