Slow Music Meltdown HER 210503 - Moody Synth

Transitioning from a morning to an evening slot on Hollow Earth Radio a while back has been a breath of fresh air for me/my show as I no longer have to manage tracks while simultaneously doing my day job from my home office, so I can really focus on the show and see where the music takes me. I started recording the sets - here’s one from back in May with some synth heroes and local legends. Recommended for a drive or with headphones. Hope you enjoy.

Brain Fruit - 1.7
N Chambers - Myosynchron
Jonathan Fitoussi - Vents Magnetiques
Bitchin Bajas - Rias Baixas
Forma - Physicalist
Kraftwerk - Tanzmusik
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Existence in the Unfurling
Delia Gonzalez & Gavilán Rayna Russom - Relevee
Ricardo Donoso - The North Quadrant (ascension)

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KUOW mentions HER re FCC and LPFM

For those of you who don't know the initials, that is to say that local NPR radio station KUOW covered Hollow Earth Radio and other local radio stations' efforts to obtain a Low Power FM frequency to expand their existing web-streaming programming. More info here.

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Adventures in Dubbing #1 - Aleks Jurczyk

Finally making some time to post about the tapes I won from Adventures in Dubbing in the Scotland via their Facebook page. I received a compelling package of cassettes all nicely packaged and full of disparate sounds to explore. I hope to make the time feature one of the cassettes on the upcoming episodes of Slow Music Meltdown on Hollow Earth Radio starting tomorrow 9/14. Broadcasts are from 12-2pm PST.

First up is Brutal Britain by Aleks Jurczyk. To quote the liner notes:

"The work ‘Brutal Britain’ was originally created as a soundtrack for a series of photographs that formed part of a piece on Brutalist Architecture by textiles designer, Emma Shannon. In keeping with the work it was created as an accompaniment to, the soundtrack was made using a field recording taken from a key example of Brutalist architecture in Glasgow, the Wyndford estate in Maryhill. This recording formed the basis for the soundtrack. It was then woven together with several live synthesised performances to form the completed piece."

It starts with a dark afterburner blast that slowly churns throughout, underneath electronics reminiscent of Wendy Carlos' work and what may be ambient recordings of birds or other wildlife appearing here and there. One embarks on a somewhat harrowing but fascinating journey - you are a bit scared, but don't want to close your eyes.

Debacle Fest May 3-5

DEBACLE FEST 2013

4 incredible shows. 1 amazing weekend.

In partnership with Hollow Earth Radio.

dj slow on hand for MOTOR night on Sunday.

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Vera Project / HER DIY Holiday Fair

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I'll be spinning jams and hosting a table with Flowers of Lesotho. 

Come support local artists and music efforts 12/8/12 from 11-5!

Tarwater Meltdown on HER

The music collector and critic known simply as Tarwater graced the Meltdown headquarters in Seattle, WA for a short but sweet 48 hours while on a west coast visit from his enclave in Brooklyn. As one would expect, if not demand, records were purchased, beers were drunk, and playlists were made.

Herewith I present the podcast for the 7/7/12 Tarwater edition of Slow Music Meltdown on Hollow Earth Radio. Tracks selected by Tarwater and curated by dj slow.

Tarwater?

Endless Happiness (Eye Remix) 7:43 Black Dice

Great Day 2:54 Madvillain

Icarus 2:56 Action

Danse Des Mouches Noires Gardes Du Roi 3:20 Jean Claude Vannier

New Clothes for the New World 2:01 Disco Inferno

Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse 5:47 Amon Düül II

Eisbär 4:13 Grauzone

brotherman 4:36 The Final Solution

Breath Of Life 6:47 The Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble

Doin' The Best That I Can (Walter Gibbons 12" Mix) 11:02 Bettye LaVette  

If You Want Me You Can Find Me 2:41 Lawson & Four More

Black Satin 5:20 Miles Davis

It's My Thing (Pt. 1) 2:53 Marva Whitney

Noude Ma Gnin Tche De Me 5:14 Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou

