Volume 4 and still going strong. I'm really pleased with this series. Not much to really say... just some great music the way I hear it. "Push Push" is an all time favorite... and I think my delay mix does it justice. That Rob G blew me away last year when I heard the original on a Ron C mix. Just listen, enjoy and comment if you can.
Haji Springer - Hello Buddy (Slowed) Joe Crepusculo - Los CuatroElementos Rockers Hi-Fi - Push Push Rob G - How You Like Me Now (Slowed) Gregory Isaacs - Rock On Warraw - Untitled 6 Eddie Kendricks - My People Bon Iver - Brackett, WI Alarm Will Sound - Fingerbib Shabba Ranks - Roots and Culture
The third installment in my Sufferation series. This one adds the element of my (musical) lust for Ron Hardy. After a mournful ly uplifting Scratch Perry track and some light AM G Funk, I try my hand at a rough and nasty Hardy style edit of the Pointer Sisters. Three oddly placed Xacto cuts later... and the vocal core of the song comes in briefly... only to be obliterated by a wash of dub and feedback.
Kiddus I - Crying Wolf-Nyahbingi Take The Jacka and 12 Gauge Shotie - Sunshine Pointer Sisters - How Long (Nattymari's Music Box Re-Edit) Arab on Radar - My Mind is a Muffler 2 One One - Real Muthafuckas Cellski f/ C- Bo - Murder on My Mind BozSkaggs - Lowdown (Slowed) Pluxus - Business Morwell Unlimited Meets King Tubby - Morwell's Star Isley Brothers - Machine Gun Paul Masse - Time N' Cherry Wine
I'm going to officially declare this next phase of mixes a series... and dub them the SUFFERATIONMIXES. Yep... basically, we're looking at the same selector status... but a different way of listening to the tracks I select.
My trick bag will be one from that rises, like a murky phoenix, from the ashes of Black Ark studio. Dark and heavy dub... overbearing bass.... mud and cosmic funk. I love it... I love the beginning of MAGGOT BRAIN... those little droplets of multitap before George tastes the maggots in the mind of the universe.
Sure I'm using filters... but there's also a lot of manual dubbing here. Most of these tracks have been hand manipulated... not that it matters. It's what your ears hear, right?
Shock G - Baby, You OK? (Slowed) Herman Dune - I Do the Crabwalk In Flagranti - Reputation or Notoriety Mon-o-Phone - Drive Sonny Rollins - Shout It Out Beachwood Sparks - Butterflys (Singing and Sleeping) PinoD'Angio - Ma Quale Idea Dillenger - Mickey Mouse Crab Louse Grand Duchy - Break the Angels Lightnin Rod - Sport (Slowed) 4 St. Orchestra - Scientific (Hurting Dubb) Cotton Jones - Some Strange Rain
My Myspace page proudly states my obvious heroes. Among them (and at the top of the list) are Larry Levan, Robert Davis (DJ Screw) and King Tubby. Pioneers of the sonic kingdom. Men blessed with the gift to make music a very personal journey.
I couldn't even begin to consider myself in their league... I just hope I do them justice. Each, for the most part unknowingly, fulfilled the dream of my uber hero, William S. Burroughs. Taking mass marketed media and warping it to fit their own, slightly sinister, goals. The result is often termed psychedelic... although that is a perception based upon outside objectivity.
Any expression so intimate will seem strange to outside ears. A different language spoken on a bus. A sign, printed in an alphabet never seen before. It seemed bizzare in the mid-60's, but do Brian Wilson's late compositions really sound so strange now? We've heard so many sounds influenced by them, that we've grown accustomed to it... and now we simply hear the beauty that was always there.
My heroes played their music the way THEY wanted to hear it. Thankfully, others wanted to hear it the same way. They were not attempting to make strange, trippy drug music... they were just trying to express to the world what they heard. These blog mixes have helped me to do that. I've reached a point where my mixes have become extremely personal.
I only hope that they touch a few others as well... and possibly inspire them the way Robert, Larry and Tubbs do me.
David Gates - Goodbye Girl (Slowed) Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle (Slowed) Flying Lizards - Move On Up Joe White - Mellow Dub Starfucker - Miss You G Side - Minute Away - (Slowed) YayBoyz and Dru Down - PimpyDoo On Every Shore The Books - Cello Song Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes Lizzy - Love is a Treasure Nouvelle Vague - Guns of Brixton
I hate this East Coast cold, dude. Seriously! I hate the fashion and music and probably the people out here. I wonder why L.A. has the reputation for being bitter, icy and heartless.
