30 November, 2022

Episode 102 - Industrial




Selections from my exposure to industrial music around the mid 90's.  While my friends all dove into punk rock head first, I found the abrasiveness of industrial music much more to my liking.  

00:00 Einsturzende Neubauten - Ein Stuhl In Der Holle
02:02 Crash Worship - Pillar of Fire
04:24 Pigface - Weightless
08:34 The Damage Manual - Damage Addict (Laswell Mix)
13:31 To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie - I Box Twenty
17:28 Of The Wand and The Moon - untitled (Der Blutharsch)
20:43 Skinny Puppy - The Choke (Re-Grip)
26:49 Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
31:49 Front 242 - Religion (Bitch Slapper mix by J.G. Thirwell)
35:27 My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - And This is What The Devil Does
40:40 Depeche Mode - Rush (Coil mix)
46:32 ClockDVA - The Hacker (Video mix)
49:49 Front Line Assembly - Virus (Video edit)
54:13 Skinny Puppy - Worlock (LP mix) 
 
photo credit: Lost Creek Wilderness remnants

29 November, 2022

Episode 101 - More Jazz and Afrobeat




Covering many facets of Jazz, and ending with some jazz influenced Afrobeat.  

00:00 Toshiko Akiyoshi - Kelo 
04:18 Jukka Eskola Soul Trio - Hong Thong
10:48 The Raymond Scott Quintette - Powerhouse
13:38 The Quintet - Salt Peanuts
21:03 Thelonious Monk Septet - Off Minor
26:06 Ella Fitzgerald - That Old Black Magic
28:29 Hal Willner presents Weird Nightmare - Work Song (Mingus)
34:42 Huijun Choe - A Disorderly Girl called Rose
37:32 Tipsy - Pink Mood
39:22 Medeski Martin & Wood - Satan's Church of Hypnotized Logic (Bill Laswell remix)
49:07 Fela Kuti - Witchcraft 
52:25 Antibalas - Tattletale pt1
56:32 Menahan Street Band - Seven is the Wind

photo credit: random quote found on google

28 November, 2022

Episode 100 - Downtempo Electronics






Starting a little chaotic (but easily a favorite couple tracks for me), then moving into nice chill territory to relax during these cold winter days.

00:00 Bass Communion vs Muslimgauze - Track 1
08:21 Andrew Weatherall - Feathers
14:15 The Charlatans - Patrol (Dust Brothers Mix)
21:08 Medeski Martin & Wood - Nocturn (Automator remix)
26:36 Calexico - Untitled 3 (Virus Style Mix)
30:32 Murray Gold - Doomsday (Doctor Who)
35:32 Scorn - Host of Scorpions
40:02 Saltland - Golden Alley
44:14 Pan American - Both Ends Fixed
53:36 Fujiya & Miyagi - Synthetic Symphonies
58:12 Orbital - Belfast/Wasted (Wasted Vocal Mix - Radio 'Oral' Fade)

photo credit: water rushing over rocks

27 November, 2022

Episode 99 - Foot Reflexology




Late 90s focus here, and still sounds modern.  I loved the smooth early period of drum and bass, still brings up a great feeling of nostalgia for me.  I made this mix for an old friend probably around 2007


00:00 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Loom (Mark Gamble Micromix)
00:41 0 - Atomit
07:25 Snares - Black Sabbath
12:23 DJ Wally - Bitchley's Kow Korn
19:26 Bill Laswell - x29
26:32 Third Eye Foundation - Stone Cold Said So
32:06 Bill Laswell - Oscillations Remix (Endemic Void)
38:06 Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded (Hard Vocal mix)
43:58 Tortoise - Galapagos (Version one) (Remix by Springheel Jack)
50:32 Scorn - The End (Nightmare Mix by P.C.M.)
57:34 Venetian Snares - Des Plaines

photo credit: Foot reflexology map found on Google

26 November, 2022

Episode 98 - Funky Souls




Funk is alive and well with these modern artists.  Lots of groove and fun to be had in this mix.  In 2018 I had just found out about the Daptone record label through an enticing review of "Burnt Offerings" from the Budos Band, and dove in deep.  Of course I had to throw in a few all time classics to round this out.

00:00 DJ Shadow and Automator - Bombay 405 Miles
02:10 Shaolin Afronauts - Flight of the Ancients
07:54 The Souljazz Orchestra - Insurrection
11:12 The Budos Band - Into the Fog
15:19 The Olympians - Mars
19:08 Mulatu Astake - Yekermo Sew
23:19 The Broken Keys - The Witch
27:24 Lee Fields - All I Need
30:50 Menahan Street Band - Karina
33:59 El Michaels Affair - Incarcerated Scarfaces
35:32 The Quantic Soul Orchestra - San Sebastian Strut
39:16 Charles Bradley - Trouble in the Land
39:59 Lady Wray - Guilty
43:20 Will Sessions feat Amp Fiddler - In the Ride
46:30 War - Low Rider
49:29 Lee Fields - It Still Gets Me Down
53:37 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Genuine Pt 1
57:27 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

photo credit: found image 

25 November, 2022

Episode 97 - New Dub for Black Friday




Ample cover songs and modern heavyweight dubs.  Guaranteed enjoyment for a little over an hour here. Something to save you all from the madness that is Black Friday.


