Nine Rain - Nine Rain

This collaboration, between one of the founders of the famous San Francisco avant-garde group Tuxedomoon, Steven Brown, and his Mexican friends has produced a very interesting result. Although, perhaps not perfect, this somewhat raw mix of rhythms, with melancholic saxophone and occasional bursts of unbridled energy, above all reminds me of Mexico because it's wide palette. If we look, e.g. pictures of Frida Khalo or a plate of Mexican food we will see one thing: an assembly of bright colors and intense flavors, all in one place. We have the same situation here. Full Flavor.
And what to say about all that, except, enjoy your meal :)


Year: 1996
Label: Opcion Sonica                                                                                   Ex - Yu verzija
TT; 68

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African Head Charge - Song of Praise

    Stepping out of the more hermetic sound that this strange band made with this album may make it more receptive and modern, but it also brings some ancient sound forms, archaic tunes and tribal chants. Now, how are this two going together? Well, let's put it this way: If the welder is the master of his job, the weld is barely noticeable. Only so much to feel fine texture under our fingers when we touch it :)


Review
Year : 1990                                                                                                 Ex - Yu verzija
Label : On-U-Sound
TT : 1:00:46

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Various Artists - Sound of Siam, Vol. 2: Molam & Luk Thung 1970-1982

Military machine, despite all the negative, can sometimes have a positive effect. For example, the arrival of the US Army in Thailand, in the sixties, had a strong influence on local bands, and has mixed American genres like rock, soul, jazz with traditional Thai luk thung style. And the result is timeless music that, today, 50 years later, makes me very happy :)

Review
Year : 2014                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Soundway
TT : 67:10

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Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm

 

Although not very oriented towards jazz, some of my favorite records belong, tentatively said, to this direction. How, you ask? The answer lies in the authors themselves, the individual musicians who understand music as something without a limitations. And Don Cherry, he is certainly one of them :)

Review
Year : 1968                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : MPS Records
TT : 41:30

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Bill Laswell - Sacred System: Nagual Site

I don't know if you've seen the movie "The Fly", but to perform fusion, well, i think that is very difficult to predict the result :) Unless, your name is Bill Laswell. In this case everything goes smoothly :) Modern meet old, on this great album, and the result is nothing less than brilliant ...
Anyway, judge yourself :)

Review
Year : 1998                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Wicklow Records / RCA
TT : 45:48

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Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation - Mighty ReArranger

Robert Plant, regardless of the demands of the time, the market and the development of production, during his long career managed something very difficult. The result of his work has always been authentic, and at the same time he respected all of the above requirements ....
Such an attitude toward work, at least for me, deserves a lot of respect in the first place, because those who have managed to achieve his whole career without any qualitative downs, there are very few. Most of losing at least a decade, failing to cope with the demands of time ... The only person I can think of, who did it successfully, is Martin Scorsese, although he's from the world of movies ...

After all, keeping in mind that Plant is sixty years old, just listen to how this album sounds. Modern, very adventurous and very strong :)

Review
Year : 2005                                                                                                 Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Sanctuary
TT : 54:14
Lyrics

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Holger Czukay - On the Way to the Peak of Normal

Two days ago was my birthday, so, all in all, it wasn't bad day :) Now, the concept of birthdays is inevitably tied to the end of one and for the start of a new life cycle. And somehow our civilized way of thinking imposed to us this new beginning, to try to rein us, to become better, and that "better" is in close connection with our alignment with standards that we are currently offering. Now, how is that consistent with ourselves, the question is ...
Therefore, taking into account the above, I found a suitable choice for today's post with its Holy Grail title "On the Way to the Peak of Normal". With title, as something that is required of us, and with the music, which with its peculiarities says : " Yes, yes, maybe next year ".   :P

Czukay, master of irony  :)

Review
Year : 1982                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Grönland Records
TT : 33:29

Ode To Parfume (YouTube)

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Hector Zazou - Sahara Blue (MTM 32)

It's easy to guess what will be on Zazou's albums, amalgam of world and ambiental oriented music. Still, besides this limitation, he gave to us wide palette of sounds and emotions. And "Sahara blue" is a crown in his carrier. Based on Arthur Rimbaud poems, he teamed with like-minded people and created magnificent atmospheric world.
Of course, you do not have to believe me, listen to yourself   :P

Review
Year : 1994                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Crammed Discs
TT : 61:30
Lyrics

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Peter Brötzmann, Mahmoud Gania & Hamid Drake - The WELS Concert

This is music for thinking, i say. How is that, you ask? There is just primitive sounds here. Well, just because. Just play it loud, spend an hour in the universe and after that, your thinking will be rich and pure :)

Review
Year : 1996                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Okka
TT : 70:15

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Jon Hassell - City: Works of Fiction

Do you like to travel and explore? Well, this is exact description of today’s post. Mysterious, very dark and strange, this record is traveling ticket straight to the Fourth World. And it is very cheap for what you get, completely new way of looking. Or maybe it’s old way? Because this sound come directly from human subconscious, which is, you must agree, much older from today’s "civilized" way of thinking. Let's go backwards little, future is coming certainly, you will not miss it.

Review
Year : 1990                                                                                                Ex - Yu version
Label : United States of Distribution
TT : 56:06

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