Jean Jacques Dexter

Relax with Jean Jacques Dexter

portion control

cracking early cassette release

Piry

yus!

Friedman & Liebezeit

Shackleton remix of Friedman & Liebezeit out very soon on nonplace. You know its gonna be good!

Tom Zé

I must have been sleeping under a rock or something to only discover Tom Zé last week :-(

Black Gold - C'mon Stop

Yazoo - I Before E Except After C

Silk Flowers

NYC's wonderful Silk Flowers are no more. Here's 'Band Of Color' from their 2011 album 'Ltd. Form' on Post Present Medium.

Silk Flowers - Band of Color by blackacid

Nikolas

Nikolas are from Denmark. Hopefully they put a record out soon.

Gong

Nice footage of Daevid Allen & Steve Hillage period.

Rainfear at The Joinery tonight

Rainfear is a loose arrangement of improvising musicians from Dublin, Ireland currently comprising David Donohoe, Fergus Cullen (European Sensoria Band) and Peter Maybury (Thread Pulls). Tonight David and Fergus will be performing as a synthesizer/ woodwind duo in The Joinery. A live CDr limited to 50 copies will be available for free. Tunedin52 is also playing. Check out his minimal atmospheric soundscapes here.

Mind-blowing stuff, do not miss!

2011 improvisations: DD FC by Rainfear

Brian Conniffe

Missed this show. A pure hypnagogic psych rhythm workout from Brian Conniffe. Really great stuff, look forward to catching him play soon.

Björn Famne - Vampire

Get Revenge

Been digging on the last couple of release by Rvng Intl. of late. They’ve really branched out for the early incarnation with a series of edit 12’s and mixes, all brilliant by the way, to original releases, by quiet a wonderful variety of artists. I’m loving the new Blondes 12 Business/Pleasure, not too sure if you would call it house, but simply it is the best dance record i’ve heard this year!
To the pastoral synth pop of Mirrors to the improvised noises of Julianna Marwick and Ikue Mori, who have both also released records on the spin off label Rvng Flkwys. Quality stuff allround. Plus be sure not to sleep on the re-issue of the little known classic Harold Gosskopf – Synthesist LP, the drummer with kosmiche acts like Ashra Temple and Cosmic Jokers, and a brilliant companion to E2 E4, even though the cover reminds me of a mate who lived in a tin foil covered room.

Check out the website for plenty of info and releases

Their great Soundcloud page offers plenty of samples, including a live recording of Julianna Marwick and Ikue Mori performing last week.

Takeshi Terauchi

smile..

Sam Most

been really diggin' the flute lately.. time to share the amazing Sam Most...killer tune on bell. got a re-issue on the great jazzman label too...

Ame Son

byg....oui oui

Daphne Oram

Daphne Oram playing with her power tools

Bruce Haack

"Ive got the power to be man of the hour".... oh yeah! ...gotta love this

Stone Coal White

Just picked up this release on Shadows CaliTex label. Comp of 2 45s with a few other bits to make it worthy of Lp status. Very raw gritty sound due to the shite recording but it seems to work well. Nearly halarious stereo panning and dub reverbs.

Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands // Album Launch // Stream

Playing records this Friday, at the launch for the wonderful new album by Patrick Kelleher

Should be a top party! Be sure to pick up the album, a stream of which you can hear below!

Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands - Golden Syrup by osakaRecords

Shackleton at Mud

just go

random russian heat

La Fresa Acida

Clouds

a really nice tune i bought but had missed the radar... until now.

Invisible Conga People - In A Hole

Another gem from Invisible Conga People out now on DFA. Check out their 2008 'Cable Dazed/Weird Pains' 12" on Italians Do It Better too.

