Flams and paradiddles. Rims shots and triplets. Slithering and skittering. A sound born in the shoulder holstered bass and snare drums, eighteen inch crash symbols, and split drenched French horns of Florida A&M University’s Incomparable Marching 100 band. A sound that could only be made by a bunch of hook blade-slinging, middle school-teaching, coed-trapping thugs. This is the Deep City sound.
-excerpt from album notes
One reason why living in the East Bay is so awesome is because wonderful old soul, funk, R&B is always in high demand in these here parts of California. That being said…the record stores around here come through and have huge selections of all these wonderful new compilations like Eccentric Soul or the “Funk Special” series. Basically all of the Eccentric Soul Cd’s are worth buying but this one in particular is beyond fantastic, especially the Helene Smith tracks….hot damn!
Tracklist
1. Am I a Good Man – Them Two
2. Someone to Fulfill My Needs – The Moovers
3. I Am Controlled by Your Love – Helene Smith
4. I Don’t Need Help – Dynamites, Johnny K. Killen
5. Stay Away from My Johnny – Freda Gray, Rocketeers
6. Thrills and Chills – Helene Smith
7. Paralyzed – Betty Wright
8. I Love You Baby – The Moovers
9. Pain in My Heart – Helene Smith
10. Upset – Paul Kelly
11. One Little Dance – The Moovers
12. Good Lovin’ – Betty Wright
13. Willing and Able – Helene Smith
14. It’s My Baby – Paul Kelly
15. You Got to Do Your Share – Helene Smith
16. Good Thing, Pt. 1 – Rocketeers, , Frank Williams
17. Darling I’ll Go [Extended Play] – The Moovers
I’ve been listening to this Demo a lot lately, it’s too good not to share. A project of Denver native Tim Perry. When I think of Denver I don’t really think of music; I think of the Denver Nuggets, dense forest, snow, and Lumber Jacks. This demo changed that. Weed Diamond is full of great stoney lo-fi pop songs. Kinda reminiscent of Best Coast, only with a dude. It sounds like Transparent is going to put out some 7″ EPs for the dude, so stay tuned to for that.
What separates Weed Diamond from the ever increasing crop of lo-fi guitar acts ruffling in the bedroom punk/pop scene is his uncanny knack for melody. Sure, Tim knows a thing or two about lacing incessant herb references in his song titles (“Stevie Wonder is TOOOO HIGH,” “WAAAAY to much Purple,” “Let’s Burn One Down”), but what he’s really good at is getting to the heart of a song. The songs on Weed Diamond’s demo are not shrouded in layer upon layer of incandescent fuzz, nor blips, bleeps and bips, and while they are certainly lo-fi and the vocals are, well, barely audible, the tunes feel like echoes of songs I first heard in Peggy Sue Got Married. “Nothing To Write Home About,” whose “Teen Angel” melody is as instantly recognizable as it is charming, relies heavily on ancient, interwoven prom riffs, which tumble under the sea as a placid synth and dreamy xylophone take the tune for a stroll down lover’s lane. At the ridge at the end of the lane, “Nothing to Write Home About” dissolves into soothing blend of bells and whistles, until nothing is left but a single drum beat, the encapsulation of a prom night that everyone knows will not last forever.
Walk Away
Let’s Burn One Down
WAAAAY Too Much Purple
Mr. Vacant Stare
Nothing to Write Home About
Stevie Wonder is TOOOO HIGH
I fucked up or something, the recording we got from the computer were some sort of an alternative news program. Sorry people you won’t get to hear any of the clever or outlandish proclamations that were said. Don’t trip though you didn’t miss much. I will hook you up with the play list and the tracks, mostly upbeat numbers with some experimental weirdness thrown in here and there.
enjoy…!
