Sufferhead

The Bug & Warrior Queen

Specifically those two together? The Bug usually has Daddy Freddy or Flowdan as his MC of choice.

I've thrown a lot of money at concerts this year, but still have a daunting list of must-sees.

Bands/artists: Sparks, Prince, Meat Puppets, Kate Bush (she says she might tour next year!), Pixies, Ice Cube (esp. a Death Certificate in Full tour), Bun B, Faith No More, many, many jazz legends (like Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp and Pharoah Sanders, all in London in the next few weeks) and reggae legends (Burning Spear, Horace Andy, Sizzla) I've not seen yet. And Allen Toussaint...

DJs: Todd Edwards, Todd Terry, either of the Masters at Work, El-B, DJ Godfather.

LiB doesn't have much luck with end of year bookings, does it? (Thinking of Fake Blood last year)

This does mean I can attend however, looking forward to it.

Ah, this is very annoying. My bus is at 11:05, so I guess I'm not going to see more than 5 minutes of Copy Haho's set...and they were my main reason for buying a ticket.

What classic old school funk from the 80s is worth checking out?

Apart from P-funk and Go Go i can't really think of much stuff tbh.

Fatback - On The Floor

The Chic album Take It Off has a more funk sound than their better known stuff: Chic - Burn Hard

The last Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson album, 1980, doesn't seem to be very popular, which is a shame because it's really good.

Apart from a few scattered bits and pieces like that, I guess you'd have to look at very early rap for an 80s source of funk or at least funk-style music:

Time for a paraphrase:

"You call it the Seaton Park Festival,

You'd like to go there someday,

When they put up the gun towers,

To keep the (neds/minkers/locals/non-students) away."

There's a HMHB lyric for anything.

who is organising the DJs? acid thunder would be all over this. really impressive line up so far. like christy said, most of the other scottish festivals had years of lacklustre line ups before they managed to pull off something like this.

An Origin stage would be good.

Now that it's actually on a proper website with multiple stages, and I've gotten over the general amusement of this happening in Seaton Park, I concur that this is really cool. Will probably go for both days as well.

Line-up is hilarious and actually quite compelling, apart from all the boring indie timewarped in from 2005. May well get a ticket for the Sunday.

Various news sites say "the entire crew", so that means all the main crew + Cappadonna & Ol' Dirty Impersonater I guess. But I imagine someone (probably Meth) will end up skipping some of the dates. But they're really good live (caught them last year), I'm giving it some consideration.

Yelawolf for support? Bit random.

I'm in Glasgow that day.

Just have to hope something happens to get this rescheduled for another (any!) date.

Hope the weather permits me to attend this.

Good stuff. I read the other thread - how long exactly has it been since they last played Aberdeen?

Also, how was the last Smith Quartet performance, the Philip Glass quartets? I lost my bus pass, so it was too expensive to travel there (so it was only 3/4 concerts for me).

The Friday night performance was pretty good; I didn't like the first piece at all, but it improved from there on, and the second half of the concert was really good. Saturday lunchtime at the Art Gallery was good as well; I really liked the Graham Fitkin piece and now I regret not going to his Ensemble's gig.

DRUMMING.

Drumming.

Drumming.

DruMMIng.

Thanks.

Today's performance was good, turned up a little late (thought 12:45 was when it opened) but nevermind. Looking forward to the rest of the concerts this weekend.

Is the Smith Quartet's Saturday lunchtime performance actually at the Art Gallery? I saw it listed somewhere else as being at the Cowdray Hall, which would make more sense (I wasn't aware the Art Gallery was in use as a venue).

Good news.

Are you going to be covering just indie/rock/metal stuff or are you also going to be writing about what's going on at Snafu/Origin/etc and classical concerts as well?

Terrible shame, unjustly ignored as far as 60s soul goes (lots of great stuff beyond "Cry to Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody") but his "comeback" records were quite successful (Don't Give Up on Me is really good). I'd been kind of hoping to get to see him live at some point...did he ever play in Aberdeen?

YouTube - Solomon Burke - Try a little tenderness - a fantastic, relatively recent live performance of Try a Little Tenderness. RIP.

it's not often I find athread about bands/solo artists I really like.......anybody want to discuss Kevin Coyne with me?

Marjory Razorblade is a fantastic album, but I have no idea what to get next.

Puns aside, this has been a real insight. I think i'm gonna try and track down a rep for johnny & the copycats / my dear watson and have a chat

Any update on this? I'd definitely be interested in a compilation of the 60s Aberdeen scene.

Really looking forward to this. There isn't enough grime in Aberdeen - hopefully there's more to come.

Roots Archives : Scientist v. Prince Jammy - Big Showdown

Your description makes me think of things like that...

Are you really that certain it was producers/mixing engineers rather than singers? And your "story" of the record...was that actually what happens or is that an imaginative interpretation of the album? Furthermore, do you remember if it was a new release or a reissue?

This is utterly the wrong forum for any hip hop chat, i'm glad no grime was posted.

It hasn't been that bad a set of recommendations, has it? I mean, it is mostly "alternative hip-hop" and it is mostly canon picks, but there is enough of a selection for someone just beginning to explore the genre. Canon classics are probably what he's looking for.

Nice! Will definitely be going to JG Wilkes, Funk D'Void and Jesse Rose, and might consider a few of the others. Dave Clarke is supposed to be coming sometime as well, am I right?

What happened to the Snafu website? It's currently saying "This domain is parked, pending renewal, or has expired".

Will restrict myself to just 10 links.

Mantronix - King of the Beats

- Personal favourite from this seminal 80s crew. Amen break is more associated with DnB but it was in use before '92.

Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader

- Rakim is generally considered one of the best MCs of all time; this sort of thing is why.

Schoolly D - Saturday Night

YouTube - ‪Schoolly D - Saturday Night‬‎

- If you've seen King of New York then you will have seen Christopher Walken smoke up and dance to this track. D's a somewhat forgotten pioneer of gangsta rap.

Fu-Schnickens - Ring the Alarm

- Hiphop and dancehall - a natural marriage. This track, however, is more or less just Jamaican-accented hip hop with a Tenor Saw sample, though.

WC & the Maad Circle - Ain't a Damn Thang Changed

- Superhot. And yes, it is indeed that Coolio.

UGK - One Day

YouTube - ‪UGK - One Day‬‎

- For those among us who still think gangsta rap is nothing but bragging and posturing; this is heartbreaking stuff.

J Dilla - Think Twice

YouTube - ‪Jay Dee Think Twice‬‎

- Smooth stuff from his first solo. If you're even remotely serious about an interest in hip hop, buy his album Donuts.

MC Solaar - A dix de mes disciples

YouTube - ‪MC Solaar - A Dix De Mes Disciples - Prose Combat‬‎

- Someone else mentioned hiphop en francais - even if you have no knowledge of French you can still enjoy the flow and the fantastic production.

London Posse - Money Mad

YouTube - ‪london posse-money mad‬‎

- And now for the UK. Great riddim holding this one up, great rapping. A lot of early 90s UK hiphop was just Public Enemy imitations of varying quality, but this is different.

Juvenile - Back That Ass Up

- I imagine this won't be so well received as some of the other tracks...but Cash Money was really strong at this time, and 400 Degreez is a classic album. Mannie Fresh = underrated producer.

Hope these are of some interest. If you say which ones you like, I can offer some album recommendations based on that.