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Sunday, Dec 19 2021, 12PM
Originally found on Corea's 1975 double LP "Circling In".
Chick Corea was one of the artists we lost this year, passing in February. www.kexp.org
Multi-instrumentalists Matt Lord and Kaidi Tatham team up for a proper Dance album for Neroli Records. nerolirecords.bandcamp.com
Christian Burchard, who founded the Embryo ensemble in 1969, loved the slogan "Auf Auf," German for "Up, Up," or "Keep On Going."
Christian's daughter Marja, who grew up with Embryo and toured with them for years, took over Embryo when Christian died in 2018 and went to work recording this album over two years time.
embryoband.bandcamp.com
Gift of Gab and DJ/producer Chief Xcel are Blackalicious. The backing track from this remix appears on Amerigo Gazaway's 2020 album "Solitude". amerigo.bandcamp.com
Timothy Jerome Parker (Gift of Gab) grew up in Sacramento. Sadly, he died in June of natural causes. He was 50 years old.
Talaya. uses space and time as a three-dimensional canvas, painting depth into her music with powerful instrumentation, lyrics, and a keen ear for production. She is currently a full time artist and Recording Engineer at Seattle's Southend and Ruby Room Recordings in Georgetown. She is also a graduate of KEXP's 90.teen program.
talayamusic.bandcamp.com
Nneka Egbuna is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress, born to a German mother and Nigerian father. Watch the new video for Maya at www.youtube.com
Lee "Scratch" Perry died on August 29 in Lucea, Jamaica from an unspecified illness. He was 85.
Merry Christmas Baby was originally written by Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore (of Johnny Moore's Three Blazers) in 1947. It has been covered numerous times, including this 1967 release by Otis Redding.
Four track EP, the result of an impromptu post-pub jam session in Margate, UK. Members include Guinean singer Falle Nioke, Steve Pringle (keys, Michael Kiwanuka's bad), Graham Godfrey (drums, Kiwanuka, Little Simz, Cleo Sol, SAULT), Tom Dream on guitar and Josh Ludlow on bass. pigeon-uk.bandcamp.com
Danzal James Baker, known as Baker Boy, is an Indigenous Australian rapper, dancer, artist, and actor from Milingimbi Island, Northern Territories, Australia. www.bakerboyofficial.com
Performed and recorded over three nights in front of a sold out crowd at The World Famous Theater in Harlem, NY (December 4th - 6th, 2014). This album was released to commemorate 20 years of Daptone Records.
Under the mononym L'Rain, Brooklyn native Taja Cheek has quickly become an
acclaimed and sought-after figure in New York experimental music. A multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and vocalist, her songs are equally rooted in r&b, jazz, noise, and pop: at once visceral, spiritual, ethereal, and urgent.
lrain.bandcamp.com
Lonely Guest is better known as Tricky. This album was created under lockdown and features a number of different artists, including Maxïmo Park's Paul Smith on this track.
falseidols.bandcamp.com
The infectious electronic duo from Brisbane Australia shared this ostensibly holiday track in 2018. www.confidenceman.com.au
This track can be found on Live at KEXP Volume Seven. www.youtube.com
Brightonian singer-songwriter Tiawa's 2021 debut album "Moonlit Train" is a conceptual record that maps a metaphorical train journey from relationships through to healing and liberation.
"Each song on the album is part of an emotional journey. I hope it helps to heal people in serious situations and makes them feel better afterwards."
