Cause 'trippin and smokin' is all that you do

Sabbath in Paris 1970

Long Live YouTube!

Andy Griffith vs. the Patriot Act

Just watch it

burial

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Burial - You hurt me

unlike most of the music i have loved recently this is dark, spare, haunting music.
Perhaps I am not allowed to turn my goth side off. I have had a lifelong fascination with the darkside (Vader be damned) and this album allowed me to indulge while feeding me a new vision of an underwater London whose memories of warehouse parties still echo through the cold still water.

Stopping for a bit

This has been wicked fun, but as I have mentioned recently I am drifting. I feel my musical center shifting to some new uncharted territory and don't really feel the confidence or certainty to expound on what has moved me recently.

Something that I was grateful to find online recently, (in its entirety) ,is an old album by Dennis Wilson entitled Pacific Ocean Blue.

Dennis was Brian Wilson's brother and the drummer for the Beach Boys. He hung out with Charles Manson and certainly had his own distinctive take on music.


I had heard of it a lot in odd circles and a dedicated search yielded some amazing results

Dennis Wilson - Thoughts of You

so melodic, soulful, and actually shoegazey

Groovin

Got this track a while back, but I am just starting to groove on it. Mike Shannon, to my knowledge, has been mostly a purveyor of strict techno and IDM style electronic music.

Imagine my surprise when I heard this tune. It is a deep groovy piece of house music, with vocals!

I had a great weekend up in the Bay Area attending what is by all accounts a pretty famous underground annual party. Good times.

Mike Shannon - What's your pleasure


Update!!!!!
This is not in fact Mike Shannon. It is the Mole. Here is the correct info.

ARTIST: The Mole

TITLE: Conversations With The Past EP

LABEL: Wagon Repair, CA

The track name is: Jingover

Drifting

Talking with a long time reader in the comments last week, he noticed how my taste has changed over the past few months. I agree. I spent a lot of time concentrating on minimal techno and house when I first set up the blog and for most of the last year.

It's not that I have completely gone off techno by any means. It is just that I have recently been feeling the call of more pronounced and obvious melody. For the most part it has taken the form of beardo disco selections, but it is really across the board. I hope I don't lose to many of my long time readers (and I know you are out there even if you rarely make an appearance in the comments section). Follow along and if you know of something similar please feel free to drop some knowledge in the comments box. I hope to learn as much by doing this as anyone does by reading it.

So for this week lets try something maudlin but distinctly American.

Lee Hazelwood - My Autumn's Done Come (soooooooo gooood)

Lee Hazelwood - Your Sweet Love

Two for Monday

I have had some amazing finds over the past week and I wanted to jump up and give everyone out there a pre-turkey day treat.

First off is the beautiful Betty Botox. Renowned for her hot legs and hot hot disco remixing action. Betty has put out a 12" on the Rvng label.

A side project by Optimo co-founder jd twitch, Betty delves deep into the world of pulsing disco edits with the recent Rvng of the Nrds vol 2 release. Following hot on the heels of Tim Sweeny's vol. 1 12", vol 2 uses Patrick Cowley as the basis for the A side. Check out:

Betty Botox - Voodoo 1


Yesterday I was equally delighted and surprised to find a cd of Phantom Slasher at Amoeba in Hollywood. A side project of the prolific Idjut Boys, Phantom Slasher satisfies in a way that few of the beardo style disco offerings rarely have. Deeply funky takes on disco classics would adequately describe this album. Dancing around the house like a gay man on acid would also describe its effects. Check out:

Phantom Slasher - Lasagne for 10

Update - Sorry I didnt know you had to register to download on Yousendit now. I will be switching to a less invasive company. Still, these are great tracks....

Thinking about...

This past week I have been concentrating on a few tracks that have really caught my notice. Last week the guys from Low Motion Disco (love that name) dropped one of their new tracks in my comments section with their now typical anonymousness. If you caught the track I featured on here before you know the style. Cough syrup beats with wondrous melodies layered over the top. I know that the last track that I featured was a slowed down version of something by the Chromatics. Where they got the source for this track, or if this was something they created all on their own is a complete mystery. In any case since they provided it so freely I am going to pass on the love and give it to you all. I am particularly fond of the guitar work that is responsible for the melody.

Low Motion Disco - frantic low moment

This second track is something many of you out there may or not be familiar with. Flaming Lips is certainly a big enough brand name in the world of rock. However, somehow I either never heard this track before or it simply escaped my attention. A couple of weeks ago I was letting the itunes do its shuffle thing when this track came on and just set me back. The beat is slow and steady and although it doesn't have the syncopation of a good disco track I find the strings so pleasurable that I had to draw attention to it and pass it on.

Flaming Lips - The Observer

Vote

All kidding aside, if you live in the states, get off your ass go down the street and cast a vote. Even if it doesn't end up being counted at least you can bitch about the government knowing full well that you did your part to change things.

