Category Archives: rock ‘n’ roll

luv121

beats 'n' pieces, electronic listening music, rock 'n' roll, trip hop, weird

12

a mix that starts and ends with Rush’s “2112”, but in between it sounds like the history of rock and pop music has been pulled apart, blended and abstracted into a sonic pulp that has become it’s own trip. the sweet daddy’s dedication to February 1st, 2012 (a.k.a. 2/1/12)
image : twelve

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Tracklist:
  1. intro from “2112” : I. Overture – Rush – Anthem (1977)
  2. Hammered Gods – The Black Helicopters – The Leaf Label (2000)
  3. You Can Be Anyone This Time Around – Timothy Leary – Douglas / Get Back (1970/2004)
  4. Don’t Cry Baby (Koushik remix instrumental) – The Free Design – Light In The Attic (2005)
  5. Pow Wow – 1910 Fruitgum Co. – Buddah Records (1969)
  6. intro from Destroy Rock & Roll – Mylo – Breastfed Music (2004)
  7. excerpt from Names For Bands – Jello Biafra – Alternative Tentacles (1987)
  8. Rockstar – Z-Trip – Bomb Hip-Hop Records (1997)
  9. Rock Radio Into The Nineties And Beyond – The KLF – KFL Communications / Wax Trax (1990)
  10. Worn At The Heels – 310 – Prague Rock – The Leaf Label (1999)
  11. Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life – The Residents – Ralph Records (1977)
  12. excerpt from Unrelated Things – George Carlin – Little David Records (1975)
  13. outro from The Queen And I – The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu – KLF Communications (1987)
  14. Eye Of A Needle – Art Of Noise – China Records (1990)
  15. Black Water – Doobie Brothers vs. DJ Wally – Home Entertainment (????)
  16. Battle Of Heaven & Hell – The Slew – Puget Sound Recordings (2009)
  17. excerpt from The Complex World Of John Rotten – Johnny Rotten – Virgin (1979)
  18. Sting #2 (Profit) – Unknown Artist – Noodles Discotheque (2001)
  19. Spice – Culture Cruncher – Noodles Foundation / The Leaf Label (2001)
  20. Commercial Suicide – Cabbage Head – Noodles Foundation / The Leaf Label (2001)
  21. Shopliftin’ Gabba – Shitmat – Planet Mu (2003)
  22. Angel Of Theft – Player – Jef Am Recordings (2004)
  23. outro from “2112” : VII. Grand Finale – Rush – Anthem (1977)

luv025

odd pop, rock 'n' roll

Pop Rocks 25

odd pop music that was created between 1967 and 2004 at the Sandoz Labs by fusing sugar, lactose, corn syrup, lysergide and pressurized carbon dioxide. it differs from typical pop music in that it creates a fizzy reaction when it dissolves in one’s mind.
image : 100% pure pop rocks

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Tracklist:
  1. Mon Ange Gardien – April March – Tricatel (1999)
  2. Kites Are Fun – The Free Design – Project 3/ Light in the Attic (1967/2003)
  3. Wonderful – The Beach Boys – Capitol (1967)
  4. Who Could Win A Rabbit – Animal Collective – Fat Cat (2004)
  5. Give Up the Juice – Snap Ant – Invicta Hi-Fi (2003)
  6. I Confess – Land of the Loops – Up Records (1996)
  7. Let’s Get Known – The Unicorns – Alien8 (2003)
  8. Firebird – The White Noise – Polydor (1969)
  9. Run – Air – Source / Virgin France (2004)
  10. Sometimes – My Bloody Valentine – Creation (1991)
  11. Only A Northern Song – The Beatles – Apple (1968)
  12. Dom Quixote – Os Mutantes – Polydor (1969)
  13. She Ain’t Gonna Call You Back (part 1) – Reaching Quiet – Mush (2002)
  14. Where Is Yesterday – The United States of America – Columbia (1968)
  15. Sense Pressa – Savath & Savalas – Warp (2004)
  16. Nausea – Fort Lauderdale – Memphis Industries Ltd. (2001)
  17. Plastic Palace People – Scott Walker – Philips (1968)
  18. New Age Vamp – The Lonesome Organist – Thrill Jockey (1999)
  19. Halfway to a Threeway – Jim O’Rourke – Drag City (1999)
  20. Afterhours – The Velvet Underground – MGM Records (1969)

luv113

beats 'n' pieces, jazz, odd pop, rock 'n' roll

someday we’ll get it together and we’ll get it undone

autumnal mood music to help one’s mind, body and soul prepare for the coming winter.
photo : Stephen Lebovits

