Here are some one songs. Click to stream. Right click/save thing to download. These are available for one week.
A classic faux-Rza beat and one of the best Ghostface hooks (if you could call: "Devils plantin fear inside the black babies/ 50 cent sodas in the hood, they go crazy" a hook). This is the wordsmith at a powerful peak. I'm not sure if the reference to "one" is alluding to the 5 percent nation of islam. Maybe I should reference my Wu Tang Manual and see if the abbot has a take on this matter.
One of my favorite shows of the past few years was the release party for White Magic's last EP at the The Yard on the Gowanus Canal. It was one of the first truly cold nights of the year. It bordered Halloween. There were fires. There were ghost breaths. The set was hypnotizing and turned into a legitimate campfire jam when things were cut down for running past curfew. This is an alternate version of their initial peon that was on Hisham Bharoocha's They Keep Me Smiling compilation for United Bamboo.
The title doesn't lie. This is a grand, affirmative debased jazz track from John Lurie's downtown Lounge Lizards. Marc Ribot contributes some stellar guitar work (as usual) and Lurie rips wild figures with an elegant vibrato. I have a strange and intimate connection with Lurie's work. I love almost all of it. His paintings are incredibly witty and obscene - just my style. His music is heartfelt, inventive and demonstrates tons of maturity over time. His film work (in both acting and scoring) is classic. I've heard he's very ill but can't find an update within the last couple years. This is unfortunate and would be a huge creative loss to the world. I wouldn't say that about many people, but Lurie is that good.
