Hank Shocklee said the most unique thing about hip hop’s genesis is that it was the first time non-musicians were responsible for making records. Before that, everybody involved knew what music was supposed to be, musically. If you use that lens to reflect back on recorded music you can see/hear that what certain forms, probably all, or African-American music share and thusly why non-musical technologies were so approachable for Black folks, is that you could still use that tech creatively and intuitively. As DJ inspired music has become more and more menu based i.e. Logic, Ableton et al it also reduces and doesn’t respond to memory. Baltimore drummer Bashi Rose has created something that is so full of memory and intuition and musicality to not even be on a known map of what’s possible and what’s funky. This is impossibly funky. Ft. Brandee Younger, RA ELDER, King Solomon, Conal Bashiri Rose, Tracey, Beale, Jamal Moore, Michele Blu, Jeron White.

-Ben Hall

Ornette Coleman Fiend Club Label

Released July 19, 2024

Ocean Bridges

"Since beginning his jazz career with the Cecil Taylor Quartet in 1960, saxophonist Archie Shepp has sought to illuminate the influence and evolution of the African Diaspora in modern culture in music, literature (as a poet and playwright), and education (he taught university for 30 years). Ocean Bridges is a collaboration with nephew Jason Moore (rapper/children's author Raw Poetic) and DJ/producer Earl Davis (aka Damu the Fudgemunk). It marks Shepp's first recorded foray into hip-hop. Moore sent numerous projects to Shepp over two decades, but after the saxophonist heard the collaborative work by Moore and Damu the Fudgemunk, he signed on readily. Ocean Bridges was 100-percent improvised live in the studio, placing it firmly in the jazz and freestyle wheelhouses. Shepp plays tenor and soprano saxophones and Wurlitzer, Raw Poetic is primarily a vocalist and lyricist, and Damu plays drums, vibes, and turntables. The rest of the band includes guitarist Pat Fritz, keyboardist Aaron Gause, bassist Luke Stewart, Jamal Moore on tenor and clarinet, and Bashi Rose on drums and percussion."

    Bashi Rose plays on tracks 7, 8, 10

- Thom Jurek, All Music Review

 Released May 22, 2020, Redefinition Records

Single from Mowder Oyal's album, "Prefigurative Musics" remixed by Mighty Mark.  Poetry written and performed by Bashi Rose.