313b Horror Themes

Just in time for Halloween, a set of recognizable theme songs from great Horror films.  Many of these should be recognizable to even a casual horror fan.  Others are a great deep dive into these composers vast catalogs.  Great stuff, and you can be assured this and the previous mix I posted will be playing at our house this year.

The Spotify mix has some of these tracks and some from the last post, because not all of this is available on that platform.

00:00  John Carpenter - Main Theme (Halloween)

02:20  Andrzej Korzynski - The Night The Screaming Stops (Possession)

04:05  Bruno Nicolai - Processo (Il Conte Dracula)

05:40  Goblin - Suspiria (Suspirira)

11:32  Clinic - Main Theme (The Road To Salina)

13:08  Bruno Nicolai - Seq 5 Pursuited / Jennifer (Perche' Quelle Strane Gocce Di Sangue Sul Corpo Di Jennifer?)

16:40  Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave - Intro and Main Title (The Piano String Strangler)

20:28  Acanthus - Le Frisson Des Vampires (Le Frisson Des Vampires)

21:27  Harry Sukman - Main Title (Salem's Lot)

23:03  John Carpenter - main theme / reprise (The Fog)

24:40  Bruno Nicolai - seq 3 (Una Vergine Tra I Morti Viventi)

26:21  Gil Melle - Theme (Night Gallery)

26:55  Ted Nichols - underscore #1 (Scooby-Doo)

27:30  Budy Maglione & Fabio Frizzi - Theme (Cannibal Ferox)

28:31  Fabio Frizzi - Theme (Zombie)

32:23  Mark Ayres - opening theme (The Shining)

35:09  Harry Manfredini - Main Title (Friday The 13th)

36:07  Pino Donaggio - Bucket of Blood (Carrie)

38:17  Alessandro Alessandroni - Devil's Nightmare (La Terrificante Notte Del Demonio)

40:27  Ennio Morricone - Copkiller (Copkiller)

43:16  Lallo Gori - Seq 1 (La Morte Secende Leggera)

44:52  Gianfranco Coletta & Mauro Lusini as Trans Europa Express - Seq 7 (Il Gatto Dagli Occhi Di Giada)

45:39  Alessandro Alessandroni - Malcontento Popolare (Inchiesta)

48:03  Jerry Goldsmith - Aunt Marion's Visitor (Damien: Omen II)

48:35  unknown - untitled (The Goonies)

49:28  Manuel De Sica - The Rest Of The World (Doesn't Exist) (Dellamorte Dellamore)

51:35  Luciano Michelini - It's Still Alive (L'Isola Degli Uomini Pesce)

53:15  John Harrison - The Creepshow Welcomes You (Creepshow)

55:35  Ted Nichols - Underscore #2 (Scooby-Doo)

56:34  Vince Guaraldi - Graveyard Theme (It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown)

57:20  Jerry Goldsmith - The Face Hugger (Alien)

59:49  Pierre Raph & Jane Weaver - Parade of Blood Red Sorrows (Le Rose De Fer / Intiaani Kesa)

63:50  Danny Elfman - Girls, Girls! (Beetlejuice)

64:21  Black Market & Chudan - Stranger Things remix (Stranger Things)

67:33  The Science Fiction Orchestra - Main Titles / Overture (Forbidden Planet)

69:40  Colin Towns - Theme (Full Circle)

74:42  Jerry Goldsmith - Ave Satani (The Omen)

77:12  Jerry Goldsmith - The Droid (Alien)

  

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313a Horror Ambient

Horror, Giallo, spooky film scores and some tracks pulled from a mix that sounds like it could've been a horror film score from the always incredible Dream Weapons.  Some of these were pulled from the superb mixes at Nate Ashley's site.  The rest I have spent countless hours tracking down the soundtracks and film scores because I just love this style so much.   Due to the length, and how much material I had to sort through, this mix took me the longest to put together.  Time well spent in my opinion.

The Unseen, The Heartwood Institute and Catharsis are not from soundtracks but sound like they should be (denoted by *).  The First Bruno Nicolai track on here was listed as part of the "Virgin Among the Living Dead" soundtrack which I have and can confirm this is not on my copy, though it definitely sounds like the right composer.  The Francois de Roubaix "Beach Burial" I cannot confirm which film its from, sounds so familiar but I can't nail it down.  

