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Find: Symphonies of Treble, Words Of Expectation, stab, skronk, shimmer, sheen, The New Sound of Now, Ideas for Walls, pleasure, pith, Flutter and Wow, Motorik, cowbells, disco akimbo, at least one Cantankerous Singer, The German Language, shards of glass, Ethiopian Punk, organic, synthetic, sawtooths & squarewaves, Library Riffage, yesterday's recipes, the wrong speed, intentional static, floating, ethereal, time and timelessness.
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November 21, 2024: Driving on the Route, two 52's on 66...
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Approx. start time |
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Music behind DJ: The Reg Guest Syndicate |
Underworld
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Underworld |
Fontana |
1966 |
British pianist, arranger and music director, born in 1930 in Birmingham, England. Also known as Earl Guest. |
0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| The Cramps |
Route 66 (Get Your Kicks On)
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Flamejob | Creation | 1994 | Orig. Wr. Bobby Troup. -- "Flamejob is the sixth studio album (and 11th album overall) by the American rock band The Cramps. It was released on October 11, 1994, by Creation Records. It was recorded and mixed at the engineer Earle Mankey's Psychedelic Shack in Thousand Oaks, California. It was self-produced by Poison Ivy and Lux Interior (the latter also provided the cover photography). A UK-only reissue in 2003 contained two versions of "Ultra Twist!"" | 0:03:16 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Brian Berdan, Robert Downey Jr. |
Route 666
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Natural Born Killers (A Soundtrack For An Oliver Stone Film) | Warner Bros. | 1994 | Route 666: Featuring – BB Tone Brian Berdan, Robert Downey Jr. //// Written-By – Brian Berdan //////////// -------------------- "U.S. 666: "Beast of a Highway"? On May 31, 2003, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved a new number for the remaining segments of U.S. 666 in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. At the request of State transportation officials, the route became U.S. 491, a spur of U.S. 191. //////// This is the story of why it was numbered U.S. 666 in the first place. --------- by Richard F. Weingroff //// Revised 06/18/03 ///////// The numbering plan devised by the Joint Board on Interstate Highways had several components. East-west roads were given even numbers; north-south roads, odd. Transcontinental and main east-west roads were assigned two-digit numbers ending in zero, while the main north-south routes carried numbers ending in one. Three-digit numbers were assigned to alternate routes and branches of main roads. For the history of U.S. 666, the New Mexico designations are of interest. The September 1925 issue of New Mexico Highway Journal listed routes that had been identified during the final conference in August of the Joint Board on Interstate Highways in Washington. The routes listed in the article were not yet numbered, or arranged in their final configuration as part of interstate routes: From Raton, via Las Vegas, Santa Fe and Albuquerque to El Paso. From Clovis via Roswell and Alamogordo to El Paso. From Texico via Clovis, Willard, Estancia, Tijeras Canyon, Albuquerque and Gallup to Holbrook, Arizona. From Las Cruces via Deming and Lordsburg to Duncan, Arizona. From the Texas Line near Clayton via Des Moines to Raton. From Glenrio via Tucumcari and Santa Rosa to Las Vegas. From Willard via Scholle, Abo Pass, Socorro, Datil to Springerville, Arizona. From Caballo, via Hillsboro, Silver City, Lordsburg and Rodeo to Douglas, Arizona. The article added that another New Mexico route had been added during a regional meeting held in Denver on September 9, 1925: This route established a connection between Gallup, The Mesa Verde National Park, and Salt Lake City, and is described in New Mexico as from Gallup via Shiprock to Cortez, Colorado. Prior to its inclusion in the U.S. system, the route was known as the Navajo Trail and also was included in the National Park to Park Highway (a loop connecting many of the National Parks west of the Mississippi River). The routes described in the article were reconfigured as parts of interstate highways by the time the Joint Board applied its numbering plan to the national map. The Joint Board's numbering plan was contained in its October 1925 report. This report assigned the number "60" to a Chicago-to-Los Angeles crescent route, with five branches numbered east to west: U.S. 