Happy Valentine from the Brobots! 100% vinyl mix for heavy petting.
by butterandblackvinyl | 2/14/12 | 6:25pm ||
+ shareUltimate autumn jam. Just picked up the Time-Lag re-issue of Out of the Bachs…it’s been getting alota table time this past week. This is one of my favorite tracks Tables of Grass Fields.
by butterandblackvinyl | 10/2/11 | 11:52am ||
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EPIC TUESDAYS ARE BACK! Imagine if you will…Kraftwerk decided to pack up their synths, drum machines et al and head down to Nigeria to collaborate with the local popular singers of the 80’s. It’s a tough one to wrap your head around but this nugget of Afro-electro pop will help get you there right quick. William Onyeabor was a fairly well known funk musician in 1970’s Nigeria scoring a few “hits” over the course of that well documented and highly prolific decade. In the 80’s William decided to take a different course. Clearly inspired by the technical achievements of electronic musical equipment makers (Moog, Roland, Linn et al) he holed up in his studio to create a new type of African music. African rhythms and that Nigerian feel can still be heard through his use of almost entirely electronic means but it’s evident that he was also looking to the modern electro sounds coming from the discos and radio of Europe and America for some new inspiration. I’ve been fairly satiated with the glut of African funk, soul and rock reissues over the past few years so when something like this comes along (and I would also recommend Brand New Wayo; a comp of Nigerian disco and boogie from the 80’s) it just stands hairs on the back of my neck. Big up.
The Lp has recently been reissued and is currently available….Tho I hear it’s already sold out and oop at the label….so git quick kids.
~snailboy
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by butterandblackvinyl | 6/14/11 | 8:35pm ||
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As usual, Derek’s Daily turned me on to this one ages ago. It’s been stuck on repeat over here lately so I figured that’s my cue to share! Supposedly dude was only 17 when he cut this.
Dig it brobrothers & sisters!
Artist: Carl Carlton [discography]
Album: ”I Can Feel It” b/w “You’ve Got So Much (To Learn About Love)”
Label: Back Beat
Year: 1970
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by bobbyfever | 6/14/11 | 1:14pm ||
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Michael!
Michael and his slipper tree.
Slipper tree. Slipper tree. Brand new shoes for you an me!
REPEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU MUST REPEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!11111
Also: Eddy Grant
Artist: The Equals
Album: Strike Again
Label: President
Year: 1969
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by bobbyfever | 5/13/11 | 12:43pm ||
+ shareI discovered Mandre a little over a year ago. The on-fire Rush Hour label reissued Mandre - 4 in early 2010 and more recently the 12” version of Solar Flight (opus 1)….I immediately purchased both and fell deeply in love with the future funk sound of the man they call Mandre. Flash forward to 2 weeks ago….Fingers and I were up in Gloucester digging for 45s at Mystery Train and I came across a copy of the 7” version of Solar Flight! As stoked as I was I decided to hand it to Fingers and urged him to buy it (since I already owned the 12” etc….I figured I should spread the love). 2 days later I franticly texted him, regretting having not purchased it myself, and asked if he would relinquish said 45….without batting an eye he did. What a gentleman! I realize this is a long preamble to my point….this track is ILL! Synthed-out mutant funk at it’s finest. Motown was smokin’ some shit back then! Mandre is on some spaced-out next level medicine with this one…..a full on galactic work-out complete with zonked space echo and porno guitz. There’s some heavy blow-sessions happening here too. out there man…..dig in.
by butterandblackvinyl | 5/4/11 | 9:35pm ||
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