The Real Nitty Gritty

the third album again remastered & expanded.This one is less heavy & adds a nice fat funky vibe.At times it's almost a breaks album as the drummer really gets down.If you enjoy that 70's vibe you can't go wrong here

Side one

"Breakthrough" (Vincent Crane/Pat Darnell) 6:22
"Break the Ice" (John Du Cann) 5:03
"Decision/Indecision" (Crane/Darnell) 3:54
"A Spoonful of Bromide Helps the Pulse Rate Go Down" (Crane) 4:43

Side two

"Black Snake" (Crane/Darnell) 6:03
"Head in the Sky" (Du Cann) 5:42
"The Rock" (Crane) 4:35
"The Price" (Crane) 5:20
2004 Castle Music CD reissue bonus tracks
1. "Devil's Answer" (Du Cann) 3:30 - US version with overdubbed Du Cann vocals 1971
2. "Breakthrough" 7:21 - Live in Concert 1972
3. "A Spoonful of Bromide Helps the Pulse Rate Go Down" 4:50 12- Live in Concert 1972
In Hearing of.zip

Atomic Rooster-Death Walks Behind You

2010-01-06T23:18:00.002-06:00

the second album again in remastered expanded form.This one might be a touch heavier than the other one.The title track for sure was a heavy rock staple on my turntable growing up.

1. Death Walks Behind You

2. VUG

3. Tomorrow Night

4. 7 Streets

5. Sleeping for Years

6. I Can't Take No More

7. Nobbody Else

8. Gershatzer

9. Tomorrow Night - (Bonus Track)

10. Shabooloo - (Bonus Track)

11. Death Walks Behind You - (Bonus Track)

12. Rock, The - (Bonus Track)

Death Walks Behind You.zip

death walks behind me 2.zip

Atomic Rooster-Self-Titled

2010-01-06T22:58:00.003-06:00

I'm a big fan of late 60's early 70's heavy rock.It teeters between the dance floor fashions of the 60's & looks to the prog sounds of the 70's.It was also the music that served to draw me into the world of music blogging.There were so many obscure albums in this style & i remember trying to figure out how rapidshare worked so i could access albums i found posted.One thing led to another & here i am.Atomic Rooster were actually a farely well known band at that time.I owned a couple of their records on vinyl in the 70's.This is an remastered expanded version of their first album with some BBC recordings & 45's. Lots & lots of organs & groovy riffs here.Dig on it. Also their original drummer who left after this album was Carl Palmer who left to join E.L.P.

1.	Friday 13th - (studio)
	2.	And So to Bed - (studio)
	3.	Broken Wings - (studio)
	4.	Before Tomorrow - (studio)
	5.	Banstead - (studio)
	6.	S.L.Y. - (studio)
	7.	Winter - (studio)
	8.	Decline & Fall - (studio)
	9.	Friday 13th (U.K. Mix) (Bonus Track) - (studio)
	10.	Before Tomorrow (U.K. Mix) (Bonus Track) - (studio)
	11.	S.L.Y. (U.K. Mix) (Bonus Track) - (studio)
	12.	Devil's Answer (Demo) (Bonus Track) - (studio)
	13.	Seven Lonely Street (BBC Session 26/5/70) (Bonus Track) - (studio)
	14.	Friday 13th (BBC Session 26/5/70) (Bonus Track) - (studio) Self Titled.zip

Richard Hawley-Discography

2010-01-06T19:59:00.004-06:00

a friend of mine wanted to hear these so i thought i'd just put them here.If you're a fan of late 60's Elvis or baroque pop or Scott Walkers early solo stuff but with a Sun records bent you can't go wrong with these albums.Effortlessly classy music.Not a whole lot of stylistic deviation but it's not really needed as the songs & sounds are consistently excellent

Truelove's Gutter.zip

Lowedges.zip

Broadcast-Microtronics Volume 02: Stereo Recorded Music For Links And Bridges

2010-01-06T19:57:00.003-06:00

more oddball electronics

Microtronics - Volume 2.zip

Broadcast-Microtronics Volume 01: Stereo Recorded Music For Links And Bridges

2010-01-06T19:52:00.003-06:00

tour only release of what sounds like radiophonic library music

Microtronics Vol.1.zip

the New Wave Complex 16

2010-01-03T13:50:00.001-06:00

as promised that's all 16 volumes of this set.

New Wave Complex Vol.16.zip

The New Wave Complex 15

2010-01-03T13:49:00.001-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.15.zip

the new wave Complex 14

2010-01-03T13:48:00.002-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.14.zip

the new Wave Complex 13

2010-01-03T13:47:00.000-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.13.zip

the New Wave Complex 12

2010-01-03T13:46:00.001-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.12.zip

The New Wave Complex 11

2010-01-03T13:45:00.001-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.11.zip

just a note

2010-01-03T12:17:00.000-06:00

put new links up for Sketches And Spells & The Willows

Cosmic Trip Machine-Vampyros Roussos

2010-01-01T09:58:00.003-06:00

"Cosmic Trip Machine is one of Belgium's finest psychedelic bands, these night-trippers sound like Demis Roussos jamming with Gong imagining a psychedelic horror soundtrack wandering through a free-flowing erotic surreal delirium with enough sitar, cosmic electronics and wailing acidic guitar leads to blow your head clean off. Vampyros Roussos is a rock opera and the soundtrack of an imaginary movie about Jimmy, a young man running away from Fuzzy, a police inspector, and his partner, Funky C.

I have the cassette version of this which adds about 8 songs.That's a scan of the inlays above one of which tries to help you follow the story.Good luck with that.But if you dig some sitar/guitar hippy psych sounds this is a major winner.This is dubbed directly from the cassette & i think i even got the tracking right.Sounds pretty great for a cassette dub.Enjoy

Vampyros Roussos.zip

Happy New Year!!

2010-01-01T09:14:00.002-06:00

I took it slow in December as real life always gets crazy then. making up for some lost time here.All New Wave Complex posts inspired by the really goofy 80's band i saw playing a New Years Eve celebration last night outside in freezing cold weather.

The New Wave Complex 10

2010-01-01T09:12:00.002-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.10.zip

The New Wave Complex 9

2010-01-01T09:11:00.000-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.09.zip

the New Wave Complex 8

2010-01-01T09:10:00.002-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.08.zip

the New Wave Complex 7

2010-01-01T09:09:00.002-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.07.zip

The New Wave Complex 6

2010-01-01T09:07:00.001-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.06.zip

The New Wave Complex 5

2010-01-01T09:06:00.002-06:00

New Wave Complex Vol.05.zip

Moon Wiring Club-An Audience of Art Deco Eyes

2010-01-01T08:40:00.004-06:00

on the Blank Workshop label in England these guys travel down the same paths as the Ghostbox label.Radiophonic sounds from the past beamed to the future alternately jaunty & mildly creepy.They also have some resemblance to Boards of Canada.

1	Dumpley's Acrostics	2:11
2	Ghost Radio	1:05
3	You Have No Gifts	4:27
4	The Variant On The Right	0:44
5	Mademoiselle Marionette	3:24
6	Almond Talbot's Wireless Telegraphy	0:54
7	Roger's Ghost	3:51
8	An Invitation To Shoebox Garden	2:58
9	Opening Leaves	0:32
10	Activate The Poacher	3:01
11	Wool Book	4:37
12	Inside Shoebox Garden	0:47
13	The Edwardians Begin To Enjoy Themselves	3:34
14	Living Furniture	3:23
15	A Slip In The Forth Dimension	3:06
16	The Stone Sun	1:33
17	The Green Policeman	4:11
18	Unknown Monarch	0:44
19	Autumn Fair Thursday At Four	4:24
20	Underground Library	1:41
21	The Variant On The Left	1:37
22	Some Cobwebbed Limbo An Audience Of Art Deco Eyes.zip moon wiring club 2.zip

what i'm really thankful for

2009-12-25T10:38:00.000-06:00

woke up today to find a fellow blogger in Greece had emailed me links to 5 prog rock albums by new artists released in 2009.Thanks to all the digital Santas out there whose gifts just kept on giving in 2009!!!

