Ras-G Live on BTS Radio.
TRACK LIST:
Illum Sphere - Psycho (Fat City)
Flying Lotus - Data Entry (CDR)
Mike Slott - Six AM (LuckyMe)
Eccy - Silver (CDR)
Samiyam - It`s Not a Fluke (CDR)
Flying Lotus - Vicodin (CDR)
Ras_G - Raw Fruit (CDR)
O.J. Simpson (Madlib/Guilty Simpson) - The Paper (Stones Throw)
Samiyam - Zombie (CDR)
TokiMonsta/Blue Daisy - USD (CDR)
Quasimoto - Main Girl (Stones Throw)
Sluggabed - Get The Fuck Up!!! (CDR)
Otto Von Schirach - End Of The World
16 Bit - Chainsaw Calligraphy
Foreign Beggers - 7 Figure Swagga (CDR)
Excision & Datsik - Swagga Back (CDR)
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L.A. space-hop beatmaker Ras G (and his Alkebulan Space Program) blasts off with another piece of chunky, crunky hotness, this time offering a taste off of dublab/Porter Records’ Echo Expansion compilation, expected in stores on August 18. Click it while it’s hot!
An L.A. jazzhead launches FlyLo’s Brainfeeder imprint into the outer reaches.Somewhere at the interstellar crossroads of Sun Ra, DJ Spooky, Strata East, and Lee “Scratch” Perry lies the incomparable musical mind of L.A. native Ras G (né Gregory Shorter, Jr.). Though he often affixes the group moniker “The Alkebulan (or Afrikan) Space Program” to his name, Ras G (a composite of his first initial and a testament to his belief in Rastafari) is the sole captain and crew of this spacecraft. Along with a 21st-century moxie, his collective influences make up what he describes as ghetto sci-fi—an extraterrestrial soundwave transmission of dub, white noise, glitch, off-kilter boom-bap, and sound bites. Incorporating healing tones (specific sound frequencies that are purported to have profound effects on the spirit and body), modal jazz, and ancestral inspiration, Ras G has managed to concoct a sonic brew that defies conventional musical categorization. “As opposed to riding trends and waves, I try to bring forth the music that I really feel,” he explains. “It’s my offering to the world.”
Artwork by Flying Lotus
features songs byGB, Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Kutmah, Matthew David,Smegma,Mono/Poly,Misel Quitno,Peter B,Professor Cantloupe, La Voz Sabia De Los Cosmos,
Pudge,Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, Mr Oizo,John Baker, Warner Jepson, Carlos Nino & MIguel Atwood Ferguison, Lady Oblivia, Bama,Ta` Raach,…………..Ras_G
I haven’t listened yet, but I assume it’s heavenly influenced by Sun Ra’s album.