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gjd – beast of the yellow night
December 15, 2011, 2:57 pm
Filed under: International-Intergalactic Sounds

Beast of the Yellow Night  - GJD

I feel like I say  this every post, but it has been a real long time since posting anything up here.  Once again have been moving (still in Nagano, but moved into a house. yay.)  and a million other things.  Hope to have more stuff coming your way soon, but I’m making no promises. 

Writing stuff in two languages for the mixes is usually what takes the most amount of time, so this next mix is perfect for this season of little free time.

I don’t have so much to say about this mix other than it is really really good.  I’ve listened to it a ton and love it. A super super nice fellow from Australia, Will, I randomly met at an outdoor electronic music festival here in Japan made good on his promise to keep in touch and sent along this mix as a recommendation for the site.  It’s actually from a friend of his and this is the message Will sent along with the mix:

Here is a mix by my friend Glenn. He describes it as being Surf/Amazon/Zombie music. It is quite entertaining. Purpose wise it sums up some of the shenanigans that have occurred around at his place over the last few months.

It’s a lovely mix of underground Surf/Rockabilly/Tv/Country…HIGHLY recommend for those of you who love obscure sounding underground gems.  Not my area of expertise here, so I’m not quite sure how rare or not these tracks are..but they are outstanding none the less.

最近また引っ越しとかいろいろあって、このサイトを全然いじるチャンスがなくって、ひさしぶりなアップデートになったんです。これからも頑張ります~

今回のミックスは今年のLabyrinthというフェスタで出会ったオーストラリア人からのミックスです。 彼の友達が作ったミックスだそうです。 私このミックスを何回も聞いたんだけど、まだまだいけそう。 とってもとっても面白っくて、私のタイプばっちり!ミックスを作った本人がSurf/Amazon/Zombie musicって説明したらし。。。そのとおり、変なRockabilly, Surf,Tv, and Country… 

ぜひぜひきいてみてください!!!

Here lies the mix! (click & save)

No tracklist…sorry



Silent Servant Sonar Passalong
September 2, 2011, 2:54 pm
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Silent Servant mix for Sonar ’11

 

Silent Servant

While reposting some older Silent Servant mixes I thought I’d pass along one of his more recent mixes made for the Sonar Festival site.  Again, J. Mendez giving us an Oh so enjoyable peak at his records and influences.  ENJOY

Sandwell District - Untitled
Horrid Red - Pink Flowers
Nine Circles - The Rose
Chrome - Animal
Collin Gorman Weiland - Price of leather
Factory Floor - Lying
Chris Carpenter - Waterfalls
Peaking Lights - All the sun that shines
Collin Gorman Wieland - Curse
Maurizio - M7
Derrick May - Relic I
Raymond Scott - Nescafe
Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams II
Tropic of Cancer - A Color
Various Artists - No.3 (Debit)
Svreca - Obscur
Regis - Blinding Horses
Crescent - This World Is Not Our Home

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Hot Madras
May 23, 2011, 10:46 pm
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Hot Madras – all South Indian 7″s brought to you by Unconventional Science

(All photos, videos, and music, by Nick Everett)

I first became aware of Unconventional Science, Nick Everett, (producer, dj, and vinyl collector “from” LA ) in India by coming across the fact that he was selling some hot records from India that he was digging first hand and shipping back to LA.  Being utterly financially unable to buy much myself, I instead wrote asking if he might not mind doing a mix for a stranger with a humble little website.  And within a few weeks here we are  with some INCREDIBLE, and presumably largely unexplored jams/gems from Southern India.  I have been truly LOVING this mix lately….super excited to share it.

この間ネットで、インドにいるアメリカ人dj(Unconventional ScienceのNick Everett:ロスのdj兼プロデューサー兼レコードコレクター)が、現地で見つけたインドのアツい映画音楽のレコードを、アメリカ向けに売っているのを見た。それは皆が欲しがってるようなお宝レコードに間違いない。僕はすごい買いたいなと思ったけど、ちょっと貧乏すぎて無理なので、勝手に本人に連絡して、もし、この小ちゃいサイトのためにミックスを作ってくれたら、とっても嬉しいんだけど、と伝えてみた。
そしたら一ヶ月後・・・・ご覧の通り素晴らしいミックスを作ってくれました。しかも、このミックスはdj世界の中の大人気Bollywoodサンプラーじゃなく、マニアックな人でもきっと分からないやつばっかりの、南インドの70〜80年代の映画音楽です。このミックスをもらってから、ハマりにハマってるのでみなさんもぜひぜひ聞いてみてくださ〜い!!

