i always hope that i'll come across the ron hardy single on trax but i never have. buying one online is cheating. i'll check those mixes out, cheers!
― scott seward, Thursday, 30 June 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
geeta, can you find gail "sky" king and interview her, please? i love her mixes and i'll bet she's got some great stories. listening to her remixes of rob base's "get on the dance floor" right now and luv them.
i just friend requested her on facebook.
― scott seward, Thursday, 30 June 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
one of the only women in the thick of the genius freestyle/edit/remix world of 80's new york. friggin' pioneer.
― scott seward, Thursday, 30 June 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
on the production end, that is.
anyone who had anything to do with the walking away 12 inch belongs on friggin' mount rushmore. fuck a roosevelt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWJz20fzND4
― scott seward, Thursday, 30 June 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
wait roosevelt is on mount rushmore, right?
― scott seward, Thursday, 30 June 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
glad to know that me and ron hardy are both fond of dropping supertramp's cannonball into mixes.
― scott seward, Thursday, 30 June 2011 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
x-postTeddy is I think.
Oh Gail Sky King dj'd at the Red Parrot in NYC. Heard about that place but never went there.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 June 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
i'd love to--but who would print the article, and pay me to do it? that's my problem with long-form music writing these days. i have no end of cool ideas for in-depth interviews and articles, but there are so few magazines left that would publish these pieces
― geeta, Thursday, 30 June 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
um, wax poetics? nah, not them. hmmm, i dunno. some deejay magazine maybe. they still make those, right?
― scott seward, Thursday, 30 June 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxJS1zkEBGA&feature=related
this rather stunning dittie
― Popper, Friday, 1 July 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
Gravitar, ST 37, King Black Acid, Vas Deferens Organization
― Last Friday Night (G.T.F.O.) (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 4 July 2011 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
Listening over the weekend was John Maus, Niggas With Guitars, Tom Zé ('Estudando o Samba'), Shabazz Palaces, David Thomas Broughton, Chad VanGaalen and Comet Gain.
The NWG record is great, one of the most enjoyable drone/ambient type records I've heard this year. The Chad VanGaalen just convinces me more that I'm falling out with "Indie rock". Shabazz Palaces and John Maus = just awesome.
― Neil O'Jism (Craigo Boingo), Monday, 4 July 2011 08:48 (twelve years ago) link
Last few days' worth of discovery
Ramsey Lewis • Mother Nature's Son, Funky Serenity, Solar WindRuby Andrews • Black RubyMarlena Shaw • The Spice of LifeLalomie Washburn • My Music Is HotBobbi Humphrey • Dig This!, Blacks and Blues, Funky DancerEsther Phillips • From a Whisper to a Scream, Performance
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Monday, 4 July 2011 09:13 (twelve years ago) link
Yayah Ratnasari and Karawang Group - Break PongPeaceful Solutions - Peaceful SolutionsJunkanoo Band - Key WestSan Proper - Lost Track of TimeGoldwill - Blushthe 2 Samsimar tracks everyone loves
― post, Monday, 4 July 2011 10:07 (twelve years ago) link
Visiting my folks today--some old vinyl records i just found in their cellar. this was my soundtrack growing up
'India: Its Music and its People' (the LP says it was sponsored by the United Nations)'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' (Bollywood film soundtrack circa '71, classic R.D. Burman/Asha Bhosle tunes--what a find!! this LP is a collector's item)Ravi Shankar - 'Raga Parmeshwari''Guide' - Music from the original soundtrack (Bollywood film circa 1965 -- music by S.D. Burman, father of R.D.)'The Best of India's New Motion Picture Music: 12 Exotic Songs from the Finest Recent Soundtracks' (looks like it's from the 1960s)'UNESCO Collection: A Musical Anthology of the Orient: India II'Snoopy and Charlie Brown - 'Flashbeagle' LP (Snoopy's parody of 'Flashdance' circa 1984 -- this was my record from when I was a kid, it rules)
bonus: i found my Apple ][e! will it boot, i wonder?
