Stylite Dub - video

We just made a slide-show-stylee YouTube video for our tune Stylite Dub. Check it out!



Don't forget, this tune is available on the Wisdom Truth EP, free from HERE.

Deserted

We played Deserted by XLII in episode 35 of our podcast, One Hundred Teeth, which you can find HERE or MixCloud or iTunes

We really like the tune. Here's the video!

One Hundred Teeth - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 35

One Hundred Teeth, the 35th episode of our fine podcast, is now available for download from HERE or MixCloud or iTunes

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1. Deserted
   XLII
   http://soundcloud.com/xlii/deserted
2. Sacrifice of Form (In Memory of the Schema - RIP)
   Jaya Prime
   http://soundcloud.com/jaya-prime/in-memory-of-the-schema
3. Rock the Howdah
   Secret Archives of the Vatican
   http://www.brokendrumrecords.com
4. One Hundred Teeth (Cairo Remix)
   Sabre
   http://soundcloud.com/cairodub/sabre-one-hundred-teeth-cairo-remix
5. Birds of Pleather
   Cairo
   http://soundcloud.com/cairodub/birds-of-pleather
6. Parks On Fire (Shem Remix)
   Trifonic
   http://soundcloud.com/shemherman/trifonic-parks-on-fire-shem-remix-full-free-download
7. Her (Original Mix)
   Shem
   http://shem.bandcamp.com/album/fear-of-living-ep
8. Khelimos Suburban
   Zgomot
   http://soundcloud.com/zgomot/khelimos-suburban
9. Audio Chef
   Nasha Experience
   http://soundcloud.com/knowledge/nasha-experience-audio-chef
10. Live track 1
    The Herbaliser
    http://www.herbaliser.com
11. Live track 2
    The Herbaliser
    http://www.herbaliser.com
12. Techno Taal
    MumBai Mafia
    http://soundcloud.com/mumbai-mafia/techno-taal

We like The Narcicyst. Here's one of his tunes featuring Shadia Mansour. Video directed by Ridwan Adhami.

A Jamaican in Cairo EP

There's two things that we like here in the Secret Archives - Arabic music and Jamaican music. Oh, yeah, bigtime on both counts. So, when we hear about a release called A Jamaican in Cairo our reaction is like Pavlov's legendary hound at the sniff of some Pedigree Chum. Gotta check this out!



The band, Diaspora, has four members, Luca Gatti, Stephane René, Baheeg Ramzy Mikhail and Amina Annabi, all well respected musicians in their own fields.

Italian born Luca Gatti is the founding member of Diaspora. Over the years he has worked with such artists as General Levy, Gaudi and Asian Dub Foundation. French composer/musician Stephane René specialises in traditional stringed instruments and his performances on oud, saz, guitar and percussion are a major contribution to this project. Baheeg Ramzy Mikhail contributes vocals and violin as well as a wealth of knowledge and expertise gained through a long and prolific career. Known as ‘the master of the Maqam’ (the Arabic scale system) he has worked with many of the great figures in Arabic music, including the much celebrated singer and composer the late Mohammed Abdel Wahab and the legendary Om Kalthoum. Amina Annabi is a well known French Tunisian singer who fuses her traditional Arab roots with modern Western styles.

In 2006 Diaspora was commissioned by the English National Opera to co-compose and arrange the score for the opera Gaddafi: A living myth in collaboration with Asian Dub Foundation. It was during this time that the beginnings of A Jamaican in Cairo took shape.

Well, a four track EP is here! A Jamaican in Cairo EP features four tracks from the forthcoming album, which I believe will be available in October:

1. A Jamaican in Cairo
2. Nile (featuring Amina Annabi)
3. Diaspora (featuring Raiz)
4. Running for Cover (featuring Bob Andy)

Running for Cover features veteran of the Jamaican reggae scene Bob Andy. As one of Studio One's leading lights, he worked closely with Jackie Mittoo on many of the label's seminal sounds. Since then he has been ceaselessly composing, recording and performing and remains a household name who has truly earned his place in the firmament of reggae stars. Talented vocalist Raiz adds his instantly recognisable voice to the title track Diaspora. As the ex front-man of Italian cult band Almamegretta he is a well established artist who has also featured in the work of many other high profile artists, including recordings with our dub hero Bill Laswell, Leftfield (Rhythm and Stealth) and Massive Attack (Karmacoma).

So - what does it sound like? Rootsical rather than dubwise but tastefully played, with great vocals and a nice clean production. It grooves along sweetly with a delicious Eastern feel permeating the riddims. Here's a little taster on the SoundCloud website:

SoundCloud



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Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 34 - No Quarter

Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 34 - No Quarter is now available to download from HERE or from Mixcloud or from iTunes.

Tracks

Stairway to Heaven (Grimejah London Tube Remix)
Led Zeppelin
http://soundcloud.com/grimejah/led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven-grimejah-london-tube-remix

No Quarter Dub
DJ Spooky
http://www.thirstyear.com/album_detail.php?artist=DJ%20Spooky&album=The%20Secret%20Song

Babylon Timewarp
Hijak
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hijak/8794154219

Asha in the Tabernacle
Shackleton
http://www.last.fm/music/Shackleton
http://www.skulldisco.com/

Bengal Rains
JaXXoN
http://soundcloud.com/jaxxonmusic/bengal-rains-jaxxon

Intersections
Alix Perez feat Ursula Rucker
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alix-Perez/21902034793
http://www.facebook.com/ursularucker

Budayeen 3am
Secret Archives of the Vatican
http://www.brokendrumrecords.com
http://www.secretarchivesofthevatican.bandcamp.com

