Category Archives: weird

luv421

jazz, modern classical, weird
luv421 Skipped A Beat

Skipped A Beat

to appease everybody out there demanding that i make an all experimental percussion mixtape i have finally succumbed to the pressure. Skipped A Beat has got everything you were looking for : modern classical greatest hits, rock drummers off the deep end, newspaper drum sticks, sirens, Moog drums, unhinged jazz workouts and weirdo sound explosions. the music is 97% percussion instruments played by solo artists or drum ensembles. you’re welcome.
image : Pia Stapilton

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Tracklist:
  1. Drumming Part I – Steve Reich and Musicians – Elektra Nonesuch (1987) > buy link
  2. Mbira – Olatunji – CBS (1966)
  3. Side Looking Radar Image – Bruce Ditmas – Chiaroscuro Records / Finders Keepers Records (1977/2015) > buy link
  4. Dripstone Shift – Drums Off Chaos – Nonplace (2018)*** > buy link
  5. Persephassa (Fin) – Iannis Xenakis performed by Les Percussions De Strasbourg – Philips (1971) > buy link
  6. Onomatopoeia – M’Boom – Columbia (1980) > buy link
  7. The Swift And Sordid Purification Of Jimi Jihad – Michael Zerang – Holidays Records (2019) > buy link
  8. Ionisation – Edgard Varèse performed by Robert Craft conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Columbia Masterworks (1972) > buy link
  9. The News – Andrew Cyrille – Ictus Records (1978)
  10. Aussi Long Que Large – Jacques Thollot – Futura Records / SouffleContinu Records (1971/2019) > buy link
  11. Drum Ensemble – Art Blakey, Elvins Jones (first solo) & Charlie Persip (second solo) – Roulette / Disques Vogue (1960/1969)
***track played at wrong speed, on 33rpm instead of 45rpm.

luv414

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, original soundtracks, weird
luv414 The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

in every urban center in the world, late at night after all the good people have gone to bed, The Dead Zone comes on the air. it can only be found at the bottom of the FM radio dial after all the busy city streets are empty. no one knows where the sound found at the low end of the FM dial emanates from but when it crackles to life it is the perfect audio companion for the desolation of urban sprawl. so if you find yourself out driving late at night and notice no one else around, wind down your FM dial and you may find yourself in The Dead Zone.
photo : M.T. Sitty

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Tracklist:
  1. Drained Lake – Loscil – Kranky (2016) > buy link
  2. The Port – Maria Teresa Luciani – Fama srl / Finders Keepers Records (1972/2017) > buy link
  3. Oriaca – Phoenecia – Schematic (2000) > buy link
  4. Funeral (from Hereditary) – Colin Stetson – Milan (2018) > buy link
  5. The Box Car Incident (from The Gauntlet) – Jerry Fielding – Warner Bros. (1978) > buy link
  6. untitled (side B, track 1 of Themes for GRIND ) – Will Sergeant – Ninety-Two Happy Customers (1982) > buy link
  7. Lange Melodie Für Den Countdown (Long Melody Towards Countdown) – Clara Mondshine – Innovative Communication / Survival Research (1981/2020)
  8. Parallasse (from Space: 1999) – Ennio Morricone – RCA / Death Waltz Recording Company (1972/1975/2016)
  9. Lux1 – Seefeel – Warp (1994/2021) > buy link
  10. The Original Soundtrack Of The Coum Transmissions Film Of “After Cease To Exist” – Throbbing Gristle – Industrial Records (1977) > buy link
  11. Graviton – Dopplereffekt – International Deejay Gigolo Records / WéMè Records (2003/2020) > buy link
  12. 100301 – Opiate – Vertical Form (2001)
  13. Velvet Owl – Amon Tobin – Nomark Records (2019) > buy link
  14. Parabola – Xor Gate – Tresor (2018) > buy link
  15. Immanence – Oneohtrix Point Never – No Fun Productions / Software / Mexican Summer (2009/2013) > buy link

luv404

ambient revolution, weird
luv404 Not Found

Not Found

404 SYSTEM ERROR : NOT FOUND
not found = lost
lost = gone, adrift, wandering, off-course, obscured, disoriented, wayward, misplaced, missing
WARNING : the first few minutes of this mixtape are a slow building drone, but don’t worry, after that it gets weirder.
image : not found

