http://www.brazilianbeatbrooklyn.com/bbhtml/mix.html
I think it was on Baile Funk 1 (which is like chill 70s music, not the current type of baile)
― dmr, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link
Ah! Thank you!!
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:07 (seventeen years ago) link
I've interviewed Sorcerer & Hatchback for the Amoeba Music blog - check it out here.
― BATTAGS, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 02:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i picked up the Hatchback 12" this weekend and it skips twice. there's no gunk or scratches. maybe it was pressed offcenter? i need to return it. bummed.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 03:22 (sixteen years ago) link
how was it when they came into the store? what kinda stuff did they play?
― jaxon, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 03:23 (sixteen years ago) link
it was great! a little crowd of friends and heads came out to see 'em, and they played a mixture of soon to be released and unreleased original stuff, ultra-deep-digging cosmic/kraut stuff (Space Art was a notable one) and some newer cosmic/balearic stuff like the Aeroplane 12" on Eskimo. Sucks about the the Hatchback 12", we've got a few left, i'll make sure there's one for you to exchange when you come in. ask for me.
― BATTAGS, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Tropical Hotdog is a great name.
it didn't occur to me until I saw their blog that it's a captain beefheart reference
tropical hotdog night, like two flamingoes in a fruit fight!
― dmr, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's a mix i did recently, live at an 'ambient/chill' festival in the middle of the woods in Mendocino County, CA. the tracklist:
allez allez - african queen (quiet village remix) fern kinney - baby let me kiss you pointer sisters - mercury rising (dub version) mudd - c40 six cups of rebel - kontroll (the organ grinders breakdown) key of dreams - africa (dub mix) (klubb kebabb edit) champ's boys orchestra - tubular bells (cosmic mix) the knife - marble house (the emperor machine remix) venus gang - love to fly (cloud edit) ashford & simpson - solid (dub version) sorcerer - egyptian sunset vangelis - let it happen (beatfanatic's balearic boogie mix) paul simon - diamonds dub (tangoterje edit) ashra - shuttlecock (cloud edit) amp fiddler - faith (jazzanova remix) peter visti - dolly
hope you like it, you can download right HERE
(you'll probably need to right-click that and 'save as', PC users)
― BATTAGS, Thursday, 4 October 2007 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link
i was in the store on a sunday about a month ago on a sunday evening and there was some dude spinning one of the craziest ambient/chill sets i've ever heard.
i specifically remember he went from "our prayer" into some sort of pbs-type monologue about prayer into some sort of indian sitar/chant type stuff. also lots of alice coltrane-styled raga jazz and lots of cluster-sounding ambient krautrock
any idea who that was??!?
― moonship journey to baja, Thursday, 4 October 2007 18:20 (sixteen years ago) link
also your set there is A+++++++++++++++++++++++++
hmm. i'm not sure who that might have been. we did have a 'summer of love' DJ series on Sunday afternoons throughout July & August, so it was probably part of that. If i had to guess i'd say it was Brother Dylan or Brother Robbie, two kids (i mean that literally, they're both like 21) who do a monthly 60's club night at the Casanova Lounge called The Mutual Appreciation Society. They do a Kosmische night every few months, the most recent one was this past Sunday...if i had to guess i'd say it was them but frankly i never thought either of them had it in 'em.
and thanks, looks like i made the grade!
― BATTAGS, Thursday, 4 October 2007 18:52 (sixteen years ago) link
damn, i just left mendocino a few weeks ago. i would have been there ;_;
sounds good, too!
― lucas pine, Thursday, 4 October 2007 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
battags, what comes in around 1:02??? fire
― deej, Thursday, 4 October 2007 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
oh its the vangelis! nice
― deej, Thursday, 4 October 2007 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
i dunno lucas, it sold out two months in advance, by lottery only, and *everyone* buys a ticket, including all the organizers and DJ's. they would have turned you away at the gate. 350 people max. more info.
thanks deej!
― BATTAGS, Thursday, 4 October 2007 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link
all DJ sets/performances from the festival are online BTW and can be found here...
― BATTAGS, Thursday, 4 October 2007 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Nice mix, BATTAGS!
― Capitaine Jay Vee, Thursday, 4 October 2007 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i know man! i lived in willits for a year or so before moving to victoria BC in september, so chillits is definitely a friend-of-a-friend deal
anything you recommend out of the other sets?
― lucas pine, Friday, 5 October 2007 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
oh yeah, you know the deal.
DF Tram - killer 4am ambient set, tons of weird samples & textures. great stuff. Tal M. Klein is funky downtempo with live guitar/bass/keys + laptop beats. Megan Hug is shoegazer with some electronics thrown in for good measure. Timmii is an interesting journey through a whole bunch of different stuff that manages to sound coherent when listened as a whole.
i'm still making my way through them myself so i'll post links to any other notable ones. those are the ones i remember from the party.
i would *highly* recommend going to the wikipedia page on chillits and checking out the 2003 recordings - Jonah Sharp and Mixmaster Morris absolutely KILLED IT (as much as you can at an ambient party i suppose). Morris' set has been a regular staple in my listening diet ever since, shit is legendary.
― BATTAGS, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
hey dude im listening to yr mix right now, its great!
― max, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
that key of dreams track = A+++++ would listen again
― max, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:25 (sixteen years ago) link
as though i could love toto any more
― max, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
thanks max!
― BATTAGS, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
you can find that key of dreams edit on this release. funnily enough i found the original 12" yesterday, with full vocals and everything. i think i'm gonna try dropping that instead.
