An era of its own. A time when American was in a transition from separatism to civil rights. The 70's was a Golden Age on so many levels and the influence echoes around the world in present day. Blaxploitation is considered in my opinion to be the coolest of cool. Touching on the most sensitive material in America at its time and exploiting them on the big screen or the vinyls in your record player produced for a glorified genre that nobody will ever be able to duplicate. Our mission at Blax-Pride is to educate those who are unfamiliar with this era and combine knowledge with those who are familiar.
Also you will notice Kung Fu movies on this site as well. What does this have to do with Blaxploitation? Well, the more action packed Blaxploitation films did not just street fight. Oh no.....they thought they were Kung Fu Masters. Chinese martial art movies gave a sense of invincibility to these actors. Seeing how cool it was to be a masterful fighter, why not just integrate this with Pimpin', Hustlin', Jive Talkin' and Pam Grier? Blax-Pride!!!
1. Les Levres Rouges
2. Les Dunes D'Ostende
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This is one ridiculously hot and hard to find record. Also known as 'Daughters Of Darkness', this 45 contains the only release of an incredible de Roubaix hip hop break on Les Dunes D'Ostende. Ridiculously ahead of his time, de Roubaix was experimenting with sparse arrangements, heavy drums and home recording twenty years or more before most other composers. The main theme (also issued on other LPs) is a French violin/accordion folky number, but the flip is the bomb. Incredible and intensely powerful.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Francois De Roubaix - Les Levres Rouges (1970)
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2 comments:
really nice track. thanks for uploading.
i haven't heard much of de Roubaix's music but there is at least one other great breakbeat perfect for sampling in a hip-hop song.
it's on the track Repetition, from the fantastic soundtrack to the movie L' Homme Orchestre.
found it streaming here:
http://moptop66.vox.com/library/audio/6a00fa968b5a020003011016399dfb860c.html
and the whole album is here:
http://martian-shaker.blogspot.com/2006/07/franois-de-roubaix-lhomme-orchestre-bo.html
heard some of this one before, nice dark sounds, thanks for this
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