"Alcachofa" by Ricardo Villalobos

the other tracks are identical. i've not done a side by side w/ 'true to myself', but my copy of that on mp3 was definitely fucked up (adbrupt cut off) so there's not much point.

but seriously ...

ricardo's percussive talent is undisputed: the sophisticatedly elastic rhythm meanders of Latin American/Caribbean origin sound ... the tracks appear surprisingly volatile, despite the considerable playing times of several titles which are absolutely required for exhausting the free, rhythmic modulatons

he should form a group with pharoah sanders and osunlade!

it's even more than what i always wanted from dj pica pica pica and nobukazu takemura - sounds like gamelan tapes played backwards at high speed, with the dj leaning on the mixing board with his elbows on the buttons marked "delay" and "pixilate".

has there really been anything like "taka taka" since? "button down mind" pt 2? i fear that falls into the same traps akufen fell into with his fabric mix, too many cartoon animal honking and farting, not enough of ricardo's sunbaked grace.

download one luciano set

i. I have the vinyl the alcahofa and have only listened to 'dexter' and 'easy lee'
ii. I have the vinyl of vocalcity and have only listened to 'tessio'

: /

(Cozen, do you "do" mp3 cds?)

I also "send" them.

I would sell you it but I'm about to buy a new turntable (uh after my new imac &c.)

I don't even have SPEAKERS in my house.

ILM can flog me now!

: )

Do any of you have the vinyl version of Alcachofa? Is it just me or is it intentional for the 4 sides to switch rpm when you flip sides? It's very annoying.

It's also disorienting I swear dexter and easy lee sound slower than my mp3 versions but it might just be my ears.

Side A and C are definitely 33rpm and side B and D 45rpm but it doesn't have any info on why would they do this.

Yeah it is (annoying and intentional). The sides w one track're 45, those w two 33. Took me a few weeks to notice/look into this myself

Ok I've had it for a few years now and noticed immediatly but assumed it was intentional. No idea why. I guess he just thought it would be fun for trolling vinyl djs or something like that.

It's cos it means he gets 45 quality sound where he can, I guess

Oh yeah it's 3 vinyls. Didn't realize that the speed changed depending on the number of tracks per side... That's interesting. It might help me next time I play it but it is still annoying.

Frm memory that rule applies to everything of his, I got p anal abt checking all my Villalobos LPs/12s out after that (also once had sex to the incorrectly slow Easy Lee, which ws kinda creepy)

He also tends to have different tracks between cd and vinyl and it's somewhere between cool and annoying. In this particular album it annoys me because he left out YGH out of the vinyl version and it's nowhere else to be found in vinyl format. Also some of my favorite tracks were only released on the cd version (waiworinao, fools garden and what you say) and the exclusive tracks on vinyl aren't as good as those.

I would have loved to have waiworinao or what you say instead of "i try to live" which is the only track in the album which I don't care for at all.

Specially mad about the exclusion of waiworinao as it's one of the highlights in here besides dexter and easy lee.

Not to be a dick, but:

http://www.discogs.com/Villalobos-Alcachofa-Tools/release/194548

http://www.discogs.com/Villalobos-Halma/master/124107

Oh wait that's not what you meant, sorry. No sign of YGH as you obv know

Yeah I know they are in there I would just prefer to have the same album and the extra tracks on an ep.

YGH is not in there btw!

in my world of young dance music vinyl, having one side 45 with one track and one side 33 with two tracks is a pretty standard move and hardly some unique trolling exercise by mr villalobos

it's certainly not unusual and as mentioned upthread is to do with maximising volume on each side depending on the length. unless you have an incredibly high end turntable, it's not really that much hassle to change the speed as you change sides, is it?

Are the 45 sides the ones more likely to be played out? That'd also make sense.