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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596 The Remix According to Herbaliser

Some great downtempo and chill hip hop from these vibe masters.  The Herbaliser Band is also noteworthy and have some great releases that build an eight piece full band out of the original duo.  Checking their discogs page, I'm not the only one that misspells their name as "Herbalizer" form time to time.

00:00  Coldcut - Atomic Moog 2000 (Post-Nuclear Afterlife Lounge mix)

07:35  Meat Beat Manifesto - Prime Audio Soup

14:16  DJ Food - Mella (Drive Faster mix)

19:05  DJ Vadim - Conquest of the Irrational (Vads Dad Diversion)

25:27  Push Button Objects - 360

28:44  East Flatbush Project - Tried By 12

32:44  Little Axe - Storm is Rising (For a few dollars more)

36:41  2 Player - Sometimes 

41:42  Nils Petter Molvaer - Platonic Years (DJ Fjord mix)

46:55  Seeed - Top of the City

50:58  The William Caslon Experience - More Close than Opran

57:02  Hugo Kant feat Ghettosocks - In The Woods

61:18  Paine feat DJ Fonx - Bene (Herbaliser vs Flying Fish remix)

64:57  Lamb - B Line

69:22  The Easy Access Orchestra - Las Chicas 

73:30  The Invisible Pair of Hands - Sloppy's Not Sloppy and More

77:29  Coco and the Bean - Versus the 90's

81:54  Jaffa - Elevator

86:46  Hippaly - A Dreamer's Dream (J.L.'s song)

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573 The Remix According to Jim O'Rourke

Jim O'Rourke has quite the list of credentials and he continues to find new and incredible opportunities to collaborate with artists from all over the globe and genres.  I think I first came across his name when a friend left "Eureka" at my house and I really dove into it.  Gastr Del Sol was another group I was introduced to at this time, and then not long afterwards I saw his collaborations with Sonic Youth and it was official I was a big fan of his work.

Here are two mixes showcasing his diverse background remixing artists.  

00:00  Organum - Obon

04:15  Labradford - The Church Song

09:43  Earth - Thrones and Dominions

25:32  Oren Ambarchi - All Acrostics (Jim O'Rourke and Tim Barnes remix)

27:27  Nurse With Wound - Tape Monkey Mooch

38:02  Autechre - Characi (6 Seconds over Sheffield)

43:56  Merzbow - House of Kaya

47:46  Voice Crack - Mandatory Plastic Cup

51:30  Main - Suspension (Hyaline)

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00:00  The High Llamas - Mini-Management

08:26  The Sea and Cake - I Took the Opportunity to Antique My End Table

15:29  Kid Loco - A Little Bit of Soul

22:23  Tortoise - Reference Resistance Gate

31:07  Mice Parade - Mystery Bretheren Vironment

41:39  The Pastels - Leaving this Island

44:04  Microstoria - Namm Weekend Pass

51:07  Oval - Do While

55:42  Tortoise - Initial Gesture Protraction

60:00  Neneh Cherry & The Thing - Accordion

66:07  The Jesus Lizard - Needles for Teeth

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572 The Remix According to Bundy K Brown

Mr. Kenneth Brown, also known as Bundy K Brown is part of the inner circle of Chicago musicians that I associate with Tortoise.  He was a member of Bastro/Gastr Del Sol and was one of the founding members of Tortoise.  He bounced around as a sound engineer, producer, mixer and remixer for several artists.  Here's a wonderful overview of his remix work which I find both engaging and relaxing at the same time.

00:00  The Dylan Group - Sandcastles (And to Her Legs She Smiled)

04:42  Tortoise - Not Quite East of the Ryan

09:43  Calexico - Chach (Tasha Bundy remix)

15:09  Directions - Echoes (Continental Drift Version)

24:09  Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater (remix)

31:06  DJ Food - Tricky Little Ears (The Cheech Wizard Pays Respect To All Living Creatures Who Inhabit Dark Places

37:56  The Sea and Cake - Bird and Flag (The Cheech Wizard Meets Baby Ultraman in the Cool Blue Cave (Short Stories about Birds, Trees and the Sports Life Wherever You Are)

43:31  Tangents - Dank Memes & Things (The Cheech Diva's Evensong in the Time of Orange Skinned Camachos and Shrill DM Masons)

