Category Archives: weird

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.
image : SDL

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Tracklist:
  1. Iron Man – Eric Dolphy – Douglas (1969) > buy link
  2. The Circle With A Hole In The Middle – Ornette Coleman – Atlantic (1970) > buy link
  3. 27 Cooper Square – Marion Brown Quartet – ESP Disk / Base Record (1966)
  4. There Is The Bomb – Don Cherry – Blue Note (1966/1969) > buy link
  5. In A Sentimental Mood – Archie Shepp – Impulse! (1966) > buy link
  6. N508-10 (4G) – Anthony Braxton with Chick Corea – Arista Freedom (1971/1977) > buy link
  7. Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure) – Cecil Taylor – Blue Note (1966) > buy link
  8. The Waltz – The Art Ensemble Of Chicago – BYG Records / Get Back (1969/2002) > buy link
  9. Holy Family – Albert Ayler – ESP Disk / Get Back (1965/1998) > buy link
  10. Peace On Earth – John Coltrane – Impulse! / ABC Records (1966/1972/1978) > buy link

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) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  16. Funny Little Man – Aphex Twin – Warp (1997) > buy link
  17. Putza Tock Baby – Mou Ars On – Noodles Foundation / Leaf (2001)
  18. Bonus Life – Radarsat-1 – Ancient Robot (2011) > buy link
  19. Divine Lowlife – Joseph Nothing – Planet Mu (2001) > buy link
  20. Von Kopf Bis Fuss – Siriusmo – Monkeytown Records (2009) > buy link
***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) > buy link
  3. Profondo Rosso (from Profondo Rosso a.k.a. Deep Red) – Goblin – Cinevox / Dagored (1975/2001) > buy link
  4. Dream (from Rosemary’s Baby) – Christopher Komeda – Dot Records (1968) > buy link
  5. School In Flames (from Carrie) – Pino Donaggio – Liberty Records (1976)
  6. Prologue (from A Nightmare On Elm Street) – Charles Bernstein – Varèse Sarabande (1984) > buy link
  7. Suspiria – (from Suspiria) – Goblin – Cinevox / Dagored (1977/2000) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  10. THE THING : Contamination (from The Thing) – Ennio Morricone – MCA (1982) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  14. Slow Circus (from Tenebre) – Simonetti / Morante / Pignatelli – Cinevox / Dagored (1982/2001) > buy link
  15. Utrenja (Excerpt) (from The Shining) – Krzysztof Penderecki – Philips / Warner Bros. (1973/1980) > buy link
  16. Excerpts In Terror (From Friday The 13th) – Harry Manfredini – Gramavision (1982)
  17. The Murder (from Psycho II) – Bernard Hermann / Jerry Godsmith – MCA (1983) > buy link
  18. Epilogue (from Creepshow) – John Harrison – Varèse Sarabande / Milan (1982/1983) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  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) > buy link

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.
image : the wind

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Tracklist
  1. Kinky Sex Makes The World Go Round – Dead Kennedys – Alternative Tentacles (1982/1987) > buy link
  2. excerpt from Telephone – Throbbing Gristle – Get Back (2001)
  3. Golden Boy – Severed Heads – INK Records (1983) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  7. Fend Off Your Miserable Grief – Masami Akita & Russell Haswell – Warp (2002) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  11. You Don’t Even Live Here – Negativland – SST (1987) > buy link
  12. outro from Pollywanacraka – Public Enemy – Def Jam (1990) > buy link
  13. Alpine Blizzard – Environments disc 11 – Syntonic Research Inc. (1979)
  14. The Stars In His Head (Dark Lights Remix) – Colin Stetson – Constellation (2011) > buy link
  15. Sub Aqua (left channel) / Tidal (center channel) / Lunar (right channel) – Experimental Audio Research – Sympathy For The Record Industry (1996) > buy link
  16. Jolson and Jones – Scott Walker – 4AD (2006) > buy link
  17. De Natura Sonoris II – Krysztof Pendrecki – Philips (1984) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  23. excerpt from Metal Machine Music – Lou Reed – RCA (1975) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  2. The Hall Of Mirrors In The Palace At Versailles – John Cale & Terry Riley – Columbia (1970)
  3. Out-Bloody-Rageous – Soft Machine – Columbia (1970) > buy link
  4. Absolutely Curtains – Pink Floyd – Harvest (1972) > buy link
  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) > buy link
  8. Four Ever Rainbow – Steve Hillage – Virgin (1979) > buy link
  9. Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road – Robert Wyatt – Virgin (1974) > buy link
  10. Final Sunset – Brian Eno – Antilles Records (1978)

