Category Archives: weird

luv306

ambient revolution, blues 'n' folk, electronic listening music, hip hop, krautrock, library music, no wave, odd pop, original soundtracks, rock 'n' roll, spoken word, trip hop, weird
luv306 I Like Short Songs

I Like Short Songs

over 60 songs in under 42 minutes. i like short songs.
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Tracklist
  1. Short Songs – Dead Kennedys – Alternative Tentacles (1987)
  2. Tough Guy – Beastie Boys – Grand Royal (1994)
  3. Motorbike Escape, M23 – Goblin – Cinevox (1977/2016)
  4. Supervillian Theme (inst.) – Madvillain – Stones Throw (2004)
  5. Funerailles d’un Wa Wa Rond – Les Sinners – Les Disques Trans-World (1971)
  6. Auntie’s Harp – Flying Lotus – Warp (2008)
  7. Punaisarium 1 – Alan French – Tele Music (1975)
  8. Be A Hobo – Moondog – Epic / Honet Jon’s Records (1953/2004)
  9. Hittin’ The Bong – Minutemen – SST (1985)
  10. Boa Constrictor – The Magnetic Fields – Merge (1999)
  11. Givin My Luv To You – Gong – Virgin / BYG Records / Charly Records (1973/2015)
  12. Spanish Fly – Van Halen – Warner Bros. (1979)
  13. Ready Lets Go – Boards Of Canada – Warp (2002)
  14. Why Midnight Walked But Didn’t Ring Her Bell – Liars – Blast First / Mute Records (2002)
  15. Unreferenced Comedic Music Track – Barry Gray – Trunk Records (2011)
  16. A Little Bit Of Soap – De La Soul – Tommy Boy (1989)
  17. The Streetbeater (theme from ‘Sanford And Son’) – Quincy Jones – A&M / TVT Records (1973/1987)
  18. Life Is Funny – The Fugs – Reprise (1968)
  19. I Wanna Be A Bear – Descendents – SST (1982)
  20. Straight Edge – Minor Threat – Dischord Records (1981)
  21. Embryo – Black Sabbath – Vertigo / Warner Bros. (1971)
  22. Drama In Space – The Leo Hassler Synthesizer – Trunk Records (1996)
  23. Preview Side Too – Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Warner Bros. (1977)
  24. Touched – My Bloody Valentine – Creation Records (1991)
  25. Intro – Japanther – Wäntage USA (2008)
  26. Siren – John Saunders – Music De Wolfe (1984)
  27. College – Animal Collective – FatCat Records (2004)
  28. Lining Up The Tracks – Jesse Fuller – Topic Records / Mississippi Records (1954/1960/2016)
  29. [untitled 14] – Capitain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Revenant / Xeric / Table Of The Elements (1999)
  30. Lovin’ And Touchin’ – Red Hot Chili Peppers – EMI America / Enigma Records (1985)
  31. Meow Meow Meow Meow (Meow Mix cat food commercial) – Shelley Palmer & Linda November – TVT Records (1970 / 1989)
  32. La La – The Residents – Ralph Records (1980)
  33. Fanfare On Parade – Michael Pinsonnneault – Intermède Communications (1986)
  34. Middle Zealand – Mark Mothersbaugh – Watertower Music / Spacelab9 (2014)
  35. Lock Groove – 23 Skidoo – Fetish Records (1982)
  36. Scooter And Jinx – Sonic Youth – DGC (1990)
  37. Spray Paint The Walls – Black Flag – SST (1981)
  38. What We Do Is Secret – Germs – Slash Records (1979)
  39. Forgery – DNA – No More Records (2008)
  40. Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned – Public Enemy – Def Jam Recordings (1990)
  41. Stylewild – Lootpack – Stones Throw (1999)
  42. Jupiter – Galaxy – Music De Wolfe (1982)
  43. Death Threats – Throbbing Gristle – Industrial Records / Celluloid (1978)
  44. Goodbye Cruel World – Pink Floyd – Columbia (1979)
  45. In The Hall Of The Mountain Queen – Raymond Scott – Basta (1969/2001)
  46. Anchor Butter – Daphne Oram – Young Americans (2011)
  47. Tone Bone Kone – Arthur Russell – Upside Records / Audika (1986/2005)
  48. Pnoom – Can – Spoon Records (1968/2014)
  49. fz pseudotimestretch+e+3 – Aphex Twin – Warp (2014)
  50. I’m In Great Shape – The Beach Boys – Capitol (1966/2011)
  51. Le Grand Et Le Petit – Ennio Morricone – Cinevox / Modulation (1981)
  52. Light My Fire – J Dilla – Stones Throw (2006)
  53. Why Hip Hop Sucks In ’96 – DJ Shadow – Mo Wax (1996)
  54. Melodies In Hinge Creek (Light My Fire) – DJ Vadim – Ninja Tune (1996)
  55. Untitled – Beck – Bong Load Records (1994)
  56. Here We Are Nowhere – Stiff Little Fingers – Rough Trade (1979)
  57. Big Ending! – Deja Voodoo – Og Music (1988)
  58. Festival Time – John Baker – BBC Radio Enterprises / Music On Vinyl (1968/2013)
  59. Sleep – They Might Be Giants – Idlewild Recordings (2013)
  60. Sleeping In A Jar – The Mothers Of Invention – Bizarre Records / Reprise (1969)
  61. A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons – Sufjan Stevens – Asthmatic Kitty Records (2005)