Özdemir Erdoğan ve Orkestrası

Özdemir Erdoğan Ve Orkestrası – Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım

new t-woc mixtape alert

http://www.nozlrecordings.com/2011/06/23/t-woc-alphabet-set-community-skratch-podcast-004/Download T-Woc – Calling Space Budgie No. 5

Tracklist

Copacobana – Herbie Mann
Turrid Zone – The Afro-Soul-Tet
Egyptian Strut – Salah Ragab
Fuego – Dino Del Monte Nahor
Frankphone Blues – Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble
Luke – The Lightmen
My People….Hold On – Eddie Kendricks
Dreams – The Duncan Brothers
The Wolf – Menehan Street Band
How Long – Charles Bradley
Trouble – Brenton Wood
Queiro Dicarte – Coke


Mixtape title culled from jolly b-music night banter with mici!

Gala Drop - Drop

Gala Drop
Video by Antonio Contador

This is Entertainment

Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra

European Sensoria Band

I think I speak for all the WODers when I say that the European Sensoria Band (e+S=B) are one of the best bands in Ireland.

Here is an excerpt from their performance at the first Concrete Soup night back in May. It features Colm O'Hara on trombone.
e+S=B with Colm O'Hara (trombone) by ferguscullen

The next Concrete Soup night is this Friday in The Joinery and features music from
Cathal Roche and David Lacey playing as duo;Gavin Kerins on Saxophone/Electronics, and a trio of Suzanne Walsh, Brian Coniffe and Anthony Carroll.
Facebook Event details here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=230727420281258

Gretta Gunn @ W.O.D Tonight

Wall of Death is venturing into the live arena with the most excellent
Gretta Gunn, her recently top notch release on Alphabet Set has really
caught my attention, super excellent dark synth styling’s with a deep
rooted understanding of the pop. Really looking forward to seeing her
live with band....and so should you be.


WALL OF DEATH
@ The Workmans Club
Sunday 19 June
8:00PM til Close

Downstairs
FREE ENTRY

Featuring
LIVE
Gretta Gunn

Disk Jockeys
Micí Durnin
T-Woc (Alphabet Set)

Metal by GrettaGunn

Sun City Girls: Live Arizona 1990

Cian Nugent - "Sixes & Sevens" video

Cian's new album is set to drop on the wonderful VHF label next month.
You can read an interview with him here.

KONK

came across this really cool live footage today from Andy Warhol's '15 Minutes' show

one of the best bands to come out of the NYC scene in the early 80's and a long standing favourite of mine. Bloody love this band



more flavours

Kieth Mansfield

The amazing Keith Mansfield song "Morning Broadway"



..used for Danger Mouse & MF Dooms "Space Ho's"...

Forest Swords - Riverbed

A new limited edition white vinyl 12" from Forest Swords is set to drop in June. Fjree Feather is actually a re-issue (and remaster) of demo material previously available on CD-R. You can pre-order it now and all your money will be donated to the Red Cross's tsunami recovery efforts in Japan.

Here's a taster:



His Dagger Paths EP was one of the best releases of the 2010 and is still available.

FourColor - Quiet Gray 1

Absolutely beautiful track from Japanese artist Keiichi Sugimoto under his FourColor moniker. This appears on his new album, As Pleat on the fantastic 12K label. Sugimoto uses processed guitar to beautiful effect here, aided by a haunting vocal from Sanae Yamasaki (aka Moskitoo.


Here's some fantastic live footage too


As Pleat website
12K Label

PEAKING LIGHTS – AMAZING & WONDERFUL

Here's a video from one of my favourite releases of the year so far - a track from Peaking Lights "936" album on Not Not Fun.

Peaking Lights - Amazing & Wonderful from Not Not Fun on Vimeo.

http://notnotfun.com/now.html

Faust - J'ai Mal Aux Dents

Surfs Up #1

I’ve been a long time surf obsessive, but I’ve actually never been on a board and i’ve not been to Malibu, surf movies and especially the music on the other hand are RAD!! Over the years as I’ve bought foreign 60’s/70’s records the more I’ve been able to see the far reaching influence of bands like the Shadows, from the Asian Surf boom in Thailand and Singapore (where the Shadows had a sold out tour in ’61) to the Eleki scene in Japan (Ventures still out sell the Beatles), onto places like Peru who have a wealth of surf bands. The east has not been left untouched by the surf influence, or should that be the other way round as probably one of the biggest surf anthems by Dick Dale, who was a Lebanese/American, Misirlou or Miserlou to give it’s a traditional Greek name, was first recorded in 1927 by Michalis Patrinos and supposedly comes from Greek refugees from Turkey. This crossover influence can also be heard in the electrification of traditional players such as Omar Khorshid, Aris San and Arif Sag, all bad ass by the by....