― geeta, Monday, 11 July 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
Lots of Townes Van Zandt, Roberto Carlos, John Hartford, and Los Trio Panchos
― JacobSanders, Monday, 11 July 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
whoa, another bonus while looking for old LPs in the cellar: I found a Teddy Ruxpin doll, looks like it still works
this should be an entertaining thing to learn circuit bending on
― geeta, Monday, 11 July 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
I picked up the Gun-Shy LP by Screaming Blue Messiahs for a quarter recently, which caused me to dig out my Bikini Red CD and Totally Religious cassette tape. Been playing those constantly for the last 2 weeks. Also, digging Ford & Lopatin.
― henry s, Monday, 11 July 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
Destroyer - Streethawk: A SeductionDJ Quik - Book of DavidThe Orb - U.F.Orb
― o. nate, Monday, 11 July 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
Shabazz Palaces and John Maus = just awesome.
OTM. I've spent a lot of time over the last few days with both. Also finally delved into the world of Les Rallizes Denudes, with both '77 Live and Cable Hogue Soundtracks getting some attention over the weekend.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 11 July 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
FormaModel 500 : Deep SpaceRalph Towner : Sound And ShadowsHenry Threadgill : Too Much Sugar For A Dime
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 11 July 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
ahmad jamal - jamal plays jamalian matthews - valley hitelevision/talking heads - cbgbs 7/30/76pink floyd - meddled
― tylerw, Monday, 11 July 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
shabazz palaces - black upzomby - natalia's songflying lotsus's giant 70s soul and disco mix (lover's melt 2)low - c'mon, drums & guns
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Monday, 11 July 2011 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
'Basskraft: A Bass Tribute to Kraftwerk' (Miami bass tributes to classic Kraftwerk tunes--I forgot I had this! It's great)Dynamix II - 'Machine Language'Drexciya - 'Grava 4'
― geeta, Monday, 11 July 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
'Basskraft: A Bass Tribute to Kraftwerk' (Miami bass tributes to classic Kraftwerk tunes--I forgot I had this! It's great)
Wow, that I need to hear! I went through a (thankfully) brief, but pretty engrossing, Miami bass phase during my freshman year of high school. A favorite was Return of the Bass That Ate Miami, basically a bunch of tracks by Maggotron under various different names. Lots of Techmaster P.E.B. too. I used to have Have a Very Bass Christmas too.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 11 July 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
basically a bunch of tracks by Maggotron
so classic. Maggotron sampled Kraftwerk, too (as did most of the Miami guys), on 'Welcome to the Planet of Bass' I think?
the Maggotron cover of 'Caroline, No' melted my brain so hard the first time i heard it
Dynamix II is probably my all-time favorite act from Miami -- 'Machine Language' is incredible, and 'Color Beats' is pretty good too
― geeta, Monday, 11 July 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
The Chad VanGaalen just convinces me more that I'm falling out with "Indie rock"
lol you realize there's dull milquetoast shit like this in every genre right?
― Cosmo Vitelli, Monday, 11 July 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
listening to some records i bought in brooklyn this weekend, at Academy:
'Shaan' - classic Bollywood film soundtrack circa 1980, i paid $10 for this but it's worth a lot more than that - funk and Moogs etc in a ridiculous gold foil gatefold, so greatRalph Towner - 'Solstice' (sonic ECM wallpaper circa 1975, beautiful, five bucks)Fearless Four - 'Problems of the World' (produced by Kurtis Blow circa '83, trippy cover art, $5)Muzak: Music of the '80s (haha I already have this but I couldn't resist buying it again, $5)Bobby Konders and the Massive Sounds - house music, 1992, six bucks
a pricey haul for me - i usually pay between $1 to $5 for my vinyl, not $5 to $10, but you know, new york city
― geeta, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 04:59 (twelve years ago) link
Bob Ostertag - MotormouthRrose x Bob Ostertag - Motormouth Variations / Primary EvidenceKit Clayton - Nek Purpalet / Lateral Forces 12"sAntimatter - ResetAlice Coltrane - Universal ConsciousnessBiber - Rosary Sonatas (Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr)
― Milton Parker, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zyjvc.jpg
― markers, Friday, 29 July 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
Still on a tear with new music, which feels great given that I was totally out of the game for several years... Recently, I've been loving:
