430 Higher than a dub going straight to Barcelona

My mix a couple days ago instructed the listener to slow down, this one continues that and adds a dubby groove to it.  Fun tracks start to finish with a lot of gems to shine brightly.  Came up with an inane title for this as well.

00:00  Witchman - Tien Clan Dub

07:06  Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun (Battersea Shield Mix)

13:25  Boom Boom Satellites - Dub Me Crazy

18:54  MC 900 Ft Jesus & DJ Zero - Straight To Heaven (instrumental)

22:48  Fun-Da-Mental - The Last Gospel (Electro Mix)

29:19  Leaders of the New School - Mt Airy Groove (pieces of a dream)

33:49  Sade - King of Sorrow (Fun Lovin Criminals remix)

38:11  Calexico - Barcelona Mosaico

40:28  The Fireman - Watercolour Guitars

46:06  Goth Babe - Oil Lumber / Griff Washburn

48:05  Goldwater - Goho Dohji

54:32  Boards of Canada - The Beach At Redpoint

58:50  The Orb - Now Here

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428 Sounds like broken glass

Yes, more 90's-ish alternative music but top notch stuff all the way through.  I'd heard several of these on 102.3 here in Denver and these songs always bring back great memories.  I had a friend in high school that would do almost automatic writing of all the Concrete Blonde lyrics - this guy would fill up notebooks all from memory of every song.  Here is the 7 inch version of The Wagon from Dino Jr, sounds ever so slightly different from the LP mix.  I included Talulah Gosh's self titled track because we recently adopted a puppy named Talulah and I couldn't get this song out of my head.  The Pains of Being Pure At Heart is a fantastic named group, and I've had this track appear on multiple mixes over the years, though first time on this blog.  Next I included my wife's favorite song from the Gits.  Then Placebo, who I was really into back in the early 2000's but haven't listened to since.  Guardian Singles are a newer band I'd only recently stumbled across via some great writeups on the web.  Weed and the subsequent track from Hotline TNT both came to my attention when I saw the latter open up for Quicksand last year.  The former is the earlier project from the same guy.  Threw in the Strokes in-between to split it up and just cause I hadn't hear this track in a while.  

Moving way back to Soul Asylum's very early days when they were toying with punk rock.  I still love that cassette "Time's Incinerator" with all its wonky tracks.  Quickly shifting gears and including a rather odd dub from the Psychedelic furs.  Then an iconic track from Radiohead (aren't they all).  This one came across my view via an Instagram post asking musicians what their favorite climaxes were in music.  I've had this 12" on Gold Standard Labs from The Convocation Of for about 20 years, don't know anything else about that group but love this EP.  The Dream Syndicate are back in frequent rotation on my stereo right now.  The Standells track is an oldie but a goodie, which Minor Threat covered to great acclaim.  This Blondie track is in my opinion, better than the final released version, its closer in style to the original and I think its more fun.  Followed that with a banger from The Beat and a comp appearance from Common Rider.  Yeah, this took a short detour from straightforward alternative rock here.   Back to the core, PJ Harvey makes an appearance that really shines.  Bedhead doing Joy Division, and then one of the rarities/extras from the Stone Roses box set of their first album to close it out.

00:00  The Pixies - Surf of Mutilation

02:15  Concrete Blonde - Bajo la Lune Mexicana

07:08  Dinosaur Jr - The Wagon (7" version)

11:44  Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh

15:04  The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars

18:44  The Gits - Bob (Cousin O)

21:45  Placebo - Nancy Boy (radio edit)

24:55  Guardian Singles - Tea Lights Exploding

27:35  Weed - Ben's Tour

31:57  The Strokes - Hard To Explain

35:40  Hotline TNT - Beauty Filter

37:46  Soul Asylum - Broken Glass

40:00  Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat (Dub)

45:39  Radiohead - Pyramid Song

50:12  The Convocation Of - Southern Pass

52:35  The Dream Syndicate - When You Smile

55:36  The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White

58:37  Blondie - Once I Had A Love (1975 demo)

62:31  The English Beat - Too Nice To Talk To

65:35  Common Rider - Signal Signal (alternate version)

68:06  PJ Harvey - Down By The Water

71:07  Bedhead - Disorder (Joy Division)

75:45  The Stone Roses - Simone (unreversed)

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427 Hey, I Know That Song!

