tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14545062818445497172024-03-14T10:52:24.624-07:00Ear Conditioning · RadioÁRTELO AHÍ!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13173408899219627224noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-90476999297860412792008-11-21T07:17:00.000-08:002008-11-21T07:33:17.884-08:00Womad Las Palmas review by Jane Cornwell<div><br /></div><div>Here's the review of Womad Las Palmas that Jane asked me to take some notes for...<a href="http://www.womad.org/festivals/archive/2008/canarias/review">aqui</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tonight I'll be manning the decks at Txola, La Laguna and tomorrow evening in Buenavista del </div><div>Norte, Tenerife, where there is a gathering of concerned citizens looking at Africa in the positive as opposed to the usual drab presentation that suffocates the unsuspecting public.</div><div>Jornadas de Intergración y Convivencia features discussions, workshops, dance/song, films.</div><div><br /></div><div>More as it happens,</div><div><br /></div>D.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-67387430632411423272008-10-10T18:05:00.000-07:002008-10-10T18:08:46.212-07:00Only the poor man feel itOur house is in a bit of a state at the moment, but nothing like what the people of the pueblo Cho Vito have had to go through. Cho Vito is a little town, part of Candelaria, 20km from Santa Cruz de Tenerife.<div><br />There is a Spanish law that states that buildings are not allowed to inhibit access to the beach/coast.</div><div><br />Many houses have been built in contradiction of this edict, and now the demolition crews are moving in. The thing is, in many cases permits for construction where given by councils, and also many houses on the coast belong to fishermen....which makes sense. There are also many hotels on the seafront that contradict the law....however it seems that it only the houses of the poor man that gets marked for demolition, as witnessed in this <a href="http://www.noincineraciontenerife.com/noticias/2259.htm">link.</a> Big respect to some of the the police that reportedly didn't turn up for work that day, even 'monos' (monkey's, have a heart at times. Mono's are the Canarian equiv' of 'pigs', so ya know.) </div><div><br />There is a huge house not too far from where we live....sitting right there on the beach, the owner is a business man, well respected and all....the chances of his house being subject to bulldozers and police carrying him out are.....uh, zero.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><br />Speaking of being Uprooted, this month sees the release of the freshest dj mix from the one called DJ/rupture. The tempo stays around 70/140bpm hence in the dubstep / atmospheric zone, giving lots of room for space and subtle movements where necessary, balanced with caustic bottom end and shards of metallic plug-ins. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/cloudsaremoving">Clouds</a> from Finland have a couple contributions, and they are treating my ears nicely. Also new to me are Atki2, Baby Kites & Nokea. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/betrieb">Ekkehard Ehlers</a> bring a super gorgeous piece of string-led melancholy to the arena, with a track called Plays John Cassavettes pt.2. Maga Bo and Filastine are included too.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll have some more of this compilation to come over the next few weeks, stay tuned. The video is from Baby Kites & Nokea 'Reef', which /rupture initiates the mix with....<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TWx7s1S23Gk&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TWx7s1S23Gk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /></div><div>A few years back, my good mate Tony Thorpe called me to assist on a track for an album he was producing for a singer from South Africa called Lulu. After the project was completed I was told that it was shelved as Lulu had got married and her husband did not want her to continue doing music. So I thought that was that, luckily I had a test pressing of the vinyl (although I lost one of the two vinyls). I did a net search at found out that the album did eventually come out under the name Lungiiswa Plaatjies. I really hope Lungiiswa is still doing her thing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ear Conditioning<br />October 7 2008<br /><br />Asha Bosle - Jhunka Jhulade (Super)<br />Bap's Three Bips & A Bop - Oop-Pop-A-Da (Blue Note)<br />Overtone - Give It Again (Redbud)<br />Trouble Funk - Drop the Bomb (Sugarhill)<br />Fear+APC+Pulsinger+Koas - Title unknown (!K7)<br />Root Down - Title Unknown (White Label)<br />G.A.F. - Two More Things I Need to Tell You (Ruin)<br />Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica (UUAR)<br />African Head Charge - Dervish Chant (On-U Sound)<br />Lungiswa Plaatjies - Title Unknown (Melt2000)<br />Diplo - Diplo Rhythm feat Sandra Melody, Vybz Cartel & Pantera Os Danadinhos (Big Dada)<br />Atki 2 - WinterBuds (The Architecture)<br />Clouds - Too Much (The Architecture)<br />DJ Food - The Sky at Night (Ninja Tune)<br /><br />Ear Conditioning is broadcast Tuesday at 20h30 (Canary Islands/London Time)<br />Repeated Saturday night 22h00 (Canary Islands/London Time)<br />www.radionorte.com 89.4FM</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks to Tally at the architecture, and all singers and players.</div></div>D.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-44857797344712426522008-08-05T05:53:00.000-07:002008-08-05T05:55:20.680-07:00I´m an everliving gobstopper, suck me forever<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVjDFQaddfjhMJz88QC7YB9Rv4gSLYjtbwuLo3JU8oQZO_0EAwvA48DHA-2ECecjBjfcwjZj5yV6fQ7ZlIub-Rwp-y2CvvJxM-Gh_4lCtVwQ-lAsVktiNFu2utocn3D04Byvn4FCHhaUc/s1600-h/bogroll.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVjDFQaddfjhMJz88QC7YB9Rv4gSLYjtbwuLo3JU8oQZO_0EAwvA48DHA-2ECecjBjfcwjZj5yV6fQ7ZlIub-Rwp-y2CvvJxM-Gh_4lCtVwQ-lAsVktiNFu2utocn3D04Byvn4FCHhaUc/s320/bogroll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231015024737334722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.okayplayer.com/el-p/2008/08/01/great/">El-P</a> was on tour recently and his <a href="http://www.definitivejux.net/store/catalog-product/US-A4T-04-41-00-RX.html">We Are All Going To Burn In Hell Megga Mixx2</a> was initially only available to those who attended the gigs. Now it´s up on the <a href="http://www.definitivejux.net/">DefJux</a> site, available as a free download, well, part of it has, in all fairness to those that shelled out ca$h for the original item.<br />The shit is hot as hell, no pun intended, dropped about 30minutes of it in last week´s program.<br />A friend recently played me a demo of something he´d put together. After a couple listens, I said, "check this, and you will get an idea of where you could go (in production terms) with your track."