Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Black Magic



Jose James' new album Black Magic has finally dropped.
A certain music journalist from Sydney (who shall remain nameless) wrote about how Jose james was a jazz alias of Flyin Lotus. With Flyin Lotus being related to Alice Coltrane this intrigued me enough to go out and find it.
Although it became obvious at once that Jose James and Flyin Lotus are obviously two separate people (Well Duh) the album blew me away with its mix of spoken word, jazz poetry and some serious skills on the piano, and became one of my favourite albums of 08.
Moving on and two years later we finally get some new work from Jose and funnily enough Fly Lo produces several tracks on it alongside Moodymann and Mistu The Beats. The music is more on a new soul/beat tip than the jazz workings of the first album, and Jose displays a more mature approach this time around both with his vocals and production.
Only time will tell if this remains on my playlist as long as The Dreamer but you really need this album in your collection.
Check out Electro Magnetic which is a bonus track on the japanese release.

Back In OZ



Okay everyone Im back in this penal colony that i call home. Big ups to my Tokyo and New York crews for all the love that was shown. Also shout outs to Drum and Bass Records, Small Axe, Big CIty and Deadly Dragon Sound for the dope tunes.
Brought back a bunch of new music so it should be all systems go from now on.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Just Checkin In







Life is good people. Been chillin in New York with good peeps, good food and good music. What more could you want ?
Im going to leave you with this wonderful gem of knowledge i heard at a bar the other day
"Money ain't a problem unless you don't have it"

Thursday, March 18, 2010

RIP NUJABES



Jun Seba famed Japanese beat maker Nujabes has tragically passed away.
Long time collaborator with Fat Jon out of Five Deez, Jun had been making some of the best down-tempo beats to come out of Japan and was also responsible for the soundtrack to the animae Samurai Champloo.
Jun will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to his family and friends.



Thursday, March 4, 2010

RIP Ron Banks



Damn Ron Banks from the Dramtics just passed away. So sad. The Dramatics are one of my favourite bands ever and they had joints for days. Too young for real RIP.