BOOM!!

Love this guy.

So much of what he has to say (especially the reasons for making music) really resonate with me.

And damn he’s got a back catalogue/portfolio that anyone would be proud of.

Worth an hour of your time for sure.

But whether it’s the Gilles Peterson-championed body music of ‘Feel’, the synth-funk of ‘Raw Shit’ or collaborative pieces with vocalist’s like Nigerian soul-boy Ade on ‘City on Fire’, Quaid’s aesthetic remains the same – raw, emotive electronic music.

This is an ongoing project, so we’ll be adding more back catalogue, edits and new material in the coming weeks, hope ur feeling it.

In retrospect it probably shouldn’t have taken so long.

Kenneth Branagh’s wonderful portrayal of Swedish detective Wallander is an obvious candidate to fill that post Wire, between Mad Men seasons viewing lull I’ve found myself in. It’s Inspector Morse with arthouse pretensions, all moody landscapes , edgy cinematography and meaningful pauses. There are enough amazing scandi interiors to make my wife swoon and every so often the soundtrack (consciously or otherwise) seems to reference that dearly missed Swedish master Esbjorn Svensson-what’s not to love?

I guess you could write a book on the effect of ‘place’ on music, how much the shattered post industrial landscape has shaped the sound of Detroit techno, or the influence of recession ravaged New York on the creation of disco and punk.

Svensson’s music seems so connected with, and complimentary to the bleak and stunning Swedish landscape, it’s hard not to consider it the perfect accompaniment to Wallander (even though it’s not in the show).

It’s also classic Sunday morning music, so perhaps you should upgrade the croissant to a cinnamon bun and get into the spirit of the thing a little.

Esbjorn Svensson Trio -Viaticum

Been another long week, time to relax in Fusion’s warm embrace — this time we head over to the Land of the Rising Sun with Japanese Jazz legend Terumasa Hino. Traditionally more of a straight ahead jazzer, on this particular number he goes for a tight little groove and uplifting vocal to work his licks over. Taken from ’78’s ‘Hip Seagull’ LP.

Terumasa Hino — This Planet is Ours

Gang Starr — The Meaning of a Name

Robert Mccall, once described by Isaac Asimov as the “nearest thing to an artist in residence from outer space” has died, aged 90 after a life inspiring and illustrating the dreams of a generation of space freaks.

via mefi

More details here. There’s an online petition here. This simply can’t be allowed to happen.

Thought we would take a slight detour for this week’s Friday Fusion .

This footage comes from the RBMA event at the RFH a couple of weeks back, we were gonna head down at one point, but were slightly put off by the thought of carl craig disappearing up his own backside- looked like we missed a hell of a session.

The perfect fusion of new technology and old school musical talent.