607 Time Stereo in all its Glory

It is about time I did a record label overview here.  Time Stereo started as a cassette-only label by David Brainard (Princess Dragonmom, Little Princess) and Warn Defever (His Name is Alive).  They expanded to CD-Rs and very artsy box sets as well as other art objects like oven mitts and clouds, and all sorts of interesting collectables.  I've been lucky enough to score some limited prints from them as well as waiting around for the crazy early morning drops of limited box sets.  The website used to be very robust with a lot of incredible information and artwork, and a great discography.  They also used to host an annual Noise Camp which from the pictures and stories sounds freaking amazing.

The music on this label is literally all over the sonic map, while geographically isolated to Livonia, Michigan.  As a rabid fan of His Name Is Alive, I can easily say some of their best material was released on these limited CD-Rs.  The Heart and Hand and Cloud box sets are some of my most prized possessions.  

Here I present two mixes.  One of pleasant music and one of harsh noise.  Several tracks are excerpts as many Time Stereo releases are single tracks that span 40+ minutes.  There is some CD noise on a couple tracks that is unavoidable due to the media I ripped from (CD-Rs with printed sticker labels).  I've collected all I can, but am still missing a lot of the discography which is respectfully very limited and obscure.  If anyone has Time Stereo releases, please reach out to me.  I'd love to obtain copies, or higher quality rips if anyone is willing to share. 

Sort of Immortal:

00:00  ESP Summer - Everything Grows Together

02:48  Control Panel - Broken Tango #5

08:27  IDA - Shrug (Dub)

15:36  Warn Defever - Prayer Wheel

22:52  Denise James - School's Out (Alice Cooper)

26:08  His Name Is Alive - Moon Dance (Van Morrison)

30:20  His Name Is Alive - Moon Don't Go

33:06  Persona - Untitled (Electronic Mud)

33:31  His Name Is Alive - Killing Floor

35:43  His Name Is Alive - The Time Light Bodies Take To Fall

40:03  His Name Is Alive - Untitled (Michigan's Finest)

45:30  Brown Cuts Neighbor - Alice Cooper Space Rider

45:50  Godzuki - Prophecy of Wade

52:34  New Grape - track 3

55:20  Erika Hoffmann - Ragged But Right

57:14  His Name Is Alive - ESP Summer (Ian Masters demo)

60:05  Denise James - Abstract Symphony No 1 (excerpt - Time Piano)

64:28  The JK Band / Westernaires - 3/4 Time (excerpt)

67:59  ESP Family - I Hate The Capitalist System

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Noise Camp Attendance:

00:00  War Machine - side A

04:40  Live ESP - Something

11:30  ESP Beetles - Quiet

19:06  John DeFever - Communist Guitar #4

22:09  Pail Saint - No

28:57  The God Bullies - Broken Time

31:18  Fab 44 - Pyris-7

32:44  His Name Is Alive - Summer of WSP (Aube remix)

39:39  Princess Dragonmom - If He Thinks We're The Devil (Blue Oyster Cult) (Excerpt)

43:58  The Electric Bear - Live at Worm (Excerpt)

46:22  S Van Gelder - No Credit (Excerpt)

47:47  His Name Is Alive - Up Your Legs Forever (Little Princess remix)

49:23  The Hearing Trumpet - Sleepy Lagoon (Excerpt)

51:22  Metal Dungeon - Grids

60:51  Little Princess - Electronaut #2

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606 Its Kid606 time

The first decade or so of Miguel Manuel De Pedro aka Kid606's work was tremendously enlightening for me.  The squelchy, digital, fritzy anarchist punk attack at electronic music was so fresh and exciting to me.  I used to do DJ sets of all Tigerbeat6, Vinyl Communications, & Violent Turd artists back in the day, usually to the annoyance of my guests.  Here I've assembled a rather lengthy set of his early works that really stand out.  Mostly comps, aliases and rarities I believe; and a lot of fun for the patient listener.  

Yeah, I'd been holding on to this one so I could release it as my 606th mix here.

00:00  The Spacewurm - Inside the Egg (Music For Virgins Mix)

07:16  Kid606 - Damn Dre Why You Always Hating

11:13  Ariel - No One Else Can See You

12:39  Kid606 - Attn:vat!

