Musicophilia Blog (by that guy who did '1981') Updates Thread

Hmm--did have it private, but I figured that just made the index .html private. . . I'd come up with a temporary fix, looking into just buying some server space/bandwidth--but it'd be great if Google just works. I'll test it and see if that fixes things--looking around, I'd seen reports of similar attempts tending to cease working after a week or so. Thanks for the help, Alex.

Ok--so at least for now streams seem stable; I'm looking into buying some hosting space/bandwidth, but the front-end nature of the cost makes it seem a little foolish. . .

Suddenly Google Reader's little built-in audio player is working, which is good. But it adds a download link ("Original audio source") that I'd like to avoid--anybody know how to get rid of it?

Up so far:

• Chrisma,
• The Feed-Back,
• La Dusseldorf,
• Our Daughter's Wedding,
• Wapassou;

• Wire,
• His Name Is Alive,
• Ut,
• Peter Zummo with Arthur Russell,
• an Arthur Russell reivew,
• Erkin Koray,
• Daniel Menche,
• The Congos,
• Steinski & Double Dee, and others. . .

the google reader does not show the download link for my blog so i suppose it has to do with the reading settings (of wordpress) where i checkmarked the option that feeds should only show a summary, i.e. the text is cut after 50 words or so. people who want to read the whole post have to click to get on the site.

may i ask how you succeeded in getting rid of the download link?

I don't think I have succeeded--it seems as though it has something to do with whether or not Google has indexed new posts--so far it hasn't indexed the ones from today, maybe, and so Google Reader doesn't show the download link--unfortunately, nor does it show the audio player. I have a feeling both will show up later today. . .

So if anybody does know how to get rid of the link--let us both know : )

this is pretty much the best blog out there dude. thx so much.

Yes it is, that Chrisma was a wonderful discovery for me. Also glad for it introducing me to Egg City Radio so I could hear this fantastic Wallenstein album.

Thank you both so much! You should check out some of the blogs linked from mine, doing primary-source sharing--that's where some really amazing stuff is being unleashed on the world. But I'm honored you like what I'm doing, too.

I think the format of the new blog is a great idea. Much easier to digest, and it's fun seeing the original sleeves for things as well.

Posted a mix to introduce people to Musicophilia Daily, summing up the first week (well, four days) of audio posts.

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/00_various_-_musicophilia-daily-week-one-sampler_march-2009_cover.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various - Musicophilia Daily Week One Sampler
musicophiliadaily.wordpress.com | March 3-6, 2009

01 [00:00] La Dusseldorf - “La Dusseldorf” (1976)
02 [04:00] Wapassou - “Chatiment” (Excerpt) (1974)
03 [09:22] Our Daughter’s Wedding - “Buildings” (1982)
04 [12:45] Chrisma - “C-Rock” (1977)
05 [18:05] The Feed-Back - “Kumalo” (Edit) (1970)
06 [26:10] Laurie Anderson - “It’s Not the Bullet That Kills You” (1976)
07 [29:53] Ut - “Safe Burning” (1989)
08 [33:48] Steinski & Double Dee - “Lesson No. 1 - The Payoff Mix” (1983)
09 [39:08] Peter Zummo & Arthur Russell - “Song IV” (Excerpt) (1985)
10 [44:52] Antonio Vivaldi - “Double Concerto, Largo, G Minor” (1780s)
11 [48:05] Erkin Koray - “Sir” (1974)
12 [50:55] His Name Is Alive - “One Year” (2001)
13 [54:35] Cyber People - “Polaris (Club Mix)” (Excerpt) (1984)
14 [58:14] Gamelan Semar Pegulingan Club - “Gambang” (1972)
15 [61:20] Arthur Russell - “Our Last Night Together” (1986)

[Total Time: 64:55]

This one is stream-able and downloadable at Musicophilia.

Also, for all '1981' fans--I think weekends at Musicophilia Daily are going to be devoted to tracks from the 'Briefcase' mp3 disc from the box set. . .

Hope you enjoy what's going up.

great blog

Thanks, Hunter. Hope you were able to get the 'Feet' mix to download--I couldn't find any problem. . .

Can anyone tell me if streams are working for them right now at Musicophilia Daily? They're not for me, presently, but I've been having trouble with my browsers and flash lately, so it might be that.

I guess I'm probably just going to pony up for server space/bandwidth, doesn't seem to be any other reliable way to do this thing.

