Word The Cat

things in the red generally fall down. a new 30 minute mix. by way of explanation… tracks re-pitched to 105 bpm. a bit of padding extra to that listed below, ask if interested. there`s also a cautiously mixable version of the b_y_nc_ ikonika T++ todd edwards pile up.

wordthecat – autumn08 58mb

wordthecat – if-i-was-a-boy-ikonika-t-++-todd-edwards 11mb

Ragnheiður Gröndal – Blástjarnan þótt skarti skær
Scuba – Ruptured (surgeon remix) (Hot Flush)
Kemialliset Ystävät – Taivaassa on loivemmat maet (Fat Cat)
Dazz y DJ Nobu – Quadora (Lastrum)
Pangea – You & I (Hessle Audio)
Ramadanman – Dayrider (Soul Jazz)
Blak Twang – Red letters (acapella)
T++ – Tensile (White)
B_ – If I _as a _oy (acapella)
Ikonika – Millie (Hyperdub)
Todd Edwards – Shut the door (2002 vocal mix) (i!)
Matt Shadetek – Funny cats
Aaliy_h – On_ in a milli_n (acapella)

CDr from a rave. label is sai-lent. tracks from 2007. osaka based producers. ggl shows a couple of local stores where you can buy.

RHy-s – on-2

one of the biggest group (self-)deceptions carried out by people who write and think about music is that there is something called progress that goes hand in hand with something else called innovation. this deception persuades people that a piece of music has some sort of objective value – the same trick is often used to persuade people to go into debt so they can own a plasma screen/blu-ray player/nuclear deterrant.

what this way of thinking conceals is that the only value a musical thing holds that can hope to be objective (by achieving some sort of effect external to the creator’s psychology) is its use value. this value does not lie in the thing itself, but in the use that is made of it.

the only use made of a lot of music is to keep journalists and other industry people in a job.

the imitation of this model by unwaged music writers (like me and possibly you) only serves to uphold it by giving it some sort of naturalised legitimacy.

this model also frequently ignores the idea that music which wasn’t made in the last 5 minutes can also do things to the listener (and be useful in other ways) that new releases reach for and fall short of.

anything you do has probably been done before, but this only matters if you put undue stress on having to do something new.

of course signifiers such as ‘ahead of their time’ and ‘lost genius’ can come into play here, but this only holds up if you think time is a) moving along a graph of increasing novelty b) something you can be lost from.

here is some new music and some old music (not in that order).

M:I:5 – untitled 8 (from ‘Maßstab 1:5′ released in 1997 and found via this useful place)

micoland – deeper than skin (from 2008. full free release here. _space)

the credits for the final part of the sarkozy and bruni story. Mr. Stelfox’s piece on a producer named Mosey also seems relevant.

grouper – invisible (hyperbole and end of year lists are rubbish. this track is from one of the least rubbish records i’ve heard this year)

Pattie Bligh – Brother The Point (2562 Remix) (samiyam remix on the flip)

kid606 – you can’t stop a stepper (new record out this week… space)

Letters Letters – In a Way (guitars whine thru montreal drum machines… space)

Gulewar II de banjul – Cheddo (superb gambian via aduna)

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can you tell which is the evil twin?

linkdumping… (dutch and related)

aura(-)theft goes to suriname and brings back a lot of information & images… and a very fine mix…

andy moor leads a discussion at mute magazine on world music, blogs, taxi distribution, konono no.1 and ethiopian music.

“The whole emphasis on the west stealing and looting the culture of africa seems to overlook the fact that the theft and influence always move in both directions, and what a great thing that is…”

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manele akon cover. as ever via manele fm. cuddly toys.
Minodora – Nimeni nu vrea sa fim impreuna

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vice versa. nobody wants to see us together. stone herons.
Ionut Cercel – Mai saruta-ma odata