mystery compilation episode 1

I picked this up a few years ago at a distributor i used to work for. It had been sitting on the shelf for ages and there was no info for it. Obviously it had to go home with me.


At first I thought it had something to do with the Brazilian funk scene, as the bearded man logo had been used by the legendary Brazilian DJ Ademir Lemos, partner to the even more legendary Big Boy. I had read a mighty article in this issue of
WAX POETICS about these guys and the sound of Black Rio along with Tim Maia etc.. here is a great overview of all this lark on Go Go Gringo's blog. later on I found a 2 part doc. on this scene here it for you check.. (if any one has an english translation i would be forever in your debt.)


so anyway, I was expecting lo fi soul and complicated funk, but what i got was completely different.. wierd Baldelli style cosmic stomping, ambient soundtrack things and a couple of proto electro tracks that sound like they have been recorded in underground bathroom.. all in all a pretty strange comp.
ANY IDEAS?

the true wheel by brian eno

I find myself going back to this track, again and again purely based on it's total aceness!
here's a great fan vid..

.. goes well with x-ray spex, magma, theatre of hate, rip rig & panic and tracks by other people who really looked like they were enjoying the process.

matt deepsoul3 and molly's jubilee hall - new chapter of the troubadour

here we have a lovely fella and one of the nicest men in showbiz. Matt is fabulous dresser and like me, he has an active interest in facial topiery. But we are here to check out his great taste in records and his knack of creating atmosphere. As part of deepsoul3 with chris (M.I.A?) he was an early web prescence with their website and guest mixes and when me and george did some parties with them we got on like houses on fire..


a fine fella. ive cheekily nabbed this from matts soundcloud page, so it's more of a hijack than a guest mix.
this is a great slice of classy smoothness moving from light latin guitar into the realms of the cosmic.. some usual suspects rear their head along with stone cold classic slow funks.. goes great with friends, sunday roast and a bottle or 3 of pinot noir..
Mr Mollicone i salute you and your moustache!
get this on the pod and share, in preparation for the much needed summer.
 
Jose Feliciano - Wichita Lineman
Payola$ - Eyes of a stranger
Roxy Music - India
Peter Green - Just for you
Smith & Mudd - My Hill
Sky - Westway
Radiohead - Reckoner (Johnny Miller rmx)
Tycho - Coastal brake
Rondo Veneziano - La Serenissima
Claude Francois - Soudain Il Ne Reste Qu'Une Chanson
Findlay Brown - Stallion Suite
Bravo - Touch me now
Johnny Chingas - Phone Home (Inst)
Moton - My Guide
Johnny Bristol - Love no longer has a hold on me

prommer does brikha

my flabber is so gasted right now..

two parts of a pale curve

been recording records a lot this week, my ipod is sighing with relief after i fixed the record players. this means i am getting some more diskspace..actually its getting a bit william gibson in our front room at the moment which has been augmented by obsessive moments reading articles from transhumanists and videos of the  perfect family that is the the shaytards and wondering if i shouldn't just bite the bullet and wave ta ta to the vinyl once and for all. encoding everything and edging ever further to becoming a fullydigital human.. just need to get rid of the books and get an interactive white board like we use at school and thats it..

this selection looks at the old and the new and finds wierdness, funny and the swing.
format bending courtesy of martin ansell, ash ra tempel, bloomfield kooper and stills, bo hansson, edwin birdsong, hugh hopper and alan gowen, jc barreto golf channeled, peter gabriel and the very heavy soft machine.

download here

long term thinking

just watch this..

ive been reading sooo much about this.. and other like minded
heavyweight tomes over the last month that i actually threw
part of my cognitive mind up last sunday evening...
amazing stuff! where's 6 when i need him to quantify a few tings? :)
on a sartorial note ENO owns that "black velvet jacket over blue linen shirt thing"
... just like he owned the "bobby charlton extreme mullet, blue eyeshadow and silver strides look" way back then..

emotional breakdowns #1

I've been listening to a LOT of lp's recently.
sounds made by groups of people together making music, words with narrative.
I think they used to be called songs. I've been very much an instrumental kind of chap, but these listening sessions have brought me back to a much earlier time, a much broader and baser listening experience. Emmotions. When i followed bands, listened to lyrics, searched for the hidden meaning.
Here i've assembled some of these tracks that i listened to over the last couple of days. stitched together as shared textures, so in no particular order we have daniel lanois, of montreal, american music club, the mars volta, amiina, plush, adem, sweet billy pilgrim, dj kaos, prince, seelunluft and aswad....