Thursday, August 31, 2017

Locked In Haze



Another mix?!  Yes.  Hey, they're only an hour.  You've got time.  At the moment I'm slightly in a holding pattern with a few things, but I'm listening to music of course, and that at the moment equals mixes.  I've got a couple of things coming up, but I'm not 100% the master of my own destiny in some things, let's say, so I'm on standby, but I'm not tired of these mixes yet and I hope you - whoever you are, *if* you are - are not tired of them either.  This one's good.

1. Borogroves (National Health)
2. Franks Kaktus (Dungen)
3. Errance (Aquaserge)
4. Kitten Kind (The Boss Music)
5. Down Home (Simon Park)
6. The Blue Brook (Don Harper)
7. Ultime Luci (Rino de Filippi)
8. Johanneslust (Eno, Moebius & Roedelius)
9. So Far (Faust)
10. Causeway Ballet (The Advisory Circle)
11. Sova (Dungen)
12. Strobo Acceleration (Stereolab)
13, Didball (High Llamas)

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Further Starry Wisdom



1. Allas Sak (Dungen)
2. Clerk 3 (Patten)
3. The Way Will Be Opening (Stereolab)
4. Cloud Control (Pye Corner Audio and The Advisory Circle)
5. Nocturnal Lullaby (Sven Libaek)
6. 6th Chapter - Altarra Princess (Julian's Treatment)
7. Until Then (Broadcast)
8. TNT (Takemura Remix) (Tortoise)
9. Further Starry Wisdom (The Advisory Circle)
10. Adventures In A Miniature Landscape (Belbury Poly)
11. The Fallen By Watchbird (Edit/Remix) (Jane Weaver)
12. Cast Adrift (The Greg Foat Group)
13. Concerto For Philodendron & Pothos (Mort Garson)
14. Medioid (Tremblexy)
15. Dissolve In Sepia (Derek Austin)
16. How Is It (The Moody Blues)

Superpotenza (Rotary Library Mix)

Second in my "series" of library & production music label specific mixes, this one is the Rotary library, which is mostly Amedeo Tommasi and Sandro Brugnolini under various guises.  It is a small library with only seven releases (with uniform cover art I really quite like), and goes from 8-bit-esque mutant jazz to some beautiful and amazing experimentalist and atmospheric pieces.  I quite like this little library, though I'm not sure how many people will sit through this one.  Give it a whirl!




Second in my series of specific library & production music labels: A mix of works from the small Rotary Library (https://www.discogs.com/label/82371-Rotary) - quirky, electronic (sometimes almost "8-bit-esque") jazz, occasionally cheesy, with moments of transcendent beauty and experimentalism.
1. Campo Lungo
2. Depressione
3. Superpotenza (2)
4. Sabbia al Sole
5. Tensione Statica
6. Paricolo Uno
7. Quadrangolo
8. Sensazioni d' Estate
9. Feeling
10. Superpotenza (1)
11. Fantapolitica
12. Abbandoni
13. Sotto Sforzo
14. Marciapiedia Milano
15. Venezia
16. Spleen
17. Lavoro Sereno
18. Lavoro Veloce
19. Aflogelia
20. Campo Lungo (2)
21. Superpotenza (1)

Clockwork Horoscope



The library label mixes are, I imagine, going to attract a very small number of listeners, so the plan right now is to follow one of those mixes with one of my "normal" mixes.  Here, then, is a new Mix mix!  I quite like how this one turned out.  A bit dreamy.  As always, any questions, threats, insults, requests, etc. - let me know!  Tracklist below.

