Episode 164 - I Am Rooted But I Flow

Title from V. Woolf.  Heavyweight dub selectah!

00:00  Hollie Cook - Walking In The Sand

03:20  Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Tomorrow People

06:37  The Frightnrs - Gotta Find A Way

10:17  Dub Colossus - Satta Massagana (Yeka Dub)

13:53  Prince Fatty - Sugar Water (Look at my face)

17:29  Coldcut & On-U Sound - Kajra Mohobbat Wala (Dub)

20:19  Bud Alzir - Bud Vibration

25:57  The Disciples meet The Rootsman - Disciples Special

30:22  Easy Star All-Stars - Any Dub You Like (Pink Floyd)

33:25  Jah Division - Dub Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

37:27  Twilight Circus feat Michael Rose - No Burial (Manasseh Dubplate Remix)

42:55  The Frightnrs - Sharon

46:34  Mungos Hi-Fi feat Top Cat - Herbalist (Prince Fatty Mix)

50:41  Bob & Gene - I Can Be Cool (Ticklah remix)

54:17  Sharon Jones - How Long Do I Have To Dub You

57:36  The Flying Lizards - Lime and Salt

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Episode 163 - New Order Covers and Remixes

00:00  Fujiya & Miyagi - Your Silent Face

06:19  Grant Lee Phillips - Age of Consent

09:46  Iron and Wine - Love Vigilantes

13:46  Lotte Kestner - True Faith

18:14  Lilys - Dreams Never End

21:23  Jeremy Warmsley - Temptation

26:16  Velocity Girl - Your Silent Face

30:20  The Golden Filter - Age of Consent

36:39  New Order - Turn The Heater On (Keith Hudson)

41:34  New Order - Regret (Sabres slow'n'lo)

53:58  New Order - Aces of Consent (Howie B remix)

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Episode 162b - ...You Are A Soul, You Have A Body

Part 2 of 2.  More edgy electronic music. 

00:00  The Chemical Brothers - Life Is Sweet (Delik 1)

05:22  Accelera Deck - Suicide Pose (edit)

10:20  Venetian Snares feat Cex - Stamina

12:20  DJ Food - The Crow

20:02  Funckarma - Lolala

25:25  DJ Spooky - Synchronic Disjecta

29:17  The Dust Brothers - Dope Coil

33:56  Four Tet - Untitled (Aphex Twin)

40:38  Mick Harris & Eraldo Bernocchi - Latent Prints

45:05  Twilight Circus Dub Sound System - Highway (Meat Beat Manifesto remix)

50:32  Download - Base Metal (remix)

54:43  Venetian Snares - Anguish

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Episode 162a - You Don't Have A Soul...

Part 1 of 2, edgier late 90's early 00's electronic music.  All over the genre map as is to be expected from me.   Several of my all time favorites thrown in over these two mixes. Some rarities from Download, the Residents remixing Faust, and Autechre covering Neu! are certain highlights.

00:00  Mouse on Mars - Maus Mobil

06:12  Mike & Rich - Bu Bu Bu Ba

12:48  Plateau - Bubba

19:35  Venetian Snares - Ever Apparen All Being Shoulder

23:47  Andrea Parker - Unconnected (edit)

30:42  Download - Krackerzz

35:38  Faust - T-Electronique (The Death of Komarov remix by The Residents)

39:41  Venetian Snares - Senki Dala & Ongyilkos Vasarnap (Bong-Ra remix)

43:19  Lesser - Voice O'Reason

46:27  Download - Attallal (remix by Haujobb)

51:00  No-Man - Punished For Being Born (Muslimgauze remix)

53:04  Autechre - Weissensee (Neu!)

