Music Meltdown

WTF, FBI!

2012-01-28T10:33:00.000-08:00

I learned last night of the death of Megaupload, a popular site for file sharing. Some may see this as a victory for anti-piracy; I would have to disagree and side with several professorial music bloggers whose archives of rare, out-of-print music is now gone from the interweb, perhaps forever.

This is a travesty as the intentions of these sites was not to take money from the pockets of Lady Gaga and the like, but to educate their legions of fans on the aural treasures to be found in far reaches of the world that may have never surfaced or be heard otherwise.

I'm not sure of any effort to combat this issue, but let's hope vaults will be re-opened someday soon.

Read more about the blogs affected at Bodega Pop.

WXBC - Bard Radio

2012-01-26T23:58:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, while working towards my BA in photography, I hosted a radio program on WXBC, Bard College radio. It was called, as you might have guessed, Music Meltdown.

WXBC DJ Booth

Organizing boxes of things from times gone by, I came across old cassettes of mixtapes from before I went digital, as well as the tapes from my first 3 shows on WXBC. I'd been meaning to transfer them for ages, and finally got around to it.

Here is show # 1, with episodes 2 and 3 coming soon - collections of random, on-the-fly musical tastes from my early-middle twenties (circa 2004) that went over both the internet and AM* airwaves. Check back for more of DJ Slow's WXBC Music Meltdown with shout-outs to friends lost and kept along the way, and also watch out for the Meltdown on Hollow Earth Radio every Saturday from 12-2pm PST starting February 18th.

Download WXBC1

Photo by ATL

*(At that time WXBC was on 540am in addition to being online - not sure if that broadcast still lives or not.)

Gravey Grime Girls & Wet Dog Smell live at Hollow Earth Radio!

2012-01-21T00:13:00.000-08:00

Hollow Earth Radio

Gravey Grime Girls

Wet Dog Smell

Wooden Records

2012-01-19T21:20:00.000-08:00

Artist Bartholomäus Traubeck's brilliant work Years reads the rings from cross-sections of trees like slabs of vinyl to create a soundtrack of the trees' lives as translated by a piano.

Credit to Grist for tipping me off to this incredible piece of sound art.

Snowfall

2012-01-18T13:26:00.000-08:00

Here's a sweet track apt for today's Northwest whiteout from a local band introduced to me about 17 years ago by my lovely, wonderful, pregnant wife. (4 weeks to go!)

The Halo Benders | K Records

You're doing an amazing job, Taffy B!

Brain Fruit - 1.3

2012-01-17T16:15:00.000-08:00

Brain Fruit | Debacle Records

Monster of Funk Jimmy Castor passes away

2012-01-16T22:23:00.000-08:00

Jimmy Castor passed away today at the age of 64, cause of death as yet unknown.

Here is a video of a live performance of his classic cut Troglodyte (Cave Man):

Read more about his influence and contributions to funk and hip hop music at Vintage Vinyl News and Hip Hop DX.

Conrad Schnitzler - Live '72

2012-01-11T23:31:00.000-08:00

A serious dig in the vaults by Seattle's Further Records unearths this live gem by one of Krautrock's founding fathers, Conrad Schnitzler.

Track 10 stands out as the most understated cut from the live set, while the whole record is not to be missed.

<a href="http://furtherrecords.org/track/track-10">Track 10 by Conrad Schnitzler</a>

Judah Warsky - Painkillers & Alcohol / Asleep in the Train

2012-01-09T23:48:00.000-08:00

2 tracks from Judah Warsky's upcoming solo debut on Pan European Recording are given glorious and cold visuals by Jamie Harley.

Check out more from JW's projects Chicros at Chicrodelic and Trinite on the French Lessons, Trouble Maker, and Colturky mixes.

Judah Warsky at Chateau Carignan, by ATL

Koudlam - Alcoholic's Hymn

2012-01-09T23:20:00.000-08:00

Stunning video by Jamie Harley for another epic, nostalgic track by Koudlam.

Check out more by Koudlam at Pan European Recording as well as on my French Lessons mix.

Taj Mahal at Jazz Alley

2011-12-10T21:24:00.000-08:00

Lucky to be enjoying Chocolate Velvet Underground Cake during a Taj Mahal show in which he referenced Captain Beefheart's envy of his raspy voice while tearing it up on various guitars, a banjo, and electric piano.

Thanks to my Tio Ricardo for the tickets!

Electric Flower - Self-titled EP

2011-11-08T21:17:00.000-08:00

Electric Flower is a new project by Imaad Wasif and Josh Garza of The Secret Machines. Their self-titled EP is out now on Narnack Records, and can be streamed in full at Purevolume.com. It is a propulsive blast of well-crafted sonic frenzy that you won't soon forget.

And if you are in LA this Thursday, be sure to catch them live at the Harvard and Stone for the release of their EP!

Happy Halloween

2011-10-31T21:48:00.000-07:00

Involuntary Post by Tarwater # 6 - Disco Inferno plus 2 more

2011-10-28T17:29:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the now legendary scholar Tarwater I was recently hipped to some fantastic new music. I am duty-bound as host of this blog to re-post his words here without permission from him.

The Disco Inferno record is on deep repeat at the Meltdown.

Enjoy.

