at the end of the summer break

Mélissa Laveaux serves all these feelings perfectly. As usual. And I long for more.



Please meet the director of the video Bastien Roger.

o lugar do silêncio | odurzeni światłem

Sitting on a grass for a while today. It felt like being embraced by summer and autumn at the same time. New places. Old friendships. Sun and Moon. And a music package waiting for me in the evening. The beauty of August. Time of contradictions. Silent place. Bossa velha.



For more videos from Videoteca videos please click here.

"Wertowaliśmy odurzeni światłem, w tej wielkiej księdze wakacji, której wszystkie karty pałały od blasku i miały na dnie słodki od omdlenia miąższ złotych gruszek." Bruno Schulz, Sierpień

got to catch that buzz

Brought back to the 1980' today. Catching that buzz. Grace Jones is still a drug.



Please meet the directors of the video Matt Forrest and Bruno Tilley. For more videos from Bruno Tilley, please click here.

where songs are stored on cellphones

All those desert feelings of today captured by Koudédé, a true nomad from Agadez, Niger. Sahel souvenir.



Contemporary pop music from the Sahara desert, where songs are stored on cellphones. Collected in Northern Mali in 2010 (since taken over by extremists who've banned music on cellphones) the second volume expands into new sonic territory - from dreamy Niger guitar ballads, Bamako club juke, to hi energy Moroccan child Raï - with a focus on the Autotuned DIY creations circulating the desert. For more sounds from Saharan Cellphones, please click here.

right in the pocket

Coffee. Gallery. Good talk. Understanding. Chill zone. Right in the pocket.



The video was directed by Nick Bentgen. Ballet choreography by Devin Alberda. Please meet the dancers from Beacon's Finest Step Team and Del Fuego Wolfpack (for more credits please click here). Also make sure to see works of Andrea Bergart and her Cement Trucks and for more sounds from Sinkane click here.

Oh, you've got life right in the pocket
Oh, don't you know what I mean?

samadhi vibes | zen vibes

There is a musician on the streets of Cascais. Exploring sounds and spreading good vibes. Also sharing a good talk. Kabeção Rodrigues. A zen handpan master.


   

home with Kamasi Washington

Friday kick-off and some plans to visit a few records shops. Friday at its best. Kamasi Washington at your service. Perfect. Feeling so much at home with these sounds.

days in longing

Perfect evening. City. Good people. Red moon. Brilliance and honesty in music.



I spend my days in longing,
and wondering why it's me you're wronging

stories, rituals, mysteries | creating new reality

Their music cannot be classified into any particular category or trend. Unconventional use of acoustic instruments including zither, dulcimer, udu, kantele, but also stones, sticks, fragments of sheet metal from ships, voice, spiced up with a bit of electro - all this illustrates the world of extra-musical ideas - stories, rituals, mysteries. via Requiem Records



The video was created by Piotr Modliński. For more music of Pathman, please click here. Also make sure to check more of Requiem Records celebrating their 20th anniversary this year.

on the search for female emcees

This summer could not have been better. My itinerary for the upcoming autumn has been updated and so has the concert calendar. Bliss. And gratefulness. Kudos to Akua Naru. KUDOS. I am listening.



And how much I wish to know the behind-the-scenes of the video and give credits to its creators as I usually do. For more about the song itself, please click here. The song was produced by JR & PH7.

this is for latifah, for lyte, for shante, bahamadia, lauryn hill, heather b, for jean grae, eve, nikki d, salt n pepa, even me, apani b, for missy, for kim & foxy...this is for, rah digga, rage, left eye, for yo yo, paula perry, nonchalant, da brat, for jane doe, rage, mystic, boss, sparky d, for those never seen, on the search for female emcees, the microphone fiends

let the river | wash my soul

Cerys Matthews took as always good care of Sunday vibes and today doubled them by broadcasting live from Womad festival. Now, that's a line-up! All that reminded me that I need to update my concert plans for the upcoming weeks. For now I will let Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé, sisters from Ibeyi, haunt all my senses with this video. Let the river...



The video was directed by Ed Morris.

 
I will come to you river, wash my soul,
I will come to you river, wash my soul again.

Carry away my dead leaves (...)
Let the river take them, river drown them (...)

morning victory | morning magic

How to start unmistakably your Saturday morning: by having breakfast with Mary Anne Hobbs. That's where magic happens. For more sounds of A Winged Victory of the Sullen click here.