429 The Remix According To The Prunes

Danish production team that produces ridiculously cool remixes.  Almost half this mix are Beastie Boys remixes, which is where I came across them first.  It was really the opening DJ Vadim remix that made me so excited to put this playlist together.  The DJ Krush remix is quite good, but my vote still goes to DJ Shadow for best track on that EP.  The rest of the tracks were new to me when compiling this and I find them quite engaging, despite not knowing the language.  The sadly small output of The Prunes only leaves me wanting more, much much more.  

00:00  DJ Vadim - Theme From The Conquest of The Irrational (Remix by The Prunes)

04:36  Beastie Boys - Root Down (Free Zone Mix)

08:16  Den Gale Pose - Den Danske Skole (Sveskalistiskfalddodomactionmanremix)

13:16  DJ Krush - Meiso (The Real Version by The Prunes)

17:42  Beastie Boys - Sure Shot (Prunes Mix)

20:25  Pelding - Streetbuzz (Prunes Remix Instrumental)

24:13  The Prunes - Rockin The Mic (The Prunes Remix)

28:15  Blue Foundation - Wiseguy (The Prunes Remix)

31:28  Beastie Boys - Pass The Mic (Prunes Remix)

35:27  Malk De Kohin - Å Åå Mæio (Prunes Remix)

39:17  Beastie Boys - Putting Shame In Your Game (Prunes Remix)

43:29  Pelding feat K-Dub - Politician (Prunes Remix)

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418 The Remix According To Dälek

Dälek (pronounced dialec), is a wonderful noise based hip hop group.  Like My Bloody Valentine crossed with Public Enemy.  Very esoteric and enigmatic topics in the lyrics.  The group was originally Will Brooks (MC Dalek), Alap Momin (The Oktopus) and Hsi-Chang Lin (Still).  Around 2011 they went on hiatus, and then Will Brooks revitlized the project in 2015 with new members Mike Manteca (from Destructo Swarmbots) and DJ Rek.  They're still predominantly featured on Ipecac Recordings (Mike Patton's label if you weren't aware), and frequently self-release their "Meditations" series on Bandcamp.   You'll also see names like iconAclass which is Will Brooks solo work, and Deadverse which was the production name and remix alias on many of their works.  For these mixes I included all member's work under these names, and a few of their solo ventures.  Its all a wonderful blend of harsh noise over smooth beats and that whole shoegaze aesthetic taken onto additional genres.

00:00  Steven Wilson - Get All You Deserve (Dalek Mix)

07:42  Palms - Antarctic Handshake (iconAclass/deadverse remix)

14:20  Techno Animal - Megaton (Dalek remix)

19:27  Enon - In This City (Deadverse remix)

25:08  NIC in DUB - Deadverse Dub

29:58  Velma - Rouge remix

36:21  My Education - Hear Less (Deadverse remix)

40:44  DJ Baku feat Hevi - Eat (Deadverse Language Barrier Remix)

44:24  My Education - Green Arrow (Deadverse remix)

52:46  Kid606 vs Dalek - Ruin It, Ruin Them, Ruin Yourself then Ruin Me (Dalek Remix)

56:46  Yann Tiersen - Palestine (remix by Deadverse)

61:12  The View Electrical - In My Defense (Dalek remix)

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00:00  Minus The Bear - The Game Needed Me (The Oktopus remix)

04:37  Jello Biafra and The Melvins - Dawn of the Locusts (March of the Locusts Deadverse Remix)

10:14  Isis - False Light (The Oktopus remix)

15:35  The Blood of Heroes - Chains (Dalek remix)

19:46  This Immortal Coil - Chaostrophy (Deadverse remix)

25:57  Echoes of Yul - The Mission (The Message iconAclass remix)

32:49  Themselves - Oversleeping (remix)

36:16  Knut - Dalek (Deadverse remix)

40:50  Dalek vs Zu - Igneo Deadverse (remix)

44:08  Pedigree - Formula for Freedom (Dalek remix)

47:37  My Education feat Dalek - Spiegel im spiegel (deadverse remix)

57:27  Zombi - Slow Oscillations (Deadverse/iconAclass remix)

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417 The Remix According To A Guy Called Gerald

A Guy Called Gerald, aka Gerald Simpson, is a name that was vaguely familiar to me when I started this project.  His remix work for The Stone Roses, Can and DJ Spooky were the only tracks I knew him from.  As I thought about it more, I acknowledged that these three mixes were very good, and I should probably put more effort into his wider discography.  I've still not dove into his albums or original work, and am open to suggestions from other fans.  For his remix work, I did have several other of these tracks in my collection.  Diverse and solid work across the board here.  Ambient to drum and bass to dub to straight-forward electronica.  Loved this image, as it reminds me of vintage photos of Lee Perry, King Tubby and Scientist.

