DJ Canyon - Wild Jack Salt Mix & Free Album
March 9
Every so often I get pointed towards something that totally stands apart from all the stuff I'd been posting/listening lately, and really piques my curiosity. It usually involves someone that is totally into what they're doing, and this week I came across this dude DJ Canyon. He's got two projects to shout about this month - firstly his new DJ mix, which is a world-tour of beats, from Africa to South America via Brooklyn, Baltimore and London. He gives a short paragraph about each track, which is something I really enjoy when I see it on a mix, especially if you don't know half the artists (like Edison Victrola, or the Pachugo Boogie Band). A bit like reading the liner notes on a new CD, if you're a dinosaur like me who remembers when music came on strange silver discs.
So yeah, anyway, listen below or check full details here. Big.
The other thing he's been playing at is quite odd - recording a 'flamenco hip-hop' album in Spain. I told you he was really into this stuff. This was, apparently, funded by a Fulbright Scholar research grant; I have no idea what this is but I want one. In fact I could do with half a dozen of them, truth be told. But yeah, it features 16 assorted live musicians, and in my humble one seems to be a fairly traditional Spanish album with influences from electronic music and US funk/soul structures. Unlike the mix above, it's not gonna be a dancefloor smacker, it's pretty chilled and pretty folksy, but it's one of those things that you're quite glad there's somebody out there doing this kind of thing.
It's also completely free, so instead of reading my inane chatter, why not get out there and decide for yourself? Full details and download link here.
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