Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Bola juju magick

This one ain't my discovery, it's a recent release on the amazing record label arm of the amazing AWESOME TAPES FROM AFRICA Haven't seen this sort of stuff in Accra yet but I'm sure it's lurkin about. Don't know much about Mr Bola here but this video is off the hook...I think they must put acid in the ice water around here....Oh and Ghanaians love movies full of witches and wizards and shit hence the crazy (read: awesome) intro....

Bola- Yine Ntaripaga from Awesome Tapes From Africa on Vimeo.



The Mosquito it Bites...Oh it bites....

Hello all again,

The Barbarian Meditator here with a video, by Ghanaian singer/songwriter Isaac Wallace, of particular interest....see if you can spot a particular Scrape in there....Malaria is a massive problem here in West Africa and there are quite a few songs dedicated to this problem and how it can be solved/avoided. If this topic sounds like something you would like to be involved in do a Google search and I'm sure there's any number of reputable organisations dealing with this very problem that one could involve oneself in...don't be shy...

Highlife be good for dey soul eyeoh!




Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Open Transmission from Planet Accra,

Greetings to all and welcome to this gateway year 2013. All sorts of strange voodoo is on its way from the Scrapes Planet this year. We promise to stay an active online presence while both of us explore uncharted territory in Africa and Asia...

In between highlifes and tall bottles of Club beer the good Doctor Barbarian Meditator, I, Adam Cadell, have been exploring red dust plains, dark jungles and cutlass littered beaches in search of nothing in particular. Am reaching back to the deepest roots of my instrument and learning the Gonje....google that shit...Ryan Potter has been working away mixing back home in Brisbane and we now have many new tracks to show you all in ze future....

One such track "The Dictator" shall be unveiled soon at The Scrapes Bandcamp: http://www.thescrapes.bandcamp.com
"The Dictator" is one of our darkest beasts yet and will be part of our latest long-player "Songs of...." - Songs of What you ask? All will be unveiled in due course. Voduns drones between life and death...
Keep an eye and both ears on The Scrapes Bandcamp and you shall bare witness to the unveiling of this monstrosity...

In Further News our latest release is the Bandcamp online release of Kali Yuga Sunrise also found at The Scrapes Bandcamp Store and available for a low price so everyone can enjoy it...you can even just stream that motherfucker for free. Physical copies of Kali Yuga still exist in vinyl and maybe a couple left in CD format so get in touch for your copy or go and enqire at your local independent record store...you sure as fuck won't find it in JB Hifi...

I, Adam, shall be releasing more solo outings at my online store in the near future and there's still plenty of albums available there for download at very reasonable cost. ADAM CADELL STORE! There are many strange sounds to explore down there so please visit and support your local Radical Violinist.

Also a reminder that we have a Planet of the Scrapes Store running these days where you can find all your Scrapes related needs. All Is Number Records are also still distributing our thing so get over to their site too: ALL IS NUMBER

That is all...Tansmission ended...Going and Coming...Listen to The Maryettas or disappear you hear...
Adam


Thursday, January 10, 2013

Kali Yuga Sunrisen again....

Kali Yuga Sunrise, our number 2, 2011 full-length release, has now been made available on Bandcamp at The Scrapes bandcamp:

KALI YUGA SUNRISE

You can stream it for nothing and download it for a small donation. Get in there.

In further news, despite our geographic distance, Wee SCrapes continue to stay active. Ryan is doing his thing with Nikko and The Maryettas, and I, Dr Adam, continue to ply my twisted trade in Accra, while trying to learn the ancient Gonje fiddle...West Africa is taking me into uncharted musical realms...keep an eye on ADAM CADELL BANDCAMP and THE PLANETOFTHESCRAPES BANDCAMP STORE for future strange solo violin transmissions.

As thee Scrapes, Ryan and I recorded a shit load of works before I left the country and there is enough there for a new album, release date yet to be arranged but the tracks will most likely appear bit by bit at THE SCRAPES BANDCAMP as Ryan works his mixing Magick upon them. One track, tentatively titled "The Dictator" is ready to go and god motherfucking damn it is deep deep dark exploring...

That's enough from me. Greetings from Accra. Keep your ears to the ground and your eyes rolled back in your heads,

Adam the Barbarian Meditator