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luv355

blues 'n' folk, country 'n' western
luv355 The Struggle Is Real

The Struggle Is Real

“what’s gonna happen to this old world if the people don’t change their ways?” a question pondered in this collection of blues, country and folk music from the early to mid 20th century. unfortunately this question seems even more relevant today. lookin’ like we need more outlaws to take from the rich and give to the poor.
photo : Miss Dalia Ideapact

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Tracklist
  1. Don’t You See How This World Made A Change – Blind Willie McTell – Vocalion / Third Man Records (1933/2013)
  2. Down On Penny’s Farm – The Bently Boys – Columbia / Doxy (1929/2009)
  3. What’s Gonna Happen (To This Old World) – Hoyt Scoggins And Choir – Starday Records / The Omni Recording Corporation / The Iron Mountain Analogue Research Facility (1957/2017)
  4. Money Cannot Buy Your Soul – The Anglin Brothers – Mississippi Records (1938/2006)
  5. All I Want – The Almanac Singers and Pete Seeger – Folkways Records / New World Records (1955/1977)
  6. As Long As The Grass Shall Grow – Johnny Cash – Columbia (1964)
  7. Farmer Is The Man Who Feeds Them All – Fiddlin’ John Carson – Okeh / Tompkins Square (1924/2012)
  8. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? – Blind Alfred Reed – Victor / Revenant / Harry Smith Archives (1929/2000)
  9. The World Is Going Wrong – Mississippi Sheiks – Columbia / Third Man Records (1931/2013)
  10. Ballad Of Hollis Brown – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1964)
  11. Fixin’ To Die – Bukka White – Vocalion / Columbia (1940/1969)
  12. I’ve Been Down – Mr. Montgomery – Mississippi (2015)
  13. Pretty Boy Floyd – Woody Guthrie – Asch Records / Folkways Records / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (1946/1976/2018)
  14. Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train – Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee – Okeh / Revenant / Harry Smith Archives (1930/2000)
  15. The Bourgeois Blues – Leadbelly – Muiscraft / Smithsonian Folkways (1939/1989)
  16. I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive – Hank Williams – MGM Records / Polydor (1952/1987)
  17. Sixteen Tons – Buddy Durham – Emperor Records / The Omni Recording Corporation / The Iron Mountain Analogue Research Facility (1955/2018)
  18. I’m Tired – Bright Light Quartet – Mississippi Records (1960/2010)

luv354

abstract house, electronic listening music
luv354 Glass 4heads

Glass 4heads

wood, breath, earth, journey, electronic, drum, string, heartbeat, glitch, loop, live, layer, metallic, digital, glass, sound, world
image : Last Leg Sam

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Tracklist
  1. Los Corraleros – The Disposable Rhythm Section – Nonplace (2000)
  2. Santiago Marena (Aurelian Riviere remix) – Cumbia 20 De Enero – Soul Jazz (2012)
  3. Kime Ne (Ricardo Villalobos Version 2) – Insanlar – Honest Jon’s Records (2015)
  4. Sounding Lines 6 – Moritz Von Oswald Trio – Honest Jon’s Records (2015)
  5. The Elephant In The Pool – Deadbeat – BLKRTZ (2012)
  6. Rubaczech – Burnt Friedman vs. Konono Nº1 – Congotronics (2010)
  7. Tendency – Jan Jelinek – ˜scape (2000)
  8. Don Fiore (original mix) – Michel Cleis – Cadenza (2010)
  9. Bring Trance Back (To Las Vegas) – Burger / Ink – Harvest / Matador (1997/1998)
  10. Microcosmoism (Ricardo Villalobos remix) – Samuel Rohrer – Arjunamusic (2017)
  11. Afrika Afrika (John Talabot & Pional – ‘Lost Scripts’ Rerub) – Ekambi Brillant – Africa Seven (2017)
  12. Jellybones – Pinch & Shackleton – Honest Jon’s Records (2011)
  13. Chlorophyll Drop Shot – Flanger – Nonplace (2015)
  14. Neverevernever – Thomas Fehlmann – Kompakt (2018)
  15. He Loves Me – To Rococo Rot – City Slang / Emperor Jones (1997)

luv353

hip hop
luv353 Maxell Stone

Maxell Stone

divine styling in sweatpants and a black belt while hanging with your old tribe as Aesop rocks six degrees from badness to madness with a systematic planned attack telling me what i don’t know as i spin the wheel of fortune running the jewels into a black hole, son.
photo : taken somewhere over Alberta, Canada from the satellite of luv