1. Matto, Caldo, Soldi, Morto...Girotondo (Ennio Morricone)
2. White Gladiator (Teisco)
3. Arpington Main (The Focus Group)
4. Bau Bau (Rodion G.A.)
5. Don't Take My Soul (Jane Weaver)
6. Orchid 7 (Paddy Mcaloon)
7. Inside Out (Broadcast and The Focus Group)
8. The Moonlawn (Belbury Poly)
9. Capricorn - The Uncapricious Climber (Zodiac Cosmic Sounds)
10. Village Of Numbers (The Focus Group)
11. Playroom Concealed (Moon Wiring Club)
12. Dawns y Blaned Dirion (Gwenno)
13. Boy For Sale (Galaxy Lin)
14. Pulses (Astral Sounds)
15. Elmerson, Lincoln, And Palmieri (Tortoise)
16. Man Is Not A Bird (Broadcast)
17. Les Deux Poissons (Dominique Guiot)
18. Stage Craft and Screens (The Focus Group)
19. Clockwork Horoscope (Belbury Poly)
20. Destindere (Relaxation) (Rodion G.A.)
21. I Know You Scorpio (Mort Garson)
22. In A Lost Queen's Eyes (Comus)
23. Libra - The Minor Mirror's Self (Broadcast and The Focus Group)
24. Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up (Pink Floyd)

Also, as of now:

#psychedelic23rd#downtempo54th#dream pop#experimental33rd#psychedelic rock

Whee!

Cradle Of Time (Timing Library Mix)

The first in my "series" of mixes with each mix focusing on one specific library.  In this mix, it is the Timing Library.  Connected to Music De Wolfe / In-Editions, this library is relatively small (with 16 volumes) but quite interesting and often incredible, with everything from 70s-car-chase-scene jazz funk to sitar-laden psych and a lot in between (including some incredibly beautiful pieces).  Hopefully this mix gives a good taste of what this library has to offer.  It's obviously a bit easy when the library is somewhat small.

The tracklist is below, with the number in parentheses indicating which volume the song comes from.




90 MINUTES OF SELECTIONS FROM THE TIMING PRODUCTION LIBRARY.
1. I Wish (14)
2. Furtif (5)
3. Alti (1)
4. Brulure (7)
5. The Sad Friday (16)
6. Chelsea Road (6)
7. Revery In Stereo (4)
8. Consciousness Of Aggression 2 (12)
9. Reverie Caline No 1 (10)
10. Prelude en Mi (2)
11. Chart (13)
12. Les Cigales Balancent (7)
13. Cheval (16)
14. L'Important (4)
15. Cite (1)
16. Aurelia (3)
17. Loharin (7)
18. Mignonne (5)
19. Linda (6)
20. La Gigue Bleue (6)
21. Consciousness Or Fear 2 (12)
22. Dreamer (14)
23. Queen Of Heart (6)
24. Henny (3)
25. Son (4)
26. Cantique l'Automne (14)
27. Skratch (6)
28. Plink (6)
29. Marietta (16)
30. Brulure D'Ete (7) 
31. Golden Blend (4)
32. Joy & Children (12)
33. Twilight (14)

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Not Necessarily News

I keep thinking and hearing from a few people that I need to actually write here, and I keep meaning to, but I never do.  I'm thinking of possible things to "blog" about, and I think, for real this time, I will try to do so - so please excuse the word salad to come in the near future.  Maybe I'll write about albums that are very important to me, or maybe even a film I've seen or some such.  Who knows.  I don't!

I do have some sort of "news" as far as my own work goes but I'm still waiting on a couple of things to get done before I post it.  It's not really a big deal for anyone but possibly me, but it's my party and I'll blog if I want to.

I do intend, when I have the time to sit down and write about the surreal way I came about it, to post a rare musical find that I am pretty sure at least a few other people will enjoy.  So that's coming up, hopefully this coming weekend.

And also, in addition to my usual mix fare, such as it is, I am going to give something new a shot: I am a huge fan of library music, and have a decent collection, so I am going to start a mix "series" of library music, choosing one specific library for each mix and choosing songs that I enjoy from that library.  I've wanted to do something like that for a while, but wasn't sure how interested anyone would be, and I'm still not sure, but I'm interested, so, look for the first one of those in the coming days.

And finally, I can't close out this post without this:


Saperlipopette!




NINETY MINUTES OF FRENCH!!!