I have not seen all of these films, but have enjoyed more than half.  The rest I found because of the composer or were included in aforementioned mixes.

Sit back and enjoy this near 2 hour mix of the greatest sounds from the horror genre.  The Spotify mix has some of these tracks and some from the next post, because not all of this is available on that platform.

00:00  Walter Schumann feat Sally Jane Bruce - Pretty Fly (The Night of the Hunter)

01:12  Charles Bernstein - Prologue (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

01:36  Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave - Mineshaft Chase (Phantasm)

04:26  The Unseen - Evidently The Spirits Have Taken Over (Exorcism)*

07:52  Henry Mancini - Piano Tests (edit) (The Piano String Strangler)

08:22  Lubos Fiser - Matching Mirrors / Morgiana's Prowl (Morgiana)

11:47  Bixio Frizzi Tempera - 7 Note (Sette Note In Nero)

12:59  Bruno Nicolai - Virgin Among The Living Dead (Virgin Among The Living Dead)?

14:56  Michael Giacchino - Worlds Worst Beach Party (Lost)

17:35  The Newton Brothers - main titles (The Haunting of Hill House)

18:30  The Newton Brothers - Darkness and Chaos (The Haunting of Hill House)

20:04  Johan Soderqvist - The Slaughter (Let The Right One In)

22:48  Lalo Schifrin - Amityville Theme (Amityville)

25:07  Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson - main titles (The Legend of Hell House)

25:51  Lubos Fiser - The Work of Death (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders)

26:52  The Heartwood Institute - Astercote (Exorcism)*

28:53  Lubos Fiser - Awakening (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders)

29:40  Hans Zimmer - This Is Going To Hurt (The Ring)

32:24  John Cacavas - Horror Express (Horror Express)

34:22  Giuliano Sorgini - Manchester M2 6LD (The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue)

36:38  Manuel De Sica - Ignis Fatuus (Dellamorte Dellamore)

37:56  Karen Black - Song of Solomon (The Pyx)

40:25  Orriel Smith - Hannah Emerges In The Night (Crypt of the Living Dead)

42:31  Christopher Young - Prologue (The Exorcism of Emily Rose)

44:26  Philippe Sarde - main title (The Tenant)

46:41  Christopher Young - Goodbye, Daddy (Flowers in the Attic)

49:05  Dana Kaproff - Have You Checked The Children? (When A Stranger Calls)

50:08  Ennio Morricone - Ma Non E Un Vampiro (Drammi Gotici)

52:40  Harry Manfredini - Theme (edit) (Friday The 13th Part 2)

53:13  Bruno Nicolai - Seq 11 (Virgin Among The Living Dead)

55:06  Alessandro Alessandroni - Demon Night (La Terrificante Notte Del Demonio)

57:16  Cliff Martinez - First Sleep (Solaris)

59:59  Andrzej Korzynski - Helen Has Green Eyes (Possession)

61:07  Francois de Roubaix - Beach Burial (?)

62:12  Johan Soderqvist - Virginia Is Bitten (Let The Right One In)

64:24  Alessandro Alessandroni - Demon Night III (La Terrificante Notte Del Demonio)

68:26  The Newton Brothers - 12:00 A.M. (The Haunting of Hill House)

70:04  Michael Small - On The Roof (Klute)

73:11  Christopher Young - And Leave The Driving To Us (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Freddy's Revenge)

75:05  Karen Black - Ballad In C (Born to Win)

76:07  Ennio Morricone - Mio Caro Assassino (versione 5) (Mio Caro Assassino)

77:39  Krzysztof Komeda - Main Title (Rosemary's Baby)

80:04  Stanton Shows - Silent Hill (Silent Hell)

80:23  Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Hum (The Wicker Man)

81:41  Christopher Young - Jump Rope (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge)

83:17  John Carpenter - The Real Thing (The Thing)

84:12  Children of the Isle - We Carry Death Out Of The Village (The Wicker Man)

84:25  Zdenek Liska - How Unfortunate Are Those Who Die Unaware Of The Beauty Of Music / Lakme's Preparation (Morgiana)

86:49  Ted Nichols - Underscore #3 (Scooby-Doo)

87:28  Danny Elfman - I Want To Be Dead Too (Beetlejuice)

