Episode 67 - Unique Communion of Mind

If it had planned better I would have had a Halloween specific mix for today.  Instead this one is dark and weird enough to fit the holiday. Maybe next year I'll plan better and get a themed mix ready, something other than all the tracks named "Halloween" in my collection (though that's not a terrible idea).

It shouldn't work, but it does.  Where else will you heard Buckethead, Coil, Four Tet and Bruce Springsteen in the same hour?

00:00 Buckethead - KFC Skin Piles A1 (edit)

01:18 Praxis - Blast / War Machine Dub

05:00 The Damage Manual - Sunset Gun (Full Monty Sunny Orb Up mix)

09:59 Raime - Your Cast Will Tire

15:00 Schaft - Visual Cortex (Coil remix)

22:35 Scorn - Silver Rain Fell (Deep Water mix)

27:08 Zola Jesus - I Can't Stand

31:06 Chang and Xander - Pink Frost ReDux

34:02 Mordred - Esse Quam Videri

36:54 LARD - Forkboy

40:47 Four Tet - Glasshead

51:40 Bruce Springsteen - Dream Baby Dream (Suicide)

photo credit: old microsoft paint art

Episode 66 - A Bias Towards Action

Some chill electronic via a rare mix from Orbital, through some more drum and bass and dub, to laptoptronica, and getting into some harsher territory before turning to a nice dark electro track to close it.  Lots of fun to be had on this journey.  I included the Moby track from the "see the light tour" promo cassette, form my first rave in 1993.  That was a great night, and a treat to see Moby, Orbital, Aphex Twin before any of them could fill a stadium on their own for a concert.

00:00 Orbital - Lush (Salt Tank's Guitar mix)

06:53 Ultramarine - Into/Incidental Music

07:43 Gaudi - Electronic Impromptu in E-flat Minor

14:22 Equations of Eternity - Eons Georgraphy

19:07 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Tong Poo (the Orb remix)

23:31 Almamegretta - Nun te Scurda (Scorn remix)

28:59 Kid606 - Longer

29:38 Accelera Deck - ;11

33:16 Isan - No Op

36:12 The Rootsman - Cheb Ragga (Nigel Parker remix)

38:37 Muslimgauze - Rest-Track

40:02 Third Eye Foundation - 016

42:29 Thurston Moore - root (Third Eye Foundation remix)

46:26 Photek - The Seven Samurai (edit)

50:37 Moby - Unloved Symphony

56:19 Nightmare lodge - Is Passed Like A Dream (31st October Night Mix)

photo credit: my friend's rental house in Durango

Episode 65 - The World is Full of Noise

I should have saved the title for a noise oriented mix, but since it a lyric to a wonderful Slowdive track included here I felt it was appropriate.  Overall, this mix continues to showcase my affection for late 90s alternative and shoegaze, with a lot of variety.  

00:00 The Black Heart Procession - A Heart Like Mine

03:10 Blonde Redhead - En Particulier

07:07 Guitar - House Full of Time

11:52 Enon - In This City

15:30 Three Mile Pilot - Way of the Ocean

18:16 Pixies - Gouge Away (live)

21:02 The Police - Shambelle

25:45 Foxtail Somersault - Divingboard

28:40 Future 3 - Alison (Slowdive)

31:42 Mum - Vio Erum Meo Landakort Af Pianoinu

36:41 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

40:53 Mojave 3 - To Whom Should I Write (demo)

43:52 Slowdive - Dagger

47:10 Devendra Banhart - Fall

49:40 Heidi Berry - The Devil

49:45 O Paradis - Bailando en el aire

52:17 Big Star - Blue Moon

54:13 27 - Brighter Days

photo credit: early days of digital photography at our old house 

Episode 64 - Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

Dark indie folk, to some gothic alternative rock, and ending with a bit of gospel.  I like this dark vibe for October, even though I made this mix sometime early 2017.  Love the Unto Ashes track, from the fan tribute to Coil "Loved Stolen and Deconstructed."  I almost contributed a track when they solicited from the email distro, but was not confident in my music skills at the time.  I had to throw in a track from locals Orbit Service, with a nod that Randall is now a touring member of Legendary Pink Dots.  

00:00 Pascal Comelade/Pierre Bastien/Jac Berrocal/Jaki Liebezeit - Rock'n'Roll Station

05:00 Angels of Light - Sunset Park

10:48 Unto Ashes - Ostia The Death of Passolini (Coil)

16:35 Nina Simone - I Put a Spell On You

19:06 mewithoutYou - Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

23:51 The Cranes - Eg Shining

27:30 Larsen - Mentre

30:04 Marissa Nadler - Wedding

33:44 Orbit Service - Dark Orange Sunset

40:26 This Immortal Coil - Tattoed Man (3EF remix)(Coil)