 

I asked the man himself a few questions about Unconventional Science and the mix below:

So what brings Unconventional Science to India?    How long will you be staying?  Was your purpose vinyl?

なぜインドにいますか? どれぐらいいるつもり? もともとレコード探すためにきたの?
Im over here finishing my cultural anthropology degree and was engaged in a ethnomusicology research project on Naga Rock and Roll.  I think I’ll stay here for a year which means my time here will end when my visa expires in January.  My purpose here was to explore the music of India and try to find some new sounds.  The vinyl is just kinda the material that represents the heart and soul of this trip.  Definitely have become addicted to traveling now though.. so Ima ride this out voyage out as long as possible.

大学のためにNaga Rock and Rollを研究中です。一年間いるつもり、来年の一月でビザが終わっちゃうので。目的はインドの音楽を探索して、新しいサウンドを発見することでした。この旅の魂を象る物質が、レコードというわけです。 しかし、旅に完璧にはまちゃって、できるだけ長く旅を延ばしていきたいと思います。

You’ve obviously been active as a DJ and producer for while.  Were you a heavy crate digger before coming to India?

DJなど長くやっていましたが、インドにくる前もレコードハンターでした?

Yea absolutely.  I used to DJ on the patio at Funky Sole which always provoked me to keep a diverse crate of records.  I’ve been into records since I was 14 which is 12 years ago now.  I wouldn’t say that I have the deepest crates but I definitely have a lot of choice cuts and work every day to expand that.  I love music and have pretty much dedicated my life to hip hop and vinyl so hopefully I can keep working to find a way to support myself on those things.

もちろん。ロスのFunky Sole(けっこう評判高い)というイベントで回していたので、けっこう深いクレート(コレクション)を集めなければならなかった。今26歳で、14歳からレコードを買い始めました。僕のコレクションが一番深いとは決して言えないけど、いいものであることは間違いない。そして、もっと深くて、幅広いコレクションにするために一生懸命頑張っています。僕が音楽が大好きで、ほぼ自分の人生をヒップホップやレコードに捧げたので、できればそれで食べていけるように努力しています。

What’s the overall digging experience in India?  Do places tend to know what they have or are you just finding stuff randomly?  Any crazy record stories?

インドでレコードを発掘するという経験はどういう感じですか? レコード店自体は、いいものかだいたい分かっている? 

There are definitely some disgusting places to dig for records.  I had one attic I was going through that was full of all kinds of vermin.  All kind of records were eaten away by rats and cockroaches.  A few dudes here in Delhi really know their shit but most have a pretty skewed view of whats valuable.  Its always a battle with pricing but I’ve found a lot of really amazing stuff that Im super excited to bring back to the states.  Really looking forward to going down south in the next month to really dive in deep to the Kollywood record scene.

もちろん店にも行くけど、店だけじゃなくて、たまに本当に汚いところにもレコードを探しにいきます。あるとき、屋根裏部屋へ探しにいったんですが、ネズミとゴキブリだらけでした。レコードまで食べられていました。店の場合は、たまに何がいいか悪いのかがちゃんと分かっているオーナーがいるけど、その場合でも、価値に対する値段の付け方がおかしくて、 いつも値段のことで交渉しなきゃいけないけど・・・。今月南インドに行ってKollywoodのレコードシーンにどっぷりつかるのを本当に楽しみにしています。

Finally, a synopsis of the mix you’ve laid down for Oursoundtracks:
 
最後は、oursoundtracksに作ってくれたミックスの説明お願いします:

This is a compilation of south Indian 7″ records from the late 70s and early 80s, specifically  - 1979-1983 in Tamil Nadu. India’s modern music industry has almost always released music in the form of film soundtracks. It is for this reason that the music is so grandiose in nature. The Bollywood film industry was centered in Bombay, which is now named Mumbai, but there were other lesser known industries in Pujab, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Orissa, and more. Most notable of these were the films from the south centered in Madras which is now known as Chennai. They called it Kollywood, this was because of the Kodambakkam neighborhood which served as the center of the film industry of the south. The music is loose and energetic but is also laced with South Indian classical music which added a beautiful depth to the songs. The results were often loud drum machines, low fidelity synths, strings, flutes, and other funky elements put it for good measure. It feels like Bollywood without the kitsch. The epic nature of the compositions remain but the sound is much more raw. The stripped down garage studio sound is juxtaposed by funky arrangements for 20 piece ensembles is a wonderful aesthetic. The sounds are a fusion of musical styles rather than the one after another style found in most bollywood arrangements. This adds a much more consistent tone to the songs and leads to more organic sounding songs. These are a few records from this genre I found in an attic in Delhi. Not sure how rare they are but the music of South India is still largely unexplored. Get down to the funky traditional sound of Kollywood! 