14:40  Kid606 - While You Were Sleeping

21:13  Kid606 - Buffalo 606-The Morning After (Ricci's Pieces version)

25:11  Kid606 - Dropkick (Matmos' Theme for a Biker Movie Starring Kid606 remix)

30:38  Tigerboy - With Attitude

34:56  Kid606 - Here Kitty, Kitty

37:08  Kid606 - Punksh!t

37:20  Kid606 - War Bombs

41:52  Kid606 - Shimmyshimmy606

46:46  Kid606 - That's What I Got

52:04  Kid606 - Straight Outta Compton (remix)

55:54  The Locust - Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle (Kid606 remix)

60:57  Disc - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

67:21  SCSI Bear - Let's NOT Get This Party Started

71:34  Solex - Another Tune Like 'Not Fade Away' (Throwing My Life Away in 3/4 time remix)

77:09  Seefeel - Spangle (rebootleg remix)

82:19  The Spacewurm with Crash Worship - Scorched Earth (Throbbing Gristle)

86:17  Lesser - Mensa Dance Squad (Don't Techno For An Answer remix)

95:13  Kid606 - Pregnant Cheerleader Theme Song

97:11  Kid666 - Take The Piss On

100:18  Kid606 - Don't Sweat The Technics Dubplatestyle

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608 The Sundays - Non-Album Tracks

The Sundays are one of my guilty pleasures.  No matter how much harsh, extreme, wild and crazy music that I generally listen to, at least once a month I put on "Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic" as its just such a damn fine album.  Today, much to my surprise and enjoyment, Butterboy posted a guest compilation of 6CD comprehensive overview of The Sundays with so many gems and delights for even casual fans.

That reminded me that years ago I put together my own "rarities" disc of their music which I dug up today.  I noticed that mine has three tracks not included in Butterboy's post, as well as a different version of "Turkish" (I checked and have about 15 versions of that song) and some fun live gems.   Consider this a small overlap, but also an expansion (designated with an asterisk below) on their wonderful and in depth review and post.

Can't Be Sure (demo)

You're Not The Only One I Know (demo)

*I Kicked a Boy (We're just boring f*ckers live version)

Don't Tell Your Mother

*We Don't Mind (live)

Noise

*Harriet thanks Madder Rose (live)

*Something More (live)

*Turkish (live)

Wild Horses

Through the Dark

So Much

Life Goes On

Nothing Sweet

Gone

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605 Things Only Found Here

Having trolled the depths of the blogosphere for decades now, I can say that most of this set are songs you might only find here.  I've shared what background I have as to what makes these rare.  Some are oddball compilations that had limited runs, others are local bands that probably didn't make it outside our community.  Still others are gems from the forgotten age of email lists where bands might share exclusives with their fans, predating Patreon.  

A2 - Woman of Dark Desires (Bathory)

From Todesblei Salonfähig Gemacht on Treue Um Treue, withdrawn LP likely due to copyright infringement.

Against Tomorrow's Sky - Poison Tester

A band from Colorado Springs, I used to hang with the drummer pretty often.  This might be their only recorded song.

Aion - What you need (feat Sotero)

A brother/sister combo I was friends with in High School.  Got some stories about both of them.

Crackerbash - Untitled

A hidden track on the LP.  I didn't know about it until I bought both the CD and LP and saw they each had a different hidden track, the CD's track was rereleased as the B side to Jasper 7"

Current 93 vs Bomb the Bass - Calling for Vanished Faces 1

A mashup that works better than I had imagined.  I remember the original mixer contacted me when I expressed appreciation for this on the C93 mail list, I don't remember who they were now.

Danny Hyde - The Great White Hype

An oddball freebie from Danny Hyde in the late 90s.

Der Blutharsch - A Rocking 2005

A freebie from the email distribution list back in 2005.

Der Blutharsch - Thank you #2

A version performed on a Commodore 64, credited to Taciturne

DJ Krazy - Krazy Groove (Seba and Lotek Mix by Alexi Deliano)

A track from the 12" supplement to OffBeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip album, I believe I've shared the other three tracks from this already.