00:00  DJ Spooky vs The Freight Elevator Quartet - File Under Futurism (Ambient Mix)

05:35  The Orb - Oxbow Lakes (Everglades Mix)

11:33  Can - Tango Whiskeyman (A Guy Called Gerald Mix)

16:42  David Bowie - Telling Lies (Paradix Mix)

21:46  Lamb - Cotton Wool (A Guy Called Gerald Mix)

27:07  Tricky - Piano (The Green Stinky Mix)

32:15  Suns of Arqa - Govindas House In The City of Nine Gates (Kirk's Garage Mix)

36:56  Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet - Body & Fear (A Guy Called Gerald Mix))

42:43  Cabaret Voltaire - Hypnotised (A Guy Called Gerald Music Mix)

48:43  The Stone Roses - Fools Gold (A Guy Called Gerald Top Won Mix)

55:54  Roku - Wang (A Guy Called Gerald Mix)

60:19  Mia Grobelny - Arcane (A Guy Called Gerald Mix)

65:54  Cath Coffey - Tell Me (A Guy Called Gerald Classified Mix)

70:21  Sharon Forrester - Love Inside (A Guy Called Gerald Mix)

75:42  Black Uhuru - Reggae Rock (feat A Guy Called Gerald)

80:21  Taro Hakase - Brazil Aquarela Do Brazil (Love With Fragrance Mix)

85:55  DJ Spooky vs The Freight Elevator Quartet - File Under Futurism (Jungle Mix)

 

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416 The Remix According To Pan Sonic

Pan Sonic, formerly Panasonic, are purveyors of glitchy, noisy, droning electronica in its finest forms.  Can be difficult listening at times, therein lies the reward.  I was amazed when I picked up A/B back in the early 2000's at Amoeba records.  Then Vakio came via mail order.  It was Kesto that really solidified my long running appreciation of their work.  A shorter mix this time, but no less powerful.  I think the only thing I am missing are their remixes of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Jean-Louis Murat.  

00:00  Recoil - Shunt (Pan Sonic Mix)

05:06  Muslimgauze - Druse (Panasonic mix)

11:44  Einsturzende Neubauten - NNNAAAMMM (Panasonic Remix)

20:10  Jarboe - Panasonic in Red Dirt

26:40  Foetus - Kreibabe (Pan Sonic)

30:56  Merzbow - Elephants Memory Remix

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415 The Remix According To Muslimgauze

This one took me a lot of time to work through.  Finding the sources for all these Muslimgauze tracks was no easy hill to climb, but the view from the top is amazing.  I divided this into four parts, or two pairs of mixes.  The first one is the original tracks, and the second mix is what Muslimgauze turned them into.  The third mix is the Suns of Arqa and Rootsman tracks which Bryn Jones did full album remixes of, so those are paired up on the fourth mix with what he did with that source material.

The tracks pretty much line up, but there are some 1:2 or 2:1 relationships here.  Such as Talvin Singh's "Soft Works" became "Hard Rest" and "More Hard Rest" from Muslimgauze.  And Scientist and Dave/Ansel Collins became "Holy Man."  Systemwide's "Nommos" became both "Nommos' Ark" and "Nommos' Ghosts," because I wanted to showcase the diversity applied in Bryn's remixes.  

I know there are dozens if not hundreds more that could be added here (I had another 40 or so tracks tagged for this project).  I'd love to know if anyone else has matched up source material with remix from Muslimgauze.