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Tracklist:
  1. I’ll Be Your Mirror – The Velvet Underground & Nico – Verve (1967)
  2. Smells Like Content – The Books – Tomlab (2005)
  3. The Warning Talk Part 1 – David Axelrod – Ascension / EMI (1970)
  4. Pink Sugar Elephants – Vashti Bunyan – DiCristina (1966/2007)
  5. Lookin’ To Spy – The Lovin’ Spoonful – Karma Sutra (1966)
  6. Always See Your Face – Love – Elektra (1969)
  7. O-o-h Child – Nina Simone – RCA Victor (1971)
  8. J’ai dormi sous l’eau – Air – Source (1997)
  9. Solar – Miles Davis Quintet – Prestige (1954)
  10. As Tears Go By – The Rolling Stones – London (1965)
  11. Where Do You Go To My Lovely – Peter Sarstedt – United Artists (1969)
  12. Walking The Silver Hay – Airbus – Guerssen (1973/2010)
  13. My Mistakes – Eleanor Friedberger – Merge Records (2011)
  14. East Saint Louis Toodle-oo – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – RCA Victor (1927/1971)
  15. Ruby – Richard Hayman and his Orchestra – Time-Life / Capitol (1953/1972)
  16. At The River – Groove Armada – Tummy Touch (1997)
  17. Moon River – Henry Mancini – RCA Victor (1961)

luv023

beats 'n' pieces, funk 'n' soul, rock 'n' roll

Brown Corduroy

these corduroys reek of rock ‘n’ roll attitude with a funk that comes from a night of heavy sweating and smoke machines.
photo : Reggie Owens

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Tracklist:
  1. The Magnificent Seven – The Clash – Epic (1980)
  2. Pardon My Freedom – !!! – Warp / Touch & Go (2004)
  3. Uptown Breakdown – Konk – Celluloid (1983)
  4. I Wanna Do My Thing – Edwin Starr – Jazz Funk (1977/2003)
  5. What About You (In the World Today) – Co Real Artists – Stones Throw (1974/2002)
  6. Flavor Part 1 – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Matador (1995)
  7. Never Say Never – Romeo Void – Columbia (1982)
  8. Formica Fuego – Two Lone Swordsmen – Warp (2004)
  9. Car Trouble – Adam and the Ants – Do It / Epic (1980)
  10. Crosstown Traffic – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Reprise (1968)
  11. Remember Who You Are – Breakestra – Stones Throw (2001)
  12. Let It Bleed (Padded Cell Dub Mix) – Big Two Hundred – DC Recordings (2003)
  13. Hungry, So Angry – Medium Medium – Cherry Red (1981/2004)
  14. Muddy Empire – Junkie Slip – Tummy Touch (2004)
  15. Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time – Gang of Four – Warner Bros. (1980)
  16. Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed – RCA (1973)

luv097

odd pop, rock 'n' roll

The Seam

a collection of quirky pop songs to convince summer to start a bit earlier this year.
some new, some old, some classic, some gold.™
photo : Edith Wharburton

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Tracklist:
  1. Everything Starts At The Seam – The Polyphonic Spree – Good Records / Hollywood Records (2004)
  2. Up In The Air – The Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus – Buddah Records (1968)
  3. Circus – String Driven Thing – Charisma (1972)
  4. Rip Off – T.Rex – Reprise (1971)
  5. Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse – Of Montreal – Polyvinyl Record Company (2007)
  6. Hotel – 10cc – UK Records / London (1974)
  7. P.F. Sloan – The Association – Warner Bros. (1971)
  8. When I Turn Out The Living Room Light – The Kinks – Warner Bros. (1970)
  9. Love Is Strange – Wings – Apple (1971)
  10. Kooks – David Bowie – RCA (1971)
  11. Donovan’s Colours – Van Dyke Parks – Warner Bros. / Edsel Records (1968/1986)
  12. Flirting – Pop Levi – Counter Records (2007)
  13. The Ballad of El Goodo – Big Star – Ardent / Stax / Akarma (1972/2004)
  14. Hero Of The War – Scott Walker – Philips (1969)
  15. Black Plant – The Last Shadow Puppets – Domino Records (2008)
  16. Every Day Is Like Saturday – Airbus – Guerssen (1973/2010)
  17. All The Young Dudes – Mott The Hoople – CBS (1972)

