tomorrow on Mudd Up! radio, tune in for the Eid al-Fitr/Ramadan Special! from breathtaking old recordings of religious music to brand-new celebratory beats from the Muslim world. upcoming guests in Oct/early November include: banjee bass visionary Kingdom [Kingdom at home in technicolor] and the amazing & engaged artist Paul Chan. Check this NYT article on … Continue reading ALL WE HEAR IS RADIO GOO-GOO
Loudmouth cross-cultural outreach has long been a part of Mister Rhymes oeuvre, this we know. But he just cranked it up a notch, rapping a timely rap about sound finance and geopolitics in light of a derailing US economy. On a lesser note, I get the feeling that he visited Dubai and stayed in the … Continue reading OILY BLACK
A taqsim clears the space. It sweeps to the edges of what’s possible in what’s to come. He coughs – clears his throat. Then begins. [audio:Vocals+Sanaa_ud.mp3] Hassan Aoni al-Ajami – Vocals and Sanaa ‘ud the Mudd Up! Ramadan special radio show will be moved to next week, this song is an appetizer. Lyrics below. …because … Continue reading STELFOX AND AN OUD FROM SANAA
The real story, which we have grown unaccustomed to, is chemically free of explanation. . . . The story is always about something unexplainable. The art of narration declines as explanations are added. -Aira [César Aira] back in Yanquistan! MuddUp now resumes its irregular service big thanks for MuddUp reader Thraiped, who commented “I’m sort … Continue reading THE MAN FROM CORONEL PRINGLES
[audio:colombia_04.mp3] Nuevo artista – ill joyous accordeon 04 i dont know, afro-colombian, this is my metadata, anything else ask Sonido Inca. i purchased two 12″ records in London – neither with any artwork, just a cheap one-color center label in a white paper sleeve – and it cost me USD $33. I also met with … Continue reading COLOMBIA UNDERSCORE ZERO FOUR
Greg on Sublime Frequencies, Diplo, and The Anonymous as Exotic. + + + speaking of anonymizers, here’s a lovely 9-minute Berber pop tune released on the Reve d’Orient label’s ‘real’ 3 CD set with no tracklist or artist info on it (in any language). Mudd Unknown – track 1 from Les Maitres de la Chanson … Continue reading KNOWN UNKNOWNS
Three continents in less than a week has left me burning the midnite oil, sipping yerba mate, and falling into deep R.E.M. sleep the moment I sit down in NYC’s shuddering metro system. Naturally, the blog suffers. But you can expect a grip of print pieces from me in the near future: Fader, Frieze, repeat. … Continue reading NO SLEEP MORE MATÉ
Complexe et diversifiée, la méditerranée laisse entrevoir histoires communes et singularités, entre mémoires et enjeux d’avenir. Oui! Damien Tallard presents “Espadrille“, a streaming selection of North African music produced and issued on vinyl in Marseilles from 1950 through the 1970s. Marseilles occupies a special place in my heart ever since i first stepped foot there … Continue reading SILLONS DE BELSUNCE
Altruism. Web-hosting fees. If you feel like employing the former to assuage the latter, click that button… AKA i must pay MuddUp!‘s bandwidth, and you can help with a small paypal donation. Any funds received can only be used to pay web-fees. Rest-assured that I will not spend your generosity on food, shelter, ice cream … Continue reading PLATA PASTA Y BACHATA
dutty wine bassline. radio news! — this year each episode of my MuddUp! show on WFMU 91.1 FM NYC will be podcast. As you probably know, each show can be streamed for a few weeks after it airs (and is rebroadcast on a few European stations), but now we’re upping the ante. Because FMU is … Continue reading RADIO UPDATE