it's 3 dudes out of LA making retro/future soul/funk. it sounds like prince meets funkadelic meets the neptunes meets the offbeat production style of Jay Dee (Detroit Downbeat, heh). lots of wicked synths and weirdo falsetto harmonized voices.
so far they only have one twelve inch out on ABB Records and one out on Ubiquity. oh yeah, and they just put out some weird remix 12" with Medeski Martin & Wood (that i'm not the hugest fan of). they've done production work for Heavy D, Pharoahe Monche, Bilal, Dr. DRE, Jill Scott, Jurassic 5, Erykah Badu, the Neptunes. there's also a 20 track something or other being passed around that i got (and if you're interested hit me up and i can get it to you, it's totally worth it)
here are some links:http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/sa_ra.htmlhttp://www.ubiquityrecords.com/ur162.html (audio links and tons of press)
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 22:58 (nineteen years ago) link
It sounds like my perfect music.
― Senior Executive/CEO (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Platinum Pied Pipers
The Vanishing System
Jneiro Jarel
unfortunately, these guys seem to be more backpacker than i'd like. the beats are cool, but the mcs are sorta ho hum.
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Flash (cowboytrance), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:50 (nineteen years ago) link
my mom works at KCRW. she used to run the KCRW presents concerts but recently "retired" and now just voluteers on Morning Becomes Eclectic
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Thursday, 10 March 2005 00:02 (nineteen years ago) link
JaXon that Peven Everett cover you did was great :)
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 10 March 2005 00:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Thursday, 10 March 2005 00:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 10 March 2005 00:27 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.art-ificial.com/indie/sa-ra.jpg
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Thursday, 10 March 2005 00:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 10 March 2005 01:33 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm relatively new to Los Angeles, but the strongest local scene is this freaky soul/house/hip hip that's going around...Sa- Ra, plantlife and i want to add Cody Chestnutt to this "movement". It's the best soul music i've heard in years.
― Antonio DePietro, Thursday, 10 March 2005 01:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― ()ops (()()ps), Thursday, 10 March 2005 01:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Thursday, 10 March 2005 02:16 (nineteen years ago) link
they're definitely in that bo-ho Hippy Hopper camp. if you read the interviews the stuff they say comes off as a mix of philisophical and dudes who are just stoned out of their gourds.
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Thursday, 10 March 2005 02:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Star Hustler, Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Austin (Austin), Thursday, 10 March 2005 07:59 (nineteen years ago) link
their sly cover is ok but just like immaculate karaoke.
― ppp, Thursday, 10 March 2005 11:44 (nineteen years ago) link
this is the criticism i hear the most, but i just don't see it - or maybe i don't get it. i think the "problem" is that i like music that most people say has no songwriting (i love Cherrywine and the new Mos Def). i don't even know what poor songwriting means.
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Thursday, 10 March 2005 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link
OTM.
Good songwriting is mostly a myth as far as I am concerned.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 11 March 2005 23:11 (nineteen years ago) link
much more jay dee than moodymann.
Is the full-length coming out on Ubiquity? Jay-Z line three.
― david day (winslow), Friday, 11 March 2005 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Friday, 11 March 2005 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Friday, 11 March 2005 23:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 23 June 2005 21:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:28 (eighteen years ago) link
i don't think Platinum Pied Pipers is very good. decent beats, but bad mc/vocalists.
― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link
doesn't look like it
The Jneiro Jarel "Three Piece Puzzle" album is like whoa!
― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:50 (eighteen years ago) link
it's very...hazy. middle of august on the blacktop, hazy.
― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:55 (eighteen years ago) link
("once or twice" isn't a commentary on its quality, btw, just my lack of time.)
― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Thursday, 23 June 2005 23:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Telephonething, Friday, 24 June 2005 00:01 (eighteen years ago) link
"The hottest UK star pushing against electronic-ecstatic jazz boundaries has just hooked up with next planet's saviors of soul. This is Four Tet vs the Sa Ra Creative Partners! Colliding in a 'Contusion' of Calypso-inflected tack-synth-melodies, squelchy rude basslines and utterly serious 'supercool' speak, this is the most explicit fun anyone's had with Four Tet's musical parts since Jay Dee got involved last year! We're also treated to Four Tet's own 'Sun Drums and Gamelan' remix of the track, which recalls 'Rated X' era Miles Davis."