John Maus: Pitiless Censors (it's a compulsion at this point; I listen to this at least once a day)Morphosis: What Have We Learned (this gets better with every listen; texturally gritty and palpably improvisatory techno)Hatchback: Zeus and Apollo (self-described "new New Age" that is so gorgeously produced, touches of Balearic, the mellower end of krautrock, synthy spacey stuff, just beautiful)Massimiliano Pagliara: Focus for Infinity (fantastically well done very reverential and restrained new disco, reminds me of the way I felt when I first heard the Metro Area records years back)Recloose: Saturday Night Manifesto EP (this is really REALLY good, surprisingly so)I got a bunch of Robert Palmer LPs for very cheap that have been flooring me as well, especially Clues
― Clarke B., Friday, 29 July 2011 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
Trans Am - FutureworldFruit Bats - TripperLe Butcherettes - Sin Sin SinBorn of Osiris - The DiscoveryTommy Keen - Tommy Keene You Hear Me
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
Thomas Jefferson Slave ApartmentsGreat PlainsNew Bomb Turksthe DescendentsJohn CaleGuided By Voices
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
King CrimsonCavePG SixVelvet UndergroundHorace SilverBoston Spaceships
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet Statique, Rot, Blau, Gelb, Consequenz 3, Conal, Consequenz II, Live Action 77
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
Tommy Keen - Tommy Keene You Hear Me
-- is this good? it's a best-of right?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
Cluster - live KFJC FM 27 June 1996, California 23/24/25/26 July 2008Terry Riley - Shri CamelNWL - Booper RehearsalsElizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk SongsCut HandsEasley Blackwood - Microtonal
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 07:34 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, its a two-disc retrospective. I'm probably not the best to judge the quality because this is the first time I've really delved into Keene (after my intro via hsi project with Pollard) but I really, really like it. He's a tremendous talent and there's so many great songs. It's really long, lots to crawl through. It's on Spotify if you want to check it out.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
Debo BandAmina AlaouiWale with TCB go-go bandNicki MinajMachitoMiguelReplacements
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
cd's I've been playing in the car recently:Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots, Mingus DinastyFunkadelic - s/t, Free Your Mind..., Hardcore Jollies, America Eats Its YoungJuan MacLean DJ KicksSunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels To Be Something OnGhost - In Stormy NightsThe Advisory Circle - Other Channels
― willem, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
Tomutonttu - Elävänä planeetallaHelm - CryptographyHieroglyphic Being - A Romance of Two PlanetsO Yuki Conjugate - PrimitiveLinda Lewis - LarkNaked Lady WrestlersThe George Edwards GroupA Blaze Colour
― + +, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
thx jon -- yeah keene is a guy i've always meant to check out more in depth, but have only heard bits and pieces.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers/Younger Than Yesterday/Fifth DimensionTaj Mahal - The Natch'l BluesThe Red Krayola - God Bless The Red Krayola And All Who Sail With ItUnknown Mortal Orchestra - S/TSorry Bamba - Volume One 1970-1979Silver Apples - S/T / ContactHere We Go Magic - The January EPSandro Perri - Impossible SpacesThe War On Drugs - Slave AmbientSpoon - Gimme FictionMickey Newbury - Looks Like RainThe Blue Nile - A Walk Across The RooftopsIt's Immaterial - Song
― Went whole career w/o collabo, yo (Craig D.), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
bg - chopper city in the ghettoYes - fragileYes - relayerFingers Inc - another sideModel 500 - deep space
― lol is not enough (blank), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
a gigantic Herbert Brün vinyl box set, which I found in one of the cracks and crevices in my house (it is an odd house)
― geeta, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
(Have found The Odder They Come OST in those crevices yet? :)
― t**t, Thursday, 11 August 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
Harold Budd - Live in Chicago, New Music America 1982Tokyo Jihen - DiscoveryRadio Soulwax - IntroversyHecker - Speculative SolutionBlevin Blectum - Solar RattleTerry Riley - Shri CamelJoni Mitchell - MingusLarry Levan - Paradise Garage 2nd Birthday 1979 4 hour mixAlfred Brendel plays operatic transcriptions by Liszt + Kim So Hee - P'ansori
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 20 August 2011 06:42 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't know you liked larry levan mixes!
that one is great, i just saw it today
― geeta, Saturday, 20 August 2011 07:10 (twelve years ago) link
Love this:
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/austra_1.jpg
Austra - Feel It Break
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 20 August 2011 09:51 (twelve years ago) link