Project Music #2… Mo Wax Headz 2A
Recently I was able to complete a project related to the Lorenz system of equations (or the Lorenz attractor). It wasn’t too heavy of a project, but I still didn’t want to be that distracted while making it. Hence, I wanted to have some instrumental music in the background since I get easily distracted with …
Covid-19 Music… part 46… Yussef Kamaal, Black Focus
Yussef Kamaal, Black Focus, Brownswood Recordings… One day I was driving on the Lodge in Detroit and ‘Yo Chavez’ came on the radio. When I parked my car I had to stay in and listen to the reset of the song. I bought this album as a ‘birthday treat’ for myself a few years ago. …
Covid-19 Music… part 36… Dj Shadow, Endtroducing
Dj Shadow, Endtroducing…. Recently I became aware of the film: The Man from MoWax (trailer). It took a while to track down a copy but I watched it and now understand why early MoWax records are complete gems. I had the fancy gatefold CD version of this album but my roommate at the time stole …
Covid-19 Music… part 34… The Whitefield Brothers, In the Raw
The Whitefield Brothers, In the Raw… Playing this record while cleaning up on a Saturday afternoon is like the addition of sambal to eggs or peri peri sauce to roasted chicken. Many years ago, I randomly came across this one record store in Chicago’s Belmont/Broadway neighbourhood. I really like Chicago and would love to go …
Covid-19 Music… part 28… El-Michels Affair, Enter the 37th Chamber
El-Michels Affair, Enter the 37th Chamber, Fat Beats… On a vacation to New York I was at randomly walking around and for whatever reason I noticed that I was at 4th and Broadway. In my head, I had this ridiculous idea that there should be a record store at that intersection because of the obvious …
Covid-19 Music… part 16… Mowax, Excursions into HipHop
Mowax – Excursions into Hip Hop – 1995… A long time ago I found this used on eBay for a very low price. It seemed that no one bid on it so I was happy grab it. Its a nice box that contains 5 12″s of which these two are my favourites. Olde Scottish – …
Covid-19 Music… part 13… MadLib, Shades of Blue
MadLib, Shades of Blue, Blue Note… I used to play this crazy trivia game online and the prize was Amazon gift cards. So I got this album for free from for being a trivia master. There are so many pictures of Madlib out there with these crazy glasses. Maybe after the Rona is over I’m …
Covid-19 Music… part 11… Dj Shadow, What does your soul look like
Dj Shadow, What does your soul look like, Mo Wax… This DJ Shadow single is always a favourite. I don’t remember when or where I found it but I’m happy its in my collection. I remember this one time this crazy person came over I put this record on. Long story short, they didn’t like …
Covid-19 Music… part 9… Rjd2, Ghostwriter
Rjd2, Ghostwriter… Ghostwriter was a favourite a while a back. The rest of the album is ok, however the title track is what really does it for me. Also using helvetica and adjusting the kerning is something I used to do myself. I have never been to Vancouver but this video solves a lot of …