"Here are some records I've enjoyed lately:

Disco Inferno - The 5 EPs
"Second Language"

British band active from 1991-1996. They started out a decent, if derivative, post-punk operation heavily indebted to Joy Division/Wire (a collection of their early stuff is actually called In Debt), but by the time they started making the EPs compiled here, they had located the approach that would make them total marketplace non-entities while Britpop still fopped: inspired by Public Enemy and the Young Gods, DI began using samplers alongside guitar/bass/vocals -- but rather than appropriate pieces of other people's music (though one song loops the drums from Lust for Life) they snatched snippets of the world around them - breaking glass, birdsong, feet crunching snow etc - and ended up w/ sound that doesn't really resemble much else. (Though sometimes I can squint and see them as a perfect post-154 endpoint for Wire.) They also managed to cover a lot of sonic territory - you'll find everything from jangle-pop to 9 minute instrumental soundspaces here - so if something doesn't particularly excite you, it pays to keep listening. Also: Works best on headphones.

Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges

Canadian saxophonist who blew everyone away @ ATP Jersey a few weeks ago. Lungs of steel apparently, but rather than Brotzmann-esque skronk, he goes for Steve Reich-ish minimalism. Really interesting stuff.

Also, the new Charalambides record is relatively accessible (for them) and also worth your time"

Shellac at Vera Project

2011-10-27T23:20:00.001-07:00

"I attach no importance to it"

Shellac
The Vera Project

Swampy Draws cookin' at the Spar

2011-10-23T21:21:00.000-07:00

Swampy Draws
The Spar

Floating in the Hair & Space Museum at Hollow Earth Radio

2011-10-23T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hair & Space Museum
Hollow Earth Radio

Megabats on Fire at Hollow Earth Radio

2011-10-22T22:55:00.000-07:00

Megabats
Hollow Earth Radio

Panabrite healing ears at Hollow Earth Radio

2011-10-22T22:12:00.000-07:00

Panabrite
Hollow Earth Radio

Secret Colors live at Hollow Earth Radio

2011-10-22T21:06:00.000-07:00

Secret Colors
Hollow Earth Radio

AWOTT

2011-10-17T21:17:00.001-07:00

Moscow band AWOTT about to play at Hollow Earth Radio.

http://awott.blogspot.com/

Tune in!: http://hollowearthradio.org/

Megabats, Panabrite, Secret Colors + Hair & Space Museum Just Added! at Hollow Earth Radio 10/22

2011-10-06T12:52:00.000-07:00

Mark your calendars for an awesome show of inter-stellar ambiance that I put together at Hollow Earth Radio where I've been volunteering. Don't worry if you're not in Seattle - you can tune in to the station online to stream the live sets! Check out the Facebook Event and the bands' websites below.

**This just in - Hair and Space Museum have graciously accepted an invitation to join us for a performance on 10/22 with the rest of the bands!

Megabats | Panabrite | Secret Colors | Hair and Space Museum

Spellbound

2011-10-01T01:06:00.000-07:00

Download Spellbound

Electric Prunes - Kyrie Eleison
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
Battles - Wall Street
Kill for Total Peace - Captain America
Killing Joke - Follow the Leaders
Brainticket - Brainticket (Part One)
Velvet Underground - European Son
Sonic Youth - The Sprawl (live at Battery Park 7/4/08)
Can - Sodom
Hawkwind - You Know You're Only Dreaming
Aqua Nebula Oscillator - LSD 33

Hollow Earth Radio Invites You To BREAK-fest

2011-09-15T09:20:00.001-07:00

Hollow Earth Radio Invites You to BREAK-fest!
BREAK-FEST: The Anti-Festival.
Hollow Earth Radio loves festivals & we know we've seen you at quite a few of them throughout the year ... but by the end of the summer, we're DONE. We don't want to stand in another long line for the bathroom or sip another expensive beer through our chapped lips. It's in times like this we'd do anything for just a wonderful home-cooked breakfast with friends and a little soft rock. What if we told you we could make your dreams come true?
A Festival In A Home??
When Hollow Earth Radio first started we did our little online broadcast out of the basement of a residential home. And even though we've moved on to a rad public space in the Central District, we think that same mood has carried with us; listeners tell us that tuning in feels like hanging out with friends in their home. We're comfy homemade radio.
When for planning this event we thought - let's get RIDICULOUSLY literal. Let's have an ANTI-FESTIVAL where we invite you into our homes, eat together, and raise some of the needed funds for the upcoming year. Let's take a break from all the festivals. (Get it?)

COME TO BREAK-FEST AND EAT BRUNCH WITH US AROUND THE CITY.
Register here: http://hollowearthradiobrunch.eventbrite.com/
We are inviting you, our supporters, into multiple creative homes around the city to share a homemade meal (with Hollow Earth Radio on in the background, of course) so that you may have a unique opportunity to support what we do for our community. You can nom on delicious food, hear about the awesome stuff we have planned for THE FUTURE, and meet & eat with other supporters and new friends. We promise it will be rock n' roll.

All the funds we raise will cover general operational costs to keep Hollow Earth Radio running strongly throughout the next year. A portion of the funds will also support our expanding youth media arts workshops and camps.
Here's how it will work.
RSVP to attend our Fall Fundraising Brunch.
Register here: http://hollowearthradiobrunch.eventbrite.com/
One week prior to the event, we'll email you with directions to a private home in Seattle, WA where you'll enjoy a home-cooked meal with up to 10 other supporters.
If you think your friends would enjoy supporting Hollow Earth Radio, please invite them to attend as well.
All you have to do is bring a checkbook or a pillow case full of money and show up in your PJ's (and that's optional). Piece of cake (actual cake probably not provided)!
To find out more information, go here: http://hollowearthradiobrunch.eventbrite.com/
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Turzi Électronique Expérience - Education

2011-09-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

Having 2 solid double albums under his belt with the help of Reich IV, the latest effort by Parisian disciplinary rocker and synthesizer scientist Romain Turzi is a return to solo ventures in sound.

<a href="http://turzi.bandcamp.com/track/errance">Errance by Turzi</a>

"Errance" is a standout track from the forthcoming album Education in that it shows an ethereal, sun-drenched and innocent element of Turzi's aesthetic that hasn't been evident in prior releases.

