Almighty Sion (Sert One & Bolts) - The Beat Generation "Pinpointing what continues to make the 1950s Beat movement so influential and inspiring isn’t easy. Perhaps there is a timeless truth to some of what Ginsberg and others did and said which continues to echo across the ages, making itself relevant in new ways and in new surroundings with each generation that follows it. Almighty Sion's The Beat Generation takes its cue from both the original Beat movement and from another eponymous movement, a more modern one tied to the evolution of hip hop production, sampling aesthetics and beat tapes. " Original Cultures digital & cassette release.
Fantastic beat tape by SertOne and Bolts aka Almighty Sion! This album is so beautifully crafted and is probably one of my favorite of 2013.
I recommend this; check it quickly.
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The Beat Generation is meant to be heard as a 30 minute piece of music, split into two parts - sides A and B. The limited edition cassette is the best way to experience it, though the digital release also includes the cassette length versions. The two bonus tracks are only available on the cassette version.
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"There is no beat generation. Just a bunch of writers trying to get published." - Allen Ginsberg
Pinpointing what continues to make the 1950s Beat movement so influential and inspiring isn’t easy. Perhaps there is a timeless truth to some of what Ginsberg and others did and said which continues to echo across the ages, making itself relevant in new ways and in new surroundings with each generation that follows it.
Almighty Sion's The Beat Generation takes its cue from both the original Beat movement and from another eponymous movement, a more modern one tied to the evolution of hip hop production, sampling aesthetics and beat tapes.
As a pair of young producers, some of what they reference happened before they were born while other elements entered our collective reality when they were mere teens. The result, the music on this tape, is an honest expression of who they are, what they like and what they want. This honesty is most apparent in the music’s simplicity, without taking anything away from the tracks on this tape. This is after all a beat tape. It doesn’t try and reinvent the wheel. It does what it aims to do well and with honesty. And it’s that honesty, and youthful enthusiasm, that captured our attention and led us to believe this was a project worthy of putting out there into the world.
We hope you feel the same. And that you keep on dreaming.
MADNICE Marauders 1st Birthday Part 1 feat. Kutmah, DJ Amir Abdullah, Abigail Wyles, Almighty Sion
To celebrate our first year of parties we continued to bring the freshest in Beats, Hip Hop, Funk, Jazz and Soul with an exclusive transatlantic line up where East Coast Crate Digging met The West Coast Beats Scene...
We started MADNICE with a J Dilla Tribute night back in Feb 2012 and we had to show some love once again. This year Almighty Sion, the latest signing to the Original Cultures Label, took us on a journey through their favourite Dilla Joints as well as their own material, heavily influenced by Detroits Finest!!!
Easing us into the party we enlisted the talents of one of the most exciting artists to emerge from the UK in 2012. Abigail Wyles has recently signed to Chase and Status' MTA Records and is working on her debut LP. Her burnished folk-soul vocals and stripped back production are a massive diversion for the label and have made her one to watch for 2013. Abigail's electronic soul ballad with Doc Daneeka 'Toby Jug' featured on Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Family Compilation and was one of THE standout tracks of 2012, in any genre.
Kutmah made his MADNICE debut back in March 2012 and took the roof off the Shipping Forecast...his all encompassing set was a highlight of our year so we set out to get him back for our birthday. 2012 was a stellar year for Kutmah with shows around the world with his Brainfeeder friends & family, incredible mixes for Boiler Room, NTS Radio and Fact Magazine, and curating and mixing the second installment of Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Family Compliation...we were stoked to have him back to kick off 2013 and the homie did not disappoint!
Finally, the man that closed the night with what went down as one of the illest sets ever heard at MADNICE so far and where to start with Amir Abdullah? One half of legendary vinyl excavating duo KON & AMIR, Amir is responsible for unearthing and sharing some of the world's rarest and dopest records through his 'On Track' mixes, BBE Compilations, worldwide DJ sets and now through his own re-edits, his 180 Proof Label and his work with Detroit's Strata Records and the world famous Wax Poetics label. We brought Amir over from NYC to take us on a musical journey through disco, jazz, funk & beyond... and he did just that. An unbelievable way to end the night and props to Amir for being a true gentleman!
Almighty Sion - The Beat Generation
I love the blend of fresh and vintage sounds in this EP, flavours of long ago Persian prince parties and edgy combinations of hip hop grooves and sweet vocal samplings are flecked through each track like dappled sunlight, or less poetically, like the nice sour sugary bits in a Wham bar.
Inspired by mixtapes and intended to be heard on it's ltd ed. cassette format (that you can buy from Bandcamp), get digging in the attic for your Walkman.
