maybe a group of car thieves has been totally schooled on 1981 post punk
― cutty, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Ouch, I'm sorry someone stole your car just to get a handmade box set. The addiction to music can be so sad sometimes. . .
You pick the next one, then, since you've been so harshly deprived ; )
I put up a few polls to get a sense of what people like or don't about the blog, the mixes, etc. Obviously it's not very important, but if anyone is bored--I'd really appreciate your participation.
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm quite pleased with the "heart" mix being uploaded next
― cutty, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Cutty--
'Heart' it will be, then. Got a preference after that?
The results from the polls I put up have been really interesting--thanks to everyone for participating so far.
― Soundslike, Thursday, 4 December 2008 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
where do you find the time, ian?
― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, fortunately most of the mixes I've posted I'd already made before the blog.
But basically right now my career is in a lull, so I figure if I'm going to be wasting time, I should at least waste it with music that helps other people waste time, too.
― Soundslike, Thursday, 4 December 2008 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
whoa, didn't even know about this. i'm linking to it via my blog.
― mike a, Friday, 5 December 2008 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
This whole bimble/I.M. exchange is pretty bizarre. ― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:18 PM (3 years ago)
― cutty, Friday, November 28, 2008 1:12 PM (1 week ago)
cutty, you aren't the only one who remembered this important moment in history.
Hey i, hope Portland's treating you well.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 5 December 2008 04:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Poly-
Things are good. Hope things are ok in S.F.
Mike A.-Thanks, hope you like it. I think we talked some back in the 1981 box set days, yes?
― Soundslike, Friday, 5 December 2008 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
i love the bimble vs. soundslike rivalry
It seems as if my name is being evoked in this thread a little too often. ;)
I was thinking that even if there *were* a rivalry, it would be a pretty silly one because even if Ian & I share a love a post-punk, he's obviously interested in doing a different thing with his blog than I am with mine. I simply don't feel the same creative drive he feels to do mixes of stuff, for one thing. I've never put up mixes on my blog (although I did once put up a short list of songs on a mix I'd made for myself) and I don't see that changing any time soon. It's just not something I want to do. Further, as Ian has said, there are some pretty fundamental differences in musical taste. What was said earlier here about my tastes is true enough, but to be honest, I find myself veering off towards disco/funk/mid-80's R&B/club music and even early 80's Top 40 kind of stuff more and more, and I don't believe he's interested in any of that. By the same token, he's into a lot of non-post-punk stuff that I'm not interested in.
So hey, you know, "two great tastes that taste great together" or whatever, apples & oranges, etc. There's plenty of room for both of us is the way I see it.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Friday, 5 December 2008 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
In the very off chance anyone is interested, I posted two albums of my own work today.
Hope to have a new 'Le Tour du Monde' volume up tomorrow morning, stuff from 1969-1972.
― Soundslike, Sunday, 7 December 2008 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link
New mix is up: the third 'Le Tour du Monde' compilation. A dark and spooky one, liberal with the beats.
http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/00_various_-_le-tour-du-monde-volume-05_2xlp_1971_cover-small.jpg?w=500&h=500
Various Artists - ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 4′ (2xLP, Musique du Monde, France - 1971) Side A: 01 [00'00"] Jean-Jacques PERREY - “E.V.A.” (1970, France) 02 [03'06"] Curtis MAYFIELD - “Underground (Demo)” (1970, USA) 03 [06'12"] Roy BUDD - “Goodbye Carter!” (1971, England) 04 [09'18"] Gershon KINGSLEY - “For Alisse Beethoven” (1969, Israel/Germany/USA) 05 [11'23"] Piero PICCIONI - “Blue Rhythm Festival” (1968, Italy) 06 [14'20"] Stevie WONDER - “Look Around” (1971, USA) 07 [17'03"] Vladimir USSACHEVSKY - “Sketch 2″ (1971, Russia/USA) 08 [17'54"] Bruno SPOERRI - “Les Electroniciens” (1971, Germany) 09 [19'48"] The OPEN WINDOW - “4:00AM June, The Sky Was Green” (1969, USA) Side B: 01 [00'00"] Jorge BEN - “Take It Easy, My Brother Charlie” (1969, Brazil) 02 [02'33"] Dionysis SAVOPOULOS - “O Paliatsos Ki O Listis” (1971, Greece) 03 [05'20"] Hugo MONTENEGRO - “Peace Train” (1971, USA) 04 [07'50"] Andy LOORE - “Mixed Drums” (1970, Yugoslavia/France) 05 [09'29"] Yuya UCHIDA & THE FLOWERS - “Greasy Heart” (1969, Japan) 06 [13'17"] The FUNKEES - “The Dancing Time” (1971, Nigeria) 07 [16'32"] TRUST - “Les Blés” (1970, France) 08 [20'04"] Simon FINN - “Laughing Till Tomorrow” (1970, England) 09 [22'40"] United STATES OF AMERICA - “Coming Down” (1968, USA) Side C: 01 [00'00"] Giancarlo GAZZANI - “Under Drama” (1971, Italy) 02 [02'53"] SPIRIT - “Mellow Fellow” (1969, USA) 03 [06'36"] Bill FAY - “We Have Laid Here” (1971, England) 04 [09'01"] Miles DAVIS - “Willie Nelson (Insert 2)” (1970, USA) 05 [13'15"] Yoko ONO - “Mrs. Lennon” (1971, Japan/USA) 06 [17'22"] György LIGETI - “No. 2, Coulée” (1969, Romania/Austria) 07 [19'34"] Swamp SALAD - “Ode to Billy Joe” (1971, Australia) 08 [22'05"] NICO - “Nibelungen” (1968, Germany) Side D: 01 [00'00"] CAN - “Turtles Have Short Legs” (1971, Germany) 02 [03'01"] Stark REALITY - “Cooking” (1970, USA) 03 [05'37"] Ennio MORRICONE - “Guardami Negli Occhi” (1969, Italy) 04 [07'45"] Black HEAT - “Wanoah” (1971, USA) 05 [10'15"] Saka ACQUAYE - “Akudonno” (1969, Ghana) 06 [12'45"] Francis LAI - “Dans La Poussiere du Soleil” (1971, France) 07 [14'58"] Monk MONTGOMERY - “Fuselage (Part I)” (1971, USA) 08 [17'25"] Isaac HAYES - “Ike’s Mood” (1970, USA) 09 [22'13"] Velvet UNDERGROUND - “I Love You” (1970, USA) [Total Time: 100' 35"] Rough translation, back cover text: “You can feel the change. It’s happening in France. . . but it’s also happening in every corner of the planet! Come with us on a journey to The United States, to Germany, to Russia, to Greece, Nigeria, Israel, England, Japan, Romania, Italy, Ghana—come on a world tour! It’s the whole world, a new revolution on a twelve-inch platter! Feel the funky rhythms, ride the shimmering strings, bounce with the bass, know the new sound, hear the new voice. This is your time, this is our time—on Le Tour du Monde!” Reiussue Notes: We at the Musicophilia reissue program are proud to bring you another killer package from France’s revered Musique du Monde: ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 4′. Another trip around the world from the hippest compilers and listeners at the dawn of the 70s—fifteen countries worth of the