60:13  Underworld - Tin There

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Episode 160 - Lovetta's era

My fourth overview mix of His Name Is Alive covers a transitional period.  Karin left the band, the guest singer Lovetta was put in the front slot and the band shed their former 4AD, hauntology, nostalgia pop sounds for more electronic and straight up R&B.  This was short lived and only covered two official albums and a handful of EPs, plus many items on their CDr imprint Time Stereo.  I was not a fan, but that has changed over time.  I'm glad I saved all those discs, and revisited now that I am older and wiser.  This is good music overall, and feels more like a side project than an evolution of the band I loved to much in the 90's.  Here I've selected two mixes of the best cuts and remixes from this stage... which also includes their outstanding roots-style dub cuts which honestly is the reason I came back to this period in their history.  This is actually two longer mixes that I consolidated to one for inclusion here, hence some repeated titles though they are radically unique versions.

00:00  Interlude (No Hiding Place remix)

01:55  My Name (remix - Detroit River)

05:19  One Year

08:49  Your Cheating Heart

12:16  No Hiding Place Down Her

16:37  Happy Blues (Susumu Yokota remix)

21:18  Crawlin

24:48  Detroit (Studio)

28:13  Someday My Blues Will Cover The Earth (Burnt Friedman Nonplace remix)

31:45  Nothing Special (Burnt Friedman Nonplace remix)

35:42  Solitude (Stars) (Ellington)

38:44  Are We Still Married 

42:11  Moon Dance (Stars) (Van Morrison)

46:21  Write My Name (Tony Ollivierra remix)

51:17  Nothing Special (Herrmann and Kleine remake)

55:19  Cheater (remix - Detroit River)

58:40  One Year Dub

62:30  Last Blue (live)

64:58  Karins Blues

68:12  No Hiding (WDET Radio)

72:51  Everything Takes Forever

76:49  Sinner Man (Man)

79:07  Write My Name (rock'n'roll)

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Episode 159 - Wyrd Folk

A mix culled from multiple compilations, but a heavy focus on the excellent series called "In The Lost Queen's Eyes" available at the blog Its Lost Its Found

00:00  Magnet - Willow's Song

04:36  Nico - Afraid

07:56  In Gowan Ring - The Rolling Of The Stones

13:46  Bridget Saint John - It Seems Very Strange

14:25  Oberon - Nottanum Town

18:05  Stone Angel - The Bells of Dunwich

23:36  Susan Christie - Rainy Day

26:31  Bridget Saint John - Back To Stay

31:09  Reet Hendrikson - Haanja Miis

34:26  Agincourt - When I Awoke

37:28  Selda - Gesi Baglari

40:44  Yoon Yoon Sun - Before You Go

43:47  unknown - Devotion

47:25  Saffron - Vision is a Lonely Word

50:35  Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren

53:58  Tony, Caro & John - Swirling Sphere

55:47  Malicorne - Le Luneux

60:31  Midwinter - Sanctuary Stone

64:33  Mark Fry - Dreaming With Alice

65:53  Ramases - Earth People

71:09  Trader Horne - Jenny May

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Episode 158 - Oz and Heavy Metals

I grew up at a time when I was just old enough to watch Headbangers Ball on MTV, but too young to buy most of the albums due to the Tipper Gore Explicit Lyrics battle.   So videos was how I was exposed to so much great music.  This mix focuses on the Oz and Dio, and some other straightforward metal artists.  I ended up diving much more into death metal and post metal, but will always have my roots in thrash and straight up heavy metal. 

00:00  Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

05:50  Iron Maiden - The Trooper

09:58  Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla

13:37  Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

18:18  Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock

21:08  Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel The Noize (Slade)

25:38  Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Comin

30:03  Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

34:18  Blue Oyster Cult - Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll

38:12  Dio - Holy Diver

42:18  Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

46:39  Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley

51:18  Ratt - Round and Round

55:22  Motley Crue - Too Young To Fall In Love

58:37  Van Halen - Ain't Talkin Bout Love

62:21  Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It

65:47  Judas Priest - Living After Midnight

68:59  Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain

72:11  Helloween - I Want Out

76:47  Motorhead - Ace of Spades

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Episode 157 - Life Has Surface Noise

More turntablisms, remixes and mashups.  And the few metal and rap collaborations I enjoy.