luv299

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, original soundtracks, spoken word, weird
luv299 Aftermath

Aftermath

an aural interpretation of the journey taken by the spirit after one expires. what happens after death, the moment between being alive and not.
photo : Towa Youthen

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Tracklist
  1. Tears In The Rain – Vangelis ft. Rutger Hauer – Warner Bros. / Atlantic / Audio Fidelity (1982/1994/2013)
  2. Sinister – Ennio Morricone – Duse Record / Dagored (1984/2014)
  3. excerpt from Silver Smoke of Dreams – William S. Burroughs & Ian Sommerville – Sub Rosa (1986/2008)
  4. excerpt from Love Has Found A Way – Spirit – Epic (1970)
  5. As The Earth Kissed The Moon (Excerpt) – Michael Stearns – Continuum Montage / Light In The Attic (1981/2013)
  6. excerpt from 73rd Star Bridge Sonata – John Oswald / Grateful Dead – Artifact Music / Swell / Important Records (1994/2014)
  7. excerpt from Timesteps – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  8. The End – Alan Watts and Friends – MEA / Numero Group (1962/2015)
  9. Traveling Music – Tod Dockstader – Owe Records / DOXY (1966/2014)
  10. Trekk – Asmus Tietchens – Egg / Bureau B (1980/2014)
  11. excerpt from Personal Growth Part 1 – William E. Bailey – Growth Into Greatness Institue / Bestline Products (1972)
  12. Mountain Sound – Pierre Dutour – Tele Music (1979)
  13. Alhondiga – Brian Eno – Opal Records / All Saints (1992/2014)
  14. excerpt from Casino, July 1998, Las Vegas, U.S.A. – Jonathan Coleclough – IDEA (2002)
  15. Das Meer – Faust – ReR Megacorp (1988/2010)
  16. Edgar Allan Poe to Mrs. Helen Whitman – David Niven – Roulette (1958)
  17. Vome Kabà  – Jonuzi Me Shokët – EMI / Honest Jon’s Records (1930/2008)
  18. Nous Sommes Tous Des Cré Basile – Bernard Gagnon – Tenzier (1983/2012)
  19. Woomerangs – Tom Dissevelt – Philips / Sonitron (1963/2014)
  20. Inside World – Oneohtrix Point Never – Warp (2013)
  21. excerpt from Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him – The Firesign Theater – Columbia (1968)
  22. The Dream I Almost Remember – The Residents – MVD Audio (2013)
  23. Liquidity – unknown artist – Popular Photography (1969)
  24. Attivita’ – M. Zalla – Luito Records / Black Sweat Records (1973/2015)
  25. Trance Mutation – Alejandro Jodorowsky, Don Cherry, Ronald Frangipane & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra – ABKCO Music / Real Gone Music (1973/2014)
  26. untitled, side E, track 2 – Aphex Twin – Warp (1994)
  27. excerpt from From a Bum Trip to… “The Trip Beyond”– Brian Rudd – Trip Beyond Records (1971)
  28. Birth Of Baby – Daphne Oram – Young Americans (2011)

