luv130

dub

Echo Complex

you are about to enter the cavernous Echo Complex. a place where the heaviest dub sounds from the 80’s and 90’s have been bouncing around for decades. come prepared, smoke ’em if you got ’em.
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Tracklist:
  1. Live Up Dub – Mixman ft. Horace Andy – Blakamix International (1995)
  2. Fast Forward (dub) – Ranking Joe – Ariwa Sounds (1996)
  3. Kulturforum Dub – Hi-Tech Roots Dynamics – Channel One (1996)
  4. Man (Man You’ve Lost) Version – Robbie and Sly and the Rapture Force – Shade (????)
  5. Dr. Who? – Doctor Pablo & The Dub Syndicate – On-U Sound (1984)
  6. Mr. Dubfire – Mad Professor & Lee Perry – Ariwa Sounds (1996)
  7. Black Star – Zion Train ft. Devon ‘Mellow’ Russell – Universal Egg (1993)
  8. Crank Angle Part 2 – King Asha – Firehouse / Pressure Sounds (1986/2001)
  9. Dread v2 & v3 – Revolutionary Dub Warriors – On-U Sound (1994)
  10. JU-87 – Primal Scream / Adrian Sherwood – Creation Records (1997)
  11. Edison Dub – Tassilli Players – Universal Egg (1995)
  12. Dub Signs – Iries In Roots meets Alpha & Omega – Buback (1994)
  13. Cool Dude – Mad Professor – Ariwa Sounds (1998)
  14. Auditory Nerve Dub Part 2 – Audio Active – On-U Sound (1994)
  15. Listen… or ya Dead – Unitone HiFi – Incoming! (1996)
  16. World a Dub on Ya – Mixman – Blakamix International (1994)
  17. Pastor Dub – The Taxi Gang – Island (1985/1986)
  18. Heavy Automatik – Elektro Robotik Dub Orkestra – Ariwa Sounds (1984)
  19. Roots Commandment (remix) – Dub Syndicate – On-U Sound (1995)
  20. Jah Disciple Version – Computer Paul – Jah Life (????)
  21. No Genetics Dub – Scientist – Black Solidarity (1999)
  22. Run The World Instrumental – Shaw Banton & Blacka Melody – Techniques (1990)

luv010

electro, electronic listening music, robot rock

Intrepid

this is an electro mix that got trapped inside an Atari 2600 like a genie in a bottle. hidden away for decades it mutated. soon after the turn of the millennium it was released and continued to set it off.
image : from the Atari 2600 Asteroids video game cartridge

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Tracklist:
  1. Set It Off – Strafe – Jus Born Records (1984)
  2. Therapy – Cause 4 Concern- Idioma (2001)
  3. Horse With No Name – Black Lodge – Mo Wax (2001)
  4. White Horse – Laid Back – Sire (1983)
  5. Yeah You (Robert’s Dub 2) – The Step – Warp (1991)
  6. World In My Eyes (Dub In My Eyes) – Depeche Mode – Mute (1990)
  7. DiddyMouseDid – Plaid – Warp (2002)
  8. Beacon – Pilote – Certificate 18 (2001)
  9. Air Doom – Manitoba – Leaf (2003)
  10. excerpt from Asteroids – John Braden – Kid Stuff (1982)
  11. Don’t You Stop (Toy Chop Mix) – Solvent vs. Adult – Ersatz Audio (2002)
  12. v-ger – il.ek.tro – Klang Elektronik (1998)
  13. The Goblin – Depth Charge – DC Recordings (2000)
  14. Koax (Ellen Allien RMX) – Apparat – Bpitch Control (2003)
  15. Electric Kingdom (instrumental – dub version) – Twilight 22 – Vanguard (1983)
  16. My Time Is Running Out – The Juan Maclean – DFA (2002)
  17. Tour De France (remix) – Kraftwerk – Warner Bros. (1983)
  18. excerpt from Asteroids – John Braden – Kid Stuff (1982)

