Monthly Archives: August 2014

luv049

Echo and Decay

bass, beats, echo and decay; an old skool dubstep mixtape from well before it was “dead”.
photo : the radio anechoic chamber at the Technical University of Denmark taken by Alastair Philip Wiper
Tracklist
  1. Size 3 (Skream Remix) – Marc Ashken – Leftroom (2007)
  2. Magnetic City – Kode9 – Soul Jazz (2007) > buy link
  3. Back To Chill – Goth-Trad – Skud (2007) > buy link
  4. Lighthouse Dub – Monkeysteak – Punch Drunk (2006) > buy link
  5. One Life – Toasty – Clandestine Cultivations (2006) > buy link
  6. Military – Benga & Walsh – Hotflush Recordings (2006)
  7. Flags – Goth-Trad – Deep Medi Musik (2007)
  8. Nomad (RMX) – Distance – Abucs (2007)
  9. M/a…ximum Reespeck – Darqwan – Planet Mu (2007) > buy link
  10. Walkin’ With Jah – Digital Mystiks – Soul Jazz (2006)
  11. Fat Larry’s Skank (Kode9 Remix) – Kode9, Benny Ill & The Culprit – Tempa (2006) > buy link
  12. Tribute – Juju – Narco Hz (2006)
  13. Monsters – Emalkay – Boka Juniors (2007) > buy link
  14. Tusk Hunter – Neil Landstrumm – Planet Mu (2007) > buy link
  15. Harpoon – Scuba – Scuba (2006) > buy link
  16. Break Out – Slaughter Mob – Urban Grafitti (2006) > buy link
  17. Tomb – Gatekeeper – Skull Disco (2006) > buy link
  18. Blood Line – iTAL tEK – Planet Mu (2007) > buy link

luv234

this isn’t any life
it’s just a stupid lifestyle

this is a sample of the punk rock / new wave / no wave / punk funk / rock ‘n’ roll sound that was created in the Pertri dish that was New York City over a period of 8 hot summers (1976-1983).
photo : Ronny Woke
Ramones R.I.P.
Tracklist
  1. Optimo – Liquid Liquid – 99 Records / Mo Wax (1983/1997) > buy link
  2. My Love For You – ESG – 99 Records (1983) > buy link
  3. Button Up – The Bloods – 021 Records / Exit International Records / Soul Jazz (1981/2003)
  4. The Attack Of The Giant Ants – Blondie – Private Stock Records (1976) > buy link
  5. Warning Sign – Talking Heads – Sire (1978) > buy link
  6. Marquee Moon – Television – Elektra (1977) > buy link
  7. She Creatures – impLOG – Log Records / Soul Jazz (1980/2006) > buy link
  8. Rituals – Bush Tetras – Fetish Records / Stiff Recoprds / ROIR (1981/2003) > buy link
  9. Human Fly – The Cramps – Illegal Records (1979) > buy link
  10. Hey Little Girl (live from C.B.G.B.’s) – Dead Boys – Sire (1977) > buy link
  11. I Can’t Give You Anything – Ramones – Sire (1977) > buy link
  12. Slow Murder – Material – Celluloid (1980) > buy link
  13. This Song – Polyrock – RCA (1980)
  14. Throw Me Away – The Contortions – ZE Records (1979) > buy link
  15. #3 (In The Corn Belt) – Dinosaur L – Sleeping Bag Records / Traffic Entertainment Group (1981/2012)
  16. I Dreamed I Dream – Sonic Youth – Neutral Records / Goofin’ Records (1982/2006) > buy link
  17. Cheree (Original) – Suicide – Red Star Records (1977/1999) > buy link

