life is easy but needs earthing

a selection taken from the chaos that is my records at the moment.. they are on the floor, on shelves, in sleeves and out of sleeves, stacked together plastic to plastic, groove to groove.
got ANOTHER new soundcloud account
fixed my record players again (we are now in mad max territory for these troopers)...
   an easy life by easy now
neon waters - doruk ozlen tribal winds 2002
past and present days - frankie valentine sunshine enterprises 2002
aja majl - ustad sultan khan raimo symphonies 2005
dummer camping - erobique acid jazz 1999
larry heard - missing you (son dexter django version) track mode 2000
crue-l grand orchestra - still be your girl (night dubbing feeling part2) crue-l recordings 1997
phil collins - im not moving virgin 1981
fugitive vesco - fist of facts Helvete Underground Records 1988
Rå Energi (tiaz reconstruction) lugnet 2009
ub40 - nokomo a go go DEP 1984
family - coast to coast electrik soul 1995
rob mello and zaki d - untiled b luxury service 1996
instant house - dub house natural resource 2002
coca sunshine - baikonour melodic 2002

drums always save the day

the other RATCLIFFE things on ATLANTIC JAXX are dope too.....
vut the drums on this are wonderful..

been elsewhere back very soon with stuff...

An excerpt from a tuesday night jam

You know when you go round someones house for some much needed r'n r. 

You have the best intentions of having a civilized evening with a few friends. 

Food, good conversation, mild mid-week drink and drug abuse, all soundtracked by various random, enjoyable funks, folks, pops and crackles?

The wierdness was being saved for later in the evening, so to begin with it was all tasteful electronic beats and pieces, nothing too serious or heavy.

The gentleman jack and the red string thai flowed gently and we eased ourselves into the evening.

I got about an hour or so into the I-Key (you can listen and download below) before our attention spans started to degrade, and the all too familiar messy scenario of putting a record on for 30 seconds or so before snatching it off and replacing it with a 30 second burst of something else, took over the night. 

We veered accross musical genres at breakneck speed like Jeff Mills at a church jumble sale, at one point we were listening to that johnny trunk porno flexi disc lp, while someone was trying to fashion a weed vaporizer out of a lightbulb - the sort of thing 40+ year olds do on a regular basis so im told :(

Fun was had, hangovers were endured and i so wish i hadn't lost my main motor skills and recorded the better points of the evening - ah well there is always next week.

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lovelight - fluctuate
chateau marmont - nibiru (beautiful swimmers late night dubbing mix)
goapele - milk & honey (aybee gorilla in trunk slap)
ptaah - everything is naturally free (DK edit)
buki cole - rotation (shannon harris dub)
john talabot - sunshine (ilya santana conceptual version)
nu yorican soul - nervous track (yellow mix)
boom jinx - suncast (rune linbaek mix)
kash - percussion sundance
echoa - wishing well (beatless)
super numeri - the chart

paul winter - song to the mountains

On the hill - a Brian G Morrison selection

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Thought i'd bypass January as it sucked.. but for those who care about these things happy new year and all that :)
Part of my new fitness regime is to get this blog updated on a much more regular basis - hopefully!
So for starters here is a super ace late night selection of recent acquisitions, old favourites & lost nuggets from special needs main man, Mr Bobby Hands aka phonica records disco sasquatch Brian Morrison.
This has classic sunset gear gently kneeded into arabic grooves and other funks.
The B word must be utalised here as genres have been gratefully ignored, thus providing me with much fun as i traveled the regents canal today on foot towards an appointment with my trick cyclist.
I know the tracks but mr hands has supplied an altenative listing which is far more fun.
enjoy :)

greek stag - naughty intro
winking krat - under the patio
hardware abuser - desert vibes
children of the gods - draughty
whats her name? - primal rhythm
swedes undercover - plucking
afro friends - dont fall in
mid price soldier - melt up
blind mans wife - sought after
well dressed couple - balham charity shop joint
not kiss - freddies alternative version
whisky breath - some old song
legendary knob twiddler - outro

no limit to my love for this tune.

lesley feist goes the distance on this..



but so does james blake..



what would harry hill say?

condensed energy

as bill hicks once said. "..let there be HOUSE."



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emmanuel jar, rise ashen, glenn undergound, woolfy, frisvold & lindbaek, mark e, 1 room apartment, king sporty, steely dan, noel pointer and the mighty bill hicks :)