このミックスは南インド70年代後半や80年代前半の45版ミックスです。インドの現代音楽はほとんど映画のサウンド・トラックの形で作られています。だからインドの音楽は自然と大掛かりなものになります。現在の地名はムンバイですが、主にインドの映画はボンベイという場所で製作されているので Bollywood(もちろんハリウッドにちなんで)と呼ばれています。ほとんどインド音楽が好きな人々はそこがメインと思っていますが、実はもっと知られていない小さな規模で製作されていたインド映画もあり、例えばパジャブ、ウェストベンガル、ラジャスタン、オリッサなどなど・・・。その中で最も興行を成功させていたのが、南インドのマドラスでした(現在:Chennai)。その映画製作の中心地がKodambakkam という場所だった為、それはKollywoodと呼ばれています。その音楽は、インド映画音楽らしく大げさでエネルギーに溢れていますが、それとともに南インドのクラシック音楽も織り込まれている為、美しい深みが加わっています。うるさいドラムマシーン、程度の悪いシンセサウンド、弦、管と・・・ちょっとおかしないろいろな物を念の為に入れる、という感じ。Bollywoodーキッチュ=Kollywoodといえば早いだろうか?壮大な曲の構成は残っているものの、音のクオリティはかなり低い。そのクオリティの低い、ガレージのようなスタジオで作り出される音はしかし、ビッグオーケストラが奏でるファンキーなアレンジと相まって非常に素晴らしい。このジャンルの数枚のレコードを、デリの屋根裏部屋で見つけました。これらがどれくらい貴重なものなのかはよくわからないが、南インドの音楽は未だにほとんど発見されていません。このファンキーな、そして伝統的なKollywoodサウンドを是非楽しんで!!

Please help support Unconventional Science by picking up his new album here. (Only 7$ for some tight beats!)   All money will go directly towards new finds in India ; )

Unconventional Science を応援して下さい!! ここで新しいアルバム7$で買えます!

Hot Madras mix – Kollywood 45s!

Download or Stream Mix HERE!  ミックスはここです

Tracklist?  yeah, I wish too ; )

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Hakkoushokuhin Jams
March 7, 2011, 2:41 pm
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醗酵食品 Jams mix by miked @ Dublab

(Carmen Maki 7″ “Even if I die” – Words by Terayama Shuji) 

日本語は下にあります

As I mentioned on the Asakawa Maki post, when I was back home in LA in December I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to record a couple sets at the Dublab studios.

This set, unlike the Asakawa Maki set, was mainly on CDs and relatively void of forethought.  Also, this was my first time ever trying to use CDj machines, definitely threw me off…songs starting when they shouldn’t, general mood of panic – basically, flying by the seat of my cosmic pants…But hey, no better place to close our eyes and use the force of our cosmic pants than dublab!   At any rate, I just wanted to give a sampling of Japanese music that I’ve really been into  over the years since being here in Japan.  Before and since coming to Japan, the world of Japanese music has been a relatively tough shell to crack.   Of course there are some standard greats like all the Group Sounds stuff of the 60s, Fuzzed out craziness in the 70s (Raillez etc..), Boredoms, Cornelius etc. in the 90s and 00s, but at the same time you can often be quite hard pressed to find stuff that isn’t just crap or nice try, but that was already done before… Of course, the internet has changed the game enormously in recent years, but it took me years before I didn’t feel like finding a truly great Japanese artist was like finding a needle in haystack; or maybe I’m just getting used to needle hunting.

It also can be an extremely tough task to stay objective and distinguish between the truly great and the mediocre that just sounds good because a) you haven’t been able to find much else or b) because I’m more immersed in the culture than those who don’t live here and therefore like inexplicable/untranslatable things about.  Who knows.  You can be the judge.