Working for me.

Worked for me last night.

they don't work for me neither right now. the progress bar goes up until the end and then it just says "buffering" in the player. i had this before, it seems to be an on/off thing.

Still no issues with Firefox and me.

i am at home right now and while the wire song worked the other two new ones didn't. and the gamelan neither. as i have the same problem on my blog (where i use google sites as repository) i guess it is either the player or maybe wordpress (they had an outage this afternoon). btw i use firefox, too.

Thanks, all. Now works in IE for me; not in Firefox. As long as it's still streaming from the source, that's what I needed to know.

So it seems like re: the Flash issue ("buffering" indefinitely) if you go into Tools->Add-Ons and disable and then re-enable your Flash plug-in, and then reload the page--streams work again. At least that seems to be working for me.

Still haven't figured out how to disable "Original audio source" links in Google Reader--love it if anyone knows how to fix that. . .

that flash player deactivation and reactivation thing doesn't work for me, sorry. you are talking about shockwave flash here, aren't you?

concerning the audio links in the reader, i'd prefer if they were kept as otherwise most of the time i cannot listen to the music.

it seems like the first song is working and the others after that aren't any more.

I updated my Flash plugin and now it seems to work. . .

which version have you got? mine is shockwave flash 9.0 r124. and where would i get a new one? this add-on business seems to be a mess in firefox. i have no problem with ie.

i tried the latest version on the adobe site, to absolutely no avail. the version number didn't even change after installation.

here at home i have shockwave flash 9.0 r115. this is a joke. i can't even listen to youtube videos anymore. they stop for ages after two seconds and then there is no sound. not that i miss something but what the hell.

This is what fixed it for me: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=DXLUJ

thanks a lot, version 10 does the trick.

concerning the download link you could ask here as there is just a flash play button and no link in the posts in google feed reader, it is a tumblr blog though.

Thanks for that, Alex. I've actually become friends with that guy, he does a nice blog. I think it does come down to that one being a tumblr blog--tumbler hides the location of mp3s.

What I gather is that basically Reader just takes the first URL it finds that ends in ".mp3" and puts that in the built-in player (with the "original audio source" link for whatever reason). The only workaround I can think of right now is putting in a reference to some generic mp3 first in every post that just literally says "please visit musicophiliadaily.wordpress.com to listen to this track" and that will be what gets played in Reader, but that isn't what I really want. I want people to be able to stream the audio in Reader, just not download the source files. . .

Finally a new mix up at Musicophilia:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/electromance1.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various - ‘Electromance’ (1969-2006)

01. Silver Apples - “I Have Known Love” (1969) (3:49)
02. Giorgio Moroder - “From Here to Eternity” (1977) (4:11)
03. Radiohead - “Worrywort” (2001) (4:28)
04. The Knife - “Heartbeats” (2002) (3:51)
05. Prefuse 73 - “Why I Love You” (2003) (2:38)
06. Rachel’s - “Artemisia” (1999) (2:37)
07. Herbert - “The Audience” (2001) (5:45)
08. Arthur Russell - “Just a Blip” (1985) (3:33)
09. Depeche Mode - “I Want You Now” (1987) (3:00)
10. Outkast - “Love In War” (2003) (2:56)
11. Burial - “Distant Lights” (2006) (2:18)
12. Mos Def - “Climb” (1999) (3:58)
13. Prince - “I Wanna Be Your Lover” (1979) (3:04)
14. Vitalic - “U and I” (2005) (2:23)
15. Suicide - “Cheree” (Remix) (1977) (3:20)
16. Kraftwerk - “Computer Love” (1981) (3:19)
17. Laurie Anderson - “Walking & Falling” (1982) (1:53)
18. Scritti Politti - “The Sweetest Girl” (1982) (4:16)
19. Rebecca Gates - “Lure & Cast” (2001) (3:16)
20. Portishead - “It Could Be Sweet” (1994) (4:15)
21. Brian Eno - “By This River” (1977) (2:30)
22. Bjork - “Undo” (2001) (5:41)

[Total Time: 77:00]

Find it here at Musicophilia.

Also, a bunch of good stuff up at Musicophilia Daily last week--Bill Cosby's cosmic free-funk, a great Bjork b-side, Creation, Godley & Creme, Can b-side, The Blue Nile, Bernard Estardy, Japanese No Wave offshoot Friction, a great Wire b-side, The Congos, Daniel Menche, plus two batches of tracks from the 1981 'Briefcase' disc--and a bunch of good stuff coming this week, starting today with a made Burundi recording and unsung Canterbury heroes Caravan. Audio problems seem to be resolved for the time being.

