532 Flowers

I really wanted to build a playlist around the Godflesh Track "Flowers," as that's a standout track from them in my opinion.  Unfortunately I was drawing a blank trying to find songs similar to this style.  The early era of Skinny Puppy was on my playlist for the day so I started picking a few of those tracks and just went with it.  Not what I originally set out to accomplish, however it did come together nicely in the end.

I love to hear suggestions on what else would go well with this theme.

  

00:00  My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions of a Knife, Theme Pt 3 (speed corrected)

03:28  Skinny Puppy - Film

05:43  Godflesh - Flowers

13:00  Coil - The First Five Minutes After Violent Death

15:23  Scorn - Drained

22:42  My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Scene One, Seen 'Em All

24:24  Throbbing Gristle - Still Walking

29:06  Tom Ellard - Flower

32:18  In Slaughter Natives - Media

36:49  Skinny Puppy - Ambient Fruit

43:26  Meat Beat Manifesto - Pot Sounds

45:32  Throbbing Gristle - What A Day

49:59  Derniere Volonte - La Croix Sacree

52:57  :Wumpscut: - Marta Arnau Marti (Slaughter)

56:38  Meat Beat Manifesto - Stereophrenic

69:37  Skinny Puppy - Love

71:14  Death in June - Death Books I (Free Tibet)

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Spotify (12/17)

531 somehow magic happened

I have a system for sorting songs for my mixes and I usually have an overflow or leftover pile in a folder.  After my recent mixes, these were the songs in that folder.  I put them in WinAmp (yes its still my preferred audio player) and sorted on filename, I really liked the results.  No shuffling, no swapping things around.  This lined up perfectly in my opinion.  So here is that magic, a fun and diverse mix that works very well in my opinion.

00:00  Mark Van Hoen - He Run Far

05:25  Genesis - Watcher of the Skies

12:39  A Place To Bury Strangers - Frustrated Operator (Slowdive remix)

16:46  Scala - Remember How To Breathe

20:30  Pye Corner Audio - Saturation Point (Sonic Boom remix)

25:28  Trial of the Bow - From the Mountains of Tangier

32:19  SoiSong - T-Hu Ri Toh

39:45  Ralph Myerz & Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Rebirth of Dub)

44:31  Mark Van Hoen - The Warmth Inside You

48:53  Pekka Airaksinen - Sukirti

52:09  Nurse With Wound - Bum Brush Effect (Long Version)

61:21  Lou Reed - This Magic Moment

64:38  Leonard Cohen - One of Us Cannot Be Wrong

68:57  MF Doom - Vomitspit

71:45  June of 44 - Generate

75:51  Edward Ka-Spel - A Rainy Day in July

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Spotify (11/16)

530 Skinny Puppy - Non-album tracks

Or I could have called this "B-Sides volume 2."  All the random odds and ends I could track down that weren't already on the B-Sides collection.

Melt

Addiction (Dog House mix)

Ode to Groovy

Rodent (remix)

Rockhead - Sleepwalk (Somnameulatum mix edit)

The Cruxshadows - Edge of the World (remix)

Optimissed

Empire

Church in Hell

Deadlines (400 Blows Exclusive remix)

Tony Montana

Crazy Tonight

Left Handshake (studio)

Haunted (Industrial Revolution version)

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529 The Remix According to James Plotkin

I was first introduced to James Plotkin through the band Old, then was enamored with his solo album The Joy of Disease.  His collaborations with Mick Harris and Mark Spybey really solidified my appreciation of his artistry.  I have checked into some of his work with Aaron Turner in Jodis and Lotus Eaters which is wonderful ambient music from them, and of course Khanate is incredible.  Otherwise, I really need to seek out more of his works and productions as I've been impressed by everything I have so far.  

Here is a collection of the remixes I was able to track down and they're all over the map.  Diversity in his approach for sure. 

00:00  Pelican - Angel Tears (remix)

06:27  Isis - The Other (remix)

15:56  Echoes of Yul - The Stand (remix)

26:24  Zu - Axion (Phantomsmasher remix)

30:58  5ive - The Hemophiliac Dream (remix)

44:39  Sunn O))) - Veils it White

62:11  Zu - Chthonian (remix)

65:53  James Plotkin - Fuzzy (ambient remix)

78:16  KK Null & Jim Plotkin - Lost (held under)

85:25  James Plotkin - Polar Shift (remix)

93:25  Tactile - Tactile vs James Plotkin

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528c Meditative Ambience

Third part and back to more mellow droney meditation based music for the most part.  I combined all three on the Spotify playlist as this is just a soothing set of music for the background.

00:00  Alio Die - Cryptic Spell

02:48  Air Liquide - Im Erlenmeyer-Koben PT1

04:40  ISO Orchestra - Idle Sunder

10:00  A Primary Industry - Sans Orange

13:36  Current 93 - Sky End

16:12  Andrew Chalk - Double Windows

21:26  Mirror - Nights Side A

37:16  Richard Skelton - [ken-] Commencement

51:56  Stars of the Lid - Goodnight

57:27  Monos - In The Wood

66:09  Woob - Strange Air

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Spotify (6/11)

528b Meditative Ambience

This section has a bit more rhythm in a few spots, otherwise more chill ambient and dark ambient music.