Getting back to the task at hand.  In this mix I have tried to put together a mix where the audio-aesthetics would be for the most part agreeable to the pallets of lovers of odd music goodness and dublab listeners of course.  The first third of the mix is on vinyl the rest on cds.  It begins with some earlier traditional and early folk music numbers and works it’s way in out of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s… The title of the mix “Hakkoushokuhin” means “fermented foods”.  Fermentation is basically the soul of Japanese food (the heart being rice and soy beans).  Sake/Shochu, soy sauce, miso, natto, tsukemono to name a few.  In the same smelly, dark, and grimy spirit of this fermentation that makes Japanese food what it is and the people who they are I made this mix. (Yes, I’m being purposely ridiculous.)  There is still so much more I wanted to play, hopefully I’ll get around to it someday.  Till then,

Let’s eat.

Grab the mix here$$$

ps.  Thanks to Frosty for turning me on to SOLID RECORDS

TRACKLIST

Ceremonial Imperial Court music called “Gagaku”- Youtube

Akasaka Koume (赤坂 小梅) – Kuroda Bushi (黒田節) – 7″ single – Colombia

Kyoko Saito (斎藤 京子) – Shin Tanto (新タント) – 7″ single – King Records

Akasaka Koume (赤坂 小梅) – Otemoyan (おてもやん) – 7″ single – Colombia

Kyoko Saito (斎藤 京子) – Okosa Bushi (おこさ節) – 7″ single – King Records

Rabbit Dance (うさぎのダンス) – From a 10LP box set of childrens songs – Victor

Jun Togawa (戸川純) – Aru Hareta No Hi (あるはれたの日) – Kyokutou Ian Shouka (極東慰安唱歌) – YEN Records

Jun Togawa (戸川純) – Kyokutou Ian Shouka (極東慰安唱歌) -Kyokutou Ian Shouka (極東慰安唱歌) – YEN Records

Jun Togawa (戸川純) – Akashia no Ame ga Yamutoki (アカシアの雨がやむとき) – Showa Kyounen (昭和享年) – Teichiku

The Violins – Furusato no Nioi (故郷の匂い) – 7″ single – Minoru Phone
*randomly these lyrics were written by my wife’s father

Maki Carmen (カルメン マキ) – Watashi ga Shindemo (私が死んでも) – 7″ single – CBS Sony
*lyrics by Shuji Terayama (歌詞: 寺山修司)

Kaburagi Sou (鏑木創) – ??? – Onna Banchou Blues Mesubachi no Chousen (女番長ブルース 牝蜂の挑戦) – Solid Records

Reiko Ike (池玲子) – ??? – 女番長ブルース 牝蜂の挑戦 – Solid Records

Reiko Ike (池玲子) – Ochou no Blues (お蝶のブルース) – 女番長ブルース 牝蜂の挑戦 – Solid Records

Izumi Masako (和泉雅子) – Odoritai wa (踊りたいわ) – Tokyo A-Go-Go (東京ア・ゴーゴー) – Solid Records

Hibari Misora (美空ひばり) – Omatsuri Mambo (お祭りマンボー) – ?? – ??

Rie Yokoyama (横山リエ) – Koko wa Shizukana Saizensen (ここは静かな最前線) – Tenshi no Koukotsu (天使の恍惚) – – Solid Records

Les Rallizes Denudes – Dansho (2断章2) – Mizutani – ??

Les Rallizes Denudes – Kiretsu (亀裂) – Mizutani – ??

Endo Kenji (遠藤健司) – Curry Rice Live – ?? – ??

Kiyoshiro Imawano (忌野清志郎) – PuriPuri Baby – ?? – ??

Kiyoshiro Imawano Tower Records TV Commercial – Youtube

Lake – echo – Lake – Indies Maker

Kyoko Harada w/ Kiyoshiro Imawano (原田郁 +忌野清志郎) – Gingawa (銀河) – Colombia

Kicell (キセル) – Ne no Ji (ねの字) – Yume (夢) – Victor

Kicell (キセル) – shinnshinn (しんしんしん) – Happy End Parade (tribute album) – Victor

Happy End – Happy End Cont. 続はっぴぃえんど – Happy End – Pony Canyon

Yura Yura Teikoku (ゆらゆら帝国) – 3 am Fuzz Guitar (午前3時のファズギター ) – 1998 – 2004 – Midi

Sou Kaburagi (鏑木創) – NoraNeko Rock Sex Hunter (野良猫ロック セックス・ハンター) – Solid Records

Torihada Minoru (鳥肌実) Akumasutoukingu (悪魔巣取金愚) – Yasumi no Kuni (休みの国) – avex io

Judy Ong & Young and Fresh (ジュディ・オング&ヤング・アンド・フレッシュ) – Seishun A Go Go (青春ア・ゴーゴー) – Tokyo A Go Go (東京ア・ゴーゴー) – Solid Records