A mix of older reggae tunes, a lot of R&B and Motown covers among some solid gold classics.  Feelgood music for the nice weather we've been having.  I made this mix roughly 15 years back and still listen to it every summer.    

00:00  Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya Version

02:36  Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus - Keep Cool Babylon

05:37  Linval Thompson - Dread Are The Controller

08:13  Max Romeo - Chase The Devil

11:35  Willie Williams - Armagideon Time

15:43  Delano Stewart - Stay A Little Bit Longer

17:58  Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine

20:51  Marcia Griffiths - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

24:51  Marcia Griffiths - Don't Let Me Down

28:10  Derrick Harriott - Have You Seen Her

31:44  The Fabulous Flames - Holly Holy

34:46  The Gaylettes - Son Of A Preacher Man

37:15  The Gaylettes - Groovin

40:18  The Gaylettes - Take A Chance (On Me)

43:03  Girl Satchmo - Take You For A Ride

45:45  Horace Andy - You Are My Angel

48:34  Joya Landis - Angel Of The Morning

51:32  The Paragons - The Tide Is High

54:11  Phyllis Dillon - Love Was All I Had

56:52  Eric Donaldson - Cherry Oh Baby

59:47  Desmond Dekker - The Israelites 

62:18  Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves

66:11  Bob Marley & The Wailers - Soul Rebel

69:28  Ras Michael - Rise Jah Jah Children (The Lion Sleeps)

71:31  Prince Buster - Big 5

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426 Give Yourself Permission to Slow Down

A nice, chill downtempo mix that covers a lot of ground.  Cleaned up my folder of songs in this style and the results are on point.  I started with the Witchman and YMO remix and wanted to fill in the rest with similar songs.  Glad I had plenty on hand as this came together very quickly.  

00:00  Witchman - 4am On Point

05:42  Boards of Canada - Hey Saturday Sun

10:25  All India Radio - Wake in Waco (Remix)

14:43  si-cut.db - A Shower

21:03  Pan-American - Code

27:30  Salmonella Dub - Orbital Projector Mix

31:59  Jungle Weed - Hari Om

36:28  Trevor Hart - My God (Alborosie Dub)

41:33  Sade - Love is Stronger than Pride (Mad Professor Remix)

45:55  The Orb - Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth mix)

49:35  Kalpataru Tree - Gaia Tree Dub

60:07  The Woodleigh Research Facility - Taqiya

69:43  Tone Language - The Robot Sparrows

75:39  Yellow Magic Orchestra - Light In Darkness (...spark) (The 808 State Ambient Reprise)

77:01  Floatpoint - Phall

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424 Trespassers Will...

Straightforward 80s/90s alternative rock that should be easily recognizable to just about everyone.  I just needed a good mix where I'd heard every song hundreds of times yet never gets old.  

00:00  Gun Club - Mother of Earth

03:18  Lowlife - Suddenly Violent Random

07:07  The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make

10:13  Ride - Vapour Trail

14:23  Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Happy

18:06  New Order - Ceremony

22:24  The Pixies - Debaser

25:17  My Bloody Valentine - (when you wake) You're Still In A Dream

28:31  The Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand (Alternate Version)

31:53  Echo & The Bunnymen - Do It Clean

34:33  Bowery Electric - Drop

39:53  Yo La Tengo - From A Motel 6

43:54  Lush - Last Night (Hexadecimal Dub mix)

50:16  Have A Nice Life - Trespassers W

55:54  The Charlatans - Patrol

61:43  Hood - I Can't Find My Brittle Youth

64:48  Modest Mouse - Edit The Sad Parts

69:49  Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital

74:17  Catherine Wheel - Show Me Mary

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423 Rhyme and Reason

Time for some more hip hop, I always have a folder collecting my favorite rap tracks. Starting with RJD2 with members of Cannibal Ox and Living Legends with Aesop Rock; great collab track here. A classic because you can never have enough of tha God Rakim. Then Cypress non-album track from the Juice soundtrack. DJ Spooky with Organized Konfusion, remixed for the Subliminally Minded EP. A solid Tribe remix, then a strong collab from Ghostface and BADBADNOTGOOD. Taking it back to a memory from warped tour 96 or so when I saw the Alkaholiks, spewing their OE 40's all over the crowd. Mos Def and Talib Kweli really were one of the best pairings in my opinion, next to Method Man and Redman. Phife Dawg is someone I feel needs more props for his guest appearances, he always came in prime form. Of course, MF Doom, mad respect and sad I had neglected to include him in previous rap mixes, he's one of the best. Next is the Sofa Surfers from their Encounters album (well worth checking out). Hitting hard with Run The Jewels, I love this track and its window rattling bass. Segues perfectly into Roots Manuva on a banger here as well. Vast Aire's second appearance, followed by Dalek's second as well, both with other groups so doesn't break that mixtape rule. And ending it all with a rare novelty track, because I am a big fan of the Zelda series of games and this track really does a great job touching on several versions in that history up to and including Breath of the Wild.