88:20  Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave - Overturned Ice Cream Truck (Phantasm)

90:11  Robert Mitchum - Lean on the Everlasting Arms (Night of The Hunter)

91:05  Michael Giacchino - The Eyeland (Lost)

92:57  Ted Nichols - general suspence takes 01/02 (Scooby-Doo)

94:05  Catharsis - Ballade Des Pendus  (Illuminations)*

97:45  Krzysztof Komeda - Shagal Leaving (The Fearless Vampire Killers)

98:21  Brian May - Flight From The Evil Toecutter (Mad Max)

100:37  Lubos Fiser - Dust To Dust (Morgiana)

101:29  Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Masks (The Wicker Man)

102:13  Charles Gross - Blue Sunshine part 1 (Blue Sunshine)

104:48  Christopher Young - main title (The Uninvited)

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345 Spells of The Old Ways

Witchcraft/Wicca and Pagan influenced music.  Included two radically different versions of Tam Lin and several, maybe too many, Wicker Man references.  The Andrew Liles track might have been included by mistake, I was compiling these tracks at the same time as my overview of his works, and pretty sure my drag and drop ended in the wrong folder.  Still it fits pretty well here.  All the Agalloch tracks are short edits where all I wanted to include were the samples.  Of course I had to start this off with the greatest Halloween themed breaks record ever from Tino Corp.  That is required listening every October.

00:00  Tino Corp - Spells

00:38  Current 93 feat Ian Reed - Benediction

02:26  Andrew Liles - An Unkempt Garden or the Cod Cape

06:05  Fairport Convention - Tam Lin

13:13  Glenda Jackson, Patrick Gowers & John Williams - Black March

16:12  Children of the Isle - We Carry Death Out Of The Village

16:25  Sol Invictus - Song of the Flower (edit)

21:10  The Heartwood Institute - The Old Ways

23:40  Les Joyaux De La Princesse - Wolf Rune 1

29:02  Agalloch - Sowilo Rune

29:35  Sol Invictus - Abattoirs Of Love (edit)

32:41  Walter Carr, Rachel Verney and Sally Presant - Maypole Song

34:46  Buffy Sainte-Marie - God is Alive, Magic is Afoot

39:32  Nilson - Down in the Garden

43:18  Midwinter - Sanctuary Stone

47:21  Sol Invictus - Raven Chorus

47:53  Agalloch - Summerisle Reprise

48:41  Current 93 - North

49:14  va - Main Title (Within the Woods)

50:37  Toadstone - Circle of Stones

54:10  Current 93 - Tamlin

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323 Bauhaus in Dub

Everybody's favorite goths.  This time I pulled together all of their dub experiments, and of course the iconic Bela Lugosi's Dead which is pretty dubby on its own.  We've all heard their songs, but hopefully this shines a new light on them.

00:00  Bela Lugosi's Dead (Offical Version)

09:17  Earwax (Full Unedited Version)

12:30  In Fear of Dub

15:22  Dave and Danny's Waspie Dub #2

21:13  Here's The Dub

24:31  Party of The First Part

29:33  The Man With X-Ray Eyes

32:45  Paranoia, Paranoia

37:52  Terror Couple Kill Colonel (version)

42:09  David Jay/Peter Murphy/Kevin Haskins/Daniel Ash

48:35  Exquisite Corpse

54:40  Satori

58:52  Ear Wax

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96 - Dark Storytelling

Kicking off the two weeks leading up to the best holiday, Halloween or Samhain, or whatever you celebrate at this time of the year.  I love the spookiness this season brings and have been introducing my older daughter to some horror movie essentials.  

The mix below is one I made around 15 years back.  A friend of mine commented that they enjoyed the really creepy music I listened to as it was so different from their normal punk taste.  I made this mix for them, which they said they listened to once and realized it wasn't for everyday consumption.  

Good mix of spoken word with dark atmospherics on this mix, and I tried to split up the stories with some music in-between.  Ending with my favorite, "I Have a Special Plan For This World."  That's easily the creepiest in my collection. 

