Portable Madness

Another mix for your enjoyment – did two radio shows live since the last one, and then went on vacation, so it’s been a while.

This one has more of an angular improvisational kinda feel, particularly as we get into the second half hour.  Some funky stuff at the beginning, particularly the Chicken Curry track, before we veer off into some world music pastiche from 23 Skidoo and John Lurie from the must-rent Fishing with John series.

The Marclay track give a foreshadowing of what’s to come later, before things go Latin with Yello and mambo king Perez Prado.    Gets pretty noisy with Nick Didkovsky and Bill Frisell, before gradually winding down with more of a chillout track from the Solid Doctor.

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00:00 01 Meat Beat Manifesto – Flute Thang
04:44 02 The Oroonies – Pump Happy
08:37 03 Chicken Curry and his Pop Percussion Orchestra – Chicken Curry
12:20 04 23 Skidoo – Quiet Pillage
14:49 05 John Lurie National Orchestra – The Beast
18:54 06 Christian Marclay & Otomo Yoshinde – Sliced And Diced
22 44 07 Depth Charge – Five Deadly Venoms
28:14 08 Yello – Pinball Cha Cha
31:49 09 Perez Prado – Son of a Gun
33:45 10 Diagram Brothers – Cherry Blossom
35:49 11 Nick Didkovsky – Eine Kleine Gamelan Music
41:02 12 Bill Frisell – The President’s Nap
44:39 13 Dim Sum Clip Job – Jive Stalking
48:24 14 Justine – Bon appetit
51:12 15 Solid Doctor – Lights on the Vibe

Will be on the air Tuesday 7/7, over at www.wcuw.org, at 8:00 PM ET.

Filling in on a program called Under The Influence – the time slot that time of night is usually reserved for a “rock” show, but that definition may stretch a bit.

If you like some of the stuff posted here, tune in and stream it live…

A vague air/space theme to start things off this time – lotsa dub effects from Ras Mesinai, the incomparably deranged rap of Kool Keith, a classic wave single from Thomas Leer, beatz from Komet, and 70’s synth fuckery from Ralph Lundsten.  The Mercury Program return to Earth and contribute a song very much in the vein of Tortoise…

A bit later, things get a little silly with The Moog Cookbook and Esquivel, before veering off into some neo-cool jazz from Flanger and Sand.

The Krautrockers finish it off, with a great trance track from ex-Can singer Damo Suzuki, before finishing with a bluesy track from the recently departed Guru Guru frontman Uli Trepte.

00:00 01 Ras Mesinai – The Reanimator 1.0
06:17 02 Kool Keith – Rockets on the Battlefield
10:27 03 Thomas Leer – Private Plane
14:16 04 Komet -Rausch
21:07 05 Ralph Lundsten Universe feat The Andromeda All Stars – The Hot Andromedary
22:43 06 The Mercury Program – Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi
27:17 07 Mu-Ziq – Vibes
31:03 08 Neil Landstrumm – Lung Dub
34:23 09 The Moog Cookbook – Rock & Roll All Night
39:07 10 Esquivel – Take The A Train
41:24 11 Flanger – Human Race Race
46:55 12 Sand – Desperate
51:50 13 Damo Suzuki – Warmup
57:06 14 Uli Trepte – Psylomobil

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I’ve found a cool service that allows realtime streaming of these mixes, without worrying about online storage or hosting or any of that stuff.

It can be found at www.orb.com, if you’d like to set up your own streaming of your music collection.    The seven mixes to date that are linked on this blog can be streamed at the links below.  You may still download any of the Rapidshare links in the posts themselves.

Mitch and I will be back on WCUW this Tuesday 6/2 at 8 PM Eastern time – tune in and catch the stream!

Mix #1

00:00 01 George Russell – Chromatic Universe – Part 2
03:41 02 Lisa Carbon Trio – jazz device
11:30 03 Pigbag – Wiggling
16:33 04 Propellerheads – History Repeating
20:29 05 Doctor Abstract – Struck on Jazz
26:08 06 Soul Coughing – Sugar Free Jazz
30:00 07 Carvin Knowles – Big Top
33:35 08 Liquid Liquid – Groupmegroup
36:51 09 Kip Hanrahan – Whatever I Want
42:33 10 Snakefinger – Beatnik Party
46:04 11 Yello – Downtown Samba
48:33 12 Flying Lizards – Crab Claw
53:00 13 Dub Syndicate – Must Be Dreaming