00:00 RJD2 feat Blueprint, Vast Aire, Aesop Rock & Murs - Final Frontier (Remix)
04:06 Eric B & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique
08:13 Cypress Hill - Shoot 'em Up
11:45 DJ Spooky feat Prince Poetry and Pharoah Monch - Rekonstruction (Rhyme and Reason mix)
15:23 A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation (Properly Relaxed Mix)
20:25 Ghostface Killer with BADBADNOTGOOD feat Elzhi - Gunshowers
23:28 The Alkaholiks feat King Tee - DAAAM!
28:06 Black Star - Definition (What We Really Said Version)
31:26 Phife Dawg and Fu-Schnickens - La Schmoove
36:18 MF Doom - Kon Queso
40:18 Sofa Surfers feat Dalek and Dev1 - Elusive Scripts
44:48 Run The Jewels - Legend Has It
48:13 Roots Manuva - Swords n the dirt
52:49 Cannibal Ox feat Alaska and Cryptic - Atom
58:20 Dalek - From Mole Hills
63:15 Amerigo Gazaway - Hero of Time


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422 Unexpected Gamelan mix 4

4th mix in this series, I had just enough leftovers to start this, and then found a few more in the archives to bring it up to the right length.  Then ended it with a traditional Gamelan piece because, why not?

00:00  Andrew Liles - F*%k It

00:59  Four Tet - Sun Drums and Gamelan

06:56  OOIOO - Pebarongan

12:07  Uwalmassa - Rantas

17:07  Plaid & Southbank Gamelan Players - part I

26:39  The Future Sound of London - We Flew Together

29:16  The Orb - Sausage Tats Mit Gravy (Dom Mix #1)

40:43  Marc Barreca - Radiolucent

47:20  The Residents & Sekar Jaya - Wormwood Gamelan (Fillmore 98)

53:32  Plaid & Southbank Gamelan Players - ?

60:10  Godspeed You Black Emperor - We Drift Like Worried Fire

79:35  Master Musicians of Bukkake - Iron Age Nativity / Black Moss Invocations

84:39  Java L'Art du Gamelan - side 2

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421 A bucket of slugs posting about punks

This was my jam back in college.  I was on a heavy post-punk kick and would put this 3CD comp in the rotation at most of our parties.  One roommate was into Ska, one Rockabilly, one only listened to the Beastie Boys, so my discs helped round that out and make a few casual listeners scratch their heads.   

The name of this mix comes from the Nothing's Going To Happen site, which consistently posts excellent mixes.  I've found many times when I am struggling to find a very specific and very odd track, they usually have posted it somewhere on their site.  For this post punk mix, instead of ripping my own CDs (which I'd have to dig through boxes in my basement for) most of what I wanted was already comped by Slug.  I did add several to what they'd provided, and also found several new gems in their mixes I'd not have come across otherwise.

00:00  Gang of Four - To Hell With Poverty

04:55  Mission of Burma - Max Ernst

07:53  Swell Maps - Blam!!

11:23  Scars - She's Alive

14:18  Xno - Angel

18:22  Scorched Earth Policy - Too Far Gone

20:52  Modern Eon - Second Still

23:33  Minutemen - The World According To Nouns

25:38  Comsat Angels - Be Brave

29:21  Department S - I Want

32:48  Public Image Ltd - Memories

37:48  Medium Medium - Hungry So Angry

41:39  Clock DVA - White Cell

46:11  Cocteau Twins - Wax and Wane

49:57  The Chameleons - Here Today

53:42  This Kind Of Punishment - From The Diary of Hermann Doubt

56:58  The Nightingales - Idiot Strength

60:06  Artery - Afterwards

63:49  The Great Unwashed - Can't Find Water

65:52  Nocturnal Projections - Could It Be Increased?