luv222

jazz, weird

100 Years Of Ra :

Over The Moon

100 years ago Earth received a gift from beyond the stars, a spirit named Sun Ra. here to spread cosmic tones, open our ears and broaden our vision. Sun Ra and his Arkestra made music so ahead of it’s time that it will echo across the universe forever. a companion mix called Beneath The Sun is up on the J.A.S.S. page.
image : from the Sun

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Tracklist
  1. Space Is The Place – Sun Ra and The Solar Arkestra – Blue Thumb Records / Soul Jazz (1972/1995) > buy link
  2. Cluster of Galaxies – Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra – El Saturn Research (1962)
  3. Voice Of Space – Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra – El Saturn Research (1963) > buy link
  4. The Universe Is Endless – Sun Ra – Norton Records (1982/2010) > buy link
  5. Jazz From An Unknown Planet – Sun Ra – Inner City (1977) > buy link
  6. Twin Stars Of Thence – Sun Ra – Philly Jazz (1978) > buy link
  7. Dance Of Extra Terrestrians – Sun Ra Arkestra – Black Saint (1989) > buy link
  8. We Travel the Spaceways – Sun Ra & his Arkestra – Inner City (1976) > buy link
  9. Intergalactic II – Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra – El Saturn Research (1970)
  10. The Galaxy Way – Sun Ra – El Saturn Research (1973) > buy link
  11. Spiral Galaxy – Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra – El Saturn Research (1964) > buy link
  12. Interplanetary Music – Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra – El Saturn Research (1961) > buy link
  13. Saturn – Sun Ra and his Arkestra – El Saturn Research / Real Gone Jazz (1959/2011) > buy link
  14. On Jupiter – Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra – El Saturn Research / Art Yard / Kindred Spirits (1979/2009) > buy link
  15. Theme of the Stargazers / Outer Spaceways Incorporated / Next Stop Mars – Sun Ra – ESP-Disk / Get Back (1966/1998) > buy link
  16. Lights On a Satellite – Sun Ra and his Myth-Science Arkestra – El Saturn Research (1960) > buy link
  17. The Satellites Are Spinning – Sun Ra – Actuel / BYG Records / Get Back (1971 / 2001) > buy link
  18. Cosmic Forces – Sun Ra – Sutro Park (1972/2010)
  19. The Universe Sent Me – Sun Ra – Norton Records (1982/2010) > buy link
  20. Outer Spaceways Incorporated – Sun Ra – Sutro Park (1972/2010)

luv199

electronic listening music, weird

It’s Just Sound

sounds from the new millennium that are everything our great grandparents feared music of the future would sound like. spacey ecletronic sounds, irregular beats and bizarre vocals ebb and flow like sonic overload over an ambient landscape.
not real music, definitely unreal music.
image : sweet daddy luv

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Tracklist:
  1. We Don’t Control The Controls (Mashed-The-F-Up Remix by Dan Deacon And The Electic Worms’ Insight Violence) – The Flaming Lips – Warner Bros. / Lovely Sort of Death Records (2013)
  2. Roll Up – Black Dice – Paw Tracks (2007)*** > buy link
  3. 13 Moons – Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom – DFA (2005) > buy link
  4. Berserker – Jane – Paw Tracks (2005) > buy link
  5. Je Tu Nous (remixed by Sir Alice) – Nini Raviolette – Tigersushi Records (2004)
  6. Inners Pace – Gang Gang Dance – The Social Registry / Warp (2008) > buy link
  7. Short Circuit – Growing – Vice Records (2010) > buy link
  8. Lablakely Dress – Avey Tare, Panda Bear & Geologist (a.k.a. Animal Collective) – Catsup Plate / FatCat Records (2001/2009) > buy link
  9. Forasmuch – Leila – Warp (2011) > buy link
  10. Our Old Teen (SCUBA Remix) – Starting Teeth – Creaked Records (2008) > buy link
  11. Tinkerbell – Eric Copeland – DFA (2013) > buy link
***track played at wrong speed, on 33rpm instead of 45rpm.