luv294

modern classical, weird
luv294 invention vs convention

invention vs convention

a compendium of compositions by artists who create beyond traditional musical norms. experimenting with tones and timbres, melody and rhythm, structure and shape to get their unique voices heard.
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Tracklist
  1. Daphne Of The Dunes – Harry Partch – Columbia Masterworks (1969)
  2. A Brain For The Seine – Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Actuel / BYG Records / Get Back (1969/2001)
  3. Piano Phase – Steve Reich – Nonesuch / Elektra (1967/1986)
  4. Umleitung – Cluster – Sky Records (1976)
  5. Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band – Terry Riley – Columbia Masterworks (1969)
  6. Chaconne In G Major – Moondog – Honest Jon’s Records (1978/2004)

luv279

jazz, weird
luv279 Ouija Circuit Board

Ouija Circuit Board

epic electronic emissions from less than a handful of jazz music’s greatest explorers. stretch out and go deep.
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Tracklist
  1. Love, Love – Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto – ECM Records / Studio !K7 (1974/2006)
  2. Hornets – Herbie Hancock – Columbia (1973)
  3. Disco 3000 – Sun Ra – El Saturn Records / Art Yard (1978/2005)
  4. Dark Magus – Wili – Miles Davis – CBS/Sony / 4 Men With Beards (1977/2011)

luv275

no wave, rock 'n' roll, weird
luv275 Things Have Gotten Weird Between Us

Things Have Gotten Weird Between Us

it was going so well. then came the guitars, effect pedals, keyboards, drums, radio noise and overwrought vocals making it a bit intense and rather strange. terms like no wave, art rock, industrial, experimental and avant garde got thrown around. then our eyes began to glow and things got weird between us.
image : Malachai Obadiah

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Tracklist
  1. Conspirators’ Oath — The Red Crayola — Bomb Records / Rio Records (1979)
  2. Cognitive Dissonance — Robert Fripp — Editions EG / Polydor (1981)
  3. Monday Night — The Golden Palominos — Celluloid (1983)
  4. The Jezebel Spirit — Brian Eno & David Byrne — Sire (1981)
  5. What a Dilemma — Fred Frith — Ralph Records (1980/1981)
  6. Dolga Magla II — YBO² — Dossier (1986)
  7. Nearing — DNA — No More Records (1978/2008)
  8. The Tube — Art Bears – RÄ“ Records (1978)
  9. The Good And The Bad — Sonic Youth — Neutral Records / Goofin’ Records (1982/2006)
  10. Eva’s Warning — Snakefinger — Ralph Records (1982)
  11. Dichotomy Rag – Renaldo And The Loaf — Ralph Records (1983)
  12. Heads Up — David Moss & Arto Lindsay — Moers Music (1984)
  13. Slug Bait – Live At Southampton – Throbbing Gristle — Industrial Records (1977/2014)
  14. Hiss ‘N’ Listen — Holger Czukay — Welt-Rekord / EMI Electrola (1981)
  15. Seven On Seven — Andy Summers & Robert Fripp — A&M (1982)
  16. Wild Horses — Eugene Chadbourne — Fundamental (1987)

luv260

jazz, weird
luv260 Ten Circles With Holes In The Middle

Ten Circles With Holes In The Middle

ten records by ten artists that are considered pioneers in the realm of free jazz. some of the first jazz musicians to look at their instruments and say “what more can I do with this?” people who took improvisation, self expression and even jazz itself into whole new dimensions. listen freely to Ten Circles With Holes In The Middle.
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Tracklist:
  1. Iron Man – Eric Dolphy – Douglas (1969)
  2. The Circle With A Hole In The Middle – Ornette Coleman – Atlantic (1970)
  3. 27 Cooper Square – Marion Brown Quartet – ESP Disk / Base Record (1966)
  4. There Is The Bomb – Don Cherry – Blue Note (1966/1969)
  5. In A Sentimental Mood – Archie Shepp – Impulse! (1966)
  6. N508-10 (4G) – Anthony Braxton with Chick Corea – Arista Freedom (1971/1977)
  7. Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure) – Cecil Taylor – Blue Note (1966)
  8. The Waltz – The Art Ensemble Of Chicago – BYG Records / Get Back (1969/2002)
  9. Holy Family – Albert Ayler – ESP Disk / Get Back (1965/1998)
  10. Peace On Earth – John Coltrane – Impulse! / ABC Records (1966/1972/1978)

luv255

beats 'n' pieces, breaks, electronic listening music, trip hop, weird
luv255 Hodgepodge

