Quick cuts

- Copped this via Stinky Jim's excellent Stink Inc blog - he's right into his South American cumbia bizz at the mo, and this is pretty mean.Toba Rey - Doma Tornado. Argentinian folk singer chopped and diced by Barcelona producer. Jim says "Alongside the archetypal DT percussive panorama there are guitar and bass swells that (and I hesitate to say this) carry a genuine 80's flavour, not in the usually touted cliche way, more like something that ... Keith Levene and Jah Wobble might have cooked up on their mellowest of mellow days."

- The LA Weekly backgrounds the history of LA girl band the Runaways, prior to the (fictional) movie coming out.


- Excellent interview with Dakings Gabe Roth, behind the scenes from Wax Poetics. Great read. It goes back to the early days, how Gabe started out in funk bands with Desco, and how he discovered Lee Fields and Sharon Jones. The best one is how he discovered Charles Bradley  - "He just turned up at my door one morning, said some drummer I knew sent him. I have no idea who he was talking about..."
"WaxPoetics interview with Desco/Daptone founder Gabe Roth aka producer Bosco Mann. Perhaps an article to rival the legendary Shitty is Pretty (I know Bjoern from Mocambo Records to name just one has it pinned to his wall…)" Hat tip to Groovement.

I recall reading an interview with local lad Brendan Moran, drummer for the Hasselhof Experiment, where he talked about Gabe's Shitty is Pretty articles, and how he learned some great info from it on how to record drums.

- Mos Dub - Vocals of rapper Mos Def with classic dub underneath. Check it here. Produced by Max Tannone, check his previous Jaydiohead (Jay Z & Radiohead)  / and Doublecheck your head (BEasties mashed up with themselves) here. Get at him on Twitter: @maxtannone

- Simon Grigg tells the tale of how he ended up at a celebrity wedding involving an All Black and a pop singer from True Bliss. True story.

 

- Vinyl junkies, pay attention! "Saturday 10 April is the next Record Collectors Fair. It's at is at the new venue - Kelson Community Hall, just off Great North Road, Awaroa Road, next to Waikumete Cemetery. This venue is bigger and better with more stall holders than ever before, more parking and a nicer location. Great atmosphere, good music (vinyl only), food and enjoyment.

The venue may be hard to find - entry is at the back of the building with plenty of parking available. $4 entry to the public. Thanks to Tradetech, George FM, Axent Audio, Audio Reference Co and The Shore Hifi Company for supporting the Record Fair". Good odds that soul/funk DJ Mister Murray Cammick will be there selling some goodies. Get in there!