<br /><br />Actually I only said the first part, then I don´t know what the fuck happened, but his CD got seriously stuck in the player, and I could not get it out so he could hear where I was coming from.<br /><br />What El-P has does with a steel pan sample, turning it into something that would sit inside an <a href="http://www.blogger.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Scream">Harlan Ellison</a> narrative, is beyond me. Great.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I´m an everliving gobstopper, </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Suck me forever.</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">El-P<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ear Conditioning / 29 July</span><br />El-P · We are all going to burn in hell megga mixx 2 (Definitive Jux)<br />Idris Muhammad · Wander from the Black Rhythm Revolution LP (BGP Records)<br />Exciting Voices · God´s Chillun<br />Jazmin Sullivan vs. The Moody Boyz<br />Roots Manuva · Again and Again / The Moody Boyz Refix<br />Stacey Pullen · Vertigo (Science)<br /><br /><br />This past weekend, Charlie Faber (Satelit3) , Isidro (<a href="http://www.afrodisiaclub.com/">Afrodisia</a>) and myself turned the Txola into a sweatbox as the funk pored out of every available cell. Isidro is a serious collector of rare grooves. His box of 7´s contains the foundations of hip hop....and Charlie´s selection had me salivating too....they gots breaks for days....the kinda shit that would make DJ Premier, Pete Rock or Jay Dilla turn around to have a word or two. Charlie and I did a back to back session which spawned an idea for a Txola compilation. More news on that as it develops, talk is cheap.<br />Txola will be taking a well-deserved break during August, see you in September/October.<br /><br />Womad <a href="http://www.blogger.com/womad.org/festivals/canarias">Las Palmas</a>, consistently one of the best festivals in the Canary Islands will be taking place in 6-9 November, and I have had the pleasure of being asked to do a couple sets. Womad´s Spanish producers will be going to press this Friday, so can´t say anymore than that, although this will be the second opportunity this year for people in this area to see the one and only............<br />More details next week.<br /><br />A friend in the UK was at the recent <a href="http://www.womad.org/">Womad</a> in Charlton Park, and reported of a food stall called<br />'Asian Grub Foundation'. Her "<span style="font-style: italic;">mate suggested 'The Dahl Foundation' and our favourite - 'Fun^Da^Lentil'."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span>D.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-71224617666604173082008-07-20T12:25:00.001-07:002008-07-20T12:25:42.620-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGrtuIGXOClTrBZcEqOoMOgZ-1MUqeQTxIvRnS3rxdd69SJm_3jj3nCbH5tTH8Ih_BzAIItHCx-uMMjq8_r_xqqvKHIm6DBChiR0zSL5y2VHkdG3CIWJwoG5u2NdtVGw6gZMIwKO0PSpd/s1600-h/bronxfeb08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGrtuIGXOClTrBZcEqOoMOgZ-1MUqeQTxIvRnS3rxdd69SJm_3jj3nCbH5tTH8Ih_BzAIItHCx-uMMjq8_r_xqqvKHIm6DBChiR0zSL5y2VHkdG3CIWJwoG5u2NdtVGw6gZMIwKO0PSpd/s320/bronxfeb08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222962391076241746" border="0" /></a><br />I don´t give a toss if they <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2008/07/so_what_if_banksys_cover_has_b.html">i.D.</a> Banksy. His art is important, not his image.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Bug</span>: the London Zoo album is getting great reviews in the UK <a href="http://www.spannered.org/music/1418/">music</a> press. The Observer Music Monthly review comes with <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"But it's in daring to ask the big questions like<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 'How did we get here, and where do we go now?' </span>that this record's rage-filled exuberance evokes the spirit of such classic state-of-the-world addresses as Specials, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and Black Flag's Damaged."</span> Yeah, i´d say impressive.<br /><br />A couple week-ends ago was the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Eolica Festival</span>. The issue surrounding Eolica is the environment. As we entered the scenario we received a little portable ashtray, and I thought, ´cool, good idea´, that scores points. The location is on a wind turbine site in the south of the island, and the power generated by the turbines runs the stages, sound etc. Well, I thought it was, until I saw a generator pumping out the usual diesel fumes...oops, losing points already?<br /><br />I played on the first night, an"improved" <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(their words)</span></span> , Asian Dub Foundation headlined, previewing tracks from their new album Punkara as well as serving up classic material. They did sound better with their new vocalists, more mature than the previous two, one of which was an arrogant shit....<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">i know from personal experience, when they came as a sound system a few years back.</span></span><br /><br />Morodo, a reaggae outfit from Barcelona, I think, over-played their set as if they was the gigamegadon, driving people away with boredom plastered to their faces. All this after being in Madrid, when he shoulda been in Tenerife for his soundcheck. The first band hit the stage three hours behind schedule. One thing really missing from festivals in Tenerife, is a stage manager, one that knows what the job entails and how to do it. <br />"Stage manager? ask for Maria" <span style="font-style: italic;">pseudoym</span><br />Asked for Maria, "You the stage manager?" <br />"Uh....uh...I am half stage manager. Want do you want? "<br />Methinks, "Half?" <br />Asked for a beer, and a chair for the records.....didn´t see her again.<br /><br />I eventually got behind the decks a bit after five am, and heaped spoonfuls of Iraqi choubi, Maghrebi, darabooka, tabla solo, nu-whirl breakbeat business before the clock struck six.<br /><br />Curfew, no one said anything about a curfew!<br />What do you mean 10 minutes?, I´ve only just started! (40 minutes earlier)<br />I ain´t been able to bring out the futuredubstep bass jewellry yet!<br />We need to hear that shit coming through this massive system ya got!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aguaviva Festival</span>...<span style="font-style: italic;">pffft!</span><br />My bird-watching man and avid nature-lover friend <a href="http://birdingcanarias.blogspot.com/">Juan Jo</a> (see below also) turned Ayoze of the the AguaViva festival people onto me to dj next to the NGO tent. Ayoze called me up, set up dates, then i got passed onto the booker, Alby.<br /><br />He and I made an agreement that I would be paid after my second set.<br />When the time came, was he anywhere to be found? Nope!