Tessassategn eko 4:06 Bahta Gebre-Heywet

Kunta Kinte Version One 4:25 The Revolutionaries 

Dream Baby Dream 3:57 Black Tambourine

WIXIW 6:13 Liars WIXIW

Baby 4:11 Donnie & Joe Emerson

Like A Ship 4:39 Pastor T.L. Barrett

Come Clean 4:57 Jeru The Damaja

Home 3:18 Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie XX

Lezelalem nuri 2:30 Lemma Demissew

FFunny FFrends 4:17 Unknown Mortal Orchestra

She Is Beyond Good and Evil 3:23 The Pop Group

Last Train To Satansville 6:45 Swervedriver

Guinea Syliphone Meltdown on HER 4/28/12

Podcast for the Syliphone Meltdown on Hollow Earth Radio last Saturday available here.

Sweet mix of Syliphone tracks at Voodoo Funk.

More music of Guinea to be discovered at Global Groove & Dusty Psychic Hut.

HER 4/14 - African Meltdown

Click here for the podcast of African jams from today's broadcast on HER. 

If you enjoyed the broadcast, you might also like Afrimix. 

3/31 HER Podcast

3/31 Podcast on Hollow Earth Radio now available.

Raios

 Tzars

Wizards

 

Demons

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Shocks of Mighty - Meltdown on HER

DJ Slow on Hollow Earth Radio today from 12-2pm PST.

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Meltdown on HER 3/10/12

Tune in to HER tomorrow for some deep country blues and a few contemporary folk numbers on Slow Music Meltdown from 12-2 pm PST.

by R. Crumb

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Coincidentally, while I was putting together the blues playlist for the show my wife came across this video of Obama singin' the blues:

Magma Fest!

Hollow Earth Radio's annual Magma Fest starts tonight!

The Meltdown on Hollow Earth Radio starting 3/3

Maisie Jo rockin to Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

Please tune in to Hollow Earth Radio tomorrow for the first airing of my new weekly show Saturdays from 12-2pm PST. Originally scheduled to air on 2/18, this turned out to be the birthday of my daughter Maise Josephine, and the first Meltdown on HER playlist was selected with her in mind. 

HER Broadcast in honor of Maisie Josephine

Maisie Josephine - born 2/18/12

As fate would have it, my little girl decided to make her debut on the same day my first broadcast - selected in her honor - was to air on Hollow Earth Radio. Needless to say I was a bit preoccupied when the show aired so I missed it. No worries if you did too, as I made a playlist you can download below. I hope you enjoy, and please be sure to tune in to HER every Saturday from 12-2pm PST for Slow Music Meltdown.

Download Maisie Josephine's Mellow Cosmic Welcome Mix*

Heartbeat - DJMJ
Baby Where You Are - Ted Lucas
77777 - Boredoms

Zum Wohl - Cluster

Beach House - Secret Colors

Take Care - Beach House

Gullfjellet - Bjørn Torske

The Happy Whistler - Raymond Scott

Wind on Water - Fripp & Eno

Evening Star - Fripp & Eno

420 Millionaires - Free Time

Fly Like a Horse - Sylvain Chauveau

Icke's Struggle - Blanck Mass

Happy Astronaut - Brother Raven

Kekse - Harmonia

Riversong - Tonto's Expanding Head Band

Sea Bed Meditation - Jürgen Müller

Goes By - Emeralds

Besoin de Mer - Trinité

Purus River - Uakti

Letzte Tage - Letzte Nachte -Popol Vuh

*For optimum listening pleasure, check Crossfade Songs and set to 12 seconds in iTunes preferences or your preferred music application.

Slow Music Meltdown on Hollow Earth Radio

Starting this weekend tune in from 12-2pm Pacific time every Saturday for Slow Music Meltdown on Hollow Earth Radio!

This weekend's show is dedicated to the baby my wife and I are expecting any minute. Tender songs of love and affection, with a healthy sampling of cosmic lullaby tracks to sooth the infant in all of us....

*A note to listeners: For the meantime my show is pre-programmed using a service called Airtime and is not actually live, so unfortunately I can't take any calls or requests during the show. If you have any thoughts or requests for the weeks to come, feel free to let me know....

WXBC - Bard Radio

 

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.)