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Last 20 Shows the Techno croissant Suburban Knight – “The Art Of Stalking (Deepside Remix)”
Been doing a fair bit of digging for tunes off mixtapes of late- ongoing winter bringing an onset of nostalgia.
This track is a remix by Ludovic Navarre from Deepside and St Germain, bringing some frenchy flavour to James Pennington’s the art of stalking. Beyond being tough and dark and sounding like it was recorded in a large aircraft hanger, there aren’t too many obvious similarities- other than it ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
While we're at it...
Megatonk- “Belgium”
Two more from the most played mix-tape from 1992- Universe at Newport, DJ Sasha with MC Joe Peng, before the term “progressive house” was invented and when everything was fresh as a daisy :)File Download (11:34 min / 16 MB)Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
One more tune!
The Diceman- “Quad (Spookys Magi Remix)”
Not the Diceman as in the Aphex Twin, but as in Colin James from Meat Beat Manifesto. A lovely little dubbed out house number…File Download (6:50 min / 16 MB)Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
In advance of tonight's Eno documentary...Bang On A Can All-Stars – Music For Airports 1/2 (live)
I’m very excited about the BBC4 Arena documentary on Brian Eno tonight. Eno is one of only a handful of musicians (the others including Miles Davis, John Cage, Sun Ra, Richard D James and er… William Shatner) who have changed the way I think about music by producing stuff that was simultaneously completely off-the-wall and also very listenable.
The general record-buying (maybe these days that should be “mus ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Anybody for the Keith Emerson synth sound?Like-A-Tim – It Ain’t Perfect Till It’s Perfect
Strange little track, this, primarily because it combines a minimal, D’n’B-ish techno backing with a lead synth sound from an entirely different arena – prog rock. And it was in the arenas that you were most likely to see Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) complete with large Moog modular system – which was probably the most interesting part of the band.
The late, great John Peel desc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Going way back, and also quite deep...
that kid chris – “keep on (pressin’ on) (didn’t i show ya luv)”
Excuse the long break- Must be too cold to blog or something
From back in the day, when a lot of tunes had titles, plus two other things written after them in brackets- That Kid Chris from 1992, as featured on the wicked Sasha set from Universe in Newport.
Still sounding fresh 18 years on…
Have a good 2010!
that kid chris' website ::
and myspace ::
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Hit the SmithsAaron Lacrate and Debonair Samir feat King Slixta – “Hit The Road”
A quickee post of a tune from a collection of B*more tracks that’s doing it for me at the moment- it’s off of Baltimore Crack, an LP of B*more joints with a more downtempo hip hop flavour. All pretty sleazy and banging as you might expect, selected and produced by a team that includes Debonair Samir who’s Samir’s Theme is a classic B*more banger.
I’m pretty sure this one i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
No Chimps Please...Tikkle – Bubbles (Original Mix)
I can’t tell you an awful lot about this tune other than it was released on Chicago-based label House Jam Records back in 1991, it has a super-warm rolling b-line and some laid-back jazzy piano going on, and I’m very much enjoying it at the moment. Hope you do too.
If you feel a need to investigate further try the Tikkle page on Discogs, but there’s not really much to go on.File Download (4:55 min / 11 MB)Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
RIP Willie Mitchell (1928-2010)Al Green – I Didn’t Know
Received the sad news earlier this week that one of THE great soul producers of all time, Willie Mitchell, had passed away aged 81.
Mitchell started out as a jazz trumpeter then moved into production at the Memphis-based Hi Records in the 1960s. As Al Green’s producer for 9 albums on Hi from 1970 until 1976, and developed a distinctive production based around a razor-sharp drum sound, innovative string and horn arrangements and organ and guit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Tracks made using more than one synth (sorry H)Autechre- “Eutow”
I dont actually know what kit was used to create this track, but I do know that Autechre know how to use whatever kit they’ve got to produce dense and satisfying soundscapes better than most.
This track is off their third album- Tri Repetae. Apparently, their track names arent intended to mean much of anything, but I like the name of this one because it sounds like “U2”, pronounced with a brummy accent.
No resemblance to the paunchy cel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Still needing some warmth...
Lenny Fontana – Spirit Of The Sun (Steve Gurley Remix)
Snow covers the ground and we’re in the middle of the worst cold snap in x-amount of years, but the sun is shining here in London and it is bright out there, so this tune is less unseasonal than you might think at first!