160: Baxter Springs, Kansas to Coffeyville, Independence. U.S. 260: From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Okemah, Henryetta. U.S. 360: From Amarillo, Texas to Farwell, Clovis, New Mexico, Roswell, El Paso. U.S. 460: From Los Lunas, New Mexico, to Route No. 70. U.S. 560: From Gallup, New Mexico, to Cortez, Colorado. New Mexico had two cross-State highways in the Joint Board's plan. The original designation of U.S. 60 took it through Tucumcari, Newkirk, Santa Rosa, Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Bernalillo, Albuquerque, Los Lunas, McCarty, and Gallup to Holbrook, Arizona. (At the time, New Mexico did not have a good road linking Santa Rosa and Albuquerque, so interstate traffic took the route via Santa Fe). The other cross-State highway, U.S. 70, went through Clovis, Fort Sumner, Willard, Scholle, Socorro, Magdalena, Springerville to Holbrook. (This routing is well to the north of the modern routing of U.S. 70 (Clovis, Roswell, Ruidoso, Alamogordo, Las Cruces, Deming, Lordsburg). With these main routes in mind, the New Mexico branches of U.S. 60 made sense. U.S. 460 was linked to U.S. 60 at Los Lunas and U.S. 70 west of Scholle. U.S. 560 was linked to U.S. 60 at Gallup. AASHO's Executive Committee approved a sixth branch of U.S. 60 during its meeting on January 14, 1926, in Chicago. The new route in New Mexico-from Hondo to San Antonio-had not been part of the Joint Board's plan. Because it was east of the Gallup-Cortez route, the new route was numbered U.S. 560. It did not link to U.S. 60, but was linked to U.S. 360, which connected with U.S. 60 at Amarillo. With this January addition, AASHO had approved six branches of U.S. 60. Therefore, U.S. 560 became U.S. 660. The Fight Over 60 Changes the Map Following complaints from Kentucky and other States in the East that "60" should have been assigned to a transcontinental route through their States, the number "60" became the subject of the most protracted and bitter controversy involving the numbering plan. The compromise solution was to assign "60" to a route from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Springfield, Missouri, and "66" to the Chicago-to-Los Angeles route. AASHO sent ballots to the States involved seeking approval. By August 7, 1926, enough States had approved the change for AASHO to consider the matter closed. The change to "66" meant that the former branches of "60" had to be renumbered as branches of the new number. Therefore, the sixth branch, U.S. 660, became U.S. 666." | 0:06:12 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Neu! |
Super (Man Man Remix)
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Tribute | Grönland Records | 2022 | Released as part of 2022's Neu! 50! boxset, this is one of the tracks from the "Tribute" album therewithin. We played a lot of versions of Super a couple of years ago, including Legendary Pink Dots' cover version. This is yet another of many excellent re-works and re-interpretations of a track that already lent itself to just exactly that in its original release. | 0:07:42 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Men Without Hats |
Freeways (Euromix)
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The Silver Collection | Unidisc | 1985 / 2002 | Montreal's Men Without Hats... Their 1985 cassette gathered early 80's tracks (Folk Of The 80's) and flipped to a B-Side of Kraftwerk & Neu! Inspired Freeways Mixes... "Folk Of The 80's Modern(e) Dancing 4:12 Utter Space 2:43 Antarctica 4:28 Security (Everybody Feels Better With) 3:56 Freeways Freeways (Euromix) 5:45 Freeways (Super 87) 3:37 Freeways (Nationale 7) 3:37 Freeways (Europa 8) 3:37" | 0:12:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Primal Scream |
Autobahn 66
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Evil Heat | Columbia | 2002 | Apparently there's also a "long version" (+ various remixes)... Let's enjoy the album one, though... Primal Scream - Autobahn 66 (Official Video) ---------- They have a new album out, (here in 2024), too, btw... But this is the driving song, so let's go back... | 0:17:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| The Fall |
Das Vulture ans ein Nutter-Wain
