January 2008
Cosmic Funk →
A real gem from Lonnie Liston Smith’s early years in the studio — and a record that’s perhaps a bit more “cosmic” than it is “funk” — but that’s why we like it so much! The session has Lonnie stretching out a bit more than usual — borrowing some of the righteousness from his years with Pharoah Sanders, and tripping out on tracks that...
Video: Nobuo Takahashi's animated landscapes :::... →
Louis Sclavis - Guetteur D'Inapercu →
Inspiration for this new Sclavis disk came from the work of visual artist Ernest Pignon-Ernest, who spent eight years creating and attaching several hundred images to buildings throughout the city of Naples. While most so-called environmental artists (including graffitists) seem to be serving little more than their own ego needs, Pignon-Ernest’s work is clearly cut from a different cloth,...
