“Water is wet” – Shabazz Palaces, 2020
Following from the goal to capture the four elements sonically, we’re closing at 2022 (and Seasons Change 2021) in tribute to the December solstice with a dedication to Water. Jimmy Monsta Funk and Kamikaze stepped up to deliver 30 cuts over two and a half hours drawn from their collections.
Some words from the man Kamikaze aka Paul Ackroyd:
“Well there’s an Atlantis mix near the back end, as an excuse to drop Donovan in an Awkmo mix. Also the Sun Ra sprawler ‘Atlantis’, and Gail Laughton from the harps of the ancient temples album from 1969 which has just got a sketchy bootleg press, but ghostly harp business about a 23k year old Atlantis temple.
Needed a skanker, so Augustus Pablo east of the river Nile. Tune. Also a sweet version of Ol’ Man River from that brilliant Reefer Songs album on Trikont (https://www.discogs.com/release/5722153-Various-Dope-Glory-Reefer-Songs-Der-30er-40er-Jahre) and a steel band doing a tune called ‘Mambo Lake’, cos that sounds like a sexy body of water alright.
There’s a snippet of Ras G about an expensive glass of water, the aforementioned wet by Shabazz Palaces, and some aqua glitch from Muslimgauze taken from Islamaphobia.
My first section calls on the original Czech Little Mermaid, Mala, Zdenek liska, before a stunning piano piece called song of the sea by everyone’s favourite ethiopian piano playing nun, Emahoy Tsegue Marian Guebru. Dwight trible closes this section with a water flow tune from his Cosmic Vibrations project.
My closing picks are really wet, with a massive field recording piece from Annea Lockwood’s study of the Danube, this particular section between the German towns of Fridingen to Ulm. Asa Chang follows with a brassy offering full of crashing waves before the mix closes with a Dirty Three classic from their ocean songs album, with the tune deep water very much standing the test of time.”
Enjoy.
Robert Hood – Face in the Water [Rekids]
Infiniti – Walking on Water [Tresor]
Terrence Dixon – Untitled 1 (Lost at Sea) [Surface]
Zdenek Liska – The Black Sea [Finders Keepers]
Emahoy Tsegue Mairam Guebru – Song Of The Sea [Mississippi]
Cosmic Vibrations Ft Dwight Trible – Water Flow [SpiritMuse]
Oldtoy – Water [FuFu]
Mos Def – New World Water [Rawkus]
Farsight – Door to the River [Maloca]
Augustus Pablo – East Of The River Nile [Music Club]
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters – Ol’ Man River [Trikont]
The Westland Steel Band – Mambo Lake [Nonesuch]
Studio Pressure – The Water Margin [Photek]
Inta-Warriors – Aqua-Pura [Dee Jay Recordings]
Black Radical MKII – Monsoon [2 The Bone Mr. Modo]
Ras_G – $2 Cup Of Water [Leaving]
Shabazz Palaces – Wet [Sub Pop]
Muslimgauze – The Emir Of Aqua [Level Plane]
Lady Alma and The Rainmakers – Let it Fall (Original Mix) [Wonderwax]
Felix Da Housecat – Submarine (Splash Remix & Original Edit) [Radikal Fear]
Dukwa – Water [Dukwa Music]
Gail Laughton – Atlantis 21,000 B.C. [Pleasure For Music]
Donovan – Atlantis [EMI]
Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra – Atlantis [Saturn Research]
Mala – Sound Of The River Featuring Sylvia Falcón [Brownswood]
Carl Craig Presents Zoos Of Berlin – Looking For Water [Rapster]
Pixies – River Euphrates [4AD]
Annea Lockwood – A Sound Map Of The Danube : Fridingen To Ulm [Lovely Music]
Asa Chang & Junray – Kaikyo [Leaf]
Dirty Three – Deep Waters [Touch & Go]