49:34  Bastard - C.F. min

52:29  Pele - Testosterina

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00:00  Tortoise - Find the One (Wait, Abstraction No. 3)

10:06  Calexico - Butterfly Mouth (ABBC Bundy K Brown remix)

14:23  Boat - Rowrow (Transparent Cheech Education Beta mix)

23:30  No.9 - Laws of Large Numbers

30:21  Tarwater - A Burgundy Underside (remix - edit)

34:04  Aerial M - Attention Span Deficit Disorder Disruption

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567 The Remix According to 4Hero

4 Hero certainly have cemented their place in electronic music history, through their influence on Drum and Bass and Broken Beat genres.  They have matured over the years and deliver consistently great material at every twist and turn.  I was never a fan of "Mr. Kirk" which I suppose was their breakout single.  It wasn't until I heard "The Paranormal in 4 Forms" on the Macro Dub Infection compilation that I really got into their music.  They have released a tremendous number of remixes, and I selected a small list of my favorites here.  Mostly just what I had in my collection as the basis.

00:00  Talvin Singh - Traveller (4 Hero's Dollis Hill Futebol Mix)

06:03  Innerzone Orchestra - Bug in the Bassbin (4 Hero mix)

12:06  Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era & The Scratchadelic Experience - Peace & Loveism (4 Hero Remix)

16:49  Goldie - Inner City Life (4 Hero Pt 1)

25:06  DJ Krush - Meiso (The 4 Luscious mix)

29:37  Bill Laswell & Jah Wobble - Orion (Dollis Dub mix)

35:25  DJ Krush feat the Roots - Meiso (The 4 Natural Ingredients mix)

39:08  Azymuth - Periscopio (Marc Mac for 4 Hero)

45:09  UR - Amazon (4 Hero Version)

52:58  Azymuth - Laranjeiras (4 Hero remix)

60:40  Bebel Gilberto - Samba Da Bencao

66:47  Goldie - Inner City Life (4 Hero's Pt 2)(Leave the Planet mix)

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517 Tortoise - What if? disc 2

Second disc of my imaginary Tortoise rarities and remixes compilation.

00:00  Tortoise - Why We Fight (D Version)

05:43  Mouse on Mars & Tortoise - Shoe Fly

10:09  Coldcut - More Beats & Pieces (John McEntire Tortoise mix)

16:10  Red Snapper - Crusoe Takes A Trip (John McEntire Tortoise mix)

22:51  Tom Ze - Curiosidade (Tortoise Remix)

27:11  Tortoise - Fallslake (by Nobukazu Takemura)

30:56  Gang of Four - Paralyzed (Tortoise remix)

34:16  Techno Animal - Version Tortoise

39:27  Eyeremix - High Class Slim Came Floatin'

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517 Tortoise - What if? disc 1

Big fan of Tortoise and all their associated side and solo projects.  Back in college, "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" was my go-to study music.  Even now, every time I hear that album it brings back memories of late nights writing papers, studying, and doing everything I could to survive working full time, being a teacher, and getting a degree, oh yeah and still having a social life while living with two bartenders and a tattoo artist.  Those were wild times.

This mix poses the question what if they reissued "A Lazarus Taxon" today with two discs of additional rarities/comps/remixes?   Well, here is what I'd imagine that might just look like, collecting up all the odds and ends that didn't wind up on that original release,  "A Digest Compendium of The Tortoise's World" or the "remixes" album.

00:00  Intro

02:55  In A Thimble

09:03  Mosquito

12:35  Ice Ice Gravy

25:20  Sheets

27:06  Beautiful Love

31:37  Onions Wrapped in Rubber

32:21  Madison Area

35:47  Ruba'iyat

39:29  Lonesome Sound

42:56  Outro

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503 Flying Acid Dragons

Had some fun last December with a trip to the mountains with some very good and longtime friends.  This mix summed up that weekend, and many of these were in rotation on the drives or our late nights.