00:00  John Contreras & Rose McDowall - Afraid 2 (Nico)

03:09  Current 93 with Thomas Ligotti - This Degenerate Little Town (Alternate)

17:15  Current 93 - Where The Long Shadows Fall

26:54  Wardrobe - Lucifer Before Sunrise (Inferno mix)

32:21  unknown - Nyarlathotep

40:15  Irr. App. (Ext.) - The Demi-Omadaun's Tale

41:14  Cyclobe - Each And Every Word Must Die (II)

48:12  Current 93 feat Thomas Ligotti - I Have A Special Plan For This World

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327 My 21st Birthday

Many moons ago, I turned 21, and no it isn't today.  

Unlike the majority of Americans, I did not spend the evening at a bar doing shots and not remembering the evening.  I did that on the next day.   Instead, for my birthday I attended an intimate performance at the Pike's Peak Center for the Performing Arts with the DaVinci Quartet.   They performed the below three pieces which are simply beautiful.  Highlights my quirkiness even as a young man attending punk and industrial concerts and blasting metal every time I got in my car, I was also a season ticket holder for the symphony, took my dates to the opera and ballet, and spent at least a day every month at a museum surrounding myself in the master works of days past.  

Haydn - Quartet Op. 20, No. 5 in F Minor

Loeffler - Music for Four Stringed Instruments

Dvorak - String Quartet in A Flat Major, Op. 105

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322 Old School Death Metal mix666

Closing out the six days of death metal.  And for this it lines up with my taking my daughter and her friends to the Taylor Swift concert film tonight.  They're getting all dressed up and trading bracelets.  I didn't want to be left out, but had to find something appropriate to wear... and a quick google search for "Black Metal Taylor Swift" shows that it is a thing, and there are lots of options such as this mix's image.   My daughter gave me a hard no on ordering that shirt, and we compromised on the Swift/Slayer logo mash-up shirt below.  You can tell why I had to get through all this metal this week, to balance out the pop mania I'll experience tonight.  Never fear, a palate cleanser is coming next.

00:00  Malevolent Creation - Thou Shall Kill

04:28  Cannibal Corpse - Staring Through The Eyes Of The Dead

07:56  The Black Dahlia Murder - What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse

11:44  Cannabis Corpse - Covered With Seeds

14:11  High on Fire - Hung, Drawn & Quartered

18:36  Slayer - Spill the Blood

23:23  Prong - Beg To Differ

27:36  Entombed - Crawl

33:44  Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales

37:10  Cannibal Corpse - Monolith

41:30  Bolt Thrower - World Eater

46:07  Carcass - Genital Grinder II

49:01  Death - Infernal Death

51:50  Death Angel - Evil Priest

56:43  Dio - Stand Up and Shout

59:57  Celtic Frost - Journey Into Fear

63:45  Dismember - Sickening Art

67:36  Obituary - Slowly We Rot

71:10  Gorguts - Faceless Ones

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322 Old School Death Metal mix5

00:00  Slayer - War Ensemble

04:51  The Black Dahlia Murder - Deathmask Divine

08:26  Sepultura - Mass Hypnosis

12:47  Entombed - Sinners Bleed

17:55  Napalm Death - Malicious Intent

21:16  Malevolent Creation - Eve of the Apocalypse

25:35  Exodus - Thrash Under Pressure

28:09  Morbid Angel - Visions from the Dark Side

32:17  Death - Baptized in Blood

36:42  Kreator - Extreme Aggressions

41:16  Coroner - Skeleton on Your Shoulder

46:45  Testament - Sins of Omission

51:39  Overkill - Time to Kill

57:44  At The Gates - Night Comes Blood Black

62:57  Cadaverous Condition & Andrew Liles - Degraded (Fireship)

66:46  Celtic Frost - Procreation (Of The Wicked)

70:45  Cryptopsy - Orgiastic Disembowelment

75:33  Possessed - Seven Churches

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322 Old School Death Metal mix4

00:00  Arch Enemy - Enemy Within

04:16  Deicide - Behind The Light Thou Shall Rise

07:12  Cannabis Corpse - Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shall Rise

10:20  Monstrosity - In Dark Purity

16:19  Death - Denial of Life

19:48  Sepultura - Escape to the Void

24:24  Scorn - Spasm

27:09  Slayer - Blood Red

29:56  Testament - The Haunting

34:17  High on Fire - Devilution

38:56  Morbid Angel - Evil Spells

42:56  Bolt Thrower - For Victory

47:28  Malevolent Creation - Malevolent Creation

52:31  Slayer - South of Heaven

57:25  Cannibal Corpse - Pit of Zombies

61:21  Celtic Frost - Nocturnal Fear

64:50  At The Gates - City of Screaming Statues

69:25  Cryptopsy - Graves of the Fathers

73:34  Scorn - Hit

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322 Old School Death Metal mix3