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Tracklist
  1. Carriers IQ – Divine Styler – Gamma Proforma (2014)
  2. Shrunk – Aesop Rock – Rhymesayers Entertainment (2016)
  3. Sweatpants – Childish Gambino ft. Problem – Glassnote (2014)
  4. Black Hole Son – Dr. Octagon – Bulk Recordings (2018)
  5. Black Belts – Pyramid Vritra – Stones Throw (2014)
  6. Whateva Will Be – A Tribe Called Quest – Epic (2016)
  7. You Can Do It! (Give Up) – Your Old Droog – Fat Beats (2017)
  8. Planned Attack – Quasimoto – Stones Throw (2013/2014)
  9. Six Degrees – BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah ft. Danny Brown – Lex Records (2015)
  10. Badness Of Madness – Czarface & MF Doom – Silver Age (2018)
  11. Tell Me What I Don’t Know – Danny Brown – Warp (2016)
  12. Wheel Of Fortune – Del + AMP Live – IOT Records (2018)
  13. Call Ticketron – Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels, Inc. (2017)
  14. Systematic – DJ Shadow ft. Nas – Mass Appeal (2017)

luv352

rock 'n' roll
luv352 Stephen Lebovits

i don’t give a damn

340 mixtapes in and 8 years on. still surfin’ the Record Canyon. still making regular mixes of irregular music. still blastin’ out the yard. here’s a cautionary tale of rebellious rock’n’roll for anyone out there listening in. i’m doin’ it for luv. i don’t give a damn about my bad reputation.
photo : Stephen Lebovits

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Tracklist
  1. Spirit Of The Radio – Rush – Anthem Records (1980)
  2. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love – Van Halen – Warner Bros. (1978)
  3. Bad Fun – The Cult – Beggar’s Banquet / Vertigo (1987)
  4. Set Me Free – Sweet – RCA Victor / Capitol (1974/1975)
  5. Jailbreak – AC/DC – Atlantic (1976/1984)
  6. No More Mr. Nice Guy – Alice Cooper – Warner Bros. (1973)
  7. Bad Reputation – Joan Jett – Blackheart Records / The Boardwalk Entertainment Co. (1980)
  8. Toys In The Attic – Aerosmith – Columbia (1975)
  9. The Hammer – Motörhead – Bronze / Mercury (1980)
  10. Mr. Brownstone – Guns N’ Roses – Geffen (1987)
  11. Space Truckin’ – Deep Purple – Purple Records / Warner Bros. (1972)
  12. The Wait – Pretenders – Sire (1979)
  13. The Hard Way – The Kinks – RCA Victor (1980)
  14. Am I Going Insane (Radio) – Black Sabbath – NEMS / Warner Bros. (1975)
  15. Too Much Carousing – Goddo – Fatcat Records / Polydor (1978)
  16. Don’t Lie To Me – Big Star – Ardent Records (1972)
  17. The Death Of Rock And Roll – Todd Rundgren – Bearsville (1975)
  18. Wind Up Workin’ In A Gas Station – Frank Zappa – Warner Bros. (1976)
  19. Out Of Work Musician – The Monks – Harvest / EMI (1979)
  20. Starry Eyes – The Records – Virgin (1979)

luv351

modern classical, weird
luv351 Radical Mess

Radical Mess

modern classical… radical mess of organized sound… freedom beyond bounds…
image : Sandy Horowitz

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Tracklist
  1. Prologue — The Lost Musicians Mix Magic — Harry Partch – Gate 5 Records / Cacophonic (1958/2013)
  2. Zyklus fur zwei Schlagzeugern — Karlheinz Stockhausen — modern silence (1960/2016)
  3. Concert For Piano And Orchestra — John Cage — modern silence (1959/2016)
  4. Concertino Pour Trompette, Orchestr À Cordes Et Piano — André Jolivet – Erato (1971)
  5. Mini-Sym #1 — Moondog — Columbia Masterworks (1969)
  6. Capriccio For Cello And Piano — Lukas Foss — RCA Victor Red Seal / New World Records (1958/1976)

luv350

techno
luv350 Alien Jesters With Mechanical Gestures

Alien Jesters With Mechanical Gestures

alien jesters with mechanical gestures put techno inside of me.
image : deadly vudtews

