Monthly Archives: February 2011

luv064

The Blue Dance

this chaotic crash up is a swampy blend of dub, industrial noise, anger and echo. chant down Babylon. peace to all disquieted by turmoil and dispute.
Tracklist:
  1. Dust of Seqqara – Muslimgauze – BSI Records (1999)
  2. Five Nights Of Bleeding – Linton Kwesi Johnson – Rough Trade (1985) > buy link
  3. Eight-Nine-Zero-Zero (Beat Mix) – Dual Tone – DC Recordings (1995) (x2) > buy link
  4. Murderah – Deleta ft. Bounty Killer & Elephant Man – Sub-Carnage Recordings (2008)
  5. Boom Version – Razor X Productions – Rephlex (2006)
  6. I Hold The Mic! – Meat Beat Manifesto ft. Daddy Sandy – Planet Mu (2008) > buy link
  7. Movements – Elektro Robotic Dub Orkestra – Ariwa (1984)
  8. Jerusalem – Mark Stewart & The Mafia – Soul Jazz (1981/2005) > buy link
  9. Fear – Appleblim – Skull Disco (2006) > buy link
  10. Concentrated Poverty – Scientist – Aunty Mirry Music (1999) (defective record that plays backwards, yay!)
  11. Outside The Circles Of Time – Tactile vs. Scorn – Rawkus (1997)
  12. Spacehall – Twilight Circus Dub Sound System – M Records (2001) > buy link
  13. Plainsong – Seefeel – Astralwerks (1994) > buy link
  14. Freak Freak – The Bug – Ninja Tune (2008) > buy link
  15. Asp – Depth Charge – DC Recordings (1995) > buy link
  16. Tsok Choe #2 – Nunnery Prayer Room, Tibet – Soul Jazz (1997)
  17. bells from the Church of The Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem – Soul Jazz (1997)
  18. Fir Bolg – Extramadura – Universal Egg (1995)
  19. E.MOTIV – Pinch – Planet Mu (2008) > buy link
  20. Version – Noel Davy – Pressure Sounds (2001)

luv088

A Streetcar Named PCC 4001

the flanged metal rings of the wheels on an old streetcar are as much an influence on electro as sci-fi, the 8o8 cowbell, Kraftwerk, vocoders, skittering hi hats , booming bass and Bambaattaa. the clattering of the tracks are hypnotic rhythms for the weary returning home, a prototype for mechanized urban tribal soul.
Tracklist:
  1. Toronto Streetcar P.C.C. 4001 making it’s way through the carhouse ladder track starting it’s daily run September, 1962 – HRN Productions (????)
  2. Fuqpulga – Takeshi Muto – Schematics (1999) > buy link
  3. Stokers Motor (Version) – 7-Hurtz – Output (2000) > buy link
  4. Trash Scape (Anthony Rother remix) – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2003) > buy link
  5. Acrobat – Voice Stealer – Subvert (1998)
  6. Biting The Dragon’s Tail – The Octagon Man – Electron Industries (1995)
  7. Base – The Wee Djs – Touchin’ Bass (2006) > buy link
  8. Subsonic Sound Scape – Shiver – Shiver Records (1994)
  9. Nine – RAC – Warp (1995) > buy link
  10. Attack Formation – Sprawl – Plasmek (1999)
  11. Theme From PACK – I-f – Disko B / Viewlexx (1999) > buy link
  12. Never Fall Again (Subfunk Remix) – Transparent Sound – Electrix Records (2001)
  13. Another Place – Si Begg – Drought Records (1997)
  14. Pepper Spray (Capsicum Edit) – Cylob – Monkeytown Records (2011) > buy link
  15. Muspel – Bitstream – Touchin’ Bass (2008) > buy link
  16. Surface Terrestrial Colonization – Drexciya – Tresor (1999) > buy link
  17. The Freezing – Lowfish – Satamile Records (2007) > buy link
  18. OFI – Model 500 – R&S Records (2010) > buy link
  19. Electric 4 Bird – 2 Lone Swordsmen – Warp (1998) > buy link
  20. +NXTLVLNXTLVL – Jimmy Edgar – Nonplus Records (2010) > buy link

luv083

Can’t Nothing Be Love But Love

at least 50% of all recorded music is about “love”, so when asked to make a mix on this theme i was truly daunted. here’s my attempt to tell a story about “love” with words and music. I hope you love it.

image : photo by Stephen Lebovits, manipulated by luv

* originally commissioned by Oliver Blank for his Kiosk show on Bassoradio in Helsinki, Finland.

