She The Best! Who?! SHE!!!

Looks like the interview was done before we did the show in Guadalajara and before the L.E.S. Artistes video was shot.  

Read the article here.

Her album just dropped 4/29.  Buy it -- its one really worth having.

She's doing shows in the UK now; trying to have her come down for Contrapalooza 2.0. 

I see the Switch remix of this song posted up everywhere; wonder if many people have heard the original version.

Santogold - You'll Find A Way (Original)

Lick Shots!

When the Genevan Heathen was seemingly living in Miami w/ "I have crazy international connects" Judd Katz, I asked him bout this French Haitian artist Edalam.  

I only had one song of his at the time; but it was on such a crazy energetic French Soca/Dancehall style i figured the smoke=fire rule would apply.

His summary was: "Yeah, I have heard of him.  He released an album.  That's about it."  

Thanks dude.

Well, here's that track, and some other ish i'll never hear/play in Miami.

Edalam - Helicopta / Gwada

Carnivalia Riddim

Anyways, who needs an exciting video when you've got . . . um, 3 people milling around in the back.


Here's his follow-up vid/song:


Kinda reminds me of this Iconz video, which has my girl Heather as the token 'white girl'.

If you can read French (I'm still on the Rosetta Stone program) - get up on someone elses' take:

EDALAM …Influencé par les artistes locaux tels que DADDY YOD,
EDALAM enfant de la belle île en mer, il poursuit ses desseins
en toute modestie.

C’est à l’age de 15 ans qu’EDALAM découvrit son attrait
particulièrement aigu pour le monde artistique. Collégien dans
un établissement à Marie-Galante et danseur dans un groupe de
hip hop, il fit ses premiers pas dans ce milieu en griffonnant
quelques textes sur les pages de ses cahiers de cours.
Puis tout s’est articulé lors de sa rencontre avec MILIAOUSE et
OLMYTA jeunes deejays comme lui, ils entreprirent la création
d’un groupe nommé « OMEGA », ainsi commencèrent les
entraînements intensifs.
C’est à cet instant que le pseudonyme EDALAM prit forme.
Par « EDALAM » (malade à l’envers), l’artiste qualifie la vibe,
les lyrics, attrayants et captivants ; grâce à ses flows EDALAM
se dit guérir les malades.

Suite à cet ouvrage, le groupe OMEGA fut convié à diverses
festivités, telles que les podiums SUN FM et NRJ, les fêtes
municipales, puis quelques temps plus tard EDALAM atteint
un niveau supérieur avec sa participation à des free styles
et featurings dont sa collaboration avec BUDGI du
groupe « BLACK MICKY ».

Durant cette période EDALAM accomplit nombre de projets :
-> Deux maquettes avec OLMYTA et MILIAOUSE
-> Une quantité non négligeable de mixtapes entre autres :
« OMEGA Crew », « MIX STYLES » avec l’intervention de
SAMX, OCSEN, SADIK, BARONE et bien d’autres.
-> Le tournage de « FEROSS VIBES » dans son home studio,
avec la présence d’ADMIRAL T, KRYS, SAIK
-> l’enregistrement de MARIE-GALANTE avec l’aide du groupe
« RAS EN MWEN »
-> La participation au « CREOLE BLUES » événement regroupant
un bon nombre d’artistes afro caribéen, parmi eux KASSAV,
JEFF JOSEPH, Georgie Bond (USA), El Canario (République
Dominicaine), Myriam Makeba (Afrique du Sud), MALAVOI…

La chanson est une grande passion pour EDALAM, mais il a une
autre ardeur qui est l’informatique. Pour ne pas déroger à ses
ambitions, en 2004 il quitte sa terre natale pour s’installer en France
métropolitaine afin de poursuivre ses études. Là il fit la rencontre
de LYTTLE T-VOLY du groupe « SEPTENTRIONAL CREW » avec qui
il entreprendra quelques représentations.
Aussitôt arrivé sur sa terre d’accueil, voila le petit prodige de
Marie-Galante réaliser sa première prestation durant un barbecue
à Sarcelles.