68:56  In Camera - Legion

72:55  Children's Hour - Looking For The Sun

78:42  Geisterfahrer - Blumen

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00:00  Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song

03:02  Gang of Four - Damaged Goods

06:27  Mecano - Note of a Stroll In Spring

11:35  Fini Tribe - Backwards and Forwards We Lean

15:07  New Order - ICB

19:37  Fall Of Saigon - Blue Eyes

21:38  Pigbros - Excessive

24:34  Young Marble Giants - Cakewalking

27:21  Bona Dish - 8am

30:33  The Comsat Angels - Another World

35:07  The Feelies - Moscow Nights

38:54  Out on Blue Six - Examples

43:22  Cocteau Twins - Shallow Then Halo

48:33  The Honeymoon Killers - Histoire A Suivre

51:30  23 Skidoo - IY

56:19  Ballon d'Essai - Testimony to Paradise Street

60:09  Bauhaus - A God in an Alcove

64:09  The Royal Family and the Poor - Voices

68:13  The Chameleons - Perfume Garden

72:27  Guerre Froide - Peine Perdue

75:35  Modern Eon - Mechanic

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421 Bob Mould

Growing up I always liked Bob Mould's projects, however it wasn't until about 2 or 3 years ago when I really started to love the music.  My friend Chris is a lifelong fanatic of his works, and for his housewarming gift I bought two books about Bob. That really prodded me to listen to more of his works again.  I nabbed a copy of Zen Arcade and Copper Blue on vinyl and haven't looked back.  I then dove in deep and checked out some of his other projects like Blowoff and Loudbomb.  I kept this mix in a bit of a shuffle, with Husker Du, Sugar and solo works in a pretty steady rotation.  I ended it with his only remix, of the band Low which is pretty wild and unexpected.

00:00  Husker Du - Something I Learned Today

01:56  Sugar - Titled

06:04  Bob Mould - I Apologize (Live)

09:23  Husker Du - In A Free Land

12:11  Sugar - Running Out Of Time (live)

14:36  Bob Mould - Losing Time

16:43  Husker Du - Everything Falls Apart

18:49  Sugar - Gift

23:04  Bob Mould - I Don't Know You Anymore

25:56  Husker Du - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely

29:18  Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind

32:26  Bob Mould - Voices In My Head

36:11  Husker Du - Flip Your Wig

38:53  Bob Mould - See A Little Light

42:01  Husker Du - Chartered Trips

45:28  Sugar - Changes

50:30  Bob Mould - Best Thing

53:19  Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All

55:52  Sugar - Your Favorite Thing

59:34  Bob Mould - Art Crisis

62:59  Husker Du - These Important Years

66:39  Sugar - Helpless

69:33  Bob Mould - Eternally Fried

73:01  Husker Du - Real World

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00:00  Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock

03:07  Bob Mould - Lost Faith

06:23  Husker Du - Its Not Funny Anymore

08:27  Bob Mould - Can't Fight It

12:06  Husker Du - I Apologize

15:40  Sugar - And You Tell Me

20:40  Bob Mould - Anymore Time Between

26:17  Husker Du - Do You Remember?

28:09  Bob Mould - Next Generation

30:28  Husker Du - Listen

32:21  Sugar - After All The Roads Have Led To Nowhere

35:30  Bob Mould - Star Machine

38:51  Husker Du - Celebrated Summer

42:44  Bob Mould - New #1

47:24  Bob Mould - Stop Your Crying

51:39  Blowoff - Here and Now

55:28  Loudbomb - Guys Like You

59:10  Bob Mould - Always Tomorrow

63:03  Bob Mould - The War

66:36  Blowoff - Fallout

70:15  Loudbomb - Number Nine

75:08  Low - Monkey (Bob Mould Remix)

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414 Don't Say No to the Red Plateau

Call this part two of the "Air travel" mix from a couple days ago, as it is more tracks that were recollected based on the Mojo "Pigs Might Fly" compilation.  Always love the Jane and her husband collaborations.  Included a mid-late period Can track off Saw Delight, an album I don't listen to as often as their earlier more iconic works.  Mummy Dust Trippers is a leftover track from when I compiled the Unexpected Gamelan series.  Ulan Bator is a quirky fun post-rock group from France.  I'd had this track sitting in a folder for years waiting for the right mix to include it in.  Josefin Ohrn is an artist I came across via that Mojo comp and started seeking out whatever else I could find from them.  Orthodox is a doom metal band, but here they're somewhat less heavy and more psychedelic - I like to think of this song as a doom laden free jazz version of "The End" by the doors; maybe that's a stretch.  Larsen is a group I'd not have paid much attention to if not for the Nurse With Wound collaboration.  I tend to find a lot of music through that kind of association.  The Quickspace track is from an old krautrock/motoric compilation I made about 10-15 years back, and reused it here.  Pretty sure I have those old mixes slated for upload soon so it'll be duplicated there.  I came across a "demos and rarities" version of James Plotkin's "The Joy Of Disease" and refamiliarized myself with the wonderful music there.  Ending with a track from that Mojo comp with ties this up nicely.