<br />Would he answer his mobile? Nope!<br /><br />Knowing that I had a flight to Sweden immediately after my set, Alby ignored my calls and texts until I sent him a third text asking him if he treated all his artists like this? Fuckin´hell, that got his attention, as he replied "Have some respect!" Yes, Alby, you are one to talk. You paid Jamiriaqua (spell check ain´t working) in advance and you can´t even pay me my little monies as agreed.<br /><br />Thanks to Ayoze from the production company, and Walter, they went all out to help me get paid. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Via</span> magazine (Tenerife) has refused to run a review of the AguaViva Festival proper - not the NGO tent event - penned by Javi Jiminez because he lambasted the festival organization and of course, the magazine can´t bite the hand that serves up ca$h, so that´s it, my man has quit the magazine. Real shame, although it was kinda trendy hi-brow, glam, it had good photography, class images, interesting articles, bi-lingual to a degree, and it was good that Javi was able to contribute to their music coverage. He avoided the obvious stuff that it covered day in day out. I came across the magazine at the airport, and inside was a positive review of a Little Axe album. I was glad to see that somebody down this way had cottoned on to what Skip was doing with Little Axe. I met Javi about eighteen months later. He´s the one that brought El Guincho to town a few months back. Oh, El Guinch´t....he´s had to pull out of his summer dates in North America due to exhaustion. The few months have been full on for him. Hope your reading Future Music in bed Pablo.<br /><br /><br />Fun-da-mental played the 1st Internationalist Youth Resistance Festival in Greece last weekend. I went out a day early, and good thing too, Ojos de Brujo Sound System were also on the bill, so we hooked up at the studio of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/imambaildi">Iman Baildi</a> for a little refreshment, (it was 33 degrees) and recording of ODB claps and me abusing the ears of the engineer, shouting into the mic. <br /><br />The festival was organized by the communist brothers and sisters of KOE. Discussions, debates, events featuring people from Nepal, Bolivia, Haiti, Greece, Venezuela. Leila Khaled was supposed to be there, but the Israeli government prevented her from travelling, so a direct phone link was arranged as an alternative.<br /><br />It was also the first festival whose portaloo´s were illuminated at night. Normally you wouldn´t want a light in there anyway, but this was real clean, hence no rim-ridding stinking mass was present to be highlighted.<br /><br />Back home, full moon Friday was an event presented by the <a href="http://www.fundacionglobalnature.org/">Fundacion Global Nature</a>, that the aforementioned JuanJo is involved with. That guy has my back for sure, no? This week was the unveiling of a <a href="http://birdingcanarias.blogspot.com/">whale skeleton</a> reconstructed with metal work support. I was told there are only five skeletons of this species, and not all of them are open to the public either, so if ya get the chance, the coast of Los Silos should be on your mind. <br /><br />2 MC´s and 1 DJ under the name Demencia Lírica provided the old´skool flow & beats to a sparse crowd but appreciative crowd, bless ´em.<br /><br />After I was done, a female voice, <span style="font-style: italic;">"..more dubstep, something with bass!"</span><br /><br />It was true, it was one of the very few events where they had a system that could handle <span style="font-style: italic;">weight</span>.<br /><br />Been slack on the playlist front, if you´ve read this far you´ll understand why...<br /><br />The program for this Tuesday is looking like this: <br />Radio Norte 89.4FM Online <a href="http://www.radionorte.com/radio.php">here</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">could it be true?</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nubian Mindz</span> · Urban Beats (Archive) / <span style="font-size:85%;">Trippy filtered slow moving</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Max Roach</span> · Absolutions (Atlantic) <span style="font-size:85%;">I don´t possess the vocabulary to express myself about this</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Humbucker</span> · Cincinnati Hawks (Klein) / <span style="font-size:85%;">70´s NYC funk. Stuck right up your nostrils.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Boom Bip </span>· Enjoy eating the diane musson´s hand (MUSH) <span style="font-size:85%;">Great use of Marvin Gaye music</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Boom Bip</span> · Doo doo science - <span style="font-size:85%;">Once again, great use of a sample, this time of the great purple one.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Clash</span> · Death is a Star (CBS) <span style="font-size:85%;">Delicate and sincere.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sabu Martinez and his Jazz-espagnole</span> · The Oracle - <span style="font-size:85%;">What was it like when you first heard him?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gaby Novak</span> · Caravan (Cosmic Sounds London) - <span style="font-size:85%;">Great jazz recordings saved from the rubbish. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Big Band RTS</span> · Ne ga se prodavaj (Cosmic Sounds London) - <span style="font-size:85%;">As above, saved, and we are lucky.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cymande</span> · Crawshay (Sequel) <span style="font-size:85%;">I don´t play them enough!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fourth World</span> · Serra Do Relogio · London Elektricity remix (Melt)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fourth World </span>· Trip to the Fourth World · 4Hero remix (Melt) <span style="font-size:85%;">No let up from the Dollis Hill crew</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fourth World </span>· Terra Mae · Nation World Service remix (Melt) <span style="font-size:85%;">When asked to do a remix that is also gonna feature IG Culture, BT, Herbalizer and the above, London Elek´ and 4Hero...your shit has got to be tight! We did it Rich!<br /></span><br />Ear Conditioning · Jazz Absolutions<br />July 22 20h - 21h<br />Radio Norte 89.4FM Online <a href="http://www.radionorte.com/radio.php">here</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">could it be true?</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>D.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-19635709113741782072008-06-08T16:50:00.000-07:002008-06-08T17:03:55.264-07:00One Big Orgy, No One´s Taking A Bath<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxTJ3MMOaRkRMLwVR_0prxb4QyeyNqH-ve-0UBf3XMLgTOQFfS_cbrbUSmp3dJpH7wch8bs-BKyQhB0dT8UUZsxjMndGjiUF-YlPYaKOCzXYzg_nwEwRjFDQbAZQ69mX4Ic2X_fH_QruG/s1600-h/bodiddleyclash.