Tracklist:
L'étrange Voyage de M. Brendwood (Michel Colombier)
Enregistrement (Francoise Hardy)
Je Veux Te Dire Une Chanson (Angelillo Et Hamel)
Black/White (Jane Birkin)
Le Code Rural (April March)
Déshominisation (A Goraguer)
Sexopolis (Jean-Pierre Mirouze)
Le Solei Est Pres De Moi (Air)
Les Fauves (Cleo)
Les Pommes De Lune (Evariste)
Le Combat (Benjamin Schoos)
L' Hôtel Particulier (Serge Gainsbourg)
Un Ami Viendra Ce Soir (Bertrand Burgalat)
Toi Le Shazam (Papi)
A L'Amitie (Aquaserge)
Mon Petit Garcon (Paul Semama)
Tu Te Moques De Moi (Ria Bartok)
Je Suis Inadaptйe (B Fontaine)
Attends ou va-t'en (France Gall)
Dracula (Christine Pilzer)
Tu As Peur De Bruit (Les Roches Martin)
L'icorne d'or (Victoire Scott)
Que Pouvons-Nous Faire Ensemble (Alice)
Hier Ou Demain (M Faithfull)
Un Soir Chez Norris (P Cavalli)
Ecoyte Mon Coeur (R Bartok)
Turlututu Capot Pointu (M Colombier)
Hip Hipnotise You (Gong)
Negatif (Benjamin Biolay)

Monday, August 21, 2017

Nonsense!


I've been making perhaps too many of these, but I'm working some things out.  I will have some news coming up, as well as something fun to share.  And since I can't seem to stop making these mixes, more mixes!  

I Will Be Absorbed



1. I Will Be Absorbed (Egg)
2. Paracelsus (National Health)
3. Cuckoo's Out (High Llamas)
4. Not Sport, Martial Arts (Jim O'Rourke)
5. Lost In A Lost World (The Moody Blues)
6. Fall From Grace (Paddy Mcaloon)
7. Merlin's Prophecy (David Axelrod)
8. The World Backwards (Broadcast)
9. Dada Was Here (Soft Machine)
10. Through The Valley (Sinoia Caves)
11. Stuffed Tomato (Vangelis)
12. Part Two: ALKON planet of Cantauri (Julian's Treatment)
13. Concessioni Naturali (Magnetic Systems)
14. TNT (Tortoise)
15. Mummy Was An Asteroid, Daddy Was A Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil (Quiet Sun)
16. Black Hat (National Heath)
17. Dark World (Sven Libaek)

Entrance Of Endless Cafe



(Synth pop / electronic pop, primarily early-to-mid-80s and late 70s, under the radar, atmospheric, moody)

1. Virna Lindt - "Underwater Boy"
2. Scott Walker - "Track Three"
3. Space Art - "Folkstone Hovercraft"
4. Jean-Pierre Decerf - "Pulsations"
5. Spectral Display - "Hangs Up"
6. Mariah - "Key Of Gold"
7. Jacno - "Rectangle"
8. Chameleon - "Pool"
9. Virna Lindt - "Swedish Modern"
10. Antena - "Unable"
11. X-Ray Pop - "La Machine a Rever"
12. Unit Eight - "Memory Bank"
13. Yellow Magic Orchestra - "Mass"
14. Cleaners From Venus - "This Rainy Decade"
15. Simon Park - "The Desired Effect"
16. Virna Lindt - "Windmills Of Your Mind"
17. Mariah - "We Are The Same"
18. SSQ - "Anonymous"
19. Astral Sounds - "Evening Sun"/"Marine Drive"
20.

Portrait Of A Dissolving Dream



1. Will You Read Me (Broadcast)
2. Ghost Answering Service (Moon WIting Club)
3. Sun High (Simon Park)
4. Fiddle Chop (Don Harper)
5. Cosmic String (Silver Apples)
6. Hot Pink High Heeled Samurai (Jim Ferraro)
7. Safe (Can)
8. Misc. (Broadcast)
9. Long Piece No. 3 Part 2 (Egg)
10. Abiquiu (Heather Trost)
11. Glucose (Moebius & Beerbohm)
12. Danger Cruising (Pyrolater)
13. Coordinates Meeting (Peter Thomas)
14. City In Progress (Broadcast)
15. Touch & Go (Simon Park)
16. The Kool Kranium (The Focus Group)