45:45 Piano Magic - I am the Sub-Librarian

50:05 Julee Cruise - Falling

55:06 The Staple Singers - This May Be The Last Time

57:10 Washington Phillips - Mother's Last Word to Her Son

photo credit: Kurt Vonnegut "Slaughterhouse Five" illustration

Episode 62 - His Name Is Alive - pt1 Early Period

Where it began, and my last mix focusing on this group for a while.  They had a sound destined for 4AD records, yet they were utterly unique in their approach.  The dreamy, hazy, claustrophobic alternative pop was like nothing else I'd heard at the time.  I recall fondly staying up late and watching public access TV when they showed videos that didn't really fit on MTV; such was the brother's Quay directed Can't Go Wrong Without You.  I was forever hooked based on that track alone.  Months later NPR played "Baby Fish Mouth" as an outro to a news segment and I just new this band was something special.  "We Hold The Land in Great Esteem" is easily in my ten favorite songs of all times.  I used several samples from their album "Home is in Your Head," namely "Save the Birds" as parts of my high school music compositions for the talent show and performances.  "The Dirt Eaters" with its uncleared samples from Ironweed is just a slice of something wonderful.  Overall, it is the collage work best displayed on "King of Sweet" that has kept my attention and adoration for so many years.  I cannot stress enough how wonderful this group is, in every incarnation they have appeared under.

00:00 His Name Is Alive - Save the Birds

00:20 His Name Is Alive - If We

02:57 His Name Is Alive - Fossil

04:26 His Name Is Alive - Man on the Silver Mountain (Rainbow)

08:03 His Name Is Alive - We Hold the Land in Great Esteem

11:55 His Name Is Alive - Why People Disappear

16:04 His Name Is Alive - Are We Still Married

18:51 His Name Is Alive - Blue Moon (Big Star)

21:03 His Name Is Alive - Can't Go Wrong Without You

24:15 His Name Is Alive - Driftin Blues (Driftin)

27:48 His Name Is Alive - Lemon Ocean

30:32 His Name Is Alive - Lip 

33:23 His Name Is Alive - Love's A Fish Eye

36:49 His Name Is Alive - Moon Don't Go

39:32 His Name Is Alive - The Dirt Eaters

43:51 His Name Is Alive - Soul Resides in the Horse Barn (h____barn)

47:50 His Name Is Alive - Take A Look Around You (around)

50:50 His Name Is Alive - The Homesick Waltz

54:41 His Name Is Alive - Underwater

57:55 His Name Is Alive - Where Knock is Open Wide

photo credit: Time stereo promo photo

Episode 61 - Oddities

I love odd, unclassifiable music.  Experimental, avant garde, anything that stretches the imagination.  Sure, I scoured the infamous NWW list and found many a wonderful and challenging surprise.  The wonderful Finder's Keepers record label is currently doing a great overview of that based on country of origin.   This mix has something for everyone, and its all a bit odd.  There's a couple tracks I found on an old hard drive and I know they were not tagged correctly, so I have no idea what they actually are.

00:00 Piano Magic - I Came to Your Party

04:03 Mushrooms Patience - Blues Infected the World

07:44 Jac Berrocal - Automme Perdu

09:11 Nurse With Wound - Cooloorta Moon

14:56 Raz Mesinai - Possession (Second Stage)

15:30 Pascal Comelade/Pierre Bastien/Jac Berrocal/Jaki Liebezeit - To The Last of Imaginery Solutions

18:26 Ghedalia Tazartes - Quasimdo Tango

21:12 Akineton Retard - Pista 06

23:52 Glaxo Babies - Seven Days

28:01 Buckethead - Ghosts Upstairs

30:25 Alien Sex Fiend - Mad Daddy Drives A U.F.O. (The Cramps)

34:36 unknown - unknown surf rock from China (Non-Stop Dance)

39:23 Nurse With Wound - Alien (art side)

40:29 The Wardrobe - Lucifer Before Sunrise (inferno mix) (Nurse With Wound/Tony Wakeford)

45:57 Stockhausen - Bjzrk (?)

46:12 John Zorn - Necronomicon: Thought Forms

49:05 Vampires of Dartmoor - Ghosts of Good and Bad Onions

53:22 Project 197 - Raiding the Film Archives

55:18 Clara Rockmore - Valse Sentimental (Tchaikovsky)

photo credit: old find on Google search

As a bonus, here is a fantastic one page comic for the lyrics of the Piano Magic song - I came to your party dressed as a shadow.  I wish I had saved the artist's name or the site I originally found this on, as I am quite impressed by this interpretation.

Episode 60 - Befuddled with looming darkness

Dark ambient, and uneasiness abounds in these tracks.  A few sprinklings of stability and light peek through before closing with some aggression.  Despite the majority of their work, the Ozrics can really knock down some dark atmospherics.  Mt Fuji/Kilimanjaro drive it home with the doom jazz, along with Lech Jankowski (who scored most Brother's Quay films).  Keeping it more light with Isan, Accelera Deck (don't remember the name of this track), and a rarity from Autechre.  Some Laptoptronica to keep it quirky, and ending with some grimy dirty drum and bass.  Overall a fun and diverse mix, even if focusing on darker sounds throughout.

