Layale Chaker & Sarafand Inner Rhyme
Flying Lotus Flamagra
Shafiq Husayn The Loop
Kaytranada Bubba
Anne-Sophie Mutter / John Williams Across the Stars
Anderson .Paak Ventura
Caroline Shaw / Attacca Quartet Orange
Solange When I Get Home
James Tenney Changes: 64 Studies for 6 Harps
Dwight Trible Mothership
Honourable mention: Marvin Gaye You’re the Man
“Rhythm So New” began as a song on my demo-style album Suburbanite (1988). In 2008, it was made into an experimental DJ-style remix using CD transfers of the original song mixes as well as the aged 4-track cassette stems. I used looping and filtering to focus on small, rough-edged details and enhance the saturated colours of the vintage medium. The remix was 22 minutes long; this 2018 edit reduces that by half. The original recording featured a Hohner Clavinet, Korg CX-3 organ, Roland S-50 sampler, Yahama DX-27 synthesizer, bass guitar (direct) and overdubbed vocals, all recorded in a single overnight session with no programming.
Composed and recorded November 1988, cassette 4-track
Remixed August 2008, Pioneer CDJs, Allen & Heath mixer
Edited December 2018
Top: The Monarch Tavern, July 2007 (Petri Glad)
Below: detail of Pioneer CDJ-1000 MK2, December 2018 (Bruce Russell)
Music and composer’s notes copyright Bruce A. Russell 2018
Childish Gambino “Awaken, My Love!” (Glassnote)
Vicky Chow A O R T A (New Amsterdam)
King We Are King (King Creative)
Laura Mvula The Dreaming Room (Sony · RCA)
Holly Roadfeldt The Preludes Project (Ravello)
Solange A Seat at the Table (Saint · Columbia)
Esperanza Spalding Emily’s D+Evolution (Concord)
reissues · remasters · restorations · box sets
Wally Badarou Back to Scales To-Night (Barclay · Expansion)
The Emotions Blessed: The Emotions Anthology 1969-1985 (BBR)
Philip Glass The Complete Sony Recordings (Sony)
Bernard Herrmann Twisted Nerve (Stylotone)
John Williams Jurassic Park · The Lost World: Jurassic Park (La-La Land)
Various Artists Doing It in Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria (Soundway)
Various Artists Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Collection (La-La Land)
The Salsoul Orchestra ft. Loleatta Holloway | Seconds
Linda Williams | City Living
Stephanie Mills | You Can’t Run from My Love
Esther Williams | I’ll Be Your Pleasure
Odyssey | Inside Out
Pleasure | Nothin’ to It
Unlimited Touch | I Hear Music in the Streets
Kool & the Gang | Steppin’ Out
Prince | I Wanna Be Your Lover
Eighties Ladies | I Knew That Love
Logg | Dancing into the Stars
Change ft. Luther Vandross | The Glow of Love
Stevie Wonder | As if You Read My Mind
B O O G I E D E D I C A T I O N
79-82
To Nina with Love
beatmixing and harmonic mixing has been employed
without altering the tempo or pitch of the original tracks
Ibrahim El Mahboob
July 2015