00:00  Sirens of Lesbos - Tired Introlude

02:39  People Under The Stairs feat Camel MC - Acid Raindrops

07:02  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Slow Jam 1

09:49  The Residents & Renaldo and The Loaf - Opening

13:34  Pelding feat K-Dub - Politician (Prunes remix)

17:24  Tomahawk - Narcosis

19:52  Zechs Marquise - Black Ark Dub

24:48  Killer Mike feat Damian Jr Gong Marley - Run

29:12  Black Market - Audrey's Dub

34:29  DJ Spooky - Track 4 (Ex Nihlo)

38:45  The Future Sound of London - We Flew Together

41:25  Lalo Schifrin - Main Title (Enter The Dragon)

43:37  Madlib - Dirtknock

45:48  Pascal Comelade - Ritmos Del Fedayin

47:19  Count Dubula - Black Lung

50:38  The Woodleigh Research Facility - Medieval Dub

58:10  Ralph Myerz & Digable Planets - Pacifics (Ralphz Highly Recommends Rework)

63:48  Thelonious Monk - Mood Indigo

66:57  Dangerdoom - Old School Rules

69:29  Jac Berrocal - Palmyre

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501b Unsorted Finds mix 2

This part of the mix is less worldly but nonetheless fantastic.  Several oddball tracks pepper this mix making it a fun ride start to finish.

00:00  The Blonde Bomber - I Am to Blame

01:46  Walter Brown - What Evil Have I Done

04:44  Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra - The Murders in the Rue Morgue

07:35  Pelding - Intermission

08:46  Torsion - Blues Patrol

15:35  Steve Roach - Gone West

22:07  Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas

24:52  Polmo Polpo - Farewell

29:40  The Hidden Hand - Reprise

32:05  Arto Lindsay - Noon Chill

35:25  Xingu Hill - The Neon God

42:52  Graham Bond - The Magician

46:52  Desert Mountain Tribe - Hitzefrei

51:52  Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Desarraigo

57:42  Zechs Marquise - Rotten Candy

61:39  Zement - C3S

68:27  Jac Berrocal - Signe Particulier

70:43  Blank Dogs - Tin Birds

73:57  Pretty & Nice - Peekaboo

75:45  Gary Numan - Films

79:34  Bush Tetras - Dub in the Night

84:20  The Detroit Cobras - Cha Cha Twist

87:02  Mark Mothersbaugh - My Home Town

88:31  The London Souls - How Can I Get Through

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492B FSOL By Any Other name vol 2 mix 1

Round 2. In 1992 FSOL released "Earthbeat," and 2007 they released "By Any Other Name vol 1."  These two compilations showed some of the many aliases they recorded under, which were mostly early incarnations doing early 90's techno.  In my research I found dozens of other names associated with them with much more modern styles that I really liked. Each one does have enough distinct about them to feel like a separate unit.  I've split this mix in two parts, the first focusing on more recent and non-traditional techno stylings, and the second which is that classic era with 4 on the floor beats.  The only real anomaly in this mix is Neotropic, which features a one off remix by Bin Dogs.  Otherwise these tracks are all Brian and Garry... and maybe a few guest musicians.

00:00  The Jazz Mags - Startled

04:30  Sand Sound Folly - Willow

07:04  Blackhill Trasmitter - Recovery

10:41  Far-Out Son of Lung - Cow

15:25  Yage - The Hunters Moon

18:43  Forest Trails - Mokguxtlk

22:43  Neotropic - Ultra Freaky Orange (Clock - Bin Dogs remix)

24:51  AI - Resist Not

26:44  Heads of Agreement - Earth Magnetic

31:28  AnALOguE Controlled SolENoiDs - Glockenspiel Snare Kitchen Tray

34:58  Semtex - We Have Explosive (remix)

46:38  The Bubble Heads - Frozen in the Air

50:23  Synthi-A - Surrounding the Garden is a Fog

54:53  Stoned Freshwaters - Everything is Easy With a Little Persuasion

58:45  6 Oscillators in Remittance - Cloudscraper (edit)

61:19  Filter and Pulses - Control Vista

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480 Hip Hop Mash-Ups pt2

00:00  Wugazi - Sleep Rules Everything Around Me (13 Chambers)

03:15  Tor - Star of Wonder/None Shall Pass (Aesop Rock vs Sufjan Stevens) (Illinoize)

07:46  Amerigo Gazaway - Trouble in the Water (Fela Soul - Fela Kuti vs De La Soul)

12:16  I Sheik - Shadowboxin (Wu-Tang Meets Portishead)

15:28  Max Tannone - Optimistic Moment (Jaydiohead)

20:12  Max Tannone - Definition of Blitzkreig (Black Star vs The Ramones) (Mic Check 1234!)