Chrome-The Chronicles

2009-12-16T23:13:00.003-06:00

I got in the mood to hear this today & had to track it down.I figured i can't be the only person whose had a hard time finding this.I've been a Chrome fan since i was 17 & picked up Alien Soundtracks.Long before Joy Division & terms like post punk had been invented bands like Chrome & Pere Ubu were making futuristic industrial rockt.In the 70's/early 80's the effect this music had on kids like me can't be overlooked.Part of it was that in pre internet days the only place you heard about this music was in underground zines & the only place you could buy it was in small independent stores which made the music that much more mysterious.You had to really dig to find this stuff.It might as well have been beamed in from another planet.It was truly underground.I remember the first time i saw Chrome member Helios Creed live it was mindblowing.I couldn't believe there was actually a real person who played this stuff.In anycase i had this on vinyl once upon a time as part of a 6 record set.There was an approximation of that box released on cd but it included mistitled truncated versions of these songs.I was always unhappy about that but the internet has solved my problem.
Chronicles, Vols. 1 & 2.zip
1 The Chronicles Of The Sacrifice5:142 The Chronicles Of The Tribes7:243 The Chronicles Of The Open Door6:114 The Chronicles Of Born In The Night15:455 The Chronicles Of The Beacons17:146 The Chronicles Of Gehenna10:14

a large selection of Tobin Sprout

2009-12-16T23:01:00.004-06:00

a long while ago i posted a bunch of GBV & promised to do the same with Tobin Sprout.Needless to say i never got around to it.Well here it is.I've been on an experimental music kick this year but i really started this blog to turn my friends onto music i liked.So this is for you guys who've been around since the start.And yes i am a confirmed GBV fanatic.There's 63 songs here.Three hours of music.

tobin sprout.zip

tobin sprout 2.zip

Richard H Kirk-Black Jesus Voice

2009-12-16T22:39:00.003-06:00

the last Kirk I'll put up for awhile.This came out in 86 & sounds like a Cabs album from that era.The music is much more electro & dance oriented than before though still with an experimental edge.I always thought the Cab's pulled the dance thing off pretty well until they went completely off the deep end with it on the Groovy,Nasty,Laidback album.If you hit the dance floor to their sounds in the 80's then this album will fit right in with that.All 3 Kirk albums were a revelation to me when i heard them cause this stuff wasn't easy to come by when it came out.Hope you enjoy them also.Maybe someday i'll post the Cabaret Voltaire catalog

Streetgang (It Really Hurts)
Hipnotic
Boom Shala
Black Jesus Voice
Martyrs Of Palestine
This Is The H-Bomb Sound
Short Wave Black Jesus Voice.zip

Richard H. Kirk-Time High Fiction

2009-12-16T22:32:00.004-06:00

this one is weirder & noiser than his first.Probably not as good either but if you like early Cabaret Voltaire you'll dig this.It came out in 83 but sounds like it was recorded earlier.Again if it came out on a cassette label today you'd think it was brand new.I've been a big fan of underground weirdness for a long time

The Greedy Eye
Shaking Down The Tower Of Babel
Force Of Habit
Day Of Waiting
Black Honeymoon
Nocturnal Children
Wiretrap
The Power Of Autosuggestion
Dead Relatives Part One
Dead Relatives Part Two Richard H Kirk - Time High Fiction 2xLP [1983].zip

a couple hard to get singles

2009-12-15T23:39:00.002-06:00

i was sorting thru my stuff & i found a couple singles i know i had a hard time finding so

i thought i'd share.First up is Amorphous Adrogynus full 22 minute remix of

'Falling Down" by Oasis.Second is Primal Scream covering Suicide's "Diamonds,

Fur Coats,Champagne" which was released in an edition of 3000 copies.Finally

there's Andrew Weatherall's remix of the Scream's "Uptown" which was only available as

a vinyl "12' inch with the preorders of the album from their website.

Falling Down (A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding in Your Mind).mp3

14 Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne.mp3

Uptown (Long After The Disco Is Over Mix).mp3

Layout change

2009-12-12T23:56:00.002-06:00

Hey guys it was suggested to me that the blog had some font/color issues that made it hard to read.I admit i was getting a little clever with the type.I went to a lighter look but i just made many of my old posts hard to read.I probably won't go back & edit those.But from now on i'll keep it simple so the blog is user friendly.Thanks for the input

Steve Hauschildt-Resplendent,The Summit,Rapt for Liquid Minister

2009-12-10T00:58:00.003-06:00

3 releases by the Emeralds member.Lots of dreamy washed of synthesized electronic sound with some louder stuff on The Summit.Sit back & get your Krautrock on

The Summit.zip

Rapt for Liquid Minister c20.zip

Resplendent.zip

Richard H. Kirk-Disposable Half-Truths

2009-12-10T00:33:00.004-06:00

the first album by the Cabaret Voltaire main man released on cassette way back in 1978.This was some seriously weird stuff back in those days although this could easily be a Cab's if you had Mallinder singing on it.This could be released today into the current experimental cassette underground & it would sound completely current.The ghosts of dub & disembodied vocals & radio transmissions & white noise reside inside these songs.This album was played repeatedly by me when it came out.I used to go to sleep to stuff like this & i can still remember waking up to the vocal sample of a woman repeating 'no fucking way no fucking way no fucking way over over again & scaring the crap out of me in the middle of "False Erotic Love" before i realized what it was.Meet the old underground same as the new underground.

disposable half truths_1978_irc.zip

John Barleycorn Reborn

2009-12-09T12:37:00.006-06:00

the original 2 disc set.What can i say it's epic.So here's a review written at the time of release which also has some notes about the Rebirth set

Objectivity be damned, it just can't be done! When presented with a collection of tracks dubbed Dark Britannica, comprising two CDs that when purchased entitles you to 33 extra downloadable tracks (the equivalent of two more CDs), which collectively prove satisfying time after time -- sorry, but all pretence at neutrality must be abandoned. This is certainly at least one of the best collections of the year, and a unique experiment that succeeds superbly.

Brought to you by the people at the legal folk download service Woven Wheat Whispers, John Barleycorn Reborn's remit of dark traditional and tradition-based British music does not necessarily focus on negativity and gloom as the wording might suggest. It is more an exploration of the less "pretty" side of the genre, with no attempts at expurgation and a freedom for the musicians to express that side of the music and themselves. As a result, the set contains a great variety of arrangements from acoustic to folk rock to electronica and beyond, and a combination of ancient and newly written material that fits together easily.

One of the few negatives of the set is that the actual writers of each track aren't directly credited, so in some cases it's hard to be sure if the song is old or new. The downloadable cover notes sometimes do give this information in the blurb for a track, but this can involve a bit of a search as opposed to having the information simply credited along with the title. Still, maybe it's a good thing to just let this timeless music speak for itself in that sense.

To do any sort of track-by-track analysis would keep us all here for hours, so perhaps I'll expand more generally. I kept notes as I listened through the whole set and the first thing to say is that at no time did it seem a chore to listen to so many songs a number of times; in fact it helped many of them become favourites more quickly. It's also interesting that although I had never heard of 99 percent of the performers before, it made absolutely no difference to the enjoyment of the recordings, as well it shouldn't! A lot of the material itself is maybe not the expected fare (no 'Tam Lin' for example), which may or may not show an intention to focus on the lesser-known songs, but it also proves the abundance of music in the genre in the first place. Not to mention its flexibility in withstanding the various interpretations that different artists place upon it.

The obvious inclusion is the almost-title track 'John Barleycorn', which appears in a few different forms, not including a further remix of one track on Volume 3. The first version by The Horses Of The Gods begins the entire set, with a foreboding and arresting arrangement that sets the scene well. The second version by The Anvil has quite a different feel, more melodic with distorted guitar and menacing overtones; the remix is even more mesmerising.

In overall terms, each disc is on a particular theme. Disc The First focuses on birth, though there is still plenty of death on display in, for example, Mary Jane's wonderful folk rock rendition of 'Twa Corbies', and 'To Kill All Kings' by Sol Invictus, which is more electronic folk though still traditional-sounding. Again and as is often the case throughout, "menacing" seems an appropriate description, too. Other highlights include the rousing 'Spirit Of Albion' by Damh The Bard and the downright spooky 'Hippomania' from English Heretic, another electronic piece with threatening drums, violin and electric guitar.

A number of the songs have a medieval feel with instruments to match, such as Sharron Kraus' 'Horn Dance' and Peter Ulrich's 'The Scryer and The Shrewstone', the latter being a story song featuring recorder and crumhorn in a creative arrangement. It's unfair to omit any particular track because, even though there is wide variety in musical approach and even recording quality, there is not one piece that makes me want to skip it on first or subsequent listening. However, let's move on regardless.

The theme of Disc The Second is death. It is British traditional music after all, so the subject is an obvious and appropriate one. This also features a recording of the title track, but quite different from the others. 'John Barleycorn: His Life, Death & Resurrection' as performed by Xenis Emputae Travelling Band (AKA Phillip Legard) has a different tune, and the arrangement of three voices and percussion leading into a mysterious-sounding mix of accordion, acoustic guitar and percussion is unique.

The mix of styles continues from Disc 1, ranging from the gentle, flowing 'To Make You Stay' by Tinkerscuss (with gorgeous vocals and almost a Pentangle feel to it) to the thundering folk rock of Obsidian Blade's 'While Angels Watch'. 'Nottamun Town' by Drohne is perhaps a more obvious choice of song, but again the arrangement is unexpected -- contemporary, electronic and foreboding, with some hurdy gurdy and a bit of folk/rap included for good measure! One of my personal highlights of the volume.

Recorders feature on a couple of tracks: Sand Snowman's 'Stained Glass Morning', an attractive acoustic song with melodic female vocals and a classic sort of Incredible String Band sound, and 'PewPew' by Quickthorn, a slower piece with two recorders in counterpoint, along with hammer dulcimer and laconic vocals, adding up to a sparse, medieval sound.

There are 17 songs in all on disc two, and although there are a few that I don't see necessarily fitting into the death theme, they all work together well. The final track by Martyn Bates is an evocative instrumental recorded exclusively for the set, and its title of 'The Resurrection Apprentice' leads neatly to the third and final volume.

The link to download the tracks for Part The Third is provided when you purchase the original double CD. The fact it's called "Part" rather than "Disc The Third" is a clue that there are too many songs to fit on one CD; in fact the 33 songs (over 200 MB of mp3s) fill up two more CDRs easily. There is no cover per se for this part, so how you store them is up to you. Also, the mp3s are not in a particular order, except for only the first few which are numbered, so compiling them into the order on the online tracklisting takes a bit of time too, should one wish.