00:00  Jane Weaver - Electric Mountain (Andy Votel Analogue Mountain Instro)

04:15  Can - Don't Say No

10:42  Mummy Dust Trippers - Cacti-Crypt Metamorphosis Bells

18:03  Ulan Bator - Haupstadt

25:33  Josefin Ohrn + The Liberation - Dunes

32:19  Orthodox - Con Sangre de Quien te Ofenda

40:41  Larsen - Impro #1

43:43  Quickspace - Lob It

46:00  James Plotkin - Red Plateau

54:05  Julie's Haircut - Salting Traces

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413 Derangments in the Mountains

This starts off with some solid trip hop and downtempo tracks that'll get ya groovin. Then a climactic track from Aereogramme leading into some heavier stuff and dubs, all keeping that same vibe.  The Fireman was a nice find I stumbled upon, I'm sure I'm very late to the game.  Its Youth and Paul McCartney, a pairing I never imagined could work but it does.  Trevor Hall is my meditation coach's favorite musician, and glad he has some dubs out there that are top notch.  Goth Babe is played on my local radio station a lot and I can't ever turn it off when I hear it.  Tara Jane O'Neil puts a great spin on a classic everyone should know and sign along to.  Then a super rare Police track, had a good discussion with a friend last weekend on how he hates the Police, and I hate Aerosmith - maybe this track would change his mind, its like no other version of Roxanne I've heard.  Numun is a side project from SUSS, who I covered on my Ambient Americana series.  Then ending with All India Radio for a chill letdown after some of the chaos of this playlist.

00:00  Portishead - Over (remix)

04:04  Sade - Feel No Pain (Version)

09:20  Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool like Dat) (7" remix)

13:20  Belbury Poly - The Path

17:35  Aereogramme - Alternate Score

22:23  Guardians of Dalliance - Turn To Gold

25:12  Faust vs Dalek - T-Electronique

29:18  Blackfilm - Lost

33:25  The Fireman - Bison

36:00  Beastie Boys - Bodhisattva Vow (instrumental)

39:01  Banco de Gaia - Kara Kum (Bombay Dub Spaghetti Eastern Mix)

44:24  The Woodleigh Research Facility - Emancipation Garage

50:34  Trevor Hall - My God (Urani and Fox dub)

55:35  Goth Babe - Alone in the Mountains

58:49  Tara Jane O'Neil - Cruel Summer (Bananarama)

62:32  The Police - Roxanne mix (Stewart Copeland's Derangments)

65:28  Numun - Voyage Au Soleil

70:47  All India Radio - Untitled April 2017

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411 Air travel is fear of death

I guess this all started from revisiting the Mojo compilation "Pigs Might Fly" from 2017, where the first two tracks are pulled from.  The rest is a psychedelic trip through many styles and sub-genres all around the hauntology and post-rock areas ending with a head trip from Achim Reichel which came from my frequent revisiting of the Nurse With Wound list.  Should be obvious after that month of electronic remixes I needed a palate cleanser.  

00:00  Josefin Ohrn + The Liberation - Sister Green Eyes

03:40  Gong - Through Restless Seas I Come

10:31  Magick Brother & Mystic Sister - The First Light

12:48  Anna Sjalv Tredje - Tusen ar & Sju Timmar

20:41  Dead Voices on Air - Papa Papa Paet Flag

24:39  Julie's Haircut - Karlsruhe

30:56  Josefin Ohrn + The Liberation - Imagine You

36:51  Grace Cale's Dubset - Bibbering Blaggat (Hittite War Chant)

39:59  Ghost Power - Panic In The Isles of Splendour

43:30  Boris - New Years (Asobi Seksu)

47:49  The Oscillation - On The Run (Pink Floyd)

52:29  Cluster - James

55:30  Godspeed You Black Emperor - Outro

62:02  Dif Juz - Tabla Piece

65:18  A.R. & Machines - Truth and Probability

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412 Ornithology Love Theme From A State of Malaise

Back to what I love most, odd music.  Stuff that is mesmerizing and difficult, bizarre and rare.  A fun journey that bounces around but leaves a smile on my face.  

