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

luv373

electronic listening music, trip hop
luv373 luvsiq

luvsiq

a mixtape of downtempo bleeps and beats for when you have a broken art.
image : Quivls Paradigm

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Tracklist:
  1. Laundry – edIT – Planet Mu (2004)
  2. No Idol – DJ Haram – Hyperdub (2019)
  3. Sisters (OG Drum Version) – Odd Nosdam – Leaving Records (2016)
  4. Nowt Tu Doo Wi Me – J.P Buckle – Rephlex (1998)
  5. Hopper – The Fear Ratio – Skam (2015)
  6. Not Modular (The Bug Straight Mix) – Mr. Mitch – Pressure (2019)
  7. Strange Man – Alexanders Dark Band – DC Recordings (2000)
  8. Ceelink – Ceephax – Lo Recordings (2000)
  9. Low Par – Cabbage Boy – Ntone (1997)
  10. Greatest Silence – Lorn – Brainfeeder (2010)
  11. Katt Witt 700 Watts – Eero Johannes – Planet Mu (2008)
  12. VAX – Mouse On Mars – Monkeytown Records (2012)
  13. Butch (Tipper Remix) – Slag Boom Van Loon – Planet Mu (2001)
  14. diskhat1 – Aphex Twin – Warp (2015)
  15. Meds Fade – Plaid – Warp (2019)
  16. Turn It All Down – Bibio – Warp (2017)
  17. Säule Acid – Konx-Om-Pax ft. Silvia Kastel – Planet Mu (2019)
  18. Dig Up Stupid – Kelpe – DC Recordings (2009)
  19. L Tronic – Luke Vibert – Planet Mu (2015)
  20. Calculatrix – Mr. Oizo – Ed Banger Records / Because Music (2012)
  21. Brandished – Wertheimer – Lex Records (2014)
  22. Church – Kettel – Sending Orbs / Lapsus Records (2008/2018)
  23. Landor 50X2 – Bola – Skam (2017)

luv372

country 'n' western, funk 'n' soul, rock 'n' roll
luv372 Reigning The Swamp

Reigning The Swamp

deep grooves scraped from the bottom of the melting pot and mixed together to create a gumbo that’s full of country heat and down home funky soul.
image : Enola Gray

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Tracklist:
  1. Occapella — Lee Dorsey — Polydor (1970)
  2. Cabbage Alley — The Meters — Reprise (1972)
  3. I Walk On Guilded Splinters — Cher — ATCO / Soul Jazz (1969/2011)
  4. Who Is He (And What Is He To You)? – Bill Withers — Sussex (1972)
  5. Cajun Moon — J.J. Cale — Shelter Records / Mercury (1974/1984)
  6. I’m Glad You’re Mine — Al Green — Hi Records (1972)
  7. Papa, Woncha Let Me Go To Town With You — Bobbie Gentry — Capitol (1967)
  8. Light Blue — Bob Darin — Direction / Light In The Attic (1969/2012)
  9. El Diablo — ZZ Top — London Records / Warner Bros. (1976)
  10. Marposa / Butterfly — Benitez And Nebula — Vaya Records / Soul Jazz (1976/1998)
  11. The Ballad Of Hollis Brown — Leon Russell — Shelter Records / Philips (1974)
  12. On The Road Again — Canned Heat / Blind Owl Wilson — Liberty / Sutro Park / Mississippi Records (1968/2016)
  13. Spaced Cowboy — Sly & The Family Stone — Epic (1971)
  14. What Do You See In Her — Inell Young — Libra Records / Soul Jazz (1972/2008)
  15. A Joyful Process — Funkadelic — Westbound Records (1972)
  16. Peace Frog — The Doors — Elektra (1970)
  17. Who’s Making Love — Tony Joe White — Monument / Soul Jazz (1969/2012)
  18. How Long (Betcha’ Got A Chick On The Side) — The Pointer Sisters — Blue Thumb Records (1975)
  19. Hey Pocky A-Way — The Wild Tchoupitoulas — Island (1976)
  20. Life — Dr. John — ATCO (1973)

luv371

beats 'n' pieces
luv371 Revolution Number Nine

Revolution Number Nine

sweet daddy luv has been making odd mixes for odd people since 2010 and here, now, at the beginning of dj luv’s records ninth trip around the sun, he has curated a collection of songs all about the #9. so here’s to another nine years digging around the Record Canyon finding the nuggets you never knew you needed to know. thanks for listening.
image : brought to you by the number 9