Statue of a Boy , Château de Cadillac

Education is available September 12th at the Record Makers online shop, and in the meantime it's streaming via Bandcamp.

Akira Ito - Bosatu & Mugen

2011-08-30T23:38:00.000-07:00

Akira Ito - Bosatu & Mugen

Akira Ito was a member of the Far East Family Band, a Japanese space rock band from the 70's that worked with Klaus Schulze. This 1979 solo record by Ito combines the holy new age feel of Popul Vuh with the somewhat groovy approach of mid-career Pink Floyd and a healthy dollop of spacey-synth, nature sounds, and traditional instruments. It's great.

Last November the esteemed music scholar known simply as Tarwater pulled out this gem for our listening pleasure while my wife and I visited his apartment on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. Indeed a rare record, Tarwater's roommate was fortunate to come across it while in Japan. Upon hearing Ito's transcendental explorations in space rock, yet finding almost no mention of the record on the world wide web, Tarwater longed for a day when this fine piece of wax could be shared with the digital world.

Fast forward 5 months to an April Fool's mixtape bonanza held outside of Olympia which featured sonic and culinary contributions by Zade, Gianni Bocce, ShawnZam, Taffy B, and of course Tarwater. Lacking resources to digitize the Ito masterpiece himself, Tarwater brought the vinyl to the sessions so I could help to realize his dream of giving it to the people. Fast forward another 5 months for lack of a decent photo (which I forgot to take at the time) as well as just not getting around to it, and today you can finally enjoy the revelation that is Bosatu & Mugen!

Note: The rip may not be the best possible quality but it sounds pretty alright I think (AIFF available upon request). Also there are several different tracks listed on each side, but the times didn't seem to match up with natural breaks in the songs, and each side is pretty much an extended jam, so I left them as 2 tracks. Here's a photo with track names - funny one side is English and the other in Japanese characters.

Midday Veil Tonight

2011-08-26T11:43:00.000-07:00

Midday Veil perform their haunting, other-worldly psych sounds live at Comet Tavern tonight!

Check out their latest recording on their Bandcamp site:

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Debacle Fest was rad, as are their new releases

2011-08-22T13:19:00.000-07:00

Had an awesome time dj'ing and catching some great bands at the Debacle Fest this past weekend. Thanks so much to Jason of Gift Tapes and Sam at Debacle Records for inviting me to DJ!

Here are a few faves from the new releases, all of which can be streamed on the Debacle Records Bandcamp page.

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&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://debaclerecords.bandcamp.com/album/confusion-control"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Confusion Control by Secret Colors&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;

&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://debaclerecords.bandcamp.com/album/solaria"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Solaria by Megabats&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;

Hollow Earth Radio / Debacle fest

2011-08-17T01:13:00.000-07:00

Hanging out at Hollow Earth Radio in Seattle a few blocks from my house these days. A complete DIY online radio collective with great people and a great mission, and I'm stoked to be volunteering there!

Check out a recent blog post I did for HER for the upcoming Debacle Fest this weekend, that I'm also dj'ing at Saturday night!

Cloudland Canyon - You & I

2011-08-12T10:51:00.000-07:00

Damn, this song is good.

Cloudland Canyon - "You & I"

Asteroid Bliss

2011-07-20T22:31:00.000-07:00

Download Asteroid Bliss

$.99 Dreams - Three Songs for Another Time

Blanck Mass - Weakling Flier

The Alps - Hallucinations

Smoke - Lobotomy

Spare Death Icon - Whispers

Brian Eno - Task Force

Arp - St Tropez

Mark McGuire - A Matter of Time

Sleepy Eyes of Death - Crushed by Stars

Brother Raven - Space / Megaton

Yazoo - I Before E Except After C

Growing - Rave Pie Only

Adrian Belew - Beach Creatures Dancing Like Cranes

Antipop Consortium - Contraption

Battles - Futura

Paul McCartney - Bogey Wobble

"Asteroid Colony (Close View)" by Hannu Parviainen

Tinariwen & Master Musicians of Bukkake - This Saturday at Neumos

2011-07-13T23:30:00.000-07:00

Tinariwen

Master Musicians of Bukkake

Neumos

America

2011-07-04T17:16:00.000-07:00

Shabazz Palaces at Easy Street - Photos

2011-06-28T23:10:00.000-07:00

Shabazz Palaces moved the crowd tonight - it was a dope set.

With Thee Satisfaction:

Pick up their new album Black Up out now on Sub Pop.

"an echo from the hosts that profess infinitum" from Black Up

Shabazz Palaces at Easy Street Records tonight

2011-06-28T17:54:00.000-07:00

"Chuch" from Of Light

Shabazz Palaces free in-store at Easy Street Records in Queen Anne tonight at 7pm. Record release show for new album Black Up.

Amazing show at Josephine tonight

2011-06-23T15:21:00.000-07:00

Mark McGuire (Emeralds) - http://mcguiremusic.blogspot.com

Rene Hell - http://salonturnkey.blogspot.com

Brother Raven -
http://broraven.com

Eye Myths - http://rovingmusicologist.tumblr.com/post/4002913285/eye-myths-it-was-a-going-away-party-eye-myths

--
The Josephine -
www.myspace.com/thejosephine

Don't Stop Crew

2011-06-22T11:10:00.000-07:00

Check out this tireless collective of artists, musicians, and non-stoppers based in Olympia, WA.

Dontstopcrew.com

Here's their latest mixtape - fresh!

