the future is tropical. i don’t just mean sea temperatures. from concerto records in amsterdam… there are little to no traces of the artists on the internets except occasional list recognition. if you have more information…
kaseko is the dominant style here – breaking the body in dance since days of slavery. call, response and a big bass drum. it broke in the netherlands during the 70s when (at a guess) the first two of these records were made and distributed. a time of mass migration from suriname (one third of the surinamese population moved north) in the run up to independence in 75.
like guyana, suriname saw an influx of indentured and migrant labour from india (and in suriname’s case dutch controlled java) after slavery was abolished. this slow dance is sung in hindi.
ripley’s latest is a killer. every thing done correct.
still tropical, vamanos brings the broad-bass blogariddims.
i think they call this momentum… you can’t argue with momentum. and the mix is full of dense open space and awesome refixes. boima’s baobab. great cover. samples here.
kingdom also has a great mix up via dot.alt – old skool stabs will grow and grow.
it starts with a cigarette waving in front of shot and gets better… and better… and better. use that cigarette to burn the catacombs of fabric to the 4th level of the ground. replace it with a hundred picnic tables. shock out!
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Florin Salam – Regheton & Ban pe Ban [ live ]
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I daresay birdseed knows more about manele than me. a surface scraping overview might say it’s working class music from bucharest (mostly performed by Roma) which is widely considered crass, dirty, backward etc. to the extent that someone wrote a virus that deletes all the files labelled manele from your hard drive (again, birdseed knows):
“Practically any genre is worth looking up, but I say look out for the ones people hate.”
Hi-culture and middle-brow dialectics. Romanian literary critic George Pruteanu called manele: “The pisswater of society“. wiki.
something (globalised media?) brings a nice cross-current with reggae/reggaeton. Check this ‘Turn Me On’ version:
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Florin Salam & Denisa – Cineva ma suna cu numar privat (real video)
Dave Miller of Pivot brings a mix of synth heavy aquatic 140 backing onto some classic synthetic explorations inc. Vangelis, Jarre & Tangerine Dream. Includes fresh Rustie remix.
Last summer Benge of expanding records released an album exploring the sounds of a history of synthesisers. it’s reviewed here. further synth-fetish here (via /r).
cultural borrowings. a while ago in an aristotelian frenzy of naming we might have called this euro-crunk. what you should call anything isn’t a question we should have to ask (in an ideal world)… in an ideal world horses run along the beach. movements of the mouth slow down. a disappearing owl. pubescent girl piano line goes on a big adventure – comes of age through travel – road accidents are the feedback loop of an accelerated culture obessed with victory. Toulouse. Diomay & Rma2n bring the “- FRENCH DIRTY SOUTH -” repeatedly and necessarily. hurry home little girl, the times will soon play against you.
