Monthly Archives: November 2019

luv374

ambient revolution, krautrock, weird
luv374 Virgin Ambient Flyer

Virgin Ambient Flyer

i have always had the sneaking suspicion that Richard Branson co-founded Virgin Records in 1972 to better soundtrack his future hot air balloon adventures. as you may recall, in 1987 he became one of the first people to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a hot air balloon, crash landing in the water off the coast of Northern Ireland. at the time their balloon, the “Virgin Atlantic Flyer” was the largest in the world; so naturally it sunk.

recently i met a longtime employee for the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, England, where the “Virgin Atlantic Flyer” now resides. he was part of the team that salvaged and cleaned out the craft after the emergency landing and he confirms that there was a good sound system and a box of reel-to-reel tapes stowed on board. of course they were all destroyed but he recalls one of the reels being clearly labeled “Avant Garde Virgin Cuts”. this mix is what i imagine was on that tape Sir Branson listened to while he floated among the clouds.

image : a Thunder & Colt decal on the outside of the Virgin Atlantic Flyer.

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Tracklist:
  1. Romance – Peter Baumann – Virgin (1976)
  2. excerpt from Percolations : Part One – Gong – Virgin (1976)
  3. Garden Of Paradise – Steve Hillage – Virgin (1979)
  4. The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine – Gong – Virgin (1973)
  5. Träum Mal Wieder – Holger Czukay – Virgin (1984)
  6. The Blue Blue Third – Rip Rig + Panic – Uh Huh Prods / Virgin (1981)
  7. Glass C/W Steel – Fred Frith – Caroline / Virgin (1974)
  8. Circulation Of Events – Tangerine Dream – Ohr / Virgin (1973/1976)
  9. Glimmer – John Foxx – Metal Beat / Virgin (1980/1981)
  10. Tropic Of Capricorn – Edgar Froese – Virgin (1978)
  11. Toyota City – The Human League – Virgin (1980)
  12. Linguaphonie – Henry Cow – Virgin / Red Records (1974/1979)
  13. Krautrock – Faust – Virgin (1973)
  14. Caucasian Lullaby – Slap Happy / Henry Cow – Virgin (1975)
  15. Gegenstand – John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman – Virgin (1977)
  16. Étoile Polaire (North Star) – Philip Glass – Virgin (1977)

luv373

electronic listening music, trip hop
luv373 luvsiq

luvsiq

a mixtape of downtempo bleeps and beats for when you have a broken art.
image : Quivls Paradigm

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Tracklist:
  1. Laundry – edIT – Planet Mu (2004)
  2. No Idol – DJ Haram – Hyperdub (2019)
  3. Sisters (OG Drum Version) – Odd Nosdam – Leaving Records (2016)
  4. Nowt Tu Doo Wi Me – J.P Buckle – Rephlex (1998)
  5. Hopper – The Fear Ratio – Skam (2015)
  6. Not Modular (The Bug Straight Mix) – Mr. Mitch – Pressure (2019)
  7. Strange Man – Alexanders Dark Band – DC Recordings (2000)
  8. Ceelink – Ceephax – Lo Recordings (2000)
  9. Low Par – Cabbage Boy – Ntone (1997)
  10. Greatest Silence – Lorn – Brainfeeder (2010)
  11. Katt Witt 700 Watts – Eero Johannes – Planet Mu (2008)
  12. VAX – Mouse On Mars – Monkeytown Records (2012)
  13. Butch (Tipper Remix) – Slag Boom Van Loon – Planet Mu (2001)
  14. diskhat1 – Aphex Twin – Warp (2015)
  15. Meds Fade – Plaid – Warp (2019)
  16. Turn It All Down – Bibio – Warp (2017)
  17. Säule Acid – Konx-Om-Pax ft. Silvia Kastel – Planet Mu (2019)
  18. Dig Up Stupid – Kelpe – DC Recordings (2009)
  19. L Tronic – Luke Vibert – Planet Mu (2015)
  20. Calculatrix – Mr. Oizo – Ed Banger Records / Because Music (2012)
  21. Brandished – Wertheimer – Lex Records (2014)
  22. Church – Kettel – Sending Orbs / Lapsus Records (2008/2018)
  23. Landor 50X2 – Bola – Skam (2017)