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The Light User Syndrome | Jet Records | 1996 | "The Light User Syndrome is the 18th album by the Fall, released in 1996 on Jet Records. It was the group's first album to feature keyboard player and guitarist Julia Nagle and the last to feature Brix Smith, while longtime guitarist Craig Scanlon was fired in late 1995 during troubled recording sessions for "The Chiselers" single which preceded the album. A version of "The Chiselers" is included on the album as "Interlude/Chilinism". //// Brix Smith told Simon Ford that The Light User Syndrome was recorded very quickly, with Mark E. Smith absent for much of the recording, delivering nearly all his vocals on the final day. Although Julia Nagle remembers recording the vocals took more than a week, Smith himself claimed half the vocals were actually just guide vocals, which he found had been mixed as the final vocals when he took a day off from the studio. Despite this, alternate versions of many of the album's tracks featured heavily across the series of compilation albums issued by the Receiver label in the late 1990s. The album also features some vocals from producer Mike Bennett, as well as a rare lead vocal from drummer and guitarist Karl Burns on a cover version of Johnny Paycheck's "Stay Away (Ol' White Train)." The album's second cover version, "Last Chance to Turn Around", was a Top 20 hit for Gene Pitney in 1965. //// The tour supporting the album was disastrous due to Smith's heavy drinking and misbehaviour, with Brix walking out of the group after the soundcheck at Motherwell Concert Hall (although she would return for one last gig at The Forum in London) and a gig in Worthing being declared by long-serving bassist Steve Hanley to be the worst Fall gig ever. By the end of the year, they were playing without Brix and Burns, (Julia Nagle took one Christmas concert off to be with her son). Burns would return during 1997 for follow-up album Levitate." | 0:21:42 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Pixies |
Havalina
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Bossanova | 4AD | 1990 | "Havalina, Havalina Havalina, Havalina Walking in the breeze On the plains of Old Sedona (Arizona) Among the trees Havalina, Havalina Havalina, Havalina Havalina, Havalina Havalina, Havalina Havalina, Havalina Havalina, Havalina Havalina, Havalina Havalina" | 0:24:45 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: God Is An Astronaut |
Route 666
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SixPointSixSix |
RMG Digital |
2011 |
"God Is an Astronaut are an Irish post-rock band from County Wicklow, formed in 2002 by Niels and Torsten Kinsella. Their style employs elements of electronic music, krautrock, and space rock, reminiscent of Tangerine Dream. They have released eleven studio albums to date." -------- ""“Route 666“ is the oldest God Is An Astronaut song. It was written in 1999 before God Is An Astronaut was formed,“ Torsten Kinsella reveals. //////// "Initially Niels and I came up with the name / subject matter after watching US Televangelist Don Stewart pitching his green prosperity prayer handkerchief on the TV which we found obviously ludicrous, equally entertaining and humorous. Back in the early years when we would play “Route 666“ live we would use some old film clips from the 1968 Horror film “The Devil Rides out“. Needless to say the whole vibe was satirical.“" |
0:27:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Elastica |
Car Song
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Elastica | DGC Records | 1995 | Elastica were an English rock band formed in London in 1992 by guitarist/singer Justine Frischmann and drummer Justin Welch after their departure from Suede. The band was stylistically influenced by punk rock, post-punk and new wave music. They particularly enjoyed ripping off Wire, and did not enjoy allegations that Damon Albarn wrote all of their songs....a highly underrated band of the era, one of Britpop's best! | 0:36:12 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Felix Da Housecat |
Rocket Ride
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Devin Dazzle & The Neon Fever | Emperor Norton | 2003 | Devin Dazzle & the Neon Fever is a 2004 album by Felix da Housecat, his first since 2001's Kittenz and Thee Glitz and continued his collaboration with both Tommie Sunshine and Dave the Hustler. It is a concept album based on the story of the character Devin Dazzle and his involvement with a group of women called the Neon Fever. The album is Felix's highest-charting album to date. The album features the work of many collaborators including LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, Dave the Hustler, Tommie Sunshine, GoodandEvil, XLover, Tyrone "Visionary" Palmer and Kate Wax. | 0:36:16 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Damaged Bug |
Unmanned Scanner
