Sunrise Ltd.
Until My Love Returns
on Pizazz

My all time favorite jazz record. To me, it sounds like a funk band playing jazz, others seem to side with spiritual jazz. The LP is a private press, recorded in Detroit circa 1980, and not many copies are in circulation, aside from the one or two anomalies on eBay every few years or so. The record also has a great cover of Charles Earlands' Cause I Love Her along with 4 other smooth tracks, but nothing in comparison to the epic, Our Love Will Grow.

Let’s analyze this song. In my opinion, all epics have something fresh that makes them stand out. In this case, it’s the drums and the saxophone solo. The hip hop beat with the fast hat that keeps the track flowing until finally the sax kicks in and you get uplifted. Finally, it finishes off with a short verse. Simple and clean, yet it stands out from anything you have ever heard. This is my definition of an epic.

I have to admit that I don't actually own this record and its one of my life goals to have it in my possession. I would like to thank Wilson at Rehash Media , who actually does have a copy in his possession, for sharing it with us. Wilson was also generous enough to send me a sample CD containing 4 of the 5 tracks. As soon as I received the CD I instantly uploaded the songs to my web server and I’m pretty sure that those were the only full samples of the record that existed online. Unfortunately my web server has since been shut down and the CD is no longer in my possession. I felt obligated to pass it on just as Wilson did.

Please, sit back and enjoy the tunes and don’t be shy. Comments are always welcome. Also, if you’re still in the mood, feel free to check out Wilson’s amazing collection of vinyl at Rehash Media.

Mission: Impossible

As bloggers, our goal is simple. We aspire to act as a vessel, transporting music from the depths of obscurity to the limited limelight of our bloggy pedestal.

Each of our posts will highlight music. The scope of the post may be broad or narrow, what matters is that we expose our readers to a variety of information about the music. In doing this, we guarantee that a reader of any level of musical knowledge will find something new and intriguing with every entry, every visit to the blog. This way, the breadth of our readership won't be limited to people who have been listening to some tiny, obscure genre of music and are already familiar with it. Readers with any passing interest will come to find hidden gems of music that would be nigh impossible to find without a guide, and readers with profound expertise will come as peers to discuss the music.

The overall purpose of our blog, then, is discourse. We will facilitate comments and feedback to develop a friendly, accessible blog that attracts readers. Through active commentary and open-minded feedback, we'll give our blog an accessible personality and generate credibility with our readers.

This blog won't be full of jargon and three-letter acronyms, it will be easy and quick to read. It will be an open place for discussion and criticism, and eventually it may become a small community. By posting information that people can scarcely get elsewhere, and generating discussion that is entirely unique, this blog will be a destination for many, a harbor for some, and a point of interest for everyone else.

Music played in Very Few Cars

Ever had your windows rolled all the way down during a nice ride and stopping at the light? At times, you will hear what other drivers will be playing as they blast their music with their windows down also. Some people will find certain music played by others to be annoying and sometimes they might never have even heard of what is even played by the other driver.

I, for one, am one of those drivers blasting away their speakers at those stop lights and the choice of music is… not really that common. Driving to anything under the category of euro-trance and breakbeat is actually quiet an enjoyable experience. For those that have never or rarely listen to what I drive to, you will get a taste of it as I introduce to you songs or even albums that are part of an under-heard genre commonly known as “techno”.

I will post samples of songs by artists that you didn’t know even existed and through the review I will include in the post, you will understand why the song is either categorized as euro-trance, breakbeat, or other “techno” sub-genres you haven’t heard of before. Of course, my posts will occasionally be on something that I have not listed above such as greatest love songs of the 90’s REMIXED to some sub-genre.

Some might like my choice of music, some may not. Most of my entries will contain music that you may not like and feel free to throw your comments my way. I will keep the more positive ones in mind and just ignore the more aggressive ones. Though you may not like it, the goal in each of my posts is to introduce music that is under heard and to broaden your knowledge in the field of music by showing you how to differentiate different types of techno. If I’m wrong, so be it… maybe I’m not as into the whole “techno” genre as I claim to be, but hopefully you will correct me… nicely. Happy listening!

Shrouding the Noise, Exposing the Music

Music is one of the intrinsic components of our generation. In a sense it is a language that we communicate with. No matter what the race, sex, location, or intelligence of a person, we can all relate somehow to music. The exact genre or style of the music is an entirely different matter of itself. It's what separates us from the public; it's what makes us unique.

Personally, I have a strong background in jazz. Yet, sadly, the jazz era has been gone for many decades, which have buried the sensation and popularity it brought to the early 1900's. As numerous other musicians would agree, I will bring back the strength and power of jazz music and introduce it to the public through the ease of the internet. I am now able to blog my way towards familiarizing readers with jazz. That is the general purpose of my additions to this website.

However, it does not specifically need to be about jazz. That single genre doesn't define me. It is only a portion of my musical "spectrum". Through other interesting genres, I can uncover hidden treasures to the public and essentially force the populace (that is stuck in a world strictly consisting of popular music) to expand upon their vocabulary and listen to different works like the classics of Duke Ellington or the revolutionary beats of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa.

As I have spoken to other people before: just because it has been categorized as "popular" doesn't mean it is necessarily "good". As an individual, along with all the other individuals in the music world, I must bring my discoveries up from the popular "realm" to the surface. Sharing all this music allows us to communicate more efficiently than speaking itself does. Hopefully all this information can teach us more than we presently know. That is the point of my blogs and that is why I intend on blogging in my own, unique style.

Abstract

Writing without purpose is simply pointless. Therefore, all the ramblings I post to this blog hereafter will be composed with a goal somewhere in the back of my mind. In general, this goal is information. I hope to be informed as much as I inform via this blog.

But thoughtful verbage aside, you still don't have any idea what I'll be writing about.

As a blogger, I want to unearth obscure music. I don't want to be a mini-MySpace, struggling to display the endless multitude of appalling songs that deserve the obscurity they wallow in. Rather, with each entry, I want to illuminate a song, an artist, even a genre that has great merit but tiny exposure.

I don't go looking for obscure music. I look for music to enjoy, and most music that I find both under-heard and enjoyable comes somewhere out of the world of electronic music. It follows that most of my blog entries will have something to do with that. The rest, however, could be about anything. Maybe some indie band in Alabama really needs your ears, or a great record from 1953 doesn't get the radio play it used to.

No matter what musical gems I blog about, I'm sure to unearth them good and dirty. I may have found the music, but comments complete the experience. Share your knowledge and tell me how wrong I am, and this blog can be a truly great source of information.

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