Fool’s Paradise - Buddy Holly
Class A Comfort – Brazillian Boom Boom
Ha Fang Kheng Kan - Teun-Jai Boon Praraksa
On Fire inflatable mattress
Dance On Mars The Science Fiction Corporation
Jean-Claude Vannier/Je M’Appelle Geraldine {FILL MUSIC} - Various Artists
10 Mile Stereo (Beach House Cover) - Little Girls
Nitetime rainbows - A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Heart of Sadness - Sonny & the Sunsets
Be Brave - The Strange Boys
Ape Man (FILL MUSIC) - Augustus Pablo
Snake (Mexicans with Guns remix) - Oy
01 _08. Sonido Del Principe – Sexy R
Donut (Gui Boratto Remix) - M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade
Requiem – Lux Æterna - Michel Chion
Love Letters In The Sand [FILL MUSIC] - Lord Rhaburn Combo
Tidal Wave - Thee Oh Sees
Cents -Ty Segall
What He Say - Ministry
Float - Zomby
Theme From Mondo Cane [FILL MUSIC] - Nino Oliviero & Riz Ortolani
Way Out of Living Linear – Movement
Journal of Ardency - Class Actress
Barbarism Begins At Home (Allez-Allez Re-Edit) - The Smiths
dreambathe - Dizzy Jaguars
Underground Agent [FILL MUSIC] - Paul Kass
Brigitte Bardot – Contact
Do It Again - Deep Heat
He’s Gone (Chantels cover) - Vivian Girls
I Dont Want to Have to - Barbara and the Browns
ChristiansWhoKill
Il Pinguino (FILL MUSIC) - Ennio Morricone
Mind Reader (L-Vis 1990 Remix) - Kingdom
Roman Photo - Ruth
Fleetwood Crack - White Williams
Desert Sand - Beach Fossils
Scented Wind [FILL MUSIC] - The Sounds Of Love …A To Zzzz
Poo Ying Lai Jai [Now She Loves Every Man Except Me] - Thongmark Leacha
Tchero Adari Nègn - Alèmayèhu Eshèté
Renaissance Theme (fill music) - DatA
The Mexican - Babe Ruth
William Salas aka Brenmar the percussion and electronics master from These are Powers sent us an amazing mix! Full of house and techno tunes, even a little hip-hop was mixed in. It’s pretty much what you need to get the hoedown poppin’. I am grateful or the mix considering the dude has a busy schedule. I asked for the theme of the mix and in one word he said “DOPE”.
So with that stated here is the mix and playlist…!
Download Now!!!
1. Boris Dlugosch – Bankok (Roska Remix)
2. Dj Deeon – Freak Like Me (Brenmar Remix)
3. Burak Som Sistema – Luanda/Lisboa
4. Shystie – Pull It (Ill Blue Funky Mix)
5. Mavado – Sarlight
6. Ikonika – Please
7. Gucci Mane – Believe It or Not feat. Drake
8. Four Tet – Love Cry (Joy Orbison Remix)
9. Lloyd – Like Me
10. Nguzunguzu – El Bebe Ambiente
11. Untold – Anaconda
12. Raekwon – Catalina
13. Seiji – Dope Test
14. MNDR – I Go Away
15. Barry Gray – Thunderbirds
Be sure to check out the new These Are Powers 12′ coming out at the end of the month called Candy Man. Preorder that shit here. Also check out Brenmar’s tunes on myspace, he gots some great rmxs on there.
Probably no substantial dimension of film history has been so thoroughly ignored by American film critics, historians, and theorists as the nature film (or “wildlife film”): those works of cinema that purport to reveal the lives of other species. This lack of scholarly attention seems to have resulted from the mistaken assumption that nature filmmakers do not reveal any philosophical or cinematic vision in their work, that nature films merely present facts. In recent years, a few books have begun to correct this misconception, including Gregg Mitman’s Reel Nature: America’s Romance with Wild life on Film, Derek Bousé’s Wildlife Films, Cynthia Chris’s Watching Wildlife, and Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé, edited by Andy Masaki Bellows and Marina McDougall, with Birgitte Berg. But these are the exceptions that prove the rule, and we have a long way to go before the accomplishments of this aspect of cinema history are appreciated and understood. In coming to terms with the immense world of nature cinema, a very good place to begin, as Science Is Fiction makes clear, is with French scientist-educator-filmmaker Jean Painlevé, whose groundbreaking work consistently revealed not only a commitment to informed science and effective communication but to the creative expression of ideas as well.