luv129

funk 'n' soul

Days Like This

some days are meant for sweet soul music.
photo : Harlem Fashion Show 1963

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Tracklist:
  1. He’s Sure The Boy I Love — The Crystals — Philles Records / Phil Spector International (1962/1977)
  2. What’s Wrong With Me Baby — The Toys — Dynovoice Records (1966)
  3. Sorry Is A Sorry Word — The Tempations — Tamla Motown (1967)
  4. Whispers (Gettin’ Louder) — Jackie Wilson — Brunswick Records / Epic (1966/1983)
  5. And Get Away — The Esquires — Bunky Records (1967)
  6. But It’s Alright — J.J. Jackson — Allied (1969)
  7. Get Ready — Diana Ross and the Supremes — Tamla Motown (1966) > (searching for buy link)
  8. Mercy, Mercy — Don Covay — Atlantic (1964)
  9. You’ll Lose A Good Thing — Dee Dee Sharp — Cameo (1962)
  10. I’ve Been Good To You — The Miracles — Tamla (1963)
  11. You’ve Got The Power — James Brown and Bea Ford with the Famous Flames — King Records / Polydor (1960/2003)
  12. Don’t Play That Song — Ben E. King — Atco (1962/1969)
  13. A Hundred Pounds Of Clay — Gene McDaniels — Liberty Records / United Artists (1961/1975)
  14. The Late Late Show — Mary Wells and Marvin Gaye — Tamla (1964) > (searching for buy link)
  15. Hitting On Nothing — Irma Thomas — Change Records/Mississippi Records (1963/2008)
  16. Mama Said — The Shirelles — Scepter Records (1961)
  17. You Must Believe Me — The Impressions — ABC-Paramount / MCA (1965/1982)
  18. You’re Pouring Water On A Drowning Man — Percy Sledge — Atlantic (1966)
  19. A Change Is Gonna Come — Otis Redding — Volt / Atco (1965/1972)

luv128

dubstep, heart of the bass

Way Past Bedtime

why stop now, you’ve been up for daze. this should keep you going and fit your head space. sun’s up with long shadows; it’s way past bedtime.
photo : Stephen Lebovits

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Tracklist:
  1. All Your Love – Hudson Mohawke – Warp (2011)
  2. Mass Appeal – Raffertie – Ninja Tune (2012)
  3. Lazarus – Pinch – Tectonic (2007)
  4. Africastle (Kode9 Remix) – Battles – Warp (2012)
  5. Autonomia (Pinch’s Dub Version) – Mark Stewart / Primal Scream – Future Noise Music (2012)
  6. Breezin – Sepalcure – Hotflush Recordings (2011)
  7. Bastard Spirit – Shackleton – Woe To The Septic Heart (2010)
  8. CMYK – James Blake – R&S Records (2010)
  9. So Cruel – Bass Clef – Punch Drunk (2011)
  10. Surge (16Bit Mix) – Amon Tobin – Ninja Tune (2011)
  11. Quiet Riot – Likhan’ – 7even Recordings (2009)
  12. Snarled – Skream – Tempa (2011)
  13. Dirty Dutch – Funkystepz – Hyperdub (2012)
  14. rrrr – Peverelist & Hyetal – Punch Drunk (2010)

luv125

no wave, odd pop, post-punk, rock 'n' roll, syntax era

SYNTAX ERA

in celebration of a new weekly party called SYNTAX ERA here is a collection of music for those who appreciate the finer side of what the 1980s had to offer musically. enough remixes, b-sides, dubs, extended club mixes and long lost album cuts (with just a sprinkling of hits) to fill up a 90 minute cassette. clean your heads and get ready for the SYNTAX ERA.
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Tracklist:
  1. Destination Unknown – Missing Persons – Capitol (1982)
  2. Arms Race – The Attractions – F-Beat Records / Attic (1980)
  3. Let’s Go Swimming (Gulf Stream Dub) – Arthur Russell – Logarhythm / Soul Jazz (1986/2004)
  4. Push – Liquid Liquid – 99 Records (1981)
  5. Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag – Pigbag – Stiff (1981)
  6. U.F.O. – ESG – 99 Records (1981)
  7. Gone Daddy Gone – Violent Femmes – Slash Records (1982)
  8. Clap Hands – Tom Waits – Island (1985)
  9. Lions – Tones On Tail – Beggars Banquet / Vertigo (1984)
  10. Home Is Where The Heart Is – Public Image Ltd. – Virgin Records (1981)
  11. Grand Pappy Du Plenty – The Red Hot Chili Peppers – Manhattan / EMI (1984)
  12. Bloody Dub – Stiff Little Fingers – Chrysalis / Select Cuts (1980/2003)
  13. Sample And Hold – Neil Young – Geffen (1982)
  14. Stop/Start (extended version) – The Assembly – Sire (1984)
  15. Let’s Just Close Our Eyes – Eurythmics – RCA (1982)
  16. Love Action (I Believe In Love) – The Human League – Virgin (1981)
  17. Rain Keeps Falling – Brenda and The Beach Balls – Probe Plus (1986)
  18. Underground (Dub) – David Bowie – EMI America (1986)
  19. Obsession (Dance Remix) – Animotion – Mercury (1985)
  20. Tarzan Boy (extended dub version) – Baltimora – Manhattan (1985)
  21. Looking From A Hilltop – Section 25 – Factory (1984)
  22. Glimmer – John Foxx – Metal Beat (1981)
  23. Life In A Northern Town – The Dream Academy – Warner Bros. (1985)

luv005

electronic listening music

I Am An Alien (And So Are You)

