Give It Back

Gentle Giant on a voyage to fairer seas...

Corrosion In The Pink Room

Pink Floyd circa 1970 taking it deep into space.

Magical Connection

When we down to Mexico a few years ago to hang out with our kind buds who have a house on the beach north of Puerto Vallarta Dan (aka. Sorcerer) had recently introduced me to Gabor Szabo's version of Donovan's Ferris Wheel. I was, and am, totally blown away by that track which appears on the 1968 album Dreams. What was funny to me was that I already had a handful of Gabor Szabo records in my collection—probably thanks to their $1 price tag and groovy sleeves—but had never really gotten into them. After hearing Ferris Wheel on the beach at sundown that all changed.

Ever since then I snap up a Szabo album whenever I see one. Some are better than others, and the earlier Impulse records stuff definitely has a more cohesive and original vibe than some of the later fusion-based material. Falling somewhere in the middle of both of those camps is this 1970 effort on Blue Thumb, Magical Connection. Doug Payne's exhaustive site has some very detailed info on the sessions (if I had anything to do with what goes on over at Verve/UMG, I would be planning a deluxe reissue already). This album of rock-tinged light jazz is the perfect thing to throw on after a long day at work. The arrangements (with plenty of Fender Rhodes and solid electric bass) are super classy through-out. I'm also a big fan of the Love Theme From Spartacus, which gets a very solid airing here (also worth checking version by Bill Evans and Yusef Lateef). This album might not be the best place for Szabo novices to start, but to me it's definitely worth connecting with.

L'Amica Di Mia Madre

It's been a pretty hectic fall for at least 1/2 of the Windsurf crew. I've been on the road pretty much every weekend since August. I'm going to be spending a little more time at home coming up so I'd like to take that opportunity to start sharing some of the music that inspires me on a daily basis.

First up is Alberto Baldan Bembo's L'Amica Di Mia Madre. This is a high grade Morricone-esque Italian OST from the early 1970s. What you can expect: lush strings, tense piano, tight drums, swinging horns, and a nonchalant acoustic guitar. The real jam here is called Pedro Come. For some reason when I hear it I imagine a impeccably-dressed waiter delivering a frosty tropical cocktail across a white sand beach to a mysterious bronzed bikini-clad babe under an orange umbrella. Enjoy!

Windsurf live!

Windsurf is playing a few awesome shows with buddies Jonas Reinhardt.
Would you like to fly?

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Thursday November 5th 2009
Jonas Reinhardt
Windsurf (Internasjonal)
Miracles Club (featuring Honey Owens)
@ Northern - Olympia WA

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Friday November 6th 2009
Jonas Reinhardt
Windsurf (Internasjonal)
Miracles Club (featuring Honey Owens)
@ Holocene - Portland OR

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Monday November 9th 2009
DONUTS 3 Year Anniversary
Jonas Reinhardt
Windsurf (Internasjonal)
Miracles Club (featuring Honey Owens)
@ The Knockout - San Francisco CA

The Lonely Windsurfer

Windsurf "Weird Energy" - SF Rickshaw

Nice video footage from our last show at SF Rickshaw Stop!

Also, here's a flyer for our next show on August 14th:

Windsurf Live with Tussle and Jonas Reinhardt

We are psyched to play another show in SF!

Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 9:00 PM at Amnesia.

Gonna be with two awesome local groups Tussle and Jonas Reinhardt.

Please come out and experience the Windsurf live good times.

More info

Windsurf live with Rubies and Little Wings

City Pop

We are back from Japan and our tour with 9dw. Needless to say it was rad. We'll be getting around to some fun stuff, but for the time being, here's a little taste...

kind buds:

live in yoyogi park:

huge in kanazawa:

harajuku synthesizer paradise:

the sorcerer casts a spell:

mmm... niigata bust pudding:

Windsurf live in San Francisco

Windsurf live in San Francisco on Thursday, July 9th.

Also playing are our friends Rubies.

Gonna be our first Windsurf show in the USA.

Would love to see you there!

Rickshaw Stop

155 Fell St.

Rickshaw Stop

Brown Rainbow (pre-Windsurf) live from the archives:

Wearing Is Caring

The shirts have arrived! My favorite is the light aqua...

Geshifes09

Our final show in Japan is at Geshifes. It looks like we'll be sharing the stage not only with kind buds 9dw, but also Sandii of Sandii & The Sunsetz fame. Pretty exciting, but doubtful that Hosono will be cruising.

Feeling Milky

Lo Records just put out the follow up to their much heralded Milky Disco compilation of a few years back, and behold, there are not one, not two, but three Windsurf and Windsurf-related jams aboard the two-disc set. In addition to our tracks, I've been loving the contributions from Gatto Fritto and CFCF. Feedback has been positive, except Resident Advisor singles out Midnight Jogger as making "you feel a bit like you're checking out a website for high-end spa treatments." Decide for yourself...

Weird Energy

Here's a look at our latest tune. Sorcerer got crafty and put together this very entertaining video.

Vapour Trails 7"

Get in touch with the good folks over at The Fader for a free (while supplies last) 7" that includes an exclusive jam we did last summer. Don't mind the swell artwork by Mario Hugo.

World of Osamu

Check out this awesome mix our pal Zucker Chimney made of Japanese artist Osamu Kitajima's early recordings: Orient-ation.

Sombrero Struttin'

We're making some rad t-shirts for our tour. Our kind bud Nat Russell drew this gatto hombre for us... 

Big In Japan

Pretty soon we'll be packing up our gear and boarding a flight headed across the Pacific ocean to the distant shores of Japan. We're really excited to team up with the extremely talented 9dw for our very first tour.

This is a flyer for one of the shows we're doing in Tokyo.