luv252

abstract house, electronic listening music, techno

Searchlight

i like to start off each new journey around the sun with a deftly blended mix of future sound from the past year. this edition depicts a deep ‘n’ moody journey that works many layers into contained emotional outbursts. all the while searching out the light.
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Tracklist
  1. Awakening – Submotion Orchestra – Counter Records (2014)
  2. Circlont6a (Syrobonkus Mix) – Aphex Twin – Warp (2014)
  3. House of Horus – Matthewdavid – Brainfeeder (2014)
  4. Velcro – Rustie – Warp (2014)
  5. Power Cut – Champion – Hyperdub (2014)
  6. Near The End – Illum Sphere – Ninja Tune (2014)
  7. Draft Culture – Dorian Concept – Ninja Tune (2014)
  8. Mars – Caribou – Merge Records (2014)
  9. Letters Of Past – Fhloston Paradigm ft. Pia Ercole – Hyperdub (2014)
  10. Ganda Rising – Shackleton – Bleep (2014)
  11. Buchla (Seven Davis Jr remix) – Four Tet – Text Records (2014)
  12. Rings – Moiré ft. Charlie Tappin – Werk Discs (2014)
  13. Tuning Out – Ekoplekz – Planet Mu (2014)
  14. Secrets – Martyn – Ninja Tune (2014)
  15. Tether – Plaid – Warp (2014)

luv251

jazz

Yearly Contemplation

closing out the year with a collection of songs by jazz artists that represent their searching souls. a mix of heavy and uplifting to help get your head on straight for the upcoming challenges the new year will bring. here’s hoping we will all walk down freedom’s road together and drink from the plenty cup.
photo : Dated Soul

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Tracklist
  1. Contemplation – Doug Carn ft. Jean Carn – Black Jazz Records (1973/1998)
  2. Won’t You Open Up Your Senses – Horace Silver Sextet ft. Andy Bey – Blue Note (1970)
  3. Freedom Death Dance – Eugene McDaniels – Atlantic (1970)
  4. Shape Your Mind To Die – Leon Thomas – Flying Dutchman (1972)
  5. Incognito – Oneness of JuJu – Black Fire (1975/1993)
  6. Root In 7/4 Plus – Maulawi – Strata Records, Inc. / Universal Sound (1974/2005)
  7. What We Need – Tribe – Tribe Records / Universal Sound (1973/1996)
  8. Black Maybe – Gary Bartz Ntu Troop – Prestige (1972)
  9. Brown Baby – Nina Simone – Colpix Records / DOXY (1962/2012)
  10. The Rain – Eddie Gale – Blue Note / 4 Men With Beards (1968/2003)
  11. The Man part c. Reach For A Star – Duke Edwards and The Young Ones – Prestige (1968)
  12. The Voyage – Hannibal and The Sunrise Orchestra – MPS (1975)
  13. Love Is Everywhere – Pharoah Sanders – Impulse! / ABC Records (1973)
  14. The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace) – Louis Armstrong ft. Leon Thomas – Flying Dutchman / Irma (1970/2000)

luv250

electronic listening music, jazz, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, seasonal series

Wintor

the final mixtape of this year’s seasonal series is an aural journey through winter that will help us get through the coldest night of the year with dreams of flowers that will bloom again.
image : Elaina Grainey

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Tracklist
  1. Winter Now – Broadcast – Warp (2003)
  2. excerpt from Winter – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  3. Father Christmas – Ryuichi Sakamoto – Virgin (1983)
  4. Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne – Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix / Legacy (1969/2010)
  5. excerpt from Wind/Hail Storm from an Alpine Blizzard – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1979)
  6. Winter 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012)
  7. Winter Prayers – Iron and Wine – Nonesuch (2013)
  8. California Dreaming – George Benson – CTI Records (1971)
  9. Coldest Night Of The Year – Twice As Much and Vashti – Immesiate / Dicristina (1966/2007)
  10. Iced Cooly – Boards Of Canada – Music70 / Warp (1995/2002)
  11. Ice Capades (Moog Music ’67) – Van Dyke Parks – Bananastan (1967/2011)
  12. Skating – Vince Guaraldi Trio – Fantasy (1965)
  13. Winters Love – Animal Collective – FatCat Records (2004)
  14. Wintertime Love – The Doors – Elektra (1968)
  15. Hutchinson Jail – Lee Hazlewood – Reprise / 1972 (1966/2014)
  16. Snowbird – Anne Murray – Capitol (1970)

luv249

jazz, odd pop, original soundtracks

The Dahling Limited

does your party have the blahs? for a quick remedy pop on the latest mixtape of swinging sixties sounds from sweet daddy luv. it’s a surefire way to light up your affair. you’re welcome dahling.
image : Francine Anjoux