So as the Summer starts to kick off i’ll do a few posts about some of my favourite records and from different countries, taking in exploitation records and soundtracks

First up are the Aussie Surf legends The Atlantics, signed and produced by legendary composer Sven Libaek. Libeak’s production adds an incredible experimental edge to the Shadows influenced surf sounds. Check out these few tracks and let me know what you think...

Fockewulf 190 - Body Heat

Fatima

no not half of Cathal Coughlan returning to his 90's outfit (great and all that they where)
But new release from Floating Points label Eglo . I really dig on FP's stuff and some excellant deep production here on the new EP for the most wonderful Fatima Bramme Sey, holy crap can this girl sing. my Mrs is goona play this to death....

Cankun

another, yes another new release from Not Not Fun out on download/cassette
i'm digging these kids though, like a cumbria record played slowly backwards through an acid dipped synth....or something like that

Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Falling

Mark E - R+B Drunkie

Mark E's edit of Janet Jackson's R&B Junkie. Not something I'd usually listen to, but this is pretty cool.

Tropic Of Cancer

picked up the new 10" the weekend, quality stuff with and nice Richard H Kirk remix to boot, i'm liking the original

Lovely Bubbly Synthly

Eddie Warner

Anika - Masters of War

Dylan's 'Masters of War' gets the dub treatment courtesy of Anika. This features on her fantastic self-titled debut album which was produced by Beak> (feat. Geoff Barrow of Portishead). It was released on Barrow's Invada imprint (Europe) and Stones Throw (USA, Japan) last year. There is also a 'dub' version of this track on the record!

04 Masters Of War 1 by Invada Records

Alvarius B - God Only Be Without You

Alan Bishop re-interprets The Beach Boys

Tiger Stripes

every so often i go through an Arthur Russell kick, and everytime there's a different record or style that gets the most airing....loving this great disco track of late, co-produced (uncredited) with Nicky Siano

Staccato Du Mal

Really digging on the goth synth sounds of Staccato Du Mal, possibly more than his other alter egos like Opus Finis, Xeno And Staccato....over the last few years there have been a whole spat of acts looking back at the whole dystopian 80’s sounds, which is no bad thing, it’s a sound i like and this is the best i’ve heard in a while, great stuff, and just out on Weird Records
If you like dark concrete electro this could be your bag



A more uptempo number

Miracle Candle

brilliant new track by Patric Kelleher from his forthcoming album Golden Syrup

check it

Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands - Miracle Candle by osakaRecords

delish

Edan @ The Sugar Club // Saturday

Edan takes to the stage this Saturday at the Sugar Club in Dublin, worth checking this brillaint emcee and DJ in operation if you haven't before..
high class with superb technique, never seen anyone else mixing and rapping at the same time, it's sure to be the party

His LP Beauty and the Beat being a firm favourite



The kind kids at Choice Cuts and Kush promotions gave us 2 tickets to give away, so if if you can name the Music Machine sample used in this track they're yours...

Worth getting out of the house for...


Edan & Paten Locke (Live Show)

Saturday 23rd April

The SugarClub, Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2

Admission €15 Doors 9pm - 3am

NEW DRONE/AMBIENT/DOOM MIXTAPE SERIES

A mate of mine has started a series of limited handmade doom, noise, drone, dark ambient mixtapes with full size A4 artwork and custom packaging.

Promo mix here:

sex lies magnetic tape - dragged into the woods - promo mix by sex lies magnetic tape

I have the first one and it is fantastic.

If you want one, send £5 via paypal to sex.lies.magnetictape@gmail.com

(this will include postage within UK/Ireland)

Music and artwork will also be available as free download.

