Jimi Hendrix wrote in a song, “I used to live in a room full of mirrors/All I could see was me/Then I take my spirit and I smash my mirrors/And now the whole world is here for me to see” This piece is about confronting constructed negative self images, smashing them and realizing the beauty of the outside world. Spoiler alert: there is a scream near the end.
Originally self-released in 1972, “Energy Control Center” was a political firebrand that took society to task. Forty-six years later, it burns with the same intensity. Bandcamp Album of the Day Dec 14, 2018
The opening track on Maulawi’s 1974 LP for the legendary Strata Records gets its funky grooves turned inside-out in these remixes. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 19, 2021