23:42  The Kleptones - Chess Game at the Gates of Hell (Yoshimi Battles The Hip Hop Robots)

27:50  Girl Talk - Jump on Stage (All Day)

34:12  Evolution Control Committee - Rebel Without a Pause (Whipped Cream Mix) 

35:51  A Clan Called Wu - Shame on Ya Lyrics (Enter The Marauders)

36:50  Team Teamwork - Fumbling Over Words (Edan vs Zelda)(The Ocarina of Rhyme)

39:11  Cookin Soul - Land of the Dead (feat 2Pac and 50 Cent) (Night of the Living Dead pt II)

42:07  Cookin Soul - Gremlins (feat Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg & Busta Rhymes) (Night of the Living Dead pt 1)

45:16  Funky DL - It Ain't Hard To Tell (Jazzmatic)

48:49  DJ BC - Method Gras (Wu Orleans)

51:45  DJ Cappel & Smitty - Hypnotize / Little Green Apples (Blue Eyes Meets Bed-Stuy)

54:22  The Pharcyde vs A Tribe Called Quest w/ Sublime - Doin Time' (Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to the Pharcyde)

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480 Hip Hop Mash-Ups pt1

Novelty music for sure, however some of these really work well.  In my opinion that's a rarity as there seems to be a flood of average mash-ups out there.  Sometimes there is alchemy and these two mixes really showcase the tracks that keep me coming back looking for more mash-ups.  A couple are loosely in this genre like the Kid 666 track, that is Kid606 remixing Missy Elliot, and its included here for the awesome inclusion of A-Ha's "Take On Me" at the end.  Girl talk is more like a massive mash-up mixtape, with some really great spots.  That Cut Chemist remix is not really a mashup, but its got such a strong use of Bauhaus that I had to include it.

00:00  Amerigo Gazaway - B.I.G. Poppa's Got A Brand New Bag (The Notorious J.B.'s: The B.I.G. Payback)

03:48  The Wudos Band - Ayno Tellin (Wu Tang Clan vs Budos Band Mix Tape)

07:16  Max Tannone - Make It N.Y. (Ghostfunk)

10:31  The Pharcyde vs A Tribe Called Quest - Runnin' (Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to the Pharcyde)

15:01  Amerigo Gazaway - Stakes is High (Fela Soul - Fela Kuti vs De La Soul)

20:10  Max Tannone - Mourning Unknown (Dub Kweli)

23:26  Mos Dub - History Town (Mos Dub)

26:37  Prince Fatty - I Know  You Got Cumbia (Eric B. and Rakim vs Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquesta)

31:35  DJ BC - Boxing Fats (Wu Orleans)

33:50  PB Presents - Publicity Biscuit (Wu Tang Clan & Portishead Mix Elixr)

35:58  Wugazi - Sweet Release (13 Chambers)

39:01  Max Tannone - Police Get Busy (Black Thought vs Dead Kennedys) (Mic Check 1234!)

42:38  Kid 666 - Take The Piss On (Freakbitchlickfly)

45:44  Girl Talk - No Pause (Feed The Animals)

48:56  Funky DL - Nas Is Like (Jazzmatic)

52:32  Cookin Soul - Halloween pt II (feat 2Pac & Notorious B.I.G.) (Night of the Living Dead Pt II)

54:54  Cut Chemist feat Chali 2na & Roots Manuva - Join The Dots (Bow House mix)

58:42  The Kleptones - Are You A Visionary? (Yoshimi Battles The Hip-Hop Robots)

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486 One-Off Collaborations C

This third mix is some jazz, hip hop, reggae, industrial, and electronica.