00:00 Ozric Tentacles - Toltec Spring

02:33 The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation - Strange Dreams

06:50 Calexico - Untitled III (Two Lone Swordsmen remix)

10:46 Ozric Tentacles - Ethereal Cereal

12:43 Julianna Barwick - Prizewinning

17:40 Desaccord Majeur - Noun

26:01 Lech Jankowski - Tarnow 01

27:22 The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Horns of King David

29:35 Isan - Ampule

33:18 Accelera Deck - ?

38:47 Autechre - Konlied Mx

41:53 Thurston Moore - Root 16 (remix by Third Eye Foundation)

45:55 Matmos - Freak N You

50:46 Girl Talk - My Last Days as a Teenager remixing Solex

53:44 The Locust - Well I'll be a Monkey's Uncle (remix by Kid606)

58:48 Ponga - Pick Up The Pieces of Saturn (Amon Tobin Mosh remix)

65:21 Funki Porcini - Pete Pete Pete

photo credit: winter at our previous house

Episode 59 - His Name Is Alive - pt2 Middle Period

Continuing on this excellent group's overview, this time focusing on what I considered their mid-period (1996 - 2000). There is a bit of overlap timewise with the previous mix, but this focuses much more on the transition from their early to later styles.  They really came into their own, moving away from the hazy, shoegazing 4AD trove of artist during this phase and incorporated a lot of great covers.  The explosion of Time Stereo label as their CDr and Cassette imprint of unreleased or associated artist albums was always fun to explore.  The site, which is no longer full of pages, had so many things to investigate, from their write ups on the Noise Camp, to artwork from Davin and Warn (I've still got a few numbered prints I was lucky enough to get).  And yes, I'm still a proud owner of their handmade Cloud Box.  

00:00 His Name Is Alive - Soul Resides in the Horse Barn (wet)

02:22 His Name Is Alive - Crashed Up on the Corner (hot tonite)

05:30 His Name Is Alive - Michigans Finest 1

07:17 His Name Is Alive - Dub

10:25 His Name Is Alive - Summer

13:46 His Name Is Alive - Summer of Esp(Summer)

16:00 His Name Is Alive - Wall of Speed

18:24 His Name Is Alive - Affection (The Carter Family)

21:38 His Name Is Alive - Blues (2)

23:58 His Name Is Alive - Ain't No Lie (Elizabeth Cotten)

26:57 His Name Is Alive - The Time Light Bodies Take to Fall

31:19 His Name Is Alive - Young (Neil Young)

34:43 His Name Is Alive - Blues

37:27 His Name Is Alive - Canada

40:30 His Name Is Alive - Killing Floor

42:43 His Name Is Alive - Moon

45:10 His Name Is Alive - Land

48:25 His Name Is Alive - Fond Affection (The Carter Family)

49:13 His Name Is Alive - Library Girl

52:31 His Name Is Alive - Broken Tango 1

53:23 His Name Is Alive - Melody Farm

56:55 His Name Is Alive - Sunshine (John Denver)

photo credit: Davin Brainard via Time Stereo

Episode 58 - Modernization and Decay

Jazz is adaptable, and works itself into the strangest of places.  This set shows some loose adaptations of the term jazz, and where it can lead you. Turntabilism is not a far stretch as hip hop has sampled jazz since its beginnings.  Indie folk, post-rock are easy incorporations of the style. Then there is doom jazz, which takes its ambiance from the creepiest of David Lynch movies and makes that its identity, and does it so very well. Of course ending it with The Caretaker, because watching The Shining with my family is an October tradition.

00:00 Jaga Jazzist - I Could Have Kill Him in the Sauna

05:23 Kid Koala - Basin Street Blues

09:25 Madlib - Slim's Return

13:08 Calexico - Attack el Robot! Attack (and How He Lost remix by Wechsel Garland)

16:50 Isotope 217 - Kryptonite Smokes the Red Line

19:45 Tortoise - Not Quite East of Ryan

24:40 Chicago Underground Quartet - Four in the Evening

26:00 Dictaphone - The E. Song

29:55 Guillermo Klein - Miula

39:50 Xiu Xiu - Audrey's Dance

43:56 The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Caos Calmo

48:54 Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Constant Fear

55:05 The Caretaker - It's All Forgotten Now

photo credit: https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/ljs-podcast/ljs-46-make-extra-money-jazz-side-hustle/

Episode 57 - I Blame Wax Trax

Yeah, finding Wax Trax record label and vinyl store in Denver in the early 90's exposed my fledgling mind to so much music.  I couldn't get enough and purchased nearly everything based on short reviews in their catalogs.  I was revitalized finding all the Ministry side projects, as I'd lost interest in Ministry shortly after The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste. Then came the Black Box VHS tapes, which kept my interest moving along steadily with so many artists to investigate.  Discovering Perennial Divide in the early days of Brainwashed.com (back when it really was just a Meat Beat Manifesto fan site) was so exciting.  I recall walking into Independent Records and hearing "Christian Zombie Vampires" on the stereo, and my Mom saw how interested I was, so she snuck away and bought the store copy of MLTKK Confessions of a Knife for me as an early holiday present.  Around highschool, I fell deep into the Pigface supergroup fandom, and even saw them perform on Thanksgiving day, when Chris Connelly got upset at the crowd and walked off stage vowing to not play another show in Denver again.  I glossed over Download, however they will always hold the spot of my second favorite Skinny Puppy side-project, behind the Tear Garden (both of these will feature in depth mixes in the future - I made this mix in 2016, and did their retrospective overviews around 2020ish, and I'm still catching up on all this).