00:00 The Dub Trio - Sunny I'm Kill
02:49 Hollie Cook - Baby Dub
06:45 The Frightnrs - Dispute Version
10:15 E War Woo War Sound System - Bela Lugosi's Dread (Bauhuas)
13:58 Easy Star All-Stars - Brain Damage (Adrian Sherwood remix) (Pink Floyd)
18:20 Dub Colossus - Crazy in Dub
23:27 The Flying Lizards - Shake
26:46 Primal Scream - Vanishing Dub
31:31 Easy Star All-Stars - Exit Music (For A Dub) (Radiohead)
36:00 Prince Fatty - Gin N Juice (Snoop Dogg)
39:39 Matisyahu - King Without a Crown
44:46 Coldcut & On-U Sound - Make Up Your Mind (Dub)
47:59 Adrian Sherwood - J'ai Dube
51:55 Prince Fatty and the Mutant HiFi feat Little Roy - Dive (Nirvana)
55:20 Jah Division - Transmission Dub (Joy Division)
60:12 William S Burroughs - Prisoner of the Earth (Dub Spencer and Trance Hill)

photo credit: wild rhubarb

24 November, 2022

Episode 95 - Wacky



I like all things strange and rare.  This hodgepodge of weirdness works really well together.  These songs aren't really that rare if you're a fan already, but for the uninitiated it is a fun trip down a rabbit hole.  


00:00 Pascal Comelade - Barcelona Tango
02:18 Maro Ajemian - Sonata V (John Cage)
03:41 PainKiller - Black Chamber
05:52 Cevin Key feat Edward Ka-Spel - 15th Shade
09:24 Irr. App. (Ext.) - Fly Away-And Then What?
13:31 Foetus - Herds
17:35 The Boredoms - Jungle Taitei
21:13 Naked City - N.Y. Flat Top Box
21:54 The Third Eye Foundation - Lost (edit)
27:23 Colin Potter - It's Coming
31:58 Nurse With Wound & Aranos - Mary Jane (Marbles remix)
38:30 People Like Us, The Jet Black Hair People & Wobbly - Music
39:07 Naked City - Speedfreaks
39:52 Skinny Puppy - Rivers
44:18 Skinny Puppy - Riverz End
50:48 Mutual Mortuary (Ohgr and Bill Leeb) - Shadow Gods
55:47 Maro Ajemian - Third Interlude (John Cage)
58:27 Hell Interface - Soylent Night


photo credit: treated photo of a pumpkin by Paul

23 November, 2022

Episode 94 - Chris




A mix I made for my friend when he graduated law school in summer 2018.  A lot to celebrate and a longtime friend that often shared music with me over long conversations, games of chess and far too much alcohol.  This is kind of a best of and what's next from my other mixes, but a few exclusive tracks came into the mix.  Full length to preserve the original CDr format.

00:00 Buckaroo Banzai - No Matter Where You Go, There You Are
00:10 The Budos Band - Into the Fog
04:43 Cult of Luna & God Seed - Passing Through (Beastmilk)
08:23 Slowdive - Star Roving
13:56 Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell - The Straight and Narrow (Spiritualized)
19:05 Daughter - Youth
23:02 Citizen Cane - Rosebud
23:15 Lady Wray - Guilty
26:41 El Michaels Affair feat Lee Fields and The Shacks - Tearz (Wu-Tang)
29:11 Cults - Most Wanted
32:10 Abner Jay - I'm So Depressed
35:24 Sinead O'Connor - Intro
36:20 Zola Jesus - I Can't Stand
40:27 Murderbait - Alone Together
46:34 Emma Ruth Rundle - Run Forever
50:22 O Paradis - De Espaldas Al Milagro
54:24 Brown Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots (Black Sabbath)
61:16 Vanishing Life - People Running
63:03 Cult of Youth - Path of Total Freedom
64:10 William S Burroughs - Interlude 3 (The Vultures Are Gone and Will Never Come Back)
64:27 The Prids - Adore (Skywave)
67:22 Mourn - Your Brain is Made of Candy
69:32 Naked City - Speedfreaks
70:19 Current 93 - Sunset
73:35 Sol Invictus - Raven Chorus
74:12 Neal Cassidy - Carry On, My Brother

photo credit: Mooz and Chris around 2000

22 November, 2022

Episode 93 - Threes and Nines




This is my favorite genre; occult, dark, almost sinister in its charming beauty.  I have spent so many years compiling and seeking out this style of music.  Its a longer mix for good reason, I just couldn't cut anything from this playlist.