Dès lors les invitations s’accrurent :
-> Participation au podium ESPACE FM
-> Tournage du clip de Spyker
-> Collaboration à l’enregistrement du mixtape « MIX DUB PLATES »
avec la présence de BIGJAY, SADIK, RADJA, OLMYTA, MILAOUSE
et nombreux d’autres deejays.
-> Invitation à Lille pour la tournée de la compile « QUARTIER LIBRE »
-> Présentation de la compile Nineteen seven karibean où figurent
des artistes comme ADMIRAL T, SAIK, BIGJAY.
-> Enregistrement du clip « Vie en Mwen »
-> Enregistrement du Clip «Nou SéKéLé » en la collaboration
de ZANDOLI production.
-> Proche des évènements se produisant dans les DOM, EDALAM,
a ainsi écrit un texte et tourner un clip en hommage aux familles,
proches, et amis, qui ont perdu les leurs, lors de la catastrophe
aérienne du 16 août 2004 : « Martinik big foss ».
-> Participation à la compile « BAD SOUND ONE » réalisée par PIT BUN
et « FRENEZY RIDDIM » réalisé par FANTOME ; où seront réunis
ADMIRAL T, SAIK, et bien d’autres

A son actif, EDALAM a déjà griffonné 54 textes, et fat 50 dubplates,
en collaboration avec bon nombres de deejays tels que Dj Mike one,
Dj KARIKARI, Dj KAWA, Dj KSS, Dj T cher, Dj JAIRO, Dj REMINGTON,
Dj FAST, Dj LOPEZ, Dj WEEDY.

En parallèle, EDALAM s’est vu proposer l’animation de bon
nombre d’occasions, aussi bien sur MEDIA TROPICAL, où étaient
à ses côtés KEROZEN, LYTTLE T-VOLY et BLACK SCARED CREW,
que les soirées, telles qu’au Club Sénia où il assurait la première
partie de DADDY MORY et JAMADOM, ou à la soirée Kalbass à
L’Elysée Mont Martre, ou encore à la Ferté Nignt où il garantissait
la première partie de JAMADOM.

EDALAM n’est pas qu’un chanteur, en effet il est à l’initiative
de « GALANTA PROD », association qui permet aux artistes de
tout milieu d’exhorter le style à travers des soirées ou encore
des collaborations.
Cette alliance créée depuis février 2005 compte à son actif déjà
quelques soirées.

Comme peuvent l’illustrer ces différents FLYERS, et le parcours
ascendant d’EDALAM, la dancehall ragga est un phénomène
entraînant avec lui une vague d’adeptes de plus en plus importante.
EDALAM, « l’artiste le plus proche du public », se veut être l’un
des précurseurs de cet évènement.
En adaptant ses lyrics et ses flows dans les différentes scenes,
il peut ainsi conquérir un très large auditoire.


Fort de tout cela EDALAM toujours empli d’ambition projette
l’enregistrement d’un album commercial à court terme.
A long terme, en espérant ne pas surestimer ses motivations,
il souhaiterait, avec la participation de grands artistes phare de
notre culture, tels que Jocelyne BEROARD, Esnard BOISURE,
et bien d’autres, dresser une mosaïque, où seraient réunies toutes
variétés de musiques afro caribéennes, en passant par le GWO KA,
le COMPAS, le ZOUK, la DANCEHALL, le JAZZ (etc), ainsi, par
des tournées nationales, promouvoir ces éruditions …

73-yr old Austrian - video

Akon - Locked Up


Richie Spice & Chuck Fender - Freedom

*speechless*

Read the story here.

finally

So, took a trip up to palm beach, Boca, to be specific, met up with my girl YUMNA
went here....



AND BOUGHT THIS...



bout to next level my bloggin.......

Take A Good Whiff!

Last week me and Dan were djing at Chocolate Sundays. It had been relatively slow all night, I was kinda 'out-of-it', and so naturally around 3:55am (closes ~4am) we're in the realm of "I don't give a fuck" jams [Assault's "Sex On The Beach", that "Finger In Your Booty Hole" track, etc].

A girl comes up asking for us to speed it up so that "everybody" [read: two people = her & her man] can start dancing.

This song was played next.

"You guys are the worst."

She left.

WVUM '00-'02

Back when I was hosting The Underground on WVUM, if there was one label I was constantly checking for, it was Tru Thoughts.  I have no idea how I got put up on them; but "Thank You!" to whomever was responsible.

I was so hooked on their sound that when I found out that Will Holland, aka Quantic, was going to be heading to the States for a gig in Philly and another in NYC, I hit up both Paul Jonas and Tom Simpson (awesome guy) to try and sort out a gig in Miami.

At the time a 'budget' to me was $200-$250, [imagine a 'broke-college-kid', then imagine a 'broke-college-kid-dj'; we're the 'brokest' kind], and after they tried negotiating, they realized I really didn't have anymore money.  So, because Will really wanted to play Miami, my $250 stretched out far enough to bring him down on the only night the venue (I/O Lounge, now The Vagabond) had open that particular week, a Monday.  