00:00  Mimir - Curtain

01:46  Warn Defever - Morning Prayer

03:14  MLO - Wimborne

11:53  Loop Guru - Stone River Reckoning

14:50  Plateau - Schipol

17:30  Ben McElroy - Collecting Bone Dust

22:56  Drew McDowall - A Dream of Cartographic Membrane Dissolves

30:08  Alio Die & Antonio Testa - Ancestor's Breath

35:00  Andrew Chalk - In Summer Aspect

36:23  Rapoon - Lest We Forget

43:15  Alan Scheurman - शवआसन

51:58  Warn Defever - Sundown

55:32  The Sugarcubes - Vitamin (Meditation mix by Youth)

59:03  Stars of the Lid - Requiem for Dying Mothers (Version I, Zamachowski Op 87)

70:02  Current 93 & Andrew Liles - To Feed the Moon

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Spotify (7/15)

528a Meditative Ambience

I have a folder of ambient music that I usually put on random when I'm working.  Sometimes I'll pick specific tracks out of this for background while I meditate every morning.  However, I usually put on some Solfeggio frequency based music for meditations which I didn't include in the next three mixes.  Whatever the purpose, this is some beautiful and calm music for this chaotic world.

00:00  Monos - Sunrise

09:08  Modern Studies + Tommy Perman - Sunup Shutdown

11:49  Andrew Chalk - Lost in the Forest

16:06  Sarah Davachi - First Cadence 

21:24  Tangerine Dream - Sequent 'C' (Steven Wilson 2018 remix)

23:21  Legendary Pink Dots - Ballerina on a Rice Paper Leaf

30:00  Hiss Golden Messenger - Silent

37:46  Maeror Tri - These Tears Will Crystalize

41:57  Celer - Untitled Loop

44:20  Andrew Liles - Mother and Son untitled 2

47:09  Michael Brook, Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois - Mimosa

53:05  Stars of the Lid - Twin Plotkin v2

61:06  Lull - There

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Spotify (8/13)

527 Several longform freakouts

I'd collected these tracks over the last few years and though they are great they didn't fit in on previous mixes, mostly due to their length.  So here they are making one long mix of Krautrock style jams, both new and old. 

00:00  Vueveteloca - Cientologia & Altiplano (IIOII remix)

05:00  Sergius Golowin - Der Relgen

20:00  Yatha Sidhra - Part 1

37:23  Alcatraz - Simple Headphone Mind

47:12  Ashra - Ice Train

54:45  Boredoms - 7 --> (Boriginal)

75:27  A.R. & Machines - Truth And Probability (A Lexicon For Self-Knowledge)

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Spotify (5/7)

526 math rock post hardcore

No catchy title this time, I was feeling lazy.  Some fun and quirky songs here.  Fans of the genre likely won't be surprised by my selections, however its a style I have only dabbled in but really enjoy.

  Drive Like Jehu - Caress

  Sparta - Mye

  Ui - Back Up

  Jawbox - Falk

  The Mars Volta - Concertina

  The Crownhate Ruin - In The Four Years to Come

  Rodan - Gauge

  The Sonoroa Pine - The Hook

  Karate - Bad Tattoo

  Dif Juz - Cs

  June of 44 - Recorded Syntax

  Dakota/Dakota - Don't Pee In My Bed and Tell Me Its Raining

  Battles - TRAS 2

  Pele - A Scuttled Bender in a Watery Closet

  Collections of Colonies of Bees - Fun #6

  Unwound - Broken E-Strings

  Lungfish - Sands of Time

  Shipping News - The Human Face

  At The Drive-In - Metronome Arthritis

  Bastro - Short-Haired Robot

  Jessamine - Secret

  And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Totally Natural

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Spotify (19/22)

525 Epistemology

A wonderfully odd assortment of music here which I suppose is befitting of the title.

00:00  Nurse With Wound - Groove Grease (Hot Catz)

03:32  Edward Ka-Spel - The Lady with the Lamp

11:21  Scala - Think in Japanese

16:03  Sun City Girls - Lemurs Urine

17:56  Trial of the Bow - The Promise

21:12  The Creatures - Fury Eyes

23:19  A Hawk and a Hacksaw - The Sky is Blue, The Desert is Yellow

27:27  Mushroom's Patience - The Swing of Fools

33:14  Battles - Atlas

40:18  Pekka Airaksinen - Epistemological World Error

45:17  Bastro - Wurlitzer

47:02  DDAA - Driving My Car with a Cigarette

51:23  Malaria! - Traum (Matador Remix)

55:47  Ajraxin - No Focus (Nurse With Wound)

62:34  Edward Ka-Spel - Specrescape 4

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524 Not Fade Away

Nothing to do with the Grateful Dead, though I do like the supportive and positive message from this picture.