- Scott Macdonald
Let’s face it…Science is Cool, Always has been. With that being said let’s focus on Jean Painlevé, the French scientist/filmmaker/theorist who led a very interesting life full of films, essays, plays, and biological research. He was a very modern thinker, and at one point was even affiliated with the Dada and Surrealist movements. He collaborated with Yvan Goll and when Man Ray needed starfish footage for his L’étoile de mer (1928), Painlevé worked his magic. His “Science” films (even though some were made over 70 years ago) are pretty stunning. And he was one of the first people to get underwater footage, by putting his camera in a custom designed waterproof box with a glass plate which allowed the lens to shoot…clever. 23 of his films available on a great 3-DVD collection called “Science Is Fiction“.
Here’s one film about Liquid Crystals…awesome electronic soundtrack starts after credits
And here’s another great one about the “vampire” bat, and it also has Seahorses and Octopuses…sorry no English subtitles
So this morning I came across a new Loscil track on the great blog NO CONCLUSION. I’m was pretty excited to hear new material since last year’s EP was pretty damn noteworthy. Anyway, while listening to the new track from the ambient/joyful noise band while walking in the rain…I couldn’t help but think of the wonderful sounds of Detroit’s Rod Modell/DeepChord. DeepChord (label run by Rod M.) is responsible for lots of the great minimal techno/deep house coming out Detroit for the past few years. This is Rod Modell’s 2007 album that boasts a mix of low filter beats, “crisp” static, synthetic analog baths, and lush lightbeam melodies….basically makes you feel like you can fly. I think if Tim Hecker was from Detroit and made techno/deep house it would sound like this.
Here’s some more words by XLR8R: In the same rarefied vein of Porter Ricks’ Arctic sounds, inhuman techno throbs on Rod Modell’s Incense & Black Light. With Incense, the man behind Deepchord (and half of Echospace) plunges even deeper into the techno-dub void. This album is so icy and tar-on-coal dark, your brain will get frostbite listening to it (check the gyroscopically demonic “Temple”). “Aloeswood” sets the tone with muffled 4/4 kicks scudding like walruses over tundra while glaciers crackle in a polar cave. “Body Sonic” allows slivers of sunlight into the tenebrous mix; it’s one of the few cuts among the 10 here that’s more about moving asses than paralyzing limbs.
Tracklist
01 Aloeswood
02 Hotel Chez Moi
03 Body Sonic
04 Cloud Over
05 Temple
06 Ultraviolet World
07 Subway
08 Red Light
09 Into Day
10 Morning Again
I meant to put his up last night but because my body wasn’t used to the amount of beer that was consumed, I ended up just passing out. So to pay homage to the Gurp City homies, who got down to a bunch of Soul and Funk music last night, I will share a great comp I found a while back called Funk Spectrum. I probably played each of these tracks twice on Fool’s Paradise. I was surprised to find out that Josh Davis is DJ Shadow. Weird.
Here’s pretty much the only review I found for this album: A virtual primer in old-school funk that assembles 20 tracks likely familiar to only the most diligent of rare groove collectors. According to Davis’ liner notes, the omission of artist credits from the sleeve is in homage to the code of B-boy secrecy, although it makes the disc damn hard to critique; that said, the opening “Party Time” conjures the spirit of James Brown to uncanny perfection, “Let’s Do It Today” could be a lost Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Band track, and “Clap Your Hands” imagines an alternate reality where the Jackson 5 comprised sisters, not brothers. Darge’s ten selections are excellent as well, most of them slavish in their devotion to the genius of James Brown — some are actual covers (Lou Pride’s up-tempo reading of the perennial “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”) and some are just mirror images (Ricky Caloway’s “Tell Me,” with its “Good God!” interjections), but all boast the funk in spades. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
