Lynchian techno

Well who'd have thunk it? David Lynch goes electronic.

“I was just sitting and these notes came and then I went down and started working with Dean [Hurley, his engineer] and then these few notes, ‘I want to have a good day, today’ came and the song was built around that,”

David Lynch - Good Day Today [Original] by Sunday Best

Appropriately weird indeed.

Via FACTMAG

http://www.factmag.com/2010/11/29/david-lynch-releases-solo-electronic-single/

NE WHERE

Somehow hadn't made the connection before but Jamie xx of The xx was the producer of GSH's I'm New Here album from the start of the year. I only knew that he was the owner/manager of XL Recordings.

Anyway - apparently he's just done a remix album of I'm New Here called We're New Here, which is available for listening and downloading purposes right aboot hyar. Might actually go listen to some of The xx now, having dismissed them out of hand previously.

Celebrating 20 years since Twin Peaks first aired

appropriately weird.

Odd Nosdam

Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson 1955 - 2010

Just read the sad news that Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and  Coil has died aged 55.  Here's an interview he gave in The Quietus a couple of months ago.


"we are all only temporary curators of our present bodies, which will all decay, sooner or later. In a hundred years or so ALL the humans currently alive will have died. I take great comfort in knowing, with certainty, that thing that makes us special, able to enrich our own lives and those of others, will not cease when our bodies do, but will be just starting and new (and hopefully even better) adventure..."


Sleazy, 2010





Here's the amazing Psychic TV album, 'Dreams Less Sweet' from 1983

Dirtbombs - Sharevari

This is apparently off an album of covers, but i cant find more about it.

Tiger & Woods @ La Cheeta

The highlight of my weekend, and without a doubt one of the best live shows I've seen in a while. I went to see Leftfield at the Barras first on Friday night. As much as nostalgia is a powerful thing, I can't say I was particularly blown away. No new material and slightly gimmicky reworkings of their old classics, backed by a big shiny-shiny screen and over-the-top-visuals. The thousands of Glesga folk who saw them over Saturday and Sunday will no doubt disagree with me and call me a moany c*nt, mind.

So on to La Cheeta for this later on. They blew my socks off: 2 cheeky italian boys cracking out driving disco funk edits. Heavily working their MPC's, it's not always easy to impress nowadays with an Ableton set. The lure of Disco brought a pleasant balance to the crowd mixture. And by this I mean that it wasn't a sausage party like most of the other nights in there that play the music I love.

Here we go then:



You can find a few other tunes on youtube or their myspace, the vinyl is very rare apparently.

http://www.myspace.com/tigerandwoods

http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Tiger+%2526+Woods/

Jus' Ed - I'm Comin' (Levon Vincent Remix)

Now then,


I've been buying stuff on Jus Ed's label Underground Quality for a few years now, however nothing has previously whacked me as much as the tune below. This is massive for me at the moment. A true house banger: deep but rousing, driving and soothing. I only wish it was twice as long.

Weatherall or not

Hello all - been ages since my last post, so apologies for that. In the middle of refurbishing a house at the moment, so I'm busy-busy all the fooking time. In fact I could barely work out how to create a new post, that's how out of the loop I am.

Anyway, just wanted to post this great wee 6Mix I'm currently listening to. Andrew Weatherall plays the music which inspired Screamadelica. Only ten minutes in and it's already genius... enjoy!

Get on it.

Fela Kuti Documentary (1982)

Fela Kuti - Music Is The Weapon from Green Grin on Vimeo.


An excellent 53 minute documentary about the force of nature that was Fela Kuti.

I think I might post some of his music too as I'm getting Fela on the brain over here, the idea of making a tribute compilation is pretty daunting though, with 30 years of music to chose from and so many amazing yet really long tracks. Anyone have a favourite Fela album?

Be warned by the way, there are some pretty graphic and disturbing images of the violent and turbulent times Fela lived in, folk getting shot etc.

Los Saicos - ¡Demolición!

The first of six 7" vinyls from perchance the best band that ever was. LOS SAICOS.