00:00  The Black Dahlia Murder - A Shrine to Madness

04:39  Cannibal Corpse - Every Bone Broken

07:54  Entombed - Morbid Devourment

13:12  Nile - Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who Is in the Water

16:06  Death - Flattening of Emotions

20:20  Cryptopsy - Slit Your Guts

24:20  Kreator - Tormentor

27:10  Testament - Over The Wall

31:14  Napalm Death - Demonic Possession (Pentagram)

34:26  Entombed - But Life Goes On

37:19  Slayer - Angel of Death

42:08  Cannibal Corpse - The Exorcist

46:41  Power Trip - Soul Sacrifice

50:50  Napalm Death - Blind Justice

51:53  Deicide - Lunatic of God's Creation

54:30  At The Gates - Through Gardens of Grief

58:29  Obituary - Turned Inside Out

63:08  Cannibal Corpse - Disposal of the Body

64:56  Taste of Fear - Last Embrace

67:13  Testament - Practice What You Preach

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322 Old School Death Metal mix2

00:00  Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

05:05  Death - Beyond The Unholy Grave

08:06  Slayer - Black Magic

11:51  Cannibal Corpse - Butchered at Birth

14:33  Napalm Death - Suffer The Children

18:47  Carcass - Corporal Jigsore 

24:34  Deicide - Dead But Dreaming

27:45  Terrorizer - Fear of Napalm

30:42  Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God

34:44  Converge - Hell To Pay

39:13  Malevolent Creation - Halved

43:14  Testament - Into The Pit

46:05  Slayer - Live Undead

49:53  Dark Angel - The Burning of Sodom

53:06  Possessed - The Exorcist

57:46  Cannabis Corpse - Lunatic of Pot's Creation

61:30  Nile - Serpent Headed Mask

63:42  Cannibal Corpse - The Pick-Axe Murders

66:43  Napalm Death - Back From The Dead (Death)

69:16  Suffocation - Effigy of The Forgotten

73:04  Cryptopsy - Benedictine Convulsions

 

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322 Old School Death Metal mix1

Here comes the onslaught, six days of old school death metal.  Despite all my other musical tastes, metal is the one I can most relate to others with.  Most of my close friends are all metal heads in one shape or another.  Sure, we all differ on which sub-genre we most align with.  For me, its late 80's death metal.  This felt so taboo when I was a teenager and heard just a peek of these bands on MTV's Headbanger's Ball.  The violent graphics and explicit lyrics labels only made it that much more alluring.  Across these six mixes, all the big names appear.  I'm sure I missed some obvious choices, however I stuck with what I listen to the most and threw a few curveballs in for sure.  Yes, a bit loose on occasion as I don't care to debate sub-genres, some thrash, crossover, post-hardcore, etc.   Also, expect varying levels of sound quality as some of these are from my original vinyl copies and others are remastered.

00:00  Exodus - Bonded by Blood

03:34  Entombed - Left Hand Path

10:02  Death - Evil Dead

12:59  Kreator - Riot of Violence

17:45  Slayer - Raining Blood

21:54  Possessed - Death Metal

25:06  Cannabis Corpse - Staring Through My Eyes That Are Red

28:04  Gatecreeper - Social Decay

31:13  Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face

35:13  Nile - Cast Down the Heretic

40:57  At The Gates - Blinded By Fear

43:37  Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

49:23  Morbid Angel - Damnation

53:30  Venom - Black Metal

57:07  Deicide - Deicide

61:05  Napalm Death - If The Truth Be Known

65:13  Morbid Angel - Immortal Rites

69:12  Testament - Burnt Offerings

74:35  Prong - For Dear Life

77:57  Sepultura - Arise

81:15  Old Man Gloom - Skull of Geronimo

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321 Seventy(Two) Nations

New and old, familiar and rare, a chill vibe throughout.  Sure, Propagandhi may stick out in this mix, I'd been waiting for the right place to include this track and felt this was as good as any.