The theme, as suggested before, is resurrection. Again, I suspect the fitting of some tracks to the specific theme is a bit flexible, though they fit the overall subject fine. With 19 tracks on volume 3.1 as it were, and 14 on 3.2, there is an equivalent amount of diversity and enjoyment as on the main set. That it is to say, a great deal of each.

I'll take the easy route and make a few general observations. A number of tracks would fall into the area of soundscape as much as song, particularly Sundog's 'Kilpeck June 2007' and Clive Powell's 'Ca The Horse, Me Marra'. The latter track features bird song and bells for the first two of its 11 minutes, with solo vocal eventually added to an intriguing treatment of a traditional-sounding melody.

The lengthiest track at around 12 minutes belongs to Curran with 'Seven Sleeps Seven Sorrows'. This also begins with bird song in a sort of industrial soundscape, before the addition of gentle dulcimer and bass to what turns out to be a great pagan folk/rock song. Its length is not a hindrance but instead allows a real exploration of the piece.

Although Venereum Arvum's take on 'Child 101: Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter' is an electronic remix of their song on disc 2, it was the "flower mix" here that made me realise that after a few listens, it's the sort of song you feel you've known forever. With the birth of Robin Hood as its topic, the song's arrangement combines male and female vocals with an appropriately ethereal backing.

Also worthy of special note is the loud, rousing track by medieval band Daughters Of Elvin. 'Ognor Mi Trovo' is energetic, fun -- and ancient! I also enjoy the "Tigon Mix" of 'Wake The Vaulted Echo' by The Owl Service; a sombre piece with piano intro that uses excerpts from late 1960s films (largely the reminiscences of wartime by an older lady) to create quite a sad, thoughtful track. As for the rest, I have no doubt any one of them could easily become somebody's favourite from the set.

The set is given the following general description: "An exploration of the seasons and their turning through the birth, death and rebirth of John Barleycorn, as observed in the fields, grain and ale." The story of Barleycorn, a personification of the process of turning barley into ale, contains all the sort of mystery and danger that informs a lot of the tracks on John Barleycorn Reborn; not least his arising from death and misfortune to have the last laugh.

These CDs are designed not just as an enjoyable listening experience, as if that wasn't enough, but as a call to arms to those who celebrate Dark Britannica to come into the light and reclaim their place in the world. If the end result brings the overall feel of this music to the wider world, with the attendant embracing of the mysterious spirituality inherent in life, then bring it on!

what can i say? Get it

john barleycorn reborn 1.zip

john barleycorn reborn 2.zip

John Barleycorn Reborn-Rebirth

2009-12-09T11:27:00.002-06:00

as promised the download only part 3 of the John Barleycorn Reborn set issued as a celebration of the first produce of the harvest & the coming of the winter.This is another hard to find item & is dark experimental British Folk of the highest order.By the way the tags are a bit off on track #'s so you may have to tag them if you want the stuff as the same order as the download. I just got wore out & uploaded it as such.Songs/titles fine it's just track #'s.Hope you enjoy my version of the holiday spirit

John barleycorn rebirth .zip

john barleycorn reborn rebirth 2.zip

All Souls Arise-A Very Pagan Xmas

2009-12-09T10:05:00.004-06:00

some years ago i bought an album by the band Stonebreath.I can't sat it was the best thing i'd ever heard but i was intrigued by the almost ritual like psych folk it had on offer so i started looking into the psych underground.This coincided with the internet taking off so my task was easier.One thing led to another & this one album led to me going to Terrastock & getting involved in that community & then onto other experimental musics & on to small labels & blogs that post experimental sounds.It all started for me with Tim Renner.In a sense my interest in bands such as Emeralds,Natural Snow Buildings & the like began there.What's that got to do with this post? Not much except that alongside Renner's label i discovered a website that reviewed music by like minded artist called The Unbroken Circle.The site's creator Mark Coyle would send out self made comps he did of psych/pagan folk music for free if you just asked.I've got an entire collection of this stuff i'll post at some point.Eventually as the site grew he turned it into a record label called Woven Wheat Whispers & on the site you could download scores of albums by bands upholding the British Folk spirit from traditional to far more experimental fare.It was the coolest site ever.And then one day Mark just shut it down.There was no real reason ever given as far as i can see.I miss this site tremendously.Mainly because he featured great inexpensive downloads of Wicker Man style music by loads of bands i'd never heard of.I don't know where you even go to hear this stuff anymore.And i don't know if Mark even has a web presence anymore.What i do know is that Dark Holler & The Unbroken Circle led me into a world of wonder & as i sit here & write these words Brothers of the Occult sisterhood is playing & i got to them in a sense thru those sites so i just thought they deserved the credit.

Now about this post.Woven Wheat Whispers issued a monster 2 cd set of Dark Brittania called John Barleycorn Reborn.Here's somebody else's words on it

This compilation explores the darker side of British folk music, evoking the mystery of our ancient past and peoples, the strangeness of their beliefs, arcane traditions and the remnants of this carried down the centuries as folklore. The set has an extended booklet with articles, essays and explorations of the album's concept.

It's a great comp & i'll post it soon but in addition to that if you bought it you got a free download of part 3 which had 33 more songs.I'll post that soon also.But in addition to this for about $9 as i rember you could download what basically amounts to a 4th volume All Souls Arise which for want of a better description is a celebration of the Winter Yule & the Samhain.It's a pagan Xmas album.

If you're a fan of The Wicker Man or weird British folk or experimental sounds you should grab this.This comp along with the 2 John Barleycorn comps are some of my most prized possessions. This was music made by & issued by artists who genuinely did it because they loved the source material & what they did without any expectations of selling a million copies.If anybody knows where Mark Coyle ended up or if there's some amazing pagan British folk site i'm missing let me know.This is pretty hard to find by the way so grab it if you like it. I know it's the only xmas music i listen to

Doug Peters - Samhain Song (do álbum "Sacred Water")
Mary Jane - Let The Fire Begin
Damh The Bard - Samhain Eve (de "The Hills Are Hollow")
In Gowan Ring - Wind that Cracks the Leaves (nova gravação)
The Owl Service - Night Falls on Summer's End
Prydwyn and Kira with Quickthorn - A Leaf Must Fall
Novemthree - Old Year's Feast
Electronic Voice Phenomena - Laurel (remix, de "Mind Universe Interface")
Sand Snowman - All Fool's Parade
Orchis - Scene Through A Looking Glass
The Joy of Nature - The Twilight of the Old King
Allister Thompson - It Goes On
The Phoenix Cube - Lift The Stone
Sedayne - Child 32
Andrew McKay and Carole Etherton - Scarecrow (de "Characters")
Clive Powell - I Wisht I Was Where The Gadie Runs
Hermione Swinford - The Lover's Ghost (de "Deep In The Wood")
Tinkerscuss - Long Lankin (de "Mythago")
Talking Trees - Wild Mountain Thyme
Mr Love and Justice - Build A Fire
Andy Smythe - Autumn Gold (de "Love Unspoken")
Pig's Ear - Welcome Cold November (de "The Whole Hog")
Philip G Martin - Winter Snow (de "Vielle Sauvage")
The Bully Wee Band - The Snows (de "50 Channels")
Stonefield Tramp - The Winter King (de "Full Circle")
all souls arise.zip
all souls arise 2.zip

The Deadly Avenger-Deep Red/Blossoms & Blood

2009-12-07T20:53:00.004-06:00

the soundtrack for a movies that hasn't been made gimmick is something that's been around for awhile.I think the first time i experienced it was listening to the first Barry Adamson solo album.i remember thinking it was a cool idea at the time.Since that time many electronic artists have done this with my 2 favorites easily being David Holmes & Deadly Avenger.Holmes went on to score real soundtracks.I'm not sure what Deadly Avenger is doing.I will say i like these 2 albums lots.There's nothing particularly original here just a grasp of melody,dynamics & the common sense to not let the cinematic sweep of the music carry on too long.Translation? There's not a cut longer than 7 minutes.I prefer Deep Red but really either will do.Like i said nothing really terribly original on offer here but i find myself coming back to these & listening to them repeatedly.that's good enough for me

“A mysterious new priest, Father Daniel, comes to town to stay with fellow men of the cloth. Little do they know, he possesses extraordinary martial arts skill,crucifix blades and a gun with a golden cross on the handle.”

Or so says the back-of-the-DVD blurb from which Deadly Avenger (aka Damon Baxter) took his name from. Could the premise for music inspired by such wonders be any cooler? Fun as it sounds though, it’d be misleading to say that Deadly’s music really is ‘inspired’ by B-grade kung-fu throwaway flicks - Instead, Deadly sits on a point somewhere along a long line Instrumental DJs, but pushing out his own brand of Big Beat Trip Hop and taking his inspiration from cinematic film scores a la Tarrantino and John Carpenter - you’d be likely to hear some of his tunes on C.S.I. and Top Gear of all places. Of course, Deadly also has his own DJ legacy outside the cinema, and after a residency at the world renowned rave palace Fabric and having released his own album in the form of the stunning Deep Red, Deadly is back, and it can only be a good thing.