Moog-laden, Rhodes-fed, breaks-filled, string-kissed bliss-outs, futurist pop concoctions, mellow moods, and jazzy freak-outs. By 1971, Musique du Monde was in full stride, releasing some of the best (and today, rarest) sound library records in France, but with a growing reputation amongst the cognescenti for their compiling chops through the ‘Le Tour’ and ‘Les Miniatures’ series, released in limited quanties direct to DJs, record store and club owners, and occasionally as scarce commercial releases. And already their ethos of seeing no borders—neither national nor sonic—was in full swing. So on ‘Volume 4,’ with tracks spanning 1968 to early 1971, you’ll find a Greek cover of “All Along the Watchtower;” a Japanese cover of Jefferson Airplane’s “Greasy Heart,” and a sunshine-pop cover of “Peace Train;” Vladimir Ussachevsky and Gyorgy Ligeti alongside Isaac Hayes, Bill Fay and Jorge Ben; high-life from Ghana, and Afrobeat from Nigeria; Yoko Ono presaging Big Star; unique takes on funk from Italy, Germany, and Australia alongside Miles Davis breaking it down hard with Sonny Sharrock; foundational synth-pop from Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gershon Kingsley, and Hugo Montenegro; and unreleased or rare (at the time) demos and singles from Can, Nico, the Velvet Underground, Bruno Spoerri, and Curtis Mayfield, among others. ‘Volume 4′ transports us not just through many places but wholly to another time, when possibilities were infinite and boundaries were for breaking. We may never regain the openness to change and hopeful eagerness for the future that Musique du Monde captures here—but it remains, now as then, “our time” to enjoy, our “new sound” to experience. — I. Sonnecomme, December, 2008
Side A: 01 [00'00"] Jean-Jacques PERREY - “E.V.A.” (1970, France) 02 [03'06"] Curtis MAYFIELD - “Underground (Demo)” (1970, USA) 03 [06'12"] Roy BUDD - “Goodbye Carter!” (1971, England) 04 [09'18"] Gershon KINGSLEY - “For Alisse Beethoven” (1969, Israel/Germany/USA) 05 [11'23"] Piero PICCIONI - “Blue Rhythm Festival” (1968, Italy) 06 [14'20"] Stevie WONDER - “Look Around” (1971, USA) 07 [17'03"] Vladimir USSACHEVSKY - “Sketch 2″ (1971, Russia/USA) 08 [17'54"] Bruno SPOERRI - “Les Electroniciens” (1971, Germany) 09 [19'48"] The OPEN WINDOW - “4:00AM June, The Sky Was Green” (1969, USA)
Side B: 01 [00'00"] Jorge BEN - “Take It Easy, My Brother Charlie” (1969, Brazil) 02 [02'33"] Dionysis SAVOPOULOS - “O Paliatsos Ki O Listis” (1971, Greece) 03 [05'20"] Hugo MONTENEGRO - “Peace Train” (1971, USA) 04 [07'50"] Andy LOORE - “Mixed Drums” (1970, Yugoslavia/France) 05 [09'29"] Yuya UCHIDA & THE FLOWERS - “Greasy Heart” (1969, Japan) 06 [13'17"] The FUNKEES - “The Dancing Time” (1971, Nigeria) 07 [16'32"] TRUST - “Les Blés” (1970, France) 08 [20'04"] Simon FINN - “Laughing Till Tomorrow” (1970, England) 09 [22'40"] United STATES OF AMERICA - “Coming Down” (1968, USA)
Side C: 01 [00'00"] Giancarlo GAZZANI - “Under Drama” (1971, Italy) 02 [02'53"] SPIRIT - “Mellow Fellow” (1969, USA) 03 [06'36"] Bill FAY - “We Have Laid Here” (1971, England) 04 [09'01"] Miles DAVIS - “Willie Nelson (Insert 2)” (1970, USA) 05 [13'15"] Yoko ONO - “Mrs. Lennon” (1971, Japan/USA) 06 [17'22"] György LIGETI - “No. 2, Coulée” (1969, Romania/Austria) 07 [19'34"] Swamp SALAD - “Ode to Billy Joe” (1971, Australia) 08 [22'05"] NICO - “Nibelungen” (1968, Germany)
Side D: 01 [00'00"] CAN - “Turtles Have Short Legs” (1971, Germany) 02 [03'01"] Stark REALITY - “Cooking” (1970, USA) 03 [05'37"] Ennio MORRICONE - “Guardami Negli Occhi” (1969, Italy) 04 [07'45"] Black HEAT - “Wanoah” (1971, USA) 05 [10'15"] Saka ACQUAYE - “Akudonno” (1969, Ghana) 06 [12'45"] Francis LAI - “Dans La Poussiere du Soleil” (1971, France) 07 [14'58"] Monk MONTGOMERY - “Fuselage (Part I)” (1971, USA) 08 [17'25"] Isaac HAYES - “Ike’s Mood” (1970, USA) 09 [22'13"] Velvet UNDERGROUND - “I Love You” (1970, USA)
[Total Time: 100' 35"]
Rough translation, back cover text: “You can feel the change. It’s happening in France. . . but it’s also happening in every corner of the planet! Come with us on a journey to The United States, to Germany, to Russia, to Greece, Nigeria, Israel, England, Japan, Romania, Italy, Ghana—come on a world tour! It’s the whole world, a new revolution on a twelve-inch platter! Feel the funky rhythms, ride the shimmering strings, bounce with the bass, know the new sound, hear the new voice. This is your time, this is our time—on Le Tour du Monde!”
Reiussue Notes: We at the Musicophilia reissue program are proud to bring you another killer package from France’s revered Musique du Monde: ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 4′. Another trip around the world from the hippest compilers and listeners at the dawn of the 70s—fifteen countries worth of the Moog-laden, Rhodes-fed, breaks-filled, string-kissed bliss-outs, futurist pop concoctions, mellow moods, and jazzy freak-outs. By 1971, Musique du Monde was in full stride, releasing some of the best (and today, rarest) sound library records in France, but with a growing reputation amongst the cognescenti for their compiling chops through the ‘Le Tour’ and ‘Les Miniatures’ series, released in limited quanties direct to DJs, record store and club owners, and occasionally as scarce commercial releases. And already their ethos of seeing no borders—neither national nor sonic—was in full swing. So on ‘Volume 4,’ with tracks spanning 1968 to early 1971, you’ll find a Greek cover of “All Along the Watchtower;” a Japanese cover of Jefferson Airplane’s “Greasy Heart,” and a sunshine-pop cover of “Peace Train;” Vladimir Ussachevsky and Gyorgy Ligeti alongside Isaac Hayes, Bill Fay and Jorge Ben; high-life from Ghana, and Afrobeat from Nigeria; Yoko Ono presaging Big Star; unique takes on funk from Italy, Germany, and Australia alongside Miles Davis breaking it down hard with Sonny Sharrock; foundational synth-pop from Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gershon Kingsley, and Hugo Montenegro; and unreleased or rare (at the time) demos and singles from Can, Nico, the Velvet Underground, Bruno Spoerri, and Curtis Mayfield, among others. ‘Volume 4′ transports us not just through many places but wholly to another time, when possibilities were infinite and boundaries were for breaking. We may never regain the openness to change and hopeful eagerness for the future that Musique du Monde captures here—but it remains, now as then, “our time” to enjoy, our “new sound” to experience. — I. Sonnecomme, December, 2008
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― Soundslike, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Seems the upload for 'Volume 4' was down last night--I've re-upped, should work now.
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm listening to the Complicity stuff now. It's mostly really, really good. It's been awhile since I appreciated music that sounds like this. It's funny I've had Aphex Twin's SAWII on my iPod for weeks waiting for the moment when I'll want to hear it again and I ended up just taking it off my iPod! But some of this Complicity stuff really fills a need. I like that you used the sound of rain...I heard something else like that recently that made me want to pull out THAT Cure song, but I didn't.
