Roadside sightings of Wild Turkeys and other potential holiday dishes must mean that it’s time again for the annual ShoMerde Tryptophan Meltdown, served up this Saturday, October 10th, at our home away from home: The Embassy, 223 Augusta Ave. Come reunite with the extended family of funk, soul and bossa, for a feast of beats, libations and calorie blasting, as we give thanks for the abundance of nourishing wax that overfloweth our platters. And for a little appetizer, something from the preserves ….
Here it is for y’all that missed it. Exclusive to ShoMerde Radio, Sassa’ Le live in the mix from this months ShoMerde Live! throwdown at the Embassy. Our man digs deep in the bag pulling out a rare dose of trip hop, dub, and drum and bass riddim’ …
Join us this Saturday, August 8 at the Embassy, 223 Augusta, as the usual gang of musical miscreants are joined by none other than Version Xcursion founder, and SystemEcho main man Sassa’Le. Shaking down the house with bass heavy dub, trip hop, drum and bass and whatever else pops out of the bag, this one’s sure to put some flames on the charcoal. Check out some hits from his current compendium “Az It Waz” 1988-98 Back In the Way Vol.1, a reminder of headier times and a cue on things to come …
Just as the next title holders run through their final maneuvers, the graduating class of a full season plus of ShoMerde did reflect melodic on the seeds and pieces in place for what is shaping up for 09 /10 . As always, presence of pull is in the mix from pt 1 of the latest getdown @ the Embassy Courtesy of FamousLee and Kaewondah; a collision of sought after rarities, soul trips, and flashes of abstract precision. Welcome to the Edirol f uture, TDK 90a styles.. .
Ok, so perhaps by now you’ve heard the news that the sales of records have increased over the last few years. Well to provide some insight, here are a few documentaries to involve your mind grapes…
Exhibit A: for you real headz in the know, I’m reaching into the recent past to pull this Large Professor interview from ‘02; now I knew Extra P was on some real ish, but “They’re gonna start putting $600 price tags on the funk records, so we’re gonna have to go to the Latin or foreign records. Because we can’t bow down to this commercialism. I’ve always seen it like we’re bandits, you know what I’m saying?“…wow, Large Pro - a certified T-dot O.G
Exhibit B: A really cool doc about the shifting landscape of music formats, production technique and beat digging…Half in french, but wtf we’re Canadian…
Exhibit C: “Beat Mining with the Vinyl Hoover” an audio doc that originally aired on BBC 4, and features great segments with Cold Cut, Steinski, Mark the 45 King and an example of grimy beat-digging with Keb Darge. Here’s the original plug from the BBC site: Broadcaster Toby Amies digs into the archives to discover the value and significance of old vinyl.
He uncovers a network of dealers and buyers, supplying a community of ‘crate diggers’ and ‘beat miners’ and a world in which samples from records bought for a few pence in a car boot sale can provide the basis for a million-selling hit.
Here it is for y’all that missed it. Exclusive to ShoMerde Radio, 
Just as the next title holders run through their final maneuvers, the graduating class of a full season plus of ShoMerde did reflect melodic on the seeds and pieces in place for what is shaping up for 09 /10 . As always, presence of pull is in the mix from pt 1 of the latest getdown @ the Embassy Courtesy of FamousLee and Kaewondah; a collision of sought after rarities, soul trips, and flashes of abstract precision. Welcome to the Edirol f uture, TDK 90a styles.. .
