Remix the greatest drummer in the world
I don’t know if there are any closet bedroom producers among Harry’s Place readership – but if there are, or if you know anyone who likes to twiddle knobs, musically speaking, this is an opportunity not to be missed.
Tony Allen has been called ”perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived” by Brian Eno for his 1970s work with Fela Kuti, and has remained active and keyed in to modern music since then – playing most prominently as part of The Good The Bad & The Queen project with Damon Albarn in 2006, and on the sublime La Ritournelle by Sebastian Tellier in 2004.
His new album Secret Agent is a relatively straightforward Afrobeat affair, but he and World Circuit records are offering its title track’s constituent parts up for remixers to do as they will with, and I for one am looking forward to hearing what they come up with.
All the info and music files are here: http://tonyallenremixcontest.blogspot.com/
Comments
| 8 June, 2009, 4:54 pm |
Perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived? It begins and ends with Jimmy Chamberlin, surely!
| 8 June, 2009, 5:03 pm |
Buddy Rich, Clyde Stubblefield, Dave Lombardo, Phil Collins, all have their champions, but I don’t know if any of them can groove as consistently as Allen….
| 9 June, 2009, 3:48 pm |
Dave Lombardo is superb but does he ever even try to groove? More demented onslaught than funky drummer.
| 9 June, 2009, 5:52 pm |
Hehe I was being a bit facetious there – I don’t think Phil Collins exactly grooves either.
| 22 June, 2009, 12:41 am |
d/l’d and converting to aiff now………………….i’ll keep you posted. give me genre suggestions for a laugh.
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