Social Climbers

picked up this great New Wave record from New Jersey recently, magic synths, great vocals top stuff indeed

Indoor Life

Archeology. Been blasting this one out all night... good to clean shit too..

W.O.D. @ The Workmans // This Sunday

after a flase start last month i'll be starting a new monthly night in the Workmans this Sunday, if your about knock in....

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WALL OF DEATH @ The Workmans Club
Sunday 17 April
8:00PM til Close
Downstairs
FREE ENTRY

Featuring
Mici Durnin

also Dylan Philips myself and will be running a movie club before hand starting this Sunday with John Carpenter's DARK STAR
Trailer::



Starts around 5:30......here's the speel

The Wacked Out Cinema Club will be helping to serve the folk of Dublin with heavy doses of arcane, underexposed, delectable celluloid pictures that will help satisfy the needs of any movie nut. From sci-fi to Italian crime to trash/horror and noir, we will try our best to keep you surprised, and always entertained, we will attempt to inform with lesser screened documentaries and delight with wonderful animation. So come down get involved join the club and remember folks it's FREE!!

New t-woc mixtape

mix of deep soul & blues 45s up on my site

http://t-woc.alphabetset.net/

Best experienced under the infuence of haertache b2b regret b2b a fine whiskey...yowzers!

Thulebasen - Felaia

'Colors have the character of a relativity force similar to some of Thulebasens own sound compositions. The Felaia video tries to bring about an idea of a nature in dystopia, the sun is overburning, the ice is melting and breaking, the ocean is turned upside down, ritual hands are dancing as bodies but are no longer attached to a body. They make no clear signs and draw lines as if to try prophesizing things before they happen. The Felaia video is like thinking of death without going there. A death as a metaphor of the ultimate physical loss of control.' - Stine Marie Jacobsen

Thulebasen
Stine Marie Jacobsen

Cuticle - Liquid Crystal

great track from Not Not Fun spin off label 100% Silk
check out the Mericful Swound 12" for more of a flavour

Sleep ∞ Over

Neneh Cherry & The Thing

Here's a collaboration you'd never've imagined...

Korean Kids & Guitars

I really should be working but this was just more interesting...

Sons & Daughters - Silver Spell

'Silver Spell' from the new Sons and Daughters album 'Mirror Mirror', due out in June 2011 on Domino. All signs point to greatness.

Sons & Daughters - Silver Spell by DominoRecordCo

GAINSBOURG

tip from mici.....

SELDA BAĞCAN

Who doesn't like a bit of Selda...

X-Mix

Great mix of postpunk sounds. Have fun trying to figure out what they are though as there is no tracklisting.



X-MIX by Hyena

Songs in the key of S

Ros Sereysothea

a couple of cool cuts from the Khmer Queen

Yannis Kyriakides & Andy Moor - Vamvakaris

Bullet

Wonderful tune by Alan Tew and played by the band Bullet for the "The Hanged Man" soundtrack. As sampled on the Krush & Coldcut mix "Cold Krush Cuts" for Ninja Tune. A defining moment for me back in the 90s. Schmoookin' .... :-)

Sabbath Assembly

These guys are supporting Earth and I'd loved to see them. The band features Jex Thoth and Dave Null from No Neck Blues Band recording their versions of Process Church of Final Judgement ‘hymns’. It's all fire and brimstone done in the style of Jefferson Airplane.

Kraftwerk - Autobahn (live in Leverkusen, Germany)

A 40 minute live version of Autobahn recorded in Leverkusen 22th of April 1974.

thanks to Declan Doyle for the tip.

Datashat delivers another business fonk mix

GET IT HERE

Rahul Dev Burman

The Burning Train... Nice

WALL OF DEATH at The Workmans

next Sunday will be the first of WOD's monthly night in The Workmans Club so if your about it'll kick off from 8 with myself and assorted messers from here and beyond

Eighties Krautrock Disaster

during the 80's alot of krautrock groups continued, if a little further under the radar, morphing their sound, and some fitting into the rising Cosmic scene. Labels like Sky continued to release experimental electronic records, alot of this music is now very much, lets be kind, of it' time, but some of it i still really dig. here's some current favourites.

