DJ 2-TONE JONES - "Contraband from India" LPDJ 2 Tone Jones Contraband from India LP (Jones Collection, 2021) "In 2016 I had the privilege of being selected to the inaugural Next Level program created by the music department at UNC Chapel Hill and sponsored by the US State Department. Along with a team of talented Hip Hop artists we traveled to India to conduct workshops, collaborate with local musicians and dancers, and put together performances to showcase various elements of Hip Hop culture.

Though it's not quite as elaborate as the album

McPhee at one point plays trumpet into an open gong

Walter taught him the basics in less than 12 hours

Coltrane's regular (and posthumously "classic") quartet—with pianist McCoy Tyner

Both have a subtle Detroit feel

the haptic saturation arouses a body of nerves

and Gabi Losoncy

These are our anthems

Theirs is a laced party jive

Mia Schoen - Golden Hour Cassette (Albert's Basement

but choose not to identify with nor adhere to any of the above

jamming take on the early Dirty 3 and the minimalist compositions of Tony Conrad