Recording of DJ Plead & Phillip Jondo's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

Dekmantel Festival 2022

DJ Plead & Phillip Jondo at Dekmantel Festival 2022

Fox Gut Daata XIMBO MIX 2024

double whammy sea cave recording at achmelvich

Hello, this the live recording of our second "Welcome to our World. Part 2" radio show. Recorded live at Red Light Radio. We had a great time!

Keep on listening. Keep on dancing together!

Antal & Hunee - Welcome To Our World - Part 2

http://blowinguptheworkshop.com/project/jambo

"THIS MIX IS AN HOURS WORTH OF 60S GHANAIAN HIGHLIFE FROM THE RECORD COLLECTION OF MY GRANDFATHER, THE LATE COL. (RTD) W.C.O ACQUAYE-NORTEY."

THESE ARE A FEW OF THE RECORDS THAT HE AND MY GRANDMA WOULD BRING OUT WHEN HOSTING A PARTY - ALL CREDIT FOR THE GOOD TASTE GOES TO THEM. THESE ARE MY FAVOURITES FROM THEIR COLLECTION AND THIS MIX IS DEDICATED TO THEM.

VARYING AMOUNTS OF CRACKLE DUE TO AGE AND WEAR.

MUCH LOVE AND THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS GO TO MY GRANDPARENTS, MUM, AUNTIE ROSE, REST OF MY FAMILY, MITALI, TOM, THE MANTISSA CREW, AND ALL MY MATES FROM BATH UNI AND WILSON'S."

 
∙ GHANA ARMED FORCES DANCE BAND - MENSERE OYAREFO
∙ AFRICAN BROTHERS (INT.) BAND - NEA ONIPA BEYE BIARA
∙ KAKAIKU'S BAND - MEHWE MA SETRA MU A
∙ E.T. MENSAH & HIS TEMPOS BAND - ABELE
∙ BLACK BEATS BAND - MINANI MINA
∙ BLACK BEATS BAND - OBEDI ADAME DAA
∙ TEACHER & HIS AFRICANA - OHENEBA
∙ E.T. MENSAH & HIS TEMPOS BAND - ODO ANIGYINA
∙ RAMBLERS DANCE BAND - OBURONI WOEWU
∙ KAKAIKU'S BAND - ADASA PE MA ADEE WO
∙ TEACHER & HIS AFRICANA - MEMPA ABA
∙ RAMBLERS DANCE BAND - OYI EDZE - BAION
∙ AFRICAN BROTHERS 'AFROHILI 74' - DABEN NA MEKA MASEM
∙ E.T. MENSAH & HIS TEMPOS BAND - NKU
∙ AFRICAN BROTHERS 'AFROHILI 74' - SENSAM
∙ AHAMANO'S GUITAR BAND - METEASE MANNYA ADE
∙ E.T. MENSAH & HIS TEMPOS BAND - MADANFO HIANI
∙ GHANA ARMED FORCES DANCE BAND - ANTO BOW

Blowing Up The Workshop

75 ◆ Jambo

From the album The Kid out October 6, 2017 on Western Vinyl

Pre-Order The Kid
BLEEP https://bleep.com/release/86790-kaitlyn-aurelia-smith-the-kid
Norman Records https://www.normanrecords.com/records/166212
Bandcamp https://kaitlynaureliasmith.bandcamp.com/album/the-kid
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WV http://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv170

In 2017, the musical term “electronic” is nearly obsolete given the ubiquity of computerized processes in producing music.  Even so, the prevailing assumption is that musicians working under this broad umbrella must be inspired by concepts equally as electrified as their equipment.  Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has demonstrated in her still-blooming discography that this notion couldn’t be further from the truth, and that more often than not, rich worlds of synthesized sound are born from deep reverence of the natural world.  Smith (who by no coincidence, cites naturalist David Attenborough as a contemporary muse) has embodied such an appreciation on The Kid in as direct and sincere a way as possible by sonically charting the phases of life itself.  The album, which punctually follows up her 2016 breakthrough EARS, chronicles four defining cognitive and emotional stages of the human lifespan across four sides of a double LP.

