Funki Porcini – hed phone sex (CD)

This is the first Funki Porcini album. It came out in 1995 on Ninja Tune. This is the solo music project of James Bradell from Great Britain. It is the first time I hear his music. James Bradell likes to experiment and mix various styles: electronic, nu / future jazz, downtempo, breaks / breakbeats, funk, drum & bass, hip hop dub, and trip hop. The end result feels like the soundtrack for some cop, blackexploitation movies from the seventies. It`s relaxing, funky, chill-out at times and really groovy. My standout tracks of the day are:

12 – The softest thing in the world (6.09 minutes) = chillout electronics mixed with future jazz and lounge undertones = inner bliss is just at the corner.

13 – Something wonderful (7.21 minutes) = future / nu jazz sometimes going into dub territory = Devon get the ganja!

15 – long road (8.03 minutes) = chillout, dub oriented future jazz. I like this album a lot oink, oink, oink.

Hiroshima Yeah! # 128 October 2015 (zine)

The latest issue of This 8.5 by 11 inches, black & white, cut & paste, six pages long   monthly zine. The cover star this time around is none other than the late and great (1943-1976), one of the founding members of The Supremes, Florence Ballard. Let`s begin with poetry and `sinister intimacy`. My favorite ones are:

Analogue man

I read books,

They stare at Kindles.

I spin vinyl,

They Spotify.

I am an analogue man <

In a digital world.

And

Enslavement

Did my ancestors bitch about

The advent of photography,

About cinema,

About the telephone

The way I bitch about

Smartphones,

E-readers

And social media?

Did my ancestors wonder

As I do,

When does technology

Become enslavement?

Damned straight baybee. I mean what more is there to say. Lord Gary Simmons enlightens us with `13.82 billion years of hell` (his monthly instalments, personal ramblings, and funny in a warped way writings). There`s some books, DVD and music reviews. We end it all with our usual trilogy of writing misfits: `retro old me`(Gary Simmons + Mark Ritchie warped texting), `uncle dysfunctional`(a shorty from Mark Ritchie), and `doctor Thornaby `(you have to read it to believe it). Contact: 

Mark Ritchie

94 Main street

Forth

Lanark

ML11 8AB

UK

 

 

Hiroshima Yeah! # 127 September 2015 (zine)

My favorite reading / drinking material. HY! is a black & white, cut & paste, 8.5 by 11 inches, monthly, seven pages long zine. Richard Burton (1925 – 1984 was a famous Welsh stage / cinema actor, a womanizer, and an alcoholic) is the cover star. We open things up with poetry `drunk with sadness`. Standout pieces this time around are:

Pretend normal

We all have to pretend

To be normal

In order to get through life

But all of us have skeletons in closets

Hard drives loaded with animal porn

And dead hookers under the bed.

Don’t`we?

And

Social interaction

Sitting alone at the bar,

Eyes glazed over,

Not really looking at anything

Or anyone.

This is the highpoint

Of my day.

Finally:

A somewhat perfect day

I spoke with my mother on the phone.

I sat on some grass in the park.

I ate boiled eggs and drank orange juice.

I had a few pints in a pub with some friends.

I saw a few people whom I wanted to fuck.

What else is there?

Now that`s what I`m talking about; short and sweet poems. Gary Simmons writes his wild, neurotic, crazy but funny as hell monthly column of `13.82 billion years of hell `. DEVON GET THE PROZAC! There are a couple of books, zines, DVD and music reviews. We end this zine with: `the unlocked keypad`(insane texting from the likes of Gary Simmons and Mark Ritchie), `8709531`(nice shorty from da man himself; Mark Ritchie), and `doctor Thornaby` (this one almost makes me feel normal if that`s a possibility). Contact address included here: 

Mark Ritchie

94 Main street

Forth

Lanark

ML11 8AB

UK

 

 

homemade postcard of the day

Chromeo – fancyfootwork (CD)

Second album from this electro-funk duo (formed in 2002) of Dave One and Pee Thuggg. I never heard their music before. I bought this CD out of sheer curiosity at Renaissance Montréal (again) for 3.00$. Upon the first listen I`m intrigued. This is dance floor material. I`m not much of a dancer but once every blue moon I listen to dance floor music, which any type of music / sounds / grooves which makes you feel like dancing, be it techno, house, disco, whatever work for you. Regarding this medium size (11 tracks = 39.53 minutes) album, it offers good positive vibes / energy. The music is a mixture of house, electro, techno, synth-pop, and disco. My standout song is #3 `fancy footwork` a groovy, funky booty shaking contagious like hell techno / disco track. These guys know how to groove, damned straight. Their music feels like the bastard offspring of, in no particular order: Ladytron, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Human League, some Kratwerk on the side, Daft Punk, and Space. Believe that. Did I mention that Chromeo are from Montréal, well I just did.

Morcheeba – big calm (CD)

I bought this for two reasons: it`s electronic music (or so I thought) and it was dirt cheap (2.00$ at Renaissance Montréal). Morcheeba are a British band from London mixing trip hop, R&B, and pop (active since 1995). `Big calm`is their second album. To be honest I`m not much into trip hop. But I have to admit, and I do plead guilty your honor. This album is simply amazing. They do an infectious mix of trip hop, electronic, R&B, blues, pop and reggae (yes, reggae dammit!!!). This album came out in 1998 and still sounds fresh today, a rare treat in the field of trip hop / electronic music. I recommend this for people with sleeping disorders or stressed-out cats (like myself). No this is not boring at all. This is relaxing, chilling-out material. Highly recommended. I want more.

art is everywhere part 37

Mail art of unknown origin, enjoy!!