Opening with what could probably be termed as Deadly’s very own call to arms, "We Took Vegas" is a trumpet filled, string drenched affair, coming off as a sort of campy cross between early James Bond theme music and 80s Shaft inspired pomp – Deadly Avenger indeed. And of course, that is the key to Blossoms & Blood: through the sweeping string arrangements, deeply housed beats and flowing piano lines, there’s a distinct sense of just… playful fun that runs through the whole thing. Take "Mal Paso Pt. II", which opens with its sex-groove guitar licks and bedroom beats, only to have Deadly drop in some furious cowbell goodness right in and amongst the rising strings. Almost predictably too, closer "Exits" is the sort of ‘superspy walking off into the sunset after dispatching the baddie and getting the girl’ tune, complete with Austin Powers flutes and hard edged wahwah guitar solos. It’d almost be almost a bit comical, if it wasn’t for the seeming seriousness of these songs. But hell, fact is, it all works.

Still though, Deadly isn’t just a mere connoisseur of cool but knows when to apply the breaks as well, and peppered throughout Blossoms and Blood are slower, more down tempo songs that drip with the melodic gorgeousness that characterizes a lot of the songs here. Songs like “Sequola” and “Blossoms and Blood” both feature grand, sweeping string arrangements, while “Suite From Near To Me” and “Midgets For Seven” brood with lightly strummed acoustic guitar and choral flourishes. To keep things interesting, you’ll even find breakbeat influences on “Chevy Chases Hair” and “Invincible” while “Gekko” shows off Deadly’s own House inspired electronic wrangling. What’s great about it all though, is that way that Deadly also has a way of tying these disparate influences in together in way that makes Blossoms & Blood come off very solidly as an album, and not just a collection of random snippets and tunes. If anything, it’s a record which bears all the marks of an A-class producer, even if sometimes the fun/beauty ratio does get toyed with a little bit too much.

I suspect though, that Baxter also probably already knows that he’s damn good - and sometimes too well for his own sake. Occasionally, songs here rely too heavily on their obvious hooks and first-glance beauty to get the job done, rather than any sort of deep, revealing and complex musicality. The singularly gorgeous title track here is a prime example of this, with its rousing strings and inspiring piano runs, it’s the sort of song you’re likely to hear in a movie where the protagonist finally has some sort of revelation of the spirit, running through the city streets to cry out his love to the girl he loved for so long but never had the balls to do it. Or something like that. Yes it’s nice, yes it’s pretty, but once it hits its climax, the song simply fades away, and theses a distinct sense of… oh. That was cool. And that’s it. Still, if you’re simply in for a three and a half minute heart warmer, there’s absolutely no reason to dock any points when the Deadly's ear for a tune is so damn sharp.

Damon Baxter, aka Deadly Avenger is a talented man. Correction, make that a very talented man. For the Illicit Records' boss and in demand DJ has just created an album of sublime beauty and depth. What's even more impressive is that the movie soundtrack stylings of Baxter's debut are the total opposite of the kind of block rockin', genre bustin' beats that he has become known for. Rare indeed is the producer who matches versatility with ambition and quality.

Born in Scotland but raised in the East Midlands, Baxter's achievement of both critical and popular acclaim seems almost effortless. His early musical diet of hip-hop was ingrained in a string of brilliant EPs released in the late '90s. The likes of King Tito's Gloves, the Battlecreek series and Charlie Don't Surf were inspired slices of hip house breakbeat mayhem that were wild on the party spirit. This success led to his Illicit label hosting the likes of Jadell, Richard Sen and Pepe Deluxe. Major label recognition in the form of remixes for the Manics, Travisand Stereophonics soon followed. And so we arrive in 2002 with Baxter's musical stock rising, and about to go even higher with the intriguing Deep Red hitting the shelves.

To say Baxter has an ear for a tune would be an understatement. A childhood accident left him without a sense of taste or smell, but you almost feel this has enhanced his other senses, as Deep Red is packed with startlingly clear, absorbing sounds. This is not to say that his earlier releases lacked this quality, as there was always an extra depth to his records that that made them stand out from the crowd. Deep Red however, takes things onto a whole new sonic level.

As befits a collection that sounds gloriously expansive, no corners were cut. We Took Pelham, with its regal trumpet fanfare, was created using a full orchestra in Budapest and most of the string parts on Deep Red were written, scored and performed rather than sampled. Consistently good, the standard is so high throughout that no tracks really stand out. Instead, they all evoke varying moods and images, each taking you somewhere else. Punisher is grimily funky, the soundtrack to mean streets and vicious bar room brawls. The Quest Part 1, on the other hand, is an exciting journey into a mystical and exotic far off land. Day One, with its' infectious guitar licks, phat bassline and laid back house dynamics takes you to a cool, glamorous party. Lopez breeds a sense of foreboding and a smell of fear with its' taut strings and unsettling chords.

A wide variety of movie settings can be imagined, from tender love scenes and dark confrontations through to the most thrilling of car chases. You can tell Baxter is at home in this environment, as he handles the arrangements confidently and with an impressive lightness of touch. This however, should come as no surprise given his past work and his love of great soundtrack composers like John Carpenter and Curtis Mayfield.

Baxter's own opinion of his debut is tellingly accurate. "If I had to pin it down I'd say you're going to see a film like Seven - dark, grainy, enjoyable but not exactly happy. Music should take you somewhere else." Indeed it should, and without a doubt, Deep Red does.

Deadly Avenger-Deep Red (2002).zip

Deadly_Avenger-Blossoms_And_Blood-(Advance)-2008-PMS.zip

Dom Thomas-MISCELLANEOUS MUTANT MISHAPS

2009-12-07T20:36:00.004-06:00

I'm a big fan of Finders Keepers & the mixes that people like Andy Votel put together for them.My only complaint is that i'd love to know who the artist & what songs these were put together from.I guess they don't want to give away their dj secrets.One track 53 minutes

B-Music and Finders Keepers' linchpin Dom Thomas digs deep into his library of forgotten and unloved sound oddities to bring you a spaced-out tapestry of delights on the embryonic Brutal Music label.

A dazzling plethora of anti-world music, syphoned from the far corners of the earth and beyond, bringing together musical marauders that have no link, only the uncommon thread of constructing indefinable, sonic soundscapes which have somehow mutated into hybrid masterpieces, some by fluke, others by design.

A breathtaking collage which blurs passages from protest fuelled France with politically sensitized Turkish psychedelic beats: schizo Spanish sci-fi soundtracks together with scorching Lollywood club bangers - all lovingly distilled with liquified dreams of proto-Hacienda anthems. This is the sound of now, the past and the future, a mysterious, beaten-up global jukebox taking you to the dancefloor and beyond...

Miscellaneous Mutant Mishaps.mp3

Mist-self-titled L.P

2009-12-07T00:00:00.002-06:00

vinyl rip of Emeralds side project. Lots & lots of synths ala 70's krautrock.One for trips thru the Kosmos.

Taking The Mist

Dusk

Heaven Mist

Rope

L.A.

Overdose

Mist.zip

Zukanican-The Stumbling Block

2009-11-28T00:08:00.003-06:00

The Stumbling Block is a a murky, hardcore meld of krautrock, dub, trippy grooves and (what may loosely be called) avant-jazz. Zukanican is based in Liverpool and this, their second album, features trumpets, bass, percussion and synths, but effects are kept to a minimum and I imagine that the live show would approximate this album. A nuanced percussive throb anchors the music as instrumental flourishes bring different images to mind. A lonely horn suggests modern neon atmospheres and squiggling synths depict decay and growth. The quickening wobbles, space and braying textures of “Penny Dance Test” resemble an edgier Echo Base Soundsystem, although the latter are more obviously dub-influenced. “Inca Hoots” has a punned title and a noodling intensity similar to 1970s English jazz-rock groups such as Hatfield & the North. Final track “Tell It to the Kif” refers to the Kif studios where this all was recorded. Pickled Egg Records is a reliable label and it’s heartening that they put out such

challenging, abstract records as this one.