00:00 Agalloch - Sowilo Rune
00:40 Current 93 - A Beginning
01:22 Magpiety - The Rolling of the Stones
03:23 Bitchin Bonnie Billy - Pretty Saro (Shirley Collins)
07:31 Current 93 featuring Shirley Collins - All The Pretty Horses
10:04 Spell - Rosemary's Baby (Lullaby Part 1)
12:32 Nature and Organization - Wicker Man Song
17:04 The Horses of the Gods - John Barleycorn
20:49 Moongazing Hare - Fall Apart (Death in June)
24:21 Current 93 - At Sunset
28:15 Of the Wand and the Moon - In A Robe of Fire (New Version)
32:07 Rosa Mundi - The Snow Man
34:55 Buffy Sainte-Marie - God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot
39:31 Trees - track 2
41:30 John Contreras and Rose McDowall - Afraid (Nico)
44:27 Current 93 featuring Shirley Collins - Idumaea
47:00 Richard M & Robert B. Sherman - Hushabye Mountain
48:42 In Gowan Ring - Dandelion Wine
50:45 Agalloch - Summerisle Reprise
51:31 Current 93 - North
52:05 Changes - Summer
54:44 Nick Castro - Sun Song
58:46 Nature and Organization - Bloodstreamruns
63:20 Current 93 - Hourglass (for Diana)
70:00 Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud - Untitled 7
70:11 Current 93 - Benediction
72:04 Current 93 - The Dilly Song
72:57 The Kings Singers - The Oak and The Ash
75:58 Sol Invictus - Raven Chorus
76:34 Of the Wand and the Moon - Hail Hail Hail
79:20 Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud - untitled 16

photo credit: a beautiful beast 



21 November, 2022

Episode 92 - Not Quite Tripping on the Hops





Not quite trip-hop, certainly not illbient, yet still not electronica or IDM.  There is so much wiggle room in electronic genres.  Nonetheless, a fun mix to make and enjoyable for whatever your day may bring.

00:00 Isan - Re-Spring my Sing Reverse
05:33 Octant - Mince Up
08:54 Butthole Surfers - Junky Jenny in Gaytown
12:15 Fun>Da>Mental - When I Want Your Opinion
17:02 Medeski Martin & Wood - Start-Stop (DJ Logic remix)
23:18 Isan - Singing Bowl
27:44 M People - Just For You (Rae & Christian remix)
33:28 Hive - All over the Prelude
34:10 Red Snapper - Wesley Don't Surf
38:57 Rapoon vs Kinder Atom - Cookies
45:24 Medeski Martin & Wood - Dracula (remix)
48:58 Red Snapper - One Legged Low Frequency Guy
53:56 Tricky vs the Gravediggaz - Hell is Round the Corner (original mix)
57:32 Land of the Loops - France


photo credit: another treated photo from Paul

20 November, 2022

Episode 91 - To See the Almond Tree is to See the Way




More songs to sing along and bob your head to.

00:00 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Opium Tea
03:39 The Gaslight Anthem - Blue Jean & White T-Shirts
07:01 Dear Reader - Earthworm (All Hail our Ailing Mother)
10:55 The Stone Roses - Going Down
13:39 The Tallest Man on Earth - Love is All
17:49 Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)
22:23 J Mascis - A Little Ethnic Song
25:10 Donovan - London Town
29:08 Gregory Alan Isakov - Liars
34:19 The Tallest Man on Earth - Into The Stream
37:01 The Pastels - The Viaduct (Ian Carmichael remix)
41:44 Piano Magic - Amongst the Books, An Angel
45:58 Marc Gentry - Mariposa
48:32 Of The Wand and The Moon - A Tomb of Seasoned Dye
53:56 Labradford - Accelerating on a Smoother Road
58:00 Novy Svet - Origen
60:02 Sonic Boom - Overture
61:45 Spacement 3 - So Hot (Wash Away All My Tears)


photo credit: stock image of almond tree

19 November, 2022

Episode 90 - Harder Alternatives




Edgier and noisier alternative rock.  Some great covers in this mix and classics I had almost forgotten about until I began compiling this outing.  