― Beehive Reptile (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 14 December 2008 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
5th disc from the 1981 set is up:
http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/00_1981-heart_1981_coversmall.jpg?w=500&h=500
1 9 8 1 | Heart01 Cure, The - All Cats Are Grey [5:24]02 Passions - Alice's Song [3:13]03 Depeche Mode - Any Second Now (Voices) [2:35]04 Durutti Column - The Missing Boy [6:38]05 Costello, Elvis & The Attractions - Gloomy Sunday [3:15]06 MX-80 - Promise of Love [4:40]07 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (Edit) [3:22]08 New Order - Doubts Even Here [4:20]09 Shelley, Pete - It's Hard Enough Knowing (Edit) [2:50]10 Sound, The - Winning [4:18]11 Japan - Ghosts [4:34]12 This Heat - A New Kind Of Water [5:02]13 Raincoats - Only Loved At Night [3:30]14 Gist - Love at First Sight [3:42]15 Numan, Gary - Dance [2:45]16 Psychedelic Furs - No Tears [3:16]17 Gang of Four - Paralysed [3:23]18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Romance Of The Telescope [3:19]19 Ultravox - Rage In Eden [4:12]20 Weekend - Nostalgia (Demo) [5:21]
01 Cure, The - All Cats Are Grey [5:24]02 Passions - Alice's Song [3:13]03 Depeche Mode - Any Second Now (Voices) [2:35]04 Durutti Column - The Missing Boy [6:38]05 Costello, Elvis & The Attractions - Gloomy Sunday [3:15]06 MX-80 - Promise of Love [4:40]07 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (Edit) [3:22]08 New Order - Doubts Even Here [4:20]09 Shelley, Pete - It's Hard Enough Knowing (Edit) [2:50]10 Sound, The - Winning [4:18]11 Japan - Ghosts [4:34]12 This Heat - A New Kind Of Water [5:02]13 Raincoats - Only Loved At Night [3:30]14 Gist - Love at First Sight [3:42]15 Numan, Gary - Dance [2:45]16 Psychedelic Furs - No Tears [3:16]17 Gang of Four - Paralysed [3:23]18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Romance Of The Telescope [3:19]19 Ultravox - Rage In Eden [4:12]20 Weekend - Nostalgia (Demo) [5:21]
One of the best in the set, with many of the strongest tracks of the year, in my opinion. Give a listen.
― Soundslike, Monday, 15 December 2008 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks a lot, Bimble. I'm glad you like it. The weird thing is, when I recorded it, I hadn't heard Aphex Twin (nor Tangerine Dream nor early Cluster. . .) so I'm not sure where to think it fits in.
― Soundslike, Monday, 15 December 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I just listened to that Heart disc last week -- probably my favorite in terms of mix/flow on that 1981 set! Especially that you put the best-known Talking Heads track right there in the middle, instead of picking something more obscure. It's kind of like you can hear about a hundred different musical elements from 1981 coalesce triumphantly into that one song. Anyway, it made me hear "Once In A Lifetime" in a whole new way, which is saying something, since that song is pretty much inescapable.
― tylerw, Monday, 15 December 2008 15:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Tyler--
I couldn't not include "Once in a Lifetime"--it's one of the few post-punk tracks I remember from my childhood, having a very strong emotional response to it (the video in particular). I was an odd kid, I guess, but as a kid, all I heard was a joyous feeling in it, obviously the satirical or critical elements, the "how is this my life, this is not what I expected" elements didn't reach me. And I still like to try to imagine it with a purely earnest spin, more seeing ones life and being astonished that one is surrounded by beauty. But you're right--it's pretty much got a lot of the best qualities of post-punk rolled up into one--sort of funny that I loved Talking Heads as a 13-17 year old, but never really had any inkling they were part of a broader picture. It still comes back to them for me, now that I've heard hundreds and hundreds of their compatriots. I'm glad the context made it feel new for you, that's everything I could hope for when I include things everyone already knows in mixes.
― Soundslike, Monday, 15 December 2008 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks for the blog, Soundslike. I'm really enjoying the Tour Du Monde stuff in particular.
― Daniel Giraffe, Monday, 15 December 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Glad you like it, Daniel. A third series, besides 'Le Tour du Monde' and 'Les Miniatures,' is about to be discovered from the Musique du Monde label from a few years later I hope you'll like. . .
― Soundslike, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Third mix of the heavy-mixing sort posted:
http://www.mediafire.com/?z0uz1wmwxjq
Various Artists - The Somnambulist (1908-2007)01 [00:00 - 01:20] Reich, Steve - New York Counterpoint: Fast (1985)02 [00:05 - 05:00] Hayward, Charles - Lopside (1990)03 [00:05 - 06:35] Oliveros, Pauline - Big Mother is Watching You (1966)04 [01:20 - 08:30] Young, LaMonte - Well Tuned Piano (1964)05 [02:00 - 05:00] Eno, Brian - Drift (1983)06 [02:25 - 06:10] Morricone, Ennio - Astrazione Con Ritmo (1973)07 [03:30 - 06:00] Stockhausen, Karlhenz - Kontakte: Structur V (1959)08 [03:30 - 06:10] Xenakis, Iannis - Metaux (1979)09 [03:40 - 06:55] Deadbeat - Sunday Morning (2001)10 [04:30 - 06:50] Hu Vibrational - Her Dream of Peace (2006)11 [04:35 - 07:05] Ravel, Maurice - Ma Mere l'Oye: Le Jardin Feerique (1908)12 [04:40 - 08:10] Cage, John - Sonata XIII (1947)13 [04:55 - 11:45] Burning Star Core - Deaf-Mute Spinning Resonator (2006)14 [05:25 - 12:20] Raajimakers, Dick - Ein Reiterstuck (1966)15 [05:35 - 06:35] Drake, Nick - Sketch 1 (1967)16 [05:45 - 06:50] Robb, JD - Collage (1970)17 [06:30 - 09:30] Schulze, Klaus - Satz-Gewitter (1972)18 [06:40 - 10:00] Davis, Miles - Rated X (1975)19 [06:50 - 11:10] Einsturzende Neubauten - Ragout Kuchen Rezpt Von Einsturze (1998)20 [07:00 - 12:45] Deuter - Atlantis (1971)21 [07:55 - 14:40] Branca, Glenn - Harmonic Series Chords (1981)22 [09:00 - 12:00] Morricone, Ennio - Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri (1969)23 [09:15 - 15:10] Ferrari, Luc - Interrupteur (1967)24 [09:50 - 16:25] Autechre - VI Scose Poise (2001)25 [10:00 - 13:20] Neu! - Super 16 (1973)26 [10:05 - 15:05] Cale, John - Wall (1970)27 [10:30 - 15:20] Cluster - Hollywood (1975)28 [11:10 - 18:15] Cage, John - Rozart Mix (1965)29 [12:00 - 15:00] Lucier, Alvin - A Tribute to James Tenney, Part 4 (1986)30 [12:45 - 25:40] Pauser, Erik & C.M. von Hauswolff - Phaus Eternal Love (1993)31 [12:50 - 29:30] Menche, Daniel - Jugularis, Part 1 (2006)32 [14:40 - 19:20] Morricone, Ennio - Fumeria D'Oppio (1981)33 [14:50 - 19:30] Burial - Ghost Hardware (2007)34 [15:15 - 19:45] Dockstader, Tod - Wire (2005)35 [15:55 - 20:10] Stockhausen, Karlheinz - Kontakte: Struktur X (1959)36 [16:20 - 22:05] Czukay, Holger - Canaxis (1969)37 [17:40 - 20:30] Bhutan Tibetan Monks - Cross-Flute Folk Song (1971)38 [18:00 - 22:10] Cage, John - Quietly Flowing Along (1950)39 [18:50 - 21:45] Sharrock, Sonny - Blind Willy (1969)40 [19:45 - 23:30] Defever, Warn - Jewel (2000)41 [20:05 - 24:40] Battiato, Franco - Nel Cantiere Di Un Infanzia (1973)42 [21:00 - 23:30] Pablo, Augustus & King Tubby - King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown (1975)43 [21:30 - 28:00] Aksak Maboul - Masoul Alakefak (1979)44 [22:00 - 30:20] Conrad, Tony & Faust - From the Side of the Machine (1972)45 [22:15 - 31:40] Harrison, George - Under the Mersey Wall (1969)46 [25:05 - 33:00] Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. - Cloudscape For Peggy (1970)47 [25:45 - 30:55] Kraftwerk - Megahertz (1971)48 [28:05 - 32:30] 23 Skidoo - Mahkala (1982)49 [28:30 - 31:50] Dockstader, Tod - Bottom (2005)50 [29:00 - 34:30] King Crimson - Trio (1974)51 [29:10 - 33:45] Soundslike - Ghost Sketch (2007)52 [30:10 - 34:05] Bhutan Tibetan Monks - Dramnyen Choshe (1971)53 [30:25 - 35:30] Funkstorung - Mind the Gap (2000)54 [30:20 - 36:10] Chatham, Rhys - Two Gongs (1971)55 [32:00 - 35:00] Peruvian Folk Musicians - Mauca Zapotoyke (1969)56 [32:15 - 38:25] Oliveros, Pauline - Bye Bye Butterfly (1965)57 [33:30 - 38:20] Agitation Free - Ala Tul (1972)58 [33:55 - 38:50] Sanders, Pharoah - Red, Black & Green (1971)59 [35:30 - 41:10] Bryars, Gavin - Sub Rosa (1986)60 [36:15 - 40:55] Tortoise - Blue Station (2001)61 [37:20 - 39:30] Otis, Shuggie - Freedom Flight (1971)62 [38:45 - 41:50] Huun Huur Tu - Harmonics in the Wind (1999)
01 [00:00 - 01:20] Reich, Steve - New York Counterpoint: Fast (1985)02 [00:05 - 05:00] Hayward, Charles - Lopside (1990)03 [00:05 - 06:35] Oliveros, Pauline - Big Mother is Watching You (1966)04 [01:20 - 08:30] Young, LaMonte - Well Tuned Piano (1964)05 [02:00 - 05:00] Eno, Brian - Drift (1983)06 [02:25 - 06:10] Morricone, Ennio - Astrazione Con Ritmo (1973)07 [03:30 - 06:00] Stockhausen, Karlhenz - Kontakte: Structur V (1959)08 [03:30 - 06:10] Xenakis, Iannis - Metaux (1979)09 [03:40 - 06:55] Deadbeat - Sunday Morning (2001)10 [04:30 - 06:50] Hu Vibrational - Her Dream of Peace (2006)11 [04:35 - 07:05] Ravel, Maurice - Ma Mere l'Oye: Le Jardin Feerique (1908)12 [04:40 - 08:10] Cage, John - Sonata XIII (1947)13 [04:55 - 11:45] Burning Star Core - Deaf-Mute Spinning Resonator (2006)14 [05:25 - 12:20] Raajimakers, Dick - Ein Reiterstuck (1966)15 [05:35 - 06:35] Drake, Nick - Sketch 1 (1967)16 [05:45 - 06:50] Robb, JD - Collage (1970)17 [06:30 - 09:30] Schulze, Klaus - Satz-Gewitter (1972)18 [06:40 - 10:00] Davis, Miles - Rated X (1975)19 [06:50 - 11:10] Einsturzende Neubauten - Ragout Kuchen Rezpt Von Einsturze (1998)20 [07:00 - 12:45] Deuter - Atlantis (1971)21 [07:55 - 14:40] Branca, Glenn - Harmonic Series Chords (1981)22 [09:00 - 12:00] Morricone, Ennio - Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri (1969)23 [09:15 - 15:10] Ferrari, Luc - Interrupteur (1967)24 [09:50 - 16:25] Autechre - VI Scose Poise (2001)25 [10:00 - 13:20] Neu! - Super 16 (1973)26 [10:05 - 15:05] Cale, John - Wall (1970)27 [10:30 - 15:20] Cluster - Hollywood (1975)28 [11:10 - 18:15] Cage, John - Rozart Mix (1965)29 [12:00 - 15:00] Lucier, Alvin - A Tribute to James Tenney, Part 4 (1986)30 [12:45 - 25:40] Pauser, Erik & C.M. von Hauswolff - Phaus Eternal Love (1993)31 [12:50 - 29:30] Menche, Daniel - Jugularis, Part 1 (2006)32 [14:40 - 19:20] Morricone, Ennio - Fumeria D'Oppio (1981)33 [14:50 - 19:30] Burial - Ghost Hardware (2007)34 [15:15 - 19:45] Dockstader, Tod - Wire (2005)35 [15:55 - 20:10] Stockhausen, Karlheinz - Kontakte: Struktur X (1959)36 [16:20 - 22:05] Czukay, Holger - Canaxis (1969)37 [17:40 - 20:30] Bhutan Tibetan Monks - Cross-Flute Folk Song (1971)38 [18:00 - 22:10] Cage, John - Quietly Flowing Along (1950)39 [18:50 - 21:45] Sharrock, Sonny - Blind Willy (1969)40 [19:45 - 23:30] Defever, Warn - Jewel (2000)41 [20:05 - 24:40] Battiato, Franco - Nel Cantiere Di Un Infanzia (1973)42 [21:00 - 23:30] Pablo, Augustus & King Tubby - King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown (1975)43 [21:30 - 28:00] Aksak Maboul - Masoul Alakefak (1979)44 [22:00 - 30:20] Conrad, Tony & Faust - From the Side of the Machine (1972)45 [22:15 - 31:40] Harrison, George - Under the Mersey Wall (1969)46 [25:05 - 33:00] Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. - Cloudscape For Peggy (1970)47 [25:45 - 30:55] Kraftwerk - Megahertz (1971)48 [28:05 - 32:30] 23 Skidoo - Mahkala (1982)49 [28:30 - 31:50] Dockstader, Tod - Bottom (2005)50 [29:00 - 34:30] King Crimson - Trio (1974)51 [29:10 - 33:45] Soundslike - Ghost Sketch (2007)52 [30:10 - 34:05] Bhutan Tibetan Monks - Dramnyen Choshe (1971)53 [30:25 - 35:30] Funkstorung - Mind the Gap (2000)54 [30:20 - 36:10] Chatham, Rhys - Two Gongs (1971)55 [32:00 - 35:00] Peruvian Folk Musicians - Mauca Zapotoyke (1969)56 [32:15 - 38:25] Oliveros, Pauline - Bye Bye Butterfly (1965)57 [33:30 - 38:20] Agitation Free - Ala Tul (1972)58 [33:55 - 38:50] Sanders, Pharoah - Red, Black & Green (1971)59 [35:30 - 41:10] Bryars, Gavin - Sub Rosa (1986)60 [36:15 - 40:55] Tortoise - Blue Station (2001)61 [37:20 - 39:30] Otis, Shuggie - Freedom Flight (1971)62 [38:45 - 41:50] Huun Huur Tu - Harmonics in the Wind (1999)
This one is for the ghost-hunters and sound-as-music geeks. That's not to say it's uneasy listening. . .