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxTJ3MMOaRkRMLwVR_0prxb4QyeyNqH-ve-0UBf3XMLgTOQFfS_cbrbUSmp3dJpH7wch8bs-BKyQhB0dT8UUZsxjMndGjiUF-YlPYaKOCzXYzg_nwEwRjFDQbAZQ69mX4Ic2X_fH_QruG/s320/bodiddleyclash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209665677496159458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The playlists from the programs of June 3 and June 10 are <a href="http://dwattsriot.blogspot.com/">here</a>.<br />I shouldn´t be makin´you go here and there, apologies, i´ll get everything together in one<br />place eventually. There are links and a bit of insight provided with the other site.<br /><br />Some choice lyrics from Ursula Rucker, as featured on Loveless by 4Hero. The upcoming dj stint at Expo / AguaViva inspired a couple enviromentally-led tracks for this week´s radio excursion.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Watch my foolish daughters and sons</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">As the kill me</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Slowly, kill me</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Quicker, kill me</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />They loved me as would an unfaithful lover,</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">part-time and and half-assed.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Such beauty in life, you will never have again.</span><br /><br />See ya....<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"></span>D.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-12760382317785856862008-05-27T04:01:00.000-07:002008-06-02T07:46:54.656-07:00The Txola / Festival Musicalia Experience<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzwEjye5_yPmvrfIS28IX6rGN5vmAw2esg2Lv8I66uiflIrYasIX_pfAtV7jl5W__TwlcwjMN3bvZ0v_Uj9QewtY5yRIjd4GIWuzayBy1rjC-pmdnflMrdnQoNfS4bX1Oqdi_lrvnIcC8/s1600-h/tropico.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzwEjye5_yPmvrfIS28IX6rGN5vmAw2esg2Lv8I66uiflIrYasIX_pfAtV7jl5W__TwlcwjMN3bvZ0v_Uj9QewtY5yRIjd4GIWuzayBy1rjC-pmdnflMrdnQoNfS4bX1Oqdi_lrvnIcC8/s320/tropico.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205586043765455426" border="0" /></a><br />Last weekend was a busy one in the town/city of La Laguna; Txola Bar on the Friday night, and<br />the Festival Musicalia the following night. Txola was pumping.....they ran out of beer/cerveza. Pedro, el jefe de Txola has got some plans for some special events in August/Octubre, so keep an eye open...abries un ojo. The folks at Musicalia magazine (Estrella, Pino, Presi Nacho,Urena...que mas?) alongside Dani El Shiva Azul Medina brought <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lakinkybeat">La Kinky Beat</a> from Barcelona to deliver their brand of rock·jungle·reggae sounds with force and kinetic energy. Local crew <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tropico28">Tropico28</a> stepped up with their new line-up to give a taster of their forthcoming album, which I have been told should surface in two weeks. I did contribute to a song for their album, but their producer/beat-man did a runner with the files when he left the group, so who knows what the hell he´s done with them! Oh, i´m digressing....back to Musicalia Festival....the idea was to raise money for the next issue of the magazine, it has no advertising you see. Hopefully they will have got a few euros together, although I do think they had the price of the beers a bit low....one euro!<br />A very good deal, and it was free entrance. I don´t think people are really aware of the difficulties that exist trying to put on a festival of this magnitude...dealing with the council, a sexist and incompetent sound company.....then there´s the matter of posters being ripped and defaced by supporters of the Platano Rock festival that was taking place the same day in Santa Cruz. Come on people.....there ain´t no need for that shit, grow the fuck up. I was sorry to hear that the Platano Rock festival was cancelled at the last minute because of some bureaucratic police nonsense. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/gafmusic">GAF</a> ,who I really like were due to take the stage, as were Marvel Hill, but the police, miserable fuckers seemed to be working on somebody else´s behalf who doesn´t like gigs happening if he ain´t a part of it or getting paid. Yes, it´s like that in these parts....fuckin´ third world shit going on here brothers and sisters.<br /><br />The weekend before last, Fun-da-mental did a show in Prague. Always nice to be in Prague, we just don´t get to spend any proper time there.....pisses me right off! Before parting ways at the airport, bassman Lloyd gave me his copy of Naomi Klein´s latest book <a href="http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine">The Shock Doctrine</a>. Fucking put me in a right mood. I know enough about what goes on, but jesus h ucking hell....unts like Bush, Dick ´So´ Cheney, Condoskeeza Rice, Rumsfeld, are worse than I thought....and that is <span style="font-style: italic;">real</span> Bad. In all seriousness, they should be fucking made to walk around Baghdad totally naked and left to their own devices for a few hours, then publicly hanged, shot, pissed and shat upon, then burned alive for good measure. I am deadly serious. That ´Let God sort them out´stuff is bollocks. Kill them NOW! I hate to pray for bad things to happen to people, but they deserve it, and you know it!<br /><br />Yes, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thebuguk">The Bug</a> album is going to be released in July, and the title is, as I hoped, London Zoo...very appropriate. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fefe_talavera">This</a> person is doing the album artwork. Next single will be featuring Tippa Irie on one side and FlowDan pon the flip. Can you handle it?! Soon see eh?<br /><br /><br />Before I split, if your into Cumbia check out Vampiros DJ....I did, bought me a couple CD´s one from him, and the other being the Sonido Martines mix he did for DJ /Rupture´s radio program last year. I´ ve been really trying to turn people onto the rebajadas sound.....it´s great, and I hope to spread the word tomorrow.....got a radio interview at Radio Club Tenerife. I´ve been told they want to talk about mixing Canarian folklore music with contemporary sounds, and methinks what Vampiros, El Hijo de la Cumbia, Sonido, Oro 11 etc., and without a doubt, El Guincho, are very good markers as to what is possible. More as it happens.