Album Review by Dawoud Kringle
Artist: Kevin Keller
Title: Arcade
Label: self-produced
Genre: New Age/Medieval Ambient/Modern Classic
CD Review: Kevin Keller “Arcadia”
Category Archives: Reviews
Gig Review: Spaghetti Eastern Electro Dub in New York
Spaghetti Eastern Electro Dub, live at Otto’s Shrunken Head, June 29, 2025
Review by David Belmont
I was looking forward to catching Spaghetti Eastern Electro Dub at Otto’s for a couple of reasons. One, I have a perverse liking for the East Village dive bar that has been the scene of lots of independently produced entertainment and artistry over the decades, including a monthly poetry reading that I have participated in for the past several years. Two, I was interested in checking out the band in person after having gotten heavily into their Live at Green Kill Sessions CD when I was reviewing it for DooBeeDooBeeDoo NY. I wanted to see/hear what made this highly eclectic band tick, and, in my experience, there’s no better way to do that than check them out in an intimate setting.
CD Review: SoSaLa “1983-Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Rathausplatz Bern”
Single and LP Reviews: SADATO GROUP/ALEF – A Deeper Legacy
Reviews by Dawoud Kringle
Saxophonist/vocalist/bandleader SoSaLa (a.k.a. Sadato) has some history behind him.
Readers of doobeedoobeedoo.info will know that he has re-released some of his earlier music. 1993 is a recording he made in ’93 featuring Mark C (of Live Skull, Fuse, Spoiler and Int’l Shades) on guitar, Toshimaru Nakamura on guitar, David Motamed (formerly with Arthur Lee and Townes Van Zandt) on bass, James Lo (composer and sound designer) on drums, and Peter Gordon (composer, producer) on tenor saxophone and jaw harp. 1994 – Live at CBGB was a landmark recording he’d made of one of the two SADATO performances at the legendary club. He was joined by Masaki Shimizu (fretless bass and backing vocals), Ryo Kato (drums and backing vocals), and Toshimaru Nakamura (electric guitar). Legendary soundman Martin Bisi recorded it.
However, SoSaLa’s roots go much deeper. In 1984, he released a 7-inch flexi single with his Osaka band, SADATO GROUP, titled Kafesho + Gohon Gahon. With Sadato on sax, organ, and vocals, Mutsuhiko Izumi on guitar and recording engineer, Koji Ito on tenor sax, and Hitoshi Usami on drums) through the Osaka indie label Kang Gung Rec.
CD Review: Dawoud the Renegade Sufi “The Power and the Longing”
Album review by David Belmont
Artist: Dawoud the Renegade Sufi
Title: The Power and the Longing
Format: Digital Album
Record label: RMMAP LLC
Genre: Experimental Multi-genre
Digital and International Release: December 25, 2024
Buy and Stream HERE.