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Tracklist:
  1. If Six Was Nine – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Reprise (1967)
  2. Warp 9 – The Oakland Elementary School Arkestra – Retro / Modern Harmonic (1984/2018)
  3. Cloud Nine – The Temptations – Gordy (1969)
  4. Westbound #9 – The Flaming Ember – Hot Wax (1970)
  5. Number Nine – Depth Charge – Vinyl Solution (1994)
  6. 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) – Digable Planets – Pendulum Records (1994)
  7. Take Nine – 9lazy9 – Ninja Tune (1993)
  8. excerpt from Revolution 9 – The Beatles – Apple Records (1968)
  9. Rocket Number Nine – Sun Ra & His Arkestra – El Saturn Records / Modern Harmonic (1960/2016)
  10. excerpt from The Pointing Game (Combinations To Make 8, 9 & 10) – Jiminy Cricket & Rica Moore – Disneyland (1963)
  11. Nine – RAC – Warp (1995)
  12. excerpt from Space-Patrol (Raumpatrouille) – Peter Thomas Sound Orchester – Philips / Bungalow (1966/1996)
  13. 9 Samurai (Quarta 330 Rmx) – Kode9 – Hyperdub (2007)
  14. excerpt from Count Up To Nine – The Count with Ftatateeta and The Bats – Children’s Television Workshop (1983)
  15. Radio Nine – Buzzcocks – United Artists Records / I.R.S. Records (1979/1980)
  16. Nine Times Out of Ten – The Undertones – Sire (1980)
  17. “9” in Morse Code loop – Russ Farnsworth – Ameco Publishing Corp. (????)
  18. Naughty Number Nine – Grady Tate – Capitol (1973)
  19. Nine Funerals Of The Citizen King – Henry Cow – Virgin (1973)
  20. Craft Nine – Plaid – Warp (2011)
  21. When I Was Nine – John D. Loudermilk – Warner Bros. (1971)
  22. Nine Pound Hammer – Johnny Cash – Columbia (1962)
  23. Nine Times Blue – Michael Nesmith & The First National Band – RCA Victor (1970)
  24. Nine Out Of Ten – Caetano Veloso – Philips (1972)
  25. Nine – Autechre – Warp (1994)

luv370

electronic listening music, techno
luv370 Unnatural Mystic

Unnatural Mystic

for a brief moment the fabric of time and space folded in on itself creating an inter-dimensional vortex. it was at that instance the Unnatural Mystic appeared above us, hovering motionless in the sky. as it set it’s gaze upon us we slowly drifted upwards, lifted on layers of rhythms and sounds from the future past. entranced by the journey. lost in space.
photo : Lanny Straumm

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Tracklist:
  1. The Glass Dome – Ethik – Eat Raw / Kompakt (1993/2019)
  2. Vanttool – The Black Dog – General Production Recordings (1992/1995)
  3. Bodyjazz Bodyfusion (Ether Spiritool) – Aquarhythms – Aquarhythms / Phono (1995/1997)
  4. Gimp – B12 – Warp (1996)
  5. Phantom Heart Brother Part III – The Dark Side Of The Moog – Fax +49-69/450464 / Music On Vinyl (1995/2018)
  6. Prodrome – Ken Ishii – R&S Records (1993)
  7. Running Time – Terence Dixon – Tresor (2000/2016)
  8. Justice Loop – Autocreation – Inter-Modo / Medical Records (1994/2017)
  9. Expedition – Andrea Parker – Quartermass (2001)
  10. Botanical Dimensions – Biosphere – Origio Sound / Apollo / Biophon Records (1994/2016)
  11. JDC – The 7th Plain – A-TON (1995/2018)
  12. Home – Robert Hood – Tresor (1994/2018)
  13. Symmetry – Speedy J – Warp (1994)
  14. Departure – Mind Over Rhythm – Rumble Records (1994)
  15. Face The Day – Readymade / Thomas Fehlmann – Volume / Apollo (1993/1998)

