Retour Au Club Meduse is excellent, I think I prefer it to the first one.
new Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft is lovely too - I had been worried based on the MATstudio stuff that it was going to be harsher and jarring but thankfully it's their usual soothing ambience.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 24 May 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link
still keeping the Stay In & Chill Megalist updated
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 24 May 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
new Cantoma album is A+ wine lodge Nigella soundtrack yuppie vibes, every time you think it can't get more so there's another flute solo or Spanish guitar melody, so shamelessly tasteless in its curation of naff tastefulness, I love it and I kinda hate myself for it
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 30 May 2020 12:18 (four years ago) link
I just made a 'balearic' mix - or really just a mix of downtempo pop released between 89 and 92. Features Underworld, The Beloved, Pet Shop Boys, Camouflage, Erasure, The Orb, and Durutti Column. All amateurly 'blended' together. Check it out (or not) https://www.mixcloud.com/biznotic/balearic-bubbles-go-pop-in-isolation/
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 13 June 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
I'm about halfway through this and it is great! It sounds exactly like every good afterparty in someone's house when you're still dancing but the sun is coming up
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 14 June 2020 12:01 (three years ago) link
Listening while cleaning, it started raining on a warm summer day: love it
― willem, Sunday, 14 June 2020 14:01 (three years ago) link
Thanks willem and boxedjoy. That afterparty / suns coming up vibe is exactly what I was going for, so glad you felt it too.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 14 June 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
Nice one, thanks!
― skip, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
That was really well done. How much preparation did you do beforehand?
― skip, Thursday, 25 June 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
Hey Skip, I did quite a bit of preparation. It started by just pulling the records and finding something to start with and something for the first mix. Then I grabbed all the digital files for the records I pulled and arranged them by BPM to give me an idea of how they stacked up. I also used the digital files to workout mixpoints and arrangement since it was easier than using the vinyl and less destructive as well. Then I just hit record, and again, and again, and again until I figured out the mixpoints and sequence and got a take that wasn't horrible. At the last minute I added 3 new records in the mix which added complexity. These aren't great songs for beatmatching, and unfortunately my vinyl beatmatching skills have evaporated after nearly 2 decades of digital only mixing now. These are really songs I wanted to hear together after obsessively playing the Spiritually Ibiza compilation when the first sunny spring days hit. All in all this took me about 2 weeks to get the songs and run through a mix that didn't have major trainwrecks. There are definitely poor mixes throughout, but overall the mix I uploaded was the best version of that effort. I could do it with the digital files and have a 'perfect' mix, and I may still do that, but for now, I like the raw / amateur vibe of this mix. It does sound like a 'back to mine' or morning after style mix I would have loved in Summer 92.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 25 June 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
There were about 15 or so records I pulled but didn't end up using, including: Wrote For Luck, Cascades, Back to Life, Get the Message, Autumn Love, Drop the Deal, Cantamilla, Crazy and some others from the era that I just couldn't make work.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 25 June 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
really really enjoyed that. sorry to be that guy but....download link?
― anza808, Thursday, 25 June 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
I can't access the standard upload sites on my work computer, so hopefully this gdrive link works: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qeqqci66P-MIOLsuQsazSMMN4Ejf4qkt/view?usp=sharing
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 25 June 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
it did! tysm
― anza808, Thursday, 25 June 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Yes thank you!
Love those Spiritually Ibiza comps too.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 25 June 2020 21:53 (three years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/A-Separate-Reality-Heuristic-Programs-For-Cognitive-Centering/release/15349541
Highly recommend this new single / EP (it's 33mins) by A Separate Reality. It was recommended to me by Vinyl Dreams SF and has proven to be what i call a 'flipper' - a record that I just keep flipping over and over without losing interest. It's also fairly cheap, which is a welcome change. Comments on the title? Feels a bit Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark to me, or in line with some other titles that are just a little too close to parody.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 29 June 2020 22:08 (three years ago) link
Side A: 1. Sounds like Studio 2. Sounds like Mark Barrott 3. Sounds like Wally Badarou - not meaning this as a put down, more of a hint of the vibe.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 29 June 2020 22:16 (three years ago) link
in my world that could in no way be considered a put down
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 30 June 2020 01:42 (three years ago) link
Cheers for the rec bld, A+ and worth it for the opening track alone
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
This album has been in heavy rotation the last couple of weeks. As well as those mentioned in the blurb I also get echoes of The Durutti Column. Definitely recommended.
https://soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com/album/and-inside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5l2Ns7I2NQ
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Thursday, 23 July 2020 09:51 (three years ago) link
gr80’s new Spotify mix is incredibly good
pathless prelude on Spotify
put it on at a backyard bbq last nite and everyone went nuts
― flopson, Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
agreed
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
Link to gr80s mix please?