GIT IT!
Los Saicos - Salvaje

Music had its share of rebels and rockin' rumblers in the mid-sixties, but none broke down the bars and stampeded through the urban jungle, instilling fear in the weak and exhilaration in the strong quite like Los Saicos, the short-lived, highly influential garage band from Lima, Peru, who played from 1964-1966. Los Saicos knocked down those walls with the primal urge to play unbridled rock n roll with attitude and vigor. Their music attacked like a feral rabid dog - everyone in Lima was infected. Whereas most Peruvian bands were playing covers of American/English rock n roll groups, Los Saicos stood out from their peers, writing and performing originals no one had ever heard before. In fact, they had very little to no knowledge of the Nuggets-type garage bands performing in the US and UK. In 1965, they scored their first major hit, "Demolició which swept across the country and across South America.

The band, comprised of Erwin Flores (lead vocals, guitar), Cér "Papi" Castrillóvocals, bass guitar), Rolando Carpio (lead guitar), and Pancho Guevara (vocals, drums), released a total of six singles before calling it quits a year later. Though Los Saicos remained relatively obscure for the rest of the 20th century, the influential torch they lit forty-five years ago still shines brightly on modern garage-punk bands, and shows no signs of burning out anytime soon.

The Human Expression - Love At Psychedelic Velocity

A psychedelic blitzing assault on the senses, demonstrating versatility, originality and vast amounts of energy.

GIT IT!

The Human Expression - 45's

The Vampires Of Dartmoore - Dracula's Music Cabinet (1969)

Spooky German psychedelic exotica ? Ultra rare late sixties proto hip hop moogsploitation? Whatever this is I like it. A soundtrack to a film that was never made, by a band that no one can name, on an amount of acid no one should take. Well maybe now and again, special occasions etc . . . .

Honestly though, the use of samples and the obvious familiarity with quite technical studio effects (for 1969) makes this sound like it was made in 96, not 69. Reminds me of Tipsy,Sukia and Funki Porcini.



Download The Vampires Of Dartmoore - Dracula's Music Cabinet (1969)

Tracklisting

1 - The Torture Chamber of Dr Sex
2 - Crime and Horror
3 - The Fire Dragon of Hong Kong
4 - Murder in the Ohio Express
5 - Dance of the Vampires
6 - Hello Mr Hitchcock
7 - The Executioners of Dartmoor
8 - Killer's End
9 - The Soaked Body
10 - A Handfull of Nitro
11 - Dr Caligari's Creeps Cabinet
12 - Frankenstein Greets Alpha 7

The Bad Seeds EP

The Bad Seeds’ story is a familiar one. A product of the youth-fueled sixties rock ’n’ roll wave, they enjoyed a meteoric rise on their home turf, the Texas Gulf Coast. For a band whose few records exemplify Texas garage rock at its finest, they didn’t last past the summer of ’66. But what they did leave behind is indelible: 45 rpm sides that rival the upper echelon Nuggets rock of the era. With an unmistakable sound that mixed-up early Stones with gutty Texas twang, the Bad Seeds put hometown Corpus Christi on the musical map in the mid-1960s.

This extended play collects the absolute cream of their original J-Beck Records output, from the pure Lone Star swagger of “I’m a King Bee” to “All Night Long”; easily the most Elevators-inspired jukebox selection ever. And to make it essential, the Bad Seeds’ ultimate statement, “A Taste of the Same,” makes its welcome return to vinyl.

GIT IT!
The Bad Seeds EP

Sully

This is Sully, one of the probably lesser known producers coming out of London's hyped post-dubstep movement. Annoying catch-all hyphenated buzzwords aside, there are few artists who seem to be doing anything particularly new. There are a few gems to be found nevertheless.

Sully has a talent for 2 step programming which I have a real soft spot for: satisfying melodic progressions and insanely tight percussion, shuffling high hats, drums that swing off the beat, and syncopation; plenty of space to shimmy your ass in between where the sounds hit.

Low quality youtube rips do no favours to the production here as usual, so I can only recommend you get some meaty k.b.p.esses in you through your usual digital data administration pipe.

You can buy from here http://boomkat.com/search?q=sully&fields[]=&commit=

These are 3 track previews from the E.P's

There is jungle and hardcore here too in the bass and the rolling snares, clever and economical use of vocals; what to me seems like a fine distillation of the classic noises from these genres into something current and fresh.

