Woke this morning, and I was thinking about what to play on the Radio show. In a brief second the thought came to just go in with my sampler + 1 record, and dive off the edge. So that’s what i did. Actually brought the Sampler, Circuit, and the KP3 and one Record… The rest as they say is history. Heads up this is RAW bizness… But well worth the effort. Hope you can take the ride, and as always Enjoy! – AYBEE
AYBEE – Motion Syntax EP on [DMK]
AYBEE steps over to LDN based Dogmatik for “The Motion Syntax” EP. A rounded collection of floorgrooves aimed for the feet.
#CONTEXT with AYBEE [ 20 ] Special Guests Damon Bell and Two Thou | May 30th 2017
The Sounds of Deepblak Recordings past, present, and future. Along with any, and everything else we are feeling. Special Guests Damon Bell and Two Thou.
[ FILM ] AYBEE – Thatsensation | Live
AYBEE with a short afternoon Techno stroll in Berlin…
AYBEE | Thatsensation from Deepblak on Vimeo.
AYBEE | On Sun Ra, Improvisation , and the Musicians mission. Electronic Beats
AYBEE sits down with esteemed Chicago-based music writer and curator John Corbett to explore the deeper meaning behind Sun Ra’s work and examine the roles that improvisation and experimentation serve in times of political and social upheaval. Corbett is well placed to discuss such issues, as he’s the acclaimed author of books such as Travelling The Spaceways: Sun Ra, The Astro Black And Other Solar Myths and A Listener’s Guide to Free Improvisation.
http://www.electronicbeats.net/aybee-john-corbett-conversation/
#CONTEXT with AYBEE [ 19 ] Sunday Morning Vibes Edition
The Sounds of Deepblak Recordings past, present, and future. Along with any, and everything else we are feeling. Sunday Morning Vibes on deck….
MIX /// AYBEE | RA Podcast 550
In the mix for RA’s 550 Podacast | Interview here.
Tracklist /
San Juan Pueblo (Tewa) Butterfly Dance
Gael Segalen – Ascension
Billy Cobham – Inner Conflicts
DFLN – Signs
Captian P. – Escapism
Pied Plat – Ode To Ede
The Bazile Republic – Brotherhood Smoke
Damon Bell – Land Of Merowe
AYBEE – We Come In Peace
AYBEE – Man Over Machine
Walt J – Reborn 1 (DJ Qu’s Journey Towards Birth Remix)
Glenn Underground – Black Action
Roy Ayers – Holiday (Kenny Dope Rmx)
Jaco Pastorious – John and Mary
Ron Trent – Hooked On Your Love
#CONTEXT with AYBEE [ 18 ] David Mancuso and Rod Temperton Thoughts
The Sounds of Deepblak Recordings past, present, and future. Along with any, and everything else we are feeling. This episode we pay respects to David Mancuso of The Loft along with song writer Rod Temperton. Take the walk…
[DBR-V030] AYBEE – THE ODYSSEY LP
Deepblak’s Chief Alchemist AYBEE will release his fourth full-length studio album, The Odyssey, in November 2016. As befitting its grand title, this newest long-player finds him concerned with personal journeys: both the personal one that has brought him to this point – living in Berlin, 15 years since founding Deepblak in his native Oakland – and the one that beckons for him personally and creatively in future: AYBEE sees himself as being halfway up a mountain, looking back on where he has come from, and to where he will be headed next – both concepts play a profound role in the emotional textures of the album, which in true Deepblak fashion draws from jazz, deep house, techno, hip hop, blues, experimentation, cinema, space, time and infinity.
The Odyssey represents a change-up for AYBEE in several ways, forged from a desire to keep expectations at bay and throw something of a curveball for those who felt they had him pegged: “a good pitcher always keeps you off balance”. This newest work saw him deliberately limit his sound palette in a creative exercise that challenged him to create a full body of work from a small pre-selected library of sonic elements. While this was restricting in some aspects, the approach to – as he puts it – “throw the ingredients in a basket and cook with it later” gave him more freedom to focus on atmosphere and groove instead of putting hours into trying out different options – “otherwise I’d still be in the studio now trying to work out which hi-hat to use on the third track!”
While the resulting collection of tracks, bound together in sounds used yet disparate in their applications of them, may represent a more accessible AYBEE album than those prior, it still contains within it the DNA of his work with Deepblak Rhythm Czar, Afrikan Sciences – most notably in their improvised, one-take album length Miles Davis homage ‘Sketches of Space‘. That 2014 LP was closely followed by another collaboration, with Jerome Sydenham and Ron Trent as S.A.T., released on the former’s Ibadan Records and pursuing a more techno-driven sound to the polyrhythmic jazz experimentation of ‘Sketches’. Elements of both styles can be found in The Odyssey, as it moves through tempos and styles, yet the approach he has taken regarding the sounds used ensures it will forever be a unique work in his discography – quite literally nothing in his work before or since will sound like this record.
The Odyssey’s artwork is by the artist Grzegorz Redko (www.grzegorzredko.com), whose animations of the cover art will be released online ahead of the album release, lending another dimension to AYBEE’s latest statement of artistic intent, with many more still to come as he keeps climbing that mountain.
AYBEE – Man Over Machine from Deepblak on Vimeo.
#CONTEXT with AYBEE [ 17 ] Sept. 20th 2016
The Sounds of Deepblak Recordings past, present, and future. Along with any, and everything else we are feeling.
[DBR-V029] AYBEE – Man Over Machine EP
Limited Release EP from AYBEE leading into the “THE ODYSSEY” LP featuring “Man and Machine” on the A-Side, and 3 B-Side bonus tracks not on the album.
AYBEE – Man Over Machine from Deepblak on Vimeo.
#CONTEXT with AYBEE [ 16 ] DFLN (Derrick Curtis) Tribute | July 26th, 2016
Tribute to Derrick (DFLN) Curtis….
[DBR-V028] AYBEE – The Heart Of The Sun (Single Sided 12″)
AYBEE issues this single sided excursion into the depths of late night madness. Built around a monstrous bassline “The Heart OF The Sun” builds slowly into a marriage of groove and ethereal sentiment. A prized possession in AYBEE’s late night arsenal over the last months it finally makes it’s way to vinyl as a special single sided release.
#CONTEXT with AYBEE [ 15 ] Special Guests Dean Driscoll and DJ Qu | June 28th, 2016
The Sounds of Deepblak Recordings past, present, and future. Along with any, and everything else we are feeling. Special Guests Dean Driscoll and DJ QU.