Zukanican were formed in Liverpool in 2003. Their sound has been likened to an unholy hardcore collision between Can, ESG, Cluster, The Soft Machine and Art Ensemble of Chicago

"These eight tracks invite comparisons with everyone from Can and Miles Davis to Soft Machine and Sun Ra,

a friend of mine turned me on to these guys

Zukanican.zip

Brain Donor-Too Freud To Rock 'n' Roll, Too Jung To Die

2009-11-27T23:40:00.003-06:00

I'm a huge Julian Cope fan. I buy all the albums no matter how out there they get.I bought his books on Krautrock & Japrock.I bought his Modern Antiquarian books about neolithic sites.I of course read all the reviews of music he does on his website. As anybody who's read those reviews sometime over the last few years he has become a huge fan of heavy heavy rock.So much in fact he formed a power trio with a couple guys from Spiritualized & called it Brain Donor.And it is super heavy guitar freakout stuff allong the lines of early 70's bands like Sir Lord Baltimore, Pink Fairies & Stooges. I know fans of his pop stuff from early in his career will hate this but i get a kick out of it.first the band does rock.Second Cope has a sense of humor so he incorporates his love of all things pagan & stooges into the lyrics which makes for some pretty amusing songtitles.I think he knows it's funny at least.If he's serious it might be even more amusing.In any case songs like Love,Peace & Fuck,My Pagan Ass,Whole Lotta Loki , Odin's Gift to his Mother & Get Off Your Pretty Face crack me up & i like balls to the walls guitar freakouts.This is a double album composed of studio & live material. The message here is to play it loud & you can't go wrong

Too Freud To Rock'n'Roll, Too Jung To Die.zip

Too Freud to Rock'n'Roll, Too Jung to Die (CD2).zip

The House Of Love-Complete Creation Recordings

2009-11-15T21:48:00.002-06:00

The first album & early stuff by The House Of Love have always been regarded by me as minor cult classics the way some people think about Big Star.Crazy right? I like their other albums okay but the magic was gone.The magic left when guitar player Terry Bickers left.What is it about British guitar/singer combo's that hate each other? Butler/Anderson.Rew/Hitchcock.Squire/Brown & yes i know i skipped several more obvious ones.Bickers lasted for an album & some singles including a couple recorded after leaving Creation Recordings(which weren't as magical by the way).The band he formed after this was Levitation which was/is one of my absolute favorite bands ever.But while he was in House Of Love his playing at least in my mind created some almost psychedelic pop classics.Or maybe it was just they recorded with alot of reverb :) But ii'll always think of all these recordings & particularly the songs "Christine" & " Destroy The Heart" as nothing less than luminous.

House Of Love.zip

Shogun Kunitoki-Vinonaamakasio

2009-11-15T16:51:00.004-06:00

These guys are an instrumental combo from Finland who sound like The Silver apples on steroids to me.Oscillators,fuzzed out organs,drones.As you may have noticed from other posts i like organ driven droning fizzed out music.Check them out i think you'll dig it

With their sophomore effort Vinonaamakasio, Finnish electronic rock quartet Shogun Kunitoki effectively turns a corner for the notion of instrumental rock music in this decade. They apply the experiments of Terry Riley to the kind of work that Don Caballero did in the ‘90s, albeit in a different medium (keyboards and synths, not guitars) and with a different result, but woth all of the important elements in place; namely, finding a new way to say a new thing using established approaches. Both bands play in unorthodox ways, and while I don’t see the drummer of Shogun Kunitoki taking any power tools to his snare in order to foster change within p-rock cycles, they do wrestle grandeur via crescendo away from the whole Mogwai/Explosions in the Sky/Godspeed camps, instead building intensity in their music, by weaving a small bank of sounds into a fortified maelstrom of melodic textures.

The centuries-old sound of church organ is the operative mode of dialect here, and part of Shogun’s immediate appeal is how well they integrate this bulky, wheezy, unwieldy tone into the language of progressive rock and electronic music. The decision to limit their lineup to synths, percussion and drums plays a large part in this; any further instrumentation would dilute their purity of process. Tones are allowed to develop, to act out, to blitter into nothing around the thick, warm base of analog electronic melody. The drums keep things from getting too complacent, as anyone who’s ever handled a synthesizer has been guilty of. Staccato key pegs bolster the rhythm, while deep bass beds predict a new shift in a theme’s development. Moving beyond the fascination of what such an instrument can do, these gentlemen have narrowed it down to what they want to achieve by these means – making reverent, churning, repetitive rock music that invites and excites the listener. Only one track outlasts the seven minute mark. Themes change frequently, but since the album flows together so well, it only adds to the excitement between listens. This is an album that’s very difficult to tire of.

Anyone who’s listened to enough music to understand a reference by name will no doubt hear a lift of the Silver Apples’ syncopated drumming in “Riddarholmen”, or the lengthy processionals of Savage Republic or This Heat within the blare of side-closers “Holvikirkko” and “Nebulus” (both album standouts, simply for finding ways to approach long-form psychedelia without working itself into a corner, much like the aforementioned artists did in their respective days and times). It’s a spinning, bombastic vortex of sound, enthralled by invention and its own dexterity. Shogun Kunitoki has learned how to control the chaos of analog synths’ atypical blank slates, and in essence, create a touchstone for instrumental music in the years looking forward.

(The vinyl version of Vinonaamakasio is a picture disk, with a sold-separate accessory: a strobe light that, when affixed to the turntable, animates the little colored dots on the record’s surface. If anyone wishes to send me this apparatus, I’d gladly accept it.)

Shogun Kunitoki.zip

By Doug Mosurock

Moon Duo-The E.P's

2009-11-15T16:43:00.002-06:00

I'm a big fan of Wooden Shjips & this side project is just more of the same with the emphasis placed more on the keyboards than guitars.It's a bit lo-fi but if you're a fan of the first couple Can albums,the Velvets in Sister Ray mode or particularly Suicide you'll love this. Lots of one chord jams that carry on for awhile.Of course the songs don't actually go anywhere except down a long road in black oblivion but that's never a bad thing

Moon Duo.zip

Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band-The Complete Apples Singles

2009-11-15T08:58:00.002-06:00

I've been meaning to do this for awhile.These songs are all taken from the original Apple vinyl 45's.So i assume Beatles fans buying John Lennon singles would cringe & freak out when they heard Yoko doing her thing on the b-sides.Soon enough the b-sides would be labeled Yoko Ono & the Plastic Ono Band i suppose so people would know John wasn't singing.The thing is the music is really good & way way ahead of it's time.Yes sometimes her wailing is a little much but anybody who's heard or into post punk will recognize a kindred spirit.And the band sounds great.Really like John's guitar work.Anyway i'd never seen all these songs in one place before so here they are

Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band-the Apple Singles.zip

Ros Srei Sothear And Sin Sisamouth - Cambodian Psyched Out

2009-11-08T07:52:00.003-06:00

I've been meaning to put this up for awhile.So the story goes that in the late 60's early 70's there were lots of bands in Asia trying to play American rock like they heard on the radio.In Cambodia these 2 artists were apparently very big in that scene.When the Khmer Rouge they were killed in the mass genocide that took place.

I had heard all the comps put together documenting this scene a long time ago but this recording smokes them all.It follows the formula of being a little lo-fi & its still got those odd Asian vocals well odd to our western ears.There are some covers(Wooly Bully,Venus) & it's definitely garage psych.But i guess because it's one artist it's more consistent.Either way i keep coming back to it.The guitar & organ just sizzle & there's some beef to the bottom end i don't remember hearing in this stuff before.So if you are a fan of crazy 60's/70's psych with an exotica edge grab this.I don't think it's very easy to find & this will liven up any party you have

Ros Srei Sothear And Sin Sisamouth - 2007 - Cambodian Psyched Out_VBR.zip

The Sonic Attack Singles

2009-11-05T08:03:00.003-06:00

i had a hard time finding these so i figured i'd post them for other Hawkwind fans.What you have here is Mudhoney,Acid Mothers Temple,White Hills,Bardo Pond,Kinski & Mugsatr covering Hawkwind's Born To Go,Brainstorm,Urban Guerilla,Lord Of Light,Master Of The Universe & Be Yourself.these were released as a series of 7 inch singles with little or no fanfare. Fans of monster heavy psych freakouts will be very happy with this

sonic_attack.zip

The Focus Group-Hey Let Loose Your Love

2009-11-04T10:41:00.002-06:00

Pieced together with musty samples from children’s exercise records, vintage drama, clunky British jazz and library records, this is an archaeology of emotion, an exploration of the power of not only childhood memories, but of the collective unconscious.

Julian House’s own The Focus Group; oddly assembled sampledelic collages, stitched together from fragments of library cues and forgotten soundtracks. A beautiful, unhinged stream of consciousness that seems to prod at buried memories.

Reviews:

Julian Houses's Focus Group should appeal to anyone who grew up in Britain in the '70s: its a condensed memory of that decade's daytime and after hours television. These 19 soundbites ape the incidental music for The Tomorrow People, The Clangers and Follyfoot, jazz drums, bass flutes, continuity men and grubby science-lab electronica. Like Boards of Canada minus beats, the feeling of smothered innocence evokes powerful intimations of the uncanny.

Rob Young, UNCUT
June '05

Hey Let Loose Your Love.zip

Mount Vernon Arts Lab-E Is For Experimental

2009-10-28T23:05:00.005-05:00

although these guys are on Ghost Box this is not a release on that label.This is their first album that came out in 1999.It matters not.Disembodied vocals,strange electronics,library music themes,soundtrack vibes it's all here already

E For Experimental is a collection of work recorded to date by the Mount Vernon Arts Lab. The tracks on this compilation have been culled from various singles and EPs for labels including Via Satellite, Trunk, Vesuvius, Creeping Bent, Earworm, Enraptured, After Hours and V.S.Astra. The first documented recording was of a train journey between Shettleston and Glasgow Queen Street sometime in 1973. Soon they were creating Primitive loops, making field recordings and recording bizarre sound effects.
E For Experimental documents phase one - phase two has already begun.....