The Garden Was A Picture



1. Loosing Of The Shadow (Emerald Web)
2. Hollywood (Cluster)
3. Beam Me Up (Gloria)
4. A Year And A Day (Belbury Poly)
5. Rock Baby In Meadow (Magical Power Mako)
6. Salt & Sand (Pram)
7. Outside (Tremblexy)
8. Timed (Klaus Weiss)
9. Active Outcome (Simon Park)
10. Dia Fotos (Patten)
11. She (Ian Neal)
12. Silver Chord (Jane Weaver)
13. Tender Buttons (Broadcast)
14. Missing Familiar (Moon Wiring Club)
15. Kismet (Ash Ra Tempel)
16. Emphasis (Harald Grosskopf)
17. A B C Ch D (Gwenno)
18. Gammal Jämtländsk Brudmarsch (Merit Hemmingson)
19. Seeds (Le Futur Pompiste)
20. Like A Place In The Sun (Brainticket)

So Long Supernova



1. With Friends Like These (Stereolab)
2. Si Loin, Si Proche (Aquaserge)
3. Stella Maris (Sven Libaek)
4. Switch Pavilion (High Llamas)
5. Smile The Day After Today (Black Moth Super Rainbow)
6. Dead Slow (Tonio Rubio)
7. The Sidecar Register (Imitation Electric Piano)
8. Echolalia (Cavern Of Anti-Matter)
9. Centaur (Tremblexy)
10. Trying Hard To Look Inside (Waters)
11. Bloodmoon (Heather Trost)
12. Calon Peiriant (Gwenno)
13. Keep In Touch (April March)
14. Future Past (Absolute Elsewhere)
15. Je Ne Vois Que Vous (Benjamin Schoos with Laetitia Sadier)
16. Mirror Me (Cate Le Bon)
17. So Long Supernova (Comus)

Walk From Your Dream To Mine



1. Egyptian Kings (Brainticket)
2. L'erba di Prima (Orgasmo Sonore)
3. Illumination (Broadcast)
4. Laila Pt. 2 (Agitation Free)
5. La Dame Aux Tarots (Claude Perraudin)
6. Loops In The Secret Society (Jane Weaver)
7. Anthem Y Weriniaeth Newydd (Gwenno)
8. Love Beams (Patten)
9. Casa Forte (Isabelle Aubret)
10. Night Thieves (Tremblexy)
11. Rituals (Death And Vanilla)
12. La Réciprocité (The New Lines)
13. Isi (Neu!)
14. Rosa (Cluster)
15. Fur Luise (Eno, Moebius, Roedelius, Plank)
16. Citadel (Ian Neal)

Mary On A Go Round / The Gilded Lamp Of The Cosmos



(1 of 2. The first hour of a two-part, two hour mix of psychedelia, some of it extremely rare.)
1. Questions (Ithaca)
2. Las Zingnaleus (The Mission)
3. Machines (Lothar And The Hand People)
4. Battle In The City (A. M. Gately)
5. Take Off Your Eyes (Damin Eih, A.L.K and Brother Clark)
6. Trip (Emma De Angelis)
7. Calmilly (The Mission)
8. Y Gwylwyr (Bran)
9. Tsajama (Out Of Focus)
10. She Is A Man (Tages)
11. The Fantastic Story of the Steam Driven Banana (Legay)
12. Sunshine Lady (The Avengers)
13. Kaleidoscope (Peter Pan & The Good Fairies)
14. Zhonk Wok ("Junk Walk") (The Mission)
15. Magic Mirror (Aphrodite's Child)
16. Valley Of The Sun (Early Times)
17. Endless Sleep (The Poppy Family)
18. The Bus To New York (The Viola Crayola)
19. Peace In My Mind (Federal Duck)
20. Mary On A Go Round (The Joint Effort)
...