Rainfear

Rainfear is improvised electronic music from David Donohoe and Peter Maybury. They take us on an interplanetary sonic expedition mapped out by constantly evolving synthetic circuits, propelling us with their insistent ambient waves, awakening rhythmic sweeps and infinite signal pulses. We are guided safely home with the omnipresent resonance of the joy of being lost in this space.

Lae by David Donohoe

Hopefully this mind-blowing album gets a vinyl release sometime soon. In the meantime you can listen to all 11 tracks here.

Fern Knight - The Poisoner

Fern Knight: "The Poisoner" from Derek Moench on Vimeo.

Gabi Selgado - History of a kiss 12"

Pretty great solo offering from DAF man Gabi Selgado. Produced by Conny Plank. The flip of this 12" is awesome as well.

Thanks all who came along to Bmusic in Workmans last night ...

B-Music w/Doug Shipton (Finders Keepers)

tonight is our regular B-Music night in the Workmans Club and we are very please to welcome renowned record hound, LP compiler, international DJ and co-founder of Finders Keepers Records Doug Shipton ….. As well as enjoying the venues healthy free pour policy, expect to hear a fuzz-ridden-break-heavy DJ set from as far and wide as Malaysia, France, India, Germany, USA, Russia, Spain, Columbia, Italy and Indonesia….as some more beside. Watch out for Doug’s DJ mix, Dedicated Swallower of Fashion out soon on Fat City!


should be a cracking night folks so hope to see ye there



B-MUSIC @ The Workmans Club
Friday 4 March
9PM til 2:30
FREE ENTRY

Featuring
Doug Shipton (Finders Keepers Records)
Micí Durnin
Darren McCreesh

Here's a mix for a flavour

St Germain Des Prés

2 tasty library cuts from one of the finest labels

Panash

hard to believe this came out in 2004, time flys eh! tastey little 10" collaboration between Pepe Braddock and Jackson and his Computer Band, still sounding as fresh as the day it came out

Antelope - Concentration

This is cool. Very cool.

My Bloody Valentine - Soon (The Andrew Weatherall Remix)

Stellar Om Source

Warp 9 - Nunk

stone cold classic




co-produced by Jellybean Benitez

just saw this interview with him from '79, disco-tastic, check it!

Taana Gardner - Heartbeat

pulled this out and found it was broken in half! luckily I can still get to hear it ;)

Dumping Ground

my laptop is full of i don't know what so in order to clear it i've deleted alot of mixes i've made and stuck them online. so i'm putting them here. If you've heard them before, look away and carry on....

Mix 1
my first attempt this one and was a promo mix for a psych night i think...


Mix 2
made this for a friend, largely folk and soft psych, a good mix for a train journey


Mix 3
this mix was done for Dublab, back in my Maximum Joy days, a mix bag really, new (at the time) old and bit on the dance side


Mix 4
UK DIY and No Wave, more a mixtape and was given away free at a gig we did with Electricity in our Homes


Mix 5
Anantolian Rock mix, largely Turkish psych rock and folk, made this for a mate that was getting into some Erkin Koray


Mix 6
this is a mix i did for T-Woc's Visitor's blog, heavey on the flutes and vibes


Mix 7
Folk, jazz and psych


Mix 8
another Dublab mix,but more mixtape and write up, Krautrock/Kosmiche orientated
Get it Here

Piers Old Bits

Some old tunes of mine with one stray new one.....

Latest tracks by PierDub

RETARDED COP-VAN MAN

This is very funny.


Check out RC's "Couch Tour" in March.
http://thumped.com/bbs/showthread.php?83153-RETARDED-COP-COUCH-TOUR-OF-IRELAND..BOOKING-NOW!