Mix #2

00:00 01 The Raincoats – Shouting Out Loud
04:50 02 Vivien Goldman – Launderette
08:31 03 Portishead – Nylon Smile
11:48 04 Wibutee – Newborn Thing
16:56 05 Lounge Lizards – Harlem Nocturne
18:55 06 Philip Johnston – Carmen Robs The Bank
21:36 07 James White – Contort Yourself
24:28 08 DJ Food – The Riff
28:37 09 Ken Nordine – Cat and Bird Blues
34:19 10 Kruder & Dorfmeister – Deep Shit Pts 1 and 2
40:32 11 New Tony Williams Lifetime – Fred
47:13 12 Chuck Brown – Stormy Monday
52:52 13 James Blood Ulmer – Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher
56:50 14 Up, Bustle and Out – Running Rude

Mix #3

00:00 01 Squarepusher – Port Rhombus
06:33 02 Annette Peacock – My Mama Never Taught Me How to Cook
11:54 03 Virgule IV – Trahi Ton Secret
15:37 04 Stefano Delu – Pensa un Numero
17:42 05 Neo Museum – Decadence Birmane
22:31 06 Eh Masak – Pars du West (Souk Mix)
27:40 07 Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart – Lam Saravane Dub
31:57 08 Amon Tobin – The Bridge
37:45 09 David Toop – Mica Screen
43:46 10 Jon Hassell and Brian Eno – Chemistry
50:26 11 David Thomas – Monster Thinks About the Good Old Days
54:00 12 Danielle Dax – The Spoil Factor
57:52 13 Young Marble Giants – Final Day

Mix #4

00:00 01 Bill Nelson – Furniture Music
03:30 02 Bush Tetras – Too Many Creeps
07:27 03 Delta 5 – Anticipation
09:37 04 The Slits – Typical Girls
13:26 05 The Homosexuals – False Sentiments
16:07 06 The Au Pairs – It’s Obvious
21:48 07 Laurie Anderson – Baby Doll
25:12 08 Tuxedomoon – What Use
29:02 09 Chicks on Speed – Yes I Do
31:33 10 Pink Industry – Not Moving
34:24 11 Jeff and Jane Hudson – Cat Scan
37:35 12 John Bender – 33A1
46:56 13 Two – Architecture
50:38 14 Meat Beat Manifesto – Musica Classica
54:10 15 Disrupt – Tubby Rom Module

Mix #5

00:00 01 Col Hampton B Coles – Charles Patrick’s Millionaires Learn to Swing
01:10 02 Fred Lane – Dial O for Bigelow
03:52 03 Rip Rig and Panic – Through Nomad Eyeballs
07:12 04 Mr Scruff – Hairy Bumpercress
13:39 05 Can – Moonshake
16:29 06 Lena Lovich – New Toy
19:31 07 Polka Dot Fire Brigade – #6
23:46 08 Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Jim on the Move
26:02 09 Stereolab – Metronomic Underground
33:48 10 Jah Wobble – Kojak Dub
38:41 11 Scuba – Bleach
43:42 12 Pole – Taxi
50:10 13 Ras Amerlock – Farther East Version
55:22 14 Dub Syndicate – Night Train

Mix #6

00:00 01 Tipsy – Liquordelic
03:56 02 DJ Krush – Distant Voices
07:01 03 Cerberus Shoal – The Ghosts are Greedy
11:25 04 Tarwater – Pomps of the Subsoil
14:54 05 Tortoise – Mosquito
18:20 06 Picchio dal Pozzo – Uccelin del Bosco
21:32 07 X Legged Sally – Turkish Bath
28:30 08 Honeymoon Killers – Histoire a Suivre
31:27 09 Pere Ubu – Big Ed’s Used Farms
33:49 10 Magazine – Philadelphia
37:45 11 Section 25 – Loose Talk Costs Lives
40:20 12 Matthew Herbert Big Band – Waiting
45:44 13 Kamikaze Ground Crew – Baby Doll Lounge
50:02 14 Ennio Morricone – Ultima Occasione
53:43 15 Loop Guru – Yayli