The Clash - Police and Thieves



Update: Saw this over at BoingBing.net and I had to share it: George Michael's Freedom with a twist

Sven Libaek

I went to go sell back quite a few cds this last weekend and in the process came back with some incredible albums. First off this week is a collection of rare soundtrack music from the man on the left, Sven Libaek.

The album is called inner space and it is just awesome. If you are familiar with "The life aquatic with Steve Zizou" soundtrack you might have heard some of his delightful 60s infused scores before.

Sven Libaek - Growing up now (Instrumental)

Sven Libaek - Desert

Baaba Maal

Now this is going to date me, but I remember playing this out quite a bit when it came out. It was around the time that Planet Dog was gaining in ascendancy and the idea of fusing "world music" with dance was still a rather novel idea.

I personally used to play the second mix offered here, but now I might be more inclined to wards the former.

Baaba Maal - Sidiki (Groucho's 12" Yard Mix)


Baaba Maal - Sidiki (Cafe Del Mako Mix)

Joni

80s

Going back over some of my music from the 80s I am discovering again so much of what led me to dance music in the first place.

I would ideally love to post Every Day is Halloween from the early Ministry singles comp, but I have yet to find it again and my only copy was always on tape. In its place here is another great track from the early days.

Ministry - All Day Remix

Soul Mekanik

I am not one to sing the praises of a former member of Take That, but with Robbie Williams latest 12" he has drafted in some serious talent to rework his track Rudebox. I am really fond of all of the versions, but if forced I prefer the Chicken Lips remix and this particular track by Soul Mekanik.

I have been drifting off electro house styles for a while now, but this really tears it up in a bouncey booty shaking way. Hell it even has my late 50s dad walking around repeating the chorus "Why you so nasty?"

Robbie Williams - Rudebox (Soul Mekanik Extended Dub)

Update: apparently the boys from Soul Mekanik handled half the production on the entire album, so there might be more of interest here.

Deep House

I have recently been drawing some connections between balearic, space disco, and good old fashioned deep house. I went on a small spending spree and picked up some Larry Heard (although certainly not enough!) Manuel Göttsching, more Prins Thomas , and this lovely little track by Kerri Chandler.

Kerri Chandler - Digital Love Affair

Patrick Cowley (Remix)

This track is totally over the top, but still incredible:

"In 1978 Patrick recorded an 16 minute long extended Remix version of the song " I Feel Love" performed by Donna Summer . Later, in 1981 , this Megamix was released by Casablanca Records. The Original 1977 version, which was composed by Giorgio Moroder , lasted 8 minutes ."

Check out this Patrick Cowley page for more info about this disco producer

Donna Summer - I feel love (Patrick Cowley remix)

From this great compilation, of which I will probably be posting much more music.

**Update** I just reposted the remix for the guys over at RVNG
they are putting out a ton of great tunes in the psychedelic/dance/beardo genre. Check em out and blow some of that hard earned cash.

Piere Henry - Psyche Rock

Something I heard yesterday on Jack FM

Starting on my way to work yesterday I heard a station id for Jack FM that went roughtly as follows:

"Hey Jack
I guess that if I harrass little boys and then say I am an alcoholic and was abused as a kid that makes everything ok."

this was quickly followed by

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

that combination almost made me want to rush out and find that bastard Foley and kick his and his enablers asses right then

Somehow Jon can project levity into any situation

Recent Mix

Here is a recent mix cd I made. It kind of goes all over the place but it works for me. These days if I listen to too much of one style I get bored. I put it down to a unidentified case of ADD but it could have something to do with the random function on the Ipod changing my musical aesthetic.

1)Yesterday's Dream - The Shades of Black Lightning (bumrocks.com)

2)Low in the city - Low Motion Disco http://www.myspace.com/lowmotiondisco (Someone put this out!)

3)Spleez - Rub-n-Tug

4)Rudebox (Soul Mekanik Extended Dub) - Robbie Williams

5)Welcome To Zion (Sebo K & Metro Remix) - King Roc

6)Addicted - Original Mix - Anja Schneider

7)Gol - Donato Dozzy (This track is stunning dub influenced techno, on a good system it will blow you back. Look for more great stuff on his Dozzy Records imprint)

8)Belfast - Orbital

9)Along the Wire (Superpitcher Remix) - Lawrence

10)Serpentine (album edit) - My My

11)B-Movie 6:AM - Misc.

Krautrocksampler

I don't know how many of you would be interested, but I have been searching for this book for a number of years and lo and behold thanks to Dreams Less Sweet I found it. That blog directed me to the aptly titled Post Punk Junk who is hosting this rare tome.

Krautrocksampler was written by Julian Cope of The Teardrop Explodes and Head Heritage.

Enjoy.

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