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 24 July 2020 11:16 (three years ago) link
Assume it's this one:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7cxU6STIVoT4nqo50qmQaI?si=T7IuGgpoTjO8BinHpcZsMA
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Friday, 24 July 2020 11:32 (three years ago) link
Not sure how accurate this is, but this list gives me a big roots of vaporware vibe
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 24 July 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
oh yeah that looks ace
― mise róna (seandalai), Friday, 24 July 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
grady recommends normalizing the volume and setting the spotify settings to a 6 second fade in or whatever its called
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Saturday, 25 July 2020 07:47 (three years ago) link
listened to pathless prelude on my ride today - so good. jerry williams' voice !
― IlIllIIllI (||||||||), Sunday, 26 July 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
vibes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKAc3nYEatw
― Evan, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 12:58 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkDpMYj7hig
― Evan, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 12:59 (three years ago) link
I can't stop listeing to 'Warm Nights' by Reuben Vaun Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecdpSpIdQWg
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Thursday, 3 September 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
I was going to post the same album here. It's really good for something that was supposedly a live / unedited performance.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 3 September 2020 15:43 (three years ago) link
yeah, i don't get how it claims to be that - he says it's a jam and there are loads of mistakes, but it's perfectly formed
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Thursday, 3 September 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
Nice interview with Joan Bibiloni over on Ban Ban Ton Ton
https://banbantonton.com/2020/09/09/interview-joan-bibiloni/
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 13:23 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfMoB27CxAQ
Domenique Dumont has a new album out in November. It's a soundtrack to a German silent film from the 30s. This is the only track up yet, and it sounds very nice.
― paolo, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 08:31 (three years ago) link
oh nicee!
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 10:02 (three years ago) link
Is this a fleshed out version of the SoundCloud I shared earlier in the year. I'm hyped!
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 11:29 (three years ago) link
I searched out the SoundCloud link I shared on this thread. It was indeed the same project, and it no longer is on SoundCloud. Will be interesting to see if this is a repackaging of the exact same thing or what.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
I was really hoping they'd release it.
― Evan, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
Relistening to Domenique Dumont’s miniatures album and it has so many breezy, gorgeous moments. Specially love how the guitar sounds.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 25 September 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
At this point, I'd say that's my favorite of the two.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 25 September 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
'sans cesse, mon chéri' is already an all time great
― nxd, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 09:59 (three years ago) link
Head up- this is fantastic
https://invisible-inc.bandcamp.com/album/the-indoor-gardener
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3962175347_16.jpg
― Evan, Sunday, 18 October 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
RIP JOSE PADILLA
― brimstead, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
Very sad news. RIP.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
https://banbantonton.com/2020/10/25/jose-padilla-the-cafe-del-mar-a-personal-top-ten
― groovypanda, Monday, 26 October 2020 09:29 (three years ago) link
Enjoying Double Geography a lot. Really feeling the Balearic-style vibes lately in fact.
Put together a couple of nice playlists in this style:
WARM NIGHTS - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ODDwMMpnatOm0LrKhJN8M?si=lB37FSzhQ8iKHqu49uko9gAUTUMN DRIVES - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NEcp59HO7Pw5iodc9yPvQ?si=zWjWnEcCQ3ChrSMyJ4B72g
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Monday, 26 October 2020 12:08 (three years ago) link
Worth checking out FELBM's Tape series on Soundway too
https://felbm.bandcamp.com/album/tape-3-tape-4-full-album
Great playlists dog latin!
― Evan, Monday, 26 October 2020 21:06 (three years ago) link
thank you Evan :-)
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 08:05 (three years ago) link