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Tracklist:
  1. Gegenstimmung – Reinhard Berg – Melbourne Records (1972/1975/1980)
  2. Nucleaire – Philippe Doray, Les Asociaux Associés – Gratte-Ciel / SouffleContinu Records (1977/2020)
  3. Весенний Этюд = Spring Etude – Vladimir Martynov – Мелодия / modern silence (1980/2016)
  4. Gwendoline Descendue! – Bernard Gagnon – Tenzier (1981/2012)
  5. Vagues – Rhythm & Noise – Ralph Records (1984)
  6. Mirror’s – Moolah – Atman Music & Recordings (1974/2012)
  7. Studie 1 – Karlheinz Stockhausen – modern silence (1953/2016) > buy link
  8. Infiltration – Moebius & Plank – Sky / Bureau B (1981/2010) > buy link
  9. Huh? – The New Obsolescents – Castles In Space (2021) > buy link
  10. track 5, side A of Negativland – Negativland – Seeland (1980)
  11. Knock At The Door – John Carpenter – Death Waltz Recording Company (1984/2013) > buy link
  12. Radio Void – Chris & Cosey – Rough Trade / Conspiracy International (1981/2019) > buy link
  13. Solar Ellipse – Barry Truax – Cambridge Street Records (1985)
  14. Prismatic Forest – Alwin Nikolais – Hanover / Cacophonic (1959/2013)
  15. A Thousand Whispers – Tim Story – Atem / Dias Records (1982/2021) > buy link
  16. Line Extension – Oval – Mille Plateaux / Thrill Jockey (1995/1996) > buy link

luv390

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, odd pop, weird
luv390 Don't Mind Me

Don’t Mind Me

oh, hi there. don’t mind me. i am just putting some beautiful music up on the interwebs. much like i have been doin’ for about… oh well would you look at that. seems that this here mixtape marks the 10th year that dj luv’s records have been going around. that’s a mighty long time. but i’m here to tell ya that i don’t mind. no sir, not one bit. why i would be making these darn mixtapes anyway so i figure why not share ’em. so don’t you worry, you can keep expectin’ ’em, cos as far near as i can tell we have only scratched the surface of what the Record Canyon has tucked away. thanks to those who have listened and shared. spread the luv, that’s what i always say.
photo : Liz Pieries

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Tracklist:
  1. Never In And Never Out – Animals On Wheels – Ntone (1999) > buy link
  2. Carousel – Iron and Wine – Sub Pop (2007) > buy link
  3. Being It – Arthur Russell – Upside Records / Audika (1986/2005) > buy link
  4. Seascape – Dick Mills for BBC Radiophonic Workshop – BBC Records / Silva Screen (1983/2016) > buy link
  5. I Know They Say – Spectrum – Silvertone Records / Medical Records LLC (1994/2018) > buy link
  6. Preludietto – Alessandro Alessandroni – SR Records / Sonor Music Editions (1972/2019)
  7. Wesak – Gimmer Nicholson – Peabody / Light In The Attic (1969/1981/2016) > buy link
  8. Mama Kilio E – Jean-Bosco Mwenda – Mississippi Records (2019)
  9. Blumenthal – Ulrich Schnauss – City Centre Offices / Scripted Realities (2003/2020) > buy link
  10. Master Of The Game – Silica Gel – Wifflefist / Future Logic Development Corporation (1993/2016)
  11. Cave Ballad – Andy Hull & Robert McDowell ft. Paul Dano – Lakeshore Records (2016) > buy link
  12. Deep – Hex – Ninja Tune (1993) > buy link
  13. This Side Of The Blue – Joanna Newsom – Drag City (2004) > buy link
  14. The Distance – Manual – Morr Music (2002) > buy link
  15. Long Distance Look – Steve Hiett – CBS/Sony / Efficient Space / Be With Records (1983/2019)
  16. Canto Triste – MPB-4 – Philips (1975/1982)
  17. Children Crying – The Congos – Black Art / Blood And Fire (1977/1996) > buy link
  18. Intogeymy – The Lower Buttons – Ubuntu Publishing (1964/2014)
  19. Naima – John Coltrane – Atlantic (1960) > buy link