luv080

odd pop, rock 'n' roll

Said I Was A Fractious Child

with heart on sleeve i luvingly present a mix of some of the “new” music i was obsessing on in the first 5 years of my musical formation. constant listening to pristine, synth heavy eighties productions and lyrics about the uncertainties that came with the new decade were the genesis of luv.
photo : my first “walkman”, r.i.p.

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Tracklist:
  1. Conditioning – Howard Jones – Elektra (1984)
  2. Running – The Fixx – MCA (1983)
  3. Helpless Automaton – Men At Work – Columbia (1982)
  4. Rehumanize Yourself – The Police – A&M (1981)
  5. When Doves Cry – Prince and the Revolution – Warner Bros. (1984)
  6. Here Comes The Rain Again – The Eurythmics – RCA (1983)
  7. In A Big Country – Big Country – Vertigo / Phonogram (1983)
  8. Messiahs Die Young – Men Without Hats – Statik Records (1984)
  9. New Religion – Duran Duran – Harvest / Capitol (1982)
  10. Faces – Nik Kershaw – MCA (1984)
  11. Mad World – Tears For Fears – Vertigo / Phonogram (1983)
  12. Fear Of The World – ABC – Vertigo / Phonogram (1985)
  13. Two Divided By Zero – Pet Shop Boys – EMI (1986)
  14. The Noah Plan – Peter Schilling – WEA (1983)
  15. One Of Our Submarines – Thomas Dolby – Harvest / Capitol (1983)
  16. If You Were Here – Thompson Twins – Arista (1983)
  17. Six Months In A Leaky Boat – Split Enz – A&M (1982)
  18. The Sun Always Shines On T.V. – A-ha – Warner Bros (1985)
  19. Arias & Symphonies – Spoons – Ready Records (1982)
  20. Beautiful World – Devo – Warner Bros. (1981)

luv090

rock 'n' roll

Freak Scene

this grungy mixtape comes from the underbelly of 80’s & 90’s rock that grew from punk and hardcore. it’s for the freaks who come as they are.
photo : Adam Cohen from the album cover for Fugazi – Fugazi.

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Tracklist:
  1. Fume – Beck – Bong Load Records / Geffen (1994)
  2. Jack Pepsi – Tad – Sub Pop (1990)
  3. In The Meantime – Helmet – Amphetamine Reptile Records (1992)
  4. Touch Me I’m Sick – Mudhoney – Sub Pop (1988)
  5. Killy Kill – Rocket From The Crypt – Headhunter Records (1992)
  6. Reprovisional – Fugazi – Dischord (1990)
  7. You Made Me Realise – My Bloody Valentine – Creation Records (1988)
  8. Dreams Reoccurring – Hüsker Dü – SST (1984)
  9. Indecision Time – Hüsker Dü – SST (1984)
  10. Buzzbomb From Pasadena – Dead Kennedys – Alternative Tentacles (1987)
  11. Death Valley ’69 – Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch – Homestead Records / Blast First (1985)
  12. My Black Ass – Shellac – Touch and Go (1994)
  13. Can You Speak This? – Henrietta Collins and the Wifebeating Childhaters featuring Henry Rollins – Texas Hotel (1987)
  14. Cannibal Cafe – SNFU – Better Youth Organization (1984)
  15. RV – Faith No More – Slash Records (1992)
  16. Ted, Just Admit It… – Jane’s Addiction – Warner Bros. (1988)
  17. Subliminal Fascism – Fishbone – Columbia (1988)
  18. Institutionalized – Suicidal Tendencies – Frontier Records (1983)
  19. Sliver – Nirvana – Sub Pop (1990)
  20. Where Is My Mind? – Pixies – 4AD (1988)
  21. Freak Scene – Dinosaur Jr. – SST / Blast First (1988)

luv083

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, funk 'n' soul, jazz, rock 'n' roll

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.