00:00 Snowpony - 3 Can Keep a Secret (If 2 are Dead)
03:32 Catherine Wheel - Crank
07:09 Fudge Tunnel - Don't Have Time For You
09:59 Vanishing Life - Forgiven Forgotten
12:12 Starry Smooth Hound - Dreamt U in a Dream
16:46 My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power
21:16 Pretty Girls Make Graves - Speakers Push the Air
24:04 Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill
28:32 The Wendys - Like Hearts (The Prids)
33:08 Sunshine and the Rain - Merchandise (Fugazi)
36:07 Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
40:42 Mourn - Your Brain is Made of Candy
42:52 Bauhaus - Third Uncle (Single Edit) (Eno)
46:58 Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Happy
50:35 Fugazi - Provisional
52:52 Bruce Peninsula - Steamroller
57:27 Moonshake - Beautiful Pigeon (Peel Session)
60:39 Meeks - Across The Universe (Beatles)

photo credit: slow exposure Christmas lights when the camera wasn't steady.

18 November, 2022

Episode 89 - Martial




I thought how Derniere Volonte are coined as Martial Pop is very descriptive.  This focuses on that grey area of neofolk, martial, dark almost industrial music.  This can be a divisive genre, and I only enjoy bits and pieces.  Still, a fun mix to make with some of my favorites in the style.


00:00 Of the Wand and the Moon - Benediction Malediction (Current 93)
02:57 Der Blutharsch - Trk 2 (The Pleasures Received in Pain)
05:34 Derniere Volonte - Der Blutharsch cover
09:24 Derniere Volonte - La Foudre et le Tonnerre
14:12 Sol Invictus - On & On
17:46 Cult of Youth - New West
21:34 Der Blutharsch - Trk 2 (Everything is Alright)
24:41 Sol Invictus - An English Garden
28:49 Death in June - Despair
31:12 Rome - Clocks
33:38 The Protagonist - Strife
39:02 In Slaughter Natives - To Mega Therion
43:58 Triarii featuring Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Roses 4 Rome 
47:45 Der Blutharsch - Trk 5 (Der Gott der Fisen machsen lieb)
51:42 Derniere Volonte - L'Appel
55:32 Rome - The Past is Another Country
57:49 Desaccord Majeur - Premire Reaction
61:05 Sol Invictus - Raven Chorus
61:41 Sol Invictus - In The Wake of the Wolf


photo credit: My wife's picture from Siena.

17 November, 2022

Episode 69 - Classic Rocks mix 1




In my opinion, a good classic rock mix is essential to any road trip.  Something everyone will know every song and can sing along.  It helps the time go by faster and more enjoyably.  I was partly inspired by all the great classics included in the Supernatural TV show soundtrack, but went well beyond that to include some personal favorites.  I am aware this is out of sequence with my numbering convention, I had delayed its publication because its so much more of a straightforward mix that is contrast to what I usually share, but I do listen to this a lot while driving so figured, what the heck!


00:00 The Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll
04:29 Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
07:15 Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin for You
11:41 Heart - Magic Man
17:07 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)
21:03 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
23:18 The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
27:44 The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
30:43 Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
33:32 Led Zeppelin - Traveling Riverside Blues
38:38 The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin
41:59 The Allman Brothers - Ramblin Man
46:37 Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
51:53 Journey - Don't Stop Believing
56:44 Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
60:37 Styx - Renegade
64:40 Tom Petty - Refugee
67:55 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy

photo credit: stock image of rocks

Episode 88 - History Lesson Pt3




I found this mix on an old CDr in a CD wallet in our old car.  I'm pretty sure I made this for my wife when we were still dating, around 2003.  Fun to revisit this after almost two decades and it holds up pretty well for the variety it contains.

00:00 Ray Noble - Midnight, The Stars and You
03:20 Ella Fitzgerald - A Tisket, A Tasket
05:53 Totom - Wouldn't You Be My Baby
08:38 Stereolab - Cybele's Reverie Pt1 (demo)
10:42 His Name Is Alive - Land (Radio)
13:58 Venetian Snares - Ongyilkos Vasarnap
17:13 Enon - In this city (Deadverse Remix)
22:53 Cocteau Twins - Pitch the Baby (live)
26:52 Cocteau Twins - Violaine
31:52 Opus III - Its a Fine Day (edit)
35:18 The Orb - Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix)
39:05 Mos Dub - Johnny Too Beef
42:21 Digable Planets - It's Good to Be Here
45:10 Elliot Fisk - Carora (Antonio Lauro)
46:46 Julian Bream - Mazurka in G (Francisco Tarrega)
49:30 Joy Division - Chance (Atmosphere)
54:08 Piano Magic - (Music wont' save you from anything but) Silence
60:34 Dialogue - Carry on, my brother

photo credit:  Mr Bones BBQ (RIP)

16 November, 2022

Episode 87 - Post-Rocking in the Depths of the Ocean




The heavier side of post rock, yet not quite into post-metal territory for most of this mix. 