00:00  DJ Static - 1997 I.T.F. Advancement Class World Finalist

04:53  Atmosphere - Scapegoat

08:45  Non-Prophets feat Vocab - Drop Bass (Radio)

12:46  Aesop Rock - Blood Sandwich

17:07  MC 900 Ft Jesus - Killer Inside Me (Meat Beat Manifestation #1)

21:59  Buckethead - ODB mix 3

26:04  Anthrax & Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

29:30  Helmet & House of Pain - Just Another Victim

33:48  Biohazard & Onyx - Slam (remix)

37:22  Zach de la Rocha, KRS-One, The Last Emperor - C.I.A. (Criminals In Action)

41:30  Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Chessboxin

46:10  Mos Def - Next Universe

49:48  Gang Starr - Mass Appear

53:18  Nas - N.Y. State of Mind

58:02  Blackalicious - Rhymes for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind

60:25  KRS-One - MC's Act Like They Don't Know

65:02  Kid666 - Take The Piss On

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Episode 156 - Coil Early Era

Part 3 of 3, focused on roughly their first 10 years.  This is the reason I fell in love with Coil's music.  Picking up "Gold is the Metal" was my first foray into this wild environment.  I'd not come across anything quite like it before.  It blew my mind.  Then I saw the video for "Windowpane" on MTV which was just bonkers.  I quickly picked up the Wax Trax Black Box VHS set so I could enjoy it on repeat.  Then I came across one of my desert islands discs, "Love's Secret Domain."   Life changing is the best description of that album.  And my internet sleuthing days helped me turn up Love's Secret Demise bootleg which is quite entertaining.   I recall fondly my friend Paul picking up "Stolen and Contaminated Songs" which was on repeat listening for at least a full year during our hangouts.  

00:00  Ubu Noir

01:58  Titan Arch (alternate mix)

05:38  A Minor Catastrophe (demo)

08:17  Omlagus Garfungiloops

12:20  Further Back and Faster

20:04  Spastiche 1993

26:37  Love's Secret Domain

30:27  Lorca Not Orca

32:28  Slur

35:37  First Dark Ride

46:07  Ostia (Death of Pasolini)

52:15  Aqua Regis

56:46  First Dark Ride 3

58:02  The Snow (Out in the Cold)

65:33  The Hills Are Alive

72:37  Herald of Free Enterprise

74:43  To Drown A Rose (Death In June feat Jhon Balance)

 

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Episode 155 - Coil & Associates

This mix is focusing on the later period of Coil's music, less industrial and more glitchy and ambient.  They were always forward thinkers and ahead of their peers.  I've included a lot of contemporaries and groups related to them in one way or another.  The Coil remixes of Scorn are some of the best works from either camp.  I remember my shock when I picked up the California Rhinoplasty EP from Matmos and found the Coil cover on it.  It has always piqued my interest on how the MBM track "hello teenage America" is so similar to Coil's "teenage lightening"; they both came out around the same time (89/90) and in my opinion the coincidences are too many to ignore.  When Coil started performing live, I heard that Vicki Bennett from PLU was working their merch counter.  The collaboration with COH man Ivan Pavlov resulted in some superb works under the SoiSong name.  The Threshold House was a nice post-Coil project from Sleazy too.  And then there is the deluge of unreleased tracks in the last few years, which while I enjoy hearing anything and everything they've created,  only some of it is really up to the standards of their 'released' material.  

00:00  Coil - The Snow (Answers Come In Dreams II)

05:52  Scorn - Dreamscape (COIL unstable sideral oneiroscopic mix)

10:59  Matmos - Disco Hospital (Coil)

13:23  Meat Beat Manifesto - Hello Teenage America

15:18  Point Loma - Snow (Coil)

19:29  Kava Kon - Build Your House Underground

21:54  Coil - Teenage Lightening (sketches)

26:54  So Percussion - Flame

31:14  Faust - Du WeiBt Schon

33:54  People Like Us - Music Alone

37:15  SoiSong - Dtorumi

44:43  The Threshold House - Be Happy

52:29  Coil - A Cold Cell in Bangkok (exclusive mix by Peter Christopherson)