Earthmonkey - The Name is Your Name

A gift from Pete Bog when I pre-ordered the album Audiosapien, yeah he didn't pronounce my name right, but who cares.

Four - Punkest way to Die (Live in Hangar 18)

Local band I probably saw two dozen times in the late 90s.

Gamelan Tunas Mekar - Puspanjali (traditional dance)

Our local Gamelan orchestra who I am pleased to see at least once a year.

Gnostic Gnomes - Der Tanza des Wurzelwichts

I call this a Novy Svet side-project, but they're likely more than just that.

His Name Is Alive - The Happy Cause its Only Getting Worse Blues

No idea where I came across this, likely the now defunct Time Stereo website, or email list back in the day.

Jowonio Productions - Apocalypse with Dill Pickle (Imperium II by Current 93)

I think I bought this from a list member back when I was on the COIL email distro.  A fun lil CD with Merzbow featured on one of the tracks.

Ken Rubenstein - Legs Akimbo

A flexi 7" from Guitar Player magazine.  I think this may be up on YouTube.

Kid606 - Break22

Tigerbeat 6 Inc. Limited Edition Advance EP.

La Maison Moderne - Untitled

A hidden track on the only EP from this side project of Albin Julius.  Supposedly a result of too much wine in the recording studio, however this track and the opener are both pretty solid.

Laymen Terms - May

Their drummer used to be the drummer in my band.  They did release a couple albums, then lost everything in a house fire.

Les Marquises - Only Ghosts (Volcano Mix) on top of Aube's "Pages from the Book"

Nothing really unique other than I forgot I had Aube's track playing on my mixer when I was ripping this track.  Afterwards, I like the tension this mix provided so I kept it around.

Meat Beat Manifesto - We Done (skippy)

My CD got scratched to hell, and this is the result.  I kind of like it; it stretches parts and glitches others, and honestly sounds like it could've been intentional.

O Paradis - Borra Mis Huellas

From the Punch Records compilation "Drinking to Better Days"

Pope on a Stick - Broken

A local band from Pueblo, CO.  I remember this full album was played on the radio as a promotion for them, so I copied it from there.

Red Snapper - Drum Guitar and Bass Loop

Early internet find that was mislabeled, here is the CD its from..

Sponge - Clouded Vision

Sponge - Benign Neglect

A local Colorado Springs Band that predated the more popular band Sponge.  I recall the guitarist lived in the same neighborhood as me in high school;  we crossed paths and had mutual respect - not that many punks in suburbia so we had to show solidarity.  Sorry for the sound quality here, this 7" had several drinks spilled on it over the years.  

The Confessions - Beautiful Sin

Formerly the Deadites (who were better IMHO), this is from their only 7".  My college friend Adam ended up opening the best vintage store that puts the Rad in ColoRADo.

The Starvations - Horrified Eyes

A friends' cousins' band, or something like that. 

Vas Deferens Organization - Riding the Milky Way on Pugs and Dolphins

This is from the third birthday 7" on Beta Lactam Ring Records.  This version is unique from the one on Lactamase: The Closure which I suppose is equally rare.

Victory Boy - One Reason

I was in a band and we went separate ways, shortly afterwards with a new singer they put out this album and then they split up (likely for the same reasons my band split up).

Wild Angels - Patiently

Two friends that were at our house constantly, it was the TGIFridays wait and bartender staff hangout.  I didn't work there, but was subjected to all their antics anyway.

Moozler - Patiently

I secretly remixed the Wild Angels track back in 2002ish, I think I used some Stockhausen sounds as well but can't remember anymore.

World Separation - Cancer

This was my Mom's friend's brother's band in the 90s.  I have a different and better version of this on a cassette somewhere.

Wrong Kind of Stone Age - Prettybodywinder (Rehearsal Version)

Wrong Kind of Stone Age - Pendulum

Early versions of tracks that got my attention when the Pelican Daughters released them in a new form.  I made friends with Andy Rantzen and fanboy'd out over Pelican Daughters, so he sent me a few CDs of rarities and unreleased gems.  A decade later I helped with the remaster and digital copies available on bandcamp now.