Lucky number seven in my serious of unwanted trash. I cheated a little and threw in some stuff I wanted too... so it's more like 3/4 Septritus. Still... it was an excercise in making that which don't fit, fit.
Why the hell did I hold on to that Dosh track for like 2 months??? It's so fricking sweet!
Juvelen - Watch Your Step Katey Red - Stupid Spoon - Well Alright Shock G - Gotchoo (Chilled) Little Claw - Ice Age Dosh - Rock It to the Next Episode Dillenger - Leave the Arena Killer Mike - My Life Kane and Abel (Slowed) Jeremy Warmsley - If He Breaks Your Heart Safeashome - 1987 198X MF Doom - Ballskin
Another early night before another early morning. me love dub. Me love dub.
This mix starts on some slowed voodoo funk and ends somewhere on the streets of Houston. In the middle I revisit my childhood and make some new friends in the process.
Jeb Loy Nichols - Dr. Noblio (Slowed) Popnoname - Nightliner 1 Secret Mommy - Music Room Friend John - Multicolor Dub The Whip - Sister Sam (Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Mix) The Starlets - Maggie Loves Hopey Steve Forbet - Say Goodbye to Little Jo (Slowed) The Outsiders - You Remind Me Lullatone - The Bathtime Beat Worldwide Riders - Laws of Life (Slowed)
Another little journey behind my green door. No multiple handjobs or Davie and Moore horrorpop... just layered beats and textures... ultimately ending in some cosmic drone.
Sogyumo Acacia - Begin Travelling Emancipator - Lionheart Amok - Lis The Clipse - Still Got It For Cheap Bunny Lake - Deeper Confession (Slowed) Ballady i Romanse - Toksyczna Para Benoit Pioulard - A Woolgathering Exodus Clint Holmes - Playground In My Mind (Slowed) Shock G - Cherry Flavored Email (Chilled) Kelpe - Yippee Space Ghost Dead Man - Today
Kingfisherg - Green Eyed Diamond Tape - Moth Wings Grampall Jookabox - Ghost (Slowed) Can - Empress and the Ukraine King In Flagranti - Subvariety The Do - Queen Dot Kong The Plastics - Robot Astrid Quay - The Caterpillar (Slowed) Ami Marie - Wir Sind Zufrieden Damenbart - Bewusstserweiterung Dr. John - Walk on Guilded Splinters Eagle and Talon - Georgia Fever Ray - Concrete Walls
I just banged my thumb (which looks almost perfect now) and I think I now realize the full meaning of "white light going messing up my mind." Anyway... here's a magical mix for all you members of the D.A. Guaranteed to keep the Death Eaters away!
Easy selector! This one is pretty dubby... albeit not strictly a dub mix. I'm freaking hooked on the slowed Baile track that starts it off... and pretty much committed to further freaking with that Paul Simon beat.
Had a nice day with family yesterday and a verbal war with the fiance. Not looking forward to six more days of slavery... but my little cyber lives help ease the tension. Blogging... two consecutive games of harvest moon and my own household ranching chores keep a restless mind busy.
Jean Al Nippon and Orgasmic - Alice (Slowed) Riley All Stars - Staga Dub Lucy Mercier Descloux - Aya Mood Mr. Partridge - Madhattan Lullatone - The Bedtime Beatbox Tape - Beams Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave your Lover (Slowed and Archived) This is Deer Country - Jackie Sunken Foal - Without Any Thought Soguymo Acacia Band - Hangul Alphabets Eagle and Talon - Tight Score Max Cooper - Harmonisch Serie (Slowed) Tight Wayz - Tempers Flair (Slowed)
This mix sounds a little different, and totally transports me back about 15 years. A lot of the songs are new, but somehow it triggers memories from back in those days. A little combination of twee little shoegaze and psych drifting into some IDM heavier than what I normally present on this blog. It features longer songs and nary a pop or hip hop song, slowed up or otherwise.
I like the journey it takes me on. I hope someone else does too.