56:35  The Threshold House - Part Five: 'As Doors Open Into Space'

63:20  COH - Silence is Golden

67:56  Coil - Paranoid Inlay

74:14  ELpH - Outtake (Wormsongs)

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Episode 154 - Coil Restrained

Part 1 of 3 overview of some of the finest points from one of my all time favorite groups.  There are a lot of repeated songs and themes in this mix, but every time the boys approached a song it was something completely new and inspiring.   This mix focuses on what I would call their more accessible, restrained, and sometimes beautiful pieces of music.  Even so, everything is unmistakably the works of Sleazy and Jhon.  Having such a large and varied in style discography, hopefully these mixes will help give an entry point for the uninitiated, or fond recollections for the enlightened.

00:00  Cardinal Points (Snippet - Untreated)

00:45  Chaostrophy

05:32  A Cold Cell

09:18  Untitled

12:36  Cardinal Points

16:47  Original Chaostrophy

18:26  The Snow (Driftmix)

20:46  Tainted Love

26:30  Never

30:21  Chaostrophy (Deadverse Remix)

36:30  Assassins of Hakim Bey

40:00  The Downward Spiral (The Bottom) (Nine Inch Nails)

46:51  Comfortable

48:13  The Sleeper II

53:09  Rosa Decidua

57:56  At The Heart Of It All

62:39  Christmas Is Now Drawing Near

65:55  The Snow Man (Rosa Mundi)

68:50  Ended

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Episode 152 - Asking Questions May Be More Important Than Finding Answers

Perhaps a few too many appearances of the Chemical Brothers, but still a fun mix.  More of the tracks in heavy rotation at the time.  This was around the time I saw the movie Possession at a local theater, they showed the video for Massive Attack's "Voodoo in my blood" before it, as it has so many parallels from the subway scene.  

00:00  David Kitay - Theme from Ghost World

03:10  Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Delicious Light

07:55  Boom Bip - Roads Must Roll

11:45  Beth Orton and The Chemical Brothers - I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain (Tim Buckley)

15:00  Pale Sketcher - Secret Knots

19:46  Metallic Taste of Blood - Transverse

25:11  The Chemical Brothers - Life Is Sweet (edit)

28:49  The Charlatans - Patrol (The Dust Brothers mix)

35:40  Solex - One Louder Solex

39:01  DJ Spooky - Takemitsu

43:05  Jesu - The Stars That Hang Above You

50:10  Dalek - Spiritual Healing (Zu feat Okapi remix)

53:32  Massive Attack - Voodoo In My Blood (feat Young Fathers)

57:29  Boom Bip - Last Walk Around Mirror Lake (Boards of Canada Remix)

61:05  The Chemical Brothers feat Beth Orton - Alive Alone

photo credit: Possession screen grab

Episode 151 - Active Disengagement

A hodgepodge of what was in rotation at the time (late 2019).  

00:00  Ostara - Bavaria

04:00  BaBa Zula - Bahar (Spring)

09:56  Pell Mell - Nothing Lies Still Long

14:43  Belle and Sebastian - Dog on Wheels

16:45  Red Hot Chili Peppers - Pretty Little Ditty

19:45  Blondie - Sunday Girl (French Version)

22:33  Goat - Run To Your Mama

24:45  Iggy & The Stooges - No Fun

29:49  The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations

32:20  Scheer - Nemesis (demo version)

36:31  Unknown Mortal Orchestra - From The Sun

40:43  Kishi Bashi - It All Began With A Burst

43:43  Boards of Canada - Midas Touch (remix)

48:13  Real Life - Send Me An Angel (88 Version)

51:52  John Carpenter - They Live

54:54  Danielle Dax - Olamal (US Mix)

56:00  Skinny Puppy - Rodent (Ken Hiwatt Marshall remix)

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Episode 150 - Carol's Apples Got Us Caught

Tense, noisy, just on the brink of chaos while having structure and focus.  The mix is named after an overheard comment at the Nutcracker ballet - two grandmothers behind us were caught multiple times sneaking snacks into the theater.