Moozler - Pendulum (Exodus Version)

Yeah, I bootleg remixed this track as well, which caught the attention of O Paradis back on Myspace.  I take that as a highlight.

Download this set of tracks (unmixed)

604 Twilight Circus - In the Depths of the Valley of the Extended Ultra Dubs

I'm a sucker for extended dub versions, its kind of like getting lost in space.  Here I have assembled and gently mixed the versions of tracks from Twilight Circus Dub Sound System creating quite the head trip.  Nine songs with at least three mixes each spread across these two sets.  

00:00  Depth Charge

04:30  Depth Charge (Remix)

07:37  Depth Charge (TC Sound System Mix)

12:31  Filter 13

17:12  Filter 13 (Ultra Dub)

21:36  Filter 13 (Party Mix)

26:26  Filter 13 (Wailers Tribute Mix)

30:25  Bong Loop

32:52  Smokey

37:59  Bong Loop (Paranoia Mix)

46:00  Shaka

49:23  Shaka Dub Plate

52:53  Shaka Version

56:22  Slicer

60:19  Slicer Dubplate Version 2

65:14  Slicer Dub Plate

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00:00  Kik

04:13  Kik Plate

07:49  Kik Loop

11:30  Binghi

15:30  Binghi (Brain Melter Mix)

19:34  Binghi (Brain Melt Mix)

22:30  Ultra Binghi (Brain Melter Mix)

26:35  Valley of The Dub

30:59  Beneath The Valley of Dub

35:23  Valley Dub

38:15  Beneath The Valley of The Ultra Dub

42:40  Lowell and Nine (Binshaker)

47:00  Lowell and Nine (Shaka Dub Plate)

51:33  Lowell and Nine (UK Steppers)

56:15  Lowell and Nine Dub Plate

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588 Unexpected Gamelan part 5

I really enjoy this series, with my random scattered listening I keep coming across examples of Gamelan instruments or modalities in non-Indonesian traditional music.  Here's the latest set with great kooky examples.

00:00  Zoon Van Snook - The Verge of Winter (Isan remix)

05:49  Twin Court, Christopher J Miller - Different Harbors

10:39  Randy Grief - Close of Dark Clouds

15:32  This Heat - Water

18:33  Clark - Herr Barr (Improv)

21:44  The Loop Orchestra - Gam

24:35  Left Hand Right Hand - Worker's Playtime

26:21  Ninetynine - Gamelan

26:52  John Oswald - Ten4

27:12  SoiSong - Kabuki-Chop

37:00  Matmos - Changing States

41:09  Hrvatski - Eintrag Raum, Kochen Raum

45:28  Clark - Night Knuckles

49:17  Black Sash - Matango! (Tipsy Remix)

53:30  Renaldo & The Loaf - Fluorescent Showboat to Tangiers

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587 Yeah, F your Endoscope

Having permanent damage from two endoscopes, I can relate with this song title.  That aside, hope this is an enjoyable mix for this early November when the crispness in the air is undeniable.

00:00  DJ Wally - Zeta Reticulli

10:28  The Egg - Fuzz

15:38  Palm Skin Productions - Trousers I Never Wore (Altered)

21:50  Yellow Magic Orchestra - Waterford (a23 diversion mix)

33:49  Extremadura - Waterworld (Afon Glandy mix)

39:43  Slowly - On The Loose (Autechre's for Internal Use Only mix)

46:29  The Monsoon Bassoon, Rothko - F*ck You F*ck Your Endoscope

50:03  DJ Hati Monji - Black Lightnin

56:32  Persona - Uptight

60:51  Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Edge of the Edge (Voka Gentle remix)

67:19  Signaldrift - Strategies for Success Boxes

72:07  Sybarite - Secropia

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586 Dolls in the Drylands

Hope everyone had a wonderfully spooky Halloween.  

A lot of fun in this one.  Unexpected twists and turns and no firm genre yet it all works well together.  Guess I'd call this my end of summer mix, I had finished it before I started all those remix focused posts.