Needless to say, Quantic's non-NYC/Philly US debut was poorly attended.  That was probably the first time I started getting hip to the fact that Miami is just a 'little' behind the (music) times.  

Anyways, for all those squares that still aren't hip to Quantic or Tru Thoughts, get with this shit.

Quantic - Life In The Rain

Quantic produced this song when he was 20yrs old.

Quantic - Super 8 (Part 1)

Mawglee - Dreaming

Natural Self - Soloman (Nostalgia 77 Mix)

And the highest recommendation possible for this last track!
Alice Russell - Hurry On Now

Taken from her debut album, Under the Munka Moon. Buy it any chance you get; I've got two vinyl copies & one on cd.


I would also highly recommend -- possibly even more so than Alice Russell's LP -- purchasing TM Juke's Map From The Wilderness LP --- she's featured on two great songs on the album. I still play them out frequently.

* If you've downloaded any of these songs, congratulations, you're now only 6-8 years behind.  

Current TV: Portishead

Living with girls is pretty much awesome. They're clean, they keep the fridge stocked with all sorts of healthy name brand goodness, and they like their OnDemand super-extendo satellite cable.

Out of the hundreds of channels I get to pick from, I've recently started to get down w/ Current TV. Varied programming, fairly intelligent, and all wrapped-up in a sleek package.

Regardless, here's a bit they did w/ Portishead performing/practicing.

Induce, Buy A Video Camera

. . . cuz then, when you're just sitting at home listening to all of your records - you could also be garnering views and praise from thousands of dudes who haven't yet found out about Dusty Fingers comps, UBB comps, or .

That said, the sample he pulls from the last record he plays I never noticed before.  Mind = blown.

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Maya's going on tour w/ these guys in the summer - so expect to hear way more from/about them here on out.

Holy Fuck - Royal Gregory

You Got A Better Version!?

If you check back in the posts since I started keeping this blog relatively updated (*cough*), I mentioned a film Santa Sangre in a previous post (go ahead, check it out).  Well the soundtrack has an interesting and varied selection of tracks; below being my choice tune. 

Damazo Pérez Prado - Caballo Negro

*This is a 128kbps -- if you've got a higher quality version let me know, cuz i'd really like to chop it up.

*Note: Prado is the Cuban musician who also composed the original Mambo #5.

If you want to remember how great Louie Bega's version was, go right ahead.

For me, I'm all about the flair of the OG.  They're stylin on ya w/ those pure yak-hair sleeves!

Also I'm watching Lucky Number Slevin right now -- and a choice choice choice tune just came on, and I can't resist posting it.  It just oozes emotion.

Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)

*For the Wu-Tang fans out there, this was sampled on Tearz, which if memory serves, was the first Wu track recorded/released.  

Israeli NuFunk

Funkish cover of Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name Of" by these guys.

The Apples - Killin (7")

Millions in Miami

Two tracks from the Ed Banger Volume 3 thang:

Feadz ft Spank Rock - Back It Up


Busy P ft Murs - To Protect & Entertain

Note:~1:39 Murs name-checks DJ AM & Aoki!?!

Life After "Marked for Death"

Even though Seagal first burst on the scene w/ Above the Law in 1988, it wasn't until two feature films later, with Hard to Kill, did he achieve his dream of having a firm grasp around Hollywood's scrotum.  Dragging 'em to-and-fro, he was able to release such bonafied classics as Out For Justice, Marked For Death and the peculiarly titled Fire Down Below, without skipping a skull-crack.  

I mean, what kid in the late 80s/early 90s didn't constantly remind you about how badass Seagal was? Remember the fight in the pool hall?! Or the time when he just wanted to get some groceries and happened to end up murdering everyone in the store?! Or when he battled the crazy machete-wielding Screwface and his gang of Jamaicans -- and proceeded to totally break all of the bones in all of their bodies with one hand, while on his knees?!!

Well, I was just doing my monthly check-up on the guy, and am here to inform you that he's got a new song, "Hoochie Koochie Man", on his Myspace page.

"Wait, what?!@  You didn't know that Seagal had a Myspace page?~!   You didn't know that Seagal fronts a band?!!  And that his band was featured on the cover of Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine?!?!!"

Well, while you're shamefully playing Seagal-catch-up, might as well listen to one of the tunes written by the legendary face-smasher.

  

Steven Seagal Jam

Non-Seagal fight scene:

Also while i was doing intensive research, i found this:

It pretty much shits on all other fight scenes, ever!

pump up holmes