VA - Mark Pritchard Presents Feel The Spirit

Great collection of 'Other worldy folk music gems and psychedelics' compiled by the man with numerous aliases. A few words from Mr. Pritchard from the inlay - "...basically I've never been a massive fan of traditional folk music. However I would always have a dig through the folk section in second hand record stores because every now and then I would come across a certain style of folk that would give me chills. Call it 'Folk Funk' or 'Soft Psych' or even 'Acid Folk', but what interests me with these tracks is that you can hear that the musicians are drawing on a lot of different influences and styles: Jazz, Prog, Soul, Experimental music; to create something new and original..."

Tracklisting

01 Heaven and Earth - Feel The Spirit

02 Air - Mr Man

03 Sunforest - Magician in The Mountain

04 Hard Meat - Free Wheel

05 Fairport Convention - Autopsy

06 Donovan - Get Thy Bearings

07 Christine Harwood - Wooden Ships

08 Barbara And Ernie - For You

09 Bonnie Dobson - Winter's Going

10 Nancy Priddy - Ebony Glass

11 Vashti Bunyan - Rose Hip November

12 Linda Perhacs - Chimacum Rain

13 Spleen - Along Came Sam

14 The Free Design - An Elegy

15 Kathy Smith - End of The World

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The Invisible LP

London Girl


One of my favourites of 2009 already.
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VA - Ten (Vol. 1)

Tracklisting
01 Andres - You're Still The One
02 Floatingpoints - Love Me Like This (ftps Remix)
03 Rachel Sweet - It's So Different Here (Lexx Edit)
04 Barry Manilow - Rain (PHDJ Eugene Joe Mojo Edit)
05 The Canyons - Apples & Pears
06 Guy Cuevas - Obsession (The Nassau Mix)
07 Jose James - Desire (Moodymann Remix)
08 Julian Jonah - Jealousy & Lies
09 Little Dragon - After The Rain (GB Interpretation)
10 Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project - Airto
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Big Fun(k)

Index - Starlight (The Break) (1981)

Warped

New Musik - Warp (1982)

Two Fingers etc

Gonna start trying to post more on here since letting things slide a bit. Will be on a much more random tip ,musically speaking anyway. Variety is the spice of life and all that, will keep the comps coming too though. Anyhows, begin with a few bits I'm feeling today...

Two Fingers ft. Sway - What You Know (Buy)

Mr Scruff ft Broke 'n' English - Listen Up (Buy)

Durrty Goodz - This Is What They Want (Buy)

Dr. C. Dexter Wise III (1987)

VA - Tim Sweeney Presents Purple Pills For Sleepless Nights

Limited edition mix of various leftfield, shoegaze, psychedelic rock, avantgarde and experimental sounds released at the end of last year on the ever excellent RVNG Intl. Great stuff.

Tracklisting
01 Robert Wyatt - Sea Song
02 Spacemen 3 - Hypnotized
03 US69 - 2069: A Spaced Oddity
04 Arthur Russell - This Is How We Walk On The Moon
05 Donovan - Get Thy Bearings
06 Suicide - Dream Baby Dream
07 Phew - Dream
08 David Lynch & Peter Ivers - In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)
09 The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
10 The Monkees - Circle Sky
11 Unknown Artist - Unknown Track
12 Dr John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters
13 Unknown Artist - Unknown Track
14 Yura Yura Teikoku - It Was A Robot
15 The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun
16 Psychic TV - The Orchids
17 P-Model - Ohayo

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Friday Marcos...

Party over here...

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VA - Teutonik Disaster

"Just like Kraut-Rock stemmed from an appreciation of anglo-saxon music allied with the will to translate it into a Germanised environment, there seems to have been a no-wave German scene, spawn from some sort of Teutonik Disaster, and necessarily something different and maladjusted when compared to the original NYC blueprint. Gomma artist Munk here compiles the most thrilling cuts, and am quite confident for many of the most knowledgeable heads completely unknown classics. The tracklisting showcases a similar evolution as that of NYC and from no-rock to early Electro styles, it's a pure pleasure to immerse oneself's into tongue in cheek stormers - Schalaraffenland-, dancefloor stompers - Lover's Walkmen- and of course complete nutcases - Gilda, Steril, Musik Musik Musik. Dat comp's consistency is simply impressive." Thanks to Tigersushi for the review.