Julie's Haircut doing a cover of Jodorowsky.  Blind Cave Salamander I only know of because of the Nurse With Wound Connection.  I don't recall where I can across Memotone, sounding like The Caretaker and Broadcast meeting in a Dashiell Hammett novel.  Andrzej Korzynski coming in from the Possession soundtrack.  Then David Tibet and HOH acting as bizarre loung singers.  Dif Juz in their first of two appearances here, doing a bit of post-rock/dub.  HNAS doing their thing to the sounds of the swinging sixties.  John Grant (from the Czars) paired up with Chris and Cosey for this remix, with the best line about Scanners in it.  Taking it back on that tip to a favorite from Throbbing Gristle which led perfectly into this fun one from XTC and an outtake from the 3rd Reich album by the Residents.  

Huelsenbeck from a Can tribute album. Then Akos Stefi perking things up with this fun ditty that may just get stuck in your head.  Bunnygrunt doing things right by covering the theme to a favorite long time show.  Cosmo Sheldrake is one I heard on the radio and thought it so unique I had to pull over and look up the song on the stations playlist so I wouldn't forget it.  Dif Juz's second appearance, an excerpt from the lengthy SWNN track.  Leven Signs is another I am fuzzy on where I came across them, likely when I was researching artists for my unexpected Gamelan mixes.  Der Blutharsch from their middle period, just before they went all psychedelic rock.  This one features Geoffrey D from the excellent Derniere Volonte.  A bootleg peel session featuring Alien Sex Fiend.  Making things uncomfortable with a Time Stereo artist, live ESP from the ESP Beetles which is more than likely Warn Defever and Davin Brainard.  And Leven Signs bringing it home again with some chaotic belly dance music.

00:00  Julie's Haircut - The Tarot

06:24  Blind Cave Salamander - Ljubljana

10:34  Memotone - The Magpie

13:31  Andrzej Korzynski - Opetanie 2

13:57  Current 93 & HOH - Paperback Honey

18:34  Dif Juz - Pass it on Charle

22:20  Hirsche Nicht Auf's Sofa - Silvester-Effekte

24:54  John Grant - Grey Tickles Black Pressure (Carter Tutti Remix)

30:52  Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats

33:28  XTC - Short Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)

38:57  The Residents - 05 (3rd Reich Sessions)

41:16  Huelsenbeck - I Really Was In State of Malaise

46:23  Akos Stefi - Mariguana Cha-Cha-Cha

49:20  Bunnygrunt - Love Theme from MST3K

51:01  Cosmo Sheldrake - Come Along

55:15  Dif Juz - SWNN part 2

56:18  Leven Signs - Prague Spring

61:40  Der Blutharsch feat Geoffrey D - 08 (When All Else Fails)

64:54  Alien Sex Fiend - Ignore The Machine (Peel session)

71:26  live ESP - Something

78:22  Leven Signs - Our Position Vanishes

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What's Next?

 All good things must come to an end.  My marathon of remix overviews has run its course, or more accurately I've run out of ideas.  I had a couple more planned but don't quite have the time to sort through all the tracks.  I'll revisit those sometime in the future.   

Of course, I'm always open to suggestions, requests, & recommendations.  

I have another series planned soon, on a completely unrelated subject.  Until then I'll return to a few individual and one-off mixes that I've been sitting on for a while.  Thanks to anyone enduring this journey with me, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did making these mixes.

441 The Remix According To Leafcutter John

What? Isn't that the guy that does my yardwork?   Nah, its John Burton, a very obscure and experimental electronic artist.  He's also a member of Polar Bear, the post-Jazz group not the post-Jane's Addiction group.  This music is bizarre and well crafted.  I was the Slag Boom Van Loon track where I first scratched my head over this artist.  Then he started appearing on several of those Wire Tapper CDs and I was hooked.  Here's a good overview of the remixes he's completed, and most of these were new to me when I starting researching his output.

