How's everything in the Pimp business?

What do you get when you cross Neu! with Cluster? Harmonia. They were once described By Brian Eno as "the most important band in the world". You can pick the record up here.

Harmonia- Watussi (Z Share)

Harmonia- Watussi (Yousendit)

Some real Curtis for you. Mayfield, not Jackson:

Curtis Mayfield- Right on for the Darkness (Z Share)

Curtis Mayfield- Right on for the Darkness (Yousendit)

The Shocking Pinks album is now out on DFA, very fine it is too. It is essentially a compilation of their first two albums released on the Flying Nun label. 'Cutout' is ready for some DFA tweakery:

Shocking Pinks- Cutout (Z Share)

Shocking Pinks- Cutout (Yousendit)

Toodle-OO

Holy Moly..

Never have a band been so aptly named as Holy Fuck. Coming on as a cross between Battles & Liars they give it too you raw. Apparently their live shows are fierce, can't wait to see them out. Check out their new self-titled E.P.

Holy Fuck- Lovely Allen (Z Share)

Holy Fuck- Lovely Allen (Yousendit)

Fancy hearing the sound of the Nevada desert? Check out Sunburned Hand of the Man. Apparently these fella's drove themselves mad in the desert, stumbled down to Las Vegas were they bumped into Kieran Hebden (he was sampling the sounds of slot machines). He quickly recorded their ramblings in the honeymoon suite of the Howard Johnson Inn. Here are the results: (N.B. the above story may be factually incorrect)

Sunburned Hand of the Man- Nice Butterfly Mask (Z Share)

Sunburned Hand of the Man- Nice Butterfly Mask (Yousendit)

Gave a brief mention to Voice of the Seven Woods in a previous post, here is a track from the new self titled record:

Voice of the Seven Woods- Return From Byzantium (Z Share)

Voice of the Seven Woods- Return From Byzantium (Yousendit)

If someone could offer me some gainful employment i'd be very appreciative..

Mancunians..

Check this out: Best foot forward have teamed up with Tropical Hotdog to host a double-headed party of unforgettable sights with a soundtrack of disco, psychedelia, psyche & balearock.
It all starts at Sacred Trinity Church with performances from Voice of the Seven Woods & A Mountain of One (Making their Manchester debut). The live Music will be backed up with psychedelic visuals created specifically for this event, curated throughout by Richard Norris (Beyond the Wizards Sleeve) & Danny Webb (Friends of Music).
Later in the evening it's over to Cord bar for a throw down, with records being played by Studio, A Mountain of One & the host's Best Foot Forward. Will be reet good.
This event is limited to 150 guests and is entirely ticket based. These will be allocated before the event, Please email events@bestfootforward.info for further details.
See you there..

Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired...

I recently discovered Stereolab's 'Blue Milk' over at the Deerhunter blog: I've had it on repeat pretty much over since. It's a deceptively simple song, for the first 8 and a half minutes an effortless keyboard phrase builds & builds, layer after layer is added until.....If you've not heard it i'll let you find out for yourself. Possibly the best song ever..for today at least.

Stereolab- Blue Milk (Z Share)

Stereolab- Blue Milk (Yousendit)

'I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then i followed it in..' You should know this from the Big Lebowski soundtrack, the perfect juxtaposition of jolly music & gloomy lyrics. (By using the word juxtaposition, am i now a cunt? I fear so..)

The First Edition- Just dropped in (To see what condition my condition was in) (Z Share)

The First Edition- Just dropped in (To see what condition my condition was in) (Yousendit)

I was chatting to a band over the weekend who have been described as a cross between Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa. Unfortunately i can't remember the bands name, but it did remind me to post some Beefheart. This is also from the Big Lebowski OST.

Captain Beefheart- Her eyes are a blue million Miles (Z Share)

Captain Beefheart- Her eyes are a blue million Miles (Yousendit)

Steady as you go..

We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out..

Some more from the Flying Lotus with a remix of Mr Oizo's 'Stunt'. He brings down the Bpm & throws on a bit of muck. Fine work:

Mr Oizo- Stunt (Flying Lotus remix) (Z Share)

Mr Oizo- Stunt (Flying Lotus remix) (Yousendit)

Check out the new Foxylane E.P 'Human Robot'. Top Dancefloor nourishment:

Foxylane- Human Robot (Z Share)

Foxylane- Human Robot (Yousendit)

All a bit dancey today: Here is the new one from Hot Chip, the vinyl comes in a lovely silver sleeve. Apparently they have been road-testing this at the summer festie's. 'This game is called sounds of the studio':

Hot Chip- Shake a Fist (Z Share)

Hot Chip- Shake a Fist (Yousendit)

Have a lovely weekend..