Mix 3:

00:00  Motorpsycho & Jaza Jazzist - Bombay Brassiere

05:49  Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezei - Royal Roost

11:25  Badbadnotgood & Ghostface Killah feat MF Doom - Ray Gun

14:30  The Skatalites meet King Tubby - Herb Man Dub

17:38  Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell - Alam Dub

24:10  DJ Spooky & Twilight Circus Dub Sound System - Gamma Burst

28:04  Acid Horse (Ministry & Cabaret Voltaire) - No Name No Slogan (Hypo Luxa/Hermes Pan)

33:52  PTP (Ministry & Skinny Puppy) - Show Me Your Spine

38:37  Two Sandwiches Short of a Lunchbox (Andrea Parker & David Morley) - Too Good To Be Strange

45:46  Slag Boom Van Loon (Speedy J & µ-Ziq) - Poppy Seed

50:42  The Fires of Ork (Biosphere & Pete Namlook) - The Fires of Ork I

58:24  Brian Eno & David Byrne - Come With Us

60:58  Solex & M.A.E. - Birthday Superboy

64:06  Mike & Rich (µ-Ziq & Aphex Twin) - Reg

69:36  Kid Koala & Emilana Torrini - Adrift

74:37  The Uncluded (Kimya Dawson & Aesop Rock) - Jambi Cafe

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476 Filling Jane's Void

The recent drama on the most recent and very short-lived Janes Addiction reunion tour, prompted me to reminisce about how much I loved them back in the 90's, and was utterly disappointed with their first reunion.  They even joked about this on a How I Met Your Mother episode.  As such, I decided to pull together a fun set of tracks from all the other bands that the members had participated in, hence the title of filling the void left by their absence.  I stuck with the original core four line-up of Janes Addiction: Perry, Stephen, Eric, and Dave.

Psi Com is Perry's band before Jane's, and his attempt at some kind of gothic post-punk which works in small doses..  Porno for Pyros is Perry and Stephen's post-Jane's band.  Deconstruction is Dave, Eric and Stephen right after the original Jane's break up.  Polar Bear is Eric's subsequent solo project.  Dave did several one off projects for tributes: Honeymoon Stitch for Joy Division, Camp Freddie for David Bowie, Ruined Eye for Germs.  Stephen Perkins did a few of these as well: Class of 99 for Pink Floyd, Cold Ethyl for Alice Cooper, and Broke Dick Dog for James Brown however I was too nervous to search that term to find their music.  Stephen also was the exceptional drummer for the Suicidal Tendencies side project Infectious Grooves.  Summer Moon is a one time supergroup with members of The Strokes, Uh Huh Her and The Airborne Toxic Event, with Stephen on drums.  The Panic Channel is Dave and Stephen with the then bassist of Janes Addiction Chris Chaney, joined by Steve Isaacs as the vocalist, whom I'm unfamiliar with.  NHC is similar in that Chris Chaney and Dave are here again, this time with Taylor Hawkins from Foo Fighters fame. Banyan is truly a supergroup; this track features Mike Watt, Stephen, John Frusciante, Willie Waldman and Joey Klaparda.  Other tracks feature Flea, Buckethead, Nels Cline and tons of others that I am only a little bit familiar with.

The side projects I didn't include are Broke Dick Dog, Li'l Pit which I couldn't find, Satellite Party which is Perry's band and I heard there was band drama where he gave his girlfriend too big of a role and the rest of the band quit, and finally Red Hot Chili Peppers where Dave was a short time guitarist while John Frusciante was on one of his multiple breaks. I was not a fan of this era, Mother's Milk was the last album I bought and enjoyed from them.

00:00  Janes Addiction - Ocean Size (Butthole Surfer's remix)

04:19  Psi Com - Human Condition

10:51  Deconstruction - Wait For History

16:50  Polar Bear - Lick

22:10  Honeymoon Stitch - Day of the Lords (Joy Division)

26:56  Porno For Pyros - Cursed Female

30:15  Summer Moon - With You Tonight

33:29  Banyan - La Sirena

36:33  Class of 99 - Another Brick In The Wall pt1

41:38  The Panic Channel - Tea House of Spirits

44:47  Ruined Eye - Land of Treason (Germs)

47:44  Infectious Grooves - Punk it up

51:31  NHC - One and the Same

56:04  Cold Ethyl - Welcome to My Nightmare (Alice Cooper)

61:10  Camp Freddie - The Jean Genie (Bowie)

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468a Short Songs - snippits mix 1: Jazz and Dark Ambient

I have a folder that I store tracks when compiling other mixes where I put songs that are about a minute or less.  My original intention was to bring things back to how I'd make mixes in the 90's and include short soundbites from movies to add depth and humor to my other mixes.  I obviously forgot to do this with my last 400+ mixes, so this folder started bulging with several hundred short tracks.

