DUB DUB 2

DJ BRETT B ^ RAHTID SOUND!
NORTH GUINEA HILLS ^ RÁDIO RUÍDO

MONDAY DEC 13 2010 ^ 6-midnight

veronica people's club
105 Franklin St, Brooklyn 11222

Ethan Crenson @ 78rpm : O Calypsonian

78rpm enthusiast Ethan Crenson presents a selection of Calypso tracks, all played directly from original shellac pressings.
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"Calypso music arose from the island of Trinidad. The music was topical, competitive and lively. Popular singers of Calypso erected their own thatch-roofed tents during Carnival season and charged admission. When a singer visited his competitor's tent, there was often a "war". Two singers in a cutting contest, extemporizing rhyming couplets often based on the news of the day, the people assembled in the crowd, or on descriptions of the singer's own prowess. "For veteran Calypsonians are known to be, Men who can sing on anything instantaneously", a singer is quoted rhyming in the liner notes to an album of Calypso 78s from the 1940s.

In the 40s Calypso invaded the US, and more to the point, New York City. Calypso performers took stage at the Village Vanguard. Sir Lancelot performed there in his signature tuxedo. Duke of Iron played engagements there for a full 10 months. In December of 1946 Alan Lomax organized 2 "Calypso at Midnight" concerts at New York's Town Hall. And there were recording sessions.

Among the artists, Trinidadians include: Sir Lancelot (Lancelot Victor Edward Pinard), Lord Beginner (Egbert Moore), Duke of Iron (Cecil Anderson), Lord Invader (Rupert Westmore Grant), Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts), Macbeth the Great (Patrick McDonald), and The Lion (Hubert Raphael Charles). But Calypso also took hold in other locations. From Bermuda came Sidney Bean and the Talbot Brothers. And from the U.S. a dancer at the Cotton Club, Murial Gaines became a popular Calypso singer. There is also the "Calypso Jazz" amalgam represented here by the little known Jack Sneed.

A final offering is not Calypso at all, but it is island music. The Orchestre De La Boule Blanche played Biguines from the French island of Martinique in the early 1930s."
-E.C.

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1) Sir Lancelot - Atomic Energy [charter 102] {1947}

2) Lord Beginner (Egbert Moore) w/Felix and his Internationals - Norah the War is Over [disc New York 5008] {1946}

3) Duke of Iron et. al. - Jam Session (Duke of Iron, quatro; Victor Pacheco, Violin; Gregory Felix, clarinet; Modesto Calderon, bass) [Stinson 105-2] {?date}

4) Muriel Gaines the Enchantress with Sam Manning's Serenaders - You Got To Have Power [national Records 8001] {1945}

5) Lord Invader (Rupert Grant) Felix and his Internationals - Yankee Dollar - Disc New York 5008 {1946}

6) Lord Kitchener acc. by St. Vincent Street Six - Too Late Kitch [lyragon 720] {1953}

7) Jack Sneed and his Sneezers - West Indian Blues [decca 7566] {1939}

8) Lord Invader (Rupert Grant) Felix and his Internationals - New York Subway - [disc new york 5009] {1946}

9) Sidney Bean and his Trio - Collegian Invasion [bermuda 2003] {?date}

10) Archie Talbot - The Gombey Dance [bermuda talbot brothers T5] {?date}

11) Roy Talbot - The Coronation Story [bermuda talbot brothers T5] {?date}

12) MacBeth the Great with Gerald Clark and his Original Calypsos - Rufus Hold Me Tight - Guild 136 {1945?}

13) The Lion with Gerald Clark and his Original Calypsos - Excursion [guild 136] {1945?}

14) Sir Lancelot - Old Woman With a Rollin' Pin [charter 102] {1947}

15) Sir Lancelot with Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders - Trinidad is Changing [keynote 549] {?date}

16) Orchestre De La Boule Blanche (sous la Direction de Charlery Banguio) - Maladie D'Amou - [columbia DF 428] {1931}

17) Orchestre De La Boule Blanche (sous la Direction de Charlery Banguio) - C'est Biguine - [columbia DF 428] {1931}


*Note to audophiles: The absurdity of transferring 78rpms to mp3s does not elude us any more than the absurdity of "capturing" an audio moment in flux and presenting it frozen as a rare artifact foreverafter.
We reflect upon both the desire for audiofidelity and presenting the state of these artifacts. The turntable used is a Esoteric Sound Ramses II turntable which appears to be a modified shell of a Technics 1200 though instead of direct drive it employs a belt-driven system.
No noise reduction and only slight EQ adjustments were made in the transfer. Enjoy the surface noise! -r.r.