00:00 Caspian - Malacoda
04:26 Adolf Plays the Jazz - Inumb
10:44 Red Sparowes - Buildings Began to Stretch Wide Across the Sky and the Air Filled with
16:15 Russian Circles - Station
24:34 Te - Even mightiest soul and mightiest power it is same as nothing if there is no intellect
27:13 Three Steps to the Ocean - Last Breath of Air (Oceanside Pt2)
33:21 Windmills By The Ocean - Undecided
40:00 Latitudes - Antechamber
46:57 Isis - Way Through Woven Branches
53:12 Tephra - Big Black Mountain
57:10 Red Sparowes - A Message of Avarice Rained Down and Carried Us Away to False Dreams of Endless Riches



photo credit: mossy rocks, taken by a friend somewhere sometime ago

15 November, 2022

Episode 85 - Dark Electronica






A darker/noisier themed mix, while still very accessible.  The Bomb the Bass track would be right at home on any Meat Beat 90's era album.  This Scorn track is probably my favorite from their early period, making excellent use of a Residents' Vileness Fats sample.  Elvis Costello?  Sure, I think it fits the vibe all too well. The residents doing what they do best, I wish they'd played this when I saw them love, but they did "Six More Miles to the Graveyard" which was quite a pleasure.  Next up is some tape loop madness courtesy of Severed Heads, which I was lucky enough to pick up in the dollar bin at a local record store - they didn't know what they had, such as the other 1$ purchase of the VG+ original pressing of 20 Jazz Funk Greats.  Moving along in the mix to some more modern laptoptronica, noise rock, industrial classic, and a darker piece from On-U family. Ending with my favorite of the V/VM relations making a classic into nearly intolerable noise.

00:00 Bomb the Bass feat. Jack Dangers- Fire
03:40 Dead Voices on Air - Geong G'uma
08:34 Scorn - Automata
14:36 Elvis Costello - When I was Cruel No. 2
21:32 The Residents - Jambalaya (Hank Williams Sr.)
26:10 Severed Heads - Gashing the Old Mae West
32:01 Pulseprogramming - Within Orderly Long Distance Life (Kohn remix)
38:15 kid606 - Together
42:43 A Place To Bury Strangers - I Know I'll See You (Clapp remix)
46:26 Ministry - Smothered Hope (Skinny Puppy)
50:53 African Head Charge - Hold Some Version
54:14 The Residents - Love Leaks Out (Live in the Studio)
55:18 Rank Sinatra - Take On Me

photo credit: flowers and candles from an old house of ours

14 November, 2022

Episode 84 - Piano Magic pt2 Electronic and Dreamy





Part two of their overview, and as noted in the last mix I tried to not duplicate what had alread been shared on this site.

00:00 Piano Magic - Snowfall Soon
04:54 Piano Magic - Crown Estate
09:21 Piano Magic - Dark Secrets Look for Light
13:49 Piano Magic - Amongst the Books, An Angel
17:30 Piano Magic - French Mittens
20:25 Piano Magic - How Does it Feel? (Spacemen 3)
25:09 Piano Magic - Untitled
29:14 Piano Magic - Incurable
34:02 Piano Magic - Vacancies
37:20 Piano Magic - Night of the Hunter
40:27 Piano Magic - I Must Leave London
43:19 Piano Magic - Part-Monster
46:05 Piano Magic - A Book I Should Not Read
50:58 Piano Magic - Life is a Slow Death
55:08 Piano Magic - Deleted Scenes
58:52 Piano Magic - Chemical (20mgs)

photo credit - Low Birthweight album cover
 

13 November, 2022

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Episode 81 - Paul's Influence




Back in the early 90's I had a good friend named Paul.  He and I would spend hours challenging each other with music that we found unique and trying to find stuff the other one had not heard yet.  This mix compiles many of these songs that even to this day I cannot hear without thinking of him and those days in his basement, smoking his parent's Kool cigarettes and stealing beers from the fridge hoping no one would notice.  Sure, the genres are all over the map, but that's how we liked it back then. Most of these are from the days before songs were heavily compressed and mastered to be very loud, so expect some drops and peaks in the mix.

00:00 Orbital - Chime (edit)
03:11 Coil - Oomlagus Garfungigaloops
07:51 808 State - One in Ten (808 7")
10:26 Pelican Daughters - Prettybodywinder
16:11 Seefeel - Fracture
21:58 Supreme Love Gods - Fantastique (Let it Begin with Rici)
28:45 Lush - Light from A Dead Star
30:51 ClockDVA - The Sonology of Sex II (Le Comtess De Sang)
35:19 Catherine Wheel - Kill Rhythm
39:02 Fudge Tunnel - Grey
44:18 Meat Beat Manifesto - Soul Driver
47:45 The Orb - Majestic (Millwall mix)

photo predit:  treated image by Paul

12 November, 2022

Episode 80 - Piano Magic pt1 Rockers




They have so many great songs, I had to split this up into two parts.  This one focuses on their more rock stuff, the other is their electronic/dreamy work.   I tried to not duplicate the songs I had previously shared, but some were just so good I had to include them here a second time.