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Tracklist
  1. Razor – Anna – NovaMute (2018)
  2. Convenience Trap pt. 1 – Surgeon – Dynamic Tension Records (2017)
  3. The Achievement Factory – The Sun God – Modern Obscure Music (2018)
  4. Manslaughter (First Degree Mix) – Major Problems – Nu Groove Records (1990)
  5. Lambda Sawtooh – Cristian Vogel – Sub Rosa (1994/2016)
  6. Mood Sequence (J+K Remix) – Arnold Steiner – Metroplex (2016)
  7. Four Years And One Day (Marcel Dettmann Remix) – Mount Kimbie – Warp (2018)
  8. Sonar Base #5 – Sonar Base – U-Trax / Deeptrax Records (1997/2017)
  9. Drippelzimmer_ – Speedy J _ Chris Liebing – NovaMute (2005)
  10. High Wire – RAC – Warp (1994)
  11. Filter 2 – Luke Slater – NovaMute (1997)
  12. Curtain Twitcher – Special Request – Houndstooth (2017)
  13. Cognitive Resonance – Nicolas Bougaïeff – NovaMute (2017)
  14. Fresh Meat – Neil Landstrumm – Elektron (2017)
  15. The Human Experience – Hieroglyphic Being And The Configurative Or Modular Me Trio – Planet Mu (2014)
  16. War Of The Clones – Transllusion – Supremat / Tresor (2001/2014)
  17. Cai’s Power Tools #1 side A – Cai – no label (1997)
  18. Pig – Clark – Warp (2017)

luv349

african rhythms
luv349 When The Weather Is Hot

When The Weather Is Hot

in the summertime, when the weather is hot, my ears always turn toward Africa. this mix contains music from Zambia, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Mali, Madagascar, Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Congo and Benin. to be listened to on those oh-so hot days when all you can do lie down and drift off to a far away land where folks with guitars make beautiful music.
photo : Namib Desert

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Tracklist
  1. Ayalqem Tèdenqo – Alèmayèhu Eshèté – Mississippi Records / Change Records (2012)
  2. Ewule Ajo – Kwame Nkrumah – Columbia (1969)
  3. Pole Musa – Peter Tsotsi, Nashil Pichen & The Equator Sound Band – Equator International / Mississippi Records (????)
  4. Baby Lef Marah – S.E. Rogie – Mississippi Records / Change Records / Domino Sound (2013)
  5. Nylon – The Lower Buttons – Ubuntu Publishing (1964/2014)
  6. Onye Ori Utaba – Mike Ejeagha – Honest Jon’s Records (2005)
  7. Adigbedoto – Gnonnas Pedro – African Songs Ltd. / Honest Jon’s Records (1977/2009)
  8. Nsu Shiw (Hot Water) – Lumumba – A&M (1974)
  9. Valiha Baba – Eliasi Hinavako & Djukita Selison – Mississippi Records / Cultural Knot (2010)
  10. Chaba Chaba – Lulu Sibeko & Sedgewick Brothers – Ubuntu Publishing (1960/2011)
  11. Beni Inikanko – Idrissa Soumaoro & L’Eclipse de L’I.J.A. – ETERNA / Mississippi Records / Sing A Song Fighter (1978/2015)
  12. Eje Nlo Gba Ara Mi – King Sunny Adé – Mango (1982)
  13. Litande – Masasu Band – Mondeca Records (1989)
  14. Vi É Lo – Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou – Disco Des Lyriques / Analog Africa (2013)
  15. Nzo A Dise – Spiritual Singers “Ntsamina” – Mississippi Records (1983/2009)
  16. Kady – Ali Farka Touré – Sonafric (1979/2018)

luv348

funk 'n' soul, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, summer crush
luv348 Point Of No Return

Point Of No Return

your boyfriend’s back and you’re shakin’ all over. this year your summer crush stirs a heatwave that lasts all summer long, maybe even longer. your relationship is stronger and your love deeper than ever before. maybe you will break each other’s hearts, or maybe you’ll be true. no matter what the future brings, you have to see it through.
photo : Bob + Susan deep in love