luv233

Arranged Arrangements

this mixtape is an arrangement of arrangements dedicated to the arrangers. the ones who’s job it is to take a composition and make it the best it can be.
Tracklist
  1. The Magnificent Seven – John Barry Seven – Columbia / EMI (1961/1979) > buy link
  2. Kelly’s Heroes – Lalo Schifrin – MGM Records (1970)
  3. March With Hope – Hugo Montenegro and his Orchestra – RCA Victor (1968) > buy link
  4. Hot Gold (from After The Fox) – Burt Bacharach – United Artists Records (1966) > buy link
  5. Out On The Rolling Sea When Jesus Speak To Me – Van Dyke Parks – Warner Bros. / Bananastan (1970/2011)
  6. Holy Thursday – David Axelrod – Capitol (1968) > buy link
  7. Tiger In The Night – Mandingo – Studio 2 Stereo (1973)
  8. Kriminal Theme – Les Maledictus Sound – Canusa / Dagored (1968/2000) > buy link
  9. Seven Keys For Seven Doors – Brother Jack McDuff – Blue Note (1970)
  10. Blue Jungle – Les Baxter – Capitol / So Far Out (1959/2013) > buy link
  11. Slalom (Original Single Edit) (from Slalom) – Ennio Morricone – Dagored (1965/2000) > buy link
  12. The Enchanted Sea – Martin Denny – Liberty Records (1959/1961) > buy link
  13. Bilbao Song – The Gil Evans Orchestra – Impulse! / DOXY (1961/2013) > buy link
  14. The Seventh Seal – Scott Walker – Philips (1969) > buy link
  15. Lawman – Al Caiola – Sunset Records (1961)
  16. Finale (from The Magnificent Seven) – Elmer Bernstein – Sunset Records (1966) > buy link

luv232

Minimal Entry

this summer has seen many journeys into the center of abstract minimal house and techno; here is an excerpt from the audio journal i have been keeping.
image : derelict sideways escalators
Tracklist
  1. The Absent – Horror Inc. – Perlon (2013)
  2. Deeper – Herbert – Phono (1996) > buy link
  3. Chase Chase Chase – LoSoul 3000 – Playhouse (1996)
  4. Bondhi – Matias Aguayo – Soul Jazz (2009) > buy link
  5. Got To Be (Herbert Remix) – Vincenzo vs. Duffer Swift – Raw Elements (1996)
  6. Going Down – Herbert – Soundlike (2000)
  7. Mist – Clone – Nurture (1997)
  8. Elements – Psyche – Planet E (1989/1996) > buy link
  9. untitled track 2, side A – Care Company – Sense Music (1998)
  10. Tanning Booths – False – Minus (2005) > buy link
  11. Zuipox – Ricardo Villalobos – Perlon (2012)
  12. Blue Pole Dancer – Lino Squares – Humboldt County / Kingsize Records (1997)
  13. White Rhino – Layo & Bushwacka! – Plus 8 (2010) > buy link
  14. Supratahiti – Pantytec – Perlon (2002)
  15. Lion Dub – Berlin Dub Sessions – Future Dub (2003)
  16. Jet – Ellen Allien & Apparat – Bpitch Control (2006) > buy link

luv231

I Used To Run Hip Hop In This Town

back in the day i rocked up mixtapes, popped them in the tape deck and cruised around imaginary cities feeling the flows seep into my soul.
image : Shane Watt & Bulk from the original Billboards exhibit
Tracklist
  1. excerpt from a radio ad for The Mack – XXX Black Label (1973/2003)
  2. The Man : The Icon – Big Daddy Kane & The Alchemist – Artists Living Comfortably (2001) > buy link
  3. Right On – Dilated Peoples ft. Tha Alkaholiks – ABB Records (2000) > buy link
  4. Fame – GZA/Genius – MCA (2002) > buy link
  5. As Serious As Your Life (Jay Dee remix ft. Guilty Simpson) – Four Tet – Domino (2003)
  6. Follow The Leader – Xrabit + DMG$ – Big Dada (2009) > buy link
  7. The Dark Side Of The Sun – Modeselektor ft. Puppetmastaz – Bpitch Control (2007) > buy link
  8. 1 Nation – dead prez & Outlawz – Affluent Records (2006)
  9. Player’s Ball – Outkast – LaFace Records (1994) > buy link
  10. Lookin’ Over A City – Latyrx ft. El-P of Company Flow – Quannum Projects (1999) > buy link
  11. Downtown Maze (Remix) – Sonic Sum – Ozone Music (1999)
  12. Cab Fare – Souls Of Mischief – Archives Inc. (2001)
  13. excerpt from a radio ad for Uptown Saturday Night – XXX Black Label (1974/2003)
  14. Superstar Is In Ya Town – Superstar Quamallah – ABB Records (1999) > buy link
  15. E=mc2 – Evidence & Mr. Eon – Eastern Conference Records (2001)
  16. Ghetto Village – Warren G – Universal Records (2002) > buy link
  17. 7XL – Sir Menelik ft. Grand Puba & Sadat X – Rawkus (1999)
  18. Pigeon – Cannibal Ox – Def Jux (2001) > buy link
  19. excerpt from a radio ad for Wattstax – XXX Black Label (1973/2003)
  20. Banished (Beck Remix) – JJ DOOM – Lex Records (2014) > buy link