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Tearooms in post-revolution Czechoslovakia symbolised places through which new spiritualities were flowing, and the influx of largely uncharted ways of life closely intertwined with new age, ambient, folk and minimalism. With their minds altered thanks to smuggled records by Fripp & Eno or Steve Reich, this loose network of musicians had begun composing meditative music, using loops and handmade instruments, with a different sensibility. Compared to the boisterous Zappa-adjacent and booze-soaked underground movement, which was led by Plastic People of the Universe and provoked the state authorities, this music was meant instead for tea rooms and spiritual sites like churches or monasteries, as if occupying some place where time flows anticlockwise. Music journalist Pavel Klusák dubbed this 1990s scene a “tearoom alternative”. Experimental folk singer Oldřich Janota, Jaroslav Kořán’s various ensembles like Modrá or Orloj Snivců (The Horologe of Dreamers) or Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi were drawn by the light and composed music that didn’t match the fast pace of newly imported capitalism. Mix created by: Miloš Hroch

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Kingston
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Deep dive into the work of Kingston rocksteady trio The Heptones.

Martyn's Darkest Light
Martyn's Darkest Light
18.03.19 · Washington DC

Martyn's Darkest Light

With Martyn

Tune into Martyn's monthly show on 2 for some delectable jazz treats from over the Atlantic.

Tracklist

  • Nitin Sawhney 
    Tides
  • Sonny Fortune 
    The Afro-Americans
  • Babatunde And Phenomena
    Thailand Stick
  • The Pharaohs 
    Ibo
  • The Great Jazz Trio 
    Favors
  • Terusama Hino Quintet
    Like Miles
  • Ohio Penitentiary 311 Jazz Ensemble
    Java Man
  • The Pharaohs 
    Damballa
  • Richard Spaven
    Hidden Camera (Ft Cleveland Watkiss)

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