holy shit

or should i say holy ish



i see how this galaxy-crunching 'beat' brought out a historic mic-shredding verse from the palaceer.  the fact that he was not featured in the book "how to rap" or ice-t's recent film "the art of rap" highlights how deaf much of hip-hop's audience has become. but fuck it - the real heads know what's up. 

not even going to try and attempt a lyrics transcription for now - but the comments section below beckons for any of the braver ishmaelites...

this song is the centerpiece of vox mod's album

SYN-ÆSTHETIC

. here's a short film by the electric soul controller vox mod, essentially a mini 'making-of' documentary

mr mod hopes to make a video for this song and is raising funds HERE on indiegogo so click and donate a few dollars... this looks like a classic piece of art in the making.

excited to spread the word: Iridescent Asteroid Mists

Iridescent Asteroid Mists

Iridescent Asteroid Mists

Iridescent Asteroid Mists

Iridescent Asteroid Mists

Iridescent Asteroid Mists

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live in chi-town

ooh listen to the 2nd verse. no compromise.  what's he saying for the chorus... "force live"?

tendai maraire - "is she?"

new tendai video! black africa as bladerunner-scape

new remix

great new melancholy remix of a helio sequence song while the portlanders return the favour. they're currently on tour with each other. click here > for the goods.

photography hijinx

a very good photographer chase jarvis has a monthly 'internet tv talk-show/photography thing' that broadcasts out of his blog. apparently it's watched in over 100 countries but is out of seattle. they also feature guest artists: this episode ish is in the house first answering boring questions but then getting his photo taken by a camera the size of a truck using a type of photographic technique know only to modern day alchemist ian ruhter. we actually see the entire process from start to end product (it's about an hour long) as the do a portrait using some kind of process using silver. i do not pretend to understand the arcane black magick his technique draws its powers from, but as you can see from the end result (and ruhter's other work) it's wicked. when i have time i'm going to check out some of the other episodes, which look really useful and inspirational for 'creatives'. action begins at 1hour 32 minutes.




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tendai interview

thanx to okay africa. it's interesting to hear a less damning view of mugabe than what we usually hear in the western press. if you haven't already checked out tendai's mixtape you really need to do yourself a favour and press the play button below asap. tendai aka baba maraire aka fly guy dai breaks it down track by track here. at the moment, my favourite track is WhatUlukn@ (its at 18:00) and reading his description of it i love it even more cos i remember racism in school and know its rawness first-hand. interesting too is the inclusion of african music from afar as senegal, algeria, and of course zimbabwe.

Chimurenga Renaissance "Pungwe" Mix-Tape feat. Chief Boima

also for those of you in southafrica the man himself is playing with digable planet's old dj king britt (!) on saturday:

 

toyin odutola

"ishmael" by toyin odutola. 2011. pen. ink and marker. ish looks the alien he may well be: "the ship i came here on vanished."