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ear Conditioning / 27 mayo</span><br />DJ Food </span>· Valves / Journeyman remix (Ninja Tune)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Badawi</span> · Bedouin Raid (Asphodel)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amir Sulaiman</span> · Danger<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Overtone </span>· Give It Again (Rosebud)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Os Campiones</span> · Dos (Sou Jazz)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Afronaught</span> · Golpe Tuyo Calinda (Bitasweet)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Naomi Klein</span> · Shock Doctrine<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stereotyp featuring Edu K & Joyce Muniz</span> · Jece Valadáo (MAN Recordings)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Megablast</span> · El Ninjo / Luv Lite Massive Remix feat. DJ Collage (Stereo Deluxe)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stereotyp (?) </span>· Police and Soldier (Giguptight)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Music from the Ivory Coast</span> · Gueglo (Radio France)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Congo Natty</span> · Jungle Souljah (Congo Natty)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/vampirosdeejay"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vamprios DJ</span></a> · Selection from <span style="font-weight: bold;">La Sonidera Colombiana</span> Mix CD<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">La chancha via circuito / Oro 11</span> · Damas Gratis Dub<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sonido Martines</span> · Cumbia ron the Bronx<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">El Hijo de la Cumbia</span> · Cumbia de los barrios<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> El Hijo de la Cumbia</span> · Mara Tomaza<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Karos</span> · Por que te quiero<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DJ Food</span> · Scratch yer Head (Ninja Tune)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Murga Las Salamanquesas</span> · Himno (Gofio)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Murga Ni Quito Ni Pongo</span> · Pout -Purri (Gofio)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rude Hi-Fi </span>. Elzn in Dub<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Zapotec Indians</span> · Firework Music (Folkways)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yaqui Indians</span> · Deer Dance (Folkways)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bio-Muse</span> · Hurrey Hurra<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coki</span> · The End (dmz)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rusko</span> · Cockney Thug<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Bug feat. FlowDan</span> · Jah War /Loefah remix (Ninja Tune)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Bug featuring Warrior Queen </span>· Poison Dart (Ninja Tune)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kode 9</span> · Stung (Soul Jazz)<br /><br />Ear Conditioning at Radio Norte 89.4FM<br />Tuesday / martes 20h00<br /><div id="result_box" dir="ltr">Repetidos sabado / repeated Saturday 23h00<br />! Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/encarneviva/">Encarneviva</a><br /></div>D.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-70703932902228981222008-04-24T03:00:00.000-07:002008-04-24T03:15:10.237-07:00No cock blocking please....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGAF4LmVpRPmp5adsKT65K4pIpytAq0czoN-ghDEMqa7q22gl2aZps3PNDyWERplB2BhKgLLQZHcjArxKmNj4PC3jqlGVTXxZIcU739UrGLgWtmtlzGdErOelP9s7u_7yxCWT7BkDn6Bz/s1600-h/ecos.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGAF4LmVpRPmp5adsKT65K4pIpytAq0czoN-ghDEMqa7q22gl2aZps3PNDyWERplB2BhKgLLQZHcjArxKmNj4PC3jqlGVTXxZIcU739UrGLgWtmtlzGdErOelP9s7u_7yxCWT7BkDn6Bz/s320/ecos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192752824576565954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No cockblocking please.....eh?<br /><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cock+blocking">Cockblocking</a> is a term that refers to ´hindering a male as he attempts to get it on with a female´,<br />check Pharoahe Monch ´The Light´.<br /><br />In my instance it refers to someone hindering my attempts to get some work. Fer fuck sakes, last week I had a little rant about some promoters being dickheads for not properly compensating DJ´s for their work...now I got fellow DJ´s giving attitude over sharing the decks, like they own the fucking club or something. No wonder things don´t progress in this motherfucker....and to think i was went into the situation with open arms with thoughts of trying to build something here with other DJ´s. Fuck it, just gotta get on with it, and try and rise above the bullshit which seems to be at an all-time high.<br /><br />Back in the real world, an investigative <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?_r=3&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1209027706-ko1I84vXfJL6cuJ8O1XDsA">report</a> revealed the how TV military analysts have a vested economic interest in selling the Bush adminstrations happy talk about Iraq. In the summer of 2005, the Bush administration confronted a fresh wave of criticism overGuantánamo Bay. The detention center had just been branded “the gulag of our times” by Amnesty International, there were new allegations of abuse from United Nations human rights experts and calls were mounting for its closure. So the Bush administration went into overdrive, a damage control exercise that got together ´experts´ to hit the TV airwaves to defend their state of action...."Yep, let´s push forward this war agenda while making mad loot." This world is fucking insane, and what am i doing, playing records on a weekly basis, like it´s gonna do somethin´? I apologize.<br /><br />Last week several <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/19/uksecurity.ukcrime">men</a> in the UK were found guilty of financially aiding and inciting terrorism, and sentenced to between two and four and a half years in prison. Eh, inciting terrorism? Everybody knows who encourages terrorism, and who is helping to swell the ranks of Al-Qaeda etc, but do they face the judge and jury? People who have incited an illegal and immoral war are suggested to be presidents of Europe and receive very well paying jobs while the common man has to take it whole, even if it doesn´t fit and tears the sides and leaves him bleeding....motherfuckers.<br /><br />This weeks program featured some new joints to my ears even if they be released years ago. David Byrne´s excellent Luaka Bop continues to give joy, as i came across Asia Classics 1, <a href="http://www.luakabop.com/asia_classics/cmp/info1.html">Vijaya Anand</a>....a man whose name means "victory" and "ecstacy". His music, mainly composed for films is the stuff that will keep ya going aaaaaaallllllll night long, jazzy brass, synths, hypnotic vocals, off-key quirks, the whole nine.