Tracklist:
  1. excerpt from Walt Disney’s Story of Bambi – Disneyland Records (1969)
  2. The Love Bug – The Little Rascals – Mark 56 Records (1974)
  3. The Color Of The Fire – Boards of Canada – Warp/Skam (1998) > buy link
  4. Moments In Love (beaten) – The Art of Noise – ZZT Records (1985) > buy link
  5. A Love Supreme Part I – Acknowledgement – John Coltrane – Impulse! (1964) > buy link
  6. excerpt from Love – Maharishi Maheshi Yogi – World Pacific Records (1967)
  7. Love Is Love – Alemayno Eshintay – Mississippi Records (2006)
  8. excerpts from “As the twig is bent…” – Fr. Gene Jakubek, S.J. – Jesuit Seminary Guild (????)
  9. Happier Than The Morning Sun – Stevie Wonder – Tamla (1972) > buy link
  10. I Love You – Peter E. Tevis & Kelly Jean Peters – PET Records (1984)
  11. excerpts from Do You Love Me? – Archie & Edith Bunker – Atlantic (1971)
  12. I Love You – Dennis Wilson – Caribou / Sundazed (1978/2008) > buy link
  13. excerpt from Airplane! – Ted Striker & Elaine Dickinson – Regency Records (1980)
  14. Lovesick Blues – Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys – MGM / Polygram (1948/1985) > buy link
  15. Lonesome Tears – Beck – Geffen (2002) > buy link
  16. Theme Amour Universal – Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Pathe Marconi / Universal Sound (1970/2000)
  17. excerpt from Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Tom Clay – Tamla Motown (1971)
  18. Love – John Lennon – Apple / Capitol (1970) > buy link
  19. Martha – Tom Waits – Asylum Records (1973) > buy link
  20. Let’s Do It Again – The Staple Singers & Curtis Mayfield – Curtom Records (1975) > buy link
  21. Love and Affection – The Wailing Wailers – Studio One (1965) > buy link
  22. Love Can Be Anything (Can’t Nothing Be Love But Love) – The Temptations – Tamla Motown (1971) > buy link

luv002b

Light Up

this exploration of millennial hip hop concludes by dragging us out of the dark and into the light, showing us the only way to find satisfaction is by doing it yourself. these last two mixes are a snapshot of where independent hip hop was at 10 years ago… i wonder where it will be 10 years from now?

photo : dadrafdaja

* the lighter side of a two part mix originally aired on Brave New Waves, CBC Radio, 2/21/02.

Tracklist:
  1. Stop (And Listen) – Jel – Mush Records – (2000)
  2. You Don’t Understand – Runaways UK feat. J-Zone – Three*Sixty Records (2000) > buy link
  3. Crunch Time – Droop Capone – PUTS Records (1998)
  4. Sparkdala – DJ Design feat. Madlib & Quasimoto – Stones Throw (2001)
  5. Til The Sun’s In Your Eye – DJ Vadim feat. Motion Man & Blu Rum 13 – Ninja Tune (2002) > buy link
  6. Twelve – Nautilus feat. Arcee – Innera Music (2001)
  7. Head Exercise Remix Movement 2 – Lifesavas – Quannum Projects (2001)
  8. Atomic Zen – Styles Of Beyond – Rocketship Records (1999)
  9. Culture – Micranots – Subverse Music (2000)
  10. Paste – Sonic Sum – Ozone Music (2000)
  11. As It Goes – Phil Crumar – Asphodel (2000)