“I am an alien, and so are you… and yet, and this is the loveliest thing of all, somehow we are also part of each other and part of everything that is.” – Gene Roddenberry
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Tracklist:
  1. Amalia’s Mode – As One – Mo Wax (1997)
  2. Slip (Mix By While) – While – Chocolate Industries (2000)
  3. Angels Go Bald : Too (Two Lone Swordsmen Mix 1) – Howie B – Polydor (1997)
  4. Angry Dolphin – Plaid – Clear / Warp (1995/2000)
  5. Nursery Rhyme – Raymond Scott – Epic / Basta (1964/1999)
  6. Deal Widda Kaze (Cold Fusion Mafia Mix) – Matt Diamond – Moving Target Recordings (2003)
  7. Some Other Level – Andrea Parker – Mo Wax (1998)
  8. Oxbow Lakes (Sabres Of Paradise No. 1 Mix) – Orb – Island (1995)
  9. Sick Dog Try To Speak – Mr. Oizo – F Communications (1999)
  10. Anti-Gun Movement – The Ballistic Brothers vs. The Eccentric Afros – On Delancy Street (1994)
  11. Faceless (Prefuse 73 Remix Instrumental) – Five Deez – Counterflow (2001)
  12. Princess Lea – Sugar B – Dub Club (2000)
  13. Fear (Headman Mix) – Ghost Cauldron – Relish Records (2002)
  14. Electro-Exotic 1 – J. Matthews – Lo Recordings (2001)
  15. Bureau Grotesque – Jean-Michel – Eleganz (2000)
  16. untitled track 2, side B of Astrobotnia II – Astrobotnia – Rephlex (2002)
  17. Freebass (Funki Porcini remix) –  Mike Flowers Pop – Lo Recordings (1996)
  18. excerpt from The Star Trek Dream – Gene Roddenberry – Columbia (1976)

luv127

hip hop

After Skool Special

needed to make a hip hop mixtape.
feeling much better now.
image : Robert van der Kroft

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Tracklist:
  1. DBC Let The Music Play – Stetsasonic – Tommy Boy (1988/2001)
  2. I Can’t Stop – Sparky D – B-Boy Records / Soul Jazz (1988/2009)
  3. Impress The Kid – Slick Rick – Def Jam Recordings (1998)
  4. Suburb Party – The Majesticons ft. The Car Pool (Mike Ladd as Sprinkles, EL-P as Jimmie & Vast Aire as Cherry) – Big Dada (2003)
  5. Can’t Stop The Prophet (Pete Rock Main Mix) – Jeru tha Damaja – Payday / Know Savage Productions (1994/2004)
  6. Gilla House Check – Redman – Word Of Mouth (2005)
  7. Dylsexia – Rob Sonic – Definitive Jux (2004)
  8. Get Moved On – Cipher Sound – Romil Records (1986)
  9. Housing Authority – Dr. Dooom ft. Motion Man – Funky Ass Records (1999)
  10. Agony – Awol One & Daddy Kev – Mean Street Records (2001)
  11. Knowledge Me – Original Concept – Def Jam Recordings (1986)
  12. The Next Best Thing – Aesop Rock – Definitive Jux (2007)
  13. The Blueprint – Boogie Down Productions – Jive (1989)
  14. Strange – Imani – Chapter One (2001)
  15. Boom Music – Quasimoto – Stones Throw (2000)
  16. Respect – De La Soul – Red Lion Entertainment (2006)
  17. Chemical Calisthenics – Blackalicious ft. Cut Chemist – MCA (2002)
  18. Back To Back Rhyming (DJ Premier Remix) – Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth – Wild Pitch (1990/2001)
  19. Time For Us To Defend Ourselves – M.C. Shan – Cold Chillin’ (1990)
  20. Paper Thin (Alliance’s Remix) – M.C. Lyte – First Priority Music (1988)
  21. Microphone Fiend (Extended Remix) – Eric B. & Rakim – UNI Records (1988)
  22. The Rough Side Of Town (Southside) – Organized Konfusion – Hollywood BASIC (1991)
  23. Mr. Brown – Styles Of Beyond – Ill Boogie Records (2003)

luv115

dubstep, odd pop

Just Before They Fall Apart

this is what it sounds like when deep dark dubstep meets the big bam boom in a pop music parallel universe.
photo : Stephen Lebovits