00:00  Yabby You & King Tubby - Greetings

02:58  Johnny Osbourne - Truths and Rights

05:50  Hepcat vs Victor Rice - Miss Congeniality (Dub 1/5)

08:44  The Frightnrs - Nothing More To Say

12:38  The Revolutionaries - Kunta Kinte Version One

16:58  Ranking Joe - Dub Control

20:29  Mighty Diamonds - Merciful Dub

23:54  King Tubby, Augustus Pable & The Rockers - Stop Them Jah

26:31  Dadawah - Seventy Two Nations (intro)

35:30  Bob Marley - We and Dem

38:35  Bad Brains - Leaving Babylon

42:33  Scientist - Beam Down

45:44  Mad Professor and Aquizim - Kunta Kinte Dub

50:16  The Frightnrs - Gotta Find A Way (Version)

54:03  The Tamlins - When I Fall In Love

57:09  Propagandhi - Haillie Sallasse, up Your Ass

61:19  Keith Hudson - Depth Charge

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320 - Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute

A slew of bands that sound like they're perfect sitting aside Jesus & Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins (Garlands), The Cure (Pornography), Echo & The Bunnymen (Do it Clean) etc.  Only difference is they're 30+ years after this wave of noisy post-punk swept the world's unexpecting ears.  This retro sound is both an homage and a fresh take pushing it past its previous incarnation.  The Edgar Allan Poe quote felt right for the name of this one.

Yes, my numbering system is getting a little out of whack.  I grouped all the "top" mixes together, and have held back a few that I'll publish later this month as a combined theme.  

00:00  A Place To Bury Strangers - I Know I'll See You

03:59  The Foreign Resort - Take A Walk (Part Time Punks Sessions)

08:38  Veil Veil Vanish - Anthem For A Doomed Youth

12:28  800beloved - The Skeleton Collection

16:29  Cut City - Like Ashes Like Millions

21:12  Cold Showers - Dismiss

24:49  The Prids - Lions In Cages

29:11  Editors - I Buried The Devil

33:06  Wild Nothing - Live In Dreams

36:18  Second Still - Recover

40:50  Current Affairs - Object

45:05  Whirr - Junebouvier

48:42  Girls Names - Desire Oscillations

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342 Top Compilations

Top compilations now to close out this "best of" set of mixes.  These are so good I had a very hard time selecting just one track to represent the whole.  The first selection is from the "Red Hot" series, this one a bit of an homage to Beatniks and their lifestyle, I think, and its an AIDS benefit.  Way too many great artists to list on this, and a couple highlights are the ambient stylings of My Bloody Valentine, several interludes from Skylab and Christian McBride, a wacky track from Meat Beat (featured here), and ending the album with Moby performing "republican party" which is just a baby crying and people laughing - quite the powerful message.  Moving on to "Macro Dub Infection Vol 1" presented by Kevin Martin "The Bug."  This was not traditional roots dub from Jamacia, but a great overview of many interpretations of that style by electronic artists.  I believe most of the tracks are exclusive, and they are all great.  I probably picked the least representative track here, though its such a good remix I couldn't pass it up and I'm pretty sure I've featured several other tracks in previous mixes.  The two compilations "Paradigm Shift" and "Wild Planet" showcase Skinny Puppy in all their guises and some close friends' projects.  Both are great, but Paradigm Shift wins as the best of the two because of the exclusive Tear Garden tracks.   

I remember Jhon Balance (Geoff Rushton) having very public struggles with alcoholism amongst all the other drugs, and "Foxtrot" was released to help raise money for his rehabilitation.  Yeah, in hindsight I should have known that any proceeds would've gone to his habits not his help, but I remained an oblivious teenager and felt I was being supportive.  This compilation has some great material from everyone involved, and I think one of the first solo tracks from Sleazy.  I remember special ordering "Friespiel" from a local record store and the clerk gave me a hard time saying she'd only hand over the CD if I could pronounce the name.  A Faust remix album could have gone so very wrong, but this works well.  High caliber remixers and I know I've featured the excellent Dead Voices on Air remix here previously, and thus went with the surprising Residents remix.  I still break this out and enjoy every track, nothing is generic or expected and the style changes completely from track to track.  

