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As I’m falling again into Fela Kuti’s discography and amazed by this sound, I’m wondering if this awesome material has been used in techno mix ? This relentless sound is to be remixed ! :)
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It always reminds me Froth on the Daydream (“L’écume des jours” in French) from Boris Vian. Any ideas why ?
Blessed
It’s funny how musical taste evolve over the years. When I was adolescent, I listened to a lot of reggae (and still today: LKJ, Augustus Pablo, Sugar Minott, etc.), then I moved toward dub music (helped by a great french scene: Zenzile, High Tone, etc.). I listened to dub music for a while, looking at both its reggae origin (Lee Perry, King Tubby, etc.) and its evolution toward electronic music, like the famous Rhythm & Sound w/ The Artists or See Mi Yah.
That’s precisely how I get into this Berlin sound, exploring to the production of Moritz Von Oswald & Mark Ernestus (the duo of Rhythm & Sound) and their friends’, like Pole or Deadbeat. And recently, I eventually moved to a pure techno sound, discovering Maurizio’s M Series. I just love this sound, cold and inspiring still.
These M-Series feature a Carl Craig mix of Maurizio’s Domina (M-3), which I appreciate particularly. So I explored a bit and started to listen to Carl Craig productions, with its recent “Carl Craig Sessions”. This is just amazing sound, clearly different from the Berlin sound, but no less captivating.
Now I understand why I often heard about the Berlin-Detroit axis. These guys rocks ! What else would you suggest me to continue my musical exploration ?
Burial offers a deep and rich environment, quite dark but not hopeless, featuring a lot of subbass and soulful voices. Highly recommended for any amateur of Pole, Deadbeat, Trentemoller, Massive Attack or Mark Ernestus & Moritz Von Oswald’s productions.
“Merci de m’avoir donné la vue, et de m’avoir rendu aveugle, pour que je vois plus loin !” — High Tone, Echo-Logik (anyone knows where this sample comes from ?)
“He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine” — Jefferson, 1813. Good reminder from Lawrence Lessig in Remix
“I don’t speak german, yet” — Miss Kittin, Radio Caroline
