Looking back and listening to some of the songs reviewed in our second issue. Featuring Punk, Soul, Folk, Electronica, Jazz. Listen on Mixcloud.
1 – Altar of Eden — Phantom Image
2 – Fantasy 15 — Percy St.
3 – Love Supreme – Sun (Acoustic)
4 – Mount Maxwell — The People’s Forest
5 – Hélène Vogelsinger — Rebirth
6 – Mabe Fratti — Que Me Hace Saber Esto
7 – Xhosa Cole Quartet – What’s New
We wrote about Tony Lawrence and his Harlem Cultural Festival in our second issue. Now here’s an article looking at five of his songs which you can listen to now on YouTube.
Read the article here.
After a short break we’re back with a new article on Pressure Drop, the English duo Justin Langlands and Dave Henley who released their first two albums on Marlboro Music in Germany.
Read the article here. Then listen to our latest mix here. It includes Justin and Dave’s productions as Pressure Drop and Blood Brothers, as well as some selections from their London Underground compilations from the early 90s and a few other related beats.
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Back in 1979 in Paris, Jean “Karakos” Georgekarakos started Celluloid Records with Jean-François Bizot and Gilbert Castro. The label initially released reggae, new wave, and world music, before they discovered hip hop.
Read the full article here.
After launching last month, issue #2 of The Shadow Knows is available to purchase in store at Readings bookstore in Carlton. It’s currently located at the back of the store at their music desk.
Both issue #1 and #2 can also still be purchased from our online store here.
Spread across 40 pages, issue #1 includes interviews with Anika about her new solo work, David Toop on his 1985 book Rap Attack, Mark Daniels of Marden Hill about their lost album, and a look at the career of jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff, and Australia’s record presses. Read it here.
Across 50 pages, issue #2 includes a look at Tony Lawrence the founder of the Harlem Cultural Festival, an interview with 80s rapper B-side, Australian sound artist Philip Samartzis discusses his work in Antarctica, the true story of German record label Marlboro Music, a look at Tom Wilson’s Transition Records, and interviews with Marc of Donut Productions, Astro Sounds Records, and musician Steven Harris. Read it here.
Celebrating the release of our second issue we’ve made a mix including some of the artists and topics discussed. Opening with a rare track from Tony Lawrence, before cutting between some new and old hip hop from Astro Sounds Records, Beside, and Mo’ Wax.
Listen on Mixcloud.
1 – Tony Lawrence – Harlem Cultural Festival
2 – Flushmaster Soup – Goo Boo!
3 – DJ Krush – Kemuri
4 – Floatmaster Soup – Jus’ Freaky
5 – UNKLE – Rock On (Nutcracker Mix)
6 – Afrika Bambaataa – Wildstyle
7 – Donut Productions – Rackus Amongus
8 – Beside – Change The Beat
9 – Pryyhic – Sunken Dungeon
For our second issue we’ve looked at some of the recent releases we enjoyed while putting together the zine. Following the music reviews we have reviews of biographies of Serge Gainsbourg and Nico, and a book on women in hip hop. All worth checking out.
Read the reviews here.
Between 1955–57 Transition Records released 15 albums, including early records with Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, and Donald Byrd. Each album had beautiful packaging, including booklets with information about the band, their songs, and Transition’s future releases.
The label was unsustainable and closed after two years, but its founder Tom Wilson continued to work within the industry and produced albums for Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Frank Zappa. It’s these projects he is best known for now, but it started with Transition.
Read the full article here.
Steven Harris has just released Excavated Shoulder, the second album under his Pyrrhic alias. Available on cassette, the album is another collection of darkwave electronics fans of his previous band NUN will be afamilair with.
Read the full interview here.
Donut Productions were a three-piece hip-hop group from northern California who released their album $19.95 on German label Marlboro Music in 1995. The album was intended for Mo’ Wax in the UK, but only appeared in Germany, through a deal the two labels had.
Donut Productions consisted of Josh Miller (J Squash), Noah Daar (DJ Gunga Din), and Marc Lariviere (Macaroonie), and we recently spoke with Marc about the group and his other rap alias lifeseeker.
Read the full interview here.