luv022

breaks, electro, rave, robot rock
luv022 Makin' Cash Money

Makin’ Cash Money

this 15 year old mixtape of robot rock is a tornado of electro techno 8-bit acid breaks from the mind of a 10 year old raver under the influence of multiple layers of madness, barely keeping it together while escaping into he night.
image : Sir Webster Mollins

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Tracklist:
  1. Girls – Prodigy – XL (2004)
  2. Myami Style – Bass Junkie – Touchin’ Bass (2003)
  3. Toy Boxx – The Octagon Man vs. Depth Charge – DC Recordings (2000)
  4. Repossessed – Son of the Electric Ghost – Bless (2004)
  5. Theme from the Antics-Chip War – Chris Huelsbeck – Enduro (1987/2001)
  6. Territory (FCB vs AMB mix) – Loes Lee & Meneater – Moving Target (2003)
  7. Trip Harder – The Ultraviolet Catastrophe – Ultra Violet Recordings (1994)
  8. Playstation #2 – I-F feat. Helga La Blaque – Disko B (1998)
  9. Gak 3 – Gak – Warp (1994)
  10. Freestyle Disco (S.I. Futures Rework) – S.I. Futures – Novamute (2001)
  11. Twenty Minutes of Disco Glory (The Acid Rock Mix) – DJ Garth & E.T.I. – Wicked (1996)
  12. Work With What You Got – Laszlo Becket and Steve Taylor – Hand On The Plow (2003)
  13. Bobby R. – Dietmar Lehner & Thomas Biebl – Gold & Liebe Tonträger (1999)
  14. Miss.Adventure – Environmental Science – Skint (1997)
  15. Live at the Capri (Supermix) – Deadly Avenger – Illicit Recordings (1999)
  16. Comfortably Numb (Tiga Dub) – Scissor Sisters – A Touch of Class (2004)
  17. Comfortably Numb (Tiga Remix) – Scissor Sisters – A Touch of Class (2004)

luv369

reggae
luv369 Languidity

Languidity

late afternoon reggae style deep cuts mixed with hot summer chill out roots vibes. a sound you can get with in your down time.
image : J. Havul

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Tracklist:
  1. Only Jah Knows – Kingston All-Stars ft. Carol Brown – Roots & Wire Records (2018)
  2. Dread Locks Dread – U-Roy – Virgin (1975)
  3. They Never Love In This Time – Culture – Front Line / Virgin (1979/2000)
  4. The Youth – Burning Spear – Spear / Pressure Sound (1976/2001)
  5. Let Love Shine Along The Way – U Brown – Blood & Fire (1976/1997)
  6. Finger Out – The Icebreakers with The Diamonds – Front Line / Caroline (1978/2000)
  7. Live Up – Wayne Jarrett – Jah Life (1981)
  8. Travelling – Debra Keese & Black Five – Black Art / Trojan (1977/1990)
  9. Street 66 – Linton Kwesi Johnson – Island/ Mango (1980)
  10. Burial – Bunny Wailer – Solomonic / Island / Mango (1980)
  11. Look At Life – Jackie Mittoo – Jamaican Recordings (2008)
  12. Not Follow Fashion – Linval Thompson – Trojan / Music On Vinyl (1978/2019)
  13. Natty Dread She Want – Big Youth – Klik / Virgin (1975/2001)
  14. Thief In The Night – The Gladiators – Virgin / Caroline (1976/2000)
  15. Pablo’s Delightful Dub – Augustus Pablo – Rhino / Radiation Records (1999/2019)
  16. World Of Dispensation – Singers & Players – On-U Sound (1981/2015)
  17. Time Will Tell – Johnny Clarke – Weed Beat / Blood & Fire (1978/1998)