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 13:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Cover for that last one:
http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/00_various_-_the-somnambulist_1908-2007_coversmall.jpg?w=500&h=500
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
The sixth '1981' mix went up yesterday:
http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/1981_individual-mixes_cassettesmall.jpg?w=500&h=500
[b]1 9 8 1 | Cassette[b] 01 Clean, The - Billy Two [2:22] 02 Fall, The - Lie Dream of a Casino Soul [3:09] 03 Dow Jones & The Industrials - Ladies With Appliances [2:22] 04 Ludus - Mutilate [2:33] 05 Nervous Gender - Fat Cow [2:37] 06 49 Americans - Love at first sight [1:23] 07 Plasticland - Office Skills [1:43] 08 Beakers, The - Four Steps Toward A Cultural Revolution [1:29] 09 Felt - Something Sends Me to Sleep [2:54] 10 Work - Duty [1:02] 11 Fall of Saigon - Blue Eyes [2:00] 12 Blackouts, The - Dead Man’s Curve [3:26] 13 Scapa Flow - Somewhere [2:41] 14 Dancing Cigarettes - Mr Morse [1:23] 15 Amoebas In Chaos - Designer Genes [1:28] 16 Tall Dwarfs - All My Hollowness to You [2:20] 17 Monitor - Amphibious [3:04] 18 Dolphins - She Took a Long Cold Look [1:20] 19 Blue Orchids - Bad Education [2:28] 20 Watt, Ben - Departure [1:34] 21 Neonbabies - Profi [Edit] [3:20] 22 Voice Farm - AM City [Edit] [1:31] 23 Laughing Apple - Wouldn’t You [2:16] 24 Social Climbers - Hello Texas [2:09] 25 Der Plan - Das Insekt [1:30] 26 Biting Tongues - Reflector [2:40] 27 Flux of Pink Indians - Sick Butchers [2:27] 28 Aztec Camera - Lost Outside The Tunnel [3:29] 29 Diagram Brothers - Bricks [2:43] 30 Human Switchboard - I Used to Believe in You [3:56] 31 Half Japanese - My Knowledge Was Wrong [0:55] 32 Television Personalities - This Angry Silence [2:38] 33 Philosophic Collage - Toxic Poppies [1:32] 34 Violent Femmes - Waiting For The Bus [Demo] [2:07] 35 Thick Pigeon - Silhouettes [3:23]
01 Clean, The - Billy Two [2:22] 02 Fall, The - Lie Dream of a Casino Soul [3:09] 03 Dow Jones & The Industrials - Ladies With Appliances [2:22] 04 Ludus - Mutilate [2:33] 05 Nervous Gender - Fat Cow [2:37] 06 49 Americans - Love at first sight [1:23] 07 Plasticland - Office Skills [1:43] 08 Beakers, The - Four Steps Toward A Cultural Revolution [1:29] 09 Felt - Something Sends Me to Sleep [2:54] 10 Work - Duty [1:02] 11 Fall of Saigon - Blue Eyes [2:00] 12 Blackouts, The - Dead Man’s Curve [3:26] 13 Scapa Flow - Somewhere [2:41] 14 Dancing Cigarettes - Mr Morse [1:23] 15 Amoebas In Chaos - Designer Genes [1:28] 16 Tall Dwarfs - All My Hollowness to You [2:20] 17 Monitor - Amphibious [3:04] 18 Dolphins - She Took a Long Cold Look [1:20] 19 Blue Orchids - Bad Education [2:28] 20 Watt, Ben - Departure [1:34] 21 Neonbabies - Profi [Edit] [3:20] 22 Voice Farm - AM City [Edit] [1:31] 23 Laughing Apple - Wouldn’t You [2:16] 24 Social Climbers - Hello Texas [2:09] 25 Der Plan - Das Insekt [1:30] 26 Biting Tongues - Reflector [2:40] 27 Flux of Pink Indians - Sick Butchers [2:27] 28 Aztec Camera - Lost Outside The Tunnel [3:29] 29 Diagram Brothers - Bricks [2:43] 30 Human Switchboard - I Used to Believe in You [3:56] 31 Half Japanese - My Knowledge Was Wrong [0:55] 32 Television Personalities - This Angry Silence [2:38] 33 Philosophic Collage - Toxic Poppies [1:32] 34 Violent Femmes - Waiting For The Bus [Demo] [2:07] 35 Thick Pigeon - Silhouettes [3:23]
Three more to go!
― Soundslike, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
i love you
― cutty, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 22:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Do I know you?
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 09:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha beautiful goth sleeve for the Somnambulist! AWESOME. ;)
― Geese Is The Word (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Wednesday, 24 December 2008 10:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay finally found the link for the Somnabulist 3 mix. My god you don't make it easy!
― Geese Is The Word (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Wednesday, 24 December 2008 10:17 (fifteen years ago) link
like, in real life?
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know what you mean by that. Sorry.
― Geese Is The Word (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Wednesday, 24 December 2008 14:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i wasn't talking to you, bimble.
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
but i love you, too
Haha okay sorry. Kate Bush fans need to stick together, anyway. :)
― Geese Is The Word (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Wednesday, 24 December 2008 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
also you should love me for posting that cocteau twins video that you jizzed all over
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
This has gone south quickly. . .
Not in real life--at all?
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
i bought the 1981 set from you when it came out. you've spoken to me upthread and in the 1981 thread. i've been on ILX for a long time. i don't understand your question, really.
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
what would knowing me entail?
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry, no big deal. Just thought given your upthread comment re: Bimble etc., I didn't know what to make of your next comment. Ah, internet communication.
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm listening to 1981 Cassette right now. I've heard of half the bands, and maybe not heard any of the songs before. It amazes me that there is always so much more to hear, even in areas I'm familiar with. thanks.
Is the one called Der Plan - Das Insekt a cover version? It seemed familiar.
― james k polk, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
James--
Hmm-- not being German nor a deep expert in DNW, I'm not sure, but I didn't think so. It does sort of sound like a children's song, though, from some sort of nature program : )
Making the '1981' box was a years-long exploration of exactly that endlessness you're describing. When I started culling the mix, I probably only knew 3/4ths of what eventually ended up in the box, maybe 1/2 or less of what was in the 'Briefcase' appendix mp3 disc--spent nearly two years buying almost exclusively post-punk, which had already been a fixture for a while. And the year 1981 in particular is truly never ending, and I didn't even try to cover disco, electro-disco, hi-NRG, hip-hop, etc. with the box. Even though I sort of burnt out on post-punk a little, to this day, without trying (indeed almost avoiding the stuff) I still discover something else from '81 almost every week or two.
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Went over 2,500 downloads yesterday, very cool. Thanks everyone for listening!
― Soundslike, Friday, 26 December 2008 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
everyone loves the 1981 guy
still got my copy beside me
― cozwn, Sunday, 28 December 2008 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
dude gets all weird when you tell him you love him
― cutty, Sunday, 28 December 2008 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link
: )
Love the music, not me ; )
― Soundslike, Monday, 29 December 2008 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link
That Somnambulist mix looks fantastic - both tracklist & sleeve. Will download when home..
― willem, Monday, 29 December 2008 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Hope you like it, Willem. Those sort of mixes are my personal faves, the ones I most enjoy doing--I guess they're the closest to an actually creative act on my part, more expressive. But unsurprisingly, they're the least popular/downloaded.
Got one I think has turned out really great that's a little less dense, that's going to be part of a blog-post-swap between me and Andrew M. aka Ettiem at his Gris Gris On Your Doorstep blog (which everyone should be checking out). It's a really spooky, sort of story-telling thing.
― Soundslike, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 08:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Happy New Year, everyone! Thanks to everybody checking out these mixes, and I hope you'll stick with me, got over a dozen new mixes in the works that I'm really excited about.
