What are you listening to at the moment?

[fifted]

I find foreign hip-hop interesting because it lets you 'hear through' the words to the pure rhythmic and "rhymic" aspects of the spoken word. This guy (20syl) has a real ear as a producer, plus smooth rhymes (pardon his French!).

[webwit]

^ So I guess posting Stromae would be too easy. Let's try this Dutch hiphop classic then.

[Muirium]

Can't go wrong with Hector.

[sth]

Can't go wrong with Hector.

no sir you cannot.

y'ever listen to mulatu astatke?

[Muirium]

Of course, he's a legend!

[sth]

I admit I haven't listened to his work with the heliocentrics. I'll throw it on this weekend and give it a shot.

[mr_a500]

[mr_a500]

I think of this song quite often:

[JBert]

^ So I guess posting Stromae would be too easy. Let's try this Dutch hiphop classic then.

Ah, it would have been such a great track if they had better backing vocals. Luckily the producer also makes a track under his "Bastian" pseudonym from time to time.

[davkol]

[sth]

[Volks]

[Muirium]

Back on those old, rare, vintage grooves.

I like my music like my keyboards, it seems…

[fifted]

Mu, when I hear those tracks I just can't help but think of their sampling potential.

Some Little Dragon on my plate today:

(note: I always have trouble actually posting, since I click play on the preview to make sure it worked, and then I just want to listen!)

[Muirium]

[photekq]

I was looking for the name of that song just a few days ago! What a convenient coincidence.

[Muirium]

Always tricky with all these instrumentals.

Meanwhile, here's Stanley Jordan doing it wrong:

Bet his guitar teacher wound up needing therapy…

[webwit]

[sth]

Always tricky with all these instrumentals.

Meanwhile, here's Stanley Jordan doing it wrong:

very nice listen. i'd say indulgent but that's clearly beside the point.

i'm not a prog fan but this is wild:

[ماء]

I just liked the beginning with the piano

[fifted]

Taylor McFerrin (Bobby's son!) with delightful beatbox production and TY with his typical flows over top:

[Laser]

[fifted]

lol, just performed Beethoven's Ninth this week, unfortunately I think we missed our chance to try this out there.

[webwit]

Beethoven played by Kempff. Nothing in human history beats that, except perhaps Beethoven played by Beethoven.

[fifted]

From the ambiguously-named Brainfeeder label:

[photekq]

[Muirium]

I'm a prog ya'll muthafunkas.

One of the better albums of the era.

[woody]

Weird. That Cannonball Adderley Rhodes playing is so un-Zawinul. Yet they announce him at then end.

[JBert]

You might know the song when the tune starts after 12 seconds of intro.

[Muirium]