Tracklisting
01 Explorer - Yellow Power
02 Exkurs - Fakten Sind Terror
03 Carmen - Schlaraffenland
04 Scala - Irrsinn In Dub
05 BBB - Tag (Munk Edit)
06 The Tanzdiele - MusikMusikMusik
07 Schwarze Bewegung - Traumfrau
08 Exkurs - Steril
09 Reifenstahl - Je T'air (Ich Dich Luft)
10 Explorer - Rabbits
11 Klick - Blauer Lumumba
12 Ampilla's Delight - Lover's Walkman
13 Reiz Des Neuen - Gilda
14 50 Tabletten - Am Abend Im Land Der Träume
15 Exkurs - Natur
16 Geisterfharer - Blumen
17 Mustery
18 Mythen In Tuten - Tortellini

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VA - DJ Morpheus Presents I Can't Live Without My Radio

"Tracked by DJ Morpheus (a.k.a. Samy Birnbach)-former singer of early-'80s post-punks Minimal Compact- Can't Live Without My Radio is from/for the cassette generation. Featuring artists like Virgin Prunes, Love & Rockets, Heaven 17, Shriekback, Head, Timezone feat. John Lydon & Afrika Bambaataa, Thrill Kill Kult, 23 Skidoo, and Einst¸rzende Neubauten, this compilation (not "mix") embodies the dry, oblique architecture of '80s college radio captured to Dolby Noise Reduction tape during a Goth-meets-"glam savage" overnight slot. Here, rigid, rhythmic underpinnings vie with murky collages under scorched gloss, coagulating in industrial punk-funk New Wave/New Beat. Urban and humid, while sinister and sterile, songs such as Age of Chance's appropriation of Prince's "Kiss" are as much about gleefully marring pop's veneer as they are calculated designs for social and stylistic change." Thanks to xlr8r

Tracklisting
01 Jeff And Jane Hudson - Alamos
02 The Residents - Kaw-Liga (Moody Boys Remix)
03 Virgin Prunes - Pagan Lovesong
04 Medium Medium - Hungry, So Angry
05 Love & Rockets - Ball Of Confusion (7" Mix)
06 Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
07 Shriekback - Accretions (Monstrous Dance Mix)
08 That Petrol Emotion - Dance Your Ass Off
09 Head - I Can't Stop (Mental Metal Mix)
10 World Domination Enterprises - I Can't Live Without My Radio
11 Timezone feat. John Lydon & Africa Bambaataa - World Destruction
12 Age Of Chance - Kiss
13 The Thrill Kill Kult - The Devil Does Drugs
14 Taboo - Number 6
15 400 Blows vs 23 Skidoo - G.I. (Joakim Edit)
16 Einstürzende Neubauten - Yu Gung (A. Sherwood Mix)

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VA - DJ Harvey Presents Moonshadow

I'm hoping a few of you knowledgable readers will be able to help. Both these mixes I've had lying about for a while, ones just got 'Moon Shadow Part One' written on it whereas the other 'More Moonshadow'. Am I right in thinking their were quite a few more mixes in the Moon Shadow series? If anyone has more info, tracklistings, links to the others in the series or can confirm these are by Harvey even, would be appreciated. Both great selections whoever compiled them.

VA - DJ Harvey Presents Moonshadow Part One
VA - DJ Harvey Presents More Moonshadow
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Womack & Womack

Sorry about the lack of posts recently, more comps coming soon. Been listening to a lot of Womack & Womack this week for some reason, especially the 'Conscience' LP. Such a great record. Ended up digging out a few more bits & pieces whilst I was at it so might as well share them. Most people probably already have these in some shape or form but here they anyway. Certified SGM classics.

Womack & Womack - Conscience Of My Conscience

Bobby Womack - Inherit The Wind (Revenge Rework)

Womack & Womack - Life Is Just A Ballgame (Ballroom Remix)

Womack & Womack - Baby I'm Scared Of You (Mark E Edit)

Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

Bobby Womack - Thats The Way I Feel About Cha

Bobby Womack - How Could You Break My Heart

Womack & Womack - Missing Persons Bureau (Folk Version)

Shriekback - Accretions

Since I've already started the tenuous 1982 link I might as well try to drag it out a bit longer now, so here's another beauty from that musically great year. From their Tench EP, imho still sounding fresher (& better) than most of the new releases I've listened to this week...

Shriekback - Accretions

Wide Boy Awake - Slang Teacher

I didn't actually plan this but here's another from 1982. Bit of a coincidence but must have been a good year for electronic synth pop type stuff I guess.

