About a year ago I remember being sorely disappointed with myself that 90% of the albums I listened to regularly where almost 10 years old.  What?  I'm a musician, a percussionist that is interested in "new forms".  The closest thing I was getting to "new forms" was a 7 year-old dub-step album.

Now, thanks to blogging DJs and mixtape download sites, I am re-entering the dj-based music citizenry of the world.  And I have three words for you.  Kuduro.  Kwaito.  Funana. 

Wow - I spent most of my weekend pursuing new music via: a new application, an endless trail of music blogs, and a bunch of download sites.

For those of you in Europe, check out Spotify (or see if you can get a friend to email you an invite).  It's an iTunes-like player that taps into an online library of music.  Unlike Last.FM or Pandora, you can pick and play any song you want, and skip or stop at any time.  They don't have a complete catalog, but it's very extensive already.  (Remember, when I say "complete" I'm referring to my esoteric Brazilian percussion tunes.  Otherwise, it's pretty complete...)

Wandering out from my Gilles Peterson discovery last week, I tapped into a series of rare groove soul / funk / hip-hop /  house music web sites.