Next up is the Cold Meat Industry sampler "The Absolute Supper."  I mentioned this in my last post with In Slaughter Natives being the big call out.  I chose The Protagonist as the representative track here, who I liken to the aforementioned band but a bit more subdued.  This compilation was how I got into Raison D'Etre, Mz.412, and Brighter Death Now, and many other dark ambient artists on the label roster.  Sure its not for everyone, but when the mood hits there is nothing else quite like the Cold Meat Industry catalog.  This is followed by the "Interiors" compilation on Sentrax label.  There are a lot of aliases on this albums artist list, but all should be well known in the industrial and dark music realms.  John Everall appears in a few places which is to be expected since its his label.  Supposedly this was to introduce these artists that were eventually releasing music on Sentrex, which obviously didn't happen.  

Moving towards more accessible music I suppose, I chose "A Tribute to Spacemen 3" for the next offering.  Solid slate of modern psychedelic and alternative bands here paying homage to the greats.  This is probably where I first heard Bowery Electric and Arab Strap.  The Accelera Deck track is a mystery to me, this sounds nothing like the electronic/glitchy group that I had on vinyl, and at the time was a cover of a Spacemen 3 song I'd never heard.  The next selection comes from the absolutely required listening of the Volume series of compilations from the 90s.  I loved those so much with their books of liner notes and heavy handed selections of exclusive material.  "Wasted" pulls together some of the best bits, given that most volumes of "Volume" have some material I didn't care for as much.  This best of the best was nearly all bangers, and though it continued the very diverse slate of artists it actually works very well as a whole.  This unique track from Orbital took one of their early pieces, slightly edited and reworked it, then added vocals.  I found a couple edits online that trim the fat and make this more of a electronic pop song that fits better in short mixes.  On a related note, the next selection is from "Trance Europe Express vol 1," which was produced by the same team as the Volume/Wasted compilations.  This was so fresh to my ears in the early 90s when it came out, and features some of the best tracks from the artists included and in my opinion it still holds up 30 years later.  I've already included several tracks in other mixes, so I went with the one I know I hadn't used before;  Billie Ray Martin and Spooky doing a cover of Throbbing Gristle.  This version is nice and chill and ambient, but if you like it seek out the single which has several more beat oriented versions that don't disappoint.

The next compilation I chose is "Whore: Various Artists Play Wire."  I'd been a rabid fan of Pink Flag for a few years, and just couldn't get my punk friends to give them a chance (they all eventually came around).  I was elated when I saw this tribute album come out, as I loved more than half the groups featured on it.  I knew some of the artists were aliases, and liked it even more when I deciphered those bands' members.  The track from Petty Tyrants is actually a Skinny Puppy/Ministry offshoot.  Lush, Godflesh, My Bloody Valentine, aMiniature, Bark Psychosis, Laika, Polar Bear, Main, Mike Watt... seriously so many great covers here but what would you expect from a tribute to the great Wire.  Lastly, I end this mix with some neo-folk from "The Pact...Of The Gods."  Likely came across this when I was chasing down compilations that featured Der Blutharsch.  I found so much more than I anticipated with this release, and Forseti was one of the big highlights.  I really liked the Pagan folk of Changes (a good side note their collaboration with black metal outfit Cadaverous Conditions is quite a treat) and found many artists to investigate further from this album, and its companion "The Pact: Flying in the Face."

00:00  Meat Beat Manifesto - I Control (Audio Collage #2) (Offbeat - A Red Hot Sound Trip)

05:11  Laika - If You Miss (Laika Virgin Mix) (Macro Dub Infection Vol 1)

09:54  The Tear Garden - Georgie The Parasite (Paradigm Shift)

13:42  Nurse With Wound - Think Jazz, Think Punk Attitude (Foxtrot)

17:25  Faust - T-Electronique (The Death of Komarov remix by The Residents) (Friespiel)

21:42  The Protagonist - Zordaster (The Absolute Supper)

27:50  Screwtape - Tongs (Interiors)

31:16  Accelera Deck - I Believe It (A Tribute to Spacemen 3)

34:34  Orbital - Belfast / Wasted (Wasted The Best of Volume)

41:27  Billie Ray Martin + Spooky - Persuasion (Throbbing Gristle) (Trance Europe Express)

47:38  Petty Tyrants - Our Swimmer (Whore: Various Artists Play Wire)

51:17  Changes - Waiting for the Fall (The Pact...Of The Gods)

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