Nice to see you, to see you nice...

Been a bit late getting onto the whole Dan Deacon thing: Wikipedia describe him as an 'absurdist electronic music composer/performer'. His live shows are becoming the stuff of legend, he uses a slew of electronic gizmo's to create a unique sound. Just don't nick his green skull...

Dan Deacon- Pink Batman (Z Share)

Dan Deacon- Pink Batman (Yousendit)

Four Tet gets grubby with Nathan Fake's newie & gives it a minimal tech overhaul:

Nathan Fake- You are Here (Z Share)

Nathan Fake- You are Here (Yousendit)

Silver Apples remarkable 'The Garden' record was re-released last year on the Studio bully label- you can now get it in digital form from Boomkat for £6.99, an absolute steal. Go grab it.
Psychrockacidheavyfunk yo..

Silver Apples- I Don't care what the people Say (Z Share)

Silver Apples- I Don't care what the people Say (Yousendit)

Good game, Good game..

Did you have a good time stalking me this morning?

There isn't a band on the planet like Animal Collective- New album "Strawberry Jam" recently dropped: Marvelous sonic mayhem. One of those records that gets more interesting with each listen. 'For Reverend Green' is my Favorite at the mo:

Animal Collective- For Reverend Green (Z Share)

Animal Collective- For Reverend Green (Yousendit)

Supermayer is a collaboration between Michael Mayer & Superpitcher on Kompakt records. Album 'Save the World' came out last week & skips from loungey electronica to dancefloor bombs.

Supermayer- Saturndays (Z Share)

Supermayer- Saturndays (Yousendit)

A new Boom Bip E.P surfaced recently: seems to left his Lo-fi Hip Hop roots firmly behind him, the new tracks are electro/italo style. You can check the full E.P here.

Boom Bip- Rat Tail (Z Share)

Boom Bip- Rat Tail (Yousendit)

Move along...

Whats your name Icey?

Death Proof is the latest film from Quentin Tarantino- It contains the usual snappy dialogue & flying limbs. The soundtrack is Marvelousssssssssss. Here are a few examples:

The Coasters- Down in Mexico (Z Share)

The Coasters- Down in Mexico (Yousendit)

Hold tight Indeed:

Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich- Hold Tight (Z Share)

Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich- Hold Tight (Yousendit)

Check the drums on this. Smart:

Eddie Beram- Riot in thunder Alley (Z Share)

Eddie Beram- Riot in thunder Alley (Yousendit)

A couple of points of interest:
Murphy & Co are working on a remix of 'Black Mirror'
There is a new Brian Jonestown Massacre record out, to quote Anton 'The Beatles were for sale. I give it away'. You can download the full album from the bands website.

Toodle Pip.

Some truly hexagonal Dope..

Whilst out wandering in blogland i came across Dr Gittfingers Vinyl Vault, a new comedy blog.
So i thought i'd post some here: Chris Morris's Bluejam project produced an amazing accompanying record which featured sketch's from the show blended with electronic/ambient noise (done by Morris himself). Have a peek-

Bluejam/Chris Morris- Club News (Z Share)

Bluejam/Chris Morris- Club News (Yousendit)

Bluejam/Chris Morris- 4ft Car (Z Share)

Bluejam/Chris Morris- 4ft Car (Yousendit)

A little bonus: In 1994 Chris Morris & Peter Cook came together for a series of Improvisations. The results turned into 'Why Bother?'. You can get the record here.

Peter Cook & Chris Morris- Drugs etc (Z Share)

Peter Cook & Chris Morris- Drugs etc (Yousendit)

Right, i'm off to the jumping up & down in Camden..

When once you had believed it, now you see it's sucking you in..

Disko Heaven: Soulwax remix LCD's 'Get Innocuous!'. Heavy on the Synth:

LCD Soundsystem- Get Innocuous! (Soulwax remix) Z Share)

LCD Soundsystem- Get Innocuous! (Soulwax remix) (Yousendit)

What do you get if you cross Interpol, The Brian Jonestown Massacre & a time machine set for 1967? The Black Angels... Delightful scuzz.