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Tracklist
  1. My Boyfriend’s Back – The Angels – Smash Records (1963)
  2. Give Him A Great Big Kiss – The Shangri-Las – Red Bird / Charly Records (1964/1980)
  3. Baby I Love You – The Ronettes – Philles Records / Sundazed Music (1964/2012)
  4. Hello There Angel – Marvin Gaye – Tamla / Rumble Records (1963/2014)
  5. The Way You Do The Things You Do – The Temptations – Gordy / Motown (1964/1973)
  6. Baby Workout – Jackie Wilson – Brunswick / Epic (1963/1983)
  7. Heatwave – Martha Reeves and The Vandellas – Gordy / Rumble Records (1963/2014)
  8. Shakin’ All Over – The Swinging Blue Jeans – Imperial (1964)
  9. Something About You – The Four Tops – Motown (1965/1974)
  10. Point Of No Return – Gene McDaniels – Liberty Records / United Artists (1962/1975)
  11. I Took My Baby Home – Kinks – Pye Records /Earmark (1964/2003)
  12. One Room Paradise – Aretha Franklin – Columbia (1964)
  13. Signed, Sealed, And Delivered – James Brown – King Records / Polydor (1963)
  14. Stand By Me – Little Eva – Amy / Real Gone Music (1965/2017)
  15. Till There Was You – The Beatles – Parlophone (1963)
  16. A Summer Song – Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde – World Artists Records (1964)

luv347

drum 'n' bass 'n' jungle
luv347 Cylinder

Cylinder

it was due time to stretch out the drum and the bass to around 170 bpm. let it roll, let it skitter, let it bounce, let it jitter; as we fritter away our minds on endless loops that go round and round, lifting us higher with each rotation.
image : unidentified flying object hovering above a dozen super moons

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Tracklist
  1. Hello Darlin’ (Ardmix) – Fuzz Townshend – Fidelity Lo Records (1997)
  2. Tirol Op Klompen – Icarus – Recordings Of Substance (1998)
  3. Troubled Mind (Imagine The Future) – Equinox – Inperspective Records (2004)
  4. My Little Beautiful – μ-Ziq – Planet Mu / Virgin (1997)
  5. I Freak Techniques – Plug – Blue Angel Records (1996)
  6. Way Of The Exploding Fist – Euphonic – Quantum / Sub Rosa (1997)
  7. Long Tall Sally – Macc & dgoHn – Subtle Audio Recordings (2009)
  8. Thanks For The Cookies – Friend – Dot (1997)
  9. Divers – Seeka – Modern Urban Jazz (1997)
  10. Go Kart – The Bowling Green – Blue Planet Recordings (1998)
  11. Pull My Strings (Oven Baked Mix by Boymerang & Voafose) – Wagon Christ – Rising High Records (1995)
  12. Beep Street – Squarepusher – Warp (1997)
  13. So Unloved – ICR – Counter Intelligence (2006)
  14. Wetwang – Paddington Breaks – iLL (1997)

luv346

ambient revolution
luv346 Deforestation In Bolivia

Deforestation In Bolivia

as a person who has been on the right side of history during the Ambient Revolution i have always kept my ear to the ground searching for newer ambient music. this collection is a mix of beatless excursions from the past few years by artists new and old that represent the true spirit of the Ambient Revolution. now lie down, open your third ear, relax your mind and float down stream.
photo : deforestation in Bolivia, photo taken from the satellite of luv.

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Tracklist
  1. Spirits – Claude Speeed – Planet Mu (2017)
  2. Wireless MK2 – Orb ft. Roger Eno – Kompakt (2016)
  3. Parkstone Melody II – Mark Pritchard – Warp (2018)
  4. Rumon (vinyl version) – Sugai Ken – Lullabies For Insomniacs (2016)
  5. Lichterschmaus (Ambient Version) – Pantha du Prince – Rough Trade (2017)
  6. Sarnath – Copper Vale – Planet Mu (2016)
  7. ‘T Schop – Biosphere – Biophon Records (2018)
  8. Reflection II – Brian Eno – Warp / Opal Records (2017)
  9. Peloman Vapour 3 – Bola – Skam (2017)
  10. Capel Celyn – Bibio – Warp (2017)
  11. ZURE – Ryuichi Sakamoto – Milan (2017)
  12. World – Visible Cloaks – Rvng Intl. (2017)
  13. Torch – John T. Gast – Planet Mu (2015)
  14. De-Civilization – Dedekind Cut – Kranky (2018)