00:00  J Mascis - Sideways (instrumental)

02:02  Brian Eno - Everything Merges with the Night

05:43  Fuxa - Photon

08:55  Crownley feat Allison Ponthier - September

11:18  Jackie-O Motherf&cker - Rockaway

15:32  Novy Svet - Bulli e Pupe

18:47  Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Viviendo en las sequelas (Mariachi 2000 de Cutberto Perez version)

21:42  Dean Owens - The End

25:37  The Starvations - Rebel Angel

29:12  Talulah Gosh - Be Your Baby

31:41  New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Big in Manchester (Special Meagre mix)

37:06  The Ramones - Pet Sematary

40:24  Three Mile Pilot - A Very Old Bass

43:44  Long Fin Killie - Man Ray

47:18  The Folk Implosion - Wide Web

50:05  Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Everyday

53:52  Somewhere a Voice - Snakebite

56:03  The Lines - Ursa Major

60:11  Five or Six - Theme

64:06  Spiritualized - Anyway that You Want Me (Violin Outtake)

66:12  Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

69:26  Tielman Brothers - O Solo Mio

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585 Its a simple operation, to replace your point of view

Punk and adjacent styles for a high energy.  No real rhyme or reason here, just enjoy the angst and fun.

00:00  Propagandhi - Who Will Help Me Bake This Bread?

02:37  Sparta - Red Alibi

05:59  Orange 9mm - Driver

09:20  Son of Crackpipe - Pogo's House

12:59  Soundgarden - Tears to Forget

14:54  Iggy & The Stooges - T.V. Eye

19:08  And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - It Was There That I Saw You

23:04  Outhud - Emperor Selassie's Morning Wood

25:36  Common Rider - Signal Signal (alternate version)

28:07  The Starvations - This Is What You Wanted

31:29  Talulah Gosh - I Told You So

33:05  Soccer - Christmas Vacation (Descendents) 

36:15  Swingin Utters - No Groove in Gunsights

38:29  Face to Face - Nothing New

41:49  The Ramones - Judy is a Punk

43:18  Descendents - I'm Not A Punk

44:20  Suicidal Tendencies - I Want More

46:42  The Freeze - Nazi Fun (live)

49:28  The Hives - Uptempo Venomous Poison

50:36  Protomartyr - Pagans

51:44  Youth Brigade - Spies for Life

54:36  Walter Schreifels - High Hopes (Gorilla Biscuits)

56:05  Second Still - You Two So Alike

58:10  Amebix - Last Will and Testament

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584 Around and about some Post-Country

Took a little break there, the ebb and flow of life can sometimes get overwhelming.   I'm back and hope to continue with my regular cadence of sharing mixes a few times a week.

I was picking up my daughter at school and complimented another dad on his excellent "Murder By Death" t-shirt.  One of the other Dads I was with said he'd never heard of them before.  Upon my recommendation to start with their covers albums, he quickly became a big fan and bought tickets to see them on this tour.  

That exchange got me moving along on this mix, which I had started with some ambient Americana tracks for my series on that topic, though quickly moved into post-country territory.  I also broke out my Possessed by Paul James records which are quite entertaining.  Included some odd ball country tracks I came across, like the one in Eastbound and Down, the Jim Keach track was sampled by the Orb in their YMO "Tong Poo" remixes which is just wild, and then closed it with that Elmer track from a punk rock compilation "Songs About Drinking."

Hope you enjoy the ride.

00:00  Murder By Death - Theme (For Ennio Morricone - Extended Version)

03:56  Little Tornados - Ben's Boat

05:22  The Title Sequence - Desert Song

08:12  Brightblack - Own Time

13:24  J Mascis - Untitled #2

14:46  Aoife O'Donovan - Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen)

18:42  Crownley - Untitled

20:57  A Small Good Thing - Jane Russell

22:58  Andrew Tuttle - Scribbly Gums Park

25:22  The Black Heart Procession - Guess I'll Forget You

29:51  Dean Owens - El Tiradito

32:07  Sara Watkins - Blue Shadows on the Trail

34:43  Jim Reeves - 'Til the End of the World

36:20  Numun - Awaken

39:18  Drag the River - Beautiful & Damned

42:23  Balmorhea - Clear Language

45:35  Terminal Sound System - Theme for Broken Home

51:10  Rebolledo & The Novotones - Mountain Eagle (The Black Frame Desert mix)