00:00 Piano Magic - Password
07:05 Piano Magic - There's No Need for Us to be Alone
10:54 Piano Magic - The Canadian Brought Us Snow
17:52 Piano Magic - The Sharpest Knife in the Drawer
21:55 Piano Magic - The Biggest Lie
30:14 Piano Magic - Speed the Road, Rush the Lights
37:49 Piano Magic - The End of the Dark, Tired Year
42:40 Piano Magic - The Last Engineer
47:59 Piano Magic - Incurable (reprise)
52:35 Piano Magic - Halfway Through
56:38 Piano Magic - Recovery Position

photo credit: Seasonally Affective cover art

11 November, 2022

Episode 79 - Songs to Woo Your Woman




A mix I made for my wife shortly before our wedding in 2005.  This is a nice selection of popular love songs, nothing unexpected here.

Even with a focus on accessible songs, Spotify still doesn't have all of this mix available.

00:00 Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
02:46 Nina Simone - To Love Somebody
05:20 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Dream A Little Dream of Me
08:21 Nat King Cole - The Very Thought of You
12:06 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
16:21 Jim Croce - I'll Have to Say I Love You In A Song
18:45 Donovan - Wear Your Love Like Heaven
21:06 Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
24:38 Elton John - Your Song
28:34 Jim Reeves - Til The End of the World
30:12 Ritchie Valens - You're Mine
32:05 Big Star - Blue Moon
34:04 Neil Young - Harvest Moon
38:56 My Morning Jacket - Sooner
42:28 The Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song
46:58 The Black Heart Procession - Its A Crime I Never Told You
50:13 DeVotchKa - The Last Beat of My Heart (Siouxsie)
55:45 R.E.M. - The One I Love
58:55 Peter, Paul, & Mary - Leaving on a Jet Plane
62:17 Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind
65:44 Linda Scott - I've Told Every Star
67:54 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons
69:40 Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose

photo credit:  Flowers for my wife 2004

10 November, 2022

Episode 78 - Seefeel pt2 Remixes and rarities




More from this wonderful group, this time focusing on their rare side and some remixes, plus a few tracks from their reunion period to fill out the mix.


00:00 Seefeel - When Face Was Face (ISAN remix)
04:48 Seefeel - Faults
09:21 Autechre - Seefeelmx
15:24 Wubble-U - Peal (Seefeel's Pollination Warfare)
20:24 Cocteau Twins - Seekers Who Are Lovers
25:55 Silvania - Trilce (Seefeel Mix)
32:30 Seefeel - Air Eyes (Mira Calix Remix)
36:18 Seefeel - Morningdrop rmx
42:30 Seefeel - Dead Guitars
48:28 Autechre - Spangle (remix)

Photo credit: https://www.self-titledmag.com/album-of-the-day-seefeel-quique/

09 November, 2022

Episode 77 - Novy Svet pt2 Acoustic




Second half of my focus on this incredible group.  This time looking at more of their acoustic, noir folk, freak folk focus.  Just as amazing and diverse as my previous mix, and highlighting why I love their music so much.

00:00 Novy Svet - Titan
03:59 Novy Svet - Un Canto Sobre la Muerte
06:46 Novy Svet - Atras (edit)
10:01 Novy Svet - Retorno
11:55 Novy Svet - Cuori Di Petrolio (bonus track)
14:10 Novy Svet - Un Canto Sobre el Amor
15:45 Novy Svet - Malavita
18:23 Novy Svet - El Sabor de Pan
21:01 Novy Svet - Sogni di Piombo
25:16 Novy Svet - Linea Alba
28:16 Novy Svet - Amore, Amour, Amor 
30:26 Novy Svet - Resistant
32:30 Novy Svet - Der Blutharsch IV
37:20 Novy Svet - Cocainum Mood
40:16 Novy Svet - Vinkio Due
44:24 Novy Svet - Sola Espiranza
47:11 Novy Svet - Hola Barca
48:58 Novy Svet - Flies in Dreams and Reality (bonus track)
51:19 Novy Svet - Olvidado
56:11 Novy Svet - Lennemi Fugitif
58:17 Novy Svet - Days Will Come

photo credit:  Album Cover for Cuori Di Petrolio

08 November, 2022

Episode 76 - Dubbing is a Must!




You can expect a lot of dub mixes from me.  Here is another great one full of modern and classic takes on the style.  Some mashups that work really well and a few remixes.  That Specials mix by the scratch perverts is a welcomed take on this track.  