00:00 Lead Into Gold - Faster Than Light

05:27 Pailhead - Don't Stand in Line (remix)

10:25 Ministry - So What

18:18 Revolting Cocks - No Devotion (12" Version)

28:37 Ajax - Mind the Gap

34:46 Perennial Divide - New Foundation on Mankind

40:16 Ministry - Tonight We Murder

46:06 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Burning Dirt

51:05 Pop Will Eat Itself - Ich Bin Ein Auslander (Fun-Da-Mental remix)

56:18 Download - Sidewinder Snake

59:55 Pigface - Suck

photo credit: industrial stock photo found online

Episode 56 - My Teenage Dream Was to Host 120 Minutes

This is the second half of the last mix, with more rock oriented songs, less folky.  Included are some of my top 50 greatest songs ever by Bright Eyes, Electrelane, Spiritualized, The Chills, and Cocteau Twins.  My interest in Smashing pumpkins fell off a cliff after Gish, but I had to include a ridiculously fun mash-up from them as well.  I recall the fun of finding both bands named Locust in internet searches, and yes I am a fan of both (the other will be featured in future grindcore oriented mixes).

00:00 Piano Magic - (Music Won't Save You From Anything But) Silence

06:32 The Smashing Pumpkins - Siva

11:23 Electrelane - The Greater Times

14:49 Bright Eyes - Gold Mine Gutted

18:39 Japancakes - Come in Alone (My Bloody Valentine)

22:56 Lush - When I Die (remix)

27:06 France Gall - Laisser Tomber Les Filles

29:02 Blonde Redhead - 23

34:08 Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space

37:33 The Charlatans - Opportunity Three

44:55 The Chills - Pink Frost

48:48 Cocteau Twins - Wax and Wane

52:31 Tunng - Bricks

56:56 ToToM - I've Told Every Little Pumpkin

60:22 Locust - Your Selfish Ways

63:19 Booth & The Bad Angel - Old Ways

photo credit: Daydream, street art found online

Episode 55 - The Beer I Had For Breakfast

First half of this mix, as when I was compiling songs I ended up with too many and couldn't decide which Japancakes track to use.  Choosing both meant I had to divide everything based on overall feeling.  This mix is more indie folk oriented and features some excellent cover songs, some classics, and some general fun.

00:00 Calexico - Sonic Wind (Instrumental mix)

04:59 Japancakes - Heaven or Las Vegas (Cocteau Twins)

09:40 Iron and Wine - Love Vigilantes (New Order)

13:41 Grant Lee Phillips - Age of Consent (New Order)

17:08 Electrelane - Cut and Run

20:32 Liquorice - Farm (Team Player)

24:14 Neil Young - Heart of Gold

27:15 Waylon Jennings - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (Bob Dylan)

29:53 The Czars - I Fall to Pieces (Patsy Cline)

32:56 ESP Summer - Today

35:38 Akron/Family - I'll Be on the Water

38:55 Kimya Dawson - The Beer

42:01 The Breeders - Fortunately Gone

43:41 Bruce Springsteen - Devils and Dust

48:39 Six Organs of Admittance - Words for Two

50:14 Low + Dirty Three - Lordy

54:23 Hank Williams - Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals

photo credit: sumac trees in my former yard

Episode 54 - Punkyness Brew(ster)ing

Transitioning from some straightforward alternative rock, to more punk tinged alternative.  Standard fare, then a rare one from The Stone Roses.  Godzuki kicking of the female led section of this mix, including some local Colorado artists. My wife got to meet and film Dressy Bessy for a project about 10 years back.  Also included is a nod to "But I'm a Cheerleader," which to my knowledge never had an official soundtrack released.  Probably the only Darling Buds track I like, then moving along to more punkier and grungier stuff, culminating in older post-punk near the end.  And a bonkers one to close it out.

