The story begins with songs moving by Bluetooth from one phone to another across the Sahara. Cheap handsets held MP3s on memory cards. People traded tracks in markets, at roadside stalls, and at weddings. Bluetooth was the wire. The phone’s tiny speaker was the radio. This was a music network built by people, not towers. Sahel Sounds listened to that network and became a bridge. The label found the songs […]
The Reissues as a Portal Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller (Clone, 2011–2013) is a four-volume reissue series that reintroduces Drexciya’s early EPs, singles, and deep cuts to new listeners while restoring historical context for longtime fans. Far more than archival housekeeping, the series functions as a curated portal into an undersea mythology—Drexciya as a Black Atlantis—which reframes Detroit electro not merely as machine funk but as speculative narrative and […]
Betty Davis (born Betty Mabry, 1944–2022) exploded onto the 1970s with a raw, erotic funk that made both record executives and censors sweat. A songwriter first, model second, and performer by her own admission “pushed” onto the stage, she wrote and arranged fierce grooves that put desire, power, and female autonomy at the center of the mix. Her voice was a rasp, her image all skin, sequins, and defiant stare—and […]
There are musicians who chase the zeitgeist, and then there’s Haruomi Hosono, who gently taps it on the shoulder, hands it a tropical drink, and invites it to dance to a steel drum inside a spaceship. If you’ve ever stumbled upon a 1970s Japanese album cover that looks like it belongs to a Hawaiian lounge band made entirely of aliens, congratulations—you may have entered the sonic Bermuda Triangle that is […]
If the universe had a house band, Bootsy Collins would be its frontman — wearing star-shaped sunglasses, a glitter cape, and boots that could kick open a wormhole. Born in the groove-laden labs of Cincinnati and raised on a diet of bass licks, chaos, and pure uncut funk, Bootsy didn’t just play the bass — he weaponized it. First with James Brown’s band (ever heard of a little ditty called […]
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