57:28  Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around to Die

59:48  Marisa Anderson - Bench Seat

60:41  Dean Owens - Mother Road

64:52  Murder By Death - Here's Looking at You, Kid (Gaslight Anthem)

67:59  Possessed By Paul James - Pills Beneath Her Pillow

73:36  Tia Blake - Plastic Jesus

75:57  Mack Allen Smith - I'm Not Drunk, I'm Just Drinkin

77:59  Jim Keach - Wildwood Boys

82:04  Elmer - Here's To You

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I'm stopping Spotify playlists for now, I was really upset that the last time I played some music there, I saw at least three ICE Recruitment video ads in 30 minutes.  That really upset me and I'll not use their service until this changes.

P583 Willow's Song Swarm

This song is from the original Wicker Man movie and certainly had an eye catching scene to go with it.  Its dreamy trance inducing melody will certainly get stuck in your head.  Over the years I kept hearing this pop up in random places with different interpretations and covers, some good, some bad.  

Mushroom's Patience was what started me on collecting these tracks, after saying, "Huh, they covered that song?"

The odd mouth harp in Anna Oxygen's version kind of works for the style I guess.

The skittering light echo on the drum loop with Damh the Bard adds a modern twist to the classic folksy style.

Isobel Campbell doing what I'd hoped Belle & Sebastian would've done at some point, adding a little psyche folk to their soft pop style.

Sally Doherty and the Sumacs doing a fine rendition, I've always liked her voice and contributions to Sol Invictus.

Seafood adding a wonderful dark ominous drone and wood chimes adding to the eeriness of this song.

Sing-Sing is another surprise for me, though their version is a bit simple in my opinion.

The Mock Turtles male lead vocals is a nice change.

Kelli Ali, formerly of Sneaker Pimps, leaves trip-hop behind for her version.  The Sneaker Pimps version is also included though I've never really liked it.

Pulp is here only because they sampled the original for this track.  I've never been a fan of Pulp.

Someone else made this playlist, which has most but not all these versions. 

Also interesting that not everyone calls this song by the same title.

Anna Oxygen - Willow Song

Autour De Lucie - Island

Damh the Bard - Willow's Song

Doves - Willow's Song

Faith & The Muse - Willow's Song

Gwendolyn Snowdon - Willow's Song

Isobel Campbell - Willow's Song

Kelli Ali - Willow's Song

Lodestone - Willow's Theme

Mushroom's Patience - Willow's Song

Nature and Organization - Wicker Man Song

Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Willow's Song

Pulp - Wickerman

Rachel Verney - Willow's Song (vocal)

Rachel Verney - Willow's Song (film version)

Robert Reed - Willow's Song

Sally Doherty and the Sumacs - Wicker Man

Seafood - Willow's Song

Sing-Sing - Willow's Song

Sneaker Pimps - How Do

The Go! Team -  Willow's Song

The Mock Turtles - The Willow Song

Us & Them - Willow's Song

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601 Stereolab side projects

The members of Stereolab seem to always have something brewing as a side venture.  However, no matter what they do, you can tell where they came from as those quirky Stereolab influences appear in all their projects.  That's a good thing if you're like me and drink this stuff up by the gallon.

00:00  Alternative 3 - Rockets in a Beautiful Sky

03:14  Blips - Blip ^ / Blip ~

06:04  Turn On - Young Cherry Trees Secured

09:29  Splitting the Atom - Monkey Brain

13:27  Imitation Electric Piano - Day of the Dinge

17:10  Ghost Power - Panic in The Isles of Splendour

20:47  Cavern of Anti-Matter - Phototones

24:35  Schema - Far From Where We Began

30:20  The Horizontalist - Sudden Death Overtime

34:09  Uilab - St. Elmo's Fire (Spatio-Dynamic)

39:24  High Llamas - Sparkle Up

44:17  Europa 51 - Realism of the Illusion

47:21  Unkommunity - Black Suggestion

50:46  Monade - Witchazel

52:29  Pure Phase Ensemble 3 feat Laetitia Sadier - Frankie Voodoo

60:26  Laetitia Sadier - By the Sea

64:06  Modern Cosmology - Making Something

70:02  Little Tornados - Space Liner

73:01  Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble - Undying Love for Humanity

