legen... dary.

March of 2014 will see a 83-year old legend performing on the US soil, in Los Angeles and in Brooklyn, NYC. The legend I'm talking about is Ennio Morricone, il maestro, the undisputed king of movie scoring (I'll pass on the rumours - some of them being probably true - of ghostproducing from peers like Bruno Nicolai and others). 

If you live in these cities, this could be your very last chance to catch him live on stage. 

Be quick, be there. 

things you may have missed.

Egon, from Now-Again Records, proves to you that children can relate to psychedelic music. Well, I guess if "Wu-Tang is for the children", then Egon is right. 

J Dilla is already part of history. I mean, he made it to the top of a lot of lists as a modern prophet of music. Vice proves it by documenting the evolution of James Yancey's style, from Jay Dee to Dilla. By the way, check the Noisey website ; it may be corporate, but it's still pretty good. They have some good stuff about The Neptunes, Clipse, Knxwledge, MF DOOM... Oh, and Gary Numan has some new stuff coming ! 

Is the Record Store Day's becoming a fraud ? Although, this release of the Doors might have me hyped.

Wow, a very good question : are we sitting on a vinyl bubble ? Probably : too many reissues, limited editions, crappy stuff etc. And of course, this resurgence also increase the demand for turntables. It's getting impossible to get cheap vintage turntable like it used to be. Sighs...

Some people are sick with the resurgence of vinyl. So they fight back with arguments in favor of CDs. Fair enough. Same goes with the resurgence of cassette tape. Could this sound comparison study ease down the vibe ?

Music in Indonesia is not only about Benny Soebardja and his multiple bands. And vinyl is getting big again over there also. Get smart by knowing about the latest Indonesian hype. And India feels the same trend. And Czech Republic too. Oh well, there won't be any heaven (meaning : places where marvelous unknown records are sold for cheap) for collectors soon...

If you live in London, did you pick your free 7" from HMV ?

Record collectors, if you have big bucks available, you can start your hunt by the records listed here. We've known for years that The Quarrymen (Lennon & McCartney's first band) and Sex Pistols have the most expensive records on Earth, but there are some surprises also. I mean, Leonid Kogan, anyone ? Okay, hate me, I'm an ignorant. For Australian people, your specific list is here. 

For those who wonder how big is ?uestlove's record collection, here's the figure : 72 000.

I've talked many times about Radio Vinyle, the TV program by Radio France. Now it's Radio World's turn to talk about it. 

Bad move from the NY Public Library : the institution is selling its records. Well, bad move for culture, good move for collectors. The hunt will be mercyless I guess.

Knxwledge.

We know so few of Knxwledge that it's nice to finally have some info, thanks to XLR8R. Moreover, it comes in support of his newest project, titled "Kauliflowr". I remember listening to Knxwledge's project off Bandcamp a few years ago, and frankly, it turned out that I didn't have enough time to follow his delivery. I mean, it feels like he was posting 3 projects per week. Sure, they weren't LP's but still, it's a lot of stuff for one listener. 

Hailing from the West Coast, this guy is clearly walking in the footsteps of the Oxnard click (Madlib, Oh No, Kankick...) and the Brainfeeder guys (FlyLo, Samiyam, The Gaslamp Killer, etc.). A pretty prospect.  

vids.

A few videos you need to watch :

Sketches Of Ethiopia.

The immortal Mulatu Astatke has a new album out on the label Jazz Village, and it's simply called "Sketches Of Ethiopia". Enjoying a well-deserved fame since Jim Jarmusch's movie "Broken Flowers", Mulatu tours all over the world almost restlessly (okay, mainly North America and Europe). When he doesn't, he plays in his newly opened club in Addis Abeba.

Obviously sampling a title from Miles Davis' discography for this new album, Mulatu casted a variety of musicians to accompany him. If you follow the evolution of ethio-jazz, you may know that a big part of this scene is made of Western musicians nowadays. Following this trend, Mulatu hired a lot of Westerners for this album, mainly from London.

One thing I want to complain about this album is the very limited distribution I witnessed while I wanted to purchase it recently. You might want to hit the internet to get it easily. Oh well, maybe I should have checked directly at the nearest Harmonia Mundi (which is the official distribution company) store...

About the great musician that is Mulatu Astatke, chech this good article by Dylan Valley and also this very cool interview of the maestro by The Stimuleye.