Thanks!

I've got a new idea and I need your help:

Things are still getting cooking over at Musicophilia Daily a few weeks in. Already there have been over 40 tracks shared, numerous links, and even an original review. There’s another feature I’d like to add– but in order to do so I’ll need your participation. I’ve already talked with half a dozen of you whom I know to be talented musicians; I suspect, given the sort of stuff we’re listening to here, that there are many more of you. And I would like to showcase music made by Musicophilia listeners, for other listeners. I know it wouldn’t be the biggest bit of publicity you’re likely to receive, but it would certainly be reaching discerning and passionate ears.

So if you’d like to be featured, leave a comment with a link to your music (be sure to use a working email address–nobody but me will see it). I can’t guarantee anything, but if what you’re doing seems like it might appeal to Musicophilia listeners, I’ll get in touch with you. I’d like to use one or two choice tracks to stream directly in the blog post, along with artwork or a photograph, which I’ll need you to supply; then I’ll write up a snappy blurb, and link to your site(s)/MySpace/Facebook/etc. I feel like this would really add something to what I’m putting together with these two blogs, so I would really appreciate your participation.

Link to the post is here. Please don't be shy! Thanks!

The first non-box set "addendum" mix to '1981' just posted: a DNW compilation of tracks from '81

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/how-to-say-1981-in-german.jpg?w=500&h=500

1 9 8 1 | How To Say 1981 In German

01 Neonbabies - “Profi” [3:51]
02 Absolute Body Control - “Is There an Exit” [4:09]
03 Grauzone - “Ich Lieb Sie” [3:16]
04 Palais Schaumburg - “Gute Luft” [2:38]
05 Beranek - “Crystal Dream” [3:23]
06 Geisterfahrer - “Himmel auf Erden” [1:56]
07 Pyrolator - “Elefantendisco” [3:10]
08 Klopferbande - “Am Hauptfelsen” [4:45]
09 Sudenten Creche - “Are Kisses Out of Fashion?” [3:19]
10 Din a Testbild - “Logischer Gefrierpunkt” [4:11]
11 Kitchen and The Plastic Spoons - “Filmen” [3:35]
12 Metro Pakt - “Neue Straßen” [2:40]
13 Kosmonautentraum - “Kosmonautentraum No. 6″ [1:12]
14 Mythos - “Robot Secret Agents” [3:05]
15 1000 Ohm - “A.G.N.E.S.” [6:22]
16 Les Vampyrettes - “Biomutanten” [4:39]
17 Deutsche Wertarbeit - “Deutscher Wald” [4:01]
18 Matthias Schuster - “Schlaglichter” [2:38]
19 Van Kaye and Ignit - “Opera of Worms” [3:59]
20 Starter - “Part of You” [3:10]
21 Exkurs - “Fakten” [3:55]
22 Weltklang - “Veb Heimat” [2:26]

[Total Time 76:20]

Check it out at Musicophilia.

8th of 9 '1981' mixes is up today-- 'Fire':

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/1981-fire.jpg?w=500&h=500

1 9 8 1 | F i r e

01 A Certain Ratio - Waterline [3:36]
02 New Order - Chosen Time [4:07]
03 Fad Gadget - Make Room (Edit) [3:18]
04 Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics [3:12]
05 David Byrne - The Red House [3:22]
06 Creatures - But Not Them [3:20]
07 Raybeats - Calhoun Surf [1:53]
08 Suburbs - Tired of My Plans [3:33]
09 David Thomas - Crickets in the Flats [4:59]
10 Killing Joke - Butcher (Edit) [3:12]
11 Japan - Talking Drum [3:33]
12 The B-52’s - Give Me Back My Man (Remix) (Edit) [3:04]
13 Lizzy Mercier-Descloux - Room Mate [2:44]
14 The Beat - Too Nice To Talk To [3:08]
15 Lounge Lizards - Do The Wrong Thing [2:39]
16 INXS - Stay Young [3:24]
17 Prince - Controversy [3:28]
18 Talking Heads - Houses in Motion (Edit) [2:51]
19 Bauhaus - Of Lillies & Remains (Edit) [2:51]
20 The Specials - Ghost Town (Edit) [3:47]
21 Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love [4:02]
22 Wire - Midnight Bahnhof Cafe (Edit) [2:38]
23 Family Fodder - Emergency [2:39]
24 Raincoats - Shouting Out Loud [4:54]

[Total Time: 80:14]

Get it at Musicophilia. Only one more to go!

