Like I’ve said time and again, Stones Throw Records just refuses to put out anything remotely bad. Check out this live performance of Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke and DJ Shadow’s former backing band, The Heliocentrics, live in London earlier this year:
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Yèkèrmo Sèw [Live 4/17/08]
If you haven’t heard it, check out The Heliocentrics 2007 album, Out There. If you’re into Sun Ra Arkestra, or any trippy jazz, funk or psychedelia, you’ll eat it up with a spoon.
MP3:
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June 27th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Ooh, me likey. I’m getting the idea that the VP likes MF Doom. Anything related to hip-hop involves Madlib or Doom … not that there’s anything wrong with that.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Haha… you would have been proud of me the other night. I threw down some Lil Wayne at my gig at Cigar Bar.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Damn, this Atstake guy is pretty good. Who turned you onto him?
I’ve actually been in the middle of an African phase - I’ve been listening to almost nothing but Nigerian music all week. I should do a post…
June 27th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Your mom’s been in the middle of an … nevermind.