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) > buy link
  2. excerpt from Percolations : Part One – Gong – Virgin (1976)
  3. Garden Of Paradise – Steve Hillage – Virgin (1979) > buy link
  4. The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine – Gong – Virgin (1973) > buy link
  5. Träum Mal Wieder – Holger Czukay – Virgin (1984) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  9. Glimmer – John Foxx – Metal Beat / Virgin (1980/1981) > buy link
  10. Tropic Of Capricorn – Edgar Froese – Virgin (1978) > buy link
  11. Toyota City – The Human League – Virgin (1980) > buy link
  12. Linguaphonie – Henry Cow – Virgin / Red Records (1974/1979)
  13. Krautrock – Faust – Virgin (1973) > buy link
  14. Caucasian Lullaby – Slap Happy / Henry Cow – Virgin (1975) > buy link
  15. Gegenstand – John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman – Virgin (1977) > buy link
  16. Étoile Polaire (North Star) – Philip Glass – Virgin (1977)

luv364

post-punk, weird
luv364 - Now Was The Time

Now Was The Time

uneasy sound collage crashing into early sampling politics mixed with unhinged drum machines and unsure funk deep dubs conjured by radio wave riders and post-punk cavemen. Now Was The Time, i hope it’s not too late.
photo : Rashelle Floutt

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Tracklist
  1. On The Way To Be Bop Records And Fine Art In Reseda – Tequila Mockingbird – Freeway Records (1984)
  2. Yellow Black And Rectangular – Negativland – SST (1987) > buy link
  3. Mind At The End Of The Tether – Tackhead – On-U Sound (1985) > buy link
  4. Black And White Mix Up / Perspective 1 – 400 Blows – Illuminated Records (1984)
  5. Black Mask – Cabaret Voltaire – Rough Trade (1981) > buy link
  6. Mütter Der Fröhlichkeit – Holger Hiller – Ata Tak / Cherry Red (1983/1984)
  7. Kleine Schlager-Revue – derPlan – Ata Tak (1981) > buy link
  8. A Relic Of The Empire / A Million Angels – Severed Heads – Ink Records (1986) > buy link
  9. Bring Us Together – Richard Milhouse Nixon – Ambrose Kelly Reynolds – Zulu Records (1982)
  10. Mea Culpa – Brian Eno & David Byrne – Sire (1981) > buy link
  11. Shrinkwrap – This Heat – Rough Trade / Modern Classic Recordings (1981/2016)
  12. Pssst – Silica Gel – Wifflefist / Future Logic Development Corporation (1993/2016)
  13. Get This / Major Malfunction – Keith LeBlanc – World Records (1986) > buy link
  14. Language (side B dub) – 23 Skidoo – Illuminated Records (1984) > buy link
  15. Ecaterina Szabo – The Short Wave Mystery – Good Records (1985)

luv351

modern classical, weird
luv351 Radical Mess

Radical Mess

modern classical… radical mess of organized sound… freedom beyond bounds…
image : Sandy Horowitz

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Tracklist
  1. Prologue – The Lost Musicians Mix Magic – Harry Partch – Gate 5 Records / Cacophonic (1958/2013) > buy link
  2. Zyklus fur zwei Schlagzeugern – Karlheinz Stockhausen – modern silence (1960/2016)
  3. Concert For Piano And Orchestra – John Cage – modern silence (1959/2016) > buy link
  4. Concertino Pour Trompette, Orchestr À Cordes Et Piano – André Jolivet – Erato (1971) > buy link
  5. Mini-Sym #1 – Moondog – Columbia Masterworks (1969) > buy link
  6. Capriccio For Cello And Piano – Lukas Foss – RCA Victor Red Seal / New World Records (1958/1976) > buy link

