Down for the fore...
Down for the foreseeable future but probably return in the new year.There will be one last post this year.Big ThanksMona (Exile on Moan Street), Dave (Silent Watcher) The Pathway To Unknown Worlds crew,

Jean-Paul Bourelly • Trance Atlantic (Boom Bop II)
This record was a very involved project as was the first Boom Bop. It involved bringing together two different cultures and finding ways of communication that would bring about a musical statement that was not a layering of different cultures but a mixing of sounds influences thought

rhys chatham • hard edge
I first started playing trumpet with rap electronic rhythms around 1984, but I was in weird position. I was already a fully developed musician, but I had only been playing trumpet for a year when I got into rap rhythms. So I wasn't ready to play out on the instrument, even th

b.y.o.b. • b.y.o.b.
Michael Ivey's follow-up to the perceived semi-misfire of Not in Kansas Anymore was this fun and funky side excursion on his 13 Records label, bringing together several folks in his musical circle for a series of collaborations and solo turns. Call it his equivalent of a common hip-hop practic

Basehead • Play with Toys
An alternative rap cult favorite, Play with Toys is the mysterious Basehead's shining moment. Originally released by the long-gone Émigré label -- an American 4AD wannabe with a design wing and everything -- the album is Basehead rapper/producer/leader Michael Ivey's snoozy