Raspberry Fields

A wonderfully melodic often electronic, global and multi-generational slice of emotional music. If this be the future, the sun will shine again. (2021)  

Nathaniel Mackey’s Bass Cathedral brought me here, a phrase that may be repeated in the near future. Massive multi-horn dance work. (1982)  

A Kaidi Tatham and Bugz In the Attic beatwise masterclass. (1998) 

Fun day on the radio yesterday with Jaimie “Breezy” Branch, playing jazz epics and dance tunes. (2021)

Massive Ghanaian hiplife circa 2007. 

“Jazz Is Dead” is an interesting series began by Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge. The new one with Gary Bartz is prolly the best one thus far. (2021)

Weir and Was and Chimenti and Leisz and what looks like Lambchop’s strings and brass battery doing “Sailor” > “Saint” a contemporary justice. (2021)

Wonderful global London groove. (2021)

Frankie say 16 Minutes looooong! The wonderfully monstrous, dub-heavy original mage-mix, all Holly and groove. (1983)

When Northern Italy synthesizer minimalism meets Dar Es Salaam Singeli beats. (2021)

I was today years old when I found out about the Sun Ra All-Stars European tour of 1983, featuring (among others) Don Cherry, Lester Bowie, Philly Joe Jones, Archie Shepp, Famadou Don Moye, Richard Davis, and the Arkestra front-line, among others. (1983)

From Joburg to the world, an anthem. (2021)

Tune! (2020)

Still going through Noz’s 2020 rap list, and hearing first-hand the amount of talented young people who’ve been killed in the last year. Depressing AF. #RIPKingVon (2020)

Olivia Rodrigo brought me here. (2018)

Huck Meets Ra on the funkiest Arkestra cut I know. (1979/2013)

$ilkmoney meets Kate Bush. (2020)