Sunday, December 17, 2017
Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder "Songs In The Key Of Life"
From Imbd
"Musicians, producers, family, colleagues and the artist himself look back on the making of Stevie Wonders's classic album "Song In the Key of Life"."
Features Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Dorothy Ashby, Ronnie Foster, etc.
https://youtu.be/pqKjpivQUfk
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Masters At Work - Keynote Interview @ IMS Ibiza 2017
Topics include...
Kenny working as a buyer at a record store, Jazzy Jay mentoring Louie, Kenny meeting Louie, The Underground Network and Louie's historical residency at the Sound Factory Bar, the drum record that Kenny sampled for "That Nervous Track", and more.
https://youtu.be/SJGtEukanhY
Friday, December 8, 2017
Latest posthumous Jimi Hendrix album features 10 new tracks
Jimi Hendrix's estate on Thursday announced a posthumous album from the guitar legend featuring 10 previously unreleased tracks, some recorded months before his death in 1970.
Read the rest of the story here.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Mixcloud
I know I'm 10 years late, but I finally got around to opening a Mixcloud account.
https://www.mixcloud.com/kevinkoga/
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Monday, September 25, 2017
The Bobby Brown & Kool G Rap Album That Almost Happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzOJgw6lgSw
And here's a Bobby Brown interview where he confirms the story.
Friday, September 8, 2017
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Earth Wind & Fire Live at the Budokan 1979
I always wondered why George Clinton talked mad smack about EW&F on some of the P Funk album covers (or maybe that was more the doing of Pedro Bell?). Skip to the 40 minute mark, and you'll see what the beef was most likely about.
Was Jules Fischer, who designed the sets and costumes for P Funk, the same set and costume designer for EW&F? I couldn't find any answers to this question online, but it really looks like it. Regardless of the blatant biting this concert is still nothing short of amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiOZKkhsfiw
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Friday, May 5, 2017
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Synthesizer pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Roland, dies at 87
"Ikutaro Kakehashi, an influential figure in the 1980s pop music scene and founder of electronic instrument makers Roland Corp. and ATV Corp., has died at the age of 87, an ATV spokeswoman told The Japan Times on Monday.
Kakehashi founded Roland in Osaka in 1972 and headed the company as an engineer and businessman, where he oversaw the invention of synthesizers and many other revolutionary instruments that changed the direction of music.
The TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines, as well as the TB-303 bass synthesizer, are a few examples of instruments invented by Roland under Kakehashi’s leadership. These became popular pieces of equipment among producers of Detroit techno, Chicago house, new wave and other pop genres of the 1980s. They remain classics and are still used by many musicians today.
In 2013, Kakehashi won a Technical Grammy Award for his contribution to the development of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) technology. MIDI is a technical standard for electronic instruments that allows synthesizers made by different manufacturers to synchronize.
In 2000, he left a set of handprints on Hollywood’s Rockwalk hall of fame.
Tommy Snyder, a drummer for Japanese rock band Godiego, was one of the first to report Kakehashi’s death, sharing a message via Facebook on Saturday.
“Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Roland, father of the TR-909, TR-808, Godfather of MIDI, and someone who I have collaborated with for 38 years, and also considered him as my second father, passed away at the age of 87,” Snyder wrote.
Many musicians also paid tribute to Kakehashi on Twitter.
Marc Almond, a member of English new wave duo Soft Cell, wrote: “A man who changed music Ikutaro Kakehashi the man behind the Roland synth, 808 and more has sadly passed. Thanks for the electro sounds.”
Chris Carter of English industrial music pioneer Throbbing Gristle, wrote that his rock band “could have sounded quite different without Roland.”
Kakehashi left Roland and founded ATV in 2013 after a clash with Roland’s management.
A private funeral for Kakehashi will be attended only by close family members, the ATV spokeswoman said.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/04/03/music/synthesizer-pioneer-ikutaro-kakehashi-founder-roland-dies-87/#.WPLUvxbFRdO
Friday, March 3, 2017
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
This Is Not Happening - Henry Rollins
This is Henry Rollins talking about the one time he did LSD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vhaQIp5PBs
Monday, January 2, 2017
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