Here's a quick 2008 (um, and 2007) look back, saying goodbye to the last eight. . .
http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/various_-_get-off-my-lawn-2008_2008_coversmall.jpg?w=500&h=500
Various - Get Off My Lawn, 2008, And You Too, 2007! A Curmudgeon’s Guide to Fun During the Apocalypse Part 1 01 [00:00] Matt Anders - “Are You Afraid To Die” (Unreleased, 2008) 02 [03:07] Ayatollah - “Charlie Is Brown” (Louder, 2008) 03 [05:03] Erykah Badu - “The Healer” (New Amerykah Part One, 2008) 04 [09:05] Idol Fodder - “Analyse My Life” (Babytalk, 2007) 05 [12:06] Re-Up Gang - “Money” (Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang, 2008) 06 [15:32] Retribution Gospel Choir - “Easy Prey” (Retribution Gospel Choir, 2008) 07 [17:48] Matmos - “Polychords” (Supreme Balloon, 2008) 08 [21:12] Glass Candy - “Rolling Down the Hills” (Beat Box, 2007) 09 [24:24] Burial - “Archangel” (Untrue, 2007) 10 [28:06] Portishead - “The Rip” (3, 2008) Part 2 11 [00:00] J-Dilla - “Say It” (Jay Loves Japan, 2008) 12 [02:50] Caribou - “Sundialing” (Andorra, 2007) 13 [07:13] Gnarls Barkley - “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” (The Odd Couple, 2008) 14 [10:21] Tauchsieder - “Clubbed” (Louder, 2007) 15 [13:55] Spiritualized - “Death Take Your Fiddle” (Songs in A&E, 2008) 16 [16:52] Voodoo Economics - “”What if Those Heavy Things. . .” (If : Then :: Iminami, 2007) 17 [19:39] The Roots - “Get Busy” (Rising Down, 2008) 18 [23:09] Robert Wyatt - “Stay Tuned” (Comicopra, 2007) 19 [26:48] Radiohead - “4 Minute Warning” (In Rainbows, Part 2, 2007) [Total Time: 63:01]
Part 1 01 [00:00] Matt Anders - “Are You Afraid To Die” (Unreleased, 2008) 02 [03:07] Ayatollah - “Charlie Is Brown” (Louder, 2008) 03 [05:03] Erykah Badu - “The Healer” (New Amerykah Part One, 2008) 04 [09:05] Idol Fodder - “Analyse My Life” (Babytalk, 2007) 05 [12:06] Re-Up Gang - “Money” (Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang, 2008) 06 [15:32] Retribution Gospel Choir - “Easy Prey” (Retribution Gospel Choir, 2008) 07 [17:48] Matmos - “Polychords” (Supreme Balloon, 2008) 08 [21:12] Glass Candy - “Rolling Down the Hills” (Beat Box, 2007) 09 [24:24] Burial - “Archangel” (Untrue, 2007) 10 [28:06] Portishead - “The Rip” (3, 2008)
Part 2 11 [00:00] J-Dilla - “Say It” (Jay Loves Japan, 2008) 12 [02:50] Caribou - “Sundialing” (Andorra, 2007) 13 [07:13] Gnarls Barkley - “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” (The Odd Couple, 2008) 14 [10:21] Tauchsieder - “Clubbed” (Louder, 2007) 15 [13:55] Spiritualized - “Death Take Your Fiddle” (Songs in A&E, 2008) 16 [16:52] Voodoo Economics - “”What if Those Heavy Things. . .” (If : Then :: Iminami, 2007) 17 [19:39] The Roots - “Get Busy” (Rising Down, 2008) 18 [23:09] Robert Wyatt - “Stay Tuned” (Comicopra, 2007) 19 [26:48] Radiohead - “4 Minute Warning” (In Rainbows, Part 2, 2007)
[Total Time: 63:01]
― Soundslike, Thursday, 1 January 2009 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
First mix of the new year starting the year off on a mellow note (but with more ambitious things are soon to come).
http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/miniatures-lullabies-no-1.jpg?w=500&h=500
Various - Miniatures : Lullaby No. 1 (1957-2004)01 [00:00] Nick Drake - "Horn" (1972)02 [01:19] Jeremy Enigk - "Lewis Hollow" (1996)03 [03:13] Björk - "Show Me Forgiveness" (2004)04 [04:33] Sylvie Courvoisier - "Turoine" (2003)05 [05:30] Felt - "Red Indians" (1984)06 [07:24] Burmese Choir - "Kukburi Sifoa" (1974)07 [08:36] Low - "Try Try Try" (1995)08 [09:07] Bob Dylan - "Man On the Street" (1964)09 [10:59] Big Star - "Blue Moon" (1976)10 [12:59] Leo Kottke - "The Driving of the Year" (1971)11 [14:53] Modern Lovers - "Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste" (1972)12 [16:29] Moondog - "Sextet" (1957)13 [17:57] Bahaman Folk Musicians - "I Told You People Judgement Coming" (1965)14 [18:48] Syd Barrett - "She Took a Long Cold Look" (1970)15 [20:36] Willie Nelson - "Minuet in G" (1975)16 [21:10] Can - "Ethnological Forgery Series, No. 8" (1975)17 [22:45] Mark Kozelek - "Love Hungry Man" (2001)18 [24:23] Saka Acquaye - "Kenya Sunset" (1969)19 [25:52] Tyrannosaurus Rex - "The Misty Coast of Albany" (1969)20 [27:20] Bali Gamelan - "Tjatrik II" (1969)21 [28:27] Cat Power - "I Found a Reason" (2000)[Total Time: 30:28]
01 [00:00] Nick Drake - "Horn" (1972)02 [01:19] Jeremy Enigk - "Lewis Hollow" (1996)03 [03:13] Björk - "Show Me Forgiveness" (2004)04 [04:33] Sylvie Courvoisier - "Turoine" (2003)05 [05:30] Felt - "Red Indians" (1984)06 [07:24] Burmese Choir - "Kukburi Sifoa" (1974)07 [08:36] Low - "Try Try Try" (1995)08 [09:07] Bob Dylan - "Man On the Street" (1964)09 [10:59] Big Star - "Blue Moon" (1976)10 [12:59] Leo Kottke - "The Driving of the Year" (1971)11 [14:53] Modern Lovers - "Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste" (1972)12 [16:29] Moondog - "Sextet" (1957)13 [17:57] Bahaman Folk Musicians - "I Told You People Judgement Coming" (1965)14 [18:48] Syd Barrett - "She Took a Long Cold Look" (1970)15 [20:36] Willie Nelson - "Minuet in G" (1975)16 [21:10] Can - "Ethnological Forgery Series, No. 8" (1975)17 [22:45] Mark Kozelek - "Love Hungry Man" (2001)18 [24:23] Saka Acquaye - "Kenya Sunset" (1969)19 [25:52] Tyrannosaurus Rex - "The Misty Coast of Albany" (1969)20 [27:20] Bali Gamelan - "Tjatrik II" (1969)21 [28:27] Cat Power - "I Found a Reason" (2000)
[Total Time: 30:28]
― Soundslike, Monday, 5 January 2009 12:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Musicophilia's biggest mix yet went up today:
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Various Artists - 'Le Meilleur de Les Rythmes du Monde'(4xLP Box Set, Musique du Monde, France - 1981)Volume OneA1 [00:00] TELEX - "Moskow Diskow" (Looking for Saint Tropez, 1978) BelgiumA2 [04:40] Giorgio MORODER - "From Here to Eternity" (From Here to Eternity, 1977) ItalyA3 [09:35] Moon BIRDS - "Crystal No. 3" (Cosmic No. 1, 1977) FranceA4 [12:10] John FOXX - "Plaza" (Metamatic, 1980) EnglandA5 [15:35] Three DEGREES - "Set Me Free" (3D, 1979) USAA6 [19:35] Mr. PARTRIDGE - "The Forgotten Language of Light" (Take Away/The Lure of Salvage, 1980) EnglandA7 [22:50] Geoff BASTOW - "Communique" (The Video Age, 1980) BelgiumB1 [00:00] Brian ENO - "Untitled" (Unreleased, 1979) EnglandB2 [02:00] Space ART - "Welcome to Love" (Play Back, 1980) FranceB3 [08:15] DROIDS - "Shanti Part I" (Star Peace, 1978) FranceB4 [10:50] Yellow MAGIC ORCHESTRA - "Firecracker" (Yellow Magic Orchestra, 1978) JapanB5 [15:10] PRINCE - "Sexy Dancer" (Prince, 1979) USAB6 [19:10] CAN - "Safe" (Can, 1978) Germany[Total Time: 50:20]Volume TwoC1 [00:00] Hot R.S. - "In a Gadda Da Vida" (Forbidden Fruit, 1978) South AfricaC2 [05:10] Patrick COWLEY - "Megatron Man" (Megatron Man, 1981) USAC3 [09:25] Roland