<br />The well-loved <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/49591-guest-list-el-guincho">El Guincho</a> is here this weekend for the <a href="http://www.webtenerifeuk.co.uk/PortalTenerife/Utilidades/Agenda/festival-ecos-08.htm">Ecos</a> festival, his first show in the Canaries, the place of his birth, so it´s very timely that his remix of Like it or Not, by Architecture in Helsinki, was made available via mp3 this week. I have the pleasure of doing a set ahead of him...thanks to Javi at the Culture Dept. in La Laguna for arranging this event. Also on the bill, Echo and the Bunnymen and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mistakex">The Mistake</a>.<br /><br />The first time I heard Squarepusher it threw my mind into a frenzied state....it was ´Conumber´, then i was lucky to see him play at a Ninja Tune night in Hoxton Square in London...him, his bass and a drum machine. Hot as a pig on a spit! Ah, the good ole days....are set to continue.<br /><br />See you at Ecos 08 then, like i´ve said before, it´s free, so ya got no excuse....action begins around 8.30, and i´ll be doing two sets, one before Echo and The Bunnymen, and the other after them.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ear Conditioning Playlist 22.04 </span><br />King L Man · Dear God - The Aziz Mian Visitation (Ear Conditioning)<br />Kode 9 · Konfusion Dub (Hyperdub)<br />The Bug featuring FlowDan / Loefah remix (NinjaTune)<br />Burial · South London Boroughs (Hyperdub)<br />Paradox · A Black Sun (Archive)<br />Ghislain Poirier featuring Radioactive (Rebondir)<br />Vijaye Anand · Desire Soars Up High (Luaka Bop)<br />Jepp · Superglue Low (Hut)<br />Architecture in Helsinki · Like It or Not / El Guincho remix (Mistletone mp3)<br />Mikey Dread · Saturday Night Style<br />Supacat & WuTang · Scalp Dem / Congo Natty remix?<br />Squarepusher · Conumber (Spymania)<br />Radar · Antimatter (Ohm)<br />Buckwheat Zydeco · Hey Joe (Charisma)<br />Emiliana Torrini · Dead Things (One Little Indian)<br /><br />Ear Conditioning is broadcast via Radio Norte 89.4FM Tenerife, every Tuesday at 20h00, and repeated Saturday 21h00. www.radionorte.comD.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-15060586065966321592008-03-11T11:03:00.000-07:002008-03-14T06:14:01.049-07:00If voting changed anything, it would be illegal!It was national election time here in Spain...and it´s "territories", such as the Canary Islands. Mrs. Ear hates when i call this ´Spain´. I don´t get the electoral system here....<br /><br />a) Politicians/parties that came third in last years regional election, did a deal with other parties, and they end up running things....read Coalition Canarias.<br /><br />b) Politicians, like Ángel Llanos who spent a lot of energy castigating the under-investigation-for- corruption mayor Miguel Zerolo, only to turn around and accept the deputy mayorship...pfft! Check his before and after stance below.<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7IjSCJ9Rjss&rel=1&border=0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7IjSCJ9Rjss&rel=1&border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />I spent last Thursday afternoon in the emergency ward of the hospital, got pneumonia, anyway, I met patients that had to spend the night in emergency, but sleeping in a chair! Politicians are well-versed in the photo-op, Ricardo Melchior is a master, strange (not) he never turned up at the hospital with cameras in tow. If he had they would have been admitted as only a doctor would have been able to remove the sharp instrument that would have been impaled in his forehead!....but the thing is, plenty people complain ´bout the cunts, but they go and vote for them again. There are two hospitals in Tenerife, both in the same region, that serve a population of about a million people. People in the north or south of the island have to travel for miles to get to the hospital. Why it is never an electoral issue is completely beyond me. The people should force real issues onto the agenda, and stick with it until they get answers and actions.<br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br /><a href="http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/16522">Chomsky</a> below on the non-existent </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="" lang="EN-GB">US</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> democracy...."Do you want to live in a democratic society or the society we have? Which you must remember is not a democratic society, nor was it intended to be."<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LmJv_wf91W8"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LmJv_wf91W8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /></span><br /><br />Ear Conditioning 04.03 2008<br /> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Ghaitta and drums / Blind musician recorded by Paul Bowles, </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Morocco</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> (Sub Rosa)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The KLF / </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Brownsville</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> Turnaround on the </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Tex</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>(Wax Trax/TVT)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The Last Poets / Invocation (Rykodisk)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Jellaba Titara / Gnaoua de Abdenbi Bhinzi<span style=""> </span>(Sub Rosa)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The KLF / Pulling out of Ricardo and the dusk is falling fast<span style=""> </span>(Wax Trax)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Badoo / Headline News<span style=""> </span>(King Tubby´s)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">George W….<span style="font-style: italic;">”The answer to your question is I can´t answer your question.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Masanko Soukayi & </span><st1:place><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Kasai</span></st1:place><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> All Stars / Wa Mulendu<span style=""> </span>(Crammed)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Coldcut & DJ Food / Classic Solid Steel featuring KRS-One, Busta Rhymes, J-Dilla and more<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Diplo &<span style=""> </span>Cutty Ranks / Piracy Funds Terrorism<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Black Uhuru / Natural Reggae Beat<span style=""> </span>(Virgin)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Wayward Soul featuring Miss MC / Title unknown<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Kode 9 & The Space Ape / Quantum<span style=""> </span>(Hyperdub)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Balkan Beat Box / Hermetico · Dub Gabriel/Kush Arora Remix<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">El Guincho / Cuando Maravilla Fui (Discoteca Océna)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>D.