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Bunker Funk | Castle Face | 2017 | Oh my, what is this? The alien globule of Damaged Bug’s errant planet has circled the sun and is re-entering our orbit where last year’s Cold Hot Plumbs left off. Urgent falsetto morbidities detail this most rhythmically adventurous offering yet: Bunker Funk — syncopating lush landscapes with moon-shot death rays. The Bug is back and more hideous than ever — join us as we gawp at its iridescent shell, its alien mandibles… and the guts streaming from the wound. | 0:41:21 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Flat Worms |
Red Hot Sand
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Red Hot Sand EP | Volar Records | 2016 | Flat Worms' thrusting, surging post-punk style produces an increasingly cinematic evocation of resignation and perseverance, set against an endless landscape of scorched earth.…Flat Worms were formed in LA by Justin Sullivan, Tim Hellman and Will Ivy around 2016. They released their first album on Castleface with subsequent releases handled by GOD?. Filled with anxiety and angst, Flat Worms summon perseverance in an apocalyptic era, and have toured extensively in the US and Europe spreading the word. | 0:43:46 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Ween |
I'll Be Your Johnny on the Spot
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The Mollusk | Elektra | 1997 | The last of an incredible run of records before a major shift in the band, The Mollusk the sixth studio album by American rock band Ween, released by Elektra Records on June 24, 1997. It is a multi-genre concept album with a dark nautical theme, with most songs incorporating elements from psychedelia and/or sea shanties, while also featuring a heavy progressive rock influence. This album is heavily polished but still retains early grit, especially with this song. A “Johnny On The Spot” is traditionally a reliable person… someone you can count on. However, a “Johnny On The Spot” is also a portable toilet supplier. | 0:49:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| The BossHoss |
Jesus Built My Hotrod
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Rodeo Radio | Universal Music | 2006 | The BossHoss is a German band from Berlin, founded in 2004. They originally started with country and western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and "Hey Ya!" by Outkast. Yeah, they are German. You have no fucking idea how happy that makes me, lol. This is not an easy song to cover well, but by George, the Krauts have done it! | 0:51:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Amon Düül II |
Archangels Thunderbird
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Yeti | BMG | 1970 | Amon Düül II are a German rock band formed in 1968. The group is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the West German krautrock scene. Their 1970 album Yeti was described by British magazine The Wire as "one of the cornerstones of the entire Krautrock movement".The band emerged from the radical West German commune scene of the late 1960s, with others in the same commune including some of the future founders of the Red Army Faction. The band was founded after Weinzierl and the others met at the Amon Düül 'art commune' in Munich. The commune consisted mainly of university students, who formed a music group initially to fund the commune, with everyone who lived there joining in to play music whether or not they had any experience or ability. The commune split when they were offered an opportunity to record, which was boycotted by the more musically proficient members of the commune (who went on to form Amon Düül II). | 0:54:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: Giorgio Moroder |
The Chase
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Midnight Express OST |
Island Def Jam |
1978 |
Upon release, Midnight Express received generally positive reviews from critics. Many praised Davis's performance as well as the cast, the writing, the direction, and the musical score by Giorgio Moroder ICONIC. |
0:57:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Wedding Present |
Drive
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Mini | Cooking Vinyl Records | 1996 | In keeping w/ the concept, this was originally a 6 song 10", though it's been expanded in later re-releases... "Mini is a mini-album by The Wedding Present, originally released in 1996. //// Loosely built around a concept of those perennial rock'n'roll archetypes cars and girls, Mini saw David Gedge's songwriting hit new peaks of wit and invention - anomalous qualities amid the Britpop era's bellicose gestures. A triumph of vintage quality over contemporary flash." | 1:08:47 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| The Embarrassment |
Sex Drive
