Musicophilia: I've started a mix blog

[soundslike1981]

http://musicophilia.wordpress.com


Possibly of interest to a very few people. Posting new mixes every couple weeks, old mixes in between, including the '1981' discs. Love to have co-bloggers or guest-mixers, if anyone were interested.

Thanks!

 

[john eden]

Yay!

 

[Rambler]

Saw this on ILX - good news indeed.

 

[worrior]

Christmas: early

 

[soundslike1981]

Thanks, all!

It's had about 800 views, about 70 downloads in the five days it's been active, so hopefully a few people are enjoying the music.

 

[jenks]

Why wouldn't they?

 

[subframe]

hi.

this is really good.

thanks!

 

[soundslike1981]

Thank you, Subframe!



New mix is up--though it's been previously posted directly to the board:

Various Artists - 'Le Tour du Monde, Volume 7'
(2xLP, Musique du Monde, France - 1973)

Side A:
01 [00'00"] Dorothy ASHBY - "Soul Vibrations" (1968, USA)
02 [03'13"] Janko NILOVIC - "Roses & Revolvers" (1970, Yugoslavia)
03 [06'59"] FAUST - "The Sad Skinhead" (1973, Germany)
04 [09'23"] Karen DALTON - "Same Old Man" (1971, USA)
05 [11'45"] Beaver & KRAUSE - "Another Part of Time" (1970, USA)
06 [16'24"] Tonio RUBIO - "Bass in Action No. 1" (1973, France)
07 [19'40"] Franco BATTIATO - "Fenomenologia" (1972, Italy)

Side B:
01 [00'00"] Bobby DARIN - "The Harvest" (1968, USA)
02 [03'08"] Lothar & the HAND PEOPLE - "Machines" (1968, USA)
03 [05'27"] Tokyo KID BROTHERS - "I Kind of Hate My Father Rock" (1973, Japan)
04 [08'40"] John CALE & Terry RILEY - "Church of Anthrax" (1971, USA)
05 [12'43"] Milton NASCIMENTO - "San Vicente" (1972, Brazil)
06 [15'20"] Gerard MANSET - "Vivent Les Hommes" (1970, France)

Side C:
01 [00'00"] Richie HAVENS - "Eleanor Rigby" (1967, USA)
02 [02'40"] The MILLENNIUM - "Prelude" (1968, USA)
03 [03'55"] CARAVAN - "A Day in the Life of Maurice Haylett" (1970, England)
04 [08'51"] Roger ROGER - "Safari Park" (1972, France)
05 [11'03"] Sharp FIVE - "Haru No Umi" (1968, Japan)
06 [17'49"] Duncan BROWNE - "Country Song" (1973, England)

Side D:
01 [00'00"] Bernard ESTARDY - "La Gigouille" (1967, France)
02 [03'56"] Ron GEESIN - "A Cymbal and Much Electronics" (1973, Scotland)
03 [06'29"] Free DESIGN - "Never Tell the World" (1967, USA)
04 [08'53"] Les MOGOL - "Madimak" (1971, Turkey)
05 [10'45"] Augustus PABLO - "Jah Rock" (1973, Jamaica)
06 [13'36"] Ennio MORRICONE - "Trafelato" (1971, Italy)
07 [15'35"] Nick DRAKE - "Tow the Line" (1971, England)
08 [17'54"] Serge GAINSBOURG - "Avant de Mourrir" (1970, France)

Total Time: 91:00

Check it out. Beat hunters will dig the Nilovic, the Rubio, and the Millennium, at the very least.

 

[petergunn]

Thank you, Subframe!



New mix is up--though it's been previously posted directly to the board:

Check it out. Beat hunters will dig the Nilovic, the Rubio, and the Millennium, at the very least.

funnily enuff i was listening to this a few nights ago... really sick stuff,,, i tracked down DL's of some other volumes and it is just SOOOOO humbling... like every band that you discovered and thought you were the hippest dude ever (Os Mutantes, Serge Gainsbourg, Lee Perry, the Silver Apples, Moondog, Pierre Henry, Gilberto Gil) had been comped in 1971 by some French dudes... actually WHO COMPILED THESE RECORDS?

 

[soundslike1981]

funnily enuff i was listening to this a few nights ago... really sick stuff,,, i tracked down DL's of some other volumes and it is just SOOOOO humbling... like every band that you discovered and thought you were the hippest dude ever (Os Mutantes, Serge Gainsbourg, Lee Perry, the Silver Apples, Moondog, Pierre Henry, Gilberto Gil) had been comped in 1971 by some French dudes... actually WHO COMPILED THESE RECORDS?