Sure, there is a lot of dialogue pieces, though most are not from movies.  There are intros, outros, interludes, hidden tracks, bits and pieces, a few short tracks from audiobooks, and whatever else caught my attention while building my other mixes.  Yeah, there are one or two "edits" in there, like "Henry" from Pigface or "Tricks N Treats" from Kid Koala.  Yes, I did throw one of my own short tracks in here as well, it was from a remix project I abandoned where I created my own vocal sample of a John Denver tune.

There is certainly something in here for everyone as this covers just about every style and perfect for those with short attention spans.  Despite the very long track lists on these two mixes, they're both under an hour each.

00:00  Pigface - Dialogue

00:03  Hive - (All Over) The... Prelude

00:45  RJD2 - Intro

01:14  Kid Koala - Tricks N' Treats

02:06  DJ Wally & Swingsett - Hale-Bopp

03:12  DJ Logic - Interlude

03:50  De La Soul - Cool Breeze on the Rocks

04:35  Madlib - Introduction

05:05  Solange - Interlude: Tina Taught Me

06:19  Red Snapper - Drum, Guitar and Bass Loops 2

06:44  His Name Is Alive - Jixi

07:01  The Messthetics - Radiation Fog

07:43  Forest Whitaker - Samurai Code 

08:03  His Name Is Alive - Interlude

08:28  BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Mono

09:23  Scanner - Anytime (Headz)

10:10  Death In June & Boyd Rice - A Toast

10:21  Motorbass - Off

11:12  Novy Svet - A4

11:50  Aesop Rock - Breakfast with Blockhead

12:18  DJ Spooky - It's Nice Not To Lose Your Mind in 99 (Reprise)

12:40  Dialogue - It's a Metaphor

12:46  Orbital - I Think It's Disgusting

13:30  Jane's Addiction - Thank you Boys

14:20  Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Daddy Funky

14:24  Motorbass - Suce Mon Son

15:33  Christopher Lee - Tinker of Rye (part 2)

15:47  Primus - You Can't Kill Michael Malloy

16:11  Dialogue - Soylent Green

16:14  Sol Invictus - A Figure on a Beach

17:15  His Name Is Alive - Last Time

17:46  Lubos Fiser - I Don't Want Any Flowers

18:30  All India Radio - Untitled 4

19:03  C McBride, J DeFrancesco, DJ Krazy - Interlude (Laughing Groove)

19:54  Beequeen feat Eva Volmeyer - White Bike (unused song 6 September 2006)

20:43  Bruce Springsteen - Untitled Harmonies #1

20:59  The Drastics - 'lude 1 (Payday)

21:34  The Flying Lizards - Untitled

22:01  DJ Babu - Preach B Dub

22:23  The Beatnuts - Get Funky (remix - intro)

22:42  Roots Manuva Meeta Wrongtom - Dub Decay (Skit)

22:52  Aesop Rock - Lunch with Blockhead

23:08  The Drastics - 'lude 3 (Ancient Astral Crypt)

23:55  DJ Spooky - Dr. Satan's Echo Chamber

24:15  Aesop Rock - Dinner with Blockhead

24:53  unknown artist - "38 fall and"

24:58  People Like Us - Plulink I Am Very Happy

25:40  Sound Effect Library - Orchestra Tuning

26:01  This Immortal Coil - Corybantic Ennui

27:03  Buckethead - Intro

27:16  His Name Is Alive - Deep

28:10  David Crosby - I'd Sweat There Was Somebody Here

29:24  Sinead O'Connor - Intro

30:16  Toroidh - Break III

30:31  Nile - Invocation of The Gate of Aat-Ankh-Es-En-Amenti

31:12  23 Skidoo - Celestial Flutes

31:38  Filter - Sand

32:01  Phyllis King - Time

32:07  Cult of Luna - Inside Fort Meade

32:49  Dead Heavens - Rainbow of The Ohm Chart

33:26  Boards of Canada - Olson

34:31  Toroidh - Break I

34:47  Bill Wells Octet - Chimps

35:14  Lubos Fiser - Lost in The Tavern

35:36  William S Burroughs - Interlude 3 (The Vultures are Gone and Will Never Come Back)

