Dec 7, 2006 4
gimme that funk
i’ve been struggling with an insatiable appetite for music lately, regardless of genre or reputation or review; sourced mainly from okayplayer, pitchfork, paul irish’s music blog, irc (#chilledbeats on efnet) and a whole bunch of other places that due to their transience i’ve totally forgotten.
i’m even going into the past, digging up releases i never listened to when i probably should have.
like last night, for instance, i was going through some old back to mine and latenightales compilations and stumbled upon ex-skateboarder tommy guerrero’s “another late night” released in 2002. his mixing style totally transforms my recent spout with lee hazlewood-esque melancholy (see air’s recent latenighttales release) into a contentment i can only get through teleportation, prompting me to find out what tommy guerrero’s been doing lately … turns out he released an album this year some time in august called from the soil to the soul full of the funk i expect but with more of a hip-hop feel than i ever remember him dabbling with. how can i say no to an album featuring such song titles as “war no more”, “no guns more glory” and “molotov telegram”?
as much as these two albums make me feel i could just walk outside, shirtless with a corona in hand and a soccer ball at my feet, the sad fact is that my playlist has at least 3 scandinavian albums waiting to be listened to.
here’s some music:
latin playboys – same brown earth (tommy guerrero anotherlatenight mix)
hampton hawes – web (tommy guerrero anotherlatenight mix)
tommy guerrero – molotov telegram
tommy guerrero – no guns more glory