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://dontstopcrew.bandcamp.com/album/dont-stop-mixtape-vol-2"&amp;amp;gt;Don't Stop Mixtape Vol. 2 by Don't Stop Crew&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

Machines should work, people should think

2011-06-16T09:17:00.000-07:00

Amazing and oddly freaky collaboration for IBM by 2 heroes of mine, Jim Henson and Raymond Scott.

Essential listening for Raymond Scott: Soothing Sounds for Baby

Essential viewing for Jim Henson:

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Thanks to WR for hipping me to the IBM vid.

Seattle Ain't Bullshittin'

2011-06-15T17:03:00.000-07:00

Hyped by the recent show posted below of 2 great local acts, other local shows I've been to at The Josephine and Gallery 1412, and by the move to Sea-town in general, this song keeps getting stuck in my head.

My posse's on Broadway.

Sleepy Eyes of Death / Metal Chocolates - Chop Suey 6/11/11

2011-06-13T18:07:00.000-07:00

A face-shaking, full body experience was crafted by the Seattle band Sleepy Eyes of Death at Chop Suey on Saturday for the release of their 300 copy limited edition double vinyl record Dark/Horizon.

Left the house not knowing about the show so was without a proper camera, but dig how the iPhone/iPhoto dealt with the intense colors on stage:

Before Sleepy Eyes, the crowd was lucky to see and hear Metal Chocolates, another awesome local act. Tight rhymes backed by laptop tweaks and live drum beats. Seriously dope shit. Pinkies up.

Allen Toussaint was incredible last night

2011-06-02T12:24:00.000-07:00

Forgot my camera, but got lucky when he turned around and caught this with the iPhone.

The man is a great storyteller let alone singer and piano player, and he fluidly transitioned from one genre to another, including classical. He has greatly influenced the course of popular music having written for numerous other musicians and through countless covers of his songs by more popular acts.

If you ever get the chance I would definitely catch his live show.

AllenToussaint.com

Allen Toussaint at Jazz Alley Tonight

2011-06-01T08:41:00.000-07:00

The giant of New Orleans music is performing at Jazz Alley in Seattle tonight. Here's Allen T. w/ Dolly Parton, Irma Thomas, and Dr. John doing a classic:

Visit KPLU / 88.5 FM at 12.15pm today for an in-studio session with Allen Toussaint.

Allen Toussaint Website

Recommended listening: What is Success , New Orleans Funk

Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here

2011-05-29T11:56:00.000-07:00

A cover of a Bill Callahan song by the late, great Gil Scott-Heron.

Damn - GIl Scott-Heron is gone

2011-05-27T22:15:00.000-07:00

A serious loss to the music and social justice communities, let alone to the world in general. A definite trailblazer who will be missed greatly.

NPR - The Record Article

GilScottHeron.net

Emeralds - Candy Shoppe

2011-05-27T10:06:00.000-07:00

Have been loving the record and only just found this mesmerising video:

Emeralds on Last.fm | Mark McGuire

June 23rd: Mark McGuire | Rene Hell | Brother Raven | Eye Myths

2011-05-26T15:51:00.000-07:00

Mark McGuire | Rene Hell | Brother Raven | Eye Myths

Gift Tapes | The Josephine

Zombi - Night Rhythms

2011-05-16T16:59:00.000-07:00

zombi website

The Upsetter - Trailer

2011-05-15T23:06:00.000-07:00

Chicros cover Eurythmics

2011-05-14T11:12:00.000-07:00

Pacific Support Japan Benefit Compilation on DRAFT

2011-05-05T23:27:00.000-07:00

Finally got the turntables and tape deck set up in my new house in Seattle, so am excited to listen to:

Pacific Support Comp. from Draft Records

"DRAFT is pleased to announce the release of Pacific Support, a benefit compilation created in support of the ongoing disaster relief efforts in Japan. All proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross to help fund those efforts. The compilation consists of 13 unreleased tracks by experimental electronic musicians featuring: Rene Hell, Pulse Emitter, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Greg Davis, Matt Carlson, The North Sea, solo tracks by both members of the Caboladies: Carl Calm & Flowerman, Panabrite, Temporal Marauder, Golden Retriever, Brother Raven, and a duo project by Geoff Mullen & Sakiko Mori called Make a New Memory."

This compilation of soundscapes will take you into ethereal, liquid, haunting realms. Dust off your Walkman and throw down some cash for a great tape and a worthy cause.

Audio sample: http://draftrecords.com/comp/Pacific_Support_Sampler.mp3

Order from DRAFT Records website

Popular Themes in Whale Music

2011-04-20T23:36:00.000-07:00

A new study reveals that, just like humans, humpback whales in the South Pacific follow musical trends that change by the season.

Read the article at ScienceMag.org.

Listen to Planequarium, a mix inspired by Songs of the Humpback Whale.

Earthtones Lake Retreat - April Fools Weekend 2011

2011-04-06T11:06:00.000-07:00

DJ Slow live at Artifakt Art Show - Hell's Kitchen 4/22/11

2011-03-18T11:47:00.000-07:00

Artifakt Live Art & Music Show
...
4/22 | 8pm | $5 all-night

Facebook Event

• Featured Bands •

<> Pioneers West <> [CD Release Party "Crime City"]

www.myspace.com/pioneerswest

<> Elbow Coulee <>

www.myspace.com/1brownstar / / www.reverbnation.com/elbowcoulee

<> Stoned Evergreen Traveler <>

<> DJ SLOW <>

www.myspace.com/deejayslow

**Special featured performance by Tacoma’s own**…

The Gritty City Sirens
4 solo performances + 1 group set!!

