This Island Earth
Sunday August 25th, 2019 with Heavy Ben
Australian Soul Jazz, Canadian Reggae, Rimarimba (UK), Joni Haastrup (Nigeria), Mediterranean Electronics
| We begin with selections from the new compilation "Sunny Side Up", a snapshot of the contemporary jazz scene in Melbourne, Australia, curated by Gilles Peterson. It's being billed as the down under version to last year's excellent and successful "We Out Here", also on Brownswood and spearheaded by Peterson. Also, cuts from Allysha Joy, Mildlife and a few Australian soul/jazz "oldies" from the 70s. |
| Pick Up / Galaxy Dufresne - Sunny Side Up - Brownswood - 2019 
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| Know Your Power Allysha Joy - Acadie : Raw - Gondwana - 2018 |
| The Magnificent Moon Mildlife - Phase - Research - 2018 |
| Pyramid Piece Jazz Co-Op - Jazz Co-Op/Heading In The Right Direction - Philips/Luv N' Haight - 1974/1995 |
| Powers To (The People) Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Sunny Side Up - Brownswood - 2019
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| Doom Allysha Joy - Acadie : Raw - Gondwana - 2018 |
| Sunbath Joyce Hurley - Joyce/Heading In The Right Direction - 4 Records/Luv N' Haight - 1978/1995 |
| How Long Does It Take? Mildlife - 12" - (not on label) - 2019
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| Banksia Phil Stroud - Sunny Side Up - Brownswood - 2019
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| JamCan! Artists who emigrated from Jamaica, to Toronto in the 1970s. |
| To Sir With Love Nana McLean - Modern Day Romance - Paradise - 1985 
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| If You Drop That Cross Chalawa - Capture Land - Green Weenie - 1978
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| Can't You See Carlene Davis - At The Right Time - Abraham - 1980
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| Heads Of Government Leroy Sibbles - Mean While - Attic - 1986
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| Stop Your Fighting Noel Ellis - Noel Ellis - Summer/Light In The Attic - 1983/2006
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| Dreadlock Lady Jerry Brown - 12"/Summer Records Anthology - Summer/Light In The Attic - 1978/2006
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| Fling It Up Eccleton Jarrett - 12" - Bam Bam - 1985
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| Recent vinyl issues of rare cassette-only 80s recordings by "leftfield minimalist" Rimarimba (Robert Cox from Suffolk, UK)
RIYL: Eno, Moondog, Reich https://www.factmag.com/2018/08/07/rimarimba-entire-catalogue-reissued-on-freedom-to-spend/ |
| The One That Got Away Rimarimba - Below The Horizon - Unlikely/Freedom To Spend - 1983/2019 |
| Tacky Travel Tune Rimarimba - On Dry Land - Unlikely/Freedom To Spend - 1984/2019 |
| Spafft Moutafft Seeall + California Rimarimba - In The Woods - Unlikely/Freedom To Spend - 1985/2019 |
| Tallis Sleeps Rimarimba - Light Metabolism Number Prague - (not on label)/Freedom To Spend - 1988/2019 |
| Steady State Rimarimba - Below The Horizon - Unlikely/Freedom To Spend - 1983/2019 |
| Sick Rimarimba - On The Beat - Unlikely/Freedom To Spend - 1984/2019 |
| From 6 To 13 Rimarimba - In The Woods - Unlikely/Freedom To Spend - 1985/2019 |
| Glass Abattoir - End Rimarimba - Light Metabolism Number Prague - (not on label)/Freedom To Spend - 1988/2019 |
| A set of music featuring Joni Haastrup (band leader, vocals, keyboards, guitar), “Soul Brother Number One”, a key player in the development of afro-beat and funk. |
| Wake Up Your Mind Joni Haastrup - Wake Up Your Mind / Nigeria Soul Fever - Afrodesia/Soul Jazz - 1978/2016 |
| Bojubari Orlando Julius & His Modern Aces - Super Afro Soul - Polydor/Vampi Soul - 1966/2007 |
| Give The Beggar A Chance Monomono - Give The Beggar A Chance - The Lightning Power Of Awareness - His Master's Voice/Soundway - 1973/2011 |
| Atide BLO - Phase II - Afrodesia/Strawberry Rain - 1974/2013 |
| Awareness Is Wot You Need Monomono - The Dawn Of Awareness - Capitol/Soundway - 1974/2011 |
| Coming Back Home [excerpt] Ginger Baker, Joni Haastrup, Tee Mac, Tunde Kuboye (composer), Laolu Akins, The Lijadu Sisters, Segun Bucknor & The Sweet Things - (not on album) - (not on label) - recorded in Lagos, Nigeria - 1971 |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4jqUvBpgm0 |
| Brothers And Sisters Afrocult Foundation / Remi Kabaka - Black Goddess (OST) - Afrodesia/Soundway - 1978/2011 |
| Our final set is music from Mediterranean countries. Pieces that use electronics in interesting, non-conventional ways. Selections from (in order) Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Greece, Syria, and Israel. |
| مرسول الحب = Marsoul Alhoub Abdou El Omari عبده العماري - Nuit De Printemps - Radio Martiko - 2017 (recorded late 1970s) |
| Tape 9 (part 4) Ahmed Malek & Flako - The Electronic Tapes - Habibi Funk - 2017 (recorded early 1980s) |
| Yafta Mavi Gunes 69 - 7" - Zel Zele - 2019
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| Join The Moog Kolida Babo - Kolida Babo - MIC - 2019 |
| Jani Omar Souleyman - Highway To Hassake - Sublime Frequencies - 2009 (recorded 1997) |
| Amore Alek Lee - R12: Contemporary Sounds Of Tel-Aviv - R12 Music - 2018 |
| Finally, we close with a groovin' jam from Kenya. Thanks for tuning in from Nairobi, Leege! |
| Thoni Ni Caki New Gatanga Sound - 7”/Kenya Special - Wanumbe/Soundway – circa 1975/2013 |
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Hi everyone, and welcome to this week's edition of TIE! You can usually hear me on Heavy Friends (Sat 8-10pm), and I am looking forward to being your musical guide for this afternoon's global tour...
1:08 PM, August 25th, 2019