luv176

beats 'n' pieces, electronic listening music, jazz, odd pop, weird

Becoming Invisible

that fine balance between laid back and lo down, anxiety-ridden and hi tension, need and want, overpowering intensity and strung out bliss. that feeling one gets when they are becoming invisible.
image : Nara Dreamland in Japan

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Tracklist:
  1. Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space – Spiritualized – Dedicated (1997) > buy link
  2. Wig – Gray – Plush Safe Records (2010) > buy link
  3. She’s My Witch – Kip Tyler – Stag-O-Lee (1958/2012) > buy link
  4. Pillar Of Salt – Gray – Plush Safe Records (2010) > buy link
  5. In Mirrors – Colin Stetson – Constellation (2013) > buy link
  6. Molly – Elmer Bernstein and his Orchestra – Decca / DOXY (1956/2011) > buy link
  7. excerpt from Kluster 2 (electric music) – Kluster – Schwann / Bureau B (1970/2012) > buy link
  8. Lover Man – Charlie Parker – Society (1946/1966) > buy link
  9. Twilight Mushrooms – Slum – Warp (1999)
  10. Floating In Ecstasy – Actress – Werk Discs / Ninja Tune (2013) > buy link
  11. Bastard Spirit – Shackleton – Woe To The Septic Heart! (2010) > buy link
  12. Trikco – Speedy J & Chris Liebing – Novamute (2004)
  13. Metal Machine Music : The Amine β Ring A-1 – Lou Reed – RCA (1975) > buy link
  14. Untitled – King Midas Sound – Hyperdub (2010) > buy link
  15. Music For Babies – Howie B. – Polydor (1996) > buy link
  16. Akaka Falls – Arthur Lyman – HiFi Records / Sparton (1958) > buy link
  17. Nem Um Talvez – Miles Davis – Columbia (1972) > buy link
  18. Hologrammic Dub – DJ Spooky – Asphodel (1996) > buy link
  19. She Found Now – My Bloody Valentine – MBV Records (2013) > buy link
  20. Extended Voices – Toshi Ichyanagi – Odyssey (1967)
  21. Mood For A Summer Sundown – Experimental Audio Research – Sympathy For The Record Industry (1996) > buy link
  22. Sway – Seefeel – Warp (2010) > buy link
  23. Smile – Ural Thomas – Mississippi Records / Change (2011)

luv170

beats 'n' pieces, electronic listening music, jazz, odd pop, original soundtracks, trip hop, weird

baby’s cry into…

dip into luv’s stream of consciousness; where music morphs into dialog that gets swallowed by sound, turns into song and weaves a tall tale about everything and nothing. it’s a trip.
image : one picture puzzle piece