35:52  Offworld - Orinoco

36:18  Amp - When

37:00  Ozric Tentacles - Tidal Otherness

37:38  All India Radio - Untitled Beginning

38:15  Rapoon - Untitled

39:05  Nonplace Urban Field - Chilled pt1

39:15  Ghostwriter - Winter, Remind Us (II)

40:14  Jane Weaver - Noctilumina

41:38  DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid & Dave Lombardo - Sounds From Planet X

42:12  Forest Whitaker - Samurai Code

42:16  Sub Dub - Evolution (Live at Recombinant 96)

43:08  O Yuki Conjugate - Intromission

43:58  Ivor Cutler - When I Entered

44:04  Hywell Davies - Apus Apus

44:06  Muslimgauze - Opiate and Mullah

44:25  Nile - Spawn of Uamenti

45:39  Klein - Not a Gangster but Still From Endz

46:40  Moozler - Sunshine (mixed)

46:58  Loop Guru - The Dream-Vendor's Sunday

47:35  Sound Effect Library - Orchestra Tuning

47:35  Bourbonese Qualk - Feast of Trumpets

48:09  Badawi - After A Path Has Been Paved  

48:51  Amorphous Androgynous - The Costa Rican Cartel

49:37  DJ Wally & Swingsett - Yorkyosterdam

50:31  Vader - R'Lyeh

52:22  Loop Guru - Deep Crescent

52:44  Lubos Fiser - Red Ghost

52:50  Tino - Spells

53:43  Sagat - Such

54:31  People Like Us - Plulink Drive Carefully

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465 Cartoons!

I've always loved cartoons and how zany they can be.  Here I've picked some of my favorite musical moments from cartoons: theme songs, character motifs, tributes, covers, background music, and snippits.  This one has it all, and hopefully a lighthearted enjoyable ride for the listener.  I wanted to add some tracks from Teen Titans GO! but sadly I don't have any of those albums, and wasn't up for the task of ripping off YouTube.  I labeled as best as I could, some of these are more library music style and hard to track down the actual composer.  Honestly, it was hearing "Be Careful What You Eat" and Mojo Jojo covering Tears for Fears that really prompted me to build this mix as I really wanted to use those tracks somewhere.

00:00  Bruno Coulais - Fantastic Garden (Coraline)

01:30  Charlie Brissette and Vanessa Coffey - Dog Pound Hop (Ren & Stimpy)

03:53  Hanna & Barbera - Main Title (Space Ghost)

04:47  unknown - Springfield (Medley) (The Simpsons)

05:37  Doug Katsaros - Sneaky Tick (The Tick)

07:18  All That Jazz - Sora Kara Futtekita Shoujo (Laputa)

11:50  unknown - Video Revue (Animaniacs)

13:32  Seatbelts - Waltz for Zizi (Cowboy Bebop)

16:51  George Givot - Bella Notte (Lady and the Tramp)

19:28  Doug Katsaros - Dinosaur Neil (The Tick)

20:42  James L. Venable - Amoeba Boys (Powerpuff Girls)

22:35  Sonny Sharrock - Cinnamon Ghost (Space Ghost Coast to Coast)

24:19  Sonic Youth - End Credits (The Simpsons)

25:04  unknown - It's A Duff World After All (The Simpsons)

25:11  Hanna & Barbera - Jet Screamer's Entrance

25:13  unknown - Be Careful What You Eat (Animaniacs)

26:35  unknown - Treehouse of Horror V (Medley) (The Simpsons)

27:52  Vince Guaraldi - Graveyard Theme (alternate take 1) (It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown)

28:37  unknown - Theme 01 take 05 (Scooby Doo)

29:03  unknown - Theme 02 take 03 (Scooby Doo)

29:36  Deathklok - Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle (Metalocalypse)

31:07  Ramones - Spiderman 

33:01  Mojo Jojo - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Powerpuff Girls)

