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