Hard Texas Funk 1968–1975 (Jazzman)

Jazzman Records cautau 21 de piese super-rare si needitate, din perioada 1968 – 1975, si in acest fel au realizat antologia definitiva a funk-ului texan. Piesele acestui album sunt foarte curajoase si elevate. Tobele iti nimicesc permanent figura.  

The Clash. We will fight till THE END

We've gotta travel — over mountains
We've gotta travel — over seas
We're gonna fight — you, brother
We're gonna fight — till you lose
We're gonna raise — 
TROUBLE!

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Fred Frith: Gravity

La 1,3 miliarde de ani lumină de noi, două găuri negre care orbitau una în jurul celeilalte au fuzionat, iar două interferometre separate ale LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) au reușit să detecteze undele gravitaționale generate de acestea, după ce au traversat toată această distanță. 

Bill Laswell: Points of Order

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The first solo record for his new Innerhythmic imprint, the avant-groove Points of Order recording finds the ever-collaborative Bill Laswell inviting stellar musicians into his formidable company for this fall 2001 release. Beginning with a representative Laswellian "period" drum'n'bass spy movie piece, hip-hop leftists Anti-Pop Consortium vocalize over "Staple Nex" and "Broken Toenail Gland," and find an ideal landscape for their acclaimed intellectual spoken words and raps. Lying imbedded among the explorations of trumpet players Graham Haynes and Toshinori Kondo (William Parker, United Future Organization), Beans, Priest, and M. Sayyid's words roll off the tongue with tremendous astuteness lubricating their delivery. ("Now tell the androids what it means to use reason, confuse seasons, abuse needles to make beats, my large intestine is a breakbeat!") But as coyly as they enter, the two songs featuring vocals seep back into instrumental big beat jazz, emulating a kind of enhanced 1968 Miles feel with updated beats and bass that embody all of Laswell's signature deep pocket. Also present on the recording is German-born pianist Karl Berger (Lee Konitz, Sly Dunbar), percussionist Aiyb Dieng(Umar Bin Hassan, Herbie Hancock), and drummer Karsh Kale. Overall this is a cherishable solo recording of tremendous beauty and intelligence, filled with progressive sounds so nurtured they sound like they've been mounting for centuries.