Indra - 7 Stiches (Samothraki in dub) mix
By Bobby on Thursday 5 March 2009, 16:18 - mixes - Permalink
I came across this earlier on Soundcloud. Some familiar names to me in the tracklist but quite a few I don't know of, and it's quite mindblowing stuff. Really laidback vibes, with meaty basslines and ambient skanks. It's got loads of Indian instrumentation, which coupled with rootsy dub, spacial quirks, and blissful pads makes this mix a perfect journey for any time of day. So a big thanks to Indra for mixing this fine selection.. and here's some words & tracklist taken from her myspace.
::TRACKLIST::
INTRO:
I. Ross Daly – Hatif (played by Linsey Pollak) In Arabic, the
word hatif refers to the spirits of dead poets who inhabit the desert and
entice travellers with their song, causing them to lose their way. This piece
was composed by Ross Daly and the haunting wind instrument heard in the
beginning of the piece is none other than a small plastic watering pot
converted into a musical instrument and played by Linsey Pollak.
II. Leon Danezos (Alcalica) on santoor
A very old instrument, the santoor is possibly the ancient Psalterion or
Epigonio. Its name is possibly from the Persian santour or santir. Its shape is
trapezoid, with a sound box of 4-5cm in length and measures 50-65cm in width or
100cm in length. On the top of the sound box, the strings are located in 2, 3
or 4th, tuned in tafto phonia. The bass strings are single. There are also two
kavalli that divide the instrument into two parts. On the first part, the
strings are tuned according to the diatonic scale; while on the other, the
strings are tuned according to the chromatic scale.It has 100-140 strings and
produces 30-32 notes. The high strings are made of bronze or steel, and the
bass strings are made of copper. It has 7 contrabass strings with a range of 3
octaves. It starts from f-contrabass and ends in b. It is played by using two
mallets that have thread or cotton at the end so they can produce a soft sound.
It is an instrument of accompaniment. It is made of pine or walnut wood. In
Greece, Tasos Diakogiorgis is a famous teacher and the best player of the
santouri.
1. Manasseh presents Spectre - The Missing Dub
2. Secret Archives of Vatican - Caleb Dub (Uncle Riotous
remix)
3. Secret Vibes - Don't Sleep (Dub)
4. Lunagroove - Salvation Dub
5. Vlastur – Cycladic Dub (unreleased)
6. Digital Smoke – Doudouk Dub (unreleased)
7. Guitoud - Get Up Fight (unreleased)
8. Naturelement - Duble Trouble (unreleased)
9. Deadbeat - Rock Of Ages (+ vocals: Butchaa MessenJah)
10. Sardinia Bass Legalize – Leaves
11. Digitalic Park - Ali La Pointe
12. Illumination – Brain Ball Noise (unreleased)
13. Pitch Black - Transient Transmission
14. Adham Shaikh - Micro Dreams
15. Gaudi - Night Watch
16. Pete Namlook & Gaudi - The Sun Won't Set
OUTRO:
I. Kristi Stassinopoulou – Waves
II. Leon Danezos (Alcalica) on santoor
This is a resident mix for Fluid Radio (www.fluid-radio.co.uk) dedicated to the mystic island Samothraki, Greece.
Special thanks for support and taking part to Nitty Dubby, Leon Danezos
(alcalica.org), Butchaa MessenJah, Naturelement, Aiora, Vlastur, Sotokkan, Dj
Looney...and to my friends Sotiris, Vassilis, Dimitrio, Froso, Kyriakos, Panos,
Angeliki, Andrea, Katerina, Oso, Babina, Adonis, Panos, Athena Etana, Ihor,
Mani, Nikos, Monia, Andrea... for divine moments on Samothraki.
Download either from here (Right click and save as) or Indra's soundcloud.
Picture from here. Click to go big.