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Sex Drive 7" / Heyday 1979-83 | Big Time Records / Bar None | 1980 / 1995 | I can't believe we haven't played this yet... My all-time favourite driving song. "American punk rock quartet formed in 1979 in Wichita, Kansas, and disbanded in 1983. The band described themselves as "Blister Pop." The group has reunited for regional performances on multiple occasions, first in the mid-late 1980s, which yielded the God Help Us session; again between 2006 and 2008; and most recently in June 2023 after a screening of the documentary We Were Famous, You Don't Remember: The Embarrassment. The early 2000s performances included the original lineup of Nichols, Goffrier, and Giessmann, along with Eric Cale on bass, while the most recent live lineup consisted of Nichols, Goffrier, Cale, and Britt Rosencutter on drums." | 1:11:27 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| The Cravats |
You're Driving Me
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You're Driving Me / I Am The Dreg 7" | Small Wonder Records | 1981 | I can't believe we haven't played this yet... My all-time favourite driving song. Get behind the wheel and consider this slice of menacing absurdity... "The Cravats are an English punk rock band originally from Redditch, England, founded in 1977. The 'classic' line up of Robin Dallaway (vocals, guitar), The Shend (vocals, bass guitar), Svor Naan (saxophone) and Dave Bennett (drums) remained constant between March/April 1978 until the close of 1982. Lead vocals in the original incarnation of the band were shared between Dallaway and The Shend. A reformed version of The Cravats including original members The Shend (vocals) and Svor Naan (saxophone), with Rampton Garstang (drums) has been performing since August 2009 and, since 2013 has included Viscount Biscuits (guitar) and Joe 91 (bass guitar)." //// "The Cravats next release was the result of them hooking up with Penny Rimbaud the drummer with Crass. Penny managed to capture a darker sound for the band culminating in the two tracks. / You're Driving Me/I Am The Dreg / Which became The Cravats fourth single to tentatively stick its head above the parapet. Although it didn't fare very well on release in March 81' it was the start of a more cohesive sound for the band that seemed to be finding it's feet in the studio." https://thecravats.bandcamp.com/ | 1:16:17 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Prolapse |
Autocade
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The Italian Flag | Jetset Records | 1997 | I can't believe we haven't played this yet... My all-time favourite driving song. Fun fact: as I understand it, Scottish Mick wouldn't sing on this song because he was so opposed to its existence. I quite love this one, though, speaking as a Prolapse fan. "Band from leicester (east midlands, uk), from 1992 to 2000. They formed under a table at Leicester Polytechnic’s (now DeMontfort University’s) Friday night disco. |Variously described as krautrock, shoegazing, punk, and “voodoobilly”(!). They toured with bands like Arab Strap, Pulp, Sebadoh, Sonic Youth, and Stereolab; performed sessions for John Peel and were in the 1997 Festive 50; and appeared at the Abbey Park Festival and at the reading Festival. The members were: David Jeffreys; Donald Ross Skinner (also collaborated with Julian Cope: Julian Cope & Donald Ross Skinner); Linda Steelyard (also Ears Go Fff!); Mick Derrick - “Scottish Mick” (also Cha Cha 2000, Morocco, Noize ‘R’ Us, The Inside of a Butcher’s Shop, Thee George Squares); Mick Harrison - “Geordie Mick” (also Ears Go Fff!); Pat Marsden (also Cha Cha 2000); Tim Pattison (also Ludd Gang, MJ Hibbett & The Validators, The Council, The Fabians)... Mick Derrick and Linda Steelyard were also in the television soap Chez Lester. |As of 2005, Mick Derrick is working as an archaeologist in Norway, Pat Marsden lives in nearby Denmark, drummer Tim Pattison plays in MJ Hibbett & The Validators, Linda Steelyard writes for the Leicester Mercury, and David Jeffreys is a professor of art at Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, USA" | 1:21:10 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: Cha Cha 2000 |
Autobahn
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Autobahn |
Lissy's Records |
1996 |
2 Prolapse members did a bit of double duty in a side-project; era 1996. Vocals, Chanter [the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody], Vocoder, Stylophone, Spoons + Space Invaders – Mick Derrick //// Guitar, Mandolin, Bodhrán, Effects [Flanger] – Pat Marsden //// Various guests on this 3 song 10" EP include: Accordion – Ruth Po // Bass + Programming – Mark Council // Jock Supereight - Indian Banjo ////// Original song written, of course, by Kraftwerk |