Tom Waits Documentary

80 minute documentary about Tom Waits' music, 1983 - 2006

Bob Hocko & The Swamp Rats

GIT IT!

Bob Hocko & The Swamp Rats - Get Hip (Archive Series Reissue 45)

The Swamp Rats were one of the most demented, unhinged and fuzzed-out bands this side of the Sonics. It's no surprise that they covered "Psycho," The trio utilized twin fuzzed guitars, drums and no bass for a primal sound that few could match.

Elvis Never Did No Drugs

The Falcons, Wilson Pickett & Eddie Floyd

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The Falcons - I Found A Love

Steeped in the history of Rhythm and Blues & Soul Music, Detroit (forget all about Motown for a while) has given us some of the finest purveyors of the music of our choice. One of the groups that is rich in the history of Detroit Soul is the Falcons, who in turn has given Soul Music some of the finest luminaries in the field of Soul Music, Eddie Floyd & Wilson Pickett two of the most renown.

Spike Jones

They really just don't make musical entertainment like this any more


Spike Jones - Sabre Dance
Uploaded by perruche. - See more comedy videos.

This one features Mel Blanc, legendary voice of basically every warner brothers cartoon character, doing a bit of a Sylvester voice in the mix there



You know you want it

The Best of Spike Jones and his City Slickers Vol 1

Rock n Roll Vinyl Rips - Emptifish

I was sent this 45 by the men themselves for use on a compilation a couple of years ago.
pretty sure it's still not available to buy which is a crime so here it is in all its trashy glory.

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Emptifish - Branksmere Sessions

Emptifish 1983 - 1987 - By Nick Beat. I'd heard about 'Emptifish' while running an illegal drinking den 'The Trash Cavern Nightclub' in Waverly Road, Southsea. These guys were somehow too hot for the regular concertgoer and I decided to keep a distance from the craziness of their antics. As time progressed the band built up such a strong following including many young and attractive girls, 700-800 turning up at venues that held only 200-300 that eventually they became the talk of the South Coast with their musical hybrid of surf/punk and early "Beatles", surprising many in the aftermath of punk rock. At this stage I became interested as I could either see glory or destruction around the corner. As the year passed by I contacted the boys and tried to coax them into a deal. They had charisma and charm but their own burgeoning success led them to confidence and belief in their own destiny. Bigger venues followed in their own town, but at this point a group of notorious football hooligans known as the 6.57 crew latched on to the group. They showed up at the Rock Gardens Pavilion in front of a huge sold out crowd, a fight broke out during the first song this was between Punks, Psychobillys and a mob of the football crew. The gig was abandoned. I guided the band to play further a field, securing gigs in London and the Home Counties. At this point the News headlines were for all the wrong reasons, many venues were trashed in this period. The band took no part in this violence; it was a mixture of their raucous edgy music and the clash of youth cultures. At this point I would have promoted the boys infamy and gone National but the boys just carried on regardless. The Band enjoyed the notoriety; this would ultimately lead to their downfall, not in popularity but the opportunity of playing anywhere. Playing away from Portsmouth should have been a relief for the band but at each venue a huge following would materialize, at one gig with three record producers who had hoped to sign the band, witnessed another huge fight in the second song and another great opportunity was missed. The band were now too hot to handle by me, clubs and record companies and had now come under the gaze of the police, the band pleaded they had no part in the violence but they were seen as the cause, an outright ban was put in place. The boys fought the law but the law won! A few underground gigs took place under alias' "The Manta Rays" and "The Ambassadors", but these again, were marred with violence. The band split and went their own ways travelling the world fulfilling other ambitions. Emptifish played over 200 gigs from 1983 – 1987 to enthusiastic audiences, sometimes a bit too enthusiastic. They wrote and performed approximately 70 of their own songs and released two EP’s in limited numbers on Crystal Records, now very rare. These records were often heard on the late John Peels night time show. They recently reformed for a one off gig and played on an old Napoleonic fort in the English Channel, The charisma of the band is still there, they showed off their legendary moves, the crowd lapped it up - it was like they had never left us - good luck lads, Nick Beat Emptifish - By Nick Beat