00:00 Piano Magic - The Last Engineer

05:22 Yo La Tengo - Cherry Chapstick

11:28 The Stone Roses - Heart on the Staves

14:26 Skywave - Kiss

18:27 Godzuki - Toast

21:15 Dressy Bessy - If You Should Try To Kiss Her

23:51 The Darling Buds - I Couldn't Remember

25:42 Matson Jones - Good Advice

29:29 And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Clair de Lune

32:52 Spacemen 3 - Losing Touch With My Mind

37:31 Dinosaur Jr - Raisins

40:42 Lush - Second Sight

43:08 Shellac - QRJ

45:53 Pines of Nowhere - So Long

49:07 Big Black - I Can't Believe

50:08 Warsaw - At A Later Date

53:10 Ocaso Epico - Sem Titulo

photo credit: my garden

Episode 52 - Only True Grit Left in Cohen Brothers Flicks

This mix features a good selection of styles, most with a little more edge than my previous two mixes of this genre.  Iconaclass is the frontman from my favorite noisy hip hop group Dalek, Oktober was a pleasant surprise when I was actually searching for a Krautrock band of the same name.  I included some turntabilism, and the crafty live instrumentation of Live Human is on full display.  Some downtempo/illbient pieces fit well in the middle, then bridging on some industrial items.  That Nasenbluten track is just bonkers and uses rap (and The Shining) samples to great effect - though I edited a good 6 or 7 minutes of the track as the novelty wears off quickly.  EBN's one and only full album is chalk full of gems:  produced by Jack Dangers, featuring royalty on the MC duties, Bill Laswell has his hands in the pot, and they got their funding by doing visuals for U2's Zooropa tour.  And then, of course I had to wrap this all up with some absolute classics that everyone should have in their collection.

00:00 Iconaclass - Out of Patience

03:51 Oktober - Cell Block

06:56 Cypress Hill - Throw Your Set In The Air (Club Remix)

09:54 Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (AV8's Mix)

13:29 Live Human - Lagoona's Bliss (Elephant mix)

18:35 The Beat Junkies - He Likes to Concentrate

22:24 DJ Wally - Sentimental Stamina

27:56 Unkle - Time Has Come (Portishead and DJ Shadow mix)

31:57 The Young Gods - Abandoned Language Outro (featuring Dalek)

35:54 Nasenbluten - Cut Her To Bits (edit)

37:45 EBN & Grandmaster Melle Mel - Shoot the Mac-10

41:46 Pharoah Monch - Simon Says (Skitz Version feat Roots Manuva and Rodney P)

45:22 A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario (Young Nation mix)

50:25 Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full (Coldcut's 7 minutes of madness)

photo credit: Ghost artwork by some street artist I found online

Episode 51 - Otherdub

Some really out there dubs from unexpected places.  All culminating in a traditional style.  

00:00 Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom - Dutty Rut feat Ricky Ranking

03:35 Twilight Circus - Depth Charge remix

06:59 Ozric Tentacles - Oddham Shaw Style

08:49 Hilt - Green Love

14:03 Lali Puna - Left Handed (Lali Puna Dub)

17:09 Chapterhouse - We are the Beautiful (Spooky's Extravaganja Dub mix)

25:34 DJ Spooky - Supersonic Bionic (Spectral Dub mix)

32:06 Roots Manuva - A New Dub

34:55 Ah Cama-Sotz - Rites Ov Dub (Qal'at Sim'an)

40:56 Dubblestandart - Optimism Dub (Feat David Lynch & Lee 'Scratch' Perry)

46:20 Om - Addis Ababa

50:38 Andrew Liles - mbwiri (dub) (edit)

53:41 Ozric Tentacles - Iscence

58:10 HR - Conquering Judah

60:50 Joe Gibbs - blank label dub

63:20 Prince Far I - Bedward the Flying Preacher

68:19 Agustus 'Gussie' Clarke & King Tubby - No No No (dub mix)

photo credit: sunset at a former residence

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Episode 50 - Not Your Average Electro Pop Mix

Another eclectic mix of poppy tunes that don't fit a specific category.  I included my favorite adaptation of Four Tet's early work, a rare appearance of Luke Vibert in my collection, a solid New Order cover, a Dean Martin remix that I can't find any information on (this was from a mix tape a friend gave me over 20 years ago).  My love for plunderphonics is also on display here, with a superb nod to A Tribe Called Quest and later with the always entertaining People like us.  The DJ Wally contribution to a Jesus Franco tribute is both exactly what you'd expect from him, and also exactly what would fit into the movie it samples.  I also relish any opportunity to include Julee Cruise's work.   Lastly, I can assure this is the only time I'll include any reference to Death Cab For Cutie in my mixes as I am not a fan of their work, aside from this remix, which sounds nothing like them.

00:00 Siouxsie and The Banshees - Face to Face (7" mix)

04:08 Four Tet - Hilarious Movie of the 90s (Koushiks Funny Flick)

06:35 Laika - Breather (Remix by Luke Vibert)

12:12 Fujiya & Miyagi - Your Silent Face (New Order)

18:36 Dean Martin & Julie London - Sway (remix)

23:19 Horse Opera - House of The Jazz

27:42 DJ Wally - Necromix

34:19 Stange Attractor - Rorschach (Twilight Circus remix)

38:49 Third Eye Foundation - Annex1 (Micro  Mega) _ Explatino (Headphone)

44:36 Pluramon - Time (Catharsia Mx - featuring Julee Cruise)

49:17 People Like Us - Scott Slim

52:08 Bowery Electric - Empty Words

55:35 Silver Apples - Lovefingers

59:33 The Faint - Worked Up So Sexual (Death Cab For Cutie remix)

image credits: found image 

Episode 49 - Progadelic

Prog and Psyche music aplenty.  Great dark, engaging music here.  So many styles that all blend well together.  Node is a superb, supergroup focusing on modular synth noodling.  Lotus Eaters is another supergroup of extreme and metalheads.  There is more than one freak-folk group called The Trees, this is the more obscure one.  I absolutely love Volcano the Bear, in all their difficult majesty.  Grails and Envy are pretty standard fare and expected in this mix.  James Plotkin makes a second appearance (solo work this time).  Yes, my adoration of Acid Mother's Temple is here, with (one of) their David Lynch homage.  Taking back to the old school with a couple classics, then hitting up the obscure again with The Sonic Catering Band via Colm Ó Cíosóig and Simon Johns.  Wrapping it all up with the ever dominant caring Nurse.