00:00 DubXanne - Walking on the Moon (Walking on the Dub)
05:41 Tino Corp. - D-U-B Dub
09:54 Mos Dub - Mr Universe
12:44 Dub Kweli - Your Gospel (Max Tannone remix)
16:22 Ranking Joe - World in Trouble (Vibronics 'Ska Boom' remix)
20:05 Prince Fatty meets Nostalgia 77 - Skeletons Dub
25:55 Twilight Circus feat Ranking Joe - Don't Follow Babylon
28:51 Nick Manasseh - Stranger Version
31:55 Gregory Isaacs - Samson Dub
36:25 Pablo Moses - Dubbing is a Must
40:47 The Specials - Ghost Town (Scratch Pervert's mix)
45:30 Dj Krush - On the Dub-ble
51:10 The Rootsman - Intifada
56:58 Hopeton Lewis - Take it Easy
59:36 Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Cloak and Dagger (horns dub plate pressure)
62:32 Ben Bow & Soundemension - Mama Lulu Version

photo credit: Garden of the Gods

07 November, 2022

Episode 75 - Seefeel pt1




Part one of the Seefeel overview focusing on my favorite tracks from them.  They were an early band on Warp, but were nothing like the rest of the IDM/electronica there.  They had this shoegazer and dub feel to their music that elevated it from its label peers.  Over the years, I keep returning to their music as it is just sheer beauty in all its complicated guises.  

00:00 Seefeel - Tied
05:39 Seefeel - Hive
10:47 Seefeel - Ripley
16:44 Seefeel - Lief
22:36 Seefeel - Rupt
28:08 Seefeel - Extract
35:04 Seefeel - Stare Through (Charlotte's Dub)
42:15 Seefeel - Ruby-ha
48:14 Seefeel - Spangle
55:09 Seefeel - Is It Now?

Photo credit:  https://thevinylfactory.com/news/seefeel-vinyl-reissue-series-warp-rephlex/

06 November, 2022

Episode 74 - Sharp and Precise





Mashups, remixes, and classic joints all side by side.  

00:00 Nas - Nas is Like (Funky DL Jazzmatic 2 remix)
03:37 Ghostface Killah - Mike It N.Y. (Max Tannone remix)
06:37 Rakim - Man with a Gun
09:54 DJ Spooky feat Killah Priest - Catechism (Mex Black Grass remix)
13:28 Leftfield feat Roots Manuva - Dusted (X-Ecutioners remix)
16:42 Biggie Smalls with 2Pac - Halloween pt II
19:00 Dalek - Make You Say
23:15 Max Tannone - Three Lords
27:39 Funky DL - Judas (Street remix)
32:22 Micranots - So Deep Remix
36:25 Dilated Peoples - Work the Angles (Remix)
40:08 DJ Spooky and Dave Lombardo feat Chuck D - Public Enemy #1 2005
44:34 DJ Z-Trip & Radar - Untitled Track 4
47:52 MC 900 Ft Jesus - Dancing Barefoot
52:05 Stereo MCs - Connected (Future Sound of London remix)
57:29 Black Eyed Peas - Joints and Jams remix
60:38 Anti-Pop Consortium - Laundry

photo credit: found image back in the MySpace days

05 November, 2022

Episode 73 - They are here for the hate forgotten




Another tour through many styles of metal.  

00:00 Latitudes - Ordalian
09:11 Funeral Whore - Phantasm
13:13 Solanum - Symptoms of Solanum
18:15 Napalm Death - Siege of Power
21:45 Noisem - Voices in the Morgue
25:09 Arch Enemy - Ravenous
29:11 Old Man Gloom - Girth and Greed
30:43 Pope on a Stick - Broken
34:20 Voivod - The Nile Song (Pink Floyd)
38:12 Pelican - A Delicate Sense of Balance
43:21 Mouth of the Architect - In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
50:58 Cult of Luna - The Watchtower
57:04 Prong - Third From The Sun (live) (Chrome)

photo credit: The Rudinator

04 November, 2022

Episode 72 - So Many Smiths Covers




I think most of my generation had a Smiths phase growing up.  There is always that one song that resonates most with you.  Over the years, I have amasses a lot of tribute albums, and random covers from hundreds of bands, and put together my favorite Smiths covers here.  Starting with the faster and harder ones, and ending with some nice light takes on this wonderful music.