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Tracklist:
  1. Some Velvet Phasing – Klaus Schulze – Virgin (1974)
  2. The Cry Of A Normal Newborn Child – Eugene G. Weinberg, M.B., F.C.P. (S.A.) – Pfizer Laboratories Division (1971)
  3. excerpt from 2001 : A Space Odyssey as read by Arthur C. Clarke – Caedmon (1976)
  4. excerpt from Ultimate Heartbeat – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1974)
  5. Cry (Live @ 50 Bucks) – Money Mark – Mo Wax (1995)
  6. Penny Dreadfuls – Animal Collective – Fat Cat (2000) > buy link
  7. Commodore64 data cassette program – The 8-Bit Construction Set – Beige Records (2000)
  8. Blue Anthem – Terry Riley and Krishna Bhatt – Plainishare (1985)
  9. excerpts from Song from America on the Move – Laurie Anderson – Giorno Poetry Systems Records (1983)
  10. Trampoline – Nobukazu Takemura – Thrill Jockey (2001) > buy link
  11. Bufferin : “Memories” (orig.) – Raymond Scott ft. Jim Henson – Basta (1967/2001) > buy link
  12. Program – Silver Apples – Kapp Records / Phoenix Records (1968/2007) > buy link
  13. Comes And Goes – The Art Of Noise – ZTT (1983) > buy link
  14. excerpts of whale songs from Deep Voices – Dr. Robert S. Payne – Capitol (1977) > buy link
  15. excerpt from SPACE : 1999 : It Played so Softly on the Ear – Power Records (1976)
  16. Illogical Digression (version) – 100th Process – 10 Kilo (1998)
  17. Green Calx – Aphex Twin – R&S Records (1992) > buy link
  18. Intro / Tokyo / City Girl – Kevin Shields – Emperor Norton (2003) > buy link
  19. excerpt from A Big 10-8 Place part two (180-G) – Negativland – Seeland Records (1983)
  20. The Lonely – Bernard Herrmann – Varèse Sarabande (1959/1983)
  21. My House – Henry Rollins – Freeway Records (1984)
  22. Ghosts – Albert Ayler – Hat Hut Records (1966/1982)
  23. excerpts of howling and barking from The Language and Music of the Wolves – Tonsil Records (1971) > buy link
  24. excerpt from Star Trek : The Crier in Emptiness – Power Records (1975)
  25. Simean Groove – Folk Implosion – Mo Wax (1996) > buy link
  26. excerpt from When Melinda Sings – Sidney Poitier – United Artists Records (1969)
  27. 40 Winks (No Sleep Vadim! Mix) – The Herbaliser – Ninja Tune (1996) > buy link
  28. Lady Sings The Blues – Billie Holiday – Verve (1956) > buy link
  29. Old Lodge Skins prepares to die. But it rains and they go back to the teepee. – Chief Dan George & Dustin Hoffman – Columbia (1971)
  30. excerpt from Gentle Rain In A Pine Forest – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1979)
  31. Picture Puzzle Piece – Shel Silverstein – Columbia (1985) > buy link
  32. Jigsaw Puzzle – The Rolling Stones – Abkco (1968) > buy link

luv159

odd pop, weird

Forgive Us If We Laugh A Lot

this mix is unintentionally, unavoidably creepy as it is made up of the weird and wonderful music of The Residents. join their odd collection of characters as they focus on the comical darkside of life amidst unique sonic structures, textures and tunes.
photo : The Residents

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Tracklist:
  1. excerpt from Hitler Was A Vegetarian – The Residents – Ralph Records (1976/1979) > buy link
  2. Live At The Apollo: b. Try Me – The Residents – Ralph Records/ Korova (1984) > buy link
  3. Santa Dog ’78 – The Residents – Ralph Records (1978/1982)
  4. Monkey And Bunny – The Residents & Renaldo And The Loaf – Ralph Records / Korova (1983/1984)
  5. Hole-Workers At The Mercies Of Nature : Voices Of The Air – The Residents – Ralph Records (1981) > buy link
  6. A Spirit Steals A Child – The Residents – Ralph Records (1979) > buy link
  7. Kaw-Liga (Horror Mix) – The Residents – Toroso (1986)
  8. Mr. Bee’s Bumble – The Residents – Mute Records (2005) > buy link
  9. Loser ≅ Weed – The Residents – Ralph Records (1976/1981)
  10. Die In Terror – The Residents – Ralph Records (1980) > buy link
  11. Goosebump : And Farmers – The Residents – Ralph Records (1980) > buy link
  12. You Yesyesyes – The Residents – Ralph Records (1976) > buy link
  13. Hello Skinny – The Residents – Ralph Records (1978) > buy link
  14. Not Available Part Two : The Making Of A Soul – The Residents – Ralph Records (1978) > buy link
  15. Whoopy Snorp – The Residents – Los Angeles Free Music Society / Ralph Records (1977/1983)
  16. Shorty’s Lament (Intermission) – The Residents – Ralph Records (1982) > buy link
  17. Spotted Pinto Bean – The Residents – Ralph Records (1974/1979) > buy link
  18. Lord, It’s Lonely – The Residents – Ralph Records (1984)
  19. Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth) – The Residents – Ralph Records (1982) > buy link