A Musicophilia first just went up: a complete out-of-print post-punk album, one that no one else seems to have shared. It will definitely appeal to fans of the '1981' box set.

Check it out here.

The payoff who clicked through on the above April foolery was this:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/1981_briefcase-small.jpg?w=500&h=500

'1981 Briefcase, Volume 1'

Among the highlights from the twenty artists in this collection: 1000 Ohm, Absolute Body Control, and Beranek (also featured in higher quality as part of the “1981 addendum” mix, ‘How To Say 1981 in German‘); early A Flock of Seagulls and ABC; Adam & The Ants; Alternative TV; 49 Americans side-group Avocados; pre-Bangles The Bangs; The Work-related Black Sheep; Blondie; and Cyndi Lauper’s first foray, Blue Angel, amongst others.

Catch it here, and new tracks each weekend here.

Ha! You totally fooled me! And almost a week after the 1st!

Thing is, Ive always had this fascination with the Seychelles Islands. So the second I saw that a lost classic post-punk album came from there, I clicked away. Great job!

The return of the Musique du Monde label! The third 'Les Miniatures' volume went up today:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/les-miniatures-volume-14.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various Artists - 'Les Miniatures' Volume 14
(10" LP, Musique du Monde, France - 1975)

Side A:
01 [00'00"] Janko NILOVIC - "Flock" (Percussions Dans L'Espace, 1974, Yugoslavia)
02 [01'20"] Shuggie OTIS - "Happy House" (Inspiration Information, 1974, USA)
03 [02'24"] Popol VUH - "Kleiner Krieger" (Einsjager & Siebenjager, 1974, Germany)
04 [03'18"] Penguin CAFE ORCHESTRA - "From the Colonies" (Unreleased, 1975, England)
05 [04'48"] Marvin GAYE - "The Break In (Police Shoot Big)" (Trouble Man, 1972, USA)
06 [06'39"] The RESIDENTS- "Boots" (Meet The Residents, 1974, USA)
07 [07'30"] Bernard PARMEGIANI - "Incidences/Battements" (Unreleased, 1975, France)
08 [09'15"] Curt BOETTCHER - "Without Her" (There's An Innocent Face, 1973, USA)
09 [10'37"] Hugh HOPPER - "Minitrue" (1984, 1973, England)
10 [11'55"] The AGGROVATORS - "I Am Lost Dub" (Unreleased, 1975, Jamaica)
11 [13'38"] KRAFTWERK - "Uranium" (Radio-Activity, 1975, Germany)

Side B:
01 [00'00"] Free DESIGN - "Fugue" (There Is A Song, 1972, USA)
02 [02'00"] David SNELL - "International Flight" (Unreleased, 1973, England)
03 [03'54"] Franco BATTIATO - "Cariocinesi" (Fetus, 1972, Italy)
04 [05'45"] Karl HEINZ SCHAFER - "Kidnapping" (Les Gants Blancs du Diable, 1973, France)
05 [07'04"] Big STAR - "I'm In Love With a Girl" (Radio City, 1974, USA)
06 [08'48"] Brigitte FONTAINE & ARESKI - "Les Petites Madones" (L'Incindie, 1974, France)
07 [09'42"] Barry WHITE - "Stick Up" (Together Brothers, 1974, USA)
08 [11'39"] Bryan FERRY - "Rivers of Salt" (These Foolish Things, 1973, England)
09 [13'22"] Brian ENO - "Another Green World" (Another Green World, 1975, England)

[Total Time: 29' 36"]

Rough translation, back cover text:
"It's a big world--on a small record! This is the groove the world spins on today, with the melodies that get you singing and beats that can't be stopped! Take a trip at thirty-three and a third rotations per minute, the new speed of sound, and get yourself "funkified" These are the tunes that will bounce through the streets in France, in England, in the United States, in Italy, in Jamaica, even in Yugoslavia. You'll get it all with 'Les Miniatures'!"

It's available for download (with a couple streamable sample tracks, if you need convincing) at Musicophilia here.