luv368

original soundtracks
luv368 You May Never Go Home

You May Never Go Home

he wakes up every morning in his beautiful apartment, goes to his ideal job, earns enough to live a satisfying and comfortable life. but lately he finds himself feeling too comfortable and less satisfied, in fact he is even a little bored. he needs to shake things up, break free from the monotony of his routine, even if only for a little while. a vacation, that’s what he needs.

searching for the ideal holiday he stumbles upon a travel agency specializing in “extreme” vacation destinations whose slogan is “vacations so good you may never go home!” intrigued he sets up an appointment that day and heads on over to their office to discuss options. when he arrives he is sat at a table with two representatives who go right into their spiel. they talk about exotic locales with lots of excitement, about being taken out of your element to gain a new understanding of the world and yourself. emphasizing that it will be an experience he will never forget.

completely sold on the idea and very much ready to go on an adventure the agency reps hand him a pen and a contract. hastily going over the details he signs on the dotted line, thrilled at finally getting the change of pace he was yearning for. then something from inside the pen pricks his finger. suddenly he starts feeling woozy, voices get muffled, his vision blurs and he passes out.

after what feels like an eternity of drugged unconsciousness he wakes up lying on the floor of a less than reputable establishment that he does not recognize. as he tries to stand he notices that people around him are speaking in a language he doesn’t understand and can’t place. he reaches for his cell phone and wallet, but they are gone. leaving the barroom he steps out into bright daylight onto a street he’s never been on before. this is when he realizes that he is in a foreign country with no money and no passport.

this is the adventure the agency had planned. they would strand him in a far off land with nothing and see if he can find his way home. so still a bit dazed but determined, with a will to survive and no other options, he sets off on an adventure homeward bound.

this deep dive into original movie scores is an attempt to soundtrack his journey.

photo : Edward Honaker

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Tracklist
  1. Mexican Dream (alt.) (from Colpo Rovente) – Piero Piccioni – Easy Tempo (1970/1999)
  2. To Jean (from Kill!) – Berto Pisano & Jacques Chaumont – General Music / The Omni Recording Company / The Roundtable (1972/2014)
  3. On The Tumbril (from The Omega Man) – Ron Grainer – Silva Screen Records (1971/2018)
  4. Nella Moschea (from Kill!) – Berto Pisano & Jacques Chaumont – General Music / The Omni Recording Company / The Roundtable (1972/2014)
  5. Silver Ball (Věra In Cameo) (from IKARIE XB-1) – Zdeněk Liška – Finders Keepers Records (1963/2019)
  6. It’s All Yours (from Sitting Target) – Stanley Myers – Finders Keepers Records (1971/2006)
  7. Cloquet’s Parrots / Midnight Sunrise (from Naked Lunch) – Howard Shore / Ornette Coleman / London Philharmonic Orchestra – Milan / Mondo (1992/2016)
  8. Untitled Percussion Composition (from Shadows) – Charles Mingus – Doxy Cinematic (1959/2015)
  9. No Dining Allowed (from Murderer’s Row) – Lalo Schifrin – RCA Victor (1967)
  10. Battle At Piz Gloria (from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) – John Barry – United Artists Records (1969)
  11. La Dimostrazione (from Metralleta Stein) – Daniele Patucchi – CAM / Cinedelic Records (1974/2015)
  12. The Really Big Heist (from The Thief Who Came To Dinner) – Henry Mancini – Warner Bros. (1973)
  13. Running Out Of Time (from Miracle Mile) – Tangerine Dream – Private Music (1989)
  14. Back To Earth (from Chappaqua) – Ravi Shankar – Columbia Masterworks (1966)
  15. The Shark Cage Fugue (from Jaws) – John Williams – MCA / Mondo (1975/2017)
  16. Videophonic (from Kamikaze 1989) – Edgar Froese – Virgin (1982)
  17. Cadavre En Série (from Le Pacha) (from Le Pacha) – Serge Gainsbourg & Michel Colombier – Wewantsounds (1968/2018)
  18. Cue 6M2 / 1M2 (from The Family Way) – Paul McCartney – Decca (1967)
  19. Catalogo Completo (from La Cosa Cómica a.k.a. La Cosa Buffa) – Ennio Morricone – Cinevox / Diresa (1972/1973)
  20. Main Title (from Reach The Rock) – John McEntire – Hefty Records (1998)
  21. short theme from Bruce Lee’s Game Of Death – John Barry – TAM (1978)

