Not entirely sure why it took me a few weeks to get September edition of “Moods” here but here it is. After knowing months ahead that I’d focus on “Gratitude” for August, I really had no idea what mood I was going to focus on for September’s show. Some of that was connected to an attempt to line up an interview with an artist whose album was being released around the time the show would air. I had thought that artist would have a hand in picking the mood for the month, but the interview ultimately proved to difficult to schedule. In this case, the inspiration for the show came from recently renting the fever dream of a film Ganja & Hess, and being haunted by the score created Sam Waymon. Much to my surprise I saw that someone had pressed up a soundtrack as a recent Record Store Day release. Looking at a review of the reissue caused me to notice that Numero group had dug up additional music from Dale Warren and released it in 2020. After ensuring both records were on their way to me, I mused for a bit about the kind of music these men created, how unsung they were and how I wished more people knew of them. That feeling, which I had no idea there might even be a word for what I was feeling led me to the dictionary of obscure sorrows and eventually to “Silience,” which is defined thusly:
Silience – n. the kind of unnoticed excellence that carries on around you every day…which would be renowned as masterpieces if only they’d been appraised by the cartel of popular taste, who assume that brilliance is a rare and precious quality, accidentally overlooking buried jewels that may not be flawlesss but are still somehow perfect.
That pretty much perfectly nails the feeling I had been trying to articulate. And with “Silience” as my guide, I sought out tracks from my collection that are largely from private press, unknown and unheralded artists. People who produced amazing music, but never got quite the acclaim their talents deserved. This is our last two hour show for the near future, and I think “Silience” was the perfect muse to make very good use of that extra time just once more. October’s show will be focused on “reverence,” as it will be a tribute to Matthew Africa on the eve of what would have been his 49th birthday. Peace and bright moments until then…
Moods In Free Time 009: Silience
Playlist – Moods In Free Time 009: Silience
{opening theme} The Visitors – The Juggler – In My Youth (Muse)
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24 Carat Black – Speak Low – III (Numero)
Odyssey – No One Else Pt. 1 – 7” (Hi)
Bruce and Vlady – Reality Pt. 1 – The Reality (Vampi Soul)
The Outlaw Blues Band – Deep Gully – Breaking In (Bluesway)
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Ice Water Slim – Dream On, Dream On – 7” (Hawk Sound)
Dennis Olivieri – I Cry In The Morning – Come To The Party (VMC)
The Peppos And Jones Straitjacket Band – Humanity – 7” (Straitjacket)
Caroline Peyton – Brister – Intuition (Bar-B-Q)
David Astri – Safe and Sound – Do It Right (Award)
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McDonald & Giles – Tomorrow’s People – McDonald & Giles (Island)
Mirta y Raul – El Suendo De Andria – Mirta y Raul (Arieto)
Joy Unlimited – Rudiment – Butterflies (BASF)
Bubba Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One – On The Way Home – Fancy Pants (Now-Again)
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Sam Waymon – Ganja & Hess Suite – Ganja & Hess: Original Soundtrack (Strange Disc)
Thom Macke – Lonely Weekends – 7” (Omega)
Celia – Na Boca Do Sol – Celia (Continetal)
Ismael Diaz – Capricornio – Mi Graduacion (PID)
Alan Hawkshaw – Moody – Themes: Je t’aime (TIM)
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Duncan Lamont – Funky Flutes – Serenity (Bruton Music)
Pure Pleasure – By My Side – 7” (QC)
James Black – (I Need) Altitude – (I Need) Altitude (Night Train)
Phil Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble – Unity – Phil Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble (Zulu)
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Franciene Thomas – Too Beautiful To Be Good – 7” (Tragar)
Symphonic Four – Who Do You Think You’re Fooling Pt. 2 – 7” (Zudan)
Duster Cat – Modern Times – Boys & Girls (Q Records)
Murari Band – Dreaming – Dreaming (Desire Tree)
Betty & Angel – Everlasting Love – 7” (Every Day)
The Magnificent 4 – You’ve Got Me – Wardell Quezergue: Strung Out – The Malaco Sessions (Grapevine)
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{closing theme} Tony Williams – Wild Life – Believe It (Columbia)