This Island Earth
Sunday January 4th, 2015 with PeterB
2014 was JAM PACKED with amazing new music and unexpected discoveries. Enjoy!
Today's adventure is centered around many special treats from 2014, or at least discovered and re-discovered in the last year or so (by me anyhow). Not really a "best of" in the top 93.1 tunes of all time sense. More of a ramble and theme wander really, with lots of gear shifting. Perhaps the wheels will stay on the bus, at least mostly. But we shall see ...
Put away that house-work now. ENJOY!!
| Slither (theme) Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale - Breathing Under Water - Manhattan Records 2007 |
| Starting off with a trip to Africa and Abdullah Ibrahim, aka Dollar Brand at that point in his life. Let's play the entire side A of the incredible "Africa - Tears and Laughter", shall we?! Sit back and relax ... |
| Tsakve (intro) Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) - Africa - Tears and Laughter - Inner City (1980) |
| The Perfumed Forest Wet With Rain Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) - Africa - Tears and Laughter - Inner City (1980) |
| Ishmael Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) - Africa - Tears and Laughter - Inner City (1980) |
| THE BAD PLUS! Just keep getting better and better. Two more really excellent releases in 2014. No doubt, The Rite of Spring performance at Ottawa JazzFest 2014 was the best live thing of the year for me personally, by far!! Just HOLY WOW, STUNNING!!! If I had to pick just one recording of 2014 for a desert island... |
| Mr. Now The Bad Plus - Inevitable Western - Sony Masterworks (2014) |
| Adoration of the Earth: Introduction The Bad Plus / Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring - Sony Masterworks (2014) |
| Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring The Bad Plus / Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring - Sony Masterworks (2014) |
| The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance The Bad Plus / Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring - Sony Masterworks (2014) |
| OK, if I had two 2014 recordings for that desert island... |
| 4D Suite Warren Cuccurullo And Ustad Sultan Khan - The Master - Six Degrees (2014) |
| Mirror Margana Warren Cuccurullo And Ustad Sultan Khan - The Master - Six Degrees (2014) |
| And now, pressing the randomizer button, multiple times… Mostly tracks from 2014, or at least re-discovered. And some cheats, because they are just too darned good to pass up. Basically, one great big giant jumbled two hour-ish set! Fasten your seatbelts!! |
| Jai Bhavani Cheb i Sabbah - Devotion - Six Degrees (2008) |
| Takasim Salama Egyptian Project - Ya Amar - Six Degrees (2012) |
| Menen Aguibak Egyptian Project - Ya Amar - Six Degrees (2012) |
| Kfar (feat. Yankale Segal) Touré-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session - Cumbancha (2012) |
| Debo Touré-Raichel Collective - The Paris Session - Cumbancha (2014) |
| Human Being Erik Truffaz & Murcof - Being Human Being - Mundo Recordings (2014) |
| Time To Waste It Eno - Hyde - High Life - Warp (2014) |
| Slow Down, Sit Down and Breathe [Digital Bonus Track] Eno - Hyde - High Life - Warp (2014) |
| Ibex (ft. Kongar-ol Ondar) Dirtwire - Ondar - Six Degrees (2014) |
| Taiga (Dimond Saints Remix) Dirtwire - Ondar - Six Degrees (2014) |
| Chassidl pour les Batards Shtreiml - Eastern Hora - Independent (2014) 
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| Eastern Hora Shtreiml - Eastern Hora - Independent (2014)
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| Sukhyi Dub DakhaBrakha - Light - Independent (2010) |
| Na Dobranich DakhaBrakha - Na Dobranich [live at DAKH Theatre 2005-12-30] - Indepnedent (2005) |
| Ostinato Romanian Dance (Béla Bartók) Taraf de Haïdouks / Bartók - Maskarada - Crammed Discs (2003) |
| Five Paces East Drumhand - Contretemps - Independent / Bandcamp (2014)
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| Lament Kiran Ahluwalia - Sanata : Stillness - Kiran Music (2014)
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| Voy Voy Peret y Sus Gitanos - Gipsy Rumba : Spanish Rare Grooves 1965 - 1975 - Soul Jazz (2014) |
| Si, Compay El Noi - Gipsy Rumba : Spanish Rare Grooves 1965 - 1975 - Soul Jazz (2014) |
| Exit, stage left ... |
| Synchro System King Sunny Adé - The King of Juju: The Best of Sunny Ade - Wrasse (2002) |
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Good afternoon, and WELCOME to the first This Island Earth of 2015! A great day to hide inside and listen to some great recordings from all over the world...
1:10 PM, January 4th, 2015