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Tracklist
  1. Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones – Mercury / Wax Time (1962/2013)
  2. Jungle Beat (from The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) – Hugo Montenegro – RCA Victor (1966)
  3. Out Of Nowhere – Bob & Phil and the Orchestra – Project 3 Total Sound (1966)
  4. Operation Smash (from Hawaii Five-O) – Morton Stevens – Capitol (1969)
  5. Blues A-Go-Go – Lalo Schifrin – Verve (1965)
  6. It Ain’t Necessarily So – Doc Severinsen – Command Records / Sparton (1966)
  7. Holy Flypaper (from Batman) – Nelson Riddle – 20th Century Fox Records (1966)
  8. Sunshine Superman – Enoch Light’s Action – Project 3 Total Sound (1967)
  9. Bee’s Knees – The John Barry Seven – Parlophone / EMI (1958/1979)
  10. Big Noise From The Jungle – Sandy Nelson – Sunset Records (1967)
  11. Theme From ‘The Munsters’ – Jimmy Smith – Verve (1965)
  12. Sneaky Search (from The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.) – Teddy Randazzo – MGM Records (1967)
  13. What Now My Love – Urbie Green – Project 3 Total Sound (1967)
  14. The Tiber Twist (from The Pink Panther) – Henry Mancini – RCA Victor (1963)
  15. The Chelsea Memorandum – Lalo Schifrin – MCA Records (1967)

luv248

robot rock, techno

Time Shard

a polyrhythmic techno journey into a time vortex that is both trance inducing and body moving.
photo : Stephen Lebovits

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Tracklist
  1. Kinetic (Orbital Remix) – The Golden Girls – R&S Records (1992)
  2. Breathe – The Wee Djs – Touchin’ Bass (2006)
  3. Real (Nathan Fake Remix) – Avus – Border Community (2003)
  4. Me and My Shadow – Cristian Vogel – Novamute (2000)
  5. Scattering Pulsars – Shifted Phases – Tresor (2002)
  6. Phase (Speedy J Remix) – Human Beings – Deviate (1996)
  7. Charged Up – Salt Tank – Internal (1994)
  8. We Have Explosive (King Roc Remix) – The Future Sound Of London – EMI (2006)
  9. Frame Out – Ken Ishii – R&S Records (1995)
  10. Left Turned – Petter – Border Community (2004)
  11. Dataromance – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2000)
  12. Time & Space – François K. – Wave Music (1998)
  13. Mercurial (The Ernie & Bert Stone High Mix) – Euphoria – Guerilla Records (1992)
  14. About That – Pentatonik – Deviant Records (1994)
  15. Bio Diesel – Cold Fusion Mafia – Trigger Recordings (2003)
  16. Phaze Test (30 Beat Cycle) – Eon – Electron Industries (1996)
  17. Jason Vorhees – LFO – Warp (1996)
  18. Koax (2003) – Apparat – Bpitch Control (2003)
  19. Walk about – Orbital – Internal (1993)
  20. More & More & More – Funkstörung – Studio !K7 (2005)
  21. Analogue Bubblebath 1 – The Aphex Twin – Mighty Force Records / R&S Records (1991/1995)

luv247

jazz

The Collapsable Universe

the 1970’s were electric. synthesizers had crept into daily life, titillating eardrums with sounds from the future. in this environment, jammed full of new technologies, jazz mutated into elaborate soundscapes with layers and textures and grooves.
image : Zane Gnomimia

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Tracklist
  1. Balek – Placebo – CBS / Music On Vinyl (1973/2014)
  2. Galaxy – Eddie Henderson – Blue Note (1975)
  3. Space Odyssey – Marcus Belgrave – Tribe / Universal Sound (1974/2004)
  4. The Cheshire Cat Walk – Maynard Ferguson – Columbia (1976)
  5. Sofistifunk – Return To Forever ft. Chick Corea – Polydor (1975)
  6. Synthesizers Dance – Miroslav Vitous – Warner Bros. (1976)
  7. Nothing To Declare – Wolfgang Dauner – ECM Records (1970)
  8. Hittin’ On 6 – Tony Williams – Columbia (1979)
  9. Jasper Country Man – Bobbi Humphrey – Blue Note (1974)
  10. High Stakers – Airto Fogo – Decca (1976)
  11. Delta Six / Brighter Days – Stanton Davis And The Ghetto Mysticism Band – Cultures Of Soul Records (1976/2013)

luv246

broken beat

A Bit Willy Wonka

i dropped this mixtape and all the beats broke.
image : Charlie Bucket

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Tracklist
  1. Processional (Moonstarr Remix) – Recloose – Public Transit Recordings (2006)
  2. Dressed To Ill – Domu – 2000 Black (1999)
  3. Techno Boogie (Edit 1) – Pavel Dego Kostiuk – Archive (1999)
  4. Frontal Funk – Château Flight – Versatile (2000)
  5. Groovesome – Domu – 2000 Black / Planet E (2001)
  6. Compressed Light (Black Science Borg Mix) – P’taah – Ubiquity (2000)
  7. GL2 – Danny Bonnici – Hiddenform (2006)
  8. Dauntless (Restless Soul South Pacific Remix) – 4hero – Talkin’ Loud (1999)
  9. Dust Remix (Dust + Water mix by Todd Sines) – Moonstarr – Public Transit Recordings (2003)
  10. Man With The Movie Camera (Domu Remix) – The Cinematic Orchestra – Ninja Tune (2003)
  11. Future Chicano – Maddslinky – Sirkus (2001)
  12. My Hi-Fi – Cousin Cockroach and Shox – Archive (2004)
  13. Into The Now – Seiji – 2000 Black (2007)
  14. Volcano Riddim – MJ Cole – Soul Jazz (2010)
  15. This Ain’t Tom n’ Jerry – Cousin Cockroach – Bitasweet Records (2002)
  16. Salvador (Seiji’s Bugz In The Attic Remix) – Hexstatic – Ninja Tune (2004)
  17. No One, No How, Never (Nubian Mindz Remix) – P’taah – Ubiquity (2000)

luv245

dub, electronic listening music

Through A Glass, Dankly

further proof that dub is an almighty force as European artists man the controls and go deep. tomorrow dub, eternal feedback, higher than that.
image : jah luv