luv342

electronic listening music, techno, weird
luv342 Inside The Alien Machine

Inside The Alien Machine

for almost 15 years now i have been designing nanobots that can record audio and video in very small places. a few months ago the Canadian government contracted me to bring my nanobot technology to a remote place in the Yukon where an alien ship had been discovered. when i arrived they took me to what they suspected was the engine of the craft. it was an odd shaped box, the size of a small suitcase, that was encased in a smooth, hard plastic. there were no lights, displays or buttons and it made no sound. the only way we knew it was was functioning is that it had an almost imperceptible vibration to the touch. it’s only discernible feature was a small port. i was instructed to send one of my nanobots into this port and to record audio and visual of the insides so they could better understand the technology. my little machine traveled for almost 38 minutes into the depths of this alien machine before it was destroyed and the transmission was lost. unfortunately something inside the machine messed with my nanobot’s video capabilities and only a few stills were recorded. luckily the entire audio was recorded and this is what i present to you here today. i was forbidden to share this information but i thought the world needed to hear it.
photo : random still taken from inside the machine at the 31 min. 27 sec. point of the nanobot’s journey.

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Tracklist
  1. Marshalling Yard – Maria Teresa Luciani – Fama srl / Finders Keepers Records (1972/2017) > buy link
  2. Ruston & Monotron – Moebius – Bureau B (2011/2017) > buy link
  3. Tankakern – Autechre – Warp (2008) > buy link
  4. Testicular Fortitude (edit) – Masami Akita & Russell Haswell – Warp (2002)
  5. Time Traveling Lives – Otto Von Schirach – Schematic (2001) > buy link
  6. Supreme Cunnilingus – Actress – Honest Jon’s Records (2010) > buy link
  7. Electric Guitar – Wishmountain & The Rhebus Project – Evolution (1996)
  8. end of the Rinse Side of Ultimate Care II – Matmos – Thrill Jockey (2016) > buy link
  9. Taanga – Speedy J – NovaMute (2003)
  10. Ferm – The Fear Ratio – Skam (2015) > buy link
  11. Pilot – Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch – Epic / ASG (2017) > buy link
  12. Surgeon Remake 1 – Surgeon – Tresor (1999)
  13. Motor2 – Gescom – Source Records (1994)
  14. .0180871L – AFX – Rephlex (1993/2002)
  15. Alternate Histories – Claude Speeed ft. Kuedo – Planet Mu (2017) > buy link

luv336

electronic listening music, weird
luv336 Spif Spackie

Spif Spackie

an architectural journey through sound spaces connected via energy transfers to many points throughout the futurescape.
image : Seasick Fipp

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Tracklist
  1. 62.222.202.53 – Antwood – Planet Mu (2016) > buy link
  2. Ignite – WWWINGS – Planet Mu (2016) > buy link
  3. U Feel Anything? – Ziúr – Planet Mu (2017) > buy link
  4. MEMORIESOFOFFLINEACTIVITY – DVA [Hi:Emotions] – Hyperdub (2016) > buy link
  5. Pascal’s Recursion – Dopplereffekt – Leisure System (2017)
  6. Awarm 1 – North Manc Beds – 33 (2005)
  7. Zykmed – Herva – Planet Mu (2017) > buy link
  8. In The Eyes – Asher Levitas – Planet Mu (2016) > buy link
  9. Natin – Brothomstates – Warp (2001) > buy link
  10. Child Of Rage – Oneohtrix Point Never – Warp (2015) > buy link
  11. Siren 33 (Orphee Mirror) – Orb – Kompakt (2016) > buy link
  12. Swerva – Lee Gamble – Hyperdub (2017) > buy link
  13. Caramel – Konx-Om-Pax – Planet Mu (2016) > buy link

luv328

ambient revolution, beats 'n' pieces, odd pop, original soundtracks, rock 'n' roll, spoken word, weird
luv328 Sex and Violence

Sex and Violence

five years ago i was gearing up to make the 100th mix for this website. around the same time a new friend and documentary film maker became curious about my record obsession and mentioned that he would like to film me while i was creating a mix. the combination of a film and the 100th post meant i had to take a unique approach to this mix. which got me to thinking about Monty Python’s Flying Circus and the absurdly clever way in which the episodes evolved. i wanted to make a mix like that; so i mapped out the first Monty Python episode Whither Canada?, noting all the skits, bits and segues. then i choose music, dialogue and sound effects and, while using the episode breakdown as guide, made a new journey. keep in mind this isn’t an attempt to soundtrack the show, it’s more about creating something completely different. to better understand i suggest watching Vincent Guignard‘s The Luv Of Music and then listen to luv136 Whither Canada?