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-37247202666365416242008-02-25T17:58:00.000-08:002008-02-26T02:16:42.781-08:00Missing Tunes from the Echo Dek / Ear Conditioning 26.02.2008Now I know where Barry Adamson got <span style="font-style: italic;">that</span> sample!<br />Besides the <a href="http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/JazzEducation/">Mingus</a> thang at the end, there´s a great story on <a href="http://ww.youtube.com/duttyartz">Dutty Artz</a> blog about the viral spread of the Team Shadetek ´Brooklyn Anthem´. The tune has now become known as ´The Craziest´ riddim (rhythm). There are versions abound, with plenty videos to go along with it. See tracklisting for further links on this ting.<br />Rewind action on <a href="http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com/podcasts/jay_electronica_podcast.mp3">Jay Electronica</a>, a slice from his <a href="http://mixtapeshow.net/0807/mixtape-82-jay-electronica/">Eternal Sunshine Mix</a> . <br />In <a href="http://www.erykah-badu.com/controlfreaqrecords/">Electronica</a> related news, the Moody Boyz, barely out of the studio after remixing Erykah Badu, has now tackled the legendary ´Scratch´, yes Lee like Perry. A weighted bass on yer chest and Perry´s lyrical poetic charm working as usual. This is from an Adrian Sherwood-produced album, due out later this year. Plenty of Sherwood productions in this program, African Head Charge...I was in the studio last week with Airtor/Tropico28, and he wasn´t aware of Sherwood or Head Charge, so i think that planted the seed for this week´s rinse-out of On-U Sound produce - Mark Stewart and Dub Syndicate included<br />Sherwood/On-U influenced many a current producer, Dr. Das included, got a joint from him this week. <br />It´s been a pleasure.<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.djhistory.com/bb/displayStory.php?id=44">23 Skidoo</a> / Excerpt from The Culling is Coming (L.A.Y.L.A.H.)</li><li>23 Skidoo / Coup</li><li>Jay Electronica / Voodoo Man from Eternal Sunshine mix</li></ul><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vxyqgDGdtMM&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vxyqgDGdtMM&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><ul><li>Dub Syndicate / Wadada means Love (On-U Sound)</li><li>Mutaburuka / Sit Dung Pon de Wall (Trojan)</li><li>Linton Kwesi Johnson / Reggae Sounds (LKJ)</li><li>Pitcho / Boucan · Dr. Das Remix (Soot)</li><li><a href="http://www.skysaw.org/onu/artists/africanheadcharge.html">African Head Charge</a> / Who Are You? (On-U Sound)</li><li><a href="http://www.myspace.com/themoodyboyz">Moody Boyz</a> Vs. Lee ´Scratch´Perry (On-U Sound)</li><li>The Perceptionists / Blo (Def Jux)</li><li><a href="http://www.lepeupledelherbe.net/">La Peuple de l´Herbe</a> / Keep Rockin´ (PIAS)</li><li>People Under the Stairs / Crazy Live</li><li><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gafmusic">GAF</a> / Two Things I Need to Tell You (Ruin)</li><li>Iraqi soldiers beating up suspects as US soldiers watch.... <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"beat his ass...hey, your not filming this are ya? Turn it off!"</span></span><br /></li></ul><ul><li>Team Shadetek feat. 77Klash & Jah Dan / <a href="http://www.duttyartz.com/2008/craziest-riddim/">Brooklyn Anthem</a> (Shadatek)</li><li><a href="http://www.songlines.co.uk/topoftheworld/top-of-the-world.php?id=7">Mighty Zulu Nation</a> / Mdavu The Man (Nation)</li><li><a href="http://www.myspace.com/markstewartmaffia">Mark Stewart+Maffia</a> / High Ideals and Crazy Dreams (On-U Sound)</li><li>Charles Mingus / Freedom - Part One (Blue Note)</li></ul>Ear Conditioning at Radio Norte, Tacoronte, Tenerife 89.4 / Every Tuesday 20h00-21h00D.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-34217667453751124352008-02-19T03:01:00.001-08:002008-02-19T03:19:41.004-08:00Men and Chicken-shits / Ear Conditioning 19.2.08<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SGG9RH-TBTo/R7q5OQyFUWI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZimDd6tETC4/s1600-h/mandelacastro.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SGG9RH-TBTo/R7q5OQyFUWI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZimDd6tETC4/s320/mandelacastro.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168647177035403618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As i was preparing the playlist for today the news of Fidel´s retirement came through the wire.<br />Nice one Fidel, you made a lot of people proud of themselves by standing up to the man, and taking him on fair and square. An inspiration to millions in the Caribbean, South America, hell, the world over, much more of an inspiration than the Washington boys, no doubt! I just don´t get it with anti-Fidelistas....they go on about Cuba´s lack of this and lack of that, but never once question the so-called democracy that is supposed to exist in the land mass that is but 90 miles from Cuba. They never ever think that for 500 years, Cuba had never been allowed to run it´s own coarse. For 500 years, the French, Spanish, and Yanks ruled the roost and laid down the law. For the first time in 500 years, a Cuban, free of outside influence was at the head of the country. Think about it, your home being run by someone else for all that time. Think about it, then we´ll talk. The last track in today´s program is coincidentally very appropriate.<br /><br />Fuckin´pussy ´oles! Who? The fucking Metropolitan Police Force of London, that´s who!<br />According to documents seen by the BBC, the police refused to arrest an Israeli general on a war crimes warrant because they feared an armed confrontation with Israeli security that were on the airplane that brought major general <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7251954.stm">Doran Almog</a> to the UK. Lawyers acting for Palestinian campaigners lobbied the Met Police to acto over allegations he had ordered the destruction in 2002 of more than 50 Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip.<br /><br />This is the same police force that had no problem engaging their weapons against an unarmed man by the name of <a href="http://www.justice4jean.com/">Jean Charles de Menezes</a> or the countless people they have killed while in police custody.<br /><br />The film <a href="http://www.injusticefilm.co.uk/">Injustice</a> looks at some of the families of people being killed at the hands of the police, and the families struggle to receive some kind of justice on behalf of their deceased brother, father, mother, sister, cousin. Whenever the director and producer of the film has tried to arrange screenings for the film in the UK, the venue, cinema has been threated with a court order by the Police.....something to do with libel.....fuckin´pussy´oles!<br /><br />Now sports....we got all kinda tings going on in this weeks edition of Radio Freedom, newness from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/catpower">Cat Power</a>, hardcore bass from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/stefanmoerth">Stereotyp</a>, tag-team action from <a href="http://planetdrummusic.com/">Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussein</a>, percussion concussions from Nána Vasconcelos, a dash of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.djhistory.