Miles around

With this post I open a new section dedicated to revisiting the classics of music history. I thought it could be interesting because sometimes we tend to think that some figures are kind of untouchable, but actually they're not. On the contrary I think that the best music is the music that you can keep using, modifying and modeling and still remains great. I also thought that one of the best example in music history of this concept of music "plastic" was Miles Davis.

 The rendition:

The remix:

The mashup:
Miles Davis remixes by ethanhein

Cuba, la musica es mujer!

I have Cuba in my heart. So I keep an eye on everything comes from there, most of all the music, almost always excellent music. I can't help sharing this documentary about an extraordinary orchestra where the musicians and the director are all women. They play classical cuban music, with amazing arrangements and great art and technique. But behind the concerts and the music are the stories of these women, beautiful stories of dedication and hard work to achieve a goal.
This is the Cuba I have in my heart.

Traveling: South Africa

I can't think of a weirder place than South Africa. The nature takes your breath away, and people is the strangest mix of colours and languages and cultures that you can think about. And there's this deep, souring wound of recent history hidden almost everywhere. I've been in S.A. just for few days, but I definetely want to go back and stay longer cause I totally fell in love with the place. This is a little musical journey in that different world.


This is the kind of folk album that I can listen over and over without getting bored. There's blues in it, and beautiful verses, and this soft, kind of nostalgic athmosphere that totally traps you. Beautiful.


When I think of S.A. music I immediately think "voices". And Moloi is one of the most promising voices of the south african panorama. Born in Soweto, raised in the U.S, there's a little of this and a lot of that in his work. But most of all, there's this incredibly soft and versatile voice.


Speaking of mixed things... this album has a little bit of everything: dubstep, reaggae, hip hop and this political and angry lyrics that are worth a listening.


I chose this album cause I have kids and I know how hard it is to find good kids music. When I saw the smile on my little ones faces I knew this one was good.

Bonus track:

Goapele is one of the best NuSoul voices ever. She belongs to the golden era of Maxwell and Floetry, before the big bang with D'Angelo, Badu & co. So here she is, with her page on BandCamp and some beautiful tracks where her voice still brights.

Black in the 80's

I was searching around trying to put together some music for my new post tagged Black. And I stepped into this album. Firstly I didn't recognize the name, but when I saw the track list I had kind of a flash-back. Wonderful life? "that" wonderful life? Yes, that one. Back to 1987 mr.Colin Vearncombe aka Black made it up to the top-ten with this tune that became quite a classic of the 80's. Then he kind of desappeared, like many stars of that period. And, there he is, BandCamping with this very new album. He's quite freezed in the 80's but still sounds good. Same warm voice, same sweet feeling.

Time to Re-Otis

If Jay-Z and Kanye West make a tribute to Otis Redding is kind of inevitable there'll be a big fall out. A lot of musicians, artists, djs and so on are rethinking one of the biggest ones and that's good for us. Because there's nothing wrong in revisiting, remixing, re-editing music like Redding's. That music will just never die. Not easy to make it better, just different. And different's good enough.

Hard to Handle - Otis Redding (Hawk Edits re-edit) by Jackmaster Hawk
The real thing. Re-edited, and done pretty well!

Otis feat. Otis Redding by watchthethrone
Amd this is the Jay/West idea. Absolutely not a bad idea.

Otis Redding - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (scratchandsniff re-rub) by scratchandsniff
Is there anybody who doesn't know this one? No way. Another good re-edited version.

Dj Czech Vs Otis "Hard to Handle" by Dj Czech
This tune comes from unsuspicious times... maybe JayZ or Kanye heard it?

Accents of: September

Back in my place, everything starts again. It's September, a month that I don't exactly love, but there it is. For many many people September will always be 9/11, and all it comes with. For others it's just autumn coming up, everybody back to work, study, lines in the tube, falling leaves, rain ... I don't actually share all that autumn poetry thing, so I try to get some from music.

First of all, a little tribute, thinking about ten years ago.

Under The Radar- Show 56: 9/11... 10 Years Later by Radardj68224 on Mixcloud

This is not a new album, but I think it has the right sounds, perfectly fitting the title. A nice mix between jazz and hip-hop, cool and warm at the same time.


Maybe I'll regret this choice...This italian post-rock group it's definitely far from my favourite kind. Too many guitars, too much rock, too much crashes and rides ;)) But they're good, and I like it, yes I do. And maybe you'll like it too. I'm open minded for god sake!


Back into myself. I chose to link a track and not the whole thing just to stick to the title of this post. But this work it's absolutely worth of listening from A to Z. Coolest rhymes on coolest grooves.