Hypnotic
Obviously the first thing you see is boobies. At least I do. Then again I'm very good at that. I try not to brag about it but it's true. But then you start to wonder about the abundance of the colour green in today's image: green blouse, green grass. But wait there's more. Not exactly sure what but there certainly is a little extra. What is this woman thinking of. No clue. And why is there this dark glare in her eyes. Then she slowly raises her whip - rather unexpectedly - and things get even more fascinating. It's an instrument that's clearly very dear to her. The intention on her face intensifies adding more to the mystery. As if she ponders what to do with it. Don't think she's that green.
Last October The Guardian newspaper published an interview with DJ Kerri Chandler. He's been a deep house deejay for over 30 years and what I love about him is how his sets are always so vibrant, melodic and full of life. Not what the average listener thinks when they hear the words 'deep house'.
To understand just how magnicifent Kerri Chandler is, compare it to two other sets I've been listening to recently. The first one is simply called Disco House. It's by Defected, a well-known and highly respected house label for over 20 years. The mix starts out fresh but gets duller and duller as the hour progresses. Energy tapers of with the goodies being front loaded. [And no this is not a boobie joke. Respect 'm too much for that.]
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The other set is by a DJ Duo called Switch Disco. They're pretty hot right now because they're doing a residency on Ibiza this year. For this set they remixed a number of mostly 1990s dance tracks. No idea why. Now they sound all the same. It's beyond boring. And yet people seem to love it. To me it lacks a soul.
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Finally a set by Kerri Chandler. It's neither digital nor vinyl but four tape decks. Old fashioned machines for playing cassette tapes but without the cassette and much bigger. You have know something about deejaying to know just how awesome this is. How does he find his cue points? I'm asking myself that very same question.
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For today's edition of Face The Music I've picked a track from that reel: Roland Clark - Resist (Southern Divide Weekend Remix). Love it.
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Excellent article in The New Yorker on why Wagner boss Prigozhin staged a mutiny and marched to Moscow. His long-running feud with the minister of Defence was coming to an end when Shoigu ordered all Wagner troops to sign up with the MoD or disband. So what do you do when you're private army is threatened? You march to Moscow, just enough to get what you want.
The Dictator 101 manual reads that you have to set up various factions against each other so no group can get big enough to challenge you. Worked well for a long time - until Putin hesistated. The Russian president has lost the most in this spat. First rule of Fightclub is that betrayal always ends in death. Putin has been severly weakened by all of this, making him even more dangerous and unpredictable.
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