As we noted last week, Egon went on tour with Madlib and J.Rocc in Australia for four dates with Niche Productions: Brisbane, Sydney, Perth and Melbourne. Three sold out shows in a row (guess which) – one day to buy records in Melbourne. On his way back to LA, he sent these photos.
It’s one of those things that rarely pops up here: Egon is often on the road with his partner Madlib; every once in a while the two DJ together. At those events – rare as they are – incredibly weird, and incredibly good, music is usually heard in ample supply. Especially when the best DJ in the world, J.Rocc, is with them. And even more so when a rapper as tough as Freddie Gibbs is on the bill.
As they return from their last gigs in Russia (as detailed here, at Madlib’s rappcats.com), we’ll post some pictures – starting from their gig with Free Your Funk at Paris’ La Trabendo this past Friday. All photos by Mr. Mass, whose work you’ve seen on this site before.
Next up – Egon’s tour with Madlib and J.Rocc in Australia. Four dates: Brisbane, Sydney, Perth and Melbourne.
You probably missed Egon’s Fireside Chat on RBMA Radio earlier this year. Recorded while Egon (seen above with the BBC’s Benji B) moderated at the 2010 Red Bull Music Academy in London, this set offers an excellent introduction to our Dark Sunrise anthology, gives a larger overview of Zambia’s Zamrock scene, and also offers a sneak peak at our forthcoming anthologies that dig into Indonesian prog, Iranian psychedelia, Nigerian fuzz-funk, beat-heavy American ballads, and gives an inside look into the process of working with the likes of Madlib and Oh No on albums like Beat Konducta in Africa and Ethiopium.
Rappcats is now offering an exclusive pre-sale of this anthology; it is out everywhere good music is sold on 11.23.10.
Buy: Rikki Ililonga and Musi-O-Tunya Dark Sunrise on 3LP, 2CD and Digital at Rappcats
Download: Rikki Ililonga and Musi-O-Tunya “Dark Sunrise.”
Egon’s Stone Cold Psychedelic Soul podcast – a mix around a series of psychedelic ballads and otherwise funky dirge-like songs when Now-Again released Amnesty’s Free Your Mind album in 2007 – is back up at Stones Throw.
We’ve heard Egon’s Turkish Funk podcast is next – but that we cannot yet verify. Stay tuned!
Stone Cold Psychedelic Soul Tracklist:
01. Battered Ornaments “Crosswords & Safety Pins”
02. Lee Moses “Hey Joe”
03. Lee Moses “California Dreaming”
04. Stone Coal White “Free”
05. Stone Coal White “Stone Coal White”
06. Stone Coal White “You Know”
07. Smithstonian “Just Sittin'”
08. Timothy McNealy “Sagittarius Black”
09. Fifty Foot Hose “If Not This Time”
11. Agape – Rejoice
12. East of Underground “If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Gonna Go”
13. The Battered Ornaments “Smoke Rings”
Promotional Only. Free with your purchace of the Forge Your Own Chains LP.
Tracklist:
Side A
A1. Guilty Simpson: My Time To Shine
A2. Oh No: Feel Me
Side B
B1. Oh No: Loneliness
B2. Oh No: Sensational Smash
Side A, Track 1 produced by Egon and J.Rocc. Side A, Track 2 and Side B, Tracks 3 and 4 produced by Oh No. Created with samples taken from the Forge Your Own Chains compilation.
7″ Single. 2009. NA 7021.