Mix #7

00:00 01 Ken Nordine – Cat and Bird Blues
05:42 02 David Moss – The Girl from Ipanema
08:20 03 Steve Piccolo – Fast Life
12:29 04 Weekend – Weekend Off
15:42 05 Two Lone Swordsmen – The King Mob File
20:10 06 Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink
24 56 07 Soft Machine – Gesolreut
31:11 08 Flanger – Options in the Fire
34:22 09 Food – Junkfood
36:00 10 King Crimson – Asbury Park
42:36 11 The Bongos – Mambo Sun
46:42 12 English Beat – Mirror in the Bathroom
49:39 13 Eyeless in Gaza – Keynote Inertia
52:08 14 Martin Denny – Sakura
54:38 15 Frank Chickens – We Are Ninja (Not Geisha)

Here’s a new mix – been trying to up this for several days, but no time.  Sorry for the lack of links this time – I trust you to find them if you are curious about this eclectic bunch o’tracks…

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00:00 01 Ken Nordine – Cat and Bird Blues
05:42 02 David Moss – The Girl from Ipanema
08:20 03 Steve Piccolo – Fast Life
12:29 04 Weekend – Weekend Off
15:42 05 Two Lone Swordsmen – The King Mob File
20:10 06 Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink
24 56 07 Soft Machine – Gesolreut
31:11 08 Flanger – Options in the Fire
34:22 09 Food – Junkfood
36:00 10 King Crimson – Asbury Park
42:36 11 The Bongos – Mambo Sun
46:42 12 English Beat – Mirror in the Bathroom
49:39 13 Eyeless in Gaza – Keynote Inertia
52:08 14 Martin Denny – Sakura
54:38 15 Frank Chickens – We Are Ninja (Not Geisha)

An eclectic mix this time, with some neo-lounge from Tipsy, the always stalwart big beat of DJ Krush, and those indie Maine-iacs Cerberus Shoal kicking things off.

The mosquito sound is actually from Picchio dal Pozzo, not Tortoise,  despite the track names and the segue.  We then hear rowdy Belgian big band X-Legged Sally before things get bassy and wavish for a bit with the Ubus, Magazine, and Section 25.

The Matthew Herbert Big Band is a recent fave – heavily monkeyed-with avant showtunes – if you can imagine.  Exotic blues from a Morricone soundtrack and the ethereal beats of Loop Guru close it out.

Had fun last week live on the radio – more to come in May and June, I think…

00:00 01 Tipsy – Liquordelic
03:56 02 DJ Krush – Distant Voices
07:01 03 Cerberus Shoal – The Ghosts are Greedy
11:25 04 Tarwater – Pomps of the Subsoil
14:54 05 Tortoise – Mosquito
18:20 06 Picchio dal Pozzo – Uccelin del Bosco
21:32 07 X Legged Sally – Turkish Bath
28:30 08 Honeymoon Killers – Histoire a Suivre
31:27 09 Pere Ubu – Big Ed’s Used Farms
33:49 10 Magazine – Philadelphia
37:45 11 Section 25 – Loose Talk Costs Lives
40:20 12 Matthew Herbert Big Band – Waiting
45:44 13 Kamikaze Ground Crew – Baby Doll Lounge
50:02 14 Ennio Morricone – Ultima Occasione
53:43 15 Loop Guru – Yayli

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This week’s ‘cast starts off with oddball hipster dufii Bruce Hampton and Fred Lane, before getting into a mix that sprinkles in some downtempo, a bit of Krautrock, wave from Lizzy Descloux and Stereolab, and a healthy dose of dub at the end, sandwiching Jah Wobble  and the Dub Syndicate around some neodub from the likes of Pole and another Disrupt associate on Jahtari, Ras Amerlock.

I will be back on streaming radio next week, hopefully along with Mitch, Jim, and Michael, over at WCUW-FM.  Check it out – I don’t think it’s archived, but streams live between 10 and 12 PM EST (GMT-5).  Should be fun to do this sort of thing live.

Very rhythmic this week – download links below…

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Track list:

00:00 01 Col Hampton B Coles – Charles Patrick’s Millionaires Learn to Swing
01:10 02 Fred Lane – Dial O for Bigelow
03:52 03 Rip Rig and Panic – Through Nomad Eyeballs
07:12 04 Mr Scruff – Hairy Bumpercress
13:39 05 Can – Moonshake
16:29 06 Lena Lovich – New Toy
19:31 07 Polka Dot Fire Brigade – #6
23:46 08 Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Jim on the Move
26:02 09 Stereolab – Metronomic Underground
33:48 10 Jah Wobble – Kojak Dub
38:41 11 Scuba – Bleach
43:42 12 Pole – Taxi
50:10 13 Ras Amerlock – Farther East Version
55:22 14 Dub Syndicate – Night Train

This week’s mix pulls together a bunch of my favorite new wave/minimal 80’s kinda things, plus a few newer things sprinkled in.