76:43  Mary Hansen - The Horizontalist Remixes Rose Giganta Mary Rose Mix

79:24  McCarthy - I'm On the Side of Mankind as Much as the Next Man

83:37  Snowpony - Snow White

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600 Broadcast Rarities and Associates

While I'm on the topic of Broadcast, I thought it would be a good effort to piece together a third compilation that follows "Work and Non-Work" which collected their early singles, and "The Future Crayon" covering their later singles and compilation appearances.   I took all the rarities and compilation appearances I had to build this set and included some live/bootleg recordings as well.   

00:00  Forget Every Time (Peel session)

04:10  Misc (NME Presents Radio 1 Sound City Oxford 97)

05:36  Stupido (unreleased)

08:31  Intro (Queen Elizabeth Hall 20 06 1998)

10:20  What I Saw (Meredith Music Festiva Australia 10/12/2010)

15:50  Eyes Open (Meredith Music Festiva Australia 10/12/2010)

20:04  You and Me In Time (Melbourne 9 12 2010)

21:40  The Unfinite Self (Sleepwalkers)

22:42  The Playing Fields' Poem (Sleepwalkers)

26:38  Your Shadow is Listening (Sleepwalkers)

27:29  Peter the Painter (Sleepwalkers)

30:19  Green Peter (Binary Oppositions)

33:41  Interlude 2 (Black Session)

35:21  Wolfram Wire - Eins, Zwei, Drei, 

38:20  Clark - Herr Barr (Improv)

41:32  Goodbye Girls (demo)

45:43  Sixty Forty (Nico) (Warp20 Unheard)

50:07  Booklovers (Andy Votel remix)

57:23  Michael A Grammar (Warp20 Infinite)

57:28  The Focus Group - The Elektrik Karousell

61:08  Hammer Without A Master (Underdog remix)

69:24  Trish reads Jabberwocky (unreleased)

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The second mix showcases many of the side projects and post-Broadcast musical output from the members Roj Stevens, James Cargill, Tim Felton, and Trish Keenan.  I didn't find much else from Steve Perkins (who is distinct from the other talented drummer Steven Perkins).  Children of Alice was named in honor of Trish's affection of Alice in Wonderland and is Roj, James and member of The Focus Group.  Prefuse 73 tracks all feature heavy samples of Trish's voice.  Seeland features Tim Felton.  Hintermass is a one off project on Ghost Box featuring Tim Felton and Jon Brooks.  Two Ton Sloth's EP is titled "Loves Broadcast" and from what I can tell the majority of their beats and music are build from Broadcast recordings.  The Deerhunter track is from "Fading Frontier" and features James, of note this album also features Tim Gane from Stereolab.  The OS OVNI track is a cover, as are Greanvine, divr, Expats, Roommate, Gravenhurst and Of Montreal's contributions here.  Odd Nosdam's album T R I S H is dedicated to her, this track features vocals sampled from Annlaug Lofthus.  The Pia Fraus track is remixed by Seeland, so it has that Broadcast feel to it for sure.  DJ Muggs?  Huh?  What's he doing on here.  Surprisingly he did sample "Winter Now" from Broadcast for this track and it works well as an intro for that album.  The Mamman Sani track is a mashup from how I understand it featuring "Echo's Answer."  Wendy Flower's track does feature contributed vocals from Trish, one of her few guest appearances - the other on the rather disappointing house track from Epod, "Who's Ready to Get High."  

