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Name

SONO_GRIOT

About Me

Audiophile...intravenous user of recorded sound and terminally indecent drum pervert...Specializing in International Rock and World Beat Downs

Mission: To expose the rawest in carnal gems and the most transcedent in spiritual keys, through the technique of live mix and remix...with a focus on traditions originating from and morphed within the African Diaspora.

You can be my friend if...

Progressive culture and a global worldview is not a second thought to you

Occupation:

DJ, Avowed Ethnomusicology Pupil, and Devoted Beat Docent

Favorite bands:

Some of my favorite bands are on my current mix (see below)
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WRUST - "THE RENEGADE"
D-FE - "RTLM 1994: HEKOU SHASOU"
GOD FORBID - "SHALLOW"
A BAND CALLED PAIN - "FREEDOM AIN'T FREE"
ONE DAY AS A LION - "WILD INTERNATIONAL"
BAD BRAINS - "UNIVERSAL PEACE"
APOLLO HEIGHTS - "SUMMERTIME"
BLK JKS - "LAKESIDE"
TV ON THE RADIO - "HOURS"
MILSTED - "DIRTY ELVIS"
ONE DAY AS A LION - "OCEAN VIEW'
PHIL MOORE BROWNE - "TAKE IT DOWN BRAVE"
THE OOOHH BABY GIMME MORES - "BATMAN"
THE CEASARZ - "SEAMS SEEMS"
DRAGONZ OF ZYNTH - "WHO RISE ABOVE'
SKINDRED - "FIRING THE LOVE"
LIVING COLOUR - "NOT TOMORROW"

BONUS TRACK (PHARAOH'S TRIBUTE)
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - "THE STARS THAT PLAY WITH LAUGHING SAMS DICE"

Favorite books:

Top 7 at Present (in no particular order):
The Halographic Universe by Michael Talbot
Matrix III by Valdamar Valerian
The Rastafarians by Leonard Barrett, Sr.
Miles by Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe
People Funny Boy by David Katz
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (most any translation)
Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus

Favorite Magazines:

Colors Magazine today

Orientation:

Straight

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