00:00 Node - Olivine

07:39 Lotus Eaters - Untitled 2

12:29 Trees - Track 02

14:29 Volcano The Bear - Reahs Mort

17:58 Grails - Bad Bhang Recipe

21:54 Envy - Zero

23:52 James Plotkin - Hung on a Line

29:05 Acid Mothers Temple - Blue Velvet Blues (live)

42:05 Agitation Free - Rucksturz

44:05 Electric Sandwich - China

47:08 The Sonic Catering Band - Flavour X (Clear Spot remix)

54:17 Nurse With Wound & Aranos - Sunset Belly Mother

photo credit: unknown artist, image provided by a friend in early 2000's

Episode 48 - Living in a Punk House in the 90s

Covering the many facets of punk rock.  Most of these take me back to my angsty high school years, and shortly afterwards living in punk houses, having keggers multiple times a week, and going to shows in people's living rooms during house parties.  

00:00 Warzone - As One

01:53 Agnostic Front - Last Warning

02:41 Cause for Alarm - Time to Try

03:49 Slapshot - I've Had Enough

05:37 Dropkick Murphys - Boys on the Dock

08:06 The Bruisers - Nations on Fire (Blitz cover)

11:15 Quicksand - Unfulfilled (LP rough mix)

14:35 Soul Asylum - Draggin Me Down

16:42 Wipers - Better Off Dead

18:51 Devo - Recombo DNA (demo)

20:46 Nirvana - D7 (Wipers cover)

24:30 I-Spy - Appliances and Cars

27:20 Los Crudos - Asesinos

28:21 Bad Brains - Pay to Cum

29:45 The Motards - No No the Girlfriend

31:10 Le Shok - TV in my Eye

33:01 The Stitches - My Baby Hates Me

35:08 Face to Face - You've Got a Problem

37:53 Dancing French Liberals of 48 - Council of Blood

39:42 Joe Strummer & The Mescalaros - Coma Girl

43:27 Common Rider - Classics of Love

45:46 Common Rider - Signal, Signal

48:31 Quicksand - How Soon is Now? (The Smiths cover)

51:34 Ceremony - Nothing in the Sun

55:07 Lush - Bitter

57:05 Face to Face - Interzone (Joy Division cover)

59:09 The Bruisers - Lunatic

photo credit:  Don't pass out early at a party or you'll get harrassed

Episode 47 - Shoulda been a PK

Named after the universal comment from the sidelines from my daughter's soccer game last weekend.  Another solid mix of dub and reggae.  Starting off with Sonic Boom (no not THAT one), a fun Eurythmics cover, some classics, and I never miss a chance to incorporate my favorite artist, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System.  A nice addition from Sinead O'Connor (more from her dub album later), then some more classics.  I had to include something from Scientist vs World Cup to go with the name of this post.  Then a great mash-up thrown in for good measure.  Who knew the King could work over a reggae backing so well?  I ended it moving away from dub, and focused more on some favorite oldies.   

00:00 Sonic Boom - The Dub & The Restless

04:29 Sly and Robbie Featuring Bill Laswell - Here Comes the Rain Again (Eurythmics)

08:25 Unknown - No No No (unknown dub remix)

13:11 Scientist - Your Teeth in My Neck

17:45 Twilight Circus - Filter 13 (Wailers Tribute mix)

21:36 Jah Wobble - New Mexico Dub

24:31 Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald featuring Sinead O'Connor - My Love I Bring

28:12 Jah Wobble & The Nippon Dub Ensemble - K Dub 05

30:54 Prince Far I - Heavyweight Version

34:18 Scientist - Extra Time Part 1

36:58 Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Soul Fire

40:45 Elvis Presley & The Wailers - Crying in the Chapel

43:55 Bob Marley & The Wailers - It Hurts To Be Alone

46:22 The Cables - Baby I Love You

49:09 Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Curly Locks

53:10 Delroy Wilson - A Bright and Sunny Day

56:22 The Upsetters - Bird in Hand

59:39 Clive Hylton - From Creation

62:07 Soul Syndicate - Dub in Heaven

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Episode 45 - The Definitive Third

Mix title pulled from Fellini's biography.  Bookended by the Dust Brothers (when they were still called that), and then filled with some fun, groovy, wonky electronic tracks.  That is one of my favorite Bjork remixes, its straightforward and not nearly as weird as most of her music gets.  This is the first Electrelane song I ever heard and fell in love with their style.  A recent announcement of a new This Immortal Coil album has be all abuzz again.  I think listeners will soon figure out that I try to work nearly every track from the Brain in the Wire compilation series into my mixes.  That and my fixation on the early era of Autechre tracks.  Hope everyone enjoys this one.

