World music radio is a concept album about a radio broadcast from earth by interstellar DJ named Billy Bob Bo Bob (B4) that displays a multitude of genres playing popular music around the globe. It features a long list of guest artists and the music showcases elements from different genres, and verses in multiple languages.
"Raindance", the first song on the album features Native Soul. John Batiste went to Standing Rock Reservation and met with Native musicians who showed him their musical traditions.
The song "Butterfly" is about his relationship with his wife and her experience with acute myeloid leukemia.
If you call the number in the title of the song "CALL NOW (504-305-8269)" you hear Billy Bob Bo Bob reciting some of the first track on the song "Hello, Billy Bob".
"Master Power" has samples from different types of prayer from different religious traditions.
Jon Batiste has said that his goal with the album is "open your heart and stretch your mind, expanding your vision of popular art".
Produced by: Jon Batiste, Jon Bellion, Rogét Chahayed, Chassol, Braxton Cook, Zach Dawes, DJ Khalil, Ryan Lynn, The Monsters & Strangerz, Pete Nappi, Nelson Ray, Kaleb "KQuick" Rollins, Enrique Sanchez, Johnny Simpson, Wesley Singerman, Jahaan Sweet, Taydex, TenRoc, Nick Waterhouse, and Dan Wilson
Words: Andy Hughes (Photo Credit: Louis Canadas)
As snow settles throughout the land and the Christmas deccies go up in every other house on the street, we eschew the festivities of the month and crack on with our regular monthly playlist! For those not in the know – every month we focus on twenty tunes as part of our ‘Listening Post‘, compiling a list of the very tracks that have had us all…
Some musicians who surprise us usually do that thanks to the fact they seemed to be poised on a path to somewhere else instead. For instance, Frank Ocean could've been a great popstar, but he has other intentions. I'm unsure what they are, though he does make something similar to the ethos of Scott Walker without sounding like him. He appears to deal with the themes of alienation through an idiosyncratic perspective, since the latter gives him a certain edge, yet I assume he would've rejected that label. I mean, the tune in the link might be obvious, though there are more layers going on than we can deal with in this post. Yes, Frank Ocean remains one of the most intriguing voices in R&B, he smashes the genre's expectations.
Kelpe - Carillon Chimes
Joanna Brouk - Chimes and Bells
Charlemagne Palestine - DINGGGDONGGGDINGGGzzzzzzz ferrrr SSSOFTTT DIVINI TIESSSSS!!!!!!!!! (excerpt)
Rob Mazurek - Vassilios Filippakopoulos Smiles
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Chassol - Water, Voices & Snow
Nils Frahm - Nue
Jamire Williams - Collaborate with God (feat. Chassol) [Miguel Atwood-Ferguson String Mix]
Cate Brooks - Julmust
Sven Wunder - Snowdrops
Blackmore's Night - Winter (Basse Dance)
Alice Coltrane - Galaxy In Turiya
Barrett Martin Group - Enchantment
Joys Union Group - Laughter In the Sky
Daniel Herskedal - Ice Crystals
Manu Delago - Alpine Brook
Time Wharp - Spiro World
Stephan Micus - Part 3: Tin Whistle, 3 Stone Chimes
Hauschka - Snow
Andy Bell & Masal - Tidal Love Conversation in That Familiar Golden Orchard
Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing
[Album + Video] Aquaserge kündigen neues Album "La fin de l'economie" an!
Die französischen Experimental-Pop-Band Aquaserge kündigt die Veröffentlichung ihres kommenden Albums "La fin de l'economie" an, das am 24. Mai über Crammed Discs erscheinen wird. Mit "Le saut du tigre" gibt es zudem auch eine erste Single.
Das siebte Album des 2005 in Toulouse gegründeten Quintetts vermischt Rock, Electronica, Pop und Sounds aus Audioarchiven mit Einflüssen aus Oulipo (der experimentellen französischen Literaturbewegung der 60er Jahre), Dada und Free Jazz. Als weitere Inspirationen nennt die Band, die 2021 zuletzt das Album "The Possibility Of A New Work For Aquaserge" veröffentlicht hat, Ennio Morricone, Walter Benjamin, Marguerite Duras, Kim Gordon oder auch Brigitte Fontaine.
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Aquaserge, die in der Vergangenheit bereits unter anderem mit Stereolab, Tame Impala und Chassol zusammengearbeitet haben, singen auf den zwölf Songs vor allem von einer hypervernetzten Welt, die dabei jedoch ihre primären Emotionen vergisst. Mit der eingängigen Single "Le saut du tigre" bietet die Band einen ersten Vorgeschmack auf die neuen Tracks. Ein konsequent gitarrenbasierter Sound, große Melodien, ein Hauch von Jazz, Filmmusik aus den 70ern und ein Text, der ihre radikalen Ansichten über den Zustand der Welt widerspiegelt.
Tracklist "La fin de l'économie":
01. Le saut du tigre
02. Sommets
03. Soline
04. Copychat
05. Je suis galaxie
06. À plus
07. Incendies
08. Miso
09. LPT
10. Shoot de love
11. Amerikaine
12. La fin de l'économie
Chassol en interview : le jeu, la pierre angulaire de notre société | Ludi
Et si la musique était un jeu d’enfant ? Et si c’était une science de l’infini ?
La réponse se laisse trouver en jouant.
Pour expliquer la prédominance du jeu dans notre société, le sociologue Roger Caillois fait, pour la première fois, un recensement des sortes de jeux auxquels s’adonnent les hommes. À partir de ce recensement, il élabore une théorie de la civilisation et propose une nouvelle…