Teenage FanClub - Mount Everest Michael Head and the Strands - Loaded Man John Frusciante - Ah Yom Azzuro - Solaris Anders Ilar - Ludwijka vIII Reload - Ahn Po- Broken Fingers Bradbury - Sinistrogynic Moebius Disc Telefon Tel Aviv - Your Mouth
I'm 38 today. I'm older than hip-hop... about as old as dub. To celebrate... well work, and another mix for you to do it in your earhole. I'm lame and have to work early tomorrow too... so take a big crack hit for me, if you can.
Cheers!
BTW: I really love this Whitest Boy Alive shit. ErlandOye manages to almost channel Arthur Russell... whom I miss almost daily.
TujikoNoriko - WasuneraiHikari RiowArai - Over Circle Plaid - Non Hoi Brael and Tokyo Bloodworm - Magic Wand Coconut Records - The Summer Atlas Sound - River Card Faust - It's a Bit of a Pain Nickel Eye - Back From Exile Gainsborough Gallery - If She Don't Turn Your Head Vashti Bunyan - The Coldest Night of the Year Leander - Four Days The Whitest Boy Alive - Courage
I did a little remix project for my new m8 Taklamakan from Croatia. I took elements of his work entitled "Lighthouse," which is almost chamber music. The original is here:
The results are interesting. Fledgling. Worth a listen? Basically a little bit of tone poetry with some RZA dub and a nice little Kid 606ey tweakage of Frank Mill's "Music Box Dancer." I hear elements of Eno, Cage and a whole lot of Akira Yamaoka (the guy that did the SILENT HILL soundtracks.)
Overall I'm pleased to just be creating some noise again.
Join me in the Great Glass Elevator for today's voyage beyond the ceiling. Watch out for sharp objects, as you peer into the solace and devestation of my cracked existence. Nod head, dance like Vitus, and have fun... if you dare.
Po - A Tree in the Palm of My Hand SQZMYLMNS - Oakland (Slowed) Shady Nate and Jay Jonah - Baby Baghdad (Slowed) Fever Ray - Dry and Dusty Brael and Tokyo Bloodworm - Seed Friend John - Below the Sun 1900 - Kolbrytama The New Sound of Numbers - Tuning the Air Ultra Orange and Emmanuelle - Sing Sing Lene Lovich - I Think We're Along Now DJOC - The Milk's Gone Bad Mi Ami - Feel You Bread - If (Slowed)
I guess all this virtual farming in HARVEST MOON is having an effect on me. This is a particularly crunchy granola earth mix. Lots of new psych and such. I've been a little slow on the post because I'm fucking with some noise remixes for a super secret project... will post results here.
A Setting Sun and Shigeto - When I Look at Your Face I Laugh and Cry Brightblack Morning - Friends of Time Hot Chip/Robert Wyatt - Made in the Dark Hurtmold - Churumba Mi Ami - Clear Light Grampall Jookabox - Old Earth, Wash My Beat Here We Go Magic - Ahab Carla Bozulich - Pissing Klaus & Kinski - Rocanrolear
Something's been going on lately. It seems like my mixes are all out of order. When I review them, I wind up moving large chunks of tracks around until I'm satisfied. I don't know if this means I'm all out of whack, or whether I've just developed a more critical ear.
I'm pretty happy with this mix. I don't like the fact that that excellent John Maus song just cuts off all weird at the end. Really... I know it's all cool to claim "lo-fi," but why ruin your tracks with poor production??? If the kids making music in their bedrooms in the 60's and 70's had access to our technology... they wouldn't have released shitty demo quality tracks on cassette. It's cool to respect and emulate them... but use today's available technology.
I love your music Mr. Maus... but it isn't a badge of eccentricity to piss away quality material like that.
...from the bottom of my black little emo heart...
Prissa - Se Que Acabaremos Dan Lacksman Association - Lonely Days Alan Scheurman - Marco Polo Army Navy - Jumping Someone Else's Train Fantastic Magic - Jam and Yima John Maus - The Peace That Earth Cannot Give Lucky Dragons - Ton (Javelinas) Plays Compliment IceyHott - Money, Money (Slowed) Lineland - Emerald Board Rigil - Free to Roam That Ghost - Top Shelf The Starlets - Like Novacaine Prissa - Se Que Acabaremos Dan Lacksman Association - Lonely Days Alan Scheurman - Marco Polo Army Navy - Jumping Someone Else's Train Fantastic Magic - Jam and Yima John Maus - The Peace That Earth Cannot Give
The first of my mixes done entirely on new software. Has its rough spots, and is extremely all over the place... but still a sweet little journey into my twisted psyche. I started it totally differently and revamped it - so the cool freak shit would start it off and then it would dwell into moodyness and eventually Meekiness.
