A couple of shorties (1)
2006-09-11 by The Mighty AlboyRod Lee – “My Ding-A-Ling”
Thought I’d contribute a couple of under 2meg gems while we have our server limit…
First is from the undisputed king and creator of the Baltimore club sound Rod Lee. With Baltimore undergoing some kind of renaissance courtesy of Diplo and Spank Rock, it’s good to get some of the original flavour on DC, and this track gives a fair flavour of the lo-fi sound and humour involved, or as a recent review on Link magazine puts it a sound that is “Rhythmically incessant, laced with scattershot insights, chants of anger and virile sublimity”.
”“My music comes from anger,”... “Anger that goes amongst everyone.” He should know—from his bunker-like studio on Monument Street, Lee has witnessed the continuing turmoil of Baltimore, a city plagued by violence, poverty, disease and despair. Some call it the heroin capitol of the world, “Misery City”, or America’s’ third world home. Yet like cosmic cracks in the pavement that swallow whole discarded bullet casings and flowering vials of corpulent dreams, art somehow survives.”
I’ve not been to Baltimore myself, and this kind of reputation is not likely to encourage me to visit any time soon, but it’s probably a good job Rod Lee hasnt moved out!
Download MP3 (0:00min / 0MB)
- buy rod lee's latest mix CD
- Rod Lee: The Official Vol 5.
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