Eep. I thought I was winking pretty hard. . . maybe you are, here, and I'm the one missing it (dangerous, that). But I confess, I mixed these, and they're not really from any French label in the 1970s (though I wouldn't be surprised if there were people compiling with this knowledge even then). I didn't really want to cause confusion--just couldn't think of a title for the mixes I was making, or concoct a theme other than that they were generally international and from a few certain years. So I made up the 'Le Tour du Monde' thing as a flexible catch-all, and the verisimilitude just sprang from there, for fun--a chance to write over-the-top liner notes (original and reissue variety) and have a few in-jokes, make funny old covers. Sorry if it seems like misrepresentation--the music is still good, surely, and you're still quite hip ; )

 

[petergunn]

Eep. I thought I was winking pretty hard. . . maybe you are, here, and I'm the one missing it (dangerous, that). But I confess, I mixed these, and they're not really from any French label in the 1970s (though I wouldn't be surprised if there were people compiling with this knowledge even then). I didn't really want to cause confusion--just couldn't think of a title for the mixes I was making, or concoct a theme other than that they were generally international and from a few certain years. So I made up the 'Le Tour du Monde' thing as a flexible catch-all, and the verisimilitude just sprang from there, for fun--a chance to write over-the-top liner notes (original and reissue variety) and have a few in-jokes, make funny old covers. Sorry if it seems like misrepresentation--the music is still good, surely, and you're still quite hip ; )

OH YOU CUNT!

if it was humor, i admit, it was too dry for me... i figured it was POSSIBLE that someone was into all sorts of stuff... anyways, great mix...

 

[soundslike1981]

New one up, though it may be of limited interest to Dissensians. First in a series of short (<40min) mixes comprised entirely of songs <2min long; this one is post-punk themed:

Miniatures : Post-Punk No. 1 (1977-1983)

[00:00] 01 English Beat - "Click Click" (1980)
[01:33] 02 The Fall - "Dice Man" (1979)
[03:10] 03 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "This is Helena" (1983)
[04:55] 04 Front 242 - "Geography II" (1982)
[06:00] 05 Scritti Politti - "Mesthetics" (1979)
[07:43] 06 Dome - "Nd-Drm" (1981)
[09:20] 07 Names - "Music For Someone" (1981)
[11:08] 08 Swell Maps - "Full Moon in My Pocket" (1979)
[12:40] 09 Dif Juz - "SWNN Part 2" (1983)
[13:40] 10 Talking Heads - "Who Is It?" (1977)
[15:25] 11 The Glove - "Opened the Box (A Waltz)" (1983)
[16:54] 12 Durutti Column - "Jazz" (1979)
[18:28] 13 Young Marble Giants - "Salad Days" (1980)
[20:21] 14 Fire Engines - "Plastic Gift" (1981)
[21:20] 15 100 Flowers - "Horizontal" (1983)
[22:22] 16 Voigt-465 - "P" (1979)
[23:28] 17 Slits - "Shoplifting" (1979)
[24:54] 18 Suburbs - "Macho Drunk" (1981)
[26:40] 19 Red Crayola - "1917" (1981)
[27:47] 20 Beakers - "4 Steps Toward a Cultural Revolution" (1981)
[29:10] 21 Massacre - "Bones" (1981)
[30:56] 22 The Ex - "Machinery" (1982)
[31:27] 23 Industry - "Logging Time" (1980)
[33:20] 24 Homosexuals - "Astral Glamour" (1978)

Total Time: [35:15]

Link in sig

 

[nochexxx]

New one up, though it may be of limited interest to Dissensians. First in a series of short (<40min) mixes comprised entirely of songs <2min long; this one is post-punk themed:

Link in sig

i'm loving the ideas of your comps thus far, so big up!