Ummah Oum (Makyo's Darbukka Dub Remix)
Kaya Project feat. Shahin Badar
http://www.kayaproject.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kaya-Project/287445823535

Insh'allah
Sub Swara
http://www.subswara.com
http://soundcloud.com/sub-swara
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4067079957

Nghani Ki Ma Nabgh
Rimitti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikha_Rimitti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsAxnUuOhYo

Jonkoloni (Joystick Jay's kosmiske edit)
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
http://soundcloud.com/joystick-jay/bassekou-kouyate-ngoni-ba-jonkoloni-joystick-jays-kosmiske-edit

Hiphop and martial arts - the perfect combination! Here's a video from Iron Braydz & M9: Devil's Death Day




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Gajoob

Back in 1990, I spotted an intriguing looking magazine on the racks at Tower records (I think...) in London. It was called Gajoob and it came from the US. It dealt with a pre-internet world that is now long gone but which was amazing and creative - the world of homemade music, sold and distributed by mail when the world's postal services were still quite good. Most items were on cassette and the scene had absolutely nothing to do with the mainstream music industry. I loved it! Gajoob reviewed thousands of cassettes and other homemade art.

Gajoob was a huge inspiration to me as I was starting Secret Archives of the Vatican. I had a Fostex four-track cassette-based home studio and was starting to release cassettes. Gajoob opened up a whole world of possibility and pointed me towards contacts, collaborators and other 'zines. At some point I made contact with the main man, Bryan Baker.



Well, here we are, two decades later and by the mighty power of Facebook, I've made contact again. Gajoob is still alive, albeit in web form and its offshoot/alter-ego, Homemade Music, is also thriving.

They say:
GAJOOB has been reviewing independent music since 1987. We review all styles of independently released CDs, cassettes, net albums and vinyl. We are returning to print late fall 2010.

Gajoob began in 1987 as a print 'zine by Bryan Baker focused on home recording artists and independent music activities. The final print issue was in 1994. Bryan produced a weekly 3-hour radio show from 1991-1994 on Salt Lake City's KRCL called Cassette Culture Shock which featured the artists sending tape albums to Gajoob. Bryan Baker began publishing The DiY Report in 1994, an email subscription newsletter which gathered news of independent music activities and featured articles and interviews with indie artists. 124 issues were published until 2001 and the content was archived via the web. The Gajoob website was also home to Gajoob Radio, a streaming RealAudio radio show of music and artist interviews.

From 2000-2010, Gajoob evolved into various interrelated activities and websites, including homemademusic.com, tapegerm.com, discoversounds.com, along with on-demand CD manufacturing and online sales.

2010 sees the return of GAJOOB Magazine , sometime this autumn. Bryan says that coverage will be much the same as before. They will strive to give voice to the creative impulse and hear what artists have to say about that. If you like discovering new music or want to keep up with creative music activities then GAJOOB Magazine is something you'll want to read.

GAJOOB Magazine will be published with a CD of 100+ tracks direct from recording studios around the world. Each track will carry detailed notes from artists about the making of it. To be included on the mp3 CD simply submit a track to homemademusic.com. Include details about making your music: what inspired you, what was the process, related anecdotes, etc.

Reviews

GAJOOB's album listings can contain much more than a review of your album. Artist commentary, interviews, streaming audio are included as well. They will review CDs, cassette, vinyl, DVD, and online album releases (also called netlabel and free music culture). Mailyour release to them or let them know where to find it via their contact page. See their submission guide for details.

GAJOOB Magazine on Facebook

GAJOOB Magazine on Twitter

Free music from Secret Archives of the Vatican on Bandcamp

We have been adding Secret Archives of the Vatican releases to the Bandcamp website and you can see our page HERE.

Bandcamp is great because you have a wide choice of download formats available - you're not stuck with crappy mp3s - in fact, the lowest quality mp3 available is the highest quality mp3, a 320kbps.

We've added our two most recent EP releases, The Glidepath EP and Wisdom Truth. Both are free.



We've also added our 2009 album release, Remembering Machine, and it is now free also!



We'll be adding more tunes soon!

Free Your Dub

Another fine episode of The Dub Zone podcast is now available for download. You may find TDZ#82 HERE.



Tracks

1. Riddim Culture (feat. Richard Underhill) - Citizen Sound
2. Lost Heroes - Meef Chaloin
3. Pass The Dub - Jah Billah
4. Saratoga Version - Raggattack
5. Free Your Mind (The March Dub) - Blue King Brown
6. The Dub Wid Nah Name - Yabass
7. Paradub - Dub Wiser
8. What A Ting Dub - Muflon Dub Sound System

New Natacha Atlas album - Mounqaliba

Mounqaliba (Arabic: منقلبة; English: In a State of Reversal), the new album from Natacha Atlas will be released 20 September 2010. Co-produced by Samy Bishai, it was inspired by the poems of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. In addition to original works, it also contains covers of songs by Françoise Hardy and Nick Drake . The album also features composers Zoe Rahman and Jocelyn Pook.
The album features audio clips from social theorists Peter Joseph and Jacque Fresco through multiple tracks, as well as references to Zeitgeist: Addendum and a resource-based economy.

Track list

1. Intro
2. Makkan
3. Matrah Interlude
4. Bada Al Fajir
5. Muwashah Ozkourini
6. River Man
7. Batkallim
8. Mounqaliba
9. Le Cor, Le Vent
10. Direct Solutions Interlude
11. Lahazat Nashwa
12. La Nuit Est Sur La Ville
13. Fresco's Interlude
14. Ghoroub
15. Evening Interlude
16. Taalet
17. Egypt Interlude
18. Nafourat El Anwar