luv367

electro
luv367 Electro Superstructure no 51

Electro Superstructure no. 51

welcome to Electro Superstructure no. 51. open up your mind and let your ears crawl around inside the complex framework firmly built on a foundation of ancient synths and drum machine clatter. flow freely through the architecture of electronic construction and come out the other end stronger, faster & wiser, but still more human than machine.
image : The Honeycomb Kid

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Tracklist
  1. Krunk – Hydraulix – Touchin’ Bass (2004)
  2. You Don’t Know – Drexciya – Underground Resistance / Clone Classic Cuts (1996/2013)
  3. Winning Signal – Bell – Soul Jazz (2003)
  4. Perverted Truth – Himadri – Plus 8 Records (1994) ***
  5. Walking With Clouds – Transllusion – Supremat / Tresor (2001/2014)
  6. Piledriver – Single Cell Orchestra – Astralwerks (1996)
  7. untitled (track 1 , side B of Codebreaker 12″) – UR – Underground Resistance (1997)
  8. Thin Hair – Repeat – Pure Plastic (1999)
  9. 10ft Bass – The Octagon Man – Electron Industries (1997)
  10. 8_OP – Lowfish – Satamile Records (2006)
  11. Reuniq – Ruxpin – Uni:form Recordings (1999)
  12. Flux – Shifted Phases – Tresor (2002)
  13. Machine Maid – Two Lone Swordsmen – Warp (2000)
  14. Sonar Base #6 – Sonar Base – U-Trax / Deeptrax Records (1997/2017)
  15. Diagram 2 (Original Mix) – D’Arcangelo – Rephlex (2006)
***track played at wrong speed, on 45rpm instead of 33rpm.

luv366

rock 'n' roll
luv366 Almost Beastly

Almost Beastly

21st Century rock’n’roll from the deviants and descendants of the Freak Scene.
image : a Hugo Rodas & sweet daddy luv collaboration

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Tracklist
  1. Tall Man Skinny Lady – Ty Segall – Drag City (2014)
  2. Panda – Dungen – Subliminal Sounds (2004)
  3. The Gravy – Japanther – Tapes Records / Wäntage USA (2006)
  4. Gamma Ray – Beck – DGC (2008)
  5. Megumi The Milkyway Above – Connan Mockasin – Mexican Summer (2010/2014)
  6. Cannibal Planet – OCS – Castle Face (2017)
  7. Pink Steam – Sonic Youth – Goofin’ Records (2006)
  8. Glass Tassle – Absolutely Free – One Big Silence (2012)
  9. In Another Way – My Bloody Valentine – MBV Records (2013)
  10. After Class – Atlas Sound – Kranky (2008/2016)
  11. Time To Live – Ariel Pink – Mexican Summer (2017)
  12. Headin’ For The Top Now – Spiritualized – Double Six / Fat Possum Records (2012)
  13. Same Side – The Casket Girls – Graveface Records (2014)
  14. My Intention – Ape School – Counter Records (2009)
  15. My British Tour Diary – Of Montreal – Polyvinyl Record Company (2004)
  16. Tricky – Born Ruffians – Paper Bag Records / Yep Roc Records (2018)
  17. Those Days Is Comin’ Soon – The Lemon Twigs – 4AD (2016)