 

[soundslike1981]

Thanks, Ascoltare! If you liked that one, I imagine you'll like this one, too, newly posted today:

Miniatures : Post-Punk No. 2 (1975-1983)

[00:00] 01 Liquid Liquid - "Push" (1981)
[01:57] 02 David Bowie - "Breaking Glass" (1975)
[03:38] 03 L Voag - "Bedroom" (1979)
[05:05] 04 DNA - "32123" (1981)
[05:57] 05 Trio - "Tutti Frutti" (1983)
[07:51] 06 The Teardrop Explodes - "Pure Joy" (1981)
[09:36] 07 Raincoats - "No Side to Fall In" (1979)
[11:26] 08 Virgin Prunes - "Fado" (1982)
[13:16] 09 Elvis Costello - "Hoover Factory"(1980)
[15:00] 10 49 Americans - "Glimpse Go By" (1982)
[16:40] 11 Essendon Airport - "Three Against Four" (1979)
[18:20] 12 Dancing Cigarettes - "Mr. Morse" (1981)
[19:38] 13 Captain Beefheart - "Flavor Bud Living" (1980)
[20:37] 14 Matthais Schuster - "Umarmung" (1981)
[22:13] 15 Stick Men - "Mystery Party" (1982)
[23:45] 16 Crash Course in Science - "Kitchen Motors" (1981)
[25:40] 17 Family Fodder - "Dazomo" (1981)
[27:28] 18 Rosa Yemen - "Tso Xin Yu Xin" (1978)
[28:48] 19 Aksak Maboul - "Inoculating Rabies" (1980)
[30:38] 20 Flying Lizards - "Cirrus" (1981)
[31:45] 21 Brian Eno - "Over Fire Island" (1975)
[33:13] 22 Wipers - "Our Past Life" (1983)

Total Time: [34:40]

Link in the sig, as usual. Just another silly one. I'll probably be posting a mix much more in the mode of my Blogariddims contribution next, though a short one, that will probably more Dissensus-stylee.

 

[worrior]

Just been savouring the Tour Du Monde compilations you unearthed. What a marvellous find, and the quality of the digitalisation is astounding. I assume you spent a while on the vinyl pops. Currently Vol 05 is just edging it but all is a fantastically lush musical experience, thank you.

 

[baboon2004]

Great stuff. The post-punk mixes look absolutely brilliant.

One (hugely pedantic) point - wasn't 'Breaking Glass' from 1977, otherwise Bowie would have been even further ahead of his time than he undoubtedly was, and, besides, wouldn't have had time to nick stuff from German records that hadn't yet been released?!

 

[soundslike1981]

Just been savouring the Tour Du Monde compilations you unearthed. What a marvellous find, and the quality of the digitalisation is astounding. I assume you spent a while on the vinyl pops. Currently Vol 05 is just edging it but all is a fantastically lush musical experience, thank you.

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See upthread, to Petergunn's posts, I'm afraid. . . Hope it's not too much of a disappointment. All the things posted on my blog are really mixes I've made, including any 'Le Tour du Monde' volume. They're sourced from CDs when available, vinyl when not (pops removed by hand), and in a few instances, mp3s for albums that are simply beyond my economic means to acquire. I do spend an unreasonable amount of time on the details, so I guess it's not a totally evil thing that a few people have mistaken it for a real LP set from back in the day (I hope). . .

Great stuff. The post-punk mixes look absolutely brilliant.

One (hugely pedantic) point - wasn't 'Breaking Glass' from 1977, otherwise Bowie would have been even further ahead of his time than he undoubtedly was, and, besides, wouldn't have had time to nick stuff from German records that hadn't yet been released?!

Thanks. And yes, you're completely right--should've caught that before I uploaded it. I'd always seen it as less knicked than borrowed, through the Eno connection--he'd been in tight with those Germans for a good while, bound to be some influence. It's been corrected on the blog--should I correct it in the file and re-upload?

 

[soundslike1981]

Oh--and posted not a mix today, but a full album--one of my own. Hope that's not grossly inappropriate. It might go over for a few Dissensians, who knows?

 

[Leo]

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See upthread, to Petergunn's posts, I'm afraid. . . Hope it's not too much of a disappointment.

any misunderstanding is a tribute to the great job you've done with the track selection, graphics and concept in general. just listened to volumes 5 and 7 today for the first time, pretty cool. nice job.

 

[worrior]

: \

See upthread, to Petergunn's posts, I'm afraid. . . Hope it's not too much of a disappointment. All the things posted on my blog are really mixes I've made, including any 'Le Tour du Monde' volume. They're sourced from CDs when available, vinyl when not (pops removed by hand), and in a few instances, mp3s for albums that are simply beyond my economic means to acquire. I do spend an unreasonable amount of time on the details, so I guess it's not a totally evil thing that a few people have mistaken it for a real LP set from back in the day (I hope). . .

Yes, sorry had seen upthread and the expletive hurled at you, winking hard back... I guess this is where those smilies help