00:00  Faust - Bonjour Gioacchino

04:10  Ulver - Cromagnosis

13:28  Node - Alternator

16:59  Earthmonkey - Reflections On Native Yard 52 (edit)

21:38  Cavern of Anti-Matter - Phototones

25:12  The Electromagnetic Azoth - The Left Hand of Nothingness

30:53  S./T. - Der Zwiebelfisch

35:58  Faust - Carousel II (Trillian remix)

40:20  Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - I Swim Around

44:23  23 Skidoo - The Gospel Comes To New Guinea

54:15  Godzuki - Prophecy of Wade

57:43  Can - Spoon (Sonic Youth mix)

62:26  Edward Ka-Spel - The Ministry of Dosinformation

65:46  Superhumanoids - A Crowded Hour

69:36  Xhol Caravan - Walla Mashalla

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Episode 149 - Hip Hop and Turntablism

Turntablism, remixes, mashups, and a rawkus good time.

00:00  Scratch Perverts - Every Rhyme I Write (Intro)

01:04  Shabaam Sahdeeq & Cocoa Brovaz - Every Rhyme I Write

03:11  DJ Babu - Ill Skills

05:38  DJ Shadow - The Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix)

10:35  A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhyme (Skeff's Mix)

14:14  De La Soul - Magic Number (Chad Jacksons Hip Hop Version)

19:34  Max Tannone - Mourning Unknown

22:49  Eric B and Rakim vs Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquesta - I Know You Got Cumbia

27:47  The Wudos Band - Ayno Tellin

31:12  El Michaels Affair - Mystery of Chessboxin

32:17  Fela Soul - Stakes is High

36:46  Nightmares on Wax - What I'm Feelin (Rae & Christian mix)

43:01  Slick Rick and Outkast - Street Talkin

46:28  High & Mighty, Mad Skillz, Smut Peddlers, Eastern Conf. All Stars - Eastern Conference Megamix

51:25  London Funk Allstars - Knee Deep In The Beats

55:31  DJ Honda feat Guru - What You Expected

59:39  Gravediggaz - Nowhere to Run (Portishead Main Mix)

64:00  DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid & Dave Lombardo feat MC Dalek - Assisted Suicide

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Episode 148 - The Twilight Sad's Early Years

I fell in love with their sound immediately upon hearing their debut EP.  It was cacophonous, amorous, and sheer bliss.  They had pop sensibilities intertwined with Sonic Youth-esque wall of noise, and a signer not afraid to hide his thick accent.  I haven't been as enamored with their more recent albums, though they are getting the attention they have rightly earned.  These early tracks with their long titles akin to post rock of the early 2000's make for a solid mix tape showing the roots of this excellent rock band.

00:00  But When She Left, Gone Was The Glow

03:41  Last Year's Rain Didn't Fall Quite So Hard

06:11  Talking With Fireworld/Here, It Never Snowed

10:56  And She Would Darken The Memory (edit)

15:27  The Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy

19:47  I Was Hoping The Winter Was Over

22:51  Half A Person (The Smiths)

26:11  Cold Days From The Birdhouse

32:12  Twenty Four Hours (Joy Division)

37:10  Untitled #4

45:25  2d

48:13  Walking For Two Hours

52:33  The Neighbours Can't Breathe

57:50  The Room

62:19  I Became a Prostitute

67:25  That Birthday Present

72:12  Untitled #27

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Episode 147 - Exotic Surf

Not much of a surf rock fan myself, I did find a niche of this genre that appealed to me.  Started it off with The Cramps, because everyone needs them in their lives, then moving to the Colorado Avalanche Theme song, and onto the slew of unique covers of songs that work unexpectedly well in the surf genre.  Always throwing in a few classics to keep you off the scent, but you'll get the idea.  Had to include The Ventures twice because they were my Dad's favorite.  For not liking surf, this mix worked out pretty well in my opinion.  Sure, maybe I threw one or two many into the blender, but oh well - Novelty always has a point of diminishing returns. 