Gabriel chose "Life Is Not A Crime" for KEXP's song-of-the-day back in October:
www.kexp.org
tiawa-music.bandcamp.com
Speaking on the creation of this album, South London producer Swindle says: "'The New World' was recorded during a very strange time in 2020 just after being locked down. I sent a text to my favorite artists, collaborators and friends saying 'Let's have a musical retreat, reconnect and figure out how we are going to enter the new world'. When I got back and listened to the music that we made, I decided to put it together as a body of work. We were going through isolation, difficult conversations around race and racism and it was made with a real pure intention. A soundtrack to our healing. It's a very unique album to me, an album that happened to us. I hope you enjoy it.": trenchtrenchtrench.com
BudaMunk is a DJ-Producer from Japan. J.Lamotta is a producer from Berlin. budamunk.bandcamp.com
Born Jalesa Jessie, singer-songwriter Chief Cleopatra is based in Austin, Texas. She began her musical journey as a young child, singing and playing drums in her church's youth choir, and eventually beginning to write her own songs. She was scheduled to perform at SXSW 2020, but the festival was canceled due to the pandemic.
chiefcleopatra.bandcamp.com
Parquet Courts will be playing at The Showbox on Friday, April 22, 2022!
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This Brooklyn-based band’s seventh album is a more expansive take on the band’s sardonic post-punk, featuring more prominent dance beats along with more spacy psychedelic and dub textures on songs critiquing gentrification, police brutality, dehumanizing modern technology and mass commodification while celebrating community.
www.kexp.org
parquetcourts.bandcamp.com
Logic1000 is the moniker of Sydney-born, London-based producer Samantha Poulter -- partnering with Australian artist Big Ever. Logic1000 said this new EP is intended for quieter, more intimate settings -- read more: tinyurl.com
logic1000.bandcamp.com
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts passed away on August 24th. He was 80 years old. www.nytimes.com
Australian DJ/producer Tim Shiel's new project "Distractions One".
timshiel.bandcamp.com
Australian electronic band's latest album "We Will Always Love You" came out last year in December. It was their first new music in four years.
www.theavalanches.com
Miami singer Jenevieve dropped her first album Division this past September. Listen to more of her new work here: soundcloud.com
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" was released in December 1965 by Vince Guaraldi on Fantasy Records. It was his last studio album on the label.
"Manhattan Special" commemorates Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart/Oscar Hammerstein songs for the 100th anniversary of these songwriters first works. onyxcollective.bandcamp.com
Leeds native George Evelyn formed Nightmares On Wax in the late ‘80s in a scene teeming with hip-hop and b-boy culture. He got his start dancing before eventually beginning to DJ. Eventually, Evelyn formed a crew in the form of production specialist John Halnon and musician Kevin Harper. But after only one studio album, the others parted to develop their respective solo projects, leaving Evelyn on his own to pursue Nightmares On Wax.
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He writes: "S.O.T.F! is a project three years in the making, finalized over lockdown."
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That's British saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings from Sons of Kemet playing.
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Go here to vocalist Haile Supreme's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
2:13 PM
75th spin
One of the final releases by MF DOOM -- One of his last releases is this brilliant BBNG/MF Doom cover of the jazz-funk dancefloor classic "Los Conquistadores Chocolates" by Johnny "Hammond" Smith (produced by the Mizell Brothers)! Check out the artist's legacy in a NYT feature -- tinyurl.com
...and then head over to our website and read the KEXP/Martin Douglas tribute: kexp.org.
"Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3" was released by Stiff Records in 1979 and reached number 3 in the UK singles chart. Official video at www.youtube.com
Born Sanele Sithole, Sun-El is a South African producer specializing in Afro-House and electronic fusion. He did a "Midnight in a Perfect World" DJ mix in March: www.kexp.org
From Sheffield, UK. Album released earlier this month. danaew.bandcamp.com
In honor of the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, this track clocks in at 1 minute, 50 seconds!
The opening track to Thundercat's latest album "It Is What It Is", welcoming us with a tone-setting intro
1 minute, 22 seconds!
1 minute, 29 seconds!
"30 Century Man" is also the title of a 2006 documentary about Scott Walker, featuring David Bowie, Scott Walker, Brian Eno, Radiohead, and Sting.
Stay safe everyone! www.brooklynvegan.com
Thanks for listening, it's been our pleasure. Stay tuned, Atticus is up next, filling in for Evie!