Bito Isao (尾藤イサオ) Chigireta Namida (ちぎれた涙) – Tokyo A Go Go (東京ア・ゴーゴー) – Solid Records

Pop & Nono

Kiyoshiro Imawano – Tv Commercial

日本語版

このミックスはこの間アメリカに帰っていた時にDUBLABスタジオで作りました。僕が好きな曲や日本人じゃない方にも伝えられる曲をかけてみました。日本に住んでもう七年過ぎていますけど、いい日本の音楽を探すのは本当に時間かかりました。都会にいないと、面白い音楽が好きとか、詳しい人に出会うのは、何年かけても出会わない可能性が普通〜にある!東京に三年間住んで本当によかった〜はは。 ま、それはそれで、外人にとって日本の音楽とふれあい始めると色んな問題が出てくる;特にちょっとマニアックだとしたら。

まず、まだ全然いい音楽探せない頃、ちょっとでもカッコイイやつみつけたら大喜び〜♪ でも、やっぱりちゃんと聴くと、んんん〜やっぱりただ悪くなかっただけ?、そうしてやっぱり、日本にいない友達に特に聴かせなくてもいいかな〜。つまり、これは本当にいいものなのか、ただ日本のものだから好きなのか・・・。
もっと時間たったら、そこそこ本当にいい日本の音楽が集まってきたり、日本語をしゃべったり、文化などを理解したりするとまた違う問題が出てくる。。。本当にいいものなのに絶対に外国の音楽マニア達に通じない。例えば、忌野清志郎。私的にもう〜言葉にならないぐらい尊敬しているし、大好きな日本のロック武士。亡くなった時涙をこぼしました。ただ、そんな私でさえ、ほとんどの清志郎の音楽は音楽的に別にそんなに好きじゃない。バンドが普通で、音がきれいすぎてあんまり面白くない。ただ、清志郎が大好き、声は素晴らしい、素晴らしソングライター、ユーモアたっぷり、メッセージ深い。。。本当のロックンローラーでした。けど、やっぱり日本語分からない人にとってまず音楽を聴く。だから、外国のマニアたちにとって「裸のラリース」とか他のスーパーマイナーやつみたいなのとか、「ハッピーエンド」とかの方が通じる。でも日本でスーパーアンダーグラウンド音楽を聴いている方でもたぶん清志郎さんに対して大リスペクトしています。実はこのミックスに清志郎の曲四つぐらいかけようと思ったけど、結局二つになっちゃいました。わざとじゃなかったけど、結果的にない方がよかったかもしれない。日本人の方にとって入っていた方が楽しいと思っているけど、全体のミックス的に、そうして日本人じゃない方にとってみれば、やっぱりない方がよかったかな〜〜〜〜〜? ま、分からないけど。。 ;)持ってくるのは忘れた清志郎の曲たちは: ここへ
それで、もう一つの「問題」は、日本の古い音楽、民謡とか、にかんして、僕は全く分からないままで音楽聴いているので、本当にただ僕の心の中で響くやつしか選べない。。ま、純粋で一番いい立場だと思うけど、どれほど日本人に笑われている分からない、どんだけださいやつかけてるかどうか分かりません〜 でも、正直にいうと、僕の音楽マニア友達たちにとって絶対清志より民謡のほうが通じると思う。

なぜこのミックスに醗酵食品の名前を付けたかというのは、日本の料理のソウルは発酵したもの (ハートはやっぱりお米と大豆)だと思っていますので 、この臭い、暗い、汚い、時間のかかる(・・・言い過ぎだけど)でもうまい!醗酵食品を作る気持ちでこのミックスを作りました。普段はレコードでミックスを使っているので、今回初めてCDJの機械を使って、ちょっとめちゃくちゃ感がありますので。。。すいません

いただきましょうか?