Thread Pulls - Weight (Video)

Thread Pulls : from the album New Thoughts (Osaka Recordings, 2010) www.osaka.ie

Director: daragh mccarthy :
shot and edited with an iPhone :
footage stolen at the Cousteau Institute for Searching in the Water, Valencia, Spain.

www.threadpulls.com

Stark Reality

Stark Reality in a lovely improv mood on the album "The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop". Good luck digging out the original on AJP.
Never been a big fan of their vocals but Monty Stark's here on vibraphone sounding as great as ever.

Grupo Santa Cecilia

Eveyone knows the big disco remix killer "Africa Bump" by Tom Noble, but im guessing not many know where it came from... well here it is! by "Grupo Santa Cecilia".. what a wonderfully odd piece of music...

Astral Social Club - Snaefell

I'm a big fan of Astral Social Club. Neil Campbell's swirling psychedelic mix of noise and techno is a heady concoction. I was just thinking that it has been a while since I've bought anything by him and then I find this in my inbox - he has a new single coming out on the fantastic, and recently reactivated, Trensmat Records.
Here's the new one:


Here's an old one:

Natural Yoghurt Band

New Natural Yoghurt Band lp.. "tucking in with.." is just about to land so lets celebrate with a little starter...

The Invaders

Really nice song from the album spacing out.. The original on "Duane" is way to expensive but "badass" records re-issued it in the 80s. Generally filed under psych but because its just too dang funky, "jazzman" picked up on it and released this with latin lips on the flip on 7"... cheers Gerald!

Give It To Me Babe

i heard of the label Sacred Bones after picking up the first Gary War Lp (looking forward to getting my mitts on the new one), haven't really explored the whole catolgue too much, but by the sounds of Timmy's Organism i should recify that, nice new wave Suicide sounds.

Czech This

great footage of Blue Effect and the cool kids in down town Praha


again, some great footage of C&K Vocal in action, love this record!


Progress 2 getting there location tips from Motorhead.
This track always reminds me of the band Space

Animals and Men

Picked up a copy of Dirk Wears White Socks by Adam and the Ants at the weekend, recently had the early singles out for a listen and i didn’t seem to have the LP so nice to pick up. I have always been into Mr Ant, ever since i heard Elastica banging on about the Peel sessions in my youth. (an Elastica single was my first ever musical purchase). On it is this really great track called Animals and Men. The Ants i guess more considered a Post Punk band, but they where there from the off but not really breaking through, i guess having art school sound didn't appeal to the punks. Actually while at art school Adam Ant was a found member of the Monochrome Set.



I came across a band called Animals and Men, via their 45 Terraplane fixation quite a while back, brilliant DIY female led UK group, named after the Ants track. Defo Ants vibe off them with the guitar sound, but with a Pere Ubu/Bo Diddley backing with a gloriously refrained vocal. Check out the Hyped2Death comp for more old sounds and still on the go, check them here.

Hölderlin

Holderlin ‘s LP Holderlins Traum has long been one of my favourite German LP’s. More in the folk vain than say alot of their better known contemporaries at the time, but they found a very suitable home with the Pilz label with acts such as Witthuser and Westrupp, and also sit nicely on my shelf alongside similar artists such as Catherine Ribeiro

Here’s some cool live footage



and another track from the LP

Teeth of the Sea

been digging this band of late, hte video is from an a record that came out in 2009 i think...but i like the visuals, nice tune too. Check out their new LP Your Mercury

A TV Treat

the original cassette version of T.V. Treated by Neon Judgement, Belgian new wave

Sublime Thai Pop!

Those guys as Sublime Frequencies re-releasing lost Thai pop.. just cool.

Incredible String Band

The facinating incredible string band, Introduced to me at 16 years of age by James "Rohete" Dunford who tragically died last week. RIP man. this is for you..

New Pier Jazz Mix

New Pier jazz mix for "Choicecuts".
Short and sweet.. just like my women

http://www.choicecuts.com/blog/fridaze-jazz-cuts-20#top

Pier - Jazz for Connisseurs Mix by PierDub

K-X-P

K-X-P are from Finland. Their self-titled debut album was released on Smalltown Supersound last year.