1. Part Time – Masters
2. Lets Do It Today (Procrastination) – The US
3. Do It Again – Deep Heat
4. Dead Don’t Die Alive, The (Part One) – 4th Coming
5. Getting Down For Xmas – Milly & Silly
6. Road, The – Communicators & The Beb
7. Mr Chicken Shit – The Soul Seven
8. Clap Your Hands – Reginald Milton & The Soul Jets
9. Butter That Popcorn – RDM Band
10. Whats Going On? – Mr Clean & The Soul Inc.
11. Can’t Stop Now – Mr Magic
12. It’s a Man’s World – Lou Pride
13. Every Man For Himself – Road Runners
14. Tell Me – Ricky Caloway
15. It Ain’t Fun But It’s Fun – Fabulous Originals
16. Backtalk – The 2nd Ammendement Band
17. Mr Machine – The Chefs
18. Who’s the King – Joseph Henry
19. We Oughta Get Together – Professor Leit & Strudy
20. World, The – Sandi & Matues
This comp came out in 08 as a joint release by DFA and Rong Music. It has a few original No-wave tracks but is mostly a presentation newer acts inspired by the old dogs of New York’s east Village. I like that they got two of the dudes from Liquid Liquid to remix a Tussle track. They also have King Heroin by James Chance and the Contortions, who is definitely one of my favorite bands from that period of time in NY. I really like the production on East West Axis by Research, any song with dope bass line, some killer funk riffs, and an old school drum machine loop got me hooked. Yuup, satisfied by my purchase.
Here’s what BOOMKAT had to say: A joint release between Rong Music and DFA, this compilation strives to offer an alternative slant on the famed New York no-wave sound, helpfully suggesting: “it’s kinda like No-Wave, but Not.” The selection features new artists from around the world, plus originators of the movement like James Chance & The Contortions, throwing into the bargain a total of eight exclusive tracks. While the level of diversity on show throughout Notwave is exceptionally broad – running from the jagged guitar battery of Striplight to the housey grooves of New Jersey producer Mr. Chin – the essential spirit of the original movement remains more or less intact, with cuts like ‘The River Art’ by Research notching up the authenticity factor with an arrhythmic grasp on jazz/punk crossover. Proving that the new school have just as much to offer, Brooklyn’s Free Blood condense the very essence of what ‘Notwave’ might mean, making bizarre, semi-improvised electronics feel like party music. Recommended.
01. Quad Throw Salchow – Unwelcome Guest
02. Non-stop – Hydration Explosion
03. Striplight – No Search No Entry (Tim Love Lee dub)
04. Tussle – Elephants Meandering (Sal Principato & Dennis Young mix)
05. Mr. Chin – Faces vs Fractions (Trust)
06. Circuits – Pistols at Dawn (Tim ‘Love’ Lee’s Fully Bearded mix)
07. Freshro – I Turn My Camera On
08. Welcome Stranger – Smoke Machine
09. Free Blood – Weekend
10. Scotty Coats – Beautiful Ones
11. Research – East West Axis
12. Scotty Coats – Lude Boy the Rude Boy
13. James Chance & The Contortions – King Heroin
14. Research – The River Art
One of my favorites of the Éthiopiques series. I bought this album a few years back while I was goin through an Ethiopian music phase, mainly due to hearing Mulatu Astatke’s wonderful music in Broken Flowers. And then this past Friday, Mulatu/Ethiopian music came up in conversation with Theresa while at the radio show and this album resurfaced into my mind grapes. Mulatu is not on this compilation but these jams are equally as amazing. Back into the rotation it goes with all it’s swingin funkiness….
Here’s an excerpt from the album notes: This volume of Éthiopiques aims to collect the clearest examples of soul, R n’B and even twist in the recordings of Ethiopian “sixties”. The quintessences of the most outrageously cosmopolitan styles-yet so firmly anchored in the local soul. Taken together, this collection of pop oddities gives some measure of the ebullience that reigned in Addis Ababa in the 1960’s and until the end of the Empire. Under a regime nearing the end of its line, foundering between its attachment to an antiquated, autocratic order and the upheavals that stem from belonging to a larger world.
More “cold wave” transmissions from Europe in the early 80’s. French synth-pop that is PURE GOLD…straight pirate’s booty! There’s not much info floating around about this group, but who doesn’t like mystery. Some tracks like “Jungle Hurt” are smooth like Sebastien Tellier while others spin a “motor-disco” feel which stimulate the limbs. At times there is a very playful showtunesy side to Mathematiques Modernes which will consume you. Freshness maintained for over 25 years and not due to spoil anytime soon. Get it get it….
Link: Mathematiques Modernes – Les Visiteurs Du Soir
Tracklist
1. Paris Tokyo
2. TV Night
3. A + B = C
4. Jungle Hurt
5. Disco Rough
6. Boy Be My Toy
7. Réponds-Moi
8. Athletical Mystery
9. TV Night (Instrumental)
