{"id":885,"date":"2010-09-30T15:04:14","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T20:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=885"},"modified":"2012-05-24T09:32:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T14:32:02","slug":"ekseption-ritual-fire-dance-bw-dc-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=885","title":{"rendered":"Ekseption – Ritual Fire Dance b\/w DC Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Ekseption – Ritual Fire Dance<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Greetings all. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Please allow me to begin by making a simple statement of fact.<\/p>\n

I am definitely getting too old for this shit.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hooboy\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I piled myself and my records into the trusty Funky16Corners-mobile last Saturday morning, and set off (alone) for a whirlwind weekend of DJ-ing and digging in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

That was the easy part.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had a grip of podcasts to keep me company on the trip and the drive down was uneventful (and quick). I rolled into the city by the early afternoon, meeting up with my buddy DJ Birdman<\/strong> and his lovely family (finally getting to meet Birdman Jr.<\/strong>!), followed by some digging (natch\u2026whatup to Marshall<\/strong> and Mike<\/strong>) and then on to some delicious bar-b-que ribs.<\/p>\n

That night Birdman and I did the late shift at Marvin<\/strong> where the crowd was predictably lively (with many predictable and unsuitable requests, but that’s how these things go). I recorded one of my sets (funk and disco), which I\u2019ll be posting here sometime in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

The next morning, following an all too brief bit of sleep, we got up and rolled out to the DC Record Fair<\/strong>, where Birdman (and some other DC heads, whatup Neal<\/strong> and Nightkrawler<\/strong>) were running the show and had to get things set up. The U Street Music Hall<\/strong> was a very nice space, and the Record Fair produced some stellar results which will see the light of day well into the next year (or two) here on the blog.<\/p>\n

I spun a set of uptempo Northern Soul at the Fair, which I did not record (left the recorder in the car\u2026<\/em>), but if you want a taste go back to the Northern set I did at Master Groove<\/strong> earlier this year (Funky16Corners Radio v.82 Groovin\u2019 at the Go Go) which repeats about half of what I played on Sunday and you\u2019ll get the idea. I\u2019ll whip up an all-new Northern mix sometime in the not too distant future.<\/p>\n

The folks at the Record Fair were very cool, especially the old school soulie right in front of the DJ booth (perhaps the most luxurious DJ booth I\u2019ve ever been in, I felt spoiled) who requested the Just Brothers<\/strong> \u2018Sliced Tomatoes\u2019 about ten seconds after I\u2019d already cued it up (it was kismet <\/em>I tell you!), and it was very cool to meet up with some old friends and make first-person contact with a couple of interwebs acquaintances.<\/p>\n

I have to say that DC is always a chill scene, with cool people and tons of great records to be had. The thought of restricting my digs to the DC area crossed my mind, but then I remembered what a degenerate record collector I am and realized that just wasn\u2019t going to happen.<\/p>\n

I rolled out of the Record Fair about an hour after I finished my set with a HUGE stack of vinyl, including more than a few longtime want list items (on 45 and LP). The only bummer being that I don\u2019t have any pics, since I didn\u2019t bring my camera, instead relying on my new phone, which I still haven\u2019t learned to operate properly, rendering the few pictures I took tiny, low-res and unusable.<\/p>\n

As is always the case, Igot lost on my way out of DC. It wasn\u2019t too bad, but by the time I hit Baltimore I also hit the wall. My tired old carcass is not used to being treated like it\u2019s 25 again, and I ran out of steam, forcing a pit stop at Starbucks where I loaded up on coffee and food and hit the road once again.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, as easy as my ride down to DC was, my ride home was plagued with difficulty, including an insane traffic jam in northern Maryland (understaffed toll booth related) and then another jam up in NJ which forced me to alter my route and take a time consuming detour.<\/p>\n

This all followed by the fact that I had yet another medical procedure scheduled for Tuesday morning, and I\u2019m sitting here at the laptop just about ready to go into hibernation.<\/p>\n

I have something cool in the cooker for Monday morning (just waiting for all the pieces to arrive in the in-box) and after that I\u2019m not sure what I\u2019ll do, since I now have so much to choose from (in addition to everything else aging in the oaken barrels in the vinyl cellar).<\/p>\n

I figured I\u2019d close out the week with something I\u2019ve wanted to post for a while now. Even though I\u2019d digi-ma-tized it weeks (months?) ago, when I went to post it I discovered that I had neglected to photograph the label, but \u2013 as is always the case <\/em>\u2013 when I was pulling records for the DC trip I put aside a number of records similarly afflicted, and I bring it to you now, better late than never.<\/p>\n

I first posted something by the Dutch prog band Ekseption<\/strong> way back in 2007 when I included their version of the soul jazz classic \u2018This Here\u2019 in Funky16Corners Radio v.32. Some time after that, while engaged in a little e-digging, I discovered a 45 of yet another of their classical pastiches (something they did a lot), this time a version of Manuel de Falla\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Ritual Fire Dance\u2019 from his 1915 ballet \u2018El Amor Brujo\u2019.<\/p>\n

I posted a couple of other jazz-funk reworkings of classical pieces a while back (with Deodato<\/strong> and Woody Herman <\/strong>covering Strauss<\/strong> and Copland<\/strong>), and while I\u2019m not likely to make it a regular feature here at the Corners, the Ekseption 45 is so groovy I would be remiss were I not to share it with you.<\/p>\n

I have to admit that I was not familiar with de Falla\u2019s original piece when I first heard it (check out Artur Rubinstein <\/strong>playing it here, for comparison<\/a>), but after hearing it in its original setting, it\u2019s safe to say that aside from some heavy drums and organ (and giving it that Euro-swinger je ne sais quois<\/em>), Ekseption don\u2019t really stray too far from the source.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think I\u2019d be telling tales out of school were I to suggest that this particular gem might get some of your modder types out onto the floor, with a little bit of that au-go-go flavour.<\/p>\n

In other news, don\u2019t forget to tune in Friday night at 9PM for this week\u2019s all-new edition of the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> on Viva<\/strong> internet radio<\/a>. I assure you that the collection of funk, soul, jazz and rare groove that awaits you get your weekend off to a groovy start.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll be back on Monday.<\/p>\n

Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/p>\n


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PS Head over to Iron Leg for some puh-sike-a-dellia….
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