34:21  Charlie Brissette and Vanessa Coffey - Happy Happy Joy Joy (Ren & Stimpy)

35:59  unknown - Ryuuju no Dengon (Message of Rouge) (Kiki's Delivery Service)

37:38  Joe Hisaishi - Tonari No Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro)

41:32  Geino Yamashirogumi - Doll's Polyphony (Akira)

44:05  Hirasawa Susumu - Shizuku Ippai no Kioku (Paprika)

49:41  Butthole Surfers - Underdog

53:25  Ramones - Happy Birthday, Mr. Burns (The Simpsons)

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438 The Remix According to DJ Food

DJ Food started as an offshoot of Coldcut, and brought in two additional members.  Then it whittled down to just Strictly Kev.  The output has been phenomenal for the world of trip hop and breaks.  The "Jazz Breaks" and "Refried Food" albums should be in everyone's collection.  I could have made this mix much, much longer.  I decided to go with just my favorites instead of a full retrospective across multiple mixes.  

00:00  Red Snapper - Last One (Coldcutted and Gutted by DJ Food)

07:10  Sookie - Rhythm on Rhythm

13:15  The Seatbelts - Power of Kung Food Remix

18:37  Elvis Costello - Little Atoms (Polished Glass mix)

26:19  MLO - track 3 (DJ Food's Sonic Soup)

30:38  Ken Ishii - OVerlap (DJ Food Remix)

37:17  Kenji Eno - Rhythm Sketch #3 (DJ Food Remix)

42:26  Amorphous Androgynous - Tunnel Visions (DJ Food remix of Tunnel Sequence)

50:55  Nightmares on Wax - Dread Overboard (DJ food mix)

56:48  David Byrne - Fuzzy Freaky (DJ Food remix)

62:57  Spaceways - Japanese Flute (DJ Food remix)

69:37  The Irresistible Force - Nepalese Bliss (DJ Food mix)

76:24  The Herbaliser - Mrs. Chombee Takes The Plunge

82:09  The Cinematic Orchestra - Evolution II (Mr P remix)

88:32  MLO - track 9 (DJ Food's Sonic Soup)

93:34  The Meateaters - You Blow My Mind (DJ Food remix)

97:37  Pointer Sisters - Pinball Number Count (DJ Food re-edit)

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408 The Remix According To Guru

I selected Guru, or Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal, based on the first four remixes here.  Come on, Guru remixing Skinny Puppy is some serious happenstance that yielded magic.  The Sade remix is absolutely sublime.  The rest of this I tried to stick with remixes featuring just Guru.  The Gang Starr label did include him in the credits.  Really, the only thing I omitted were any tagged as only DJ Premier. 

00:00  Medeski Martin and Wood - What Happened To Gus (Guru Mix)

04:32  Skinny Puppy - Censor (The Gutter Mix)

08:34  Deee-Lite - Picnic In The Summertime (Guru Jeeper Self Mix)

11:50  Sade - King of Sorrow (Guru Remix)

15:33  Annie Lennow - Train In Vain (Guru Remix)

20:07  Blondie - Rapture (Guru's Fly Party Mix)

24:05  Bahamadia - Total Wreck (Remix Street Version)

27:26  Macy Gray feat Mos Def - I've Commited Murder (Gang Starr Remix)

31:30  Urban Species - Listen (Just Listen) (Guru's Mix)

36:10  Loose Ends feat Guru - A Little Spice (Gang Starr Remix)

41:24  The Brand New Heavies - Back To Love (Much Love remix feat Bahamadiah)

45:25  Soul II Soul feat Guru - Intelligence (Jazzie II Guru Mix)

49:53  Espiritu - Bonita Manana (Gang Starr Vocal Mix)

52:52  Gene Harris - Listen Here (G.U.R.U. Remix)

56:49  N'Dea Davenport - Bring it on (DJ Premier remix feat Guru)

60:40  Die Fantastischen Vier - Sie Ist Weg (Guru Remix)

64:27  Here and Now - Are U Ready (Guru Always Ready remix)

68:50  Guru feat Omar & Angie Stone - Be Thankful

72:09  Coolbone - Nothin But Strife (Groove Mix)

76:10  House of Pain - Fed Up (remix)

80:15  Gang Starr - Check the Technique (remix)

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