A conversation I had about listening to the John Peel show reminded me of a seminal Peel band - Jane Bond and the Undercover Men. I have absolutely no idea about how successful this band were but remember they were often played on the late great man's show. I haven't heard this song in over 25 years and I feel quite nostalgic. If only I could find a way of getting this tune onto a portable radio and then I could listen to it under the bed covers.
15 February 2012
in the mix
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Originally a mix from 2010, this is a beautiful showcase of the Tribal Guarachero scene in Monterrey. It works as a nice bit of party music or as background music as you live the rock and roll lifestyle at home with a bit of shirt ironing. Guess what I'm doing at the moment!
millsart - 'gamma player'
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I'm lucky that I've got some really knowledgeable friends when it comes to music. This recommendation comes from the one and only Rick Hopkins. I have certain boxes when it comes to dance music - soulful, deep, moody, melancholic, intricate, clean and crisp - it's rare that I get all those boxes ticked with one tune but this one such track.
plus ça change
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After nearly a week long hiatus I'm returning to my blog with a remix of a track that is up there with the best of the new music. I've put a few Bonobo tracks on here in the last year but I think this is possibly the strongest yet. It's the Mark Pritchard remix of 'Stay the Same'.
09 February 2012
07 February 2012
disko-ions - marram rest
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Taken from the album 'Overpasser' this is a beautiful track. It's not quite minimal techno, it's more ambient electronica with maybe a smidgin of glitch or breakbeat in there.
tonight i shall mainly be listening to...
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These popped up randomly on my iPod on the train home. They're all corking tunes so I thought I'd share them with you.
Erland and the Carnival - 'Love is a Killing Thing'
Rainbow Arabia - 'Sequenced'
DJ Hype and Ganja Max - 'Rinse Out'
Blind Willie McTell - 'Dying Crapshooter's Blues'
05 February 2012
new order - your silent face
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And without Kraftwerk there would not have been New Order. I love the lyrics to this song and the way the song builds with the really fat chords on the synths followed by an infectious hook (sic), the signature bass guitar riff and that throwaway "why don't you piss off?". I really should go back and re-discover New Order afresh.
kate havnevik - mouth 2 mouth
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These Scandinavians keep getting under my skin. Here's another multi-instrumentalist Norwegian who does a lovely line in downtempo electronica. She's been around for a few years now and this track is taken from her recent album, You published on her own record label. This song reminds me a lot of the German outfit 'Hundreds' 2011 song 'I Love My Harbour' - itself a criminally underrated masterpiece.
kraftwerk - neon lights
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Taken from the 1991 remix album. The BBC have been having a Kraftwerk weekend and I'd like to add to the love-in with one of my favourite tracks, Neon Lights, taken from the 1978 album Man-Machine. I never tire of listening to this.
don cornelius 1936 - 2012
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I was looking for a suitable music video as an epitaph to Mr Soul Train, the late great Don Cornelius. It's been bothering me for a few days as I didn't want to do him a disservice but someone else has done all the hard work for me with this wonderful tribute. Rest in Peace, Mr Cornelius.
ren harvieu - something
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I find Beatles covers can be hit and miss. This is a big hit for me and very much in the 'less is more' camp.
04 February 2012
03 February 2012
free lambchop download
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I'm a bit late out the tracks on this one but it's still worth passing on. Lambchop have released a track from their latest album as a free download. It's seven minutes of lost love delivered in Kurt Wagner's inimitable style.
m.i.a. bad girls
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I seem to have focussed quite a bit on hip hop recently. Here's another post on the subject, this time everyone's favourite female rapper, M.I.A. with her new single. It's got the thumbs up from the younger members of this household.
02 February 2012
the history of hip-hop
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I'm back and I've got such a treat for you chaps. Cosmo Baker, DJ Ayres, and DJ Eleven of The Rub have been presenting their history of hip-hop year by year on BrooklynRadio.net and they've uploaded each year as a download and stream, it's your choice.
That's 30 years of hip-hop definitively explained and analysed. It is, of course, American-centric but that's to be expected but the lack of foreign hip-hop should not detract from the sheer WOW factor that this post gives me. You can either dip in and out or you can listen chronologically. I've done the former and can confirm these guys know their onions. I think I just died and gone to hip-hop heaven!
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