BOCQUET - "Dancing" (Unreleased, 1981) FranceC4 [13:30] Essendon AIRPORT - "How Low Can You Go?" (Sonic Investigations of the Trivial, 1979) AustraliaC5 [15:55] KRAFTWERK - "Spacelab" (The Man-Machine, 1978) GermanyC6 [20:50] Donna SUMMER - "Our Love" (Bad Girls, 1979) USAD1 [00:00] Jean-Phillippe GOUDE - "Machine" (Drones, 1980) FranceD2 [03:50] This HEAT - "24-Track Loop" (This Heat, 1979) EnglandD3 [07:45] LIME - "You're My Magician" (Your Love, 1981) CanadaD4 [13:00] SPARKS - "Tryouts For the Human Race" (No. 1 in Heaven, 1979) USAD5 [18:05] LEDA - "Endless Race" (Welcome to Joyland, 1978) GermanyD6 [21:00] SUICIDE - "Cheree" (Suicide, 1977) USA[Total Time: 49:50]Volume ThreeE1 [00:00] Gary NUMAN - "Everyday I Die" (Tubeway Army, 1978) EnglandE2 [02:00] Grace JONES - "Pull Up To The Bumper" (Nightclubbing, 1981) JamaicaE3 [06:20] Haruomi HOSONO & Tadanori YOKOO - "Malabar Hotel, Upper Floor, Moving Triangle" (Cochin Moon, 1978) JapanE4 [10:25] HELDON - "Les Soucoupes Volantes Vertes" (Interface 1978) FranceE5 [12:05] Loose JOINTS - "Is It All Over My Face" (Is It All Over My Face, 1980) USAE6 [16:30] Liaisons DANGEREUSES - "Peut Etre . . . Pas" (Liaisons Dangereuses, 1981) GermanyE7 [19:45] Munich MACHINE - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (A Whiter Shade of Pale, 1978) ItalyF1 [00:00] FUNKADELIC - "One Nation Under a Groove" (One Nation Under a Groove, 1978) USAF2 [06:00] League UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - "Don't You Want Me" (Unreleased, 1981) EnglandF3 [09:50] Black DEVIL - "No Regrets" (Disco Club, 1978) FranceF4 [14:00] Electronic SYSTEM - "Time Trip" (Disco Machine, 1977) BelgiumF5 [18:15] Dee D. JACKSON - "Automatic Lover" (Cosmic Curves, 1978) ItalyF6 [21:45] Trevor BASTOW - "Better Ways" (The Video Age, 1980) Belgium[Total Time: 50:00]Volume FourG1 [00:00] Depeche MODE - "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead" (Speak & Spell, 1981) EnglandG2 [02:00] CHROMIUM - "Beam On" (Star to Star, 1979) USAG3 [07:05] Ryuichi SAKAMOTO - "Riot in Lagos" (B-2 Unit, 1980) JapanG4 [10:20] TRANSVOLTA - "Disco Computer" (Disco Computer 7", 1979) BelgiumG5 [13:20] Gina X PERFORMANCE - "Nice Mover" (Nice Mover, 1979) GermanyG6 [17:35] Marvin GAYE - "Time To Get It Together" (Here, My Dear, 1978) USAG7 [20:30] British ELECTRONIC FOUNDATION - "Groove Thang" (Music for Listening To, 1981) EnglandH1 [00:00] INDUSTRY - "Ready for the Wave" (Industry EP, 1980) USAH2 [03:25] Akira SAKATA - "Panco" (Tenoch Sakana, 1980) JapanH3 [06:05] Venus GANG - "Love To Fly" (Galactic Soul, 1978) FranceH4 [09:20] BOHANNON - "Listen to the Children Play" (Summertime Groove, 1978) USAH5 [13:30] Francis RIMBERT - "Games" (Bionic Orchestra, 1979) FranceH6 [15:15] ZODIAC - "Zodiac" (Disco Alliance, 1980) USSRH7 [18:40] Aksak MABOUL - "Saure Gurke" (Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine, 1977) BelgiumH8 [19:45] Giorgio MORODER - "I Wanna Rock You" (E=MC2, 1979) Italy[Total Time: 50:05]Rough Translation, Back Cover:"Through the years, Musique du Monde has brought you the cutting edge of listening pleasure. And now, we are proud to present to the general public some of the most amazing sounds from the previously only privately-issued 'Les Rythmes du Monde' series. We continue our tradition of finding you the very best of new music from around the globe, seeking sounds that speak the universal language. Here you will find the pounding rhythms of the discotheque, love songs for fantastic robots, a new electronic era of sexy cosmic fun. Its happening in France, in Italy, in Germany, the United States, Belgium, Japan, South Africa, and have no doubt, in outer-space. This is the sound of the future, but it reaches to the very soul of life, to the elemental rythm of the heart. Switch it on, plug yourself in, and let everything go: become part of the collective music. This is the very best of 'Les Rythmes du Monde'."Reissue Notes:The Musicophilia reissue program is proud to present a major missing piece the history of the Musique du Monde label's golden age: 1981's four-LP box set, 'Le Meilleur de Les Rythmes du Monde'. This set was a 'best of' collection released (in limited quantities) to the public culled from the privately issued and distributed 'Les Rythmes du Monde' set. So far, none of the individual records from that almost mythic series has been unearthed; like other private releases from Musique, it was shipped direct only to a who's-who of music taste-making cognoscenti. It is rumored that Monsieur Jan Marine (one of the founders of Musique du Monde and the label's primary mixer and song-finder for their various compilation series) went to the U.S. and trained in the then-nascent art of beat-matched DJing with Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles, and even Francis Grasso during the mid-70s, in preparation for the label's forays into disco. 'Les Rythmes du Monde,' especially the later volumes from which this 'Best Of' is believed to be culled, brought Musique into new territory for the public ear. But the territory heard here is heavily rooted in the funk, soul, pop, tropicalia, proto-punk, dub, musique concrete, sound library LPs and early electronics that were the focus of earlier 'Le Tour du Monde' and 'Les Miniatures' discs. 'Les Rythmes' was the label's natural extension, and taken together with their work over the previous decade plus, one almost has an "alternate history" of pop music—the history that should have been, or that was, if you knew where to point your ears. So we welcome you to this world of fuzzy electronics, four-on-the-floor beats, floating robot voices, cosmic space-ship chases, and glorious dancefloor hedonism that would itself go on to become the foundation forthe next thirty years of discotheque sound. The graphic design of the record sleeves may be dated and passe, but the sounds found within these sleeves remains as relevant and essential today as ever.— I. Sonnecomme, January 2009
Volume One
A1 [00:00] TELEX - "Moskow Diskow" (Looking for Saint Tropez, 1978) BelgiumA2 [04:40] Giorgio MORODER - "From Here to Eternity" (From Here to Eternity, 1977) ItalyA3 [09:35] Moon BIRDS - "Crystal No. 3" (Cosmic No. 1, 1977) FranceA4 [12:10] John FOXX - "Plaza" (Metamatic, 1980) EnglandA5 [15:35] Three DEGREES - "Set Me Free" (3D, 1979) USAA6 [19:35] Mr. PARTRIDGE - "The Forgotten Language of Light" (Take Away/The Lure of Salvage, 1980) EnglandA7 [22:50] Geoff BASTOW - "Communique" (The Video Age, 1980) Belgium
B1 [00:00] Brian ENO - "Untitled" (Unreleased, 1979) EnglandB2 [02:00] Space ART - "Welcome to Love" (Play Back, 1980) FranceB3 [08:15] DROIDS - "Shanti Part I" (Star Peace, 1978) FranceB4 [10:50] Yellow MAGIC ORCHESTRA - "Firecracker" (Yellow Magic Orchestra, 1978) JapanB5 [15:10] PRINCE - "Sexy Dancer" (Prince, 1979) USAB6 [19:10] CAN - "Safe" (Can, 1978) Germany