00:00  Capitol K - Pillow (Playtime Mix)

03:30  Slag Boom Van Loon - Broccoli (Leafcutter John remix) 

09:43  Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining (Capitol K Remix)

14:29  Talvin Singh - Traveller (Leafcutter John remix)

20:13  JAM String Collective - Monk Had A Dream (Leafcutter John remix)

24:19  Liz Hanks - Brook (Leafcutter John remix)

29:34  Origamibiro - Quad Time (Leafcutter John remix)

35:01  Lau - The Bell That Never Rang (Leafcutter John remix)

40:12  Inwards - Mouse (Leafcutter John remix)

44:59  Strings of Consciousness - Untitled (Leafcutter John remix)

50:00  Electric Company - Thursa2 Hostile Takeover Mix (Leafcutter John remix)

54:54  ORE - Skarn (Leafcutter John remix)

61:50  Dot Never - Drill (Leafcutter John remix)

66:50  Glen Velez - Untitled (Leafcutter John remix)

72:12  Friends of Jitney - Good Mourning (Leafcutter John remix)

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440 The Remix According to The Black Dog (Productions)

I am a big fan of their early works, Bytes and Spanners are incredible albums.  I first came across them via the Trance Europe Express compilation, then the Bjork remixes.  I know they splintered early on and one member left to become Plaid.  Black Dog dropped "productions" from their name and the music evolved in style as well.  I had another 20 or so remixes for this mix that I didn't include as that musical evolution seemed to subdue their wonkyness in my opinion.  So the remixes here are all showcasing the early years and the stuff that had a bit more flair than the average electronic remix tends to be.

00:00  Radiohead - Talk Show Host (Black Dog Remix)

04:07  Blondie - Fade Away and Radiate (108 BPM mix)

09:22  Bjork - Come To Me (Black Dog Mix)

14:21  Nav Katze - More THan A Feeling (Black Dog Mix #2)

20:44  The Creatures - Guillotine (Bitten by the Black Dog)

25:18  Garbage - Breaking Up The Girl (Black Dog Wounded by the Warbeast mix)

30:00  Soft Ballet - Perfection (Plaid & Black Dog mix)

37:56  Nav Katze - Never Not (Black Dog Mix #1)

44:55  Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt (Bitten by the Black Dog Cruise Control)

49:24  Bjork - The Anchor Song (Black Dog Mix)

54:06  Ned's Atomic Dustbin - All I Ask Of Myself Is That I Hold Together (No Answer mix)

59:19  Elbow - Newborn (Bitten By The Black Dog)

63:47  The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You (The Black Dog Lithium Carbonate 300mg mix)

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00:00  Anodyne - Corrosion (Bitten By The Black Dog)

09:26  Reload - Le Soleil Et La Mer (Black Dog Productions Remix)

15:41  Laurent Garnier - Crispy Bacon (Bitten By The Black Dog)

23:06  Rubens - Breaking Into Smile (Black Dog Mix)

29:20  Black Sifichi - Unsavoury Products (Bitten by the Black Dog)

34:03  Derailleur - Cognate (Bitten Deep by the Black Dog)

40:20  Alter Ego - Tanks Ahead (Black Dog Remix)

47:42  Mark Broom & Plaid - Gold Cheese (The Fairgrind Version)

52:35  Phenomyna - Into the Other World (Explained by the Black Dog)

58:43  Plan V - Tripulante 2.4 (Black Dog Remix)

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439 The Remix According To The Remote Viewer

Goodness, where to start.  The Remote Viewer is a project of Craig Tattersall and Andrew Johnson, both ex-members of Hood, who now work together as Famous Boyfriend.  Craig is also part of The Boats, The Humble Bee, The Sea, The Seaman and the Tattered Sail, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting.  As for The Remote Viewer, I like how their discogs description sums up their sound, "They make diligently processed melancholic pop which combines the aesthetics of early 90s miserabilism and the technical astuteness of contemporary electronica."  Plus, sharing their name with one of Coil's finest albums.  

00:00  Origamibiro - Ballerina Platform Shoes

05:12  Bracken - We Cut The Tapes and Scatter

09:22  Atone - Seul

12:49  Acetate Zero - Remote Viewer Version

16:44  Third Eye Foundation - What Is It With You

23:08  Accelera Deck - Untitled

28:16  epic45 - Walk Led To Happiness

32:50  Benoit Pioulard - Hawkeye

37:35  Austin Benjamin Trio - The Doublethinkers

42:52  Brael & Tokyo Bloodworm - Untitled 1

47:53  epic45 - The Village Is Asleep

55:27  Tokyo Bloodworm - Mergers and Occupations

61:05  Ian Hawgood - A Film By The Remote Viewer

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