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Tracklist
  1. intro to Towers Of Dub – The Orb – Big Life (1992)
  2. Free – The Moody Boys – XL Recordings (1990)
  3. Hair Farmer – Unitone HiFi – Incoming! (1996)
  4. Ohtokin (dub) – The Fire This Time – Filter (1998)
  5. Blood, Sweat And Tears – The Rootsman ft. Bobby Blue – Meteosound (2003)
  6. Wise Blood – Primal Scream remixed by Adrian Sherwood ft. Prince Far I – Creation Records (1997)
  7. Eternal Feedback – Massive Attack V Mad Professor – Wild Bunch Records (1995)
  8. Styles Dub – Roots Manuva – Big Dada (2002)
  9. Tomorrow Dub – Gorillaz – Parlophone (2000)
  10. Flip Ya Lid – Nightmares On Wax – Warp (2006)
  11. Burroughs Dub – Tassilli Players – Universal Egg (1995)
  12. Higher Than That – Sandoz – Soul Jazz (2002)
  13. Wilmot’s Last Skank – The Sabres Of Paradise – Warp (1994)
  14. Love Jah Now – Paul St. Hilaire – Jahtari (2013)

luv244

funk 'n' soul

Warning To The Cold

seems there have always been hard times. even though most of these songs were recorded over 40 years ago a lot of the sentiment rings as true today as it did then. as i’m sure it did 4 decades before that , and will 4 decades from now unless we give more power to the people.
photo : Ben Waldman

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Tracklist
  1. Harlem — Bill Withers — Sussex (1971)
  2. Concrete Reservation — Syl Johnson — Twinight Records (1970)
  3. Smiling Faces Sometimes — The Undisputed Truth — Tamla Motown (1971)
  4. Ghetto : Misfortune’s Wealth — The 24-Carat Black — Enterprise / 4 Men With Beards (1973/2014)
  5. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) — Marvin Gaye — Tamla (1971)
  6. South Carolina (Barnwell) — Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson — Arista / Rumal-Gia Records / TVT Classics (1975)
  7. Henceforth — Roy Ayers Ubiquity — Polydor (1973)
  8. People — Chocolate Milk — RCA (1975)
  9. Hard Times — Baby Huey — Curtom (1971)
  10. The Devil Is Dope — The Dramatics — Volt (1973)
  11. Living For The City — Stevie Wonder — Tamla Motown (1973)
  12. Mean Machine Chant — The Last Poets — Douglas / Light In The Attic / Vampi Soul (1971/2002)
  13. A Man — Key & Cleary — Mark Records / Chocolate Industries (????/2012)
  14. (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People — The Chi-Lites — Brunswick Records Corporation (1970)
  15. People Make The World Go Round — The Stylistics — Avco Records (1971)
  16. Love To The People — Curtis Mayfield — Curtom (1975)

luv243

odd pop

Accumulating Cumulus

a collection of odd pop dug out of the Record Canyon for your listening pleasure. radio pop in an alternate universe.
photo : Jupiter designs, photo taken by the satellite of luv

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Tracklist
  1. Too Late, Too Far – Cant – Terrible Records / Warp (2011)
  2. Alley Cats – Hot Chip – Astralwerks / Parlophone (2010)
  3. Irene – Caribou – City Slang (2007)
  4. Noir Blues To Tinnitus – Of Montreal – Polyvinyl Record Company (2012)
  5. Faults – Seefeel – Warp (2010)
  6. All Is Full Of Love (In Love With Funkstörung Mix) – Björk – FatCat (1998)
  7. Sideliner – Timtim – Bpitch Control – (2003)
  8. (This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan – Dntel ft. Benjamin Gibbard – Plug Research / Sub Pop (2001/2011)
  9. For You (ISAN Remix) – Solvent – Ghostly International (2004)
  10. Take Off Your Skirt – Bibio – Warp (2011)
  11. Rollerblades – Kwes. – Warp (2013)
  12. Give Me My Month – James Blake – Atlas Recordings / Polydor (2011)
  13. Mr. Baby – The Internal Tulips – Planet Mu (2010)
  14. 40 Days – Lali Puna – Morr Music (2002)
  15. Children Of The Times – Solar Bears – Planet Mu (2010)
  16. Another Pearl (The “Broadcast” Remix) – Badly Drawn Boy – Twisted Nerve / XL Recordings (2000)
  17. Shangri-La – Yacht – DFA (2011)