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.
Secret Archives of the Vatican: news and views from the world of transglobal breakbeat dub science.
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Monday, 20 September 2010
Sunday, 19 September 2010
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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.- Deserted
XLII
http://soundcloud.com/xlii/deserted - Sacrifice of Form (In Memory of the Schema - RIP)
Jaya Prime
http://soundcloud.com/jaya-prime/in-memory-of-the-schema - Rock the Howdah
Secret Archives of the Vatican
http://www.brokendrumrecords.com - One Hundred Teeth (Cairo Remix)
Sabre
http://soundcloud.com/cairodub/sabre-one-hundred-teeth-cairo-remix - Birds of Pleather
Cairo
http://soundcloud.com/cairodub/birds-of-pleather - Parks On Fire (Shem Remix)
Trifonic
http://soundcloud.com/shemherman/trifonic-parks-on-fire-shem-remix-full-free-download - Her (Original Mix)
Shem
http://shem.bandcamp.com/album/fear-of-living-ep - Khelimos Suburban
Zgomot
http://soundcloud.com/zgomot/khelimos-suburban - Audio Chef
Nasha Experience
http://soundcloud.com/knowledge/nasha-experience-audio-chef - Live track 1
The Herbaliser
http://www.herbaliser.com - Live track 2
The Herbaliser
http://www.herbaliser.com - 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.
Friday, 17 September 2010
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:
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
Support great music. Buy the EP here:
JunoDownload
Discogs
eMusic
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:
- A Jamaican in Cairo
- Nile (featuring Amina Annabi)
- Diaspora (featuring Raiz)
- 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
Support great music. Buy the EP here:
JunoDownload
Discogs
eMusic
Sunday, 12 September 2010
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
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