The Gritty City Sirens are:
Ava D'Jor, Rosie Cheexx, Funny Face Fanny, and Polly Puckerup

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LIVE BODY ART

• Featured Artists… so far
(Our artists will be displaying work and some will be painting models)

•Tim McCarthy [ Tsunami Tattoo ]

•Damon Conklin [SuperGenius Tattoo ]

•Laura Eklund
•James Hume
•James Tucker

…more artists to come
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Khalas Mixtape Vol. 1 Mish B3eed

2011-02-21T21:45:00.000-08:00

I downloaded this mixtape of North African anti-establishment rappers at EnoughGaddafi.com 5 days ago, but the site has since gone down, no doubt due to the chaos and upheaval that is currently taking place in Libya.

So I've re-upped it here and hope that the site is up and running again soon and the revolutionaries in Libya and other parts of North Africa and the Middle East are successful in changing the course of their country's future for the better.

Follow their posts about the revolution in Libya on Twitter: twitter.com/EnoughGaddafi

Afrimix

2011-02-07T23:36:00.000-08:00

Hans Silvester - Mail Online

Download Afrimix

Ezuko Buzo - Bola Johnson & His Easy Life Top Beats (Nigeria)

Disco Africa - The Ogyatanaa Show Band (Ghana)

Me Ne Me Aserene - Alex Konadu (RIP - Ghana)

Festival - La Simandou de Beyla (Guinea)

Keleya - Moussa Doumbia (Mali)

Vinon So Minsou - Ouinsou Corneille & Black Santiagos (Benin/Togo)

Téléphone - Bembeya Jazz National (Guinea)

Yo Te Contres Maria - Balla Et Ses Balladins (Guinea)

Kovito Gbe De Towe - Antoine Dougbé (Benin)

Simigwado - Gyedu Blay Ambolley & The Steneboofs

Agho - Sir Victor Uwaifo (Nigeria)

Akula Owu Onyeara - Funkees (Nigeria)

Assibavi - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou (Benin)

Dr. Klerruu - Mbaraka Mwinshehe & Morogoro Jazz (Tanzania)

Yemmpa Aba - Ata Kak (Ghana)

Father of Modern Discography Dies at 88

2011-01-25T07:47:00.000-08:00

NY Times Obituary

Original Barnstormers Spasm Band (!)

On the note of record collecting, here's another link to LPCoverLover.

R.I.P. Bobby Farrell

2010-12-31T16:24:00.000-08:00

Bobby Farrell of Boney M. passed away 30 December, 2010.

Boney M. was a 70's disco-funk group created by German record producer & singer-songwriter Frank Farian, also behind the infamous Milli Vanilli scandal. He recorded the dance track "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" in December 1974, and when the record was released as a single, it was credited to "Boney M.", a pseudonym Farian had created for himself after watching the Australian detective show Boney. After a slow start, the song became a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was then that Farian decided to hire performers to 'front' the group for TV performances, which eventually led to Bobby Farrell being hired to sing and dance for the group's shows. Coincidentally, Farrell died in St. Petersburg on the anniversary of Grigori Rasputin's death.*

I don't know Boney M.'s catalog too well, but was given Nightflight to Venus and was pleasantly surprised by the title track's awesome drums, robotic vocals, and overall intergalactic funk attack. The deeply percussive segue into the Russian-themed "Rasputin" is a winner too, as the video above shows. They also had pretty sweet style.

R.I.P. Bobby.

kutyerthroat.com

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*Source: Wikipedia

Sotho Sounds & Flowers of Lesotho

2010-12-23T15:56:00.000-08:00

Sotho Sounds: "Mobopong… By The Rivers Of Babylon"

While in Africa this past summer, I came across a CD by a group call Sotho Sounds from Lesotho. They play a groovy kind of indigenous junk-punk, given that most of their instruments are made from found objects (similar to Congolese group Konono No. 1 in that respect, but with a much chiller output). There's not much out there on Sotho Sounds, and I attempted to contact them while in Lesotho, but heard nothing back. At any rate, they sound great.

http://womad.org/artists/sotho-sounds/

As we had the time of our lives during the 3 weeks we spent in Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho working with the people of St. Camillus Centre for Orphans & Vulnerable Children, my wife Aylie & I recently started a non-profit in support of the people we met there.

We helped the children we worked with make cut paper flowers, and we've used images of the flowers to make note cards to sell in the hopes of raising funds to send back to St. Camillus. Please visit our website, Flowers of Lesotho, to learn more, order cards, or donate to the people of St. Camillus.

Seaquence

2010-12-22T10:35:00.000-08:00

I present the amazing robo-krill music synthesiser Seaquence.org

Check out the How-To Video:

Have a listen to my "Second Dive".

Couldn't help but be reminded of my Planequarium mix, given the underwater adventure theme.

Props to Wrath 66 of Baby Grrl! Labs for tipping me off to the wonders of Seaquence.

Smithsonian Institute Blues: Re-up of a classic dinosaur track

2010-12-18T10:34:00.000-08:00

Original post.

Big Joan*, and

2010-12-18T01:56:00.000-08:00

*I also found this bizarre image courtesy of Google Image Search.

Booglarize

2010-12-18T01:53:00.001-08:00

This video rules.

Don Van Vliet, the painter

2010-12-18T00:46:00.000-08:00

When I said "artist", this applied to his painting in addition to his music:

See more at Michael Werner Gallery.*

*While it's fantastic they show his paintings, I would think they could respond to his passing with more than a terse 1-sentence statement at the end of his biography(!).

Beefheart Documentary

2010-12-18T00:26:00.001-08:00

Beefheart Interview

2010-12-18T00:21:00.001-08:00

I love that this video is shitty.

So long to the Captain

2010-12-17T16:01:00.000-08:00

Almost too sad to write about this, but have to honor one of the greatest in some small way.

Don Van Vliet, better know as Captain Beefheart, passed away today at the age of 69.