1	Arthur Cravan	2:07
2	Mania	1:34
3	The Third Eye Centre	1:00
4	Frenzy	0:17
5	Electrolumminessense	0:45
6	Imps....I Am Lubbert Das	1:35
7	Andromeda	1:07
8	Lunar Three	0:44
9	Feldspar	2:13
10	Via Satellite	0:54
11	Bedlam	1:39
12	Scooby Don't	1:12
13	The Mind Field	2:46
14	Window	2:06
15	Imber	5:17
16	Talvin Stardust	2:17
17	Oram	1:01
18	The Little Velvet Ladder	3:20
19	William Green	2:40
20	Automatic Frequency Control	3:16
21	Magic Carpet Ride	2:05
22	Broadcasting	3:39
23	Der Lumpenrocker	2:04
24	Bad Vibrations

E for Experimental.zip

OUT OF TOWN

2009-10-24T09:04:00.002-05:00

Yep i'm hitting the road again but when i get back be looking for Leyland Kirby,Pisces,maybe some funk,some more Ghostbox,Kraftwerk & who knows what else that will occur to me

Natural Snow Buildings-The Winter Ray

2009-10-18T13:17:00.002-05:00

somebody requested this & it took me awhile to remember i had it.Hope this helps

Broadcast Live & Otherwise

2009-10-18T13:07:00.003-05:00

I got a chance to see Broadcast play music over a weird film in London recently.They seem to be abandoning their pop leanings & heading further out into the experimental wilderness.Their latest album ties into that as it's a recorded with GhostBox label guys The Focus Group.Broadcast fits right in with the GhostBox sound right now.So anyway here's a recent live set by Broadcast in Atlanta.Well it was less than a week ago.The sound is a little dodgy but just kind of adds to the ambience considering what they're playing.I also threw in their tour only release "Mother Is The Milky Way"

broadcast live.zip

broadcast live 2.zip

Broadcast - Mother Is the MIlky Way[2009].zip

on with the show

2009-10-18T13:02:00.002-05:00

i appreciate all the positive comments everyone.I do tend to come & go from time to time.Work got crazy.I did a bunch of mixes for a funk/disco night & got completely insane with research for the mixes & that's all i was listening to.I probably downloaded 6ogb's of 70's funk.When i get into something i really go all out & follow all the various tangents & threads that reveal themselves to the point of obsession.Then i was out of the country on vacation.So anyway here i am & thanks again for missing me

SHINY HAPPY MUSIC

2009-09-12T20:14:00.003-05:00

this is for my 10 year pal George who not only woo's the ladies but brings a smile to my face everytime i'm with him.You haven't heard these guys George but you'll like them.These are the Apples In Stereo kid & i hope they make you as happy as you make the people around you. .Hope my regular blog readers indulge me in some sentimentalism.But this cool kid deserved his own post

12 The Apples Theme Song (_).mp3

26 _7 Stars.mp3

25 Sunday Sounds.mp3

23 Radiation.mp3

21 Beautiful Machine (Parts 1-2).mp3

22 Beautiful Machine (Parts 3-4).mp3

16 Submarine Dream.mp3

15 I Can't Believe.mp3

14 Allright_Not Quite.mp3

13 Onto Something.mp3

09 Show The World.mp3

08 Lucky Charm.mp3

07 What's The #.mp3

06 You Said That Last Night.mp3

04 That's Something I Do.mp3

03 Please.mp3

02 Do You Understand_.mp3

01 Baroque.mp3

24 Sun Is Out.mp3

11 Winter Must Be Cold.mp3

32 Can You Feel It.mp3

33 Ruby.mp3

17 Cases Suggestive Of.._.mp3

05 Shine A Light.mp3

34 Seems So.mp3

19 The Rainbow.mp3

10 Tidal Wave (Radio Remix).mp3

20 Strawberryfire.mp3

18 Go.mp3

Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes-Live In Grand Prairie

2009-09-04T14:00:00.003-05:00

This is a really nice recording of Costello from a show in my area a few days ago.His albums may drag now but live he's never less than a treat.this is pretty much a country/rockabilly show & features covers of the Stones,Grateful Dead,Paul Revere,Velvet Underground & reworkings of many of his older recordings.I wish he could pull this off in the studio but i have alot of respect for an artist who refuses to show up & play the hits in exactly the same arrangements as on the record.If you want to hear the record you should stay home & listen to it

Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes

Nokia Theater

Grand Prairie, TX

September 2, 2009

Disc 1

1. Mystery Train

2. My All Time Doll

3. Mystery Dance

4. Down Among The Wines And Spirits

5. Blame It On Cain

6. Femme Fatale

7. The Delivery Man

8. The Butcher's Boy

9. Poor Borrowed Dress

10. Indoor Fireworks

11. Hidden Shame

12. Condemned Man

13. Friend Of The Devil

Disc 2

1. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

2. Don't You Lie To Me

3. Sulphur To Sugarcane

4. Everyday I Write The Book

5. Complicated Shadows

6. The Part Of Him You're Leaving

7. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?

8. Alison/He'll Have To Go

9. The Crooked Line

10. Happy

11. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

ec live 1.zip

ec 2.zip

ec 3.zip

F/I-Paradise Out Here

2009-09-04T13:52:00.003-05:00

this came out as a reissued cd .I'm not sure what is on the reissue but this is the original lp plus the Necromonicom 7 inch & the From Poppy With Love 7 inch. This is some seriously rocking Hawkwind sounding stuff with my fav being the almost 19 minute Om 21

F-i - Paradise Out Here (1989).zip

F/I-Helioscopium

2009-09-04T13:46:00.002-05:00

a later album.A few more electronics some ethic sounding passages & some free jazz style sax a cleaner recording & it seems like there's more ambient meandering & less go for the throat riffage

1		Full Meddle Eddie (13:58)
2		The Evan Walker Presidential Inauguration March (7:06)
3		One Step Beyond (2:34)
4		Starspot (9:56)
5		3rd Crown (3:06)
6		Your Illusion (3:46)
7		Doktors For Bob (11:14)
8		Helioscopium (13:55) F-i - Helioscopium (1997).zip

F/I-Earthpipe

2009-09-03T07:04:00.001-05:00

good quality live album with a cover of 2000 Light Years from Home on it.

F-i - Earthpipe (1992)(live).zip

F/I-Space Mantra

2009-09-03T06:48:00.003-05:00

another lo fi one on cassette.This was a split with Boy Dirt Car.Tune in turn on freak out

F-i - Space Mantra [split-lp with Boy Dirt Car](1988).zip

F/I-Why Not Now...Alan?

2009-09-03T00:06:00.003-05:00

shorter songs much better recorded than Threshold but essentially nothings changed.It's burned out space freakouts. That's a good thing

F-i - Why Not Now... Alan! (1987).zip

F/I-Threshold

2009-09-03T00:03:00.003-05:00

a C-60 cassette from 1987.Lots of long noisy jams

F-i - Threshold cassette (1987).zip

El Michels Affair-Soul Groovin

2009-09-02T22:45:00.005-05:00

these albums have been out for awhile but i just heard them.It's hard to go wrong with laid back instrumental versions of Wu Tang & Isaac Hayes songs played by a live modern funk combo.This stuff is as they say 'dope".But their album of their own material is just as groovy.Looking forward to more by these guys. In the meantime this stuff is laidback & nasty just the way i like it

El Michels Affair.zip

El Michels Affair covers.zip

A Texas 70's & 80's Punk Extravaganza

2009-08-30T09:03:00.007-05:00

so i live in Dallas,Texas.I've been here for awhile.While it may seem hard to believe for a short time in the late 70's-early 80's our redneck town had a thriving punk & new wave community.I know. I was there.There were 2 clubs in particular where these bands would play.One was DJ's & after that was the Hot Klub.I spent many many nights at that dump seeing both local bands but also X,Ultravox,Secret Affair,Misfits,Professionals,Gang of Four & more.But this is about the local guys.What i've done is gather up as many of the comps & singles from the era i can find.These aren't just Dallas bands though.There are some Houston groups in here also including the mighty Really Red who were the most political of the bunch & Legionaires Disease who were the closest thing to The Pistols Texas got.I saw both those bands a few times when i was in college in Houston.There they played in a dump called The Island.really Red did make it up to the Hot Klub at least once though.The comps aren't entirely accurate i just posted them as i got them.I know there was a Legionaires Disease cut added to the Are We Too late For The Trend comp that wasn't on the actual release.Then i have one folder with isolated punk 45's all put together.If you're a collector looking for perfect artwork or info move along.I'm just trying to give you a taste of some of the bands i grew up hearing & seeing.

By the way on Oct 9th here in Dallas about 9 bands from that era are reuniting for a one off Hot Klub reunion gig.Quad Pi,Superman's Girlfriend,Fallen Idles,Assassins,Telephones among others.It should be fun.