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Tracklist:
  1. Morning Mr. Magpie (Pearson Sound Scavenger RMX) – Radiohead – Ticker Tape Ltd. (2011)
  2. Shutter Light Girl (Heterotic Remix) – Kuedo – Planet Mu (2011)
  3. Lock In The Lion – Airhead & James Blake – Brainmath (2010)
  4. Drumz Of No Return – Kutz – Soul Jazz (2006)
  5. Surfing On A Rocket (remixed by Juan MacLean) – Air – Source (2004)
  6. Youniverse – Machinedrum – Planet Mu (2011)
  7. Breathless – Vaccine – Hotflush Recordings (2007)
  8. Catch A Fire – The Bug ft. Hitomi – Ninja Tune (2010)
  9. Caveman Style – Africa Hitech – Warp (2011)
  10. Stuka – Primal Scream – Creation Records (1997)
  11. Grape Donut – Distal – Soul Jazz (2010)
  12. Turn Away – LV ft. Dandelion – Hyperdub (2009)
  13. Regret (Sabres Slow ‘n’ Lo) – New Order – London Records (1993)
  14. Reminissin’ (Shackleton Refix) – Geiom feat. Marita – Berkane Sol (2008)
  15. Boomba – Coki (Digital Mystikz) – Tempa (2011)
  16. Gary’s Gruesome Grime – µ-Ziq – Planet Mu (2006)
  17. Wet Look – Joy Orbison – Hotflush Recordings (2009)

luv016

beats 'n' pieces, electronic listening music, jazz, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, techno

“And Haunting Ghosts Can Replay Their Part”

“women of the world take over
‘cos if you don’t the world will come to an end
and it won’t take long.”
image : a 1970s advertisement for Lego

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Tracklist:
  1. I Like the Sunrise – Nina Simone – Colpix Records (1962)
  2. The Ankh of Amen-Ra – Alice Coltrane – Impulse (1972)
  3. The Man Who Catches Clouds – Neotropic – Ntone (2001)
  4. Chuncho (The Forest Creatures) – Yma Sumac – Capitol (1955)
  5. O Superman – Laurie Anderson – Warner Bros. (1981)
  6. Melodious Thunk – Andrea Parker – Mo Wax (1996)
  7. Acid 101 (Acacia Mix) – K Hand – Warp (1994)
  8. Abstract Pictures – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2003)
  9. Kool Thing – Sonic Youth – Geffen (1990)
  10. Battery Beach – Mira Calx – Warp (2000)
  11. Comme À La Radio – Brigitte Fontaine / Areski avec Art Ensemble of Chicago – Saravah (1970)
  12. Killing Me Softly With His Song – Roberta Flack – Atlantic (1973)
  13. Prelude to 110 or 220 / Women of the World – Jim O’Rourke – Drag City (1999)

luv118

rock 'n' roll

Listen, Can You Hear?

take this psyche rock journey. it will help you see beyond the confines of the ordinary to a world where you can see the wind, feel the sky, hear colors and smell emotions. drop it under your earlid and take the trip. listen with your third ear.
image : sweet daddy luv

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    Tracklist:
  1. Slip Inside This House – 13th Floor Elevators — International Artists / Decal (1967/1988)
  2. It Ain’t True — Faine Jade — Past & Present (1967/2009)
  3. The Great Banana Hoax — The Electric Prunes — Reprise / Edsel (1967/1986)
  4. Pipe Dream — Blues Magoos — Mercury (1967)
  5. Green Destroys The Gold — Beacon Street Union — MGM Records (1968)
  6. S.F. Sorrow Is Born — The Pretty Things — Rare Earth / Knight Records Ltd. (1969/1990)
  7. We Love You — The Rolling Stones — Decca / ABKCO Records (1967/1989)
  8. The Murder Mystery — The Velvet Underground — MGM Records (1969)
  9. Octopus — Syd Barrett — Harvest / Vinilisssimo (1970/2011)
  10. Listen With A Third Ear — The Head Shop — Epic (1969)
  11. Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope — Fontana / Sunbeam Records (1967/2011) > (searching for buy link)
  12. I Feel A Bit Strange — Sapphire Thinkers — Hobbit Records (1969)
  13. Nightmare Of Percussion — Strawberry Alarm Clock — Universal City Records (1968) > (searching for buy link)
  14. People People — Love Sculpture — Parrot (1970)
  15. Black Sheep — SRC — Capitol / Bam-Caruso Records (1968/1986) > (searching for buy link)
  16. You Don’t Care — The Plastic Cloud — Allied / Lion Productions (1969/2005)