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

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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.