Anyone heard this yet? Thoughts?
― Mika, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 02:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 02:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Telephonething (Telephonething), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 02:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 02:45 (eighteen years ago) link
(this YSI thing is getting outta hand, but link away please...)
― Mika, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 02:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Telephonething (Telephonething), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 02:50 (eighteen years ago) link
It's so busy, there's quite a few different styles crammed in there. Including harddrive laptop skipping and broken beats, a distinction from straight up disco-looped house?
Don't know about the Fourtet connection in general. I'm interested to see where Sa-Ra position themselves in relation to R'n'B, hip-hop, electronica and downbeat though.
― Mika, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 07:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― team jaxon (jaxon), Saturday, 11 February 2006 10:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 6 March 2006 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― ,,,,,,,,,,,, Monday, 6 March 2006 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 15:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― PAUL HAGGIS, EMOTIONAL TERRORIST (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 March 2006 17:53 (eighteen years ago) link
how retardely backwards is that?
― team jaxon (jaxon), Monday, 6 March 2006 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:50 (eighteen years ago) link
the e40 rmx on there is aight as well considering
― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― ,,,,,,,,,,,, Monday, 6 March 2006 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.wide-creative.com/projects/slgrdcd_a.jpg
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Haha! Is this meant for me? I'd be lucky to afford a pack of gum the way my finances are right now.
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Monday, 6 March 2006 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
xp
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link
i did like the e40 beat better than the original.
― team jaxon (jaxon), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
there's that myspace, http://www.myspace.com/trackademicks i'm out
― rtcotm (mwah), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
So he's like the Alice Waters of 2006 R&B?
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― cybele (cybele), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― cybele (cybele), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
jaxon likes it!
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link
it's sad when you realize you don't even have the budget to look indie ! (you know, if you actually wanted to).
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
Costco shirt bought by wife (gray-like): $10Calvin Klein jeans bought at Nordstrom Rack (blue): $15Champion boxer briefs (white): $5Socks (black): $5Somewhat-fancy Italian "lifestyle" shoes (black and blue): $80 (I think)
x-post
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
;)
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― cybele (cybele), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― team jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― team jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― cybele (cybele), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 01:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― artdamages, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 17:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Telephone thing, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon, Friday, 13 April 2007 22:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― chaki, Friday, 13 April 2007 23:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej, Saturday, 14 April 2007 21:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej, Saturday, 14 April 2007 21:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― BATTAGS, Saturday, 14 April 2007 22:23 (seventeen years ago) link
Undaunted by their road blocks to success, the group has remained focused on the task at hand and denies speculation that they were close to the point of going their separate ways. "It's not that there was more tension than usual, but with not having money and cats starting to ask questions, that tension gets to a point...", he explains. "It was a growth period. We weren't broken up and as far as I'm concerned we weren't going to break up. I've been through worst situations in the music business. What it does...it's like facing death. You let it die or you resurrect and keep it moving. It made us face the importance of Sa-Ra."
― jaxon, Saturday, 14 April 2007 23:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― r|t|c, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
― r|t|c, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
― Jordan, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
― deej, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
― jaxon, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
― admrl, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
― admrl, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link
― jaxon, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
― Andy K, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
― deej, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
― strongohulkington, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:20 (sixteen years ago) link
― deej, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
― admrl, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 04:26 (fifteen years ago) link
goddamn those are good
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 06:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish I could find a decent version of Hummer and Glorious on youtube. Those just destroy.
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I hope "Fantastic Vampere" ends up on Nu AmErykah part 2.
― Eric H., Monday, 22 December 2008 07:42 (fifteen years ago) link
what is "Fantastic Vampere"?
― The Reverend, Monday, 22 December 2008 07:47 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.rappersiknow.com/2008/10/19/sa-ra-creative-partners-fantastic-vampere-featuring-erykah-badu-herbie-hancock/
― Eric H., Monday, 22 December 2008 07:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I xposted it to here: itt: kinda out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious modern r&b
Amazing stuff, but 3 years old and way more Sa-Ra f/ Badu than the reverse, so I don't have any reason to believe it might show on New Amerykah 2
― The Reverend, Monday, 22 December 2008 08:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, 3 years old but still haven't gotten a good clean copy of it. (The one on imeem sounds like a first draft, but it whooshes through the headphones like damn!)
