David Attenborough brings yet another important and resounding message to us pretentious primates.
In this programme, David Attenborough asks three key questions: how, and why, did Darwin come up with his theory of evolution? Why do we think he was right? And why is it more important now than ever before?
David starts his journey in Darwin’s home at Down House in Kent, where Darwin worried and puzzled over the origins of life. David goes back to his roots in Leicestershire, where he hunted for fossils as a child, and where another schoolboy unearthed a significant find in the 1950s. And he revisits Cambridge University, where both he and Darwin studied, and where many years later the DNA double helix was discovered, providing the foundations for genetics.
At the end of his journey in the Natural History Museum in London, David concludes that Darwin’s great insight revolutionised the way in which we see the world. We now understand why there are so many different species, and why they are distributed in the way they are. But above all, Darwin has shown us that we are not set apart from the natural world, and do not have dominion over it. We are subject to its laws and processes, as are all other animals on earth to which, indeed, we are related.
Louis Haiman, a man from San Diego who has been described by Derrick May as “a cat to watch out for”, released his second album under a Creative Commons License. Since I dig his music (like his previous album Actualization), I decided to share this release with you all.
Fwdthought 04: Louis Haiman: Life After People
Written, Produced and Performed by Louis Haiman
Track List:
01. Gentle
02. Lo Ride Sci Fi
03. What U Make Of It
04. Jazz Fantasy
05. Magical Realism
06. Rama Jama
07.Tribalesque
08. Dulce
09. Ghost
10. Solitary Spaces
11. Future Acid Memories
12. The Night You Were Born
Thank you: God, Family, Friends.
Props: All my new and old friends out in the digital frontier supporting my music: Nathan Keller, Share Crew: Morgan Sully, David Sarazzin, Rob Jones, Daniel O. Broken Beat Crew: Walker Ludesky, Miguex Vega. The Crew in The 412: Chris Schubert, Anthony Susan (‘Twon), Thomas Cox, Bob. Global: Arne Weinberg (AW Recordings, UK) Deixis (Abstract Forms, UK) Nick Luscombe (Flo-Motion, UK) PassEnger (Asti, Turin, Italy) Liza Richardson (KCRW LA) Derrick May (Transmat, Detroit). Who Else?….
Slightly over a year ago I posted a badass mix of modal jazz (here). That was actually part two. I couldn’t find part one until just now, so here it is. It doesn’t get any better than this, folks.
Here’s wat Dodz, the dude who created this mix, said about it:
The reason there’s no track title for the braxton thing, is that most of his composition titles are schematics of some sort, usually represented graphically, so i have no way of writing it. I guess i could scan it if anyone is that curious.
There’s so much great jazz out there that could be classified as either ‘modal’ or ‘free’ (tension, non-resolution) that one could easily fill hundreds of mixes.
I started this one with 2 absolute classic jazz nuggets that were composed by miles davis. the first track, ’so what’, being the one that started it all. Milestones is another basic modal track that is centred around just 2 key centres for long periods of the form. The improviser is given a whole different set of possibilities when approaching a tune from this perspective as opposed to songs that are based on a constantly changing harmonic framework, where you’d be more inclined to ‘outline’ the changes as they pass at a quiker rate.
Tracklist
01. Miles Davis – So What (Kind Of Blue)
02. Bill Evans – Milestones (Vanguard)
03: John Coltrane – Resolution (A Love Supreme)
04: Anthony Braxton (Montreaux/Berlin Concerts)
05: Michael Brecker – 2 Blocks From The Edge (2 Blocks From The Edge)
06: Pat Labarbera – Up Loose (Pass It On)
07: John Coltrane – Amen (Sun Ship)
08: Ira Sullivan – E Flat Tuba G (Horizons)
09: Wayne Shorter – Juju (Footprints Live)
Here’s a nice, smooth mix by Blick, featuring the remix work of PFM, ambient jungle ambassador for the Good Looking label back in the days when I was a teenager, before I had status and… right.
Mandalay – Flowers Bloom (Secret Lover Remix By PFM)
Lisa Moorish – Love For Life (PFM Mix)
JMJ & Richie – Free La Funk (PFM Remix)
Eat Static – Hybrid (PFM Remix)
David Holmes – Gone – (PFM Remix)
Akasha – Brown Sugar – (PFM’s Cosmic Journey Mix)
Forces Of Nature – Cool Spot (PFM Remix)
Mulu – Pussycat (PFM Remix)
St. Etienne – The Sea (PFM Remix)
Trickbaby – Joi (PFM Sunrise Mix)
Espiritu – Man Don’t Cry (Remix By PFM)
PFM – The Western (Mike’s Ricochet Mix)
PFM – Cruising Detroit ‘98
Lil Louis & The Party Clap Your Hands (PFM Mix)
Art Of Noise – Opus 4 (Remixed By PFM)
PFM – One And Only (Remix)
