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I want my kids to grow up to be....(part 2)

All I can say is that anyone who has doubts about the future of music and the talents that are out there needs to check these out.

Back in September I posted about these two wonders....

This time around its all about this 5 year old from Poland...

Picked this up from the Listening Post over at Wired.

All we need to do is get them together and we'll have a kids version of ....

I want my kids to grow up to be....

Thanks to my favourite Mogger, LadyC for sharing this today.

Keepintime

"I don't know anything about that jigga jigga stuff-you play that and I'll play this..."
-Paul Humphrey, 2000

if there is anything that I love more than music it is the influence of old sounds on new.
The documentary film, Keepintime, delivers on both counts. I am gonna use the info. directly from the makers to discuss this documentary. See a trailer below.

Keepintime started as a simple idea, let’s bring some of the most revered and notable L.A. session drummers together for a photo shoot. Then have them talk about the famous (to us) recordings that we (those whose ears have been opened through hip-hop) treasure, sample and discuss endlessly.             The musicians (Roy Porter, Earl Palmer, Paul Humphrey and James Gadson) were excited at the prospect of sitting together and discussing old times, old friends and the business. The first problem we encountered though was that to our ears the famous sessions were in fact often beyond the reach of our musician’s memory.
Babu, J.Rocc and Cut Chemist (along with Numark, Madlib, Derf Reklaw and Shortkut) are fishermen of the elusive. Cumulatively, they have a half-century of beat shopping experience. Similarly, they are the best turntablists in the City of Angels. As a result they would be the  best way to snatch up those almost lost glimpses of music and represent them to their creators, that was the moment when we knew we had a film.The puzzled smiles of Paul Humphrey and Earl Palmer speak multitudes on the perceived gap that exists between the musicians of today and their forefathers. However, lest we forget these men were progressive risk takers in their respective professions and a few turntables weren’t going to get in the way of a good conversation.

All I can add is that it is a must see for music lovers and especially any beat junkies out there like myself; the interaction between these beat masters is just unbelievable and such a  pleasure to see as much as hear.

Brought to you by Mochilla and B+ (a fellow Irishman).

The project also brought us some fine remix tunes-here are my favourites.
Artist: Charlie Dark
Tune: Keepintime Theme
Download 01_keepintime_theme.mp3

Artist: King Ruly & Toy Selectah!
Tune: Bumpin Time! (Sistema Local Mexmix Version)
Download 04_bumpin_time_sistema_local_mexmix_version.mp3

You can't to be able to buy the DVD anywhere but the CD is available.

Also see Brasilintime a similar project between some artists and turntabilists from the Keepintime show and Brasil.  I love my DJ Nuts tshirt from this show.

Cheers,
Cubik

 

Under The Influence with...Taylormade Sounds

So folks-after last weeks Future Funk Squad post we deliver to you...round two of the 'Under The Influence' series and this time around we are joining Taylormade Sounds. Last week we posted Digisoul here on CubikMusik and it proved to be very popular so for all of you that enjoyed it, and those that get to enjoy it again here today, check out some of Taylor's tunes that have influenced the excellent sounds that are created in the Hotbox Studio.

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Under the Influence with....Taylormade sounds.

In no particular order:

1. Ennio Morricone- there are many songs i like from this composer but here are the best- the opening theme to "The Untouchables", theme to "Violent City" theme to "Sicilian Clan" "The Ballad of hank McCain" "Ecstasy of Gold"
Download 01_il_clan_dei_siciliani_instrumentale.mp3

2. Jimi Hendrix- i love all his work but stand out songs include:  Axis Bold As Love, One Rainy Wish, May this be Love, Machine Gun
Download 03_may_this_be_love.mp3

3. The Rza- i like all his production but Raekwon's "Only Built For Cuban Links" and GZA's "Liquid Swords" are stand out albums.
Download 05_i_gotcha_back___b.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth).mp3

4. Led Zeppelin- too many good songs to pick just one but "Battle of Evermore" "Kashmir" "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"
Download babe_im_gonna_leave_you.mp3

5. System Of A Down- Toxicity, Violent Pornography, Revenga, Deer Dance.
Download 04_toxicity.mp3

6. TV On The Radio- feeling all their stuff pretty much but check "I Was A Lover" "Hours" "A Method" "Staring At The Sun"
Download 01_staring_at_the_sun.mp3

7.  Hip Hop- BDP, Rakim, Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang, De La Soul, OutKast, MOP.
Download 02_paid_in_full_seven_minutes_of_music_the_coldcut_remix.mp3

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And now-hear Taylormade Sound's Digisoul......influenced by some, or all, of the sounds above.
Download 03_digisoul.mp3

I wanna thank Taylormade Sounds  and Future Funk Squad for sharing their influences with us. It is great to get this insight into what they listen to when not producing.
If you are a producer/artist/band/label and want to share your influences please email me at cubikmusik@gmail.com.

Cheers,
Cubik

Kid Koala plays trombone?

Cut Chemist Show in Austin

***I cannot for the life of me get the format of this post to work so that the pics are all lined up so I apologise!***

Last Saturday I managed to get to see a (free) show by Cut Chemist here in Austin. I had never seen cut Chemist so was chuffed to get to see him-it was a deadly show.
The night was very fun-filled with great tunes, hot weather, some mates and cold beer. What more could you ask for?

The night started with two local DJs and a live act.
The first DJ was NickNack who also performs with his band BLAZE and runs Crowd Control Records. His set was nicely done and certainly set the tone for the rest of the night.

This photo is of Nick Nack and Tim League of the Alamo Drafthouse who were one of the sponsors of the show. Thanks guys.

Up next was DJ Mel who played a great set with a lively selection of hip-hop and dancehall.

After that were Supercontinet. I was pleasantly surprised as live electronica can be hard to pull off but these guys did it very well. They had my head bopping along nicely.

Finally we had Cut Chemist. I dunno-the skills involved in making music like this guy does are something else. Of course there must be a lot of practice that goes into it but really to get there you just gotta feel it and this guy does. A few times the mixing was out of synch but that (to me) is to be expected and the way I see (hear) it the music and sounds are most important.

To top off the excellent sounds that we had, once the sun went down we had a visual show to go along with Cut Chemist and I enjoyed that element too as you don't see it too often here. Back home in Ireland we got to see it more.
There was a booth there for Livid displaying their visual mixing technology but I am not sure if thats what was being used.

I couldn't get a good picture of the visuals but here is the visuals dude!
You can see what it looks like here.

I gotta give a few shout outs here 'cos I enjoyed meeting some cool people at the show.
Russ from MusicNMind. These guys wer part of the crew putting this show together also. Cheers for checking in me with Russ mate-appreciated. I hope to try and do some CubikMusik stuff with these guys at some stage as I am into their tunes and philosophy.
AT&T http://www.att.net/ did sponsor the show also so fair dues to them for getting involved in providing quality free tunes in a city that has music going on in all corners.

So-there was a none to subtle hint dropped that later on in the summer we can expect to see DJ Spooky doing a free show also so I for one am there. If you are in Austin and wanna meet and have a beer send me an email.

Cheers
Cubik