Monthly Archives: April 2012

luv130

Echo Complex

you are about to enter the cavernous Echo Complex. a place where the heaviest dub sounds from the 80’s and 90’s have been bouncing around for decades. come prepared, smoke ’em if you got ’em.
image : jah luv
Tracklist:
  1. Live Up Dub – Mixman ft. Horace Andy – Blakamix International (1995)
  2. Fast Forward (dub) – Ranking Joe – Ariwa Sounds (1996)
  3. Kulturforum Dub – Hi-Tech Roots Dynamics – Channel One (1996)
  4. Man (Man You’ve Lost) Version – Robbie and Sly and the Rapture Force – Shade (????)
  5. Dr. Who? – Doctor Pablo & The Dub Syndicate – On-U Sound (1984) > buy link
  6. Mr. Dubfire – Mad Professor & Lee Perry – Ariwa Sounds (1996) > buy link
  7. Black Star – Zion Train ft. Devon ‘Mellow’ Russell – Universal Egg (1993)
  8. Crank Angle Part 2 – King Asha – Firehouse / Pressure Sounds (1986/2001)
  9. Dread v2 & v3 – Revolutionary Dub Warriors – On-U Sound (1994)
  10. JU-87 – Primal Scream / Adrian Sherwood – Creation Records (1997)
  11. Edison Dub – Tassilli Players – Universal Egg (1995)
  12. Dub Signs – Iries In Roots meets Alpha & Omega – Buback (1994) > buy link
  13. Cool Dude – Mad Professor – Ariwa Sounds (1998) > buy link
  14. Auditory Nerve Dub Part 2 – Audio Active – On-U Sound (1994) > buy link
  15. Listen… or ya Dead – Unitone HiFi – Incoming! (1996)
  16. World a Dub on Ya – Mixman – Blakamix International (1994)
  17. Pastor Dub – The Taxi Gang – Island (1985/1986)
  18. Heavy Automatik – Elektro Robotik Dub Orkestra – Ariwa Sounds (1984) > buy link
  19. Roots Commandment (remix) – Dub Syndicate – On-U Sound (1995)
  20. Jah Disciple Version – Computer Paul – Jah Life (????)
  21. No Genetics Dub – Scientist – Black Solidarity (1999)
  22. Run The World Instrumental – Shaw Banton & Blacka Melody – Techniques (1990)

luv010

Intrepid

this is an electro mix that got trapped inside an Atari 2600 like a genie in a bottle. hidden away for decades it mutated. soon after the turn of the millennium it was released and continued to set it off.
image : from the Atari 2600 Asteroids video game cartridge
Tracklist:
  1. Set It Off – Strafe – Jus Born Records (1984) > buy link
  2. Therapy – Cause 4 Concern- Idioma (2001)
  3. Horse With No Name – Black Lodge – Mo Wax (2001)
  4. White Horse – Laid Back – Sire (1983) > buy link
  5. Yeah You (Robert’s Dub 2) – The Step – Warp (1991)
  6. World In My Eyes (Dub In My Eyes) – Depeche Mode – Mute (1990) > buy link
  7. DiddyMouseDid – Plaid – Warp (2002) > buy link
  8. Beacon – Pilote – Certificate 18 (2001)
  9. Air Doom – Manitoba – Leaf (2003) > buy link
  10. excerpt from Asteroids – John Braden – Kid Stuff (1982)
  11. Don’t You Stop (Toy Chop Mix) – Solvent vs. Adult – Ersatz Audio (2002)
  12. v-ger – il.ek.tro – Klang Elektronik (1998) > buy link
  13. The Goblin – Depth Charge – DC Recordings (2000) > buy link
  14. Koax (Ellen Allien RMX) – Apparat – Bpitch Control (2003) > buy link
  15. Electric Kingdom (instrumental – dub version) – Twilight 22 – Vanguard (1983)
  16. My Time Is Running Out – The Juan Maclean – DFA (2002) > buy link
  17. Tour De France (remix) – Kraftwerk – Warner Bros. (1983)
  18. excerpt from Asteroids – John Braden – Kid Stuff (1982)