[Total Time: 50:20]
Volume Two
C1 [00:00] Hot R.S. - "In a Gadda Da Vida" (Forbidden Fruit, 1978) South AfricaC2 [05:10] Patrick COWLEY - "Megatron Man" (Megatron Man, 1981) USAC3 [09:25] Roland BOCQUET - "Dancing" (Unreleased, 1981) FranceC4 [13:30] Essendon AIRPORT - "How Low Can You Go?" (Sonic Investigations of the Trivial, 1979) AustraliaC5 [15:55] KRAFTWERK - "Spacelab" (The Man-Machine, 1978) GermanyC6 [20:50] Donna SUMMER - "Our Love" (Bad Girls, 1979) USA
D1 [00:00] Jean-Phillippe GOUDE - "Machine" (Drones, 1980) FranceD2 [03:50] This HEAT - "24-Track Loop" (This Heat, 1979) EnglandD3 [07:45] LIME - "You're My Magician" (Your Love, 1981) CanadaD4 [13:00] SPARKS - "Tryouts For the Human Race" (No. 1 in Heaven, 1979) USAD5 [18:05] LEDA - "Endless Race" (Welcome to Joyland, 1978) GermanyD6 [21:00] SUICIDE - "Cheree" (Suicide, 1977) USA
[Total Time: 49:50]
Volume Three
E1 [00:00] Gary NUMAN - "Everyday I Die" (Tubeway Army, 1978) EnglandE2 [02:00] Grace JONES - "Pull Up To The Bumper" (Nightclubbing, 1981) JamaicaE3 [06:20] Haruomi HOSONO & Tadanori YOKOO - "Malabar Hotel, Upper Floor, Moving Triangle" (Cochin Moon, 1978) JapanE4 [10:25] HELDON - "Les Soucoupes Volantes Vertes" (Interface 1978) FranceE5 [12:05] Loose JOINTS - "Is It All Over My Face" (Is It All Over My Face, 1980) USAE6 [16:30] Liaisons DANGEREUSES - "Peut Etre . . . Pas" (Liaisons Dangereuses, 1981) GermanyE7 [19:45] Munich MACHINE - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (A Whiter Shade of Pale, 1978) Italy
F1 [00:00] FUNKADELIC - "One Nation Under a Groove" (One Nation Under a Groove, 1978) USAF2 [06:00] League UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - "Don't You Want Me" (Unreleased, 1981) EnglandF3 [09:50] Black DEVIL - "No Regrets" (Disco Club, 1978) FranceF4 [14:00] Electronic SYSTEM - "Time Trip" (Disco Machine, 1977) BelgiumF5 [18:15] Dee D. JACKSON - "Automatic Lover" (Cosmic Curves, 1978) ItalyF6 [21:45] Trevor BASTOW - "Better Ways" (The Video Age, 1980) Belgium
[Total Time: 50:00]
Volume Four
G1 [00:00] Depeche MODE - "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead" (Speak & Spell, 1981) EnglandG2 [02:00] CHROMIUM - "Beam On" (Star to Star, 1979) USAG3 [07:05] Ryuichi SAKAMOTO - "Riot in Lagos" (B-2 Unit, 1980) JapanG4 [10:20] TRANSVOLTA - "Disco Computer" (Disco Computer 7", 1979) BelgiumG5 [13:20] Gina X PERFORMANCE - "Nice Mover" (Nice Mover, 1979) GermanyG6 [17:35] Marvin GAYE - "Time To Get It Together" (Here, My Dear, 1978) USAG7 [20:30] British ELECTRONIC FOUNDATION - "Groove Thang" (Music for Listening To, 1981) England
H1 [00:00] INDUSTRY - "Ready for the Wave" (Industry EP, 1980) USAH2 [03:25] Akira SAKATA - "Panco" (Tenoch Sakana, 1980) JapanH3 [06:05] Venus GANG - "Love To Fly" (Galactic Soul, 1978) FranceH4 [09:20] BOHANNON - "Listen to the Children Play" (Summertime Groove, 1978) USAH5 [13:30] Francis RIMBERT - "Games" (Bionic Orchestra, 1979) FranceH6 [15:15] ZODIAC - "Zodiac" (Disco Alliance, 1980) USSRH7 [18:40] Aksak MABOUL - "Saure Gurke" (Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine, 1977) BelgiumH8 [19:45] Giorgio MORODER - "I Wanna Rock You" (E=MC2, 1979) Italy
[Total Time: 50:05]
Rough Translation, Back Cover:"Through the years, Musique du Monde has brought you the cutting edge of listening pleasure. And now, we are proud to present to the general public some of the most amazing sounds from the previously only privately-issued 'Les Rythmes du Monde' series. We continue our tradition of finding you the very best of new music from around the globe, seeking sounds that speak the universal language. Here you will find the pounding rhythms of the discotheque, love songs for fantastic robots, a new electronic era of sexy cosmic fun. Its happening in France, in Italy, in Germany, the United States, Belgium, Japan, South Africa, and have no doubt, in outer-space. This is the sound of the future, but it reaches to the very soul of life, to the elemental rythm of the heart. Switch it on, plug yourself in, and let everything go: become part of the collective music. This is the very best of 'Les Rythmes du Monde'."
Reissue Notes:The Musicophilia reissue program is proud to present a major missing piece the history of the Musique du Monde label's golden age: 1981's four-LP box set, 'Le Meilleur de Les Rythmes du Monde'. This set was a 'best of' collection released (in limited quantities) to the public culled from the privately issued and distributed 'Les Rythmes du Monde' set. So far, none of the individual records from that almost mythic series has been unearthed; like other private releases from Musique, it was shipped direct only to a who's-who of music taste-making cognoscenti. It is rumored that Monsieur Jan Marine (one of the founders of Musique du Monde and the label's primary mixer and song-finder for their various compilation series) went to the U.S. and trained in the then-nascent art of beat-matched DJing with Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles, and even Francis Grasso during the mid-70s, in preparation for the label's forays into disco. 'Les Rythmes du Monde,' especially the later volumes from which this 'Best Of' is believed to be culled, brought Musique into new territory for the public ear. But the territory heard here is heavily rooted in the funk, soul, pop, tropicalia, proto-punk, dub, musique concrete, sound library LPs and early electronics that were the focus of earlier 'Le Tour du Monde' and 'Les Miniatures' discs. 'Les Rythmes' was the label's natural extension, and taken together with their work over the previous decade plus, one almost has an "alternate history" of pop music—the history that should have been, or that was, if you knew where to point your ears. So we welcome you to this world of fuzzy electronics, four-on-the-floor beats, floating robot voices, cosmic space-ship chases, and glorious dancefloor hedonism that would itself go on to become the foundation forthe next thirty years of discotheque sound. The graphic design of the record sleeves may be dated and passe, but the sounds found within these sleeves remains as relevant and essential today as ever.— I. Sonnecomme, January 2009
― Soundslike, Monday, 12 January 2009 22:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Seems to have been another spate of files going down, but they all seem to be back online now. If anyone sees one down, please let me know.
― Soundslike, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 13:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Posted a year-end list of sorts: Top Couple-Dozen Non-2008 Discoveries of 2008.
Just in case you really love end-of-year lists.
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link