Passcasts 2010
Satellite Sessions_vol 2
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Lwanda Gogwana Songbook
Big Band project directed by trumpeter Lwanda Gogwana, featuring Sakhile Moleshe, Bokani Dyer, Sisonke Xonti, Linda Tshabalala, Spha Mdlalose, Stephen Browne, Benjamin Jephta and Marlon Witbooi. Cooking live at PASS studio. [display_podcast]
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Playing with electricity (vol4): Electric Ladyland
The Voodoo Chile departed 40 years ago – found gone. We pay tribute via his last and arguably most lasting work. The Ladyland in full in your player. [display_podcast] And here, in full, Brother Greg Tate (greetings!) on the meaning of Jimi (first published in Chimurenga Magazine, vol 5): MEDITATIONS ON JIMI HENDRIX All roads lead to Jimi Hendrix. As all roads veer off from Hendrix, guiding us toward whatever promised land, crossroads, or dystopia we may choose to imagine. …
Playing with electricity (vol3): Space is the Place
Not to be confused with the album by the same title released by Impulse, this is the full soundtrack of the blaxploitation movie featuring Sun Ra as interplanetary saviour of black people (by liberating them from The Overseer, as pimp-overlord wh rules their lives on earth). [display_podcast] The soundtrack, a collage of Arkestra tunes funky sound-art, was hastily recorded in 1972 during the shooting of the film – and remains the only illustration Ra’s take on film scoring (besides his …