rePercussions mx

rePurposed set
a) Rhythm & Sound - King In My Empire {balinese mix}
b) Wareika Hill Sound - Tears in Exile {marieval knieval mix}
c) Kasai Allstars feat Tanjdolo - Koyile/Nyeka Nyeka - Congotronics 2 [crammed/ryko]
d) The Fall - Spectre vs. Rector - Dragnet
e) DNA - You & You/Little Ants - DNA on DNA [no more]
f) ID M Theftable - You Can't Be True Dear
g) Lee Ranaldo from From Here to Infinity [sst]
h) our glass outro...

rePercussed set
i) Savava Ysatis + Taylor Deupree - Hourglass [12k]
j) Gate - Openingmyarms/Hope - Metric [majora]
k) Neg-Fi - Radio Neg (Broadcasting in Infrasound)/Asteroid Lemonade 7" [neg-fi]
l) I-Sound - Sweating in the Ages 7" [broklyn beats]
j) Majoni - Majoni 7" [percepts]
k) Beenie Man - Kingston Hot 7"[k.licious]
l) I-Sound - No Light 7" [full watts]

image: El Anatsui - Healer (textile detail)

RAHTID! SOUND

Rahtid! Sound aka Dub Dillinja & Megman return with new mash-ups and lost island recipes.


in dub
Badawi - Suspicious Dub
Shackleton - Blood on my Hands
Guiseppe Ielasi - another[stunt]
Hi-Fidel+DJ Crucial - 10th Wonderful
EastFlatbushProject -Tried by 12
BountyKiller - How The West Was Won {dEsErt stOrm mx}
Shackleton - Tin Foil Sky
Cutty Ranks - Peace Treaty
Quarta 330 - Sunset Dub
Massive Music - Find My Way

RAHTID! SOUND
JUST TO GET A DUB
BROKEN DUB
TALKIN DUB
DIAMONDS AND CHROME
ON THE REGULAR
FUCK DUB
BAD ROMANTIC
YOU LOSE
99 PROBS
AS WE ENTER [EXTENDED VERS.]
BLUE JEAN IS YO' MAMA
DANCEHALL MANUVER
AFRIKA PUNAANY

*bonus mash
JUICY ISREALITES

G U R U: Form of Intellect

set *
1) Andy Graydon - ZPE - at bay [winds measure]
2) Wolfram - dust #3 - thinking dust [monotype]
3) Autechre - Second Bad Vilbel - Anvil Vapre [warp]
4) Wolf Eyes - Let the Smoke Rise - Dread [hanson]

set **
5) The Dance - Do Dada - New York Noise [soul jazz]
6) Gang of Four - What We All Want - Solid Gold [wb]
7) Pink & Brown - So Long, Special Treat/Union Bomb [load split 12"]
8) I-Sound - Sweating in the Ages [broklyn beats 7"]
9) Wasteland - Wyatt {reprise} - Amen Fire [transparent 12"]
10) Big Youth - Screaming Target - Screaming Target [trojan]
11) Triston Palma - Time So Hard Dub - Showcase in a Roots Radics Drum & Bass [vista-sounds]
12) Sizzla - Courage - Bobo Ashanti [greensleeves]
13) Bolong Suso, Jewuru Kanuteh, Karnnka Suso, Manjako Suso, Surakata Suso, Lamin Suso, Saiko Suso, Dembo Kanuteh, Bobo Suso, Mahame Camara, Mawudo Suso, Salun Kuyateh, Mahamadou Suso - Hamaba - Ancient Heart: Mandinka and Fulani Music of the Gambia [axiom]

set ***
14) Gang Starr - Speak Ya Clout/DWYCK - Hard to Earn [chrysalis]
15) Gang Starr - DJ Premier in Deep Concentration - No More Mr. Nice Guy [wild pitch]
16) Gang Starr - Form of Intellect - Enter the Arena [chrysalis]
17) Guiseppe Ielasi from (another)stunt [schoolmap/taiga]
18) Radio Zumbido - Livingston Buzz - Los Últimos Días del AM [palm pictures]

set ****
19) Sonido Aries - Al Calor De La Cumbia - El Rey Del Barrio
20) Conjunto Tipico Vallenato - Cumbia Cienaguera - A Orillas del Magdalena [domino]
21) Rodrigo y Gabriela - Tamacun - Rodrigo y Gabriela [ato]
22) Los Marineros De Apatzingán - La Malagueña [rough guide]
23) Guillermo Velázquez - Que Suene El Son [rough guide]
24) Nino de Fregenal {dos fandangos} Flamencologia v.1
25) Rodrigo y Gabriela - Satori - Rodrigo y Gabriela [ato]
26) Radio Zumbido - 8 Hermanos - Los Últimos Días del AM [palm pictures]
27) Ecos de Borinquen - A mi dulce amada - Jibaro Hasta el Hueso [smithso]

R.I.P. Keith Elam aka GURU July 17, 1961 – April 19, 2010