00:00 Slapshot - Bigmouth Strikes Again
02:59 Quicksand - How Soon is Now
06:03 The Business - Panic
08:28 Supergrass - Some Girls are Bigger Than Others
11:56 Dum Dum Girls - There is a Light and it Never Goes Out
16:06 Placebo - Bigmouth Strikes Again
19:32 Dinosaur Jr - Boy With the Thorn in His Side
21:23 Billy Bragg - Never Had No One Ever
24:51 The Twilight Sad - Half a Person
28:16 Trespassers William - There is a Light and it Never Goes Out
33:59 Low - Last Night I Dreamed That Somebody Loved Me
37:32 The Boo Radleys - The Queen is Dead
42:48 The Trash Can Sinatras - I Know Its Over
49:00 Sandie Shaw & The Smiths - Hand in Glove
51:52 Kristy Maccoll - You Just Havent Earned It Yet
55:29 The Ocean Blue - There is a Light and it Never Goes Out
59:35 Jeff Buckley - I Know Its Over


photo credit: Smiths meme found online

03 November, 2022

Episode 71 - That Alone is the Pursuit of Life




A style olio.   Variety is the spice of life, I've heard.  This journey is cohesive enough to bring much joy on a day like this.  Starting with some exotica that everyone should recognize, then touring the middle east and back through Europe before hitting a beatnik inspired toon from a crooner.  Transitioning into my favorite Sugarcubes song, enhanced by the Reid brothers to great effect.  Then alternative rock country with a great take on My Bloody Valentine, followed by some interesting and appealing electronica and remixes.  Then Tori doing a classic 80's tune in her inimitable style, and ending with some of the Velvets doing a more country styled version and another of those great Bjork covers by a fellow Icelander.  Lots to digest and all worth the price of admission.


00:00 Les Baxter - Sabre Dance
02:33 Sabah - Yam Ouyounel Attaleh
06:05 Carlos Gardel - Anclao En Paris
08:13 Nino Rota - L'Harem
12:39 Perry Como - Like Young
15:28 Stelvio Cipriani - Realta N 5
17:29 The Black Heart Procession - The End of Love
17:35 The Sugarcubes - Birthday (Jim & William Reid Christmas Day mix)
21:58 The Prids - Fragile
25:41 少年ナイフ - When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine)
28:49 Scientific American - The Flower Sermen
34:00 Twilight Circus Dub Sound System - Joy (featuring Shyama)
38:22 Slag Boom Van Loon - Sutjeda (Four Tet remix)
43:05 Mojave 3 - Bluebird of Happiness (Ulrich Schnauss remix)
50:42 Tori Amos - I Ran (Flock of Seaguls)
53:38 Lou Reed, John Cale, Nico - Waiting for the Man (live)
58:34 Asgerour Juniusdottir - Isobel (Bjork)

photo credit:  found image, Dog with Pipe

02 November, 2022

Episode 70 - Nový Svět - pt1 Stupefacente!



I fell in love with Novy Svet the first time I heard them, and again with every subsequent release I came across.  They came across my path via CDr swapping over two decades ago, and I had requested some rarities (aren't they all) from the group Mirror, and I recieved a handful of EPs and an album or two from Novy Svet.  While nothing like Mirror, I just knew I was on to something completely unique. 

As their Discog's profile correctly states, "The group is neither tied to any musical style nor to any language."  

The industrial, cabaret, neofolk, ambient, absolutely bonkers music was so refreshing to me.  I spent countless hours and lots of money tracking down their releases.  I found such interesting labels like Old Europa Cafe, Klanggalerie, Hau Ruck, Achtung Baby!, Nekofutschata, Punch, Treue Um Treue/Reue Um Reue.  

The greatest is still their collaboration with martial pop artist Derniere Volonte (both sides of that 7" featured here).  I've included appearances by J. Weber (half of Novy Svet with Frl. Tost) in the groups Mushroom's Patience, Unidad Sasao and O Paradis.

00:00 Derniere Volonte + Novy Svet - Mon Mercenaire
04:43 Novy Svet - The World
07:22 O Paradis + Novy Svet - Distancia 2
09:22 Mushroom's Patience - Z'ruck Zu Dir
13:16 Novy Svet - ARKESTRAnimal
14:38 Unidad Sasao - No Longer (Ignore Me)
16:30 Novy Svet - Rio Del Exceso
18:40 Novy Svet - Hoodooloop
19:06 Unidad Sasao - Whilst You Were Sleeping
21:29 O Paradis - Tus Pasos en el Paraiso (vox Jurgen Weber)
24:52 Derniere Volonte + Novy Svet - El Continent
28:29 O Paradis - Octobus (vox Jurgen Weber)
32:00 Novy Svet - Treinta Anos
34:42 Novy Svet - H
36:05 Novy Svet - Got It!
37:28 Novy Svet - Las Bas (Demon Down)
39:51 Novy Svet - Maldita
41:50 J Weber - Psychofog
43:26 Novy Svet - A Mort
51:49 Novy Svet - De Operatione Daemonum
55:31 Novy Svet + O Paradis - L'Amettla Prados
59:30 Novy Svet - Esperando La Luna
61:38 Novy Svet + O Paradis - La Cuna
65:10 Novy Svet + O Paradis - Modo De Amor

photo credit: Novy Svet album cover for Aspiral