Hodgepodge

a quirky collection of fun electronic listening music made by people with silly names.
image : Snow Cone Masks in Montreal, 1939, turned in on itself

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Tracklist:
  1. It’s The Weirdest Thing – Si Begg – Noodles Discotheque (2001)
  2. Hey Bonus – Octet – Diamond Traxx (2004)
  3. Whoosh – Bentley Rhythm Ace – Skint (1997)
  4. King Wasp – Add N To X – Satellite Records (1997)
  5. Pietrafita – Le Tone – MangeDisc / Naïve (1998)***
  6. Error – Hexagon Sun – Worm Interface (2000)
  7. Vended Food – Cabbageboy – Ntone (1999)
  8. Fuck Tha Police – Team Doyobi – Tigerbeat6 (2000)
  9. The Commercial – Wildstyle Bob Nimble – Under 5’s (1998)
  10. Natt I Spårvagnen – Eero Johannes – Planet Mu (2008)
  11. Roman Candle – Dr. Rockit – Lifelike (2000)
  12. Love/Hate – Cheesy Keys – Bovinyl (1997)
  13. Jelly Fish – Mike & Rich – Rephlex (1996)
  14. Dat Hou Je Toch – Like A Tim – Djax-Up-Beats (2001)
  15. Cheese Rider – Wevie Stonder – Skam (2003)
  16. Funny Little Man – Aphex Twin – Warp (1997)
  17. Putza Tock Baby – Mou Ars On – Noodles Foundation / Leaf (2001)
  18. Bonus Life – Radarsat-1 – Ancient Robot (2011)
  19. Divine Lowlife – Joseph Nothing – Planet Mu (2001)
  20. Von Kopf Bis Fuss – Siriusmo – Monkeytown Records (2009)
***track played at wrong speed, on 45rpm instead of 33rpm.

luv242

original soundtracks, weird

Don’t Fall Asleep

a truly creepy collection of classic horror movie music that goes from the willfully atonal to the downright groovy. be sure to lock the doors, check the closet and look under the bed before you put on your headphones; and whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.
image : Kazuno Kohara from Ghosts in the House!

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Tracklist
  1. Verso L’Ignoto (from L’Aldia a.k.a. The Beyond) – Fabio Frizzi – Beat Records Company / Dagored (1981/2001)
  2. Halloween Theme (from Halloween II) – John Carpenter in association with Alan Howarth – Varèse Sarabande (1981)
  3. Profondo Rosso (from Profondo Rosso a.k.a. Deep Red) – Goblin – Cinevox / Dagored (1975/2001)
  4. Dream (from Rosemary’s Baby) – Christopher Komeda – Dot Records (1968)
  5. School In Flames (from Carrie) – Pino Donaggio – Liberty Records (1976)
  6. Prologue (from A Nightmare On Elm Street) – Charles Bernstein – Varèse Sarabande (1984)
  7. Suspiria – (from Suspiria) – Goblin – Cinevox / Dagored (1977/2000)
  8. Sequence. 6 (from Zombi 2 a.k.a. Zombie Flesh Eaters) – Fabio Frizzi – Death Waltz Recording Company (1979/2012)
  9. Le Gois (Scène De La Noyade) (from Maléfices) – Pierre Henry – Philips / Cacophonic (1962/2013)
  10. THE THING : Contamination (from The Thing) – Ennio Morricone – MCA (1982)
  11. The Torment Of The Dead (from The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue) – Giuliano Sorgini – Beat Records Company / Death Waltz Recording Company (1974/2012)
  12. A Slow Burn (from Videodrome) – Howard Shore – Varèse Sarabande (1982)
  13. Theme From The Fog (from The Fog) – John Carpenter – Varèse Sarabande / Death Waltz Recording Company (1984/2013)
  14. Slow Circus (from Tenebre) – Simonetti / Morante / Pignatelli – Cinevox / Dagored (1982/2001)
  15. Utrenja (Excerpt) (from The Shining) – Krzysztof Penderecki – Philips / Warner Bros. (1973/1980)
  16. Excerpts In Terror (From Friday The 13th) – Harry Manfredini – Gramavision (1982)
  17. The Murder (from Psycho II) – Bernard Hermann / Jerry Godsmith – MCA (1983)
  18. Epilogue (from Creepshow) – John Harrison – Varèse Sarabande / Milan (1982/1983)
  19. Seduction And Magic (from Exorcist II : The Heretic) – Ennio Morricone – Warner Bros. (1977)
  20. L’Alba Del Morti Viventi (from Zombi a.k.a. Dawn Of The Dead) – Goblin – Cinevox / Dagored (1978/2000)
  21. Infiltration (Suite) (from Invasion of the Body Snatchers) – Denny Zeitlin – United Artists Records (1978)
  22. Amityville Horror End Credits (from The Amityville Horror) – Lalo Schifrin – American International Pictures, Inc. (1979)

