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Aggressively groovy and weird live Fela Kuti from November 1983. A few things about this remind me of Sun Ra: the fast-singing choir and the organ, but something else harder to pin down, too.
Apr 26, 2024
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fela is THEE goat. he was one of the first ppl to fuse highlife, jazz, soul and traditional african music to make afrobeat. and then afrobeat went on to inspire afrobeats which is the most popular nigerian music genre now. he was a pan-african socialist and used his music for cutting social commentary on colonialism, military government rules and exploitation of the nigerian underclass. this particular song has been scratching an itch in my brain, just how he rolls his rβs. itβs reminded me of spending weekends with my grandma.
Feb 20, 2024
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Love dancing to his music. Any Fela song really. Most of them long as hell.
Oct 9, 2024
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Blindsided by this, really sad. The list of Albini's productions is jaw-dropping. Magnolia Electric Company is one of the great pieces of post-industrial Americana, bleak and beautiful. Farewell Transmission is Jason Molina's most powerful recording, but the album (incl. outtakes) is stacked. Heavy & gorgeous, suitable for the moment.
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βTearing up right now instead of working. I moved to the city as the last of Williamsburg's artistic energy was spent, and I moved to the edge of the neighborhood after it was already hollowed out. God bless the few places that are still interesting: Spectacle, Union Pool, Ore Bar, Blue Sun, Miriam Gallery, The P.I.T., Baby's, etc.
Are there places in NYC with a real artistic scene now, or did our new way of living end that possibility? Please don't say Hudson, there's no way I can learn to make furniture.
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And then filming it on your phone and putting it in a music video. And then linking that in a recommendation here on PI dot FYI.