He was a musical innovator, a hollerer, a trouble-maker, and an artist. Beefheart made some of the most rocking, original, challenging, influential and tender sounds ever heard, not too mention his bizarre but incredible lyrics.

The Captain will be sorely missed and forever remembered.

Article in Washington Post

The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back

http://thepharaohsden.blogspot.com/

Moonlight on Vermont

http://www.beefheart.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Beefheart
http://www.beefheart.com/

The Sea & Cake - So Long to the Captain

French Lessons

2010-12-05T23:27:00.000-08:00

An exploration of modern French psych/rock/folk/pop music and its precedents.

Download French Lessons

RSVP - BBC TV

Alpes 1 - Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes

Sunshine - Kill for Total Peace

Croissance (Demo) - Service

Le Papier Tue-enfant - Jean-Claude Vannier

Flying Over The Black Hills With Crazy Horses - Koudlam

Breakdown Suite - Serge Gainsbourg

Watcher - Syd Matters

Route - Trinité

Psychotic Sunday - One Switch to Collision

32 Mars - Catharsis

Bangkok - Turzi

Harley Davidson - Brigitte Bardot

LSD 33 - Aqua Nebula Oscillator

Radio Drugs / What Should I Lie About? - Chicros

Black Douleur - Sebastien Tellier

La Citrouille - Brigitte Fontaine & Areski

Winterfarmland - My Girlfriend is Better Than Yours

Special thanks to Mathieu, Romain, Arthur, Marc, and the record stores and flea markets of Paris and Bordeaux.

LPCOVERLOVER

2010-12-02T23:47:00.000-08:00

Was just tipped off by the folks at BabyGrrlLabs about a great site with a vast collection of record cover oddities.

Check out more advetures in images for sounds at lpcoverlover.com.

Trinité - 3 is a Magic Number

2010-12-01T23:55:00.000-08:00

Trinité - "Kora"

Browsing the esteemed music blog Whistle Taste a few days ago I came across a link to a Parisian band called Trinité. Having heard of the band while in Paris this fall checking in on the thriving psychedelic music scene*, I was eager to listen to them as well. I caught up with one third of the trio via e-mail to get the lowdown on the formula for their synthetic sound.

"So the short story of Trinité is we each use a different gear:

I {Mathieu of Chicros, Turzi} am all analog: organ fed in a gated Roland.

Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland

Clemens (Turzi, One Switch to Collision) is all modular, a Yamaha Tenori-On driving home-made modules.

(Sol LeWitt • Cube Structures Based on Five Modules • 1971-4 • painted wood)

Pete (Service) is all digital: he uses sounds he synthesises himself with FM synthesis.

FM Synthesis Algorithm

There you have it, the Holy Trinity of Synth."

Go to their site to see videos and download some tracks from a live show while you wait to see if rumors of a 3-LP set to come are true - I sure hope they are.

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*Pan European Recording, Record Makers, and Chicrodelic, are a few of the labels in Paris putting out great records.

Congratulations, Michelle and Eivind!

2010-11-20T06:10:00.000-08:00

In honor of my good friends Eivind and Michelle's wedding today, here's a rad romantic remix of my all-time favorite Disney movie Robin Hood by Jeesh, via Pogo.

I'm lucky to be Toastmaster and DJ this evening, so I'll warm up here by congratulating the lovely bride and handsome groom, and wishing them eternal love and happiness together!

Miss Minor - "Forgiveness" Video

2010-10-28T07:47:00.000-07:00

Check out the new video from Miss Minor for her haunting track "Forgiveness" shot at Chateau Carignan, France in September/October 2010.

Record Makers' 10th Anniversary

2010-10-07T14:12:00.000-07:00

10 years on and this French label - one-time home to Air and with current residents such as Turzi and Sebastien Tellier - is still turning heads. The Tellier video posted on their home page does just that, and there's a rad interactive app for iPhone/Pod available as well, both by Mrzyk + Moriceau

If in Paris this 10/10/10 or 14/10/10, be sure to catch the 10th anniversary shows at Point Ephemere.

Kohinoor Treasures: AfroSynth

2010-08-13T10:14:00.000-07:00

Per recommendation of Lonely Planet, visited Kohinoor record store in Johannesburg yesterday, where vinyl is only sold 10 for R100 (approx $13.70). After finding a Michael Henderson record, The soundtrack to Risky Business, and 2nu's Ponderous, all that was left was to blindly (deaf-ly?) pick the best-looking late-80's/early 90's African records there, plus one Hues Corporation album. Most records were sealed, so at these prices, why not?

Upon returning to our guest house and researching the new unknown gems, I found them all on the Afro-Synth blog, the premier site for South African bubblegum/disco vibes from the 80s & early 90s(!).

Here's a list of my African finds, as yet unheard....

ABAKHOKHELI - Ubhuti ka-Thumbu

FOREVER MASS CHOIR - Yehla Moya!

INYOKA ELUHLAZANA

JOSEPH DEE - Lover's Wedding

MADLALA BROTHERS - Usebuyil' Ududuzile

RONALD CHAUKE and the TSONGA KIDS - Jaha Bomba No.2

And if these gems were't shiny enough, Afro-Synth blesses us with WA'DE!

Swazi-Slowmotion

2010-07-14T13:30:00.000-07:00

Marching Band in Cape Town - 6/18/2010

2010-06-29T15:08:00.000-07:00

Africa, here we come!

2010-06-10T02:43:00.000-07:00

Freddie McGregor (w. the Sound Dimension): Africa Here I Come

The Elcados: Ku Mi Da Hankan

Taffy B. and DJ Slow are bound for South Africa, Lesotho, and Burundi. Stay tuned for sounds and images from the motherland....