LP - Are We Too Late For The Trend - E.S.R. LP #1, 1979

My Face Is On Your Lunch Box - Vomit Pigs / Siamese Love - Plastic Idols / Solid Ground - Telefones / Giant Girl In The 5th Grade - The Infants / So Sorry - Barry Kooda / We're Not Here - Blindate / Rocket Rocket - E=mc^2 // Dead Dogs - The Skuds / Nightmare In My Closet - Control / Whips And Midgets - Smegma / Lois, Lois - Superman's Girlfriend / I Love Your Neurosis - Nervebreakers / Karen Ann - Snakes/Legionaires Disease-Downtown

are we too late for the trend.zip

2xCD - Tales From The Edge, Vol. 5 & 6 - Reel George Productions, 1992
Ballad of Jerry Godzilla - Telefones / I Confess - Nervebreakers / Houston El Mover - Joe King Carrasco / Trash - The Doo / Hero - Fort Worth Cats / Right To Know - D-Day / Urban Situation - Moving Products / Thru A Filter - Members Only / South Of The Surf - Schematics / Real Gone - Assassins / Teddy Boy - Ralphs / George Jetson - Ejectors / Satan Baby - Stick Men With Ray Guns / Move It - Tex & The Saddletramps / Money Means So Much To Me - Hugh Beaumont Experience / I Wanna Die Young - Terminal Mind / Cheap Girl - Skunks / Spazz Age - NCM / Vertigo - Standing Waves / God Reasons - Red Tapes / In Near You - Quad Pi / All The Pretty Girls - Judys / War Games - Experts

tales from the edge pt 1.zip
tales from the edge 2.zip

LP - Bloodstains Across Texas - Scando Scumbag, 1993
Rather See You Dead - Legionaires Disease Band / Cheap Rewards - Next / I.U.D. - Plastic Idols / Doctor's Wives - Inserts / The Badge Means You Suck - AK47 / Earthquake Shake - Skunks / John Wayne Was A Nazi - Stains / Hate In The 80s - Bobby Soxx // Scavenger Of Death - Bobby Soxx / Busy Kids - Huns / Lost Causes - Offenders / She's In Love With The Rolling Stones - Telefones / The New One - Inanimate Objects / Are You Into Destruction? - Bodysnatchers / My Girlfriend Is A Rock -Nervebreakers / Baby's Playing Games - Vomit Pigs / I Was A Teenage Fuckup - Really Red / Hydrohead - Ejector

VA - ''Bloodstains Across Texas'' 1992.zip

Sacred Cattle i can't find cover art for.It includes Boy Problems,Vast Majority,Ejectors & NCM & & this file also includes NCM's Ultimate Orgasm 45 & another song by them taken off Killed By Death 24.
sacred cattle - texas punk 1978-1982.zip

finally this file has a bunch of 45's by different bands.It includes Really Red,Vomit Pigs,Hugh Beaumont Experience,The Stains,Skuds,AK- 47 ,Playthings,Dot vaeth 7 Supermans Girlfriend.Not alot of cover art but the tunes are awesome
texas punk singles 1.zip
texas punk sngles 2.zip

ao i hope you enjoy my sloppy collection of this stuff.There's bunches more out there that was released so if anybody has anything else please feel free to add it to this list .And if you're in Dallas Oct 9 check the Hot Klub reunion gig.

F/I-Blanga

2009-08-29T23:28:00.005-05:00

one of my favorite space rock bands but their stuff is hard to find & nobody i know has ever heard of them

From Aural Innovations #32 (November 2005)

F/i have been at it for over 2 decades now, being one of THE premier space rock bands on the American underground scene. They aren't nearly as prolific as they used to be… their last album, A Question For The Somnambulist, was issued in 2003, and Helioscopium before that, was in 1998. But that's ok because when these guys do decide to make an album it is indeed an event worthy of the wait. The new F/i album, Blanga, features Richard Franecki on bass and electric sitar, Brian Wensing on guitar, Rick Hake on drums, Grant Richter on electronics, and John Frankovic (Plasticland) guesting on bass and electric sitar, also produced the album.

What is Blanga you ask? I dare say most Aural Innovations readers will know the term. But for those who don't, rather than try to explain it I'll just suggest you go out and buy a reissue of Hawkwind's Space Ritual album, put on the headphones, and listen to it at the highest volume you can possibly stand. Do this and the true meaning of Blanga will be revealed. But that's only if you're interested in the historical perspective. Alternatively you could just buy the new F/i CD with its in-yer-face Space Rock attack and absorb the full Blangal experience.

The CD opens with the 11 minute "In the Garden of Blanga", a plodding slab of classic F/i and true to heart Space Rock. Slowly bashing guitars, a pounding rhythm section and soaring, tripped out alien synths make for a mind-bending, metallic BLANGA adventure. "Blanga's Transformation" is a mighty space rocking jam that will grab you by the scruff of the neck and toss you around like so much protoplasm. "An Extremely Lovely Girl Dreams of Blanga" is a 5 course banquet of trippy sitars, noisey soundscape surroundings, freakout synths and psycho-metal space jams. Just dig those pounding rhythmic brain drones and raucous driving Spaaaaaace rock. Ya gotta love it. And finally, "Grandfather Blanga and his Band Light it Up" is a monstrously heavy slab of doomy, crushing space rock, with bashing and swirling guitars and classic shooting star synths, stomping over the landscape of your mind like Godzilla wading through downtown Tokyo. What a finale!!

All the song titles include the word Blanga. And some, like "The Garden of Blanga in the Morning Dew", are pretty funny, leading me to believe there might be a bit of the old tongue-in-cheek at play here. But there's no denying that this is totally undiluted space rock, the likes of which we don't hear on new releases too often anymore.

F-i - Blanga (2005).zip

Edgar Froese-Stuntman

2009-08-29T20:55:00.003-05:00

a comeback of sorts.I really like this album.It reminds me of Tangerine's " Thief" soundtrack.this one features lots of Edgar's processed guitar work over nice sequencer work.Darker than the last album & far better listening.Even the cover is a return to coolness.

1979 - Stuntman.zip

Edgar Froese-Ages

2009-08-29T20:50:00.002-05:00

this is the one you feel it slipping away.It has more of a soundtrack feel tries too hard to be epic

& really only half the album is up to snuff.There is some really nice guitar work but all in all a letdown.And having Froese's mug staring at me on the cover doesn't help.Grab it for the good stuff but beware

1978 - Ages.zip

Edgar Froese-Macula Transfer

2009-08-29T20:47:00.003-05:00

this one might be my favorite.Shorter songs lots of movement & some guitar.Really all of these sound almost exactly like Rubicon era Tangerine Dream.That's a good thing in my book

1976 - Macula Transfer.zip

Edgar Froese-Epsilon in Malaysian Pale

2009-08-29T20:44:00.003-05:00

this one is 2 long songs & is very mellow.More mellotron less sequencer

1975 - Epsilon In Malaysian Pale.zip

Edgar Froese-Aqua

2009-08-29T20:29:00.002-05:00

i find it interesting that alot of music coming out of the current electronic/noise underground is essentially ambient/spacey synth generator stuff.Sure it's alot more lo-fi & primitive but the cassette scene is essentially producing krautrock in a sense.I'm very happt about this development because in the 70's i was a huge fan of that sound & trust me it was as underground then as it is now.In that spirit i'm going to post the first 5 Edgar Froese albums.I'll be the first to admit that by the early or mid 80's his solo music & his main project Tangerine Dream were pretty much churning out by the numbers new age but there was a time when that wasn't so & Froese was on the cutting edge of electronics.If you dig what's happening now in the underground i think you'll dig these albums.By the way Froese rerecording,remixed & remastered these albums for a 2005 rerelease.I hear that he turned them into new age crap but these are the originals.I might post the rereleases as a sidenote sometime for those who care.Now to the albums

1974 - Aqua.zip

Cheap Trick-Sgt. Pepper Live

2009-08-27T17:34:00.003-05:00

what with all the hype over the release of the Beatles catalog remastered & the Beatles Rock Band release i figured i'd better get in on the action. So why not Cheap Trick playing the Pepper album with an orchestra? Really it sounds pretty much exactly like the album but i think either Nielson or Peterson gets to sing a song & besides no matter how awful Cheap Trick got over the years it is nice to see them have a bit of a late career resurgence.They close with the last 5 minutes or so of the Abbey Road medley.I still think they're more suited to cover The Move's greatest hits but until then i guess this will do.

Sgt. Pepper Live.zip

14 - Medley Song.mp3.zip

The New Wave Complex Vol 4

2009-08-27T17:32:00.003-05:00

1. Voice Farm - Elevate (7" Version)
2. Krisma - Cathode Mamma
3. Moev - Rotting Geraniums
4. Soft Cell - Persuasion
5. Rudolph Dietrich - Liquid Talk
6. Die Werkpiloten - The Industrial Pilot
7. Neon - Lobotomy
8. Plastics - Robot (7" Mix)
9. Mechanical Servants - Study Up
10. Moebius - Light My Fire
11. Planning By Numbers - Lightning Strikes
12. ENde Shenafliet - Communication
13. Alu - Vandetta
14. Project 3 - Hinter Dem Spiegel
15. Conrad Schnitzler - Das Tier
16. Monitor - We Get Messages
17. Duet Emmo - The First Person
18. The Young Lions - Mary Jane

New Wave Complex Vol.04.zip

The New Wave Complex Vol 3

2009-08-27T17:30:00.004-05:00

1. Blitz - HMK Grey
2. Borghesia - Tako Mladi (So Young)
3. Men Eject - Apologize
4. Bene Gesserit - You Can Dance It. If You Want It
5. The Passage - Drugface
6. Robert Görl - Wind In Hair
7. Shoc Corridor - Almost Walking Distance
8. Thule - Ssel Gnieman Lla
9. Exkurs - Warten
10. Vono - Im Schein Des Neon
11. Scatterbrain - Crosses Over Verdain
12. Futurythm - Anti Matter
13. CH-BB - Chou Frou
14. Roter Rot - Get Away Dark Side
15. Deutsche Wertarbeit - Deutscher Wald
16. Martin Hall - Spiral
17. Pseudo Echo - Walk Away
18. Secession - Touch (Part 3)