Wide Boy Awake - Slang Teacher

Sakamoto & Sylvian - Bamboo Houses

Whilst posting the below, it also reminded of this great track. I'll have to do a proper Ryuichi Sakamoto post one of these days...amazing to think how much brilliant music he's produced over the years. I'd love to know what other peoples favourites are too, feel free to leave any recommendations in the comments below.

Sakamoto & Sylvian - Bamboo Houses (12" Version)

EDIT: Gotta add an excellent edit of this as well. Thanks to Nassau. Go check his myspace for more great stuff...

Sakamoto & Sylvian - Bamboo Houses (Nassau Edit)

Japan - Ghosts

Been listening to a lot of Japan recently, especially the Tin Drum LP. Here's two very different versions of one of my favourite tracks from it.

Deportivo Street Team - Spooked

Explorer - Rabbits

My internet connection is f&cked to put it plainly so posting individual tracks on the upload speed available is the best I can be bothered to do unfortunately. I'll start with this slightly obscure beauty from Explorer's 1982 'Untitled' LP which came out on X Records (Germany). Plenty more to follow...

Explorer - Rabbits

VA - Electronic Body Music

If your not that familiar with much EBM stuff like me, this is quite a good introduction. I can't find much more info about this comp except that it's supposedly a pretty rare Japan only CD that came out as part of some Front 242 box set over there in 1990. Admittedly not all EBM stuff is for me but for a pretty obscure scene of music you can still definitely hear it's influences in a lot of stuff coming out today.

Tracklisting
01 Front242 - Never Stop
02 The Young Gods - Rue Des Tempetes
03 Meat Beat Manifesto - Helter Skelter
04 The Neon Judgement - 1313
05 The Weathermen - Heat Seeker
06 A;grumh - Danger Zone
07 The Legendary Pink Dots - Blacklist
08 Borghesia - Young Prisoners
09 The Cassandra Complex - Nice Work (Cellphone Mix)
10 Trisomie 21 - Bamboo
11 Chris and Cosey - Exotica
12 The Young Gods - Longue Route (Remix)
13 Meat Beat Manifesto - Psyche-Out (Version 2)
14 Front242 - Headhunter (v1.0)

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D.i.s.c.o / Edits

Yup, it's another Friday and what better way to get in the mood for the weekend than some more (slightly camp sounding) disco inspired tunes/edits. These have been sounding particularly good this afternoon.

Firefly - Love (Is Gonna Be On Our Side)

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck (Dimitri from Paris' Southside Edit)

Chic - NY Attitude (L.S.B. Super Discoteca Edit)

Teddy Pendergrass - You Can't Hide From Yourself (OOFT Edit)

VA - Celluloid - The Electro Years - Why Is It Fresh?

Wicked selection compiled by The Micronauts. More info about Celluloid Records here.

Tracklisting
01 Grandmaster D. ST. - Crazy Cuts (Long Version) Intro
02 Grandmaster D. ST. & Infinity Rappers - Grand Mixer C.I.U.!
03 Phase II - The Roxy
04 Time Zone - The Wildstyle (Instrumental Mix)
05 Grandmaster D. ST. & Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin - Mean Machine (Dub Version)
06 Grandmaster D. ST. - Crazy Cuts (Long Dub)
07 Konk - D.J. Mixers
08 Fab 5 Freddy - Une Sale Histoire Part 2 (Male Version)
09 Shango - Shango Message (Edit/Instrumental)
10 Grandmaster D. ST. & Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin - Mean Machine
11 Futura 2000 - The Escapades Of Futura 2000 (The Escapades Rap)
12 Grandmaster D. ST. - Mega-Mix II (Why Is It Fresh?)

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VA - RVNG Of The NRD'S Vol 5 (Wade Nichols)

Tracklisting
A: Canned Heat - On The Road Again (Wanda Rode Again)
B1: America - Horse With No Name (Horse With No Shame)
B2: The Bottom Line - Disco Dobro (Abracadobro)

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VA - RVNG Of The NRD'S Vol 4 (Lovefingers)

Tracklisting
A1: Kentucky
A2: Zoysia
B1: Bermuda
B2: Astroturf

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VA - RVNG Of The NRD'S Vol 3 (Mock & Toof)

Tracklisting
A1: Digit 1
A2: Digit 2
B: Digit 3

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