Category Archives: electronic listening music

luv029

Free To Wander

electronic jazz freed from the confines of time and place, let loose to roam the soundscape however it chooses, ebbing and flowing like an irregular tide that barely contains this ocean of sound.
photo : Patches Caruso
Tracklist:
  1. Input – Isotope 217 – Thrill Jockey (2000)
  2. Curve 1 – Squarepusher – Warp (1998)
  3. My Brother the Wind – Sun Ra and his Astro-Solar Infinity Arkestra – Saturn (1970)
  4. The Hully Gully – Fog – Lex (2005)
  5. Neon – Rhys Chatham & Martin Wheeler – Ntone (1996)
  6. Capsule – William S. Fischer – Embryo (1970)
  7. Last Message To Mankind – Cabbage Boy – Noodles (2004)
  8. Milk Rock – Organisation – RCA / Victor (1970)
  9. Sam and Milli Dine Out – Mike Ladd – Thirsty Ear (2005)
  10. Quasar – Herbie Hancock – Warner Bros. (1972)
  11. Vibes From the Tribe (remixed by Micha Acher) – Phil Ranelin – Hefty (2001)
  12. Rolls and Waves of Ignorance – Savath + Savalas – Hefty (2002)
  13. Space 2 – David Durrah – Soul Jazz (1975/1995)
  14. Night and Day – Raymond Scott – Basta (1968/2001)

luv095

Electronic Listening Music

a homage encompassing tracks from the Artificial Intelligence series that Warp Records released from 1992 to 1994; changing the future of music.
image from front cover of the first Artificial Intelligence compilation. lifted luvingly from The Designers Republic.


* made in preparation for the Modular Systems radio show on CKUT, 90.3 FM, Montreal, 4/24/11. the original show is available at www.traktion.com

Tracklist:
  1. Loving You Live — Dr. Alex Paterson — Warp (1992)
  2. Autriche — Autechre — Warp (1993)
  3. ¾ Heart — Balil : Black Dog Productions — Warp (1993)
  4. Utuba — Beaumont Hannant — Warp (1994)
  5. Slac — Fuse — Warp (1993)
  6. Bike Pump Meets Bucket — Polygon Window — Warp (1993)
  7. Arcadian — Link — Warp (1994)
  8. Basic Emotion — B12 — Warp (1993)
  9. R2 D2 — Speedy J — Plus 8 / Warp (1993)
  10. De-Orbit — Speedy J — Plus 8 / Warp (1991/1992)

luv092

Impure Trance

a collection of electronic melodies that recall the haunting beauty of a far off mixtape lost in the land of nod.
Tracklist:
  1. The Silicon Garden (Flymocut) (Redcell Hydratyion Therapy) – B12 – Warp (1996)
  2. excerpt from From A Bum Trip To… “The Trip Beyond” – Brian Rudd – Trip Beyond Records (1971)
  3. Hergly Bergly (Less Mad Andy Mix) – ISAN vs. Solvent – Suction (2001)
  4. Amazon – Hawke – Moonshine Music (1994)
  5. Stack On Rat – Minotaur Shock – Melodic (2000)
  6. Alpha 1999 (Delta Reformed by Pentatonik) – The Higher Intelligence Agency – Beyond Records (1994)
  7. Snowflake – Bauri – Neo Ouija (2002)
  8. AFX Acid 04 – AFX – Rephlex (2005)
  9. De-Orbit – Speedy J – Plus 8 Records (1991)
  10. Entresol – Sun Electric – Apollo (1998)
  11. Angel Echoes (Jon Hopkins Remix) – Four Tet – Domino Recordings (2010)
  12. excerpt from Change and the Dynamic Organization – Dr. Warren Bennis – ACRES Group (1967)
  13. Yip – +one – Defocus (2000)
  14. RS 364C – Beaumont Hannant – General Production Recordings (1995)
  15. Ersatz – Fischerspooner – International Deejay Gigolo Records (2001)
  16. Kompagna (Zandic Mix) – The Orb – Kompakt (2005)
  17. excerpt from The Basic Principles of Kreskin’s ESP – Shelby S. Singleton, Jr. – SSS International (1967)
  18. Be True (Burial Remix) – Commix – Metalheadz (2010)
  19. ??? – Andihart – Andihart (????)
  20. Ladyburst – Plaid – Warp (1997)
  21. Channels – Bulbs – Important Records (2009)
  22. Grand Piano – Global Goon – Rephlex (1998)