1:25:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Beastie Boys |
High Plains Drifter
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Paul's Boutique | Capitol Records | 1989 | Paul's Boutique is the second studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989, by Capitol Records. Produced by the Beastie Boys and the Dust Brothers, the album's composition makes extensive use of samples, drawn from a wide range of genres including funk, soul, rock, and jazz. It was recorded over two years at Matt Dike's apartment and the Record Plant in Los Angeles. Paul's Boutique did not match the sales of the group's 1986 debut Licensed to Ill, and was promoted minimally by Capitol. However, despite its initial commercial failure, it became recognized as the group's breakthrough achievement, with its innovative lyrical and sonic style earning them a position as critical favorites within the hip hop community. Sometimes described as the "Sgt. Pepper of hip-hop",Paul's Boutique has placed on several lists of the greatest albums of all time, and is viewed by many critics as a landmark album of golden age hip hop and a seminal work in sample-based production. A lot of that is thanks to the Dust Brothers... | 1:33:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Gorillaz ft. Grace Jones |
Charger
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Humanz | Parlophone | 2017 | One of Damon Albarn's goals during the production of Humanz was to represent female artists more thoroughly. Speaking in an interview, Albarn listed Bobby Womack, Ike Turner, and Ibrahim Ferrer as examples of musical "patriarchs" who he'd already collaborated with; Albarn desired to collaborate with "matriarchs" as well, believing it necessary for an album titled "Humanz" According to Albarn, he and Jones had met several times before recording "Charger" together: "I'd met her once in her nightclub, where I made the mistake of saying she looked like Little Red Riding Hood because she was wearing a red cape. She turned around and said 'Little Black Riding Hood,' and turned back. I didn't speak to her again." Jones' recording session was prolonged and frenetic, lasting four hours. Jones ad-libbed much of the session,and with such intensity that Albarn was taken aback: "It's slightly supernatural, her energy. Not entirely of this world." Some time after the recording session, Albarn covered the studio floor with pieces of paper with Jones' lyrics printed on them, crafting the lyrics to "Charger" from whichever fragments he felt were suitable. Album recording engineer Stephen Sedgwick’s final mix session of "Charger" contains 90 separate tracks. | 1:37:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Tame Impala |
Elephant (Todd Rundgren Mix)
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Lonerism B Sides and Remixes | Modular Recordings | 2013 | Lonerism is the second studio album by Australian musical project Tame Impala, released on 5 October 2012 by Modular Recordings. Like the band's debut studio album, Innerspeaker, Lonerism was written, recorded, performed, and produced by Kevin Parker, with live member Jay Watson contributing on two tracks. Highly praised and perhaps overplayed for a time..."Lonerism is portable and joyous in an unforced way, a soundtrack for the times when you're walking downtown and look up at a collection of skyscrapers, or driving through a mountain pass on an interstate or even looking at a Ferris wheel next to an ocean thinking, "Holy shit, how did this all get here?"" Seriously tho, it's still a banger and fun to hear. | 1:41:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Death in Vegas ft. Iggy Pop |
Aisha - Nightclubbing
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The Contino Sessions | Sony | 1989 | The Contino Sessions is the second album by the British electronic band Death in Vegas, released in 1999. As of July 2013 it was certified gold by British Phonographic Industry for 100,000 sold units in UK. In 2000 the album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Underneath an aura of unhurried confidence is a clear focus. Instead of twelve wandering tunes, the tracklist is pared down to a mean nine. There is no room for filler; each song is an important connection to the next. The structure is tight and the sequencing is impeccable, which one has good reason to assume was an intentional accomplishment made to distinguish it from their previous album, Dead Elvis. While many distinguished guests appear on this record, it's Poppa Iggy who steals the show with Aisha, a song about good vs evil, love vs death.... | 1:47:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: Add N to (X) |