00:00  Roj - You Are Here

01:22  Children of Alice - Rite of the Maypole / An Unruly Procession

08:07  Prefuse 73 - Always It's Gonna Be Like That

09:14  Prefuse 73 vs Piano Overlord vs Broadcast vs Cafe Tacuba - And I'm Gone

12:03  Seeland - Black Dot, White Spider

15:14  Hintermass - Electric Hintermass (Sound Apart)

20:07  Two Ton Sloth - Six String Sky

23:23  Deerhunter - Take Care

27:34  OS OVNI -  You Can Fall

30:31  Odd Nosdam - T r i s h

35:19  Pia Fraus - Yennesay (Seeland Remix)

39:36  Prefuse 73 feat Trish Keenan - The Only Trial of 9000 Suns

43:22  Two Ton Sloth - Stage 4 in a Theater (PZ Gets Looooose)

45:14  divr - Echo's Answer

49:02  DJ Muggs - Winter is Here

49:42  Greanvine - Winter Now

53:34  Mamman Sani feat Trish Keenan - Five Hundred Miles

56:32  Wendy Flower feat Trish Keenan - In The Attic

60:31  Expats - Come on Let's Go

63:43  Roommate, Ken Lambert - Until Then

67:19  Gravenhurst - I Found the F

70:39  Of Montreal - Color Me In

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599 The Remix According to Broadcast

Ending the remix series with my all time favorite group, Broadcast.  Only seven remixes here, though they are all powerful.  The real star for me is the Gonjasufi track, which sounds exactly like what I want every Broadcast track to be - a modern musical equivalent of the movie "Valarie and Her Week of Wonders."  The rest of the tracks are slightly less abstract and have that quirky charm that I associate with most Broadcast output.  The Projects track is an earworm as I get it stuck in my head often.  The Sea and Cake track is a great version, from an EP that also featured Stereolab (shared yesterday).  

A fun way to wrap up this month long excursion that I really did intend to only be about 10 posts.  Sometimes I just get on a roll and can't help myself.   A couple more gems coming then I'll probably take a much needed break.

00:00  Gonjasufi - The Caliph's Tea Party (Broadcast & The Focus Group "DedNd" remix)

05:18  St Etienne - Angel

09:28  Badly Drawn Boy - Another Pearl

13:26  The Projects - Accidents Will Happen

16:55  The Sea and Cake - Interiors

20:11  Avril - Be Yourself

22:58  Miki Furukawa - Coffee

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598 The Remix According to Stereolab

Coming to the end and for the finale two more posts of some favorite groups doing remixes.  First is Stereolab applying their quirky fun tactics to a slew of other artist's works.   Time signature shifts, Pierre Henry stylized electronic flourishes, motoric beats, and a general fun atmosphere everywhere.

The Urian Hackney track is the outlier here, its not a Stereolab Remix but a cover turned into a dub version which I really liked and thought it might fit with the flow of songs here.  Also the Hairy Butter track has been listed as a remix and a collaboration.  

00:00  Microstoria - Microlab: Endless Summer

03:01  Mice Parade - Warm Hand in Farmland

07:59  The Sea and Cake - Tea and Cake

11:56  Boards of Canada - Kid For Today

15:57  The Pastels - One Wild Moment

20:54  Thurston Moore - <untitled>

24:34  Hairy Butter - Brain Drain

27:35  Serena-Maneesh - D.I.W.S.W.T.T.D.

30:56  The Avalanches - Since I Left You

35:25  Urian Hackney - Op Hop Detonation Dub

37:43  The Little Ones - Oh, MJ!

42:53  White Lies - Is Love

49:15  Prop - Statice Mount Zero

53:05  Todd Rundgren - Wrap Your Arms Around Me (Stereolab vs High Llamas)

57:20  Bonnie Pink - Sleeping Child (The Gyrations of Virgin Microbes mix)

61:40  Ryoko Hirosue - Ashita E

65:29  The Free Design - Harve Daley Hix (Stereolab & High Llamas)

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00:00  The Boo Radleys - Martin Doom! Its Seven O'clock

06:28  No Joy - Indigo Child

09:35  Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami

16:14  Jazzanova - Another New Day

20:52  Her Space Holiday - Girl Problem

26:37  Shonen Knife - Hot Chocolate

33:56  Dimension 5 - Mudra

40:35  Cube Juice - Mars of Chicken (La Declosion mix)

45:42  Todd Rundgren - Put Your Arms Around Me (Stereolab vs High Llamas)

50:47  The Polyphonic Spree - Soldier Girl

54:58  Zero 7 - Home

61:45  Popul Vuh - Hosianna Mantra

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