The Black Angels- Black Grease (Z Share)

The Black Angels- Black Grease (Yousendit)

Just picked up the recent Flying Lotus record: Hip-Hop beats with wobbly bits, the album is now available at Bleep.

Flying Lotus- 1983 (Z Share)

Flying Lotus- 1983 (Yousendit)

Be on your way now..

It Gonna be Zoppity

Turzi's 'Acid taste' sounds like it was recorded near Cologne in the mid-seventies. Reeks of Kraftwerk, which is no bad thing. He's actually from Paris & album "A" is in the record stores now.

Turzi- Acid Taste (Z Share)

Turzi- Acid Taste (Yousendit)

Dubfolk? Various Production: Beautiful, haunting, ethereal and other such cliches...

Various Production- Took (Z Share)

Various Production- Took (Yousendit)

There is a Vitalic live album on the way- this would normally spell disaster for most electronic acts but Vitalic pulls it off splendidly, none more so than on the imperious 'La Rock o1'.

Vitalic- La Rock 01 Live (Z Share)

Vitalic- La Rock 01 Live (Yousendit)

Have a top Weekend.

Hip Hop Sucks in 2007

This wasn't always the case:
'Standing on shaky grounds too close to the edge, let's see if i know the ledge..'

Eric B & Rakim- Juice (Z Share)

Eric B & Rakim- Juice (Yousendit)

'Who the fuck is this? pagin me at 5:46 in the mornin crack a dawnin, now I'm yawnin, wipe the cold out my eye, see who's this pagin me and why..'

Notorious B.I.G.- Warning (Z Share)

Notorious B.I.G.- Warning (Yousendit)

'I must admit on some occasions I went out like a punk and a chump or a sucka or something to that effect'

Pharcyde- Runnin' (Z Share)

Pharcyde- Runnin' (Yousendit)

'if that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up?'

Nas- Get Down (Z Share)

Nas- Get Down (Yousendit)

Kanye, Fiddy etc- Do One....

Introducing: Mojib

Mojib is an electronic music producer hailing from Sweden. I've had his track 'Break of Dawn' on repeat for the last couple of weeks. His debut album comes out soon, so we had a little chat:

How long have you been making music?
Three years now. Only fooled around with my guitar before that.

Influences?
Lots of artists but as far as sampling goes I'm trying not to sound like another DJ Shadow copy.

"Break of dawn" comprises 3 or 4 different samples- Is this your normal
method of making tunes or do you compose your own material?
No, Break of dawn sounds more like a Sigur ros remix then a real song. Some songs shouldn't be sampled at all and I would put Sigur ros in that category. But I didn't realize that it was Sigur ros at that time and when I put the drums on it and the soft synths it turned out very well, and people liked it a lot. So in the end I put it on my forthcoming album cause it's good, even if its basically a remix.
I like to sample but I usually keep it a bit more subtle. When I don't find the sample I want, or the sound I'm looking for I usually end up recording it myself. Other people just tend to do it better than myself.

What software/hardware do you use?
I like to keep it simple: I use Ableton Live for most of my stuff.

What are your favourite tunes/records of this year?
There has been lots of good records this year... But right now it's still the Queens of the stone age album along with tracks from Sixtoo, UNKLE ("Broken" is amazing), Feist, Fink, Caribou... And I recently discovered Anita Kerr from the 60s. She and her choir has a track called "Flowers never bend with the rainfall" which mashes very well with Four tets "My angel rocks back and forth" if you just change the key. It's madness and beautiful at the same time! Will end up on some mixtape for sure.

Mojib's album 'Whimsical lifestyle' is released in October on Non- existent records. You can pre-order the album here. He has also some mixes available for download which comprise over 50 UNKLE tracks welded together: They are very good. You can grab them from the MP3 section of his website. Also catch his myspace page, featuring clips from the record.

Mojib- Break of Dawn (Z Share)

Mojib- Break of Dawn (Yousendit)

I've got a Beautiful Colon..

There are now 3 volumes of the New York Noise series on Soul Jazz records- the series covers post punk, new wave & early electro circa 1978-1983 & features some of the most diverse & consuming tracks of the period. Have a Taste:
Material- Reduction (Z Share)

Material- Reduction (Yousendit)

Glenn Branca- Lesson No.1 (Z Share)

Glenn Branca- Lesson No.1 (Yousendit)

Martin Rev- Temptation (Z Share)

Martin Rev- Temptation (Yousendit)

You can get the albums here.

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