Lotsa great grrlpunk here, with the Bush Tetras, Delta 5 (who finally got a CD reissue recently), Au Pairs, and the always massive Slits with their seminal track Typical Girls.

The second half gets synthy, with Chicks on Speed providing a modern take on the genre.  The overlooked Pink Industry (who have caught on since at collector’s prices!) chime in, and then the Hudsons, John Bender (a fan compilation CD of which is here), and the even more obscure Two explore the minimal synth genre.

More modern stuff at the end, including Disrupt, one of my favorite current dub artists.  I anticipate including more dub in future mixes – I’ve always been into the On-U Sound spectrum, and there are some nice modern takes on that whole thing around these days…

Might be back on the radio soon, with old friends – watch this space…

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Track list:

00:00 01 Bill Nelson – Furniture Music
03:30 02 Bush Tetras – Too Many Creeps
07:27 03 Delta 5 – Anticipation
09:37 04 The Slits – Typical Girls
13:26 05 The Homosexuals – False Sentiments
16:07 06 The Au Pairs – It’s Obvious
21:48 07 Laurie Anderson – Baby Doll
25:12 08 Tuxedomoon – What Use
29:02 09 Chicks on Speed – Yes I Do
31:33 10 Pink Industry – Not Moving
34:24 11 Jeff and Jane Hudson – Cat Scan
37:35 12 John Bender – 33A1
46:56 13 Two – Architecture
50:38 14 Meat Beat Manifesto – Musica Classica
54:10 15 Disrupt – Tubby Rom Module

Here’s a new mix, after an hiatus of a few weeks.  This one has a more exotic, world music kinda feel, especially towards the middle.

After an atmospheric drum’n’bass interlude by Squarepusher, Annette Peacock  gets very sultry, before things veer off into an Ambiances Magnetiques/ReR vein for a bit.  Nice worldvibe stuff from Eh Masak and Jah Wobble, before Amon Tobin segues into more of a fourth world area courtesy of Jon Hassell and Brian Eno and David Toop.  Lastly, a few loopy new wavish tracks from David Thomas, Danielle Dax, and that anchor of the 80’s compilation the Young Marble Giants to close it out.

Track list:

00:00 01 Squarepusher – Port Rhombus
06:33 02 Annette Peacock – My Mama Never Taught Me How to Cook
11:54 03 Virgule IV – Trahi Ton Secret
15:37 04 Stefano Delu – Pensa un Numero
17:42 05 Neo Museum – Decadence Birmane
22:31 06 Eh Masak – Pars du West (Souk Mix)
27:40 07 Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart – Lam Saravane Dub
31:57 08 Amon Tobin – The Bridge
37:45 09 David Toop – Mica Screen
43:46 10 Jon Hassell and Brian Eno – Chemistry
50:26 11 David Thomas – Monster Thinks About the Good Old Days
54:00 12 Danielle Dax – The Spoil Factor
57:52 13 Young Marble Giants – Final Day

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Here’s another mix of about an hour – kind of a late night feel to a lot of this one, at least for me (although DJ Food is pretty hyper, and the ‘Godfather of go-go’  Chuck Brown and ‘Blood’ Ulmer do make a racket towards the end.   I recently discovered the Norwegian band Wibutee, who contribute a great moody slice of jazz crossed with electronica in ‘Newborn Thing.’  Also a couple of classic early wave/DIY tracks here by the Raincoats and Vivien Goldman.

Track list:

00:00 01 The Raincoats – Shouting Out Loud
04:50 02 Vivien Goldman – Launderette
08:31 03 Portishead – Nylon Smile
11:48 04 Wibutee – Newborn Thing
16:56 05 Lounge Lizards – Harlem Nocturne
18:55 06 Philip Johnston – Carmen Robs The Bank
21:36 07 James White – Contort Yourself
24:28 08 DJ Food – The Riff
28:37 09 Ken Nordine – Cat and Bird Blues
34:19 10 Kruder & Dorfmeister – Deep Shit Pts 1 and 2
40:32 11 New Tony Williams Lifetime – Fred
47:13 12 Chuck Brown – Stormy Monday
52:52 13 James Blood Ulmer – Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher
56:50 14 Up, Bustle and Out – Running Rude

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