From: David Bassin (bassyd_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 2003-02-11 09:10:41
Greetings,
Beginning Thursday, Feb. 13th, Live365 will require all listeners to
log in each time they listen to a "personal" broadcast (FreeFall
archives are personal broadcasts). This means that unless you have
registered with Live365 in the past, you will have to do so to hear
the majority of their programming. To sign up, go to
http://www.live365.com/registration/ and fill out the required
information. You'll be asked for a valid e-mail address (and must
respond to a confirmation message), a user name, password and some
additional non-specific demographic data. It's pretty painless, but I
apologize in advance for any inconvenience. I appreciate the fact
that many of you tune in on a regular basis from all around the
world, and I hope you'll continue to do so - mos def!
Our friends at Ninja Tune have updated their audio + video page with
some new goodies that are well worth checking out. You'll find new
videos from Mr. Scruff, Hexstatic, Amon Tobin and Jaga Jazzist, along
with full audio clips from Pest, Super Numeri, Skapel and Hint. Go to
http://www.geocities.com/davidbassin/freefall.html and click on the
Ninja Tune logo at the top of the page. Enjoy!
In the new bin this week:
Adrian Sherwood: "Never Trust A Hippy" - Following a remix session
for Temple Of Sound at RealWorld studios the label asked him if he
would be interested in doing an album of his own for them. He agreed
and the result is NTAH - a dubby, downbeat affair based in Jamacian
rhythms that lay the foundation for African and Asian inspired
melodies. Sly & Robbie make guest appearances here, as do Sherwood's
daughters who contribute backing vocals to two tracks. After close to
20 years of producing music for others, it's nice to see Adrian step
into the spotlight with his own record.
Bent: "The Everlasting Blink" - Bent return with their first
'official' album ("Programmed To Love" was a compilation) and the
result is a delightful excursion into chill that's full of surprises.
Many of the tempos are positively bouncy and several songs employ
some sweet pedal steel guitar. Two examples are 'Moonbeams' and 'So
Long Without You' - a number that sounds like nothing less than a
Caribbean country & western number. Nice.
Erlend Řye: "Unrest" - One half of Kings Of Convenience visits ten
cities, records with ten different producers and drops a set of
electronic ditties that closely resemble early Depeche Mode and OMD.
After the second or third song, I was about to dismiss it as twee
retro-rubbish, but I kept listening and in the end was won over by
its charm. Collaborators include Morgan Geist, Mr. Velcro Fastener
and Schneider TM.
Daniel Magg: "Facets" - Forthcoming on Compost, I picked this up
right before airtime last week, so it failed to make the previous
newsletter. A former member of Worldless People, Magg is out on his
own with an impressive debut release that can best be described as
jazzy tech-house with a touch of soul. Minus 8 lends a hand on
several songs, as does Meitz, Wolfgang Rütter and Gentlerain. A must
for fans of Kyoto Jazz Massive & Rainer Truby.
Finally, I wanted to give a belated nod to "Rewind 2," the second
collection of reinterpreted classics from our friends at Ubiquity.
Highlights include The Platinum Pied Pipers' version of Faze-O's
"Ridin' High," "Uam Uam" (Art Farmer's "Mau Mau") by Povo Povo, Terry
Callier singing "Just My Imagination," "Speak Low" from Big Bang and
Yesterday's New Quintet making the most of Weldon Irvine's "Deja Vu."
Choice!
We'll have tickets for two outstanding events this weekend: Ben Wa at
the Elbo Room and Matthew Herbert at Club Six. If all goes according
to plan, I'll be sitting down with Matt on Saturday to discuss his
past and future work and you should be able to hear the interview
next week.
Until then, ciao for now!
David
If you'd like to submit music for consideration on FreeFall, the
mailing address is:
David Bassin / FreeFall
111 Laidley St.
San Francisco, CA 94131
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Last week's playlist and rebroadcast available online now:
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FreeFall 133: 2.4.03
Yello - Distant Mirror - Motion Picture (Mercury)
Fragile State - The Facts & The Dreams - The Facts & The Dreams (Bar De Lune)
Mark De Clive-Lowe - Restless - Six Degrees (Universal Jazz)
Massive Attack - What Your Soul Sings - 100th Window (Virgin)
Pest - Relief - Necessary Measures (Ninja Tune)
Hotter-Zimmerman Group - Powerplay - Give Peas A Chance (Crippled Dick Hot Wax)
Shaun Escoffery - Let It Go (Jazzanova Remix) - 12" (Oyster)
Plej - Evum - The Sky EP Series #5 (Exceptional)
Nu Tropic - Moonlight - Glucklich V (Compost)
Reunion - Ambolans - Re: (Dialog)
N.E.R.D. - Provider (Zero 7 Remix) - 12" (Virgin)
Ben Wa - Macrocardio Dub Infraction - Devil Dub (Black Hole)
DJ Krush - Alepheuo (Truthspeaking) - The Message At The Depth (Red Ink)
Beans - Mutescreamer - Tomorrow Right Now (Warp)
Wild Fire - Check It Out - Jeff Recordings (Crippled Dick Hot Wax)
Universal Funk - Streets Of Havana - 12" (April)
Raw Deal - Head On The Block Pt. 2 - 12" (Straight Ahead)
Snowboy & The Latin Section - Two For T - Para Puente (Cubop)
Daniel Magg - Red Earth - Facets (Compost)
Ollo - Tronunciation - Sleeper (Creative Vibes)
Jan Jelenik - Facelift - La Nouvelle Pauvrete (~scape)
Jason Moran - Planet Rock - DJ Smash Presents Phonography 2 (Blue Note)
Matthew Herbert Big Band - Everything's Changed - Goodbye Swingtime
(Accidental CD-R)
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