Dance Beats / Best Music of 2021
Village Voice Pazz & Jop Rip-Off poll
(John Wojtowicz)
"Behind all the viscosity and groove is a philosophy that says in the horror of these times there's an antidote. From drab little villages of concrete stalls and portable generators comes this message-bearing music that says you can 'play back' disaster — that you can transform it, take death and horror and turn it into a wheel and turn it into a carousel."
--Robert Farris Thompson (1932–2021, R.I.P.), quoted at:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/robert-farris-thompson-canons-of-the-cool-58823/
Best DJ Set / Dance Mix of 2021:
Bee Deejay
On The Map Live Stream (feat. Rhass & Mapressa)
Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJhHfIiwsbI
Top 10 Albums of 2021:
1.
Juçara Marçal
Delta Estácio Blues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l8Ob-ug_dw
https://jucaramarcal.bandcamp.com/album/delta-est-cio-blues
www.discogs.com/release/21207784-Juçara-Marçal-Delta-Estácio-Blues
See also:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/12/jucara-marcal-delta-estacio-blues-review
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jucara-marcal/delta-estacio-blues/
2.
Vasconcelos Sentimento
Furto
https://vasconcelossentimento.bandcamp.com/album/furto
https://www.discogs.com/release/20517955-Vasconcelos-Sentimento-Furto
3.
Ben LaMar Gay
Open Arms to Open Us
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/open-arms-to-open-us
www.discogs.com/release/21034606-Ben-LaMar-Gay-Open-Arms-to-Open-Us
4.
Tia Maria Produções
Lei Da Tia Maria
https://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/lei-da-tia-maria
https://www.discogs.com/release/16431987-Tia-Maria-Produ%C3%A7%C3%B5es-Lei-Da-Tia-Maria
5.
Billy Bang
(Music from the Film) Lucky Man
https://bbemusic.bandcamp.com/album/billy-bang-lucky-man
https://www.discogs.com/release/19004593-Billy-Bang-Music-From-The-Film-Lucky-Man
6.
Equiknoxx
Basic Tools (Mixtape)
https://equiknoxx.bandcamp.com/album/basic-tools-mixtape
https://www.discogs.com/release/19794763-Equiknoxx-Basic-Tools
7.
Nilza Costa
Le notti di San Patrizio – Distorcao do tempo
https://nilzacostaofficial.bandcamp.com/releases
8.
Okonkolo
Oru Cantando
https://okonkolo.bandcamp.com/album/oru-cantando
9.
Sault
Nine
Entire album here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSTiR51zehs
https://www.discogs.com/master/2186203-Sault-Nine
10.
Joaquin Joe Claussell
Raw Tones
https://rekids.bandcamp.com/album/raw-tones
https://www.discogs.com/release/19098088-Joaquin-Joe-Claussell-Raw-Tones
Excellent profile of Claussell here:
https://djmag.com/longreads/joaquin-joe-claussells-spiritual-vision
#1 Song of the Year:
Jon Batiste
WE ARE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkpvNaBe0mg
Albums — Honorable Mentions:
Roscoe Mitchell
Dots
https://soundcloud.com/roscoe-mitchell-official/sets/dots-pieces-for-percussion-and
https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/20277151
Julius Hemphill
The Boyé Multi-National Crusade For Harmony (Archival Recordings (1977-2007))
Henry Threadgill Zooid
Poof
https://henrythreadgill.bandcamp.com/album/poof
https://www.discogs.com/release/20348104-Henry-Threadgill-Zooid-Poof
Shackleton
Departing Like Rivers
https://samshackleton.bandcamp.com/album/departing-like-rivers
https://www.discogs.com/release/20444917-Shackleton-Departing-Like-Rivers