Following on from Body Heat here is another devastating 2-Step Garage lick from back in ‘98: skipping syncopated beats with a couple of big bass Waaaaarps and some “heeey yeah”s is all ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Merry Christmas Everybody
Brother Typewriter – Merry Christmas Everybody
Now, I must let it be said here that I’m no great fan of Christmas-themed songs in general. They’re either lame tracks by artists who are usually good, or super-lame tracks by artists who are usually lame. Even The Wedding Present’s “No Christmas” is weak compared to their other output.
So I decided to do a Slade cover – but not as we know it, Jim. Now I’m not gonna diss Slade as they were ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
In need of a little Body Heat...
2 As 1 & MJ Cole – Body Heat
As snow falls heavily here in London and with temperatures set to plummet over the next couple of days here’s something to warm the cockles, and hopefully a few other places too…
An absolutely wicked garage cut from back in 1998, with the inimitable touch of MJ Cole who brought magic to so many great tunes for a few years back then. I so love the way that garage can be both lively as hell and incredibly laid back at the same time, all ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
If you're gonna be a bear...Grizzly Bear – “While You Wait For The Others”
Had to post something from these guys, as they’ve been solidly on my playlist ever since I was somewhat randomly introduced to them on Halloween, when I saw them play at the Barbican with the London Symphony Orchestra. Random happenstance caused by a longtime associate of german/greek extraction, given to equally random and happenstance appearances.
Never been a massive fan of fusion experiments, and the rock/orche ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Mark Blanco
December the 4th is the three year anniversary of the death in suspicious circumstances of a very good friend of mine, Mark Blanco.
There is much I could say about the loss to me and those who loved him but more pertinent is the lack of closure for Mark's mother and younger sister who are still campaigning to find out what happened and bring those responsible to justice.
What is without any shadow of a doubt is the CCTV footage which can be viewed below. In it you can clearly see Pet ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Bass OddityDavid Bowie – Crystal Japan
No posts for a while so I thought I’d come through with a little something for the weekend. David Bowie is a rather divisive figure among Dilate Choonz bloggers – some of us think he’s a genius, others think he’s a complete dud. I must admit that listening to 80s albums like Tonight and Never Let Me Down would swing one towards the latter category fairly quickly, but if you look at his 70s work, he put very few feet wrong.
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"It has always been there, you just have to discover it".Robert Leiner – Aqua Viva
I’ve been transferring a bit of vinyl to FLAC & mp3 over the last few weeks and there some great records I forgot I even had. Octaves/Tremeloes by Sonic Boom is one. Visions From the Past from Robert Leiner is another. And this is one of the best tracks from that long player, going all the way back to 1993 or thereabouts.
Robert Leiner is a brilliant Swedish electronic artist who was capable of both ambient techno and a drop of the harder stuff ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Teenage GeniusDaniel Pemberton – Phoenix
A nice slice of ambient here to ease us into November, from Daniel Pemberton, who was just 16 years old when Pete Namlook’s Fax label released his debut LP Bedroom in 1994.
The album was recorded in Pemberton’s bedroom (doh!) with only a 4-track tape recorder, a Korg Wavestation synth, an old Yamaha Portasound keyboard and a Boss effects unit. For all of us who have been constantly claiming that we would be able to make good tracks “if ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Synth Britannia" tributeThe Human League – Flexi Disc
This post was inspired by the BBC4 documentary “Synth Britannia” which aired last Friday (still available on the BBC iPlayer for UK residents) – a good documentary on the late 1970s and early 1980s UK ‘synthpop’ scene. Well worth 90 minutes of your time.
Synth-”pop” started out as a bunch of geezers in industrial locations such as Sheffield, Liverpool and East London influenced by science fiction and early Kr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Seasonal Problem...
Lego Feet (Autechre) – Leaves On The Line
Continuing Hal’s Autumnal theme, here is a track taken from the very first release (in 1991) on the Manchester-based SKAM Records label from Lego Feet, an early alias of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, AKA Autechre.
The stuff on SKAM I have heard (which is admittedly not that much) is interesting and experimental, but generally a bit too challenging for my tastes for everyday listening. Think of the later impenetrable Autechre stuff and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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