The Alhaji K. Frimpong song is a stunner- it is filling up the space between thunder claps here in Bangor, ME...
Ben | 06.22.08 - 10:19 pm | #

Thanks for this interesting selection of tracks. The Timothy Willis, Alhaji K. Frimpong and Village Sounds sound like they will be up my alley. I will give them a listen soon.

Great post!

Cheers, Kevin
Kevin | Homepage | 06.23.08 - 9:34 pm | #

Keep it up fellas. Lovin' the posts. If I'm not mistaken, I recognize a sample of the Frimpong track in Gnarls Barkley's "Storm Coming". I'm just going by ear. Eh?
enjoitherhythm | 06.24.08 - 12:21 am | #

Hey enjoitherhythm, I must confess to not being up on Gnarls Barkley though I may have to finally get round to checking it out if they're sampling tracks like this...
Junior | Homepage | 06.26.08 - 4:17 am | #

Can't speak of the new album but St.Elsewhere is worth a listen. Dangermouse is pretty skilled.
enjoitherhythm | 06.27.08 - 7:36 pm | #

Don't know about Gnarls Barkley, but I'm pretty sure that Dj Enki from Bay Area sampled Alhaji's track for the tune Kung Fu Kwaka...

B.
Borja | 06.30.08 - 1:27 pm | #

And to add to the sample recognition parade, the underrated DJ Spinna used that Tony Williams record for Sadat X's album a couple years back.
chronwell | 07.02.08 - 10:33 am | #

About Tony Williams: Search for the 1980 "Lifetime" trio with Tom Grant and Patrick O'Hearn. They will blow your mind if you find the offical albums fussy. They are only on a Swiss bootleg LP called "Play or Die", and 2 or 3 stunning live airchecks. Good luck!
Christian | 09.29.08 - 8:06 am | #

Hey Christian, thanks for the tip. Like I mentioned, I have a real love/hate thing going on with the group but am always eager to hear more from them. Will check it out.
Junior | Homepage | 09.30.08 - 8:06 am | #