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Mixtape #154

01 December 2023


We love Don Kapot, the explosive and exhilarating Brussels-based trio of Giotis Damianidis (bass), Viktor Perdieus (baritone saxophone) and Jakob Warmenbol (drums), all three key players in the vibrant Belgian jazz scene. They have crushed it again this year, spiraling skywards with their fourth album, I Love Tempo, an intoxicating opus blending elements of free jazz, afrobeat, and krautrock, fizzing with both groove and virtuosity and driven by an unabashed punk spirit. What a better way to go out this year than with this rad mix Don Kapot put together for us. Press play and get into their headspace!

  1. Don Cherry – Brown Rice [EMI]
  2. Micachu & The Shapes – Golden Phone [Rough Trade]
  3. Jaimie Branch – Take Over The World [International Anthem]
  4. Duke Ellington – The Mooche [OKeh Records]
  5. Deerhoof – The Japanese Monster Mash [Joyful Noise Recordings]
  6. Satanique Samba Trio – Badtriptronics #8 [Rebel Up Records]
  7. Chico Buarque – Construção [Philips]
  8. Steve Reich – Piano Phase (excerpt) [WERGO]
  9. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Movement 1 [Luaka Bop]
  10. Frank Zappa – Peaches En Regalia [Rykodisc]
  11. Satanique Samba Trio – Badtriptronics #45 [Rebel Up Records]
  12. Ennio Morricone – La classe operaia va in paradiso [RCA]
  13. Naked City – Batman [Nonesuch / Elektra]
  14. Fela Kuti – Shakara [EMI]

Booker Stardrum unveils new single, ‘Bend’, featuring Jaimie Branch

19 May 2021

We had already heard and loved ‘Diorama’, the first single lifted from Booker Stardrum‘s Crater, his much anticipated third album. As we get closer to the album release on July 2nd through NNA Tapes, the drumming wizard, improviser and composer has let loose another wild cut from the album called ‘Bend’, featuring Jaimie Branch. Speaking about the song, Stardrum said:

“I titled this one ‘Bend’ after my natural relationship to pulse and rhythm, an elastic flow state that I strive to achieve in my playing. I love the feeling of stretching time in and out of groove, stumbling, and snapping back into it. Playing freely is a meditation on listening and awareness, and the embodiment of flexibility. I always attempt to capture these types of moments in my recordings, then enhance them with other gestures in a similar spirit. ‘Bend’ features trumpet bending by the always inspiring Jaimie Branch.”

Listen to ‘Bend’ below.