The first side takes us through the confused astonishment of a newborn, unaware of itself, existing in an unwitting nirvana.  Smith’s music has always woven a youthful thread befitting of the aforementioned subject. Here she articulates it in signature fashion on the track “An Intention,” which serves not only as a soaring spire on The Kid, but on her entire output.  There is playfulness here, but it's elevated by an undertone of gravity into something compelling and majestic that is fast becoming Smith’s watermark.  The emotional focus of side two is the vital but underreported moment in early youth when we cross the threshold into self awareness.  The subject is profound enough to fill an entire album, but rarely makes its way into a single track, indicating Smith’s ambition to broach subtler and deeper subjects than the average composer.  This side offers up another highlight in the form of “In The World But Not Of The World” which serves its subject well with epiphanic, climbing strings and decidedly noisy textures over a near-Bollywood low end pulse.

Side three emphasizes a feeling of being confirmed enough in one’s own identity to begin giving back to the formative forces of one’s upbringing, which is arguably the duty that all great artists aim to fulfill.  This side ends with the exploratory album cut “Who I Am & Why I Am Where I Am” recorded in a single take without overdubs on the rare EMS Synthi 100 synthesizer. This humble piece of sound design serves as a contrast to side four’s verdant orchestral moments, all written and arranged for the EU-based Stargaze quartet by Smith herself.  This final side represents a return to pure being, the kind of wisdom and peace that eludes most of us until the autumn of life.  On “To Feel Your Best” this concept is voiced in the bittersweet refrain “one day I’ll wake up and you won’t be there” which Smith intended to be a grateful acknowledgement of life rather than a melancholy resentment of loss. The song has both effects depending on the mood of the listener, and both interpretations are equally moving.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith belongs to an ilk of modern musicians who are defined by their commitment to creating experiential albums despite the singles-oriented habits of modern listeners, and here she represents her kind proudly.  The subjects on The Kid are not simple to convey, and yet through both emotional tone and lyrical content, Smith does just that. There is a similar gravity to both birth and death, and rarely is that correlation as accurately and enthusiastically mapped as it is here.  As Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith explores her existence through music, she guides us in gleefully contemplating our own.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - "An Intention"

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BAKE with J Chrysalis & Matthew Kent - 24th June 2019

http://blowinguptheworkshop.com/project/2bridges

This is a mix of music from South Africa, mainly focusing on the minority ethnic populations of the country. Music of the Tsonga, Ndebele, Venda, Basotho, Bapedi, Xhosa, as well as Zulu are represented. The recordings are taken from commercially released records, tapes and CDs produced for the local market between 1976 and 1991. The majority were collected on a trip through South Africa in 2015, with a few coming from private collections and shops in New York, Paris, and Athens.

Samson Mthombeni & Gazankulu Girls - Pfukani Rishile
Moses Thonga-Mahlupha - Tokoloshi
Lucas Kgole - Joko Ebobebe
Abel Mukhari - Madyakubomba
Princess Constance Magogo KaDinuzulu - Wamthina Uphefeni
Johannes Mohlala - Mokankanyane
Tau Ea Linare - Ntate Ntala
Tau Ea Lioli - Mme Matsale
Feko Ledira Habobonwe - Motsekuoa
Obed Ngobeni & Kurhula Sisters - Ku Hluvukile Eka "Zete"
Izintombi Ezimnyama - Magasimane
Muthannga - Nthangeni
Venda Pipe Ensemble - Tshikona
Daniel Shirinda & His Wives - Vanavanga
Mochini Oa Dikoro - Sekebeku
Alex Mathunyane Le Dinakangwedi - Rapola Nong
Mhondoro Spirit Mhuri Yekwa Rwizi - Buka Riruma
Elijah Ndlovu - Lebopo
Kubuhlungu Ukungaganwa - Eyakwa Mkhize
U Nyabela - U Nopeni No Ipakama
Moses Thonga-Mahlupha - Umdali
M.D. Shirinda - Pfuka N'wavolo
Gcaleka Cultural Group - Zibulale
Zion Church Of Christ - Thethelela Zion
Obed Ngobeni - Minga Dlayani

108 ◆ Simon 2 Bridges

Noods Mixes

Noods Summer Residency 2019: Episode 3

Artists own field recordings arranged for immersive listening experiences. Some words from our friend Louise below

Cicadas and tides at Goat Island; waves and caves in Achmelvich; muddy geysers in Rotorua; Tui birds in Auckland and crickets in Leigh. Living in a city, where all the green spaces are manicured or grazed, it's easy to loose touch of the cycles and processes of life, that you can't touch or see, but are an integral part of. I think listening, locally and globally, can help us to become better guardians. Here are some sounds, mostly from Leigh in Northern NZ, where I recently moved to from Glasgow.

Forecast 041: Louise Wilson

Episode 16 - 21st May 2020 featuring a guestmix by @fergus_clark from @12th-isle