Oh Yeah, Oh No
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Avant Hard |
Mute Records |
1999 |
Avant Hard is the third studio album by English electronic music band Add N to (X). It was released in 1999 on Mute Records.Avant Hard plunges back into a dungeon where Throbbing Gristle battle Stereolab while David Cronenberg gets it all on video. "Avant Hard" swings wildly between the accessible and the disturbing, between easy and uneasy listening...which is why we love it so here on the Beach! |
1:52:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Anna Calvi |
Ghost Rider
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One Breath | Domino | 2014 | Why don't more people know about Anna Calvi?! Anna Margaret Michelle Calvi (born 24 September 1980) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her accolades include three Mercury Prize nominations, one Brit Award nomination, and a European Border Breakers Award. She has been noted by some critics as a virtuoso guitarist, as well as for her powerful, wide-ranging operatic contralto voice and sometimes androgynous stage appearance. Calvi spent most of the first three years of her life in a hospital undergoing treatment and surgeries to correct congenital hip dysplasia. "The way I dealt with that was to create my own world. And that's what my relationship with music is – a world of my own creation that I escape into. I was always a dreamer. The early things stick with you," she later remembered. Calvi grew up being exposed to a multitude of genres by her music-loving father; as well as her grandfather, with whom she spent summers in Rome. This eclectic array ranged from Captain Beefheart to The Rolling Stones to Maria Callas, combined with classical music: "I was so taken by the sound. Whenever I saw an instrument I would get so excited and my heart would beat really fast." She has worked with David Byrne, covered David Bowie...check out her version of Lady Grinning Soul...it possibly eclipses the original, if such a thing is possible. | 1:56:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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"Get to the chopper"!
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Scott_Oz:
Plus, they're short but I never expose my pockets.
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prof.fuzz:
youtu.be...
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Germans also have a small pant thing it seems
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Andrew Waterloo:
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Andrew Waterloo:
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Avspuk:
Paley was on Todd's show with Tom 'spongebob' Kenny only a month or so ago
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Tyler:
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Andrew Waterloo:
Derek Westerholm:
full details; really. Not throwing up, but still not settled at all. Been nibbling at some food; but it's tough going
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@Andrew I used to own the synth he did the Top Gun soundtrack with! Like, THE synth lol.
Will thee SG OCNY:
Congratulations again!!! 🥂🎉
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ultradamno:
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Scott_Oz:
Fucken rippa mate!
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For the latecomers in our chat..here's our wedding outfits.....
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Tyler:
I also have most of the early Gang Of Four singles, which also have great artwork.
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very drunk.
"by 3:30 everybody was under the table""
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Rich in Washington:
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ultradamno:
OK
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Will thee SG OCNY:
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Without vocals would go very well alongside stuff like Aphex Twin or Panasonic.
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Avspuk:
One of the greatest lyrics ever
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prof.fuzz:
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Avspuk:
Can't recall quite who, but I'm reasonably certain..
Every day & every act should include a Ghost Rider cover. It's a rule I'll enforce when it's my turn to rule the world (currently scheduled for teatime next Thursday week)
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