luv126

weird

Frayed Edges Run Ragged

sometimes i feel that we are very close to the breaking point and all i can see are the cracks. this mix of experimental noise, hardcore, modern classical, free jazz, electronics and found sound illustrates this state of mind. it’s dedicated to those shouting in the wind.
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Tracklist
  1. Kinky Sex Makes The World Go Round – Dead Kennedys – Alternative Tentacles (1982/1987)
  2. excerpt from Telephone – Throbbing Gristle – Get Back (2001)
  3. Golden Boy – Severed Heads – INK Records (1983)
  4. The Final Transformation – John Corigliano – RCA (1981)
  5. The Dreams Remain – Four Horsemen – Giorno Poetry Systems (1982)
  6. Melons Rising – Meat Puppets – Thermidor / SST (1982)
  7. Fend Off Your Miserable Grief – Masami Akita & Russell Haswell – Warp (2002)
  8. Sans Titre – Le Quatuor de Jazz Libre du Québec – London / Tenzier (1973/2011)
  9. Under The Mersey Wall – George Harrison – Zapple (1969)
  10. Lontano – György Ligeti – Warner Bros. (1980)
  11. You Don’t Even Live Here – Negativland – SST (1987)
  12. outro from Pollywanacraka – Public Enemy – Def Jam (1990)
  13. Alpine Blizzard – Environments disc 11 – Syntonic Research Inc. (1979)
  14. The Stars In His Head (Dark Lights Remix) – Colin Stetson – Constellation (2011)
  15. Sub Aqua (left channel) / Tidal (center channel) / Lunar (right channel) – Experimental Audio Research – Sympathy For The Record Industry (1996)
  16. Jolson and Jones – Scott Walker – 4AD (2006)
  17. De Natura Sonoris II – Krysztof Pendrecki – Philips (1984)
  18. a real time recording made on March 9th 1948 in New Brunswick, Canada , between Alfie, controller of the line and Wesley, the driver of a runaway train – Ash International (1948/1994)
  19. Bad Character, But Great Sound (live) – Hijokaidan – Dossier Records (1986)
  20. Ronflement – Pierre Henry – Philips (1968)
  21. Atari data track for cassette drives (right channel) / organ by Ernie Haynes (left channel) – The 8-bit Construction Set – Beige Records (2000)
  22. Mildred Pierce – Sonic Youth – Geffen (1990)
  23. excerpt from Metal Machine Music – Lou Reed – RCA (1975)
  24. It Must Be Your Breath – The Mothers Of Invention – B 13 (1969/2011)
  25. Sponge – Stock, Hausen & Walkman – Hot Air (1996)

luv229

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, rock 'n' roll, weird

Moment Mirrors Rainbow

a collection of moments made by folks at the forefront of the British avant-garde in the 1970s. music made by masters of sound craft whose experiments blended prog rock, jazz, electronics and psychedelia with ambient ebb and flow.
photo : Jennifer Hannux

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Tracklist
  1. Amygdala – Henry Cow – Red Records (1973/1979)
  2. The Hall Of Mirrors In The Palace At Versailles – John Cale & Terry Riley – Columbia (1970)
  3. Out-Bloody-Rageous – Soft Machine – Columbia (1970)
  4. Absolutely Curtains – Pink Floyd – Harvest (1972)
  5. ARAN – Christopher Hobbs – Obscure Records (1975)
  6. Gloria Gloom – Matching Mole – Columbia (1972)
  7. Heat c/w Moment – Fred Frith – Caroline Records / Virgin (1974)
  8. Four Ever Rainbow – Steve Hillage – Virgin (1979)
  9. Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road – Robert Wyatt – Virgin (1974)
  10. Final Sunset – Brian Eno – Antilles Records (1978)