now to the mix at hand. a follow up mix that gets it’s cues from the second Monty Python’s Flying Circus episode intriguingly titled Sex and Violence.

image : Terry Gilliam‘s flying sheep

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Tracklist
  1. excerpt from Dead By Dawn – Depth Charge – Vinyl Solution (1990) > buy link
  2. Mickey Mouse March – The Mouseketeers – Disneyland Records (1955/2016) > buy link
  3. Dream Time In Lake Jackson – The KLF – KLF Communications / Wax Trax (1990)
  4. Sheep – Pink Floyd – Harvest / Columbia (1977) > buy link
  5. Memories of Green (from Blade Runner) – Vangelis – Warner Bros. / Atlantic / Audio Fidelity (1982/1994/2013) > buy link
  6. Erloschene Herzen – Asmus Tietchens – Sky Records / Bureau B (1982/2013) > buy link
  7. And Dream Of Sheep – Kate Bush – EMI America (1985) > buy link
  8. Poème Électronique – Edgar Varèse – Columbia Masterworks (1960/1972) > buy link
  9. Three Tenses Onanism – John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman – Virgin (1977) > buy link
  10. You’re Not Foolin’ Me – Silver Apples – Kapp Records / Phoenix Records (1969/2007) > buy link
  11. excerpt from The Tonight Show Theme (Johnny’s Theme) – Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band – TeeVee Toons Inc. (1985) > buy link
  12. excerpt from What A Band – Doc Severinsen, Ed McMahon & Johnny Carson – Casablanca (1974)
  13. A Public Execution – Mouse – Fraternity Records / Elektra / Rhino UK (1966/1972/2006)
  14. excerpt from The Killing Fight (from The Big Boss) – Bruce Lee – Tam / Toho Records (1971)
  15. Coward Of The County – Kenny Rogers – United Artists Records (1979) > buy link
  16. Beauty Queen – Roxy Music – Island / Polydor (1973) > buy link
  17. Working In A Coal Mine – Devo – Booji Boy Records / Rykodisc / Superior Viaduct (1977/1991/2013) > buy link
  18. excerpt from Three Tenses Onanism – John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman – Virgin (1977) > buy link
  19. Bagpipe Blues – Rufus Harley – Atlantic (1966) > buy link
  20. Fire Ant Noodle – Silver Apples – Bully Records (1998/2006) > buy link
  21. closing argument from Sex Education In Our Schools – Dr. W. S. McBirnie – Key Records (????)
  22. The Late Late Show (The Syncopated Clock) – Leroy Anderson and his Orchestra – Decca / TeeVee Toons Inc. (1951/1985) > buy link
  23. opening of Psychotherapy And The Objectivist Ethics – Nathaniel Branden – NBI Communications, Inc. (1966)
  24. opening of Soul Brother Soul Sister Soul Devil – Rev. O.L. Holliday – Jewel Records : Devotional Series (????)
  25. Rite Of The Maypole – An Unruly Procession – Children Of Alice – Warp (2017) > buy link
  26. The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash) (from Flash Gordon) – Queen – Elektra (1980) > buy link
  27. Intro – 3 Parts – Eartha Kitt & Adam Clayton Powell / Dan Armstrong & Jack McMahon – Mercury (1969)
  28. Cat And Mouse With The Fuzz (from Psychomania) – John Cameron – Trunk (1972/2003/2017)
  29. excerpt from The Magic Flute – Tom Morrison and original TV sound track voices from The Adventures of Mighty Mouse – Peter Pan Records (1977)
  30. Mouse & The Clock – Edison Concert Band – Edison / Folkways Records (1907/1961) > buy link
  31. Mice and Massacre (from Holy Mountain) – Alejandro Jodorowsky – ABKCO / Real Gone Music (1973/2014) > buy link
  32. The Dolphin’s Farewell (from Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) – Douglas Adams – Hannibal records (1982)
  33. Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater – Jimmie Dodd and The Mouseketeers – Disneyland Records (1955/2016) > buy link