Raspberry Fields

Piotr Orlov is Raspberry Jones, dancing analyst, jazz fraud, media forager, editorial voice, digital strategist, budding teacher, immigrant father.

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A wonderfully melodic often electronic, global and multi-generational slice of emotional music. If this be the future, the sun will shine again. (2021)  

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Nathaniel Mackey’s Bass Cathedral brought me here, a phrase that may be repeated in the near future. Massive multi-horn dance work. (1982)  

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A Kaidi Tatham and Bugz In the Attic beatwise masterclass. (1998) 

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Fun day on the radio yesterday with Jaimie “Breezy” Branch, playing jazz epics and dance tunes. (2021)

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Massive Ghanaian hiplife circa 2007. 

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“Jazz Is Dead” is an interesting series began by Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge. The new one with Gary Bartz is prolly the best one thus far. (2021)

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Weir and Was and Chimenti and Leisz and what looks like Lambchop’s strings and brass battery doing “Sailor” > “Saint” a contemporary justice. (2021)

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Wonderful global London groove. (2021)

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Frankie say 16 Minutes looooong! The wonderfully monstrous, dub-heavy original mage-mix, all Holly and groove. (1983)

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When Northern Italy synthesizer minimalism meets Dar Es Salaam Singeli beats. (2021)

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I was today years old when I found out about the Sun Ra All-Stars European tour of 1983, featuring (among others) Don Cherry, Lester Bowie, Philly Joe Jones, Archie Shepp, Famadou Don Moye, Richard Davis, and the Arkestra front-line, among others. (1983)

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From Joburg to the world, an anthem. (2021)

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Tune! (2020)

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Still going through Noz’s 2020 rap list, and hearing first-hand the amount of talented young people who’ve been killed in the last year. Depressing AF. #RIPKingVon (2020)

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Olivia Rodrigo brought me here. (2018)

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Huck Meets Ra on the funkiest Arkestra cut I know. (1979/2013)

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$ilkmoney meets Kate Bush. (2020)