Interesting interview with Flying Lotus by The Daily Swarm. He talks about inspiration, collaborations, his ambition to make films, etc.
Read MoreI feel like when I make music, I’m not here. My best stuff is all the stuff that happens organically in a few minutes time. It’s not something that I just keep hammering out for years or whatever: I’ll get the gist for the tune in, like, twenty minutes, and all the rest is like, sprinkles, you know? Something happens when I stop thinking.
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Here’s a recently unearthed recording of the one and only Grap Luva paying tribute to Jay Dee over a replay of “Nag Champa” at the 2008 XM/Subsoniq Dilla Day. Props to K. Murdock for the amazing quality of this LIVE stage recording.
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Read MoreDay 7. Today the documentary “J Dilla: Still Shining” came out. Great to see some footage of Dilla in the studio with Common.
Read MoreCreated in 2006, this remembrance piece is created as a tribute to the memory and legacy of James “J.Dilla” Yancey. This is a piece designed for his fans and supporters who knew of his accomplishments before February 2006 and those that have grown to appreciate his genius. Here, we gain a greater insight and understanding about our musical icon.
I wasn’t really feeling this EP by heRobust at first as I’m not a big fan of the overly glitchy type of beats, but when I took the time to really listen to the tracks it became apparent they’re put together quite nicely and I started to like some of the tracks more and more. Below is a more laid back type of beat but there’s a range of different styles and tempos to be found on this release. Recommended!
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Dilla’s remake of Placebo’s Humpty Dumpty. Karriem Riggins on drums, Dontae Winslow on trumpet, and J Dilla on rhodes and nord lead. This is the extended version from “The Shining EP2″ by the way.
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The original from the album “Ball of Eyes”.
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The sample:
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Read MoreGreat reggae version of Loran’s Dance performed by Mudies All Stars. This track can be found on the Soul Jazz compilation “500% Dynamite”.
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Here is the dub take of the same track from the “Harry Mudie Meet King Tubby’s In Dub Conference Vol 1″ album (1976):
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Idris Muhammad’s version of Loran’s Dance is also really good by the way.
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