The ninth of nine main mixes from the '1981' box set is up:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/1981-ice.jpg?w=500&h=500

1 9 8 1 | I c e

01 Holger Czukay - Fragrance (Edit) [3:16]
02 Jerry Harrison - Worlds In Collision [5:03]
03 Comsat Angels - Restless [3:16]
04 Selecter - Their Dream Goes On [3:42]
05 Gun Club - Promise Me [2:37]
06 ESG - You're No Good [3:12]
07 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Into the Light [4:15]
08 Laurie Anderson - O Superman [8:21]
09 Phew - Fragment (Edit) [2:37]
10 Honeymoon Killers - Histoire a Suivre [3:05]
11 The Del-Byzanteens - Girl's Imagination [6:44]
12 Was (Not Was) - Oh, Mr. Friction [3:32]
13 Brian Eno & David Byrne - A Secret Life [2:30]
14 Echo & The Bunnymen - All My Colours [4:03]
15 Material - Square Dance [4:27]
16 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Kachakuchane (Edit) [2:50]
17 Grace Jones - Nightclubbing [5:04]
18 The Slits - Earthbeat (Peel Session) (Edit) [5:44]
19 Robert Wyatt - Born Again Cretin [3:06]
20 Delta 5 - Different Fur [2:37]

It's at Musicophilia; more 1981 stuff is at the 'Briefcase' tracks at Musicophilia Daily. If you've liked the box set, spread the word. Thanks!

Finally got 'em all! Thanx bub!

Collect 'em all! Hope you like the last one, Kevin--one of my faves, and the last one I finished, if I remember correctly.

I'm really enjoying it. Never heard of The Del-Byzanteens before. Worked really well after the Holger Czukay track (also new to me). iTunes was playing the tracks out of order.

How did you program the tracks? Or did I miss that somewhere on the site?

In any event, thanx billions for all your hard work. It's very much appreciated.

I'm not sure I know what you mean by "program" here. . .

Billions! Wow! Thank you, um, googles for listening : )

How did you decide the order of the tracks?

Oh, gotcha. I tend to just pick the tracks I want to be on a mix, maybe a couple extra; then start randomly trying combinations. Nothing too methodical, really. The '1981' set was on a somewhat larger scale, obviously; and I did spend a lot of time on culling and sequencing and getting the levels right and manually removing pops and clicks and all that, but I think the running orders came pretty easily. The set went through three versions, and a couple of the mixes changed a lot.

OK thanx, sounds. Still have only heard bits and pieces. I'll report back with faves whenever I finish the thing.

'1981 Briefcase, Volume 2'

Now that all nine of the main '1981' mixes are available, I'm compiling the 'Briefcase' tracks. 2nd collection (20 tracks) is up today.

A fun one up today: covers of classics (rock, pop, r&b, etc.) by post-punkers. As a bonus, links to all the originals.

Various - No Heroes

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/folder.jpg?w=500&h=500

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/00_various_-_no-heroes_2xlp_1982_sleeve-02_small.jpg?w=500&h=500

Post-punk is often quite catchy in its way, and so there’s plenty of singability, listenability, pop ability on display–some of which actually had some popular impact in the grand tradition of the commercial cover tune. The Beatles get channeled by Yellow Magic Orchestra, The Feelies, and Hecter Zazou. Lee Dorsey and Al Green are both faves, fueling Devo and Trio, Talking Heads and Orange Juice, respectively. There’s Motown and funk love to spare, with A Certain Ratio, Flying Lizards, Soft Cell and The Slits being careful to avoid direct theft they can’t pull off, but honoring the sources with their own quirks firmly displayed. Straight-up pop is in evidence with Lydia Lunch, Tom Tom Club, Lene Lovich, Plastics and Antena joining the Oldies parade–and even Psychedelic Furs tackling “Mack the Knife”. As for the “I Hate Pink Floyd” sentiment, Dolphins aren’t having it, and The Pretenders clearly don’t hate the Kinks. Lizy Mercier-Descloux and the Selecter take you to the movies, and XTC and The Cure of all people show Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix love. The Gun Club reach back to Robert Johnson, and Siouxsie’s Creatures laud The Troggs. Only Bauhaus and Japan cover material you’d think of as post-punk-approved–Eno and The Velvets–but they do it with aplomb. I can’t say most of this music eclipses the originals–be sure to check below for links to all of the source tracks–but it’s all a lot of fun.

Check it out here at Musicophilia.

You do amazing work.

Thanks so much! The artists do the work, I just do my bit to spread the word.