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)
  4. Moments In Love (beaten) – The Art of Noise – ZZT Records (1985)
  5. A Love Supreme Part I – Acknowledgement – John Coltrane – Impulse! (1964)
  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)
  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)
  13. excerpt from Airplane! – Ted Striker & Elaine Dickinson – Regency Records (1980)
  14. Lovesick Blues – Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys – MGM / Polygram (1948/1985)
  15. Lonesome Tears – Beck – Geffen (2002)
  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)
  19. Martha – Tom Waits – Asylum Records (1973)
  20. Let’s Do It Again – The Staple Singers & Curtis Mayfield – Curtom Records (1975)
  21. Love and Affection – The Wailing Wailers – Studio One (1965)
  22. Love Can Be Anything (Can’t Nothing Be Love But Love) – The Temptations – Tamla Motown (1971)

luv082

Sound Array

this is a heavily layered collection of electronic music that starts with an earful of tracks from some of the finest architects of sonic structures, and ends up with a mix so vast you can climb inside and live in it.
Tracklist:
  1. Angel Echoes – Four Tet – Domino (2010)
  2. Technology – Carl Craig – Blanco y Negro / Warner Music (1995)
  3. Bottle – Radio Boy – Antiphon (1997)
  4. Croydon House – Pinch – Swamp81 (2010)
  5. Too Good To Be Strange – Andrea Parker – Touchin’ Bass (2007)
  6. I Don’t Know Where I’m Going – Tim Exile – Warp (2008)
  7. Recomposed : Movement 5 – Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald – Deutsche Grammophon (2008)
  8. Chronic Tronic – Amon Tobin – Ninja Tune (2002)
  9. Minerals – Scuba – Hotflush Recordings (2010)
  10. Daisies, Cats and Spacemen – Leila ft. Roya Arab – Warp (2008)
  11. Tahktok (Villalobos “Hilery’s Chant” Remix Edit) – Mirko Loko – Cadenza Records (2010)
  12. Subsequence – Mouse On Mars – Thrill Jockey (2001)
  13. Suns Of Temper – Clark – Warp (2009)
  14. Among Myselves – The Future Sound Of London – Virgin (1994)
  15. Diamond Black – Rekid – Soul Jazz (2006)
  16. In The Void – Shackleton – Skull Disco (2008)
  17. Im Bann – Pantha du Prince – Rough Trade (2010)
  18. Photograph – Numan – Planet Mu (2010)

luv019

Mums Hidden Doorways

❤️ electronic music.

photo : Jonathan Shedletzky

Tracklist:
  1. Galaxy – BFC – Planet E (1990/1996)
  2. excerpt from Doorways I Haven’t Found – Rod McKuen and The San Sebastian Strings – Warner Bros. (1967)
  3. Nervous – Solvent – Suction (1999)
  4. Mops – Metamatics – Dot (2000)
  5. Passage – Ruxpin – Mikrolux (2003)
  6. Wantelur Saw – Klutch – Lo Recordings (2000)
  7. Turn the Filter On – Two Lone Swordsmen – Emissions Audio Output (1997)
  8. Megacubed – il.ek.tro – Klang Elektronik (1998)
  9. Spidermonkey – Team Doyobi – Skam (2000)
  10. Spotanous Reconstruction – Mouse On Mars – Sonig (2001)
  11. j222 – Nautilis – Planet Mu (2002)
  12. Suzanne – Ido – Space Factory (2004)
  13. Odd Job (Soul Oddity – Get Fresh mix) – Phoenecia – Schematic (1999)
  14. Odd Jobs (Ectomorph & Godfather mix) – Phoenecia – Schematic (1999)
  15. DJ Tokyo (Tipper’s Troll mix) – Soul Oddity – Fuel (2003)
  16. Alles Sehen (Saftey Scissors Rmx) – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2003)
  17. Eph – Plaid – Warp (1998)
  18. Track 3, Side A, Joyrex J9 E.P. – Caustic Window – Rephlex (1993)
  19. excerpt from The Mummy Piece – William S. Burroughs – Giorno Poetry Systems (1982)