ミックスはここ$$$

ps.  Thanks to Frosty for turning me on to SOLID RECORDS

Tracklist

Ceremonial Imperial Court music called “Gagaku”- Youtube

Akasaka Koume (赤坂 小梅) – Kuroda Bushi (黒田節) – 7″ single – Colombia

Kyoko Saito (斎藤 京子) – Shin Tanto (新タント) – 7″ single – King Records

Akasaka Koume (赤坂 小梅) – Otemoyan (おてもやん) – 7″ single – Colombia

Kyoko Saito (斎藤 京子) – Okosa Bushi (おこさ節) – 7″ single – King Records

Rabbit Dance (うさぎのダンス) – From a 10LP box set of childrens songs – Victor

Jun Togawa (戸川純) – Aru Hareta No Hi (あるはれたの日) – Kyokutou Ian Shouka (極東慰安唱歌) – YEN Records

Jun Togawa (戸川純) – Kyokutou Ian Shouka (極東慰安唱歌) -Kyokutou Ian Shouka (極東慰安唱歌) – YEN Records

Jun Togawa (戸川純) – Akashia no Ame ga Yamutoki (アカシアの雨がやむとき) – Showa Kyounen (昭和享年) – Teichiku

The Violins – Furusato no Nioi (故郷の匂い) – 7″ single – Minoru Phone
*randomly these lyrics were written by my wife’s father

Maki Carmen (カルメン マキ) – Watashi ga Shindemo (私が死んでも) – 7″ single – CBS Sony
*lyrics by Shuji Terayama (歌詞: 寺山修司)

Kaburagi Sou (鏑木創) – ??? – Onna Banchou Blues Mesubachi no Chousen (女番長ブルース 牝蜂の挑戦) – Solid Records

Reiko Ike (池玲子) – ??? – 女番長ブルース 牝蜂の挑戦 – Solid Records

Reiko Ike (池玲子) – Ochou no Blues (お蝶のブルース) – 女番長ブルース 牝蜂の挑戦 – Solid Records

Izumi Masako (和泉雅子) – Odoritai wa (踊りたいわ) – Tokyo A-Go-Go (東京ア・ゴーゴー) – Solid Records

Hibari Misora (美空ひばり) – Omatsuri Mambo (お祭りマンボー) – ?? – ??

Rie Yokoyama (横山リエ) – Koko wa Shizukana Saizensen (ここは静かな最前線) – Tenshi no Koukotsu (天使の恍惚) – – Solid Records

Les Rallizes Denudes – Dansho (2断章2) – Mizutani – ??

Les Rallizes Denudes – Kiretsu (亀裂) – Mizutani – ??

Endo Kenji (遠藤健司) – Curry Rice Live – ?? – ??

Kiyoshiro Imawano (忌野清志郎) – PuriPuri Baby – ?? – ??

Kiyoshiro Imawano Tower Records TV Commercial – Youtube

Lake – echo – Lake – Indies Maker

Kyoko Harada w/ Kiyoshiro Imawano (原田郁 +忌野清志郎) – Gingawa (銀河) – Colombia

Kicell (キセル) – Ne no Ji (ねの字) – Yume (夢) – Victor

Kicell (キセル) – shinnshinn (しんしんしん) – Happy End Parade (tribute album) – Victor

Happy End – Happy End Cont. 続はっぴぃえんど – Happy End – Pony Canyon

Yura Yura Teikoku (ゆらゆら帝国) – 3 am Fuzz Guitar (午前3時のファズギター ) – 1998 – 2004 – Midi

Sou Kaburagi (鏑木創) – NoraNeko Rock Sex Hunter (野良猫ロック セックス・ハンター) – Solid Records

Torihada Minoru (鳥肌実) Akumasutoukingu (悪魔巣取金愚) – Yasumi no Kuni (休みの国) – avex io

Judy Ong & Young and Fresh (ジュディ・オング&ヤング・アンド・フレッシュ) – Seishun A Go Go (青春ア・ゴーゴー) – Tokyo A Go Go (東京ア・ゴーゴー) – Solid Records

Bito Isao (尾藤イサオ) Chigireta Namida (ちぎれた涙) – Tokyo A Go Go (東京ア・ゴーゴー) – Solid Records

Pop & Nono

Kiyoshiro Imawano – Tv Commercial

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Andy Votel for Dublab
February 28, 2011, 2:56 pm
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Andy Votel – A Bird On The Head Is Worth Six In The Hand – Dublab mix

This one’s just a pass-along from Dublab.  One of the more super great mixes I’ve been really enjoying lately.  Dig it all, but’ve never heard any of it before.  The man has records. Definitely intergalactic.