― BATTAGS, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
hey Vahid, is that your name i keep seeing on flyers around town (and like SF Weekly 'best DJ 2007' or some shit like that?)?
― BATTAGS, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
DJs don't develop a cult following in this town very easily - it takes a lot of skill, an ear for mixing, and positive energy to keep the gyrating hordes a-flutter. DJ Vahid is the real deal for our readers, and now that he's landed a gravy gig at 1015 Folsom, adoring dance junkies can hear a lot more of him.
haha no
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm a humble high school teacher / grad student
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
tho i have lots of positive energy too
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:38 (sixteen years ago) link
the real question is if you keep the gyrating hordes a-flutter
― max, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
vangelis is totally the best, i copped a copy of the 12" off discogs w/in minutes of hearing it
― deej, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
:) ok just checking!
deej, was it expensive? we've still got it in stock at amoeba...
― BATTAGS, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
that track is a great segway from chill to dance.
― gr8080, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
also, V4hid: do you play out at all?
― gr8080, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
what else sounds like "caramellas"? i am so into this tune right now.
― tricky, Thursday, 18 October 2007 02:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Has the A Mountain Of One debut disc been released yet? I see conflicting/confusing information about its release date on the internet.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 21 October 2007 04:26 (sixteen years ago) link
you can get it on amazon.co.uk as of oct. 6. i couldn't find it in any sf stores.
― babedad, Monday, 22 October 2007 02:39 (sixteen years ago) link
expect it to hit SF in a few weeks, tops. forced exposure will be carrying it, i believe.
― BATTAGS, Monday, 22 October 2007 03:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorcerer has done an exclusive mix for our site www.trackwerk.net which includes some unreleased material. I thought some of you guys might dig it;-
windsurf - light as daylight camel - wing and a prayer marcos valle - estrelar sorcerer - stixx travis biggs - tebetan serenity unicorn - rat race leprechaun - loc-it-up hatchback - carefree highway johnny guitar watson - strike on computers paul mccartney - sunshine sometime richard schneider jr.- hello beach girls windsurf - the big island
Also, the Hardway Bros now have a myspace www.myspace.com/hardwaybros
A couple of new edits on there
― Rotter3*, Monday, 22 October 2007 08:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i was just listening to that mix tonight. the johnny guitar watson track is great.
― max, Monday, 22 October 2007 09:18 (sixteen years ago) link
FYI: The AMO1 debut disc, Collected Works, turned up on eMusic this morning.
I posted something about it on that message board, as well. I don't mean to seem troll-ish (if repeating posts is a sign of that). But I'm really pleased to see it made available, and I was asking about its release date a few posts upthread, so I thought it was worth mentioning here, too.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 22 October 2007 14:37 (sixteen years ago) link
man that sorcerer mix is fantastic!
― BATTAGS, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 07:13 (sixteen years ago) link
ay yo's - anybody know where i can get a copy of that first Claremont 56 12" - Mudd & Pollard "Villa Stavros"? I need that shiz.
― BATTAGS, Thursday, 25 October 2007 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
listening to the sorcerer mix right now and i really like it. marcos valle sounds a bit like steely dan. the only reference i could find for that tune was a jazzanova comp from last year. that travis biggs track with the harp is off the hook.
i bought the amo1 from piccadillyrecords.com (i would've bought from amoeba, but i couldn't wait).
― tricky, Thursday, 25 October 2007 02:45 (sixteen years ago) link
s'allright, i still haven't been offered it by the distro who said they'd be carrying it, meaning we won't have it for two weeks at the *earliest*. can't blame ya. :)
― BATTAGS, Thursday, 25 October 2007 03:59 (sixteen years ago) link
the sorcerer album is like falling in love for the first time.. probably my favorite of the year. those swoonful moments like that flute rearing its head, sprinkled w/piano dust in "divers do it deeper" or that glistening vaporized guitar in "blind yatchtsman".
i don't really see what's so balearic about it, though. i realize that soft rock was often mixed in with balearic sets, but i think there is a distinction to be made between the whole windsurf/sorcerer/hatchback sound and what studio/amo1 is doing. i'll elaborate on this more later... i can't think straight right now..
― babedad, Thursday, 25 October 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i can't find amo1 anywhere in the bay area
― babedad, Thursday, 25 October 2007 04:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, Sorcerer is more ''yacht rock,'' which -- admittedly -- is a genre where I can only say ''I know it when I hear it.'' I mentioned this above, but AMO1 is available on eMusic.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 25 October 2007 04:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Man that mix is sweet The Richard Schneider track is great sounds like a mix of Brazilian/Balearic, beautiful stuff. Ends with some fantastic whistling.
― oscar, Thursday, 25 October 2007 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link
xp to battags, i'm sure you'll still sell some copies! and anyway, every time i hit amoeba and can't find something on my list, i walk out with five other things especially if i am looking for this style of music or nu-disco. i recently moved from sf so i don't get to amoeba as much as i'd like to. it's good for the wallet, but not for the music fix.
― tricky, Thursday, 25 October 2007 05:00 (sixteen years ago) link
big, big article on "cosmic disco" in the SF Bay Guardian this week - the cover story no less - with Arp, Sorcerer, Hatchback, our own Dominique Leone, & Lindstrom & Prins Thomas....
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=4843&volume_id=317&issue_id=322&volume_num=42&issue_num=04&l=1
― BATTAGS, Thursday, 25 October 2007 06:41 (sixteen years ago) link