Point taken on the "featuring Badu" aspect, tho.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 23 December 2008 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
i saw ommas perform at a club earlier in the year - hilarious stuff. nice little (as in tiny, borderline white stripes numbers) band too.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 00:16 (fifteen years ago) link
The version posted on rappersiknow certainly sounds finished.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
(It's downloadable btw)
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Finished, but highly compressed/muted somehow.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 23 December 2008 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean, good enough that I've been listening to it on repeat for the last two months, but still ...
What was the Monch track? It's off youtube now. I haven't found the two or three things I've half-listened to by these even interesting, but Hey Love is really nice, maybe i've been missing out.
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Am I behind in this convo is is Monch's Agent Orange in question here?
― n/o_O (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh right I either didn't realize or i forgot that they produced that. Thought what you posted must have been a remix of a Desire track. Thanks.
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Seems counter-intuitive that when Monch returned with much more soul and horns than I expected, sa-ra of all people were partly responsible for an expectation of stuff that was a bit more raw.
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
new album is out.
http://ubiquityrecords.com/shop/products/THE-SA%252dRA-CREATIVE-PARTNERS-%252d-NUCLEAR-EVOLUTION%2C-THE-AGE-OF-LOVE.html
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
yup. there's some great stuff, but overall it's a bit too much
― but hey, that would be going into sexual details ... (The Reverend), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 23:24 (fourteen years ago) link
and it isn't titled Pubic Cube (in Space): Book I of IV ;_;
Just got this from emusic... Halfway through it and I think it might be pretty great. The first few songs just kinda floated by, but ten tracks in I'm completely on board. "Love Czars" is awesome.
― Professor Respect, Thursday, 25 June 2009 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I think "He Say She Say" is my early favorite
― blap-and-trade system (The Reverend), Friday, 26 June 2009 07:10 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3144&Itemid=26
Shafiq Husayn , one third of California beat unit Sa-Ra Creative Partners, will release a solo album via K7/Plug Research on September 15.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
the single is ridiculously awesome, and i was never hugely into sa-ra per se before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i_7gDhLqpE
interviewing shafiq tonight...
― lex pretend, Thursday, 6 August 2009 10:05 (fourteen years ago) link
post the interview when its out... i like that song a lot too.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, 6 August 2009 10:18 (fourteen years ago) link
that track is super rad
― jaxon, Thursday, 6 August 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Even though most of the new album doesn't really do it for me, even after repeated listens, I can't get enough of "He Say She Say" -- it is absolutely, deliriously magnificent.
― Goethe*s Elective Affinities, Monday, 10 August 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
listening to that shafiq album. these guys are so pastichey. almost everything they do sounds slightly deriviative. and i get the feeling its almost deliberate, their way of tipping their hat. but it just sounds slightly drab or like a damp squib. so mish mashy. plus their vocals are really shit and flat. this album should be on ninja tune.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
actually the main prob with this album is that surprisingly it seems overproduced. and then theres something about the production thats almost too slick and perfected, with all the grit and rough edges sanded off.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link
lil girl is the standout. this could be a good ep.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
More thoughts on "The Nuclear Evolution"?
― European Bob (admrl), Thursday, 22 July 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
melodee n'mynor is a dope track
― johnny crunch, Friday, 23 July 2010 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Who is mad amped?
HOOS is mad amped.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:28 PM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Saturday, 30 January 2021 05:44 (three years ago) link
revisiting, they had some amazing shit
“Second time around” ep is sick
― brimstead, Saturday, 30 January 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
also “rosebuds”, “hanging by a string”
― brimstead, Saturday, 30 January 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
“Love czars” is pretty insane
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Saturday, 30 January 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
wasn’t this g unit thing them too?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pumqhYE7q5M
― brimstead, Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
Is this where we talk about how awesome the solo Om’mas Keith album City Pulse is cause it’s one of my favourites.
― Will (kruezer2), Sunday, 31 January 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
extremely OTM
― rob, Sunday, 31 January 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
Weird how their career went. I thought they were going to be more popular as a group, not just producers for other artists, and often with a sound more subdued than those early songs like rosebud, white, Hollywood, etc
― candyman, Sunday, 31 January 2021 22:22 (three years ago) link