560B Quirky #2

Around this same time, I was revisiting my Cut Chemist collection, so naturally that is a heavy presence on this mix along with the same culprits that spawned the first part.

00:00  Cut Chemist - Lesson 4: The Radio

05:28  Coldcut - Say Kids (What Time Is It?)

10:11  Elmer Bernstein - Staccato's Theme (Happening at Waldo's Remix)

15:23  Tipsy - Space Golf 

19:20  John Buzon Trio - Caravan (Eat Static Remix)

25:02  Messer Fur Frau Muller - The moments has been stopped

28:07  Tosca - Orozco

33:31  Liquid Liquid - Cavern (Cut Chemist Rocks a Rave in a Missile Silo remix)

38:37  Krakatuk feat Gitarkin - Kristalinsky Kristal

39:47  Yellow Magic Orchestra - Camouflage (Mark Gamble Micro Mix I)

41:21  Messer Fur Frau Muller - Second Hand Dreams (Remix)

44:08  Messer Chups - For Everyone Older Than 30

47:38  Ozomatli - Cut Chemist Suite (The I.B.'z remix)

51:24  Messer Fur Frau Muller - I'm a Vibraphone

54:43  Dean Elliot - Lonesome Road (U-Ziq remix)

58:19  Gescom - Go Sheep

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560A Quirky #1

One step down from being a weirdo, these are just fun quirky songs that are engaging and exciting.  Sure, this stemmed from listening to too much Tipsy, then diving into early Messer Chups albums, and of course that led to Messer Fur Frau Muller.

00:00  Ghost Funk Orchestra - Spirits in the Distance

00:32  LowLiFi - Launch Patterns for the Space Age Girl

03:49  Messer Fur Frau Muller - Salute, Adieu!

09:22  Messer Chups - Druzilla-Twist

11:35  The Bran Flakes - Countdown to the End (Choo Choo Mix)

15:19  Mike Cooper - The Pit

16:02  MF Doom - Vomit (Monster Rally Remix)

18:03  Tipsy - Nudy on the Moon (Naked Volleyball Mix)

21:44  Zafari - Addis Ababa

25:18  Bumpenstein - Fuad Motel

28:27  Budos Band - Origin of Man

33:10  The Narcoleptics - High Over Glenelg

35:07  The Heliocentrics - Phantom of the Panther

37:21  Messer Chups - Annette Schneider

39:42  Yellow Magic Orchestra - Castalia (Mark Gamble Micro Mix III)

42:02  Kava Kon - Build Your House Underground

44:31  Black Sash - Matango! (Tipsy Remix)

48:46  Messer Chups - Tchaikovsky Beat

52:19  Messer Fur Frau Muller with Messer Chups - Jesus & Jesus

54:18  The Legendary Pink Dots - My Baby Likes to Hurt Me

56:56  Ghost Funk Orchestra - Outro

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256 - Fun and Funky mix

Yep, this is a fun and funky mix for sure.  Very reflective of a point in time for me, but also nostalgic for some history.  I was re-watching Enter the Dragon when I realized the soundtrack kicks some serious butt.  A local radio station played this Roxy Music track, which honestly I'd never heard before and I got into the groove.  There's a lot of crate digging for sample sources like Bob James (come on, everyone should recognize this), Onesness of Juju (FSOL), Shamek Farrah (Scorn), Ken Thorne (Portishead), Mina (Elvis Costello) Shub Niggurath (Scorn).  The track from Selda is a great protest song, worth it to look up the translated lyrics.  My phone's ringtone was this Hildegard von Bingen song for quite a while, can't listen to it without looking at my phone now.  It took me far too long to track down this Dimitri from Tokyo EP, my friend had this on vinyl back in the 90s, and he swore up and down that this was Dmitry from Deee-Lite, which I believed for the last 20-30 years.  My last annecdote is that I sadly first heard The Damned on Phantasmagoria, when I really should have started at the beginning with Damned Damned Damned, anyhow this track stuck with me for is sillyness for a goth/punk band.

00:00  Lalo Schifrin - Williams Vs Han (Enter the Dragon)

02:15  Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug

06:21  Leo Nocentelli - Thinking of the Day

08:51  Bob James - Take Me To The Mardi Gras

14:25  Sammy Davis Jr - Barretas Theme

16:47  Oneness of Juju - Poo Too

20:28  Shamek Farrah - First Impressions

25:36  Ben E King - Stand By Me

28:22  Ken Thorne - In The Alleyways

31:42  Mina - Un Bacio E Troppo Poco

34:51  Selda - Utan Utan

37:41  Science Fiction Dance Party - Souk El Juma

40:25  The Cosmic Jokers - Intergalactic Nightclub

44:19  Silver Apples - A Pox On You

49:25  Hildegard von Bingen - Vision (O Euchari In Leta Via)

52:51  Timi Yuro - Satan Never Sleeps

55:01  Dimitri from Tokyo - Toujours L'Amore

59:14  The Damned - Grimly Fiendish

62:57  Martin Denny - Firecracker

65:16  Shub Niggurath - Yog Sottoth

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photo credit: Williams vs Han (Enter The Dragon)

Episode 172 Library Grooves, Hauntology and Retro Bliss

Here is a set of library tracks, soundtracks, old rare grooves, some modern retro tracks and a bit of world music thrown in.  Altogether a chill, groovy mix for this mid-winter bliss.