In the meantime, I'll direct you to a few incredible blogs on African Music, in no particular order:

voodoofunk.blogspot.com

analogafrica.blogspot.com

likembe.blogspot.com

awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com

Revolution's a Lie

2010-06-06T15:57:00.000-07:00

Revolution's a Lie - Download

her story - flying lizards
rain dance - herbie nacock
barnowl - caribou
cut men - mi ami
turn to red - killing joke
everybody dubbing - treasure isle dub
hormone - growing
impossible guitar - phil manzanera
fantasies - silver apples
revolution's a lie - ariel pink's haunted graffiti

Soothing Sounds for Sabine - Little Miss Echo

2010-06-01T18:10:00.000-07:00

A belated welcome to my now month-old niece Sabine:

In honor of her birth, here is a favorite track by Raymond Scott, a pioneer in ambient and electronic music, from his 1962 3-disc masterpiece Soothing Sounds for Baby:

Little Miss Echo

Despite the title, these songs are not just soothing for babies, but also their tired parents, or any other adults, for that matter. This is among my favorite records of all time, and props goes out to M.C. of Chicros for turning me on to the mellow sounds. More Raymond Scott can be heard on the Planequarium Mix.

And more of Sabine can be seen at Wrath66.com.

Another big Happy Birthday shout-out goes to Sasha, who is 1 year old today!

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*Editor's Note: Photo of sweet lil' Sabine is courtesy of her dad / my bro, Wrath66, a distinguished artist, designer, blogger, and now, father. Of the many wonderful photos of his daughter I've been lucky to see, this one still blows my mind the most!

Miss Minor Debut / Moggs Split 7"

2010-05-27T23:40:00.000-07:00

Miss Minor's solo outing is nothing short of powerful and haunting.

While at Ausgang Audio earlier this year, dj slow was made privy to both the chilling live rehearsals and the impeccably produced master tapes of the record to be, and let me tell you it's unlike anything these ears have heard.

Stay tuned for the album's release, and in the meantime check out the debut song now available for free download.

Miss Minor is 1/2 of Bay Area duo MOGGS, who also have a fresh track available on 7" only from Pandacide Records. They don't disappoint.

A track from MOGGS's first album is featured on the Trouble Maker mix.

Liars live in Seattle 5/1/10

2010-05-08T23:59:00.000-07:00

Liars' new record Sisterworld is as dark, inventive, and compelling as prior releases. The deluxe package features a remix of each track by an impressive list of music luminaries, includes both vinyl and cd copies of the album and remixes, as well as two 12" color photo booklets, not to mention a functioning speakeasy.

Check out a track from the latest record on the Trouble Maker mix, as well as their contributions from Liars to the We Carry On & Beginnings mixes.

Shots below are from their show at Neumos in Seattle. The members of Fol Chen playing on this tour held their own, yet it was quite a let down for both band and audience that the guitarist was out with a hand injury. The Meltdown wishes him a speedy recovery.

Growing live at Northern

2010-05-05T23:50:00.000-07:00

"Challenger" from the new record Pumps!

A track from All The Way is featured in the Silver mix.

Growing w/ Eric Copeland and Gun Outfit in Olympia tonite!

2010-04-23T15:43:00.000-07:00

Playing at The Northern

New record Pumps!

www.growingsound.com

A Growing track is featured in the Silver mix.

Imaad Wasif: Scorpio Rising Tour

2010-04-21T23:11:00.000-07:00

Catch the electrifying live show of Imaad Wasif and his Dancing Princes of Light while on tour with Dead Meadow and others through May.

"Priestess" from The Voidist on Tee Pee Records

Photos taken at the show in Seattle.

'Baby's on Fire' as experimental dance/video art!

2010-04-14T14:20:00.000-07:00

Caribou - "Barnowl"

2010-04-14T09:32:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Fergus for turning me on to Caribou.

Involuntary Post by Tarwater Series - Installment 5b: "self-copulation, record collection" & "Nakeds"

2010-04-02T12:48:00.000-07:00

A follow up to Involuntary Post 5, swiped by AC here.

An apt song is selected by Victoria's Secret in this ad for the "Nakeds" line in the context of "natural penis-enlargement", etc, with regards to the aforementioned Involuntary Post discussing Hidden by These New Puritans:

Trouble Maker

2010-03-07T01:24:00.000-08:00

Download Trouble Maker

radio transmission - (LOS) CHICROS

proud evolution - LIARS

choppers - HOLY FUCK

buenos aires - TURZI

firepoker - TRANS AM

echonoecho version MI AMI

flower lady and her assistant - THE SEEDS

50 seconds - KILL FOR TOTAL PEACE

interglacial marriages - MOGGS

trouble maker - CHRISSY ZEBBY TEMBO & NGOZI FAMILY

carbohydrates hydrocarbons - MICHAEL YONKERS with THE BLIND SHAKE

empire - THE BLACK ANGELS

doppelgänger - THESE NEW PURITANS

Involuntary Post by Tarwater Series - 3rd Installment: "The Rest of Your Day"

2010-02-02T22:29:00.000-08:00

Tarwater comes correct yet again with another Involuntary Post-worthy e-missive. Images added for further insights.

Enjoy:

"Sorry to drop so much music on you at once but, with one exception, all of it was new to me before today and sometimes that's how it goes.

First up: Lucas Santtana is this Brazilian guy from Bahia discovered/mentored (I guess) by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil (he played on Tropicalia 2 in 1994) who thus far has 3 solo albums to his name. The first begins with a short sample of the beginning of the song "Tropicalia" and then swathes it in noise - which is a good shorthand for where he's at: taking the samba and bossa nova beloved by the Tropicalistas and introducing it to trippy modern production techniques/styles/inflections, without insulting either. He does it very, very well.
First record: Eletro Ben Dodo.
Here is the heavy dub follow-up: 3 Sessions in a Greenhouse
Here is the one that came out this year: Sem Nostalgia
All are great.

