Dimensional Intrusion (1993) was one of Richie Hawtins (aka Plastic Man) first albums put out under the moniker F.U.S.E. (Further Underground Sound Experiments); perhaps Richies strongest and most versatile release. IMO this album and this song in particular really encapsulate the architecture of early techno music and what was going on in the scene at that time. The sound was a vision, a homage to machines making it and the infinitely expanding outer edge of the technological wave. The future finally sounded different; advanced as the phreakers and hackers that were taking on telecoms one dumpster diving, social engineering call at a time. It was future primitive and we were the tribe. Get the whole thing (part 1) (part 2)

Throwback: F.U.S.E. – Dimension Intrusion (don lowed)

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This is another sort of benchmark track for me, though more personally than genre defining. This is around the time when I transitioned from more electro/hip hop/freestyle to electronic. It also was a further separation from those that were listening to Vanilla Ice/Guns n Roses. Though I was still listening to a lot of Ween & Primus.

Throwback: Barbarella (Sven Vath) – My Name Is Barbarella (1992) (don lowed)

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Dryhump Champion: Patrizio Mattei – FI.SA (Original Mix) (don lowed)

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Originally recorded in 1981, but not released until 1984, the 60 minute long e2-e4 is perhaps the seed that spawned a electronic revolution in music. Namely, Detroit Techno. Who knows how true that can be, since electronic music seems to have simultaneously emerged both in Europe and state side without knowledge of the other. But certainly it was a seminal work that is well credited as a major influence on early techno pioneers like Larry Levan, Derrick May and Carl Craig to more current notables like King Britt and LCD Soundsystem.

Recorded live in one take with no overdubs. The first half of the album consists mostly of a subtle rhythmic sequencer pattern along with a rhythm machine. As the piece unfolds, so do the variations of this sequence. At about the half-hour mark, Manuel brings in a stellar electric guitar lead while alternating between his electronics and sequencers providing further variations on the repetitive chord structure heard throughout the piece. Towards the end, the guitar fades out, the rhythm pattern echoes into silence and finally this long piece comes to its end.

I get waves of calm enfolded familiarity from a place I had forgot I had been before, and it feels like it was always meant to be, just as it was already before, waiting to unfold, full circle. Amazed.

Throwback: Manuel Gottsching – E2-E4 (Side A) (don lowed)

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Throwback: Manuel Gottsching – E2-E4 (Side B) (don lowed)

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We’ve been missing the throwback balance around here and it’s been pulling tight on the white wire wrapped around our gears, balled up in our mouth with a metallic humming taste. No good indeed.

Throwback: Jesse Fuller – I Got A Mind To Ramble (don lowed)

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Throwback: Big Joe Turner – Cherry Red (don lowed)

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Gotta watch for the Mizell brothers credits…  cop them shits.

Throwback: Donald Byrd – Dominoes (don lowed)

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Throwback: Donald Byrd – Think Twice (don lowed)

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B-boys, producers, or funk aficionados…when it comes to breaks, few are as celebrated as the Hihache drums, a distinct  kick /snare with a hi hat that draws to resemble the name of the song (IMO). Perhaps the breaks popularity is due to their conspicuous placement at the beginning of a funk burner, easy to spot, juggle or loop, or perhaps it due to their ability to take on multiple personalities and fit the mood; likely a combination of the two… the result is the same, the foundation of some of the most loved classic hip hop songs, and maybe more spectacularly, a spot on djnodj’s Throwback Thursdays.

Throwback: Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Hihache (don lowed)

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Throwback: Blackmoon – Buck ‘Em Down (Da Beatminerz Remix) (don lowed)

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Sorry aboot the clean version… but if you don’t already have these, I’m in no position to feel any remorse for your lack of style, taste, integrity. Buy them dammit. Especially De La.

Throwback: De La Soul – Oodles Of O’s (don lowed)

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Throwback: Biz Markie – Nobody Beats The Biz (don lowed)

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Throwback: Wu Tang – Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta Fuck Wit (don lowed)

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Go fast, fall hard.

Throwback: Lyn Christopher – Take Me with You (don lowed)

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Throwback: Smut Peddlers – One By One (don lowed)

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Don’t take it peeerrsonall…

One of the few things that Rick Rubin didn’t turn into a brazillion dollars, Kwest the Madd Lad’s first album was everything early 90’s hip hop was known for… creative brilliance and label troubles.

Throwback: Kwest Tha Madd Lad – 101 Things To Do While I’m With Your Girl (don lowed)

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Throwback: Kwest Tha Madd Lad – Disk And Dat (don lowed)

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Look! It’s Yoko Ono on a moped…

Claude Ely was born in 1922 in Puckett’s Creek, Va. When he was 12 years old, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and told that he was going to die as a child. His uncle Leander gave him an old guitar, which he would practice on his sickbed where he wrote the song, ‘There Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down”. Sometime down the road in 1954, this song was recorded by the Ohio based record label King at a church revival via a wire that ran through the radio station WCTW out of Whitesburg, Kentucky, producing one of the greatest white gospel 45’s in American music.

Throwback (side b): Brother Claude Ely – Holy Holy (That’s All Right) (don lowed)

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Throwback (side a): Brother Claude Ely – There Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down (don lowed)

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No one else wrote songs that both Elvis & Johnny Cash covered… so there.

Throwback (Bonus): Brother Claude Ely – Fare You Well (don lowed)

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I have a crate called Heat & Wheat. Simply explained, it’s the secret hot sauce burners and the best of the zest staples. It’s a compilation of the songs that I have a lot of love for and a lot of gems that show up on this little site has come from that crate: The Cymande, the Faze O, the Debbie Deb… but so far, some things have just been too secret sauce to share. This is one of those stupid rarities. A 45″ that my good friend The Shiek Ackipablo stumbled upon because he (being a record digging nerd as well) was enlightened enough to spot an envelope with the musicians name on it in some small dusty shop, leading to the score… and that my friends is some next-level digging swagger, and he gets all the credit. Ack – it really should be you posting this, so quit being so lazy and get on it. The real deal is the proto-jungle drumming on this shit. Unreal. But even now, as I get ready to publish this, there are really only two reasons for my kindness 1.) To share it with my friends that geek on this as much as I do. 2.) (the real reason) Because it’s already out on the intercube and I didn’t have to rip it.

Throwback: U.S. Warren & Genghis Pea – Hard Headed Woman (don lowed)

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I’ve been unable to verify if this is the same U S Warren as above, but my take is that it is very likely.

Throwback: U.S. Warren – The 4th Movement (don lowed)

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