00:00  Rasa Bhava - Devabansha (Tantric Laswell Mix)

09:48  Talvin Singh - Soft Works

19:41  Force of Angels - Dune

26:04  Scientist - De Materialize

28:47  Dave and Ansel Collins - Stalag 17

31:40  Systemwide - Nommos

36:59  Systemwide - Valencia

41:52  Luke Vibert - Infinite Potential

49:56  Nonplace Urban Field - Chilled #6

56:18  Pan Sonic - Radiokemia

62:18  Ryoji Ikeda - 1'11"

63:29  Reptilicus - Saabysma

67:56  Pearl - Open Sesame

73:33  Bad Sector - Li Chi

77:48  Porcupine Tree - Moonloop

94:54  Reverberation - Nite Time

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00:00  Makyo & Bill Laswell - Devabansha

06:02  Talvin Singh - Hard Rest

16:11  Talvin Singh - More Hard Rest

18:56  Force of Angels - Dune

23:49  Muslimgauze - Holy Man

29:16  Muslimgauze - Nommos' Ark

34:23  Muslimgauze - Nommos' Ghosts

41:49  Muslimgauze - Valencia In Flames

45:14  Luke Vibert - Infinate Luke Warm Vibe II

53:15  Nonplace Urban Field - Chilled No 6 Muslimgauze Remix

56:25  Panasonic - Radiokemia (Muslimgauze Remix 2)

64:07  Muslimgauze - Ryoji Ikeda Remix 02

68:15  Muslimgauze - Reptilicus

71:43  Pearl - Open Sesame

76:14  Muslimgauze - Bad Sector

81:16  Muslimgauze - Untitled (Camel Through A Needle's Eye D1 tk9)

87:19  Muslimgauze - Nite Time-Pray Time

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00:00  Suns of Arqa - Jagnath

07:42  Suns of Arqa - Bha Ravi

16:29  Suns of Arqa - Whirling Dub (Youth & Greg Hunter Mix)

20:10  Suns of Arqa - Acid Tabla

26:16  Suns of Arqa - Bye Ragi Version (Phil Kirby mix)

30:47  Suns of Arqa - Gavati

36:58  The Rootsman - Mektoub

41:35  The Rootsman - Saiyidi Dub

45:22  The Rootsman - Old Pan Killer (Ease Off mix by Glamorous Hooligans)

51:57  The Rootsman - African Style

58:24  The Rootsman - Intifada

64:15  The Rootsman - General Synopsis

70:56  The Rootsman - Western Sahara

75:12  The Rootsman - Cheb Ragga

78:40  The Rootsman - Perilous Time

84:50  The Rootsman - Luxor

88:27  The Rootsman - Aghat

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00:00  Muslimgauze - Waz Whirling

03:34  Muslimgauze - Bha Ravi

12:34  Muslimgauze - Whirling Dub

15:29  Muslimgauze - Acid Bends

19:51  Muslimgauze - Find The Missing Chord I Play

22:50  Muslimgauze - Gawati

26:26  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Mecca

28:46  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Qena

31:50  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Tripoli

35:01  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Aswan

37:47  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Black Widows (Part 3)

41:22  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Tuzla

44:18  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Western Sahara (Revolutionary mix)

47:43  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Cheb Ragga remix

49:51  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Holy War (Part 2)

53:18  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Luxor (Brotherhood mix)

55:17  The Rootsman vs Muslimgauze - Rawalpindi

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420 THAT mix

A brief detour on this month's themes because tis time to celebrate that unofficial holiday.  I already did an all reggae/dub mix on the subject, only natural that I expanded to other genres of music that celebrate the stinky.  This one is all over the map, as is proper for the ADHD euphoria associated with it.  Something for everyone here. 

00:00  The Beatnuts - Get Funky (remix) (intro)

00:10  Cypress Hill - Yo Quiero Fumar

02:47  Madvillain feat Lord Quas - America's Most Blunted

06:41  Gang Starr - Take Two and Pass

09:48  Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women No 12 and 35

14:14  Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels

18:55  Willie Nelson - Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die (Live)

20:51  Digable Planets - Nickel Bags (Sneak A Beshu)

25:41  Sonic Youth & Cypress Hill - I Love You Mary Jane

29:14  The Pixies - Gouge Away

31:52  Crackerbash - Trinkets

36:42  Cracker - Low

41:10  Talking Heads - Lifetime Piling Up

44:56  The Orb - Reefer Spin In The Galaxy

49:46  Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

54:45  Sleep - Giza Butler

64:45  Down - Hail The Leaf

68:12  Cannabis Corpse - Mummified in Bongwater

72:12  DJ Vadim - Til Suns In Your Eye

76:47  Mindless Drug Hoover - The Reefer Song

78:32  Sun City Girls - Uncle Jim

82:49  Guided By Voices - Weed King

84:24  Kind of Like Spitting - Why I Smoke Mad Weed

89:33  Butthole Surfers - Bong Song

93:02  Cypress Hill - Something For The Blunted

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