TAG: Suite for Ma Dukes

Feb08

Sonnymoon – Just Before Dawn (Alt. Take feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson) (MP3)

Excited to share the first official single from Sonnymoon’s upcoming self titled album being released in May.

Enjoy a stream of the song “Just Before Dawn” which includes an amazing alternative take from Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and conductor Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Miguel’s work spans from conducing and arranging Suite for Ma Dukes, the orchestral interpretation and tribute to the late J. Dilla, Flying Lotus’s “Cosmogramma” and Thundercat’s “The Golden Age of Apocalypse” album, and others…

Sonnymoon – Just Before Dawn Single by Plug Research

Also, last week we announced Sonnymoon hitting the road with Teebs (Brainfeeder) and Time Wharp from late March through April.

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Dec22

A Decade of Mochilla (Part Two) Mixed by Coleman (Video & MP3)

Below are B+’s words regarding this mix.  This is definitely a great mix that helps showcase Mochilla’s deep body of work.  Music from DJ Shadow, Jackson Conti, Suite for Ma Dukes, King Britt, Quantic, J. Rocc, Nobody, DJ Nuts and more. Enjoy and Happy Holidays.

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The response to the first part of this mix has been incredible.   Thank you for all the support, retweeting, and reposting.  Mochilla loves the love.   Part two here today for download is stepping the game up and to quote Coleman, “I wanted this mix to slap everyone in the face and get them to pay attention.”   It is purely rhetorical of course, our version of a slap in the face is the caress of boss nova, the thump of cubia or the heat stopping wind sucking gaps of great syncopation.  This mix has all of that.

Remember of course these are 20 minute teasers for the full mixes coming in 2011.

Just a quick note on the photo that we used on the cover – I snapped this one at the great “La Marcha” way back in 2001.   It was taken in the Zocalo in Mexico City and Maldita Vecindad were performing in solidarity with the EZLN.   The kid on his friend’s shoulders with the El Che shirt embodies all that we wanted Mochilla to be way back in ‘01 – engaged, excited, energetic and happy. Our brother and design guru Keith Tamashiro flipped it into our first logo and Stephen Serato has reflipped it into our 10 year mix cover.

This will warm your ears, brighten your heart and remind you of the strength of good music.  Download, hit play and you know – turn it up…

Thanks for all your support and happy holidays,

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Sep01

Miguel Atwood Ferguson Ensemble – Drips/Take Notice feat. Flying Lotus (Video & MP3)

Here is another amazing piece of visual representation from the recent free performance that the Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble hosted in Los Angeles, featuring some of today’s brightest talent.  By now, you should have already checked out the video with Bilal and today it’s with great pleasure to share another video from this timeless evening.

This time around, check out the video from the Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble featuring LA based and Brainfeeder master-mind, Flying Lotus.  Alongside the all-star cast of musicians, enjoy everyone doing a rendition of Drips from Flying Lotus’ recently released album Cosmogramma, and Take Notice, an arrangement of a J Dilla original from his Ruff Draft EP.  You may also be familiar …

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Jul30

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson : “Celebrate Tradition” Interview (Video)

Here are some of my shorthand notes based around a conversation I had with Miguel Atwood-Ferguson at his apartment in July 2010.  all of the quotes are not verbatim and are simply some of his thoughts jotted down by me. When I arrived at his home for our interview, the front door was ajar, “It’s actually perfect timing. I’ve been on the phone all day, booking rehearsals.” He admits once I walk inside, “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran grabs my eye on top of a stack of books, across from hundreds of CDs neatly lined against the wall. Framed posters of past masters frame the musical instruments in the living room, which has a shrine in the center.

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Jun10

Carlos y Gaby – In The Whirl Emote (MP3)

All City Records continues their wonderful LA 10 x 10″ series, this time featuring Carlos y Gaby and GB (Gifted and Blessed).  The duo of Carlos y Gaby (Carlos Nino and Gaby Hernandez) and GB, highlight’s some of Los Angeles’s best kept secrets.  Carlos Nino is one of LA’s musical driving forces, organizer, producer, arranger, composer, and DJ.  He’s worked with Dwight Trible, seminal jazz group Build an Ark, MC John Robinson, and has released a slew of records via labels such as Ninja Tune, Kindred Spirits, Alpha Pup and others.  He’s also responsible for the Suite for Ma Dukes EP alongside Miguel Atwood-Ferguson.  GB (Gifted and Blessed) has worked with folks such as Steve Spacek, …

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