–From Dublab

We proudly present another masterfully stitched together string of deep gems from the one and only man of a million mystic sounds, Andy Votel. Prior to recording this mix Mr. Votel conjured a flock of ravens to scour the globe for lost musical artifacts with which to brew his sonic spell. As you fall under the hypnotic radiance of this mix click your way into the world ofFinders Keepers and you will be forever set adrift in a zone of musical awe. (The above photo was snapped by the equally far-out Godsy.)

LISTEN HERE



asakawa maki tribute
January 17, 2011, 11:45 am
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Asakawa Maki Tribute mix – live @ dublab studio Dec. 2010

So I’m jumping the gun a little bit on this one.  This mix was recorded for release on dublab, but I’m gonna go ahead and post it before they do (hope they don’t mind).  When I went back home to CA for xmas I dropped in to the dublab studios to record a couple sets of Japanese music that I’ve picked up along my stay here.  One of the two was this Asakawa Maki tribute set, and the other a Japanese music sampler of sorts which I WON’T be posting here until it’s been up at dublab.  The only reason why I’m choosing to post this ahead of time is because I wanted to make sure this was up for the 1 year anniversary of her death, January 17th.  THANK YOU DUBLAB for the chance to record this and share with an infinitely larger audience than happen to look under this rock.

このミックスはDUBLABの放送のために作ったミックスで、これからそちらで放送しますけど、今日は浅川マキさんの命日なので今日こそ出さなくちゃっと思って 〜 アップします。マキさんがいなくなってからずっとこのミックスを作りたかったんだけど、ライフが忙しくって、なかなかできなかった。そうしてこの間アメリカに帰っていた時DUBLABスタジオに行くチャンスがあって、ちょうどいいチャンスと思って浅川マキのミックスを作ることにした。実はミックス二つ作りました、このマキミックスと色々なJapanese musicミックス。そのミックスはDUBLABで放送するまでここでアップするのは待ちます〜Dublabのおかげでこのサイトより世界中の人たちが浅川マキさんの世界に触れることができる。

Asakawa Maki (Maki Asakawa) has over time become one of my all-time favorite Japanese artists whose records I keep going back to, with whisky in hand, over and over again.  The jackets are amazing, Maki looks amazing, she sounds amazing, the musicians… uh, just what you would want a record of a 70s avant-garde, jazz singer from the Tokyo underground to be.  You can check her discograpy here at Discogs where you find this short bio of her:

“Japanese female jazz and blues singer, lyricist and composer. Born in January 27, 1942 in Ishikawa-ken. Died January 17, 2010 in Nagoya.
Sang at US Army bases in Japan before getting her big break in a series of concerts organized by underground playwright Shuji Terayama in 1968.”

日本にきてから色んなJapanese musicを探し続けた、本当に「いいなと思った音楽が探すのは本当に難しかった。だんだん発見が増えながら本当に大好きな一つは浅川マキさんでした。彼女のレコードを探すのはいつも楽しみでした。ジャケ、センス、雰囲気、歌詞、声、他のミュージシャン、すべてが吃驚するほどカッコイイ! ベストオブウィスキーアンドたばこがに合う人!

I first realized that she had worked closely with Shuji Terayama when I noticed that he had penned many of the lyrics to her songs – in the early era.  Terayama is a massive name in the avant-garde, underground art world in Japan.  The fact that Maki had worked so closely with Terayama intrigued me more than I already had been and made the already perfect picture complete.  Definitely check out the world of Terayam Shuji (youtube and otherwise), it can also lead you to the intertwined otherworld of JA Seazar (worthy of another post).

マキさんの音楽にはまってから寺山修司が書いた歌詞が曲が意外と多かったことを気づきました。そうでなくとも完璧な絵がさらに完璧になったような瞬間でした。

As that bio states, Maki passed away a year ago today in Nagoya city.  She had continued releasing records and live performances right up to her death and was in Nagoya for a weekend of shows when she passed in her sleep in her hotel room.  My wife and I were lucky enough to get the chance to see her a few months earlier in September of 09 in Tokyo.  I hadn’t heard all that much of her later releases so  I wasn’t sure what we would find, but she was as dark and under-garde as ever…a truly powerful performance from a woman who completely and perfectly embodied the character that you imagine when looking at and listening to the records.  We were planning on seeing her again when we read the sad news of her passing.

2009の九月に奥さんと一緒にマキさんのライブを見に行きました。ほとんど70年代しか聞いたことがない私にとってどれぐらい期待したほうがいいなのか本当に分からなかった。しかし、最高に暗くって、ムーディー、まさにアングラの女王ぽっくて感動しました。本当に最後まで格好よかったです!!