(2 of 2. The second hour of a two-part, two hour mix of psychedelia, some of it extremely rare.)
1. Dorian Benediction (The Free Design)
2. The World's On Fire (Strawberry Alarm Clock)
3. Strange Girl (Kate)
4. Gailing Made It (The Mission)
5. Gold Is The Color Of Thoughts (Smoke)
6. Obsession 77 (Atomic Forest)
7. Medieval Journey (Birmingham Sunday)
8. Diana In The Autumn Wind (National Gallery)
9. Why Don't You Just Drop In (ii) (Giles, Giles and Fripp)
10. Gilded Lamp Of The Cosmos (Ultimate Spinach)
11. Penelope Breedlove (Dave Christie)
12. Time Is After You (Peanut Butter Conspiracy)
13. Mr Sun (Sound Vendor)
14. The Millionaire (The Mission)
15. Macarthur Park (Hugo Montenegro)
16. Capricorn - The Uncapricious Climber (The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds)
17. Contrasong (Egg)
18. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Peggy Lipton)

I Stretch Hoping To Divide



1. Sometimes When I Stretch (April March)
2. Mareld (Testbild!)
3. Evergreen Vampo (High Llamas)
4. Les Yeux Fermes (Aquaserge)
5. Paper Hats (Pram)
6. Refractions In The Plastic Pulse (Part D) (Stereolab)
7. Les choses qu'on ne peut dire à personne (Bertrand Burgalat)
8. You Are Dissolved (Jane Weaver)
9. Bouncy Glimmer (High Llamas)
10. Belka (Testbild!)
11. Cache Coeur Naif (Mouse On Mars)
12. Lights Out (Broadcast)
13. Jazzed Carpenter (High Llamas)
14. Swung From The Gutters (Tortoise)
15. ... (Testbild!)
16. Sybarite (April March & Aquaserge)

You Never Come Closer



1. Shining, Really Brightly (Ian Neal)
2. Gånglåt Från Ovanåker (Merit Hemmingson)
3. Blackouts (Ash Ra Tempel)
4. H_A_K (Jane Weaver)
5. If You Had The Key (Moon Wiring Club)
6. Spiral (Vangelis)
7. Contact (Brigitte Bardot)
8. Tintin On Est Bien Mon Loulou (Aquaserge)
9. You Never Come Closer (Doris)
10. Des Étoiles Électroniques (Stereolab)
11. Sombre Woods (Karin Krog)
12. Le Petit Casino (Claude Perraudin)
13. Cradle Of Time (Pierre Arvay)
14. Emphatic Yet Melodic (Imitation Electric Piano)
15. Komische Musik (Modular)
16. Soko Kara (Mariah)
17. Stranger (Julian's Treatment)

Futurivel



1. Fluorescences (Stereolab)
2. Roda Viva (Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone)
3. My Own Revolution (Novi Singers)
4. And I'm Gone (Prefuse vs. Piano Overlord vs. Broadcast vs. Cafe Tacuba)
5. Futurivel (Gilberto Gil)
6. O Caminho do Bem (Tim Maia)
7. Fuga No. 11 (Os Mutantes)
8. Hiball Nova Scotia (High Llamas)
9. The Minotaur (Dick Hyman)
10. Styx (Catharsis)
11. Porto do Sol (Edu Lobo)
12. Crystal Illusions (Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66)
13. Quando O Carnaval Chegar (Quarteto Em Cy)

We Are Becoming Real



1. We Are Becoming Real (The Focus Group)
2. C'est Pas Tout Mais (Aquaserge)
3. Le Zephyr (Bertrand Burgalat)
4. Il Commissario Di Ferro (Lallo Gori)
5. Arc En Ciel 2 (Claude Perraudin)
6. The Last Astronaut (Andy Votel Remix) (Pram)
7. Wenn Der Sundwind Weht (Roedelius)
8. Cosmic Dust (James Asher)
9. Citadel (Ian Neal)
10. Shiva's Dance (Suzanne Doucet)
11. La Nuit Est La (April March)
12. Dance For A Warrior (Robert Julian Horky)
13. Osprey's Odyssey (Seeland / The Advisory Circle)
14. Midnight On Mars (Ash Ra Tempel)