Dara Puspita - Kerdja Kami Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Wawa The Plastics - Copy DJ Wally - Walk With a Limp Riow Arai - Criminal Groove 3-2 - Slowed Up (Slowed) Bunny Lake - Stilleto Stomp (Slowed) Juvelen - A Dream The Do - At Last Major Organ and the Adding Machine - Swimming, Laughing, Playing Lineland - Tinsel Spots Joe Meek - Valley of the Saroos Fantastic Magic - Sea of Gold
Nice little mix. Nice little cover. I'm late for work. This icey rainy cold shit has me all slowed up. Try to enjoy the climate... wherever you might be.
woodcraft folk - tracy finger the do - on my shoulders (chamber version) animal collective - guys eyes (chilled) perfugium - heeding the call last step - my home recordings gina x experience - plastic surprise box mr 3-2 - sitting high (slowed) hudsonmohawke - polkadot blues ballady i romanse - magnetizmserc vells - integration hot, col and custard - never ever dolly parton - I will always love you (slowed)
Cocoanut Groove - A Gull's Wing Robots in Disguise - I'm Hit (Slowed) Tenniscoats - Kimminaritai Jacka - The End (Slowed) Luga - Teas for Bridges Terminal 11 - Counter Clockwise Chant Pattern Animal Collective - Brothersport JagatSkad - VeinteAnos No Es Nada Ghetto Souljahz - Ain't That a Bitch (Slowed) Miss Emily Brown - Sleeping Lions Sweet - Love is Like Oxygen (Slowed)
I got a message and friend request from a stranger yesterday. He likes some of my old (published) writing. Damn that made me feel good. Almost better would be a comment or two around here... hint hint. Honestly, I don't mind talking to myself... I do it all the time. My blog counter seems jacked the fuck up... so I don't even know if anyone cares.
Therefore... a nice little radio style mix. This one carelessly jumps genres... focusing only on a little mix of music I've been enjoying. The last few crop of mixes were too 'mixtapey' for me possibly. Who knows... as this is quasi-random spooge anyway.
That said: Luga ->Animal Collective ->BFF is a pretty sweet butt blend.
Aren't I supposed to be ranting about how last year sucked??? Don't even know if I will. I lost a lot of innocence and a degree of security and trust I may never gain back... but a year's a year. I'm farming on Wii, listening to music, eating sushi and my thumb works alright. Don't really feel like complaining.
TujikoNoriko - Gift (Damian Shingleton Mix) ? - Love(Slowed) Mainly Spaniards - That's What Friends Are For Serge Gainsbourg - Cargo Culte Sniper Unit - Break Your Neck (Slowed) Living - Luga Animal Collective - My Girls BFF - Together Forever Listen - Jesus Love Shady Nate and Jay Jonah - Piles Em In (Slowed) Pioneers - The Ghetto
Welcome to the NO -Gank D Ike Them Hoes - Pimp Dogg LYrical Joyride - Black Mophia Clan Early in the Morning - T Mann Clocking G's - Dirt Red Shake Fa Ya Hood - Ricky B Gangsta 2 Da End - EWV Slanging Ain't No Thang - Ruthless Juveniles Bring da Business - Freedom A Motha Fuckin Hustlah - Pimp Dogg Do You Really Wanna - Prime Time NOLA - Legend Man Bootin Up - Da Shara
Getting close to the end of my little cushion of backlog. Made this one a week or so ago. Been listening to it personally since. I really enjoy it... although there's some weird transitions in it. Sometimes they work to my ears... sometimes not. That said, it's a bit more adventurous... which is always a good thing.
Happy 2009 to everyone. I'll continue to do this, as it keeps me sane(ish).
Eugen Thomas - Undergroovin Sixto Rodriguez - Sugar Man Onra - Porn (Slowed) Parental Advisory - Like We Do (Slowed) Steven Bishop - On and On (Slowed) Pierce - Miss Your Tape (Phantom's Revenge Mix) Brigitte Fontaine - Patriarcat Psychoward - PWMF Pt 1 (Slowed) Jackie Mittoo - Ayatollah Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 Tom Waits - A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Gun