00:00  The Cramps - Aloha From Hell

02:20  Satan's Pilgrims - Ben Tenaka

04:17  Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Miserlou

06:25  Glitter Dick - Surfin with Slayer (Slayer)

10:00  unknown - Chinese Surf Side A4

14:48  Aqua Velvets - Guitar Noir

19:09  13 Crimson Ghosts - Hollywood Babylon (The Misfits)

22:47  The Guitaraculas - Love's Secret Domain (Coil)

26:04  Los Mortems - Mermanthropes (Original 1960 Trve Kult Surf Music)

29:42  For Whom The Beach Calls - Metallica Surf Rock (Metallica)

32:55  The Sheltones - Blue Castaway

35:21  Chum - Straight To Hell (The Clash)

38:51  Satan's Pilgrims - Haunted House of Rock (Live)

41:36  Laika & The Cosmonauts - Experiment in Terror

45:04  Los Straitjackets - The Munsters Theme

47:47  The Bonecollectors - Lucretia My Reflection (Sisters of Mercy)

50:52  Dick Dale - Esperanza

54:39  13 Crimson Ghosts - Skulls (The Misfits)

56:45  The Pyronauts - London Calling (The Clash)

60:59  Santo and Johnny - Sleepwalk

63:16  The Surfaris - Wipe Out

65:24  The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird

67:40  The Ventures - Walk Don't Run

70:29  The Nargaroths - Abschiedsbrief Des Prometheus

72:46  The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O

74:34  The Gorgoroths - Carving a Giant Wave (Trve Kult Surf Music)

78:20  The Surf Coronados - Pipeline

photo credit: Jonah Barwick Trve Cvlt Surf Metal

Episode 146 - Can Faust Couple Others?

While exploring Krautrock as a genre, I dove in deep with the big names of Can and Faust.  They always seemed to stand out much more than their peers, plus I didn't really care as much for the new age-y synth explorations, the moog noodling was fun but not really on repeat listening for me, and the long drawn out jams only get plays once or twice.  The shorter, song oriented experiments and catchy tunes here are more what I gravitate towards. 

00:00  Faust - Not Nearest By

05:31  Tony Conrad with Faust - The Pyre of Angus Was In Kathmandu

09:04  Can - Vitamin C

12:13  Can - Mushroom

16:24  Holger Czukay, Jah Wobbly, Jaki Liebezeit

21:00  Can - Sing Swan Song

25:15  Faust - Psalter

29:00  Tony Conrad with Faust - The Death of the Composer Was in 1962

32:11  Comus - Diana (single version)

36:23  Amon Duul II - Cerberus

40:38  Current 93 - When The May Rain Comes (Sand)

43:49  Can - She Brings The Rain

47:51  Faust - Party 6

51:12  Can - Moonshake

54:03  Harmonia - Watussi

59:40  Faust - Jassie

62:00  Faust - So Far

photo credit:  Can Monster Movie and Faust s/t album covers

Episode 145 - Ska and Reggae

00:00  The Specials feat Rico - A Message To You Rudy

02:39  Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop

06:11  Prince Buster - Madness

08:48  Bob & Gene - I Can Be Cool (Version)

12:25  Desmond Dekkar - 007

14:52  Bob Marley & The Wailers - One Love

17:55  Marcia Griffiths - Don't Let Me Down

21:12  Desmond Dekker - Honour Your Mother and Father

23:30  Rudy Mills - Tears On My Pillow

25:43  Desmond Dekker - Intensified '68 (Music Like Dirt)

28:24  Prince Buster - Enjoy It (Enjoy Yourself)

31:20  Charles Bradley - Strike Three (The Inversions)

35:04  Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus - Rise Jah Jah Children

37:06  The Heptones - Cool Rasta

40:02  Lee Perry - Bird In Hand

43:18  Bob Marley & The Wailers - Soul Rebel

46:27  Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus - Keep Cool Babylon

49:27  Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Black Panta

53:49  John Holt - Ali Baba

56:22  Bob & Gene feat The Inversions - Its Not What You Know (Its Who You Know) (version)

60:10  Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston

64:57  The Crystalites - Concentration (Version 3)

68:10  The Soul Syndicate - Midnight Version

70:52  Marcia Griffiths feat Bob Marley - Oh My Darling 

Episode 144 - Early 90s techno

I got into techno and raves quite heavily in the mid 90s.  I was never much of a dancer,  but I loved the music and culture and an excuse to stay out all night with my friends.  Here's a selection of some early gems in this world that have stuck with me some near 30 years later.

