Roberdo Raval – Hedonistic Freelancer

First The Northern Borders by Bonobo, now Tomorrow’s Harvest, a new album by the Boards of Canada. This torrent of good music just keeps coming!

…Some Really Old Records is the agenda-setting name of this wonderful mix by Diplo. Lots of Psychedelic Rock, Funk, Soul and musical obscurities from some decades ago.

This video has been a great inspiration. The Cuban surfers neither have fancy boards nor epic waves – yet they have lots and lots of fun, in other words: They have the original spirit of surf. Those guys show that the happiest people do not have the best of everything but they simply make the best of everything. However, also the seed of our human drama appears when the keyword champion is introduced. If you speak Spanish, enjoy the Cuban accent which is very, very similar to the Canarian. If you don’t speak Spanish, enjoy the beautiful pictures – you’ll get the message anyway.

The master(s) at work.

Jack Sparrrow and Ruckspin announced the 2nd album of their mutual project Author to be released on Blackbox in June. Listening to this mix… yes, I’m quite looking forward to it!

Wenn man konsequent genug nach links geht, kommt man rechts wieder raus:
 
Spätestens wenn polnischen Reinigungskräften gekündigt wird, weil sie keine veganen Putzmittel benutzen, sollte allen klar sein, dass auch Neukölln mittlerweile in den Feuern der Gentrifizierungshölle schmort. Offenbar wird der Berliner Stadtbezirk nämlich von spießigen Upper-Class-Ökos bevölkert, die gerne mal auf die xenophobe Kacke hauen.
 
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A young Russian band named I Am Waiting For You Last Summer combines Post Rock with Dubstep, Breaks, Drum’n'Bass and other electronic rhythms. A fascinating mixture that is sometimes reminiscent of Moderat’s self-titled debut album, but then again it has its very own character which is clearly that of a band. I’m stoked, hope these guys are touring Europe during the summer.

Spring has arrived and Guts delivers the perfect soundtrack, the Pura Mixtape number 6. Again it’s an extremely smooth variation of Dope Beats, instrumental Hip Hop, Funk, Reggae, and World Music. As always in the case of Guts I encourage you to donate a little money to the artist, as his work stands for timeless listening pleasure and he frequently gives away free tunes.

A nice documentation about a legendary recording studio, the pre-digital production era, and how Nirvana’s / Foo Fighter’s Dave Grohl is striving to preserve the sound and the spirit of the good old days. During the second half it becomes quite obvious that you’re watching a marketing campaign for the album, but anyway – it’s available for free, comes with lots of great music and provides entertaining insights into a time when chart-breaking hits were edited with scissors.

It’s the nightmare of all freelancers in the creative industry. Naw, not procrastination. The other one. Exactly: The feedback of certain customers. Ireland’s creative community got together under the code name Sharp Suits to release a lot of pent up anger and sadness through the medium of the A3 poster, all in aid of a children’s hospital.