This Island Earth
Sunday May 24th, 2020 with PeterB
Ground-breaking world fusions. Middle-Eastern experimental. Afro-futurism. Jah Wobble. What could possibly go wrong?!
Today we explore several faves over recent (and not that recent) years. An ankle-deep dive on Jah Wobble. New stuff upcoming from Pyramids. Middle-Eastern experimental. And more!
| Slither (Theme) Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale - Breathing Under Water - Manhattan Records, 2007 |
| A mellow-ish jazzy start, mainly in a South Asian direction. Including some tremendous fusions and sonic experiments with John McLaughlin, ground beaking collaborations from Ravi Shankar and friends, and rockin' sarangi. |
| Zakir [live] John McLaughlin - Remember Shakti - Polygram, 1999 |
| Swara Kakali Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin - West Meets East: The Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions - Angel Records, 1999 |
| Meetings Along the Edge (comp: Ravi Shankar) Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass - Passages - Private Music / BMG, 1990 |
| Seven And 10 1/2 Ravi Shankar - The Shankar Project: Tana Mana - Private Music, 1987 |
| West Eats Meat Ravi Shankar - The Shankar Project: Tana Mana - Private Music, 1987 |
| 4D Suite Warren Cuccurullo And Ustad Sultan Khan - The Master - Six Degrees Records, 2014 |
| Off to a middle-eastern-ish experimental direction. Some via Cairo and Montreal. Featuring Nada El Shazly. |
| Ana 'Ishiqt (I Once Loved) Nadah El Shazly - Ahwar - Nawa Recordings, 2017 
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| Afqid Adh-Dhakira (I Lose Memory) Nadah El Shazly - Ahwar - Nawa Recordings, 2017
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| AA2 Dans ma bouche, une autre bouche Karkhana with Nadah El Shazly - Carte Blanche (Side AA) - Unrock, 2019 |
| The Palm Of A Ghost (feat. Nadah El Shazly) Maurice Louca - Elephantine - Northern Spy Records. 2019 |
| Sharraq Rah Tegharrab (It Will Set) Maurice Louca - Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (Salute the Parrot) - Nawa Recordings, 2014 |
| An Afro-futurism mini excursion. INCLUDING brand new exciting stuff upcoming from The Pyramids! |
| Ashrams Hieroglyphic Being, Sarathy Korwar & Shabaka Hutchings - A.R.E. Project (Association for Research & Enlightenment) - Ninja Tune, 2017 |
| Theme for Cecil (pre-release) Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - Shaman! - Strut, 2020 
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| Tinoge Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel Fell - Strut, 2018 |
| Jah Wobble (John Joseph Wardle), family, and friends. An ankle-deep dive! |
| The Perfect Beat Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell - Realm Of Spellls - Jah Wobble Records, 2019 |
| Shinto Dub Jah Wobble & The Nippon Dub Ensemble - Japanese Dub - Hertz Records, 2010 |
| Yangqin Dub (single) Jah Wobble and Tianqi - Tianqi is pictured - Jah Wobble Records, 2019 |
| Little Rooster (traditional) Jah Wobble / Zi-Lan Liao Cheng - single - Independent, 2020
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| Heaven and Earth Jah Wobble - Heaven and Earth - Island, 1995 |
| A Love Song (feat. Natacha Atlas) Jah Wobble - Heaven and Earth - Island, 1995 |
| Om Namah Shiva (feat. Najma) Jah Wobble - Heaven and Earth - Island, 1995 |
| Hit Me (feat. Pharoah Sanders) Jah Wobble - Heaven and Earth - Island, 1995 |
| Exit, stage left… With some more Jah dropping Wobble. |
| Gone to Croatan Jah Wobble - Heaven and Earth - Island, 1995 |
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12:51 PM, May 24th, 2020