00:00  Opus III - Its a Fine Day (edit)

03:25  Moby - Go (Radio Edit)

06:58  Black Dog Productions - Object Orient

12:27  The Orb - Reefer Spin in the Galaxy

17:17  Cabaret Voltaire - Soul Vine (70 Billion People)

27:07  The Drum Club - Follow The Sun

30:16  DJ Wally - Mustard Plaster

34:42  Sonz of A Loop De Loop Era - Skratchadelikizm

39:21  The Prodigy - Out Of Space (edit)

43:02  System 7 - Interstate (edit)

46:37  Spooky - Don't Panic

50:37  The Drum Club - Alchemy (Phasers on Dub mix)

54:34  Billie Ray Martin and Spooky - Persuasion (D.O.P. mix)

photo credit: rave flyer for Babylon 1994

Episode 143 - Tipsy and Such

The group Tipsy is something quite unique and special.  Taking a turntablist approach to exotica, and blending with live instruments creating something wild and unique and perfect for cocktails parties on the moon.  This mix was built around several Tipsy songs, and then I filled in the gaps with similar music that keeps it varied and moving along at a great pace.  While I love Tipsy, the novelty wears off after a half dozen tracks.  Though they are perfect for almost any playlist.  Despite the focus and name of this mix, Spotify has nearly no tracks available from Tipsy, how frustrating.

00:00  The Champs - Beatnik

01:53  Holger Czukar - Witches Multiplication Table

06:37  Tipsy - Reverse Cowgirl

09:35  Tipsy - Grossenhosen

13:10  O Paradis - De Espaldas Al Milagro

17:12  Draco - V-A-C-A-N-T

20:34  Tipsy - Liquordelic

24:32  Odd Nosdam - Untitled 02 (Clouddead Beats)

27:01  Aldo Buonocore - La Fine di Fanny

30:12  Forest Swords - Rattling Cage

33:58  O Paradis - El Opio De Tu Belleza

37:54  The Budos Band - Vertigo

40:49  Here Lies Man - So Far Away

43:38  Belbury Poly - The Elsewhere Shuffle

48:06  Derniere Volonte - Coeur de Legionnaire

51:15  Tipsy - Nude On The Moon

54:00  Odd Nosdam - Untitled 06 (Clouddead Beats)

56:02  Broadcast - Bit 35

57:47  23 Skidoo - Another Baby's Face

62:23  Fall of Saigon - Visions

64:37  The Residents - Serenade For Missy

photo credit:  vinyl label for Space Golf/Ms. Excitement 12" from Tipsy

Episode 142 - Brainwashed This Way

The Brainwashed.com website is quite likely the first website I ever visited on the internet in the late 90's.  It was originally an information repository for Meat Beat Manifesto, including the bones of a sample list, discography, and related projects.  The site quickly grew to host many other artists, and had a weekly zine called The Brain, which covered obscure record reviews. This was very influential on my budding music exploration and exposed me to countless artists I may not have found otherwise.   Then there was the superb "Brain in the Wire" 3 CD sets given away through the Wire monthly subscription.  The Otology series (and CD) and the Brainwaves concert / CDs.  One of my favorites was "The Eye" a frequent video interview and concert footage program of the hosted artists.  I believe most of those episodes are on YouTube now, however I still have all the DVDrs on my shelf.  Can't forget to mention the V/VM 365 project or how they used to have all their albums for download on the site.  So much excellent music, and was on top of the game for nearly 20 years.  The site is still around, still posting record reviews, but all the artist pages are sadly neglected.  

