Musical curiosities scavenged from the world wide web.
The Voyager Golden Record: “To the makers of music — all worlds, all times”
In 1977 NASA funded a space program like no other. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were unmanned space craft, sent into the infinite darkness to monitor conditions at the outer limits of our…
King Geedorah – Take Me To Your Leader
Take Me To Your Leader was Daniel Dumille’s first full-length release under his alias “King Geedorah”. The man behind MF Doom based the records eponymous space monster on “King Ghidorah”, the two-tailed, three-headed…
Cosmogramma – The Art of the Codex
The critically acclaimed and seminal future-jazz release of Cosmogramma by Flying Lotus in 2010 was one of the stand-out records of the year. And as anyone who owns a copy of the stunning…
Sun Ra’s “Space is the Place” – In Full
Made in 1972, and released two years later, Space is the Place is the film and manifesto of intergalactic traveller, sage and jazz pianist Sun Ra. He believed himself to be from Saturn,…
VINYLIZE YOUR IPHONE4 WITH THE GRIFFIN + THIRD MAN RECORDS CASE
This is for all of you who do not want to go anywhere without vinyl records. Third Men Records produced a iPhone 4 / iPhone 4S case for every vinyl lover. The cases are cut out of a special 7″ vinyl record pressed at United Records Pressing in Nashville.
Home-recording Paper Boy
Home-recording is a phenomenon which has never been given the credit it deserves. Berlin-based graphic artist Florian Fusco spent three months interviewing and taking pictures of the workspaces of home-recording artists in Greater…
Independent Label Market – Spitalfields, London 10/12/11
On Saturday 10th December, Independent Label Market will be hosting a special Christmas market in association with AIM in London’s Spitalfields Market, to support the labels that lost their stock in the PIAS/Sony…
The Chalga Experience
Chalga Excellence is a blog documenting one of the more bizarre corners of Balkan music: Chalga. Bulgarian in origin, Chalga mixes Greek, Arabic and Balkan influences, and has become increasingly popular despite criticisms…
J Dilla’s Life in Los Angeles
This Stussy-produced documentary chronicles the life of the late great J Dilla in Los Angeles and his involvement with the Stones Throw camp. Peanut Butter Wolf, J. Rocc, Frank Nitty and others reminisce…
SHORT DOCUMENTARY | THE LAND WHERE THE BLUES BEGAN
A self-described “song-hunter,” the folklorist Alan Lomax traveled the Mississippi Delta in the 1930s and 40s, sometimes in the company of black folklorists like John W. Work III, armed with primitive recording equipment…
Messenger Bag For Vinyl
Soundscreen Design have come up with a bag that specifically designed to store your vinyl in a safe and secure way. The SSD Messenger bag comes in black and can hold up to…
Ladies & Gentleman: The Sharp VZ 3000X Upright Record Player
Found this at the R.A.W. fleamarket in Germany, Berlin, Revalerstr. 99. Pleasure to watch! Note it has a forward function and plays bith sides of the Record!!! Check the Finale!!! Here is the…
