elektron digitakt : effect box and sampler

elektron digitakt 8-voice drum computer and sampler – approx $800

this video picks the roland as the winner – but hey it’s a free market out there

oh the digitakt 8 – this was always on my list, despite newer, cheaper, and better units like the roland SP404 have come to challenge it. im putting this here so we don’t forget what to get next christmas. by bh

Design and photography : the album cover art of Hipgnosis

from bb with love

squaring the circle (the story of hipgnosis album cover art)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO238OvVRGo

and the full film watch it before its taken down

great film for all you music lovers, this goes back into the 60s and 70s and the rise of album cover art of the era. pink floyd most famous album art; from dark side of the moon, atom heart mother (cow cover), and animals, with the flying pig that escaped the tethers and almost crashed airplanes landing into heathrow. watch it all on this free link on youtube before they take it down. by bb

Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones x Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1969

o.k. now that were on the topic of jazz great rahsaan roland kirk

i was pleasantly surprised to learn that this track that we all know, used on austin powers, has the flute which was actually performed by rahsaan roland kirk! i’m shocked but now that i know it, i can hear it! definitely more quincy jones (pop) than roland kirk (jazz). by uh

Rahsaan Roland Kirk : The Case Of The Three Sided Dream

“the case of the three sided dream”

i was updating an old fela kuti clip and showing it to a good friend of mine, and he pulled out this little trailer…. an older documentary i must have missed on the great rahsaan roland kirk. kirk was politically outspoken. during his concerts, between songs he often talked about topical issues, including african-american history and the civil rights movement. his monologues were often laced with satire and absurdist humor. kirk became blind at the age of two, which he said was a result of improper medical treatment. he often played several instruments at once not as a gimmick but rather as a necessity to communicate his layered thoughts. his blindness stifled his life to some extent, but that did not stop him from becoming one of the most influential jazz musicians in history. excited to watch it and thank you my friend for the lead. by uh