This is part 1 or 2 showcasing the artists I fell in love with via Brainwashed.  Its a long mix because there are so many freakin amazing artists on the site to cover.  For whatever reason at the time, I didn't finish part 2 until months later (Its Mix #199, so be patient and it will arrive in due course).

00:00  Meat Beat Manifesto - Brainwashed This Way - Zombie - That Shirt

05:28  Coil - Either His Or Yours

08:12  Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats

10:47  The Legendary Pink Dots - As Long As Its Purple And Green

16:40  Kid606 - Dropkick (Matmos Theme For A Biker Movie Starring Kid606)

22:07  Bowery Electric - Fear of Flying (3rd Eye Foundation Mix)

30:49  Hirsche Nicht Auf's Sofa - Als Der Morgen Kam, Was Es, Als Sei Nur Eine Nacht Vergangen (side B)

34:42  Volcano The Bear - Wooden Sailus

36:30  Fridge - Robots In Disguise

40:27  Tortoise - Glass Museum

45:43  !!! - Feel Good Hit Of The Fall

50:25  Merzbow & Christoph Heemann - Eagle

54:52  Current 93 - I'm The One

59:35  Nurse With Wound - Ketamineaphonia

64:16  Coil - Glowworms/Waveforms (Obsidian Monarch remix by Thread)

70:40  Cyclobe - Replaced By His Constellation

78:09  Antony and the Johnsons - Soft Black Stars (Current 93)

82:29  V/VM - How Deep Is Your Lard

photo credit: https://www.brainwashed.com/wallpapers.html

Episode 141 - Krautrockin NWW Pieces

These are the most krautrock-ish tracks that Mr. Stapleton has done.  One look at the infamous NWW List shows his love of the obscure and abstract so this should come as no surprise.  Some of these tracks are collaborations, some are his heavy handed production, and others are his main group's efforts.   All are lengthy and well worth the price of admission.

00:00  Legendary Pink Dots - Window On The World

11:35  Stereolab & Nurse With Wound - Animal or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason)

25:01  Faust & Nurse With Wound - Lass Mich

37:51  Nurse With Wound - Elderly Man River

41:43  Nurse With Wound - Penis Fruit Loop

66:40  Volcano The Bear & Nurse WIth Wound - Untitled #2

 

photo credit: vagina monster from Babs Santini

Episode 139 - Spooky Electronica

Dark, creeping electronica.  Uneasy music that holds your attention.

00:00  Dead Heavens - Rainbow of the Ohm Chart

00:22  Cult of Luna - Inside Fort Meade

01:02  Simon Benson - Colour Cacophony

01:52  Cabaret Voltaire - Low Cool (Volume version)

05:16  Daphne Oram - In A Jazz Style

05:35  The Wardrobe - Wednesday (Again)

08:52  Walls & Oram - As It Is In Gems, And Prisons 

09:20  Delia Derbyshire - Colour

14:11  A Small Good Thing - Twice as Evil as You

18:23  Daphne Oram, Andrea Parker & Daz Quayle - Oddments (interlude)

20:56  Burning Tapes - The Nightmare

22:53  Coil - Here to Here (Double Headed Secret)

27:36  Daphne Oram, Andrea Parker & Daz Quayle - Frightened of Myself

35:40  Ian Boddy - Til Quiet Descends (Live, end edit)

39:38  Godzuki - ...

40:05  Download - This Is Quality Grass

43:29  Frank Hunter & His Orchestra - Strange Echoes

46:17  Daphne Oram - Rotolock

47:32  Marty Manning - Spellbound Concerto

49:39  Secret Chiefs 3 - Hypnotopia (Obey your Passion)

50:00  Andrew Liles feat Aaron Moore, Nick Mott - The Sour Accompaniment 

51:01  Mount Vernon Arts Lab - The Black Drop

54:04  Matmos feat David Tibet - Messages From The Unseen World

photo credit: manipulated picture of frost on a windowpane