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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)

luv073

beats 'n' pieces, funk 'n' soul, jazz, reggae, rock 'n' roll

What I Was Born Into

a small collection of sounds that were floating around our world when I came along in 1973.

image : The Longines Symphonette Society

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Tracklist:
  1. Keep Yourself Alive – Queen – Elektra (1973)
  2. intro from 1973 in Review – General Air Features – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  3. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  4. Over the Hills and Far Away – Led Zeppelin – Atlantic (1973)
  5. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  6. I’m So Green – Can – United Artists Records (1973)
  7. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  8. Dueling Banjos – Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel – Warner Bros. (1973)
  9. excerpt from Pagan Ritual – Mandingo – E.M.I. / Columbia (1973)
  10. excerpt from 1973 in Review – General Air Features – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  11. Apache – Incredible Bongo Band – Pride (1973)
  12. Don’t Bug Me – Cheech & Chong – Ode Records (1973)
  13. Parade Strut – J.J. Johnson – MCA (1973)
  14. excerpt from Hamhock’s Hall Was Big – Lightnin’ Rod – Celluloid (1973)
  15. 125th Street Congress – Weather Report – Columbia (1973)
  16. excerpt from The Shit Hits The Fan Again – Lightnin’ Rod – Celluloid (1973)
  17. radio promo ad for Coffy – XXX Black Label (1973)
  18. Coffy Is The Color – Roy Ayers – Polydor (1973)
  19. U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  20. We Need Order – The Chi-Lites – Brunswick Records (1973)
  21. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  22. Commercialization – Jimmy Cliff – Reprise (1973)
  23. And Then There’s Maude – theme from tv show Maude – TVT (1972/1987)
  24. U.S. Senators Sam Ervin & Howard Baker soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  25. My Hero, Zero – Scholastic Rock, Inc. – Capitol (1973)
  26. Paris 1919 – John Cale – Reprise (1973)
  27. Harmonika – Kraftwerk – Vertigo (1972/1973)
  28. excerpt from Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield- Virgin (1973)
  29. I Am The Sea – The Who – MCA (1973)
  30. Lost In The Flood – Bruce Springsteen – Columbia (1973)
  31. Money – Pink Floyd – Harvest (1973)
  32. U.S. Senators Ted Stevens & Mike Gravel soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  33. excerpt from What Is Money, Anyway? – The Standard Life Assurance Company (1973)
  34. He’s Misstra Know-It-All – Stevie Wonder – Tamla/Motown (1973)
  35. Henry Kissinger soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  36. Mamunia – Paul McCartney & Wings – Apple Records(1973)
  37. excerpt from the story of Robin Hood – Disneyland Records (1973)
  38. Out The Blue – John Lennon – Apple Records (1973)
  39. outro from 1973 in Review – General Air Features – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  40. Stir It Up – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Island (1973)

luv035

jazz, rock 'n' roll

The Dance of Blind Willy Vortex and The Evil Guitar Strangler

when Blind Willy finally met The Evil Guitar Strangler he knew he was in the presence of a worthy opponent. the jams that ensued were epic.

photo : William Vortex Jr.

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Tracklist:
  1. Evil – Howlin’ Wolf – Chess / Soul Jazz (1968/2004)
  2. The Lonesome Guitar Strangler – Dr. John – Atco (1968)
  3. Gemini / Double Image (Medley) – Miles Davis – Columbia (1972)
  4. Backspace Altercation — Tom Tyler — DC Recordings (2005)
  5. Dance of the Cosmo-Aliens – Sun Ra – El Saturn / Art Yard (1978/2005)
  6. Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow – Funkadelic – Westbound Records (1970)
  7. The Chart – Super Numeri – Ninja Tune (2005)
  8. Xenogenisis – Gil Melle – Kapp Records (1971)
  9. Peon – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Warner Bros. (1970)
  10. Mind Gardens – The Byrds – Columbia (1967)
  11. Hiding Your Present From You – Arthur Russell – Audika Records (1986/2005)
  12. Blind Willy – Sonny Sharrock – Vortex / 4 Men With Beards (1969/2001)