00:00 The Dust Brothers - If You Kling to Me I'll Klong to You

05:18 Pulseprogramming - Oh Halo (1984 Penny for your loafer mix)

08:34 Boards of Canada - Smokes Quantity

11:40 Bjork - Isobel (Motorbass remix)

17:22 Electrelane - I want to be the President

22:05 This Immortal Coil - Chaostrophy (Deadverse Remix)

28:18 Cex - Ad Nauseum

32:46 Jah Wobble - Car Ad Music 6

37:14 Core - Haunted Dub

44:26 Xploding Plastix - Sports, Not Heavy Crime

49:06 Mira Calix - Khala

56:34 Autechre - Carni

63:52 The Dust Brothers - One Too Many Morning

photo credit: Google image find, Dalek Space Invaders

Episode 44 - Being Forthcoming

The act of being forthcoming.  A mix of songs I planned to make into other mixes more specific to their genre, but ended up pulling together like this.  These are mostly reflective of times in the last several years (I made this in 2016) and was looking ahead in my life as to what would come next.  I remember first hearing Mojave Three on the Shaving the Pavement tour with Scheer and Lush, having no clue it was the guy from Slowdive.  Noir Desir is a great French band I wouldn't have come across without the CDr swapping with a former Coil email list member that I befriended - this is nowhere close to what I imagined a Coil fan would be into, but it hit home with me and my minor understanding of the French language.  I came across the Abner Jay track via a spotify playlist from Marissa Nadler.  That Icelandic operatic cover of Bjork is breathtaking - trust me its worth seeking out the rest of the album this is from.  I'm elated to hear Sunny Day Real Estate is reunited for tours this year, I may just have to drag my old shoegaze/emo self out for that one.  Of course, ending this with some more oddities, such as Fall of Saigon which is a fantastic one off project from Pascal Comelade, and of course a Nancy Sinatra cover by Coil.  That is always a classic.

00:00 Billy Bragg - A New England

02:07 Calexico - Crystal Frontier (Widescreen Version)

05:59 Mojave Three - Breaking the Ice

09:55 Noir Desir - Le Vent Nous Portera

14:37 Dinosaur Jr - Quicksand (Wagon Reprise)

18:57 Abner Jay - I'm So Depressed

22:15 Grayson & Whitter - Little Maggie with A Dram Glass in Her Hand

25:38 Jose Gonzales - Teardrop (Live) (Massive Attack)

28:38 Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (The Animals)

31:16 Ásgerður Júníusdóttir - All Is Full Of Love (Bjork)

33:48 David Bowie - It's Hard to be a Saint in the City (Springsteen)

37:26 Sunny Day Real Estate - Red Elephant

40:38 We Miss The Earth - Out Alive

42:45 Fall of Saigon - She leaves me all alone

46:48 Strange Attractor - Rorschach (heritage part 1 01)

51:31 Coil - Bang Bang (Nancy Sinatra)

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Episode 43 - Drive

All tracks named "Drive" or some variation of that word.  I made this mix specifically for, you guessed it, a road trip with the family.

00:00 Spencer Moore - Driveway to the Cemetery (Main Title - Night of the Living Dead)

02:16 The Gaslight Anthem - Drive

05:11 My Bloody Valentine - Drive it All Over Me

08:13 R.E.M. - Drive 

11:52 Marissa Nadler - Drive

16:22 The Cars - Drive

20:09 The Herbalizer Band - Blackwater Drive (Instrumental)

24:53 Spacemen 3 - Drive Feel So Sad

30:21 Bruce Springsteen - Drive All Night (Version 1)

35:02 Kitchens of Distinction - Drive that Fast (7" edit)

38:51 Ride - Drive Blind

43:25 The Dub Trio - Drive By Dub

47:53 Skywave - Drive

49:42 R.E.M. - Driver 8

53:01 Corduroy - Four Wall Drive

56:03 Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Way)(Acoustic)

60:28 Kid Koala - Thank You, Good Night, Drive Safely

Photo Credit: a roadside travel picture from me

Episode 41 - The Sea and Cake

Hopefully everyone already knows about The Sea and Cake.  They always give me a half smile and a boppy groove.  I've presented my favorite songs from them here.  I came across them via Tortoise, and then heard their music in multiple skateboarding videos way back in the 90's.  I made this mix in early 2015, before they released their latest album.  Not represented is their cover of Bowie's "Sound and Vision" which I will certainly include in my all covers mix.

