There are a couple cool things about this song. 1. Ray Barbee was/is an iconic professional skateboarder that makes some jazzy music. 2. Mochipet was once remixed by Ana Sia, who thinks I’m hilarious… but doesn’t return my calls anymore.

Fingerbanger 1: Mochipet & Ray Barbee – Forwards Back (don lowed)

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Rule #933: The world has no use for a man that wont get his hands dirty.

Fingerbanger 2: J.Baracuz – Jazzy Conqueror (don lowed)

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Nick Rosen is a 27 year old contemporary LA beat/jazz/psyche bass musician from Sherman Oaks, CA  that I’ve found through Build An Ark. This is from his Orchid Room 7 inch out on Porter Records, a joyful piece of jazz freshness, gently burning with late night charm and effervescence. ( I didn’t write that last bit… I don’t use those words in combinations like ‘gently burning’)

Fingerbanger 3: Nick Rosen – Orchid Room (don lowed)

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from the man at the helm of the Nostalgia 77 ship Ben Lamdin, this is one of the draws of the Summer as the Brighton bunch turn their hand to a live, afro psychedelic funk band called The Skeleton.

He says: “Skeletons is a made up band. I kid you not – it doesn’t exist. These musicians never stood in the studio together, they just passed through my house or left some scraps of sound behind after sessions we were working on. This record is like a guy, pieced together and ready for the bonfire… Some of the music here started life as commissions for a library music company, pastiches and forgeries paid for by the current vogue for a certain style of African jazz. Once I’d done a few though I couldn’t stop… to me the whole thing has been a self indulgent forgery, an act of mindless fun. If it sounds good then it’s because I just enjoyed the music and enjoyed myself.”

Fingerbanger 4: Skeletons – 50 Degrees (don lowed)

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From the Quantic man Will Holland and an international cast of creators, Tradition In Transition (Tru Thoughts) kidnaps the whole environment, making modern day conveniences distastefully baroque and gainful employment a trap. Listen to the music, quit your job, buy some sandals and a loose weave cotton shirt; go live somewhere without clocks.

Fingerbanger 5: Quantic And His Combo Barbaro – Cancao Do Deserto (Jeremy Soles Verocai Dub) (don lowed)

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