00:00  Monolake - Phenomenon

05:48  Scala - Thirst

07:23  SoiSong - J3z

13:12  Natacha Atlas - Dub Yalil

19:19  Odd Nosdam - Lmd #7

22:02  Sounds from the Ground - Drawn to the Woman

30:18  Cosmic Connection - Alien Homesick Blues

36:29  The Sperm - Korvapoliklinikka Hesperia (Mira Calix remix)

42:59  Disjecta - Here

48:32  Clock DVA - RE/ACT2

54:50  Mort Garson - Voices of the Dead (The Medium)

56:46  Mark Van Hoen - I Remember

62:25  Malaria! - Your Turn to Run (Solex remix)

65:49  Solex - Another Tune Like 'Not Fade Away' (kid606remix)

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Edward Francis Sharp - The Ballads

Edward Francis Sharp - The Ballads

The Unlikely Event

Share the Day

Moments

Seeing Red

Nuts in May

Fuse

Volicie

The Horn Section

Hotel X

der Khataclimici

The Unspeakable Revenge of the Killer Grapefruit

Angel Trail (Slight Return)

Radio 6

All Flags are False

But I'm Staring at the Stars

Stars on Some Days

Last Door on the Left

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The Prophet Qa-Spel - Proggy Wonderland

The Prophet Qa-Spel - Proggy Wonderland

Psilocybe Cubensis

Spin the Circle

Motorik

Last Man Standing

A Hollywood Sunset

A Single Bell for my Love

All At Sea / Magic Finger

Escape Route

Anorexic Locusts

Intermezzo

They Seek Her Here.....

This is the Place

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Discogs Vinyl Community Challenge

Discogs.com posted a May Vinyl Community Challenge on Instagram which I found really exciting.  I have a very limited presence on any social media and didn't care to share on their page or hashtag.  Instead I've just dumped my thoughts for the whole month here.   My responses are all pieces of vinyl in my collection and a great way for me to revisit some forgotten gems.  Would love to hear other people's thoughts and answers to these questions.

1: Album with perfect opening track GYBE - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada E.P.

2: Local shout out - hometown band Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere (Wayfarer is a runner up)

3: Cult classic / genre defining band Current 93 - Swastikas for Noddy

4: Weird or funny album cover Volcano the Bear - Yak Folks Y'Are (My coworkers often comment on this as its on display behind me for virtual meetings)

5: A festive or holiday themed record Tino Corp - Tino Breaks Vol 6 Halloween Dub

6: A vinyl and drink pairing         Tipsy - Uh-Oh + Pineapple Coconut Margarita/Cowboy Mule 

7: 7" With a better B side than A side Inside Out - No Spiritual Surrender

8: Strange & unusual         Novy Svet - Desde Infiernos De Flores

9: 9 Records - related in some way hmmm....

10: Forgotten / Random / Discogs Shake Andreas Martin, Christoph Heemann – Lebenserinnerungen Eines Lepidopterologen

11: An album that reminds you of Mom Santana - Greatest Hits

12: Under-represented genre/artist Pelican Daughters - Fishbones & Wishbones

13: Record from my childhood Gene Autry: Christmas Favorites

14: Unavailable in high school Muslimgauze - Return of Black September (original release was a couple months after I graduated, but close enough)

15: Perfect record for rainy day         Ora - Morgendammerung / ESP Summer - EP

16: 9th year MVC -  Record from 2016 Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid

17: Album you love by a band you dislike The Prids - Chronosynclastic (I don't care for their newer material)

18: Best gatefold artwork liner notes Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist (H.R. Geiger!)

19: Record that was gifted to you The Orb - Live 93

20: Obscure Album/Label va - Drinking to Better Days (Punch Records)

21: Album that a friend recommended Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is not a cold dead place

22: A release you share your birthday with    The Temptations - The Way you do the things you do - I should've done more research as Station to Station was also released on my birthday (date only, not the same year)

23: Album with a fun fact/story MBM - Storm the Studio (First records played so much I had to buy a second copy)

24: Recent purchase from an indie shop Boom Bip - From Left to Right

25: Soundtrack for a summer road trip Cult of Luna - Somewhere along the highway

26: Album by an artist you've seen live Legendary Pink Dots - A Perfect Mystery

27: We need new music from... Crackerbash

28: One artist - multiple decades         Neil Young - Decade

29: An album from a place you've visited Four - Live at Hangar 18

30: Record label love                 The Budos Band - Burnt Offering (Daptone)

31: An album that sums up 2025 so far Refused - Shape of Punk to Come (reissue)

D'Archangel - The foreboding darkness

D'Archangel - The foreboding darkness

The Man Who Never Was

Lilith's Daughter

The Unfortunate Demise of the Fabulous Puccino Brothers

.....Now You Don't

Sticks and Stones (Versions)

The Beast with 6 Fingers

The Mushroom Olympics

John Doe

Patriot (version Apocalypse)

Concentration Street

Truth / Dare

God in a Cupboard

Gomorrah

Sneezing Choirs

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