They will be bringing their dark hypnotic motoriks, buoyant bass anchors, heavy waves of psyched-out progressive synths and echo chamber vocal rants to Dublin's Button Factory on January 20th.

Also, check out this really great oscillating minimal techno mix of '18 Hours (Of Love)' by JD Twitch (Optimo):

K-X-P - 18 Hours (Of Love) An Optimo (Espacio) mix by filete

45 mixtape #2

Here’s another 45 mixtape, a continuation of the first, of sorts.
Again, a bit of recent not so recent and far from recent with a drop of local.

WOD02 by kessakushu


The Laughing Windows – Opel Hair
The Pentangle – Travellin’ Song
Sound of Feeling – Along Came Sam
Triangle – Les brumes de Chatou
The Homosexuals – Hearts in Exile
Red Monkey – alter ed
Medium Medium – Freeze
Logikparty – Iodine
A.P.B. – Shoot you down
Banbarra – Shack Up
Zappatta Schmidt – Someone in the crowd
Traffic Sound – Got to be sure
Goom – Massai part 2
Omar K –Rainbow Arabia
Edip Akbayram – Mehmet Emmi

Fifty Foot Hose - Fantasy

One more from the Count

This is brilliant:

What A Way To Go Go

Batman shakes a mean cape...

The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue

i'm a bit of a sucker for a good old 70's zombie flick, here's a trailer for one of the best. Probably better known for it's killer and much sought after soundtrack by Giuliano Sorgini

Vice Versa

footage of Vice Versa performing live in the Bar at Psalter Lane Art College 1980

facemelt

COUNT TORNADO STOLE YOUR HELICOPTER

Inspired by Pier's post... I had a look for something from the inimitable... Count Tornado.

Check this:

DENNIS GREENIDGE

With songs like Spaghetti not a yeti.. how can you ignore this man. if you like to be part of his mad little world, check his cassettte tape to tape edit and dubbing album "Giant Man, Giant Plan" on Mordant Music...

45 mixtape #1

new mix for a new year. Decided I get in the game and do a mix of sorts. Pulled out a box of 7's and didn't really get past it, (actually did 3 mixes out of the box). The mix is a bit all over the shop as my filing system, (or lack thereof), a bit of recent not so recent and far from recent and a drop of local.

Putting this together reminded me how much I love 45's. They are a pain to store but once you're hooked it's hard to look past them. I remember DJ Shadow saying there like the crack cocaine of collecting, I used to laugh at this comment but maybe he's right, they're the ones I tend to horde and have I giddy enthusiasm for, never mind those tasty pic sleeves...the instant aural gratification, the almost throw away nature, finding one with a bad ass b-side, the b-side always wins. From funk and soul collectors, to prog psych punk beat nuts, to those mad minimal wave heads to the hip kids buying the newest weirdo bands, not forgetting the impact on Jamaica, everybody loves the 45! Everyone remembers their first. So embracing that spirit here's the first of maybe a series of sorts, it' no 45 King , more a straight mix tape. I'll post up the other 2 in the next week.

WOD01 by kessakushu

Eroc – Fito Linte

Steeple Remove – Radio Silence

Harmonia – De Luxe

Hunter Gatherer – Pere Lachaise

Khonnor – Heat Convex Dreaming

Soft Cell – So

John Foxx – Mr. No

Belbury Poly and Moon Wiring Club – Portals and Parallels

Tussel – Meh Teh

Dynastie Crisis – Le Monde Éclate

Quad Throw Salcrow – Fate Will Find You

TV Resistori – Kammen, Kynsi, Kieli

Blue Orchids – Work

Subway Sect – Don’t Split it

Crystal Stilts – Sugar Baby

The Jesus and Mary Chain – Upside Down

The Fe Fi Four Plus 2 – I wanna come back (from the world of LSD)

The Hollies – I’m Alive

Marie Laforer – Et Si Je T’aim

Swell Maps - Midget Submarines

Saw in the New Year listening to Swell Maps. Why did nobody tell me about these guys before?

Happy New Year, gentle readers.