Tonight's Playlist

Another fun set. This week was a bit more up-beat. Here's the playlist:

• Palyrria: Space Blues
• The Orb: Because/Before
• Pitch Black: Unadrumma
• Jef Stott: Saracen (Kemanche)
• Zone Smut: Demented Jack (Incarnate Remix):
  
• Liquid Stranger: Splash Matters
• Morcheeba: Tape Loop (Diabolical Brothers Mix)
• Flexitones: Roaring Lion
• Dreamtree Project (Adham Shaikh): Dreamtree
• Banco De Gaia: Sakarya
• Dzihan & Kamien: Smile (Aromabar Remix)
• Makyo: Suzhou River (Underwater Dub)

Low Density

I enjoyed tonight's set immensely and hope the recording was good enough to post. Here's the playlist:

• Art Of Noise: Camilla - The Old Old Story
• Shpongle: Saudade (Pt. II)
• Bhakta (d2b): Falling Leaf. No Experience
• Woob: Wuub
• Brian Eno: Under Stars
• Ma Faiza, Veet Sandeh: Desert Angel
• Underworld: Skym
• Gods Of Luxury: Empirical Measures
• Bola: Vertiphon
• ESX Trio: Destination 4
• Yello: Blue Green
• Harold Budd, Bill Nelson & Fila Brazillia: No Shade, No Shadow
• Sounds From The Ground: Razz
• Eurythmics: This City Never Sleeps
• Jairamji: Stabilizing Chaos
• Desert Dwellers: Om Namo Bhagave
• Makyo: Suzhou River (Underwater Dub)

I consider bold releases essential, which today is all but one. Even the Yello is essential to me but is probably a bit old and kooky for many listeners.

The Art Of Noise, Brian Eno, Yello, and Eurythmics tracks are all from classic 80's albums. They should be cheap and easy to find used except the AON which has not been remastered yet. Eno's Apollo from 1983 is an ambient milestone that everyone should own.

The Shpongle and Jairamji tracks are taken from Floatation and Arcana, compilations on Interchill Records. Floataion and some other older Interchill releases can be difficult to get but most are worth the effort. If you can't find Floatation, you may want to try this Alchemy comp which has a nearly the full version of Shpongle's "Saudade 2". It appears as "Flute Fruit" on their wonderful album Tales Of The Inexpressable, but tragically edited down to two minutes.

The best place I know for Bhakta (as mentioned in my review) and Ma Faiza is CD Baby.

The Woob, Gods Of Luxury, and Budd/Brazillia releases will be very hard to find.

The only place I know for ESX Trio CDs is Stephane Blok's page. A bit expensive, but I have successfully ordered from him.

Makyo's 'Suzhou River', which you may have noticed appears often in my sets, is available direct from his site. It's a bit spendy for single 20 minute track, but easily worth it.

The remainder are all easy to find through typical channels.

Tonight's Playlist

Thanks to those at Sugarhouse Coffee tonight for listening . Here's what I played:

• (Sound check) Elvis Costello: Watching The Detectives

• Dub Trees: Magnetica (The Love That Moves The Sun And Stars Mix)
• Dreadzone: First Steps (Intro), King Dub Rock
• Orient Expressions: Istanbul 1:26 AM
• Pitch Black: Harmonia
• Palyrria: Askia
• Makyo: Soar Angelic
• Sounds From The Ground: Snow (Instrumental)
• Desert Dwellers: Om Namo Bhagavate

As usual, I suggest the bold releases are essential.

The Elvis Costello track I have on 'Greatest Hits, The First Ten Years' which is not in the Discogs database yet. The track was found on his 1977 (!) release 'My Aim Is True' and is on several greatest hits compilations. I'm not crazy about Elvis, but this 30 year old dub track is brilliant.

Orient Expressions 'Divan' is still not in Discogs.

'Snow' by Sounds From The Ground is better served as an instrumental as on the harder to find 'Mosaic' CD, rather than the vocal found on 'Footprints'.

The set was a bit short, just under an hour, but I really like the way it came together. I recorded it and will try to post it for download.

Tonight's Playlist

Thanks to those who came out to hear tonight's set. Here's what I played:

• Makyo: Suzhou River (Underwater Dub)
• Eurythmics: This City Never Sleeps
• Yello: Tied Up (In Red)
• Juno Reactor: Jardin De Cecile
• Xymox: Dreamhouse
• Banco De Gaia: Starstation Earth
• Palyrria: Space Blues
• Pitch Black: Please Leave Quietly
• Hallucinogen: L.S.D. (World Sheet Of Closed String)
• Jairamji: Chime
• Art Of Noise: Camilla, The Old Old Story
• Shpongle: Saudade (2)
• Pop Will Eat Itself: Intense
• Gaudi: Chaine A Chaine
• Dead Can Dance: Bird
• Peaking Goddess Collective: Purple
• God Of Luxury: Empirical Measures

This mix was a little more eclectic and had a few tracks in common with my previous set. Again I highly recommend these albums. They range from very good to essential.

You can get Makyo and Jairamji direct from Makyo's label, Dakini Records. All of the Dakini releases are fantastic.

The Gods Of Luxury CD is impossibly rare and expensive. I lucked out some years ago and got it for $36 on ebay. Now it goes for $200. It's so good though it's not a bad investment.

The best deal I know for Palyrria is at CD Baby.

I'll be out of town for the next few weeks so my next gig will be mid-late March.

Tonight's Playlist

Thanks to those who came out to listen tonight. I thoroughly enjoyed playing and the response I got. Also thanks again to Stroud for inviting me. I had only planned to play for one hour but the second DJ was a no-show. I had brought a stack of extra music so I got to spin for two hours.

I'll re-record the set and post it for download sometime. Here's the playlist.

Palyrria: Askia
Dead Can Dance: Bird
Peaking Goddess Collective: Purple
Gods Of Luxury: Empirical Measures
Art Of Noise: Camilla (The Old Old Story)
Shpongle: Saudade (Part 2)
Orient Expressions: Istanbul 1:26 AM
Doof: Star Over Parvati (Orchestral World Groove Mix, Gaudi)
Ensemble Bash: Mopti Street (Banco De Gaia Mix)
Continuo: Weather Girl
DJ Food: The Crow
Gaudi: Chaine A Chaine (Backroom Beats Version)
Pop Will Eat Itself: Intense
Sounds From The Ground: Where The Wild Things Were
Hallucinogen: Solstice (Warwick Bassmonkey Mix By Ott)
Pitch Black: Harmonia
Cell: Explicit Rotative Movement
Orient Expressions: Ehmedo
Woob: On Earth

I've linked each track to the respective source album on Discogs. I highly recommend most of these source CDs , though some are extremely rare. The compilations are less consistent and may include a dud or two, among some worthwhile tracks. The two Orient Expressions tracks are not yet linked to they source album, 'Divan'.