Updated the projects page to reflect the some new endings and beginnings, also refined the About page. I am due to upload some new mixes as well as new tracks hot of the Grafofoni. Hopefully, this can all fall into place before Mutek, since I hope expand my reseau of professional contacts and scout out labels worthy of Grafofoni's future output.

There are many names on the program that I've never heard of, which can be a good sign. On the other hand, the mega-headliner night has the likes of Plastikman, who can be brilliant and was last year, but also can put out some stuff of questionable wikkedness. Notable absentees this year: Ricardo Villalobos and Luciano. I wonder if the expansion of Mutek Mexico and Mutek Chile (in December and January) have anything to do with it. I think if I hadn't had a good dose of music in Miami, I'd be feeling the lineup a lot less.

Speaking of Luciano, bought the Salif Keita: Remixes from Moffou the other week and Luciano has a decent remix of Yamore. Some of the producers however, just don't get this music and should NOT be remixing people like Salif. After listening to the original and then the remix album, I realized to which point some of these characters are not hearing what I am (haughtily assuming that I get this music). It is either that or our vocal aesthetics and production techniques are just vastly divergent.

NEVER should the female choral vocals of Malian singers (aka griottes/jelimuso) be chopped up and disgraced with a micro-sampled, skittery, Todd Edwards/Akufen/Crackhaus-style treatment. That “works” on vocals that aren't sung first of all and if they are sung, are not interesting enough to stand up by themselves. If the idea of remixing is to re-interpret original bits of a track and possibly spin in new elements to bring out hidden musical aspects of the original, some of these producers have necessarily retrogressed, arguably criminally!!

On a more positive note though Osunlade (quelle surprise), Gekko and Doctor L turned out brilliant re-interpretations.