luv129

Days Like This

some days are meant for sweet soul music.
photo : Harlem Fashion Show 1963
Tracklist:
  1. He’s Sure The Boy I Love – The Crystals – Philles Records / Phil Spector International (1962/1977) > buy link
  2. What’s Wrong With Me Baby – The Toys – Dynovoice Records (1966) > buy link
  3. Sorry Is A Sorry Word – The Tempations – Tamla Motown (1967) > buy link
  4. Whispers (Gettin’ Louder) – Jackie Wilson – Brunswick Records / Epic (1966/1983) > buy link
  5. And Get Away – The Esquires – Bunky Records (1967) > buy link
  6. But It’s Alright – J.J. Jackson – Allied (1969) > buy link
  7. Get Ready – Diana Ross and the Supremes – Tamla Motown (1966) > (searching for buy link)
  8. Mercy, Mercy – Don Covay – Atlantic (1964) > buy link
  9. You’ll Lose A Good Thing – Dee Dee Sharp – Cameo (1962) > buy link
  10. I’ve Been Good To You – The Miracles – Tamla (1963) > buy link
  11. You’ve Got The Power – James Brown and Bea Ford with the Famous Flames – King Records / Polydor (1960/2003) > buy link
  12. Don’t Play That Song – Ben E. King – Atco (1962/1969) > buy link
  13. A Hundred Pounds Of Clay – Gene McDaniels – Liberty Records / United Artists (1961/1975) > buy link
  14. The Late Late Show – Mary Wells and Marvin Gaye – Tamla (1964) > (searching for buy link)
  15. Hitting On Nothing – Irma Thomas – Change Records/Mississippi Records (1963/2008) > buy link
  16. Mama Said – The Shirelles – Scepter Records (1961) > buy link
  17. You Must Believe Me – The Impressions – ABC-Paramount / MCA (1965/1982) > buy link
  18. You’re Pouring Water On A Drowning Man – Percy Sledge – Atlantic (1966) > buy link
  19. A Change Is Gonna Come – Otis Redding – Volt / Atco (1965/1972) > buy link

luv128

Way Past Bedtime

why stop now, you’ve been up for daze. this should keep you going and fit your head space. sun’s up with long shadows; it’s way past bedtime.
Tracklist:
  1. All Your Love – Hudson Mohawke – Warp (2011) > buy link
  2. Mass Appeal – Raffertie – Ninja Tune (2012) > buy link
  3. Lazarus – Pinch – Tectonic (2007) > buy link
  4. Africastle (Kode9 Remix) – Battles – Warp (2012) > buy link
  5. Autonomia (Pinch’s Dub Version) – Mark Stewart / Primal Scream – Future Noise Music (2012) > buy link
  6. Breezin – Sepalcure – Hotflush Recordings (2011) > buy link
  7. Bastard Spirit – Shackleton – Woe To The Septic Heart (2010) > buy link
  8. CMYK – James Blake – R&S Records (2010) > buy link
  9. So Cruel – Bass Clef – Punch Drunk (2011) > buy link
  10. Surge (16Bit Mix) – Amon Tobin – Ninja Tune (2011) > buy link
  11. Quiet Riot – Likhan’ – 7even Recordings (2009) > buy link
  12. Snarled – Skream – Tempa (2011) > buy link
  13. Dirty Dutch – Funkystepz – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  14. rrrr – Peverelist & Hyetal – Punch Drunk (2010) > buy link

luv125

SYNTAX ERA

in celebration of a new weekly party called SYNTAX ERA here is a collection of music for those who appreciate the finer side of what the 1980s had to offer musically. enough remixes, b-sides, dubs, extended club mixes and long lost album cuts (with just a sprinkling of hits) to fill up a 90 minute cassette. clean your heads and get ready for the SYNTAX ERA.
image : sweet daddy luv
Tracklist:
  1. Destination Unknown – Missing Persons – Capitol (1982) > buy link
  2. Arms Race – The Attractions – F-Beat Records / Attic (1980)
  3. Let’s Go Swimming (Gulf Stream Dub) – Arthur Russell – Logarhythm / Soul Jazz (1986/2004) > buy link
  4. Push – Liquid Liquid – 99 Records (1981) > buy link
  5. Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag – Pigbag – Stiff (1981) > buy link
  6. U.F.O. – ESG – 99 Records (1981) > buy link
  7. Gone Daddy Gone – Violent Femmes – Slash Records (1982) > buy link
  8. Clap Hands – Tom Waits – Island (1985) > buy link
  9. Lions – Tones On Tail – Beggars Banquet / Vertigo (1984) > buy link
  10. Home Is Where The Heart Is – Public Image Ltd. – Virgin Records (1981)
  11. Grand Pappy Du Plenty – The Red Hot Chili Peppers – Manhattan / EMI (1984) > buy link
  12. Bloody Dub – Stiff Little Fingers – Chrysalis / Select Cuts (1980/2003) > buy link
  13. Sample And Hold – Neil Young – Geffen (1982)
  14. Stop/Start (extended version) – The Assembly – Sire (1984)
  15. Let’s Just Close Our Eyes – Eurythmics – RCA (1982)
  16. Love Action (I Believe In Love) – The Human League – Virgin (1981)
  17. Rain Keeps Falling – Brenda and The Beach Balls – Probe Plus (1986) > buy link
  18. Underground (Dub) – David Bowie – EMI America (1986) > buy link
  19. Obsession (Dance Remix) – Animotion – Mercury (1985) > buy link
  20. Tarzan Boy (extended dub version) – Baltimora – Manhattan (1985)
  21. Looking From A Hilltop – Section 25 – Factory (1984) > buy link
  22. Glimmer – John Foxx – Metal Beat (1981) > buy link
  23. Life In A Northern Town – The Dream Academy – Warner Bros. (1985) > buy link