Next is Next is (sic) Staff Benda Bilili from Kinshasa, who have a backstory that reads like a satire of back-stories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_Benda_Bilili.The album is good and interesting enough though - the homemade one-string lute player is a marvel - to overcome the icky novelty/poverty-fetishizing etc. possibilites of the above.

Third is the new record by this Austrian group Radian - I think some of you might already be familiar with them. They kinda remind me of This Heat.

The last is that opera about Darwin by The Knife."

A/A/A/Addaura live in Olympia tonite @ Hall of the Woods

2009-12-05T10:01:00.000-08:00

www.myspace.com/_hallofthewoods_

www.myspace.com/addaura

www.myspace.com/attheheadofthewoods

Planequarium

2009-12-04T23:44:00.000-08:00

A swim through space / a flight through sea

Download Planequarium

PLANEQUARIUM

Featuring Songs of the Humback Whale (Capitol Records)

red two scorer - ROBERT FRIPP

speaking whale from my sea canoe - BROTHER RAVEN

search for delicious - PANDA BEAR

uranium - KRAFTWERK

ecstasy in slow motion - SPACEMEN 3

deep blue day - BRIAN ENO

dear grandma and grandpa - TORTOISE

sleepy time - RAYMOND SCOTT

part one - PAN AMERICAN

kekse -HARMONIA

a4 - highlander - SPARE DEATH ICON

delta rain dream - JON HASSEL / BRIAN ENO

lyre of david - JONAS REINHARDT

fall - WENDY CARLOS

fotschi tong - CLUSTER

how i spent my vacation - HOME & GARDEN

winter - WENDY CARLOS

coconut - FEVER RAY

drum movie - VALET

tintarella Di.. - LA DUSSELDORF

zind - HELDON

Turzi Interview & Live session on Oui FM

2009-11-30T13:56:00.000-08:00

TURZI SESSION OUI FM

New Album "B" out on Record Makers
myspace.com/turzi

La Banda Borracha

2009-11-10T18:02:00.000-08:00

In honor of my sister's marriage to her man Xavier this Saturday, here's a track that's an old family favorite and represents the kind of atmosphere Dre and Xavi thrive in....

Download Mike Laure - La Banda Borracha

Congrats D & X!

Jonas Reinhardt - live in Olympia 11/5/09

2009-11-07T15:19:00.000-08:00

It's a rare surprise these days - especially in Olympia - to go out to a show knowing little about a band and expecting much less, yet be totally surprised at how damn good they are.

Jonas Reinhardt played The Northern this past Thursday and they came correct. Their sound is both familiar and new. Familiar is the Krautrock influence, but what's new is the serious funk that they brought to it.

Jesse Reiner starts out the set with blistering and bobbing synths, Diego Gonzalez (Citay) and Damon Palermo (Mi Ami) lay down a tight bounce on bass and drums, and Phil Manley's (Trans Am) guitar both rides the rhythm and leads to the outer regions of kosmischen funk.

This line up has a record due out on Kranky early next year, which I can't wait to get my hands on. To appease my ears in the meantime, they were kind enough to give away copies of a solo synth effort that has been on loop since Thursday. I hope they don't mind that I share a track that's a standout in a record of galactic proportions, also available on Kranky.

"Worm Preach the Stuggling Fire" from:

BBC Krautrock Documentary

2009-11-05T13:19:00.000-08:00

Kill For Total Peace - Kill For

2009-11-04T22:18:00.000-08:00

Kill For Total Peace are a band out of Paris. Their new record is out on Pan European Recording. Obvious connections to the sounds of Joy Division, Suicide, and early Pink Floyd are on the surface, but there is much more to this band than simply regurgitating the sonic excursions of their musical forebears. Their debut album is a harsh yet lush psychedelic assault on the senses that you should hear.

It also has killer marker art a la Funkadelic:

Beak>

2009-10-31T00:03:00.000-07:00

New effort from 1/3 of Portishead and 2 other guys - it sounds good.

Listen to the whole record: http://beak.bandcamp.com/

Suara Parahiangan

2009-10-30T23:38:00.000-07:00

A first posting of music encountered in Bali, although it as actually Sundanese music of West Java. This record can be heard in many shops and cd stores, so not particularly obscure. I like it.

Hear More Here

Involuntary Post by Tarwater Series - 2nd Installment: A Hijacker Hijacked

2009-10-27T17:59:00.000-07:00

Just Desserts? I'll let the reader decide. At least I have someone to keep me on my toes. Follow the story at Acknowledged Classic - a freshly acknowledged:
PS: AC, it's on..!

FOURTH CHICRODELIC TRIP : RADIO JESUS

2009-09-21T22:12:00.000-07:00

Click to Listen

Click to Download

00.00 Louvin Brothers : Satan is Real
03.20 Dion : He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
06.22 Paul Mauriat : Jesus Cristo
09.33 Violent Femmes : Faith
13.44 Louis Armstrong : Jonah and the Whale
16.34 The Incredible String Band : A Very Circular Song (edited)
18.46 Curtis Mayfield : Jesus
24.59 Alex Chilton : Jesus Christ
26.59 Johnny Cash : God is Not Dead

Bali Bamboo

2009-09-10T08:33:00.000-07:00

Puri rocks the solo bamboo

Here's a taste of what's to come from Music Meltdown - Balinese and other Indonesian music straight from the source. Stay tuned for more visuals and audios to delight the senses.

And no, we didn't come home with that painting.