00:00  Francois De Roubaix - Les Dunes D'Ostende pt3

00:39  Nora Orlandi - Lo Strano Vizio Della Signora Wardh (Seq 24)

01:50  Kava Kon - Escape From Bermuda

04:38  Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - The Chase

08:16  Giuliano Sorgini - John Dalton Street

10:33  Francois De Roubaix - Les Dunes D'Ostende pt5

11:32  Nightmares on Wax - A Night's Interlude

14:33  Bruno Nicolai - Pursuited, Jennifer's Recall

18:06  Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - P Walk

22:14  Remigio Ducros - Una Partita Agitata

25:05  The Soundcarriers - Calling Me Reprise

26:08  Broadcast - Booklovers (Andy Votel Remix)

33:18  Belbury Poly - The Moonlawn

37:10  Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed (Reprise) (Boards of Canada Remix)

39:00  Belbury Poly - Caermaen

42:32  Stereolab - Jenny Ondioline pt2 (Breakdown mix)

48:49  Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Laurel Canyon

50:49  Mice Parade - Warpshire (edit)

53:00  The Soundcarriers - Boiling Point

56:59  Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra feat Natacha Atlas - Cairo Cairo (edit)

59:47  Selda - Utan Utan

62:29  De Evergreens - Es Lilin

65:32  Ixtahuele - Dengue Fever

67:40  Peppino De Luca - The Secret of Dorian Gray

photo credit: classic book cover

Episode 147 - Exotic Surf

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

00:00  The Cramps - Aloha From Hell

02:20  Satan's Pilgrims - Ben Tenaka

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

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

10:00  unknown - Chinese Surf Side A4

14:48  Aqua Velvets - Guitar Noir

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

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

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

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

32:55  The Sheltones - Blue Castaway

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

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

41:36  Laika & The Cosmonauts - Experiment in Terror

45:04  Los Straitjackets - The Munsters Theme

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

50:52  Dick Dale - Esperanza

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

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

60:59  Santo and Johnny - Sleepwalk

63:16  The Surfaris - Wipe Out

65:24  The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird

67:40  The Ventures - Walk Don't Run

70:29  The Nargaroths - Abschiedsbrief Des Prometheus

72:46  The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O

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

78:20  The Surf Coronados - Pipeline

photo credit: Jonah Barwick Trve Cvlt Surf Metal

Episode 143 - Tipsy and Such

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

00:00  The Champs - Beatnik

01:53  Holger Czukar - Witches Multiplication Table

06:37  Tipsy - Reverse Cowgirl

09:35  Tipsy - Grossenhosen

13:10  O Paradis - De Espaldas Al Milagro

17:12  Draco - V-A-C-A-N-T

20:34  Tipsy - Liquordelic

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

27:01  Aldo Buonocore - La Fine di Fanny

30:12  Forest Swords - Rattling Cage

33:58  O Paradis - El Opio De Tu Belleza

37:54  The Budos Band - Vertigo

40:49  Here Lies Man - So Far Away

43:38  Belbury Poly - The Elsewhere Shuffle

48:06  Derniere Volonte - Coeur de Legionnaire

51:15  Tipsy - Nude On The Moon

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

56:02  Broadcast - Bit 35

57:47  23 Skidoo - Another Baby's Face

62:23  Fall of Saigon - Visions

64:37  The Residents - Serenade For Missy

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

Episode 71 - That Alone is the Pursuit of Life

A style olio.   Variety is the spice of life, I've heard.  This journey is cohesive enough to bring much joy on a day like this.  Starting with some exotica that everyone should recognize, then touring the middle east and back through Europe before hitting a beatnik inspired toon from a crooner.  Transitioning into my favorite Sugarcubes song, enhanced by the Reid brothers to great effect.  Then alternative rock country with a great take on My Bloody Valentine, followed by some interesting and appealing electronica and remixes.  Then Tori doing a classic 80's tune in her inimitable style, and ending with some of the Velvets doing a more country styled version and another of those great Bjork covers by a fellow Icelander.  Lots to digest and all worth the price of admission.

00:00 Les Baxter - Sabre Dance

02:33 Sabah - Yam Ouyounel Attaleh

06:05 Carlos Gardel - Anclao En Paris

08:13 Nino Rota - L'Harem

12:39 Perry Como - Like Young

15:28 Stelvio Cipriani - Realta N 5

17:29 The Black Heart Procession - The End of Love

17:35 The Sugarcubes - Birthday (Jim & William Reid Christmas Day mix)

21:58 The Prids - Fragile

25:41 少年ナイフ - When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine)

28:49 Scientific American - The Flower Sermen

34:00 Twilight Circus Dub Sound System - Joy (featuring Shyama)

38:22 Slag Boom Van Loon - Sutjeda (Four Tet remix)

43:05 Mojave 3 - Bluebird of Happiness (Ulrich Schnauss remix)

50:42 Tori Amos - I Ran (Flock of Seaguls)

53:38 Lou Reed, John Cale, Nico - Waiting for the Man (live)

58:34 Asgerour Juniusdottir - Isobel (Bjork)

photo credit:  found image, Dog with Pipe