New Wave Complex Vol.03.zip

The New Wave Complex Vol 2

2009-08-27T17:28:00.004-05:00

1. 1000 Ohm - Berlin 33
2. A Popular History Of Signs - Crowd
3. Bushido - High Rise
4. Din A 4 Testbild - Logischer Gefrierpunkt
5. Ike Yard - Cherish
6. Luke X's Ah Nahm Inc - Time To Get It Up
7. Art & Technique - Just
8. Surplus Stock - Spiv
9. Monopol - Elektrischer Stuhl
10. Los Microwaves - Time To Get Up
11. Modern Eon - Euthentics
12. Naked Lunch - La Femme
13. Radio Free Europe - It Like You
14. Metro Pakt - Neue Strassen
15. Kitchen & The Plastic Spoons - Filmen
16. Telex - Pakmovast
17. Visage - Frequency
18 Material - Don't Loose Control

New Wave Complex Vol.02.zip

The New Wave Complex Vol 1

2009-08-27T17:24:00.003-05:00

1. Vice Versa - Stilyagi
2. Mekanik Commando - Microbes
3. Our Daughter's Wedding - Airlines
4. Minny Pops - Footsteps
5. Philipe Laurent - Systeme Clair
6. Moebius-Plank-Neumeier - Speed Display
7. Pseudo Code - Far Away From My Own Land
8. The Fast Set - Junction
9. Silent Types - Upset
10. Van Kaye + Ignit - Picassos On The Wall
11. Nova - Terranova
12. Worldbackwards - Turning Yellow
13. Yellow Magic Orchestra - The Key
14. The Passage - Animal In Me
15. Scattered Order - Heat
16. Bourbonese Qualk - Left Hearted
17. Units - Digital Stimulation
18. Metal Urbane - Tango Sudiste
19. Instant Music - Everybody's Gotta Mutate
20. November Group - Night Architecture

New Wave Complex Vol.01.zip

The New Wave Complex & other tales of the 80's minimal wave underground

2009-08-27T16:52:00.006-05:00

I don't have tons of info about this but i'll fill you in on what i know.The New Wave Complex is one of a series of "illegal" compilations of 80's minimal wave,synth pop & post punk that were put together by persons unknown & circulated on the internet amongst connoisseurs of this stuff.I don't know how long these have been out there but i discovered them last year.The quality of the recordings is what it is & on some of the comps the bitrates are all over the place.The tagging of the material is haphazard at best.But despite all that these are amazing collections if you dig this stuff.I was a pretty intense collector of music in the 80's & i've never seen or heard of much of this music.It can be found elsewhere on the net but like i always say this blog is essentially so my friends don't have to work to hear what i'm into.

Here's the crazy thing.There are 16 volumes of The New Wave Complex & it's just the tip of the iceberg.There are several more series of comps.Okay let's see....The Anesthetic's Wearing Off (13 volumes & a bit more post punk than the others), A Tribute to Flexipop(10 volumes),The Return of Flexipop(10 volumes),None Night of Flexipop (5 volumes),A Tribute to Some Bizzare(11 volumes),Shockwaves(at least 11 volumes),Angstpop(3 volumes),Analog Cyberpunk(a staggering 40 or so volumes).

So anyway i could be posting these for a long time.There is lots of crossover between the different series but still it's a massive amount of unheard underground music 80's style.So i hope you enjoy some of this.Don't worry i won't go crazy & post it all at once.I'd get bored.Variety is the spice of life after all

Naked Prey Catalog

2009-08-18T23:30:00.002-05:00

In the 80's the american guitar rock underground provided some of my most exciting concert moments.i managed to see Dream Syndicate,True West,Opal,Jason & the Scorchers,Green on Red,Droogs & more.Usually these shows were sparsely attended in the town i lived in but none more so than a triple bill of Thin White Rope/Pontiac Brothers & Naked Prey.There were maybe 7 people at the club that night.Thin White Rope ended being the most interested of the 3 but at the time i was all about Naked Prey. basically the Stooges/stones playing rough edged country/blues/fuzzed out rock.I was a sucker for that stuff then & i am now. In the end Naked Prey ended up only putting out 2 great albums.They got more country & less hard edged & they used up all their best material early & had bad 80's production & they became a bit of an afterthought.But i rediscovered them recently after 20 years or so & while all the above is true i find myself forgiving all their sins & just digging them as the hardworking band they were.They're the 80's underground rock version of Foghat nothing fancy just a solid rockin bunch of dudes that sound great played loud in the car.I dig that vibe & more importantly i will never forget watching blow through their 8 minute epic 'What Price For Freedom" in front of 7 people with the passion of a band playing in front of hundreds.I've been to hundreds maybe even a 1000 shows & that movement still sticks with me in my memory banks.For that & that alone i'm happy to share their albums.They deserve to be heard.Besides i like all kinds of stuff.I want my blog to be about more than just cool experimental underground music.Variety is the spice of life

Naked Prey-And Then i Shot Everyone

2009-08-18T23:28:00.000-05:00

NAKED PREY -and then I shot everyone (1995).zip

Naked Prey-Jumbo's Shinebox

2009-08-18T23:26:00.000-05:00

NAKED PREY -jumbo's shinebox( us,1992).zip

Naked Prey-Live in Tucson

2009-08-18T23:23:00.000-05:00

NAKED PREY -live in tucson (1990).zip

Naked Prey-Kill the Messenger

2009-08-18T23:22:00.000-05:00

NAKED PREY -kill the messenger (1989).zip

Naked Prey-Self-Titled

2009-08-18T23:21:00.002-05:00

NAKED PREY(1984).zip

Naked Prey-Under the Blue Marlin

2009-08-18T23:18:00.002-05:00

their best album.If you get just one get this one or the self-titled

NAKED PREY- under the blue marlin(us,az,1986).zip

Naked Prey-40 Miles from Nowhere

2009-08-18T22:58:00.005-05:00

NAKED PREY -40 miles from nowhere( 1987).zip

GHQ-Seven & Eight

2009-08-18T21:11:00.003-05:00

seven & eight.zip

bonus upload-Live in Seattle

02 Live in Seattle.mp3.zip

GHQ-Pale Heat of Summer

2009-08-18T21:07:00.000-05:00

1		Montague, Ma (12:15)
2		Dekalb Ave. Brooklyn (10:43)
3		Montague, Ma (7:12)
4		Taffe St. Brooklyn (10:35) Pale Heat of Summer.zip

The Juniper Meadows-A Few Albums

2009-08-18T20:54:00.003-05:00

jacaranda twilight (deserted village cdr 2006).zip

Pine Needles & Cones.zip

Pistils For Madeleine.zip

The Grand Sonora.zip

More GHQ coming soon

2009-08-16T21:42:00.001-05:00

GHQ-Everywhere At Once

2009-08-16T21:39:00.001-05:00

1		Rembrance (4:42)
2		Four Trees (13:37)
3		Drop City Blues (4:54)
		Morrow Rose (5:05) Everywhere at Once.zip

GHQ-Square Growth Sessions

2009-08-16T21:37:00.002-05:00

http://rs790.rapidshare.com/files/227593739/GHQ_-_Square_Growth_Sessions__2007_.rar

GHQ-Self-Titled

2009-08-16T21:34:00.001-05:00

s_t CDr.zip

GHQ-Seven Sisters

2009-08-16T21:32:00.001-05:00

Seven Sisters.zip

GHQ-Crystal Healing

2009-08-16T21:28:00.002-05:00

this does include the bonus cdr

A1		Invitation In
A2		Purple Sun For Exalted Ones
A3		Varunani Night Wave
A4		Radiance Illuminate
B1		Asphalt Rainbows
B2		Pyramid Merchandise Pt. 2
B3		Crystal Healing Crystal Healing.zip

GHQ-California night,Burning Dream

2009-08-16T21:23:00.002-05:00

California Night Burning Dreams.zip

GHQ-La Poesia Visiva

2009-08-16T21:21:00.001-05:00

La Poesia Visiva.zip

GHQ-Heavy Elements

2009-08-16T21:19:00.001-05:00

1		Lost In The Blinding Sheen Of Moonlight Mirrored (15:34)
2		Twelve Events (8:48)
3		Cold Dark Matter (13:01)

heavy elements (three lobed cd 2006).zip

GHQ-Cosmology Of Eye

2009-08-16T21:17:00.002-05:00

Drink The Good Moon

Cosmolgy Of Eye

Drift-void

Lie, Live, Make It

Black River Apples

COSMOLOGY OF EYE.zip

GHQ-Hea

2009-08-16T21:11:00.004-05:00

Hea.zip

1		The Owl, The Hawk (10:29)
2		I Knew You (10:52)
3		Narrow Path Into The Back Country (8:51)
4		Cloud Of Hair (8:34)

Ilyas ahmed-The Vertigo of Dawn

2009-08-12T12:30:00.002-05:00

The Vertigo of Dawn.zip

ilyas Ahmed-Arroyo

2009-08-12T12:28:00.001-05:00

Arroyo CDR.zip

Ilyas Ahmed-Yahan Dur Wahan

2009-08-12T12:26:00.001-05:00

yahan dur wahan (no label no cat cdr 2006).zip