00:00 The Sea and Cake - The Argument

04:52 The Sea and Cake - Jacking the Ball

08:33 The Sea and Cake - Sporting Life

13:22 The Sea and Cake - Left Side Clouded

16:30 The Sea and Cake - Leeora

20:46 The Sea and Cake - An Echo In

25:01 The Sea and Cake - Tea and Cake (Stereolab)

28:58 The Sea and Cake - Afternoon Speaker

33:15 The Sea and Cake - Interiors (Broadcast Remix)

36:30 The Sea and Cake - Escort

40:52 The Sea and Cake - Lyric

46:20 The Sea and Cake - Lightning

50:21 The Sea and Cake - On a Letter

53:45 The Sea and Cake - Midtown

56:36 The Sea and Cake - Seemingly

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Episode 40 - Apocalyptic Folk

For the genre, this mix is pretty standard fare and not too many surprises.  I dove head first into this genre over 25 years ago, thanks to World Serpent distribution.  The interconnectedness of most of the groups in this list made for a lot of research and listening opportunities.  

00:00 Foresta Di Ferro - Fronte San Vittore (A Tutte Le Anime Criminali)

03:51 Varunna - Millenni

07:57 Forseti - Sturmgeweiht

11:37 :Of the Wand and the Moon: - Winter Veil

14:47 Death In June - Runes and Men

17:10 Sol Invictus - Song of the Flower (edit)

21:53 In Gowan Ring - The Rolling of the Stones

27:44 Current 93 - Sunset

34:04 Sol Invictus - Cupid & Death

35:14 Changes - Waiting for the Fall

37:35 Cult of Youth - Path of Total Freedom

38:42 Death In June - Fall Apart (Rose Mix)

40:44 Foresta Di Ferro - Cafe Flesh

43:52 In Gowan Ring - Dandelion Wine

45:56 Six Organs of Admittance - Hum a Silent Prayer

48:22 Marissa Nadler - Solitude (Black Sabbath)

52:56 Current 93 - Passenger Aleph in Name

57:29 O Paradis - Calling for Vanished Faces I (Current 93)

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Episode 39 - Modern Motorik

A mix of modern and classic tracks, krautrock in style or incorporating heavy use of the motorik beat. New bands are doing so much with this framework established 50 years ago.

00:00 Cul de Sac - Death Kit Train
06:47 Brainticket - Black Sand
10:50 Circle - Scotch
18:22 Grails - Back to the Monastery
23:33 Colin Potter - Its Coming
28:00 Do Make Say Think - Classic Noodlanding
33:19 Amon Duul II - Wolf City
36:35 Faust - Jennifer (alt mix)
41:20 Xhol Caravan - Love Potion 25
54:33 Melvins - Trackfive (Throbbing Gristle)
61:35 Halogallo 2010 - Drone Schlager

photo credit: Kraut-collage found at http://www.phinnweb.org/krautrock/

Episode 38 - I wanna Rock!

An overview from 2016 of the many styles of metal that I like.  Metal is such a diverse landscape anymore, with seemingly endless sub-genres.  Though I haven't made as many mixes of these styles, I mostly listen to a lot of old school death metal and post-metal, with some good stoner doom in there too.

00:00 Nile - Serpent Headed Mask

02:15 Rivers of Nihil - Perpetual Growth Machine

07:00 Cannabis Corpse - Blaze of Torment

09:52 Melechesh - Metatron and Man

16:04 Testament - Sins of Omission

21:04 Prong - For Dear Life

24:27 Wayfarer - Cities Built on Conquered Ground

30:23 Jesu - Star (edit)

36:23 Cult of Luna - Last Will and Testament (Amebix cover)

43:14 Callisto - Wormwood

50:26 Latitudes - Antechamber

57:24 SubRosa - Borrowed Time, Borrowed Eyes

63:14 Scheer - Shea

65:33 Fudge Tunnel - Lowdown (Wire cover)

69:02 Down - Lifer

73:39 Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave

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Episode 37 - His Name Is Alive - pt3 Later Days

While His Name Is Alive remains active to this day, this mix represents the later days  (1996 - 2005) that I rabidly followed their every move.  They are a band that certainly reinvents their sound on every release, while still staying absolutely recognizable in every iteration.   This covers the end of the 4AD era, some excellent dub tracks that are just amazing, and a few top tier remixes by legends in their respective genres.   Plus one track that as far as I can tell is unreleased to this day, and I honestly cannot remember where I came across it - it is the strangest and one of my favorites of theirs.   I did skip over the Lovetta years as they are so distinct I reserved that era for an entirely separate mix coming later.

00:00  What Else is New List (Static)

02:25  Can’t Always Be Loved

04:46  Glue (Early One)

09:06  No Hiding Place Down Her

13:38  What Are You Wearing Tomorrow (Summer Songs)

16:24  The Sand That Holds The Lakes In Place (Lake)

20:02  Dub Love Letter

23:24  Cinnamon Sound System

27:13  You Need A Heart To Live

30:58  One Year Dub

34:51  Cheater (remix)

38:14  Groove Dub

41:01  Last American Blues

44:31  Spirit Needs A Spirit Tool

47:33  Across The Street (Smooth)

51:19  Hereforeveralways

54:43  Last Summer

57:28  One Year (Four Tet remix)

63:16  The Happy Cause Its Only Getting Worse Blues

69:55  Happy Blues (Susumu Yokota remix)

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