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-29323.html">cumbia</a>, some of dat Radiohead thing, as well as Belgium´s best musical export, <a href="http://www.crammed.be/craworld/crw30/index.htm">Think of One</a>, who have a new album out very soon via Crammed. Kicking off the program.....a cut from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.amazon.co.uk/Belly-Dance-Album-World-Ever-Vol-2/dp/B00004UB65">The Best Belly Dance Album in the World 2</a>!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Farrok Salama</span> / Dalah (EMI Arabia)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beat Conductor</span> / Freeze (StonesThrow)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Think of One</span> / Marrakesh II<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nána Vasconcelos</span> / Balanca Rede (Island)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lito Barrientes y su Orquesta</span> / Cumbia en dos menor (Soundway)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Argonort</span> / The Argonort<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">El-P</span> / Truancy (Def Jux)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stereotyp</span> / My Sound (G-Stone)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Bug</span> / Poison Dart · Stereotyp Remix (Ninja Tune)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Company Flow</span> / Lenorcism (Dummy Snacks)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elixir & Endemic Void</span> / Chronono (Eves/Language)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Madvillian</span> / Raid (StonesThrow)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Radiohead</span> / Jigsaw (XL)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Global Drum Project featuring Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussein</span> / Funky Zena (Shout)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cat Power</span> / Lord Help the Poor and Needy (Matador)<br /><br />Ear Conditioning program does it´s thing at Radio Norte 89.4 fm, Tenerife. 20h00-21h00D.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-35922931286722607152008-02-12T06:23:00.000-08:002008-02-14T16:23:10.813-08:00The Special Brew / Ear Conditioning Feb. 12The Ear Conditioning program is now being transmitted by Radio Norte 89.4FM, straight outta Tacoronte.<br />The program is pre-recorded however i am not describing what tracks, who by, where you can get etc., which is a shame really, as i am supposed to be informing the listeners as to what the hell is going on. I am planning to do the show from next week okay?!<br /><br />I came across DJ Negro via <a href="http://www.myspace.com/djnegrodub">hispace</a>, and he has been kind and generous enough to send me seven tracks to share amongst the listeners. His style....cumbia, dub, dancehaul. Everybody that has Diplo and the Mad Decent crew on their radar knows of the sixteen year old RyeRye....well i think they do, and so should you. Speaking of Diplo, while The Bug was visiting us here, he gave me a blast of <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20217-piracy-funds-terrorism-vol-1-mixed-by-diplo">Piracy Funds Terrorism</a> mixes of M.I.A. that Diplo produced. I was able to record the session note for note in my head and re-record it for you here..."Yeah right, you copied it ya bastid!"<br />Lined up for tonight´s program is a new joint from Erykah Badu, getting a kinda dubstep-inspired treatment from Mr. Moody, Tony Thorpe. One of the main men at Universal Records was back home in NewZealand and heard his remix of Amy Whinehouse, and was moved to ask "Who did dat?" and "Can he do something with Ms. Badu?" This one is for the ladies. We continue to follow the links....from Badu to Jay Electronica....yes, him again. His flow is so different i´m hooked like the fish we had for lunch.<br /><br />This past weekend, the group Tropico28 and myself headed to the mainland for a couple concerts in Alcazar de San Juan and Madrid. During one session, Aitor, the Tropico programmer asked "What is that track you just played that had the heavy pounding drums, that opened my mind?" Oh, you mean The Bug remix of Thom Yorke, i responded.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The Special Brew / Ear Conditioning 12 Feb. 2008</span><br />DJ Negro · Danza Extrerrestre<span style=""> </span>(DJ Negro)<br />DJ Negro · Mash Up Andres Landero VS. Rookie<span style=""> </span>(DJ Negro)<span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />DJ Blaqstarr & </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Rye</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Rye</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> · Shake It<span style=""> </span>(Mad Decent)<o:p></o:p></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />M.I.A. / Cutty Ranks · from Piracy Funds Terrorism mixed by Diplo<o:p></o:p></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />Bunny General · Kill a Drumpan Sound (Sweet Music)<br /></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">77Klash feat. Johnny Osbourne · Mad Again<span style=""> </span>(Dutty Artz)</span><span style="" lang="FR"><br /><a href="http://earplug.cc/160300">Ghislain Poirier</a> · Blazin (Ninja Tune)<o:p></o:p></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />Erykah Badu VS. The Moody Boyz (Universal)<o:p></o:p></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />Jay Electronica · Departureandareyouwatching <o:p></o:p></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />Thom Yorke · Harrowdown Hill · The Bug Remix<span style=""> </span>(XL)<o:p></o:p></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />The Bug · Skeng · Kode 9 Remix (Hyperdub)<o:p></o:p></span><br />Cauto ·<span style=""> </span>Bona Vida (Dutty Artz)<o:p></o:p><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />US Soldier at Abu Ghraib talks about CIA techniques and the pimping of a 15 year old Iraqi girl.<br />Source Direct · The Crane (Source Direct)<br /><br /></span><span style=""></span><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fHAigWTZioI&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fHAigWTZioI&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>D.WattsRiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396611394766337011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454506281844549717.post-45630753409512088372007-10-07T09:01:00.001-07:002007-10-07T11:18:36.329-07:00Coming soon...<p><br />While you can look at <a href="http://dwattsriot.blogspot.com/" target="blank">this</a>.</p>ÁRTELO AHÍ!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13173408899219627224noreply@blogger.com0