This was an all vinyl mix from the records I happened to have at the time.  I brought six of her records with me and played tracks from 5 of them.  So, just a selection of some of my favorites that I had on record.  For the sake of sanity I’m not going to post the tracklist, just the records I pulled from.  Feel free to email me if you have any more specific questions about the mix.

The albums are her 1st,3rd,4th,5th and 10th releases.  I didn’t have the second release at the time of this mix, I do now, and wish I had it to mix in…oh well.  I brought the 6th release, but didn’t use anything from it.  All releases are on EMI Express.  Album titles are as follows.

このミックスは当時に持っていた浅川マキのレコードのこの5枚からです。もっともっといっぱいあるので、是非浅川マキさんのことを調べて下さい!

マキの世界 “Maki no Sekai” (The World of Maki) – 1970
Live – 1972
Blue Spirit Blues – 1972
裏窓 “UraMado” (Back Window) – 1973
One – 1980

So, thank you Asakawa Maki.  I hope this is one small step in further spreading your work that should have been more widely enjoyed while you were here.

Enjoy the mix – (feel free to fast forward past my embarrassing spoken intro)

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Asakawa Maki Tribute mix – live @ dublab studio Dec. 2010

裏窓 “Ura Mado” (Rear Window) – Lyrics: Terayama Shuji – Ura Mado

時には母のない子のように (Motherless Child) – The World of Maki

セント・ジェームス病院 (Saint James Infirmary) – Ura Mado

For M – Lyrics: Asakawa Maki; Song: Yamashita Yosuke – ONE
(The “M” apparently stands for Malachi Favors Maghostut who was the bass player for the Art Ensemble of Chicago for whom the song was written for out of respect by Yamashita-san)

午後 “Gogo” (Afternoon) – ONE

夜があけたら “Yo ga Aketara” (When day breaks) – The World of Maki

こんな風に過ぎて行くのなら “Konna Fu ni Sugite Iku no Nara” – Ura Mado

難破ブルーズ “Nanpa Blues” (Shipwreck Blues) – Blue Spirit Blues

前科者のクリスマス “Zenkasha no Christmas” (Ex-con’s Christmas) – Lyrics: Terayama Shuji – The World of Maki

ちっちゃな時から “Chichaina Toki Kara” – Maki Live

山河ありき “Yamakawa Ariki” – Lyrics: Terayama Shuji – The World of Maki

奇妙な果実 (Strange Fruit) – Blue Spirit Blues

十三日の金曜日のブルース (Friday the 13th Blues) – Lyrics: Terayama Shuji – The World of Maki

あの娘がくれたブルース “Ano ‘Ko’ ga Kureta Blues – Blue Spirit Blues

赤い橋 “Akai Hashi” (Red Bridge) – The World of Maki

別れ “Wakare” – Maki Live

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secret guest
February 25, 2010, 12:52 pm
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by annonymous

here’s a FABULOUS contribution to the site by a dear friend of mine who will go unnamed, but let that not cause doubt about their true Goth credentials.  Let this mix take you back, back to the black of…well for many of us…those high school days.

Tracklist:

Dark Entries – Bauhaus
Incubus Succubus – Xmal Deutschland
Caucasian Walk – Virgin Prunes
Garlands – Cocteau Twins
Nicotine Stain – Siouxsie & The Banshees
German Nun – Sex Gang Children
Christian Says – Tones On Tail
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – Specimen
Spiritual Cramp – Christian Death
Hurricane Fighter Plane – Alien Sex Fiend
Transmission – Joy Division

i wish i was a vampire mix



February 23, 2010, 3:58 pm
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New Minimal Wave / Drum Machine Music mix -

**Below we have three excellent mixes from J. Mendez from the late 70s early 80s.  If you dig on new wave, post-punk, electro…you need to hear ALL three.**

El Baile

 

 

El Baile – The Mixel-baile-cover

Throbbing Gristle // Camera
Liaisons Dangereuses // Peut Etre … Pas
Oppenheimer Analysis // Devil’s Dancer
Fad Gadget // Love Parasite
Kraftwerk // Robots
Chris & Cosey // Hazey Daze
Fad Gadget // Collapsing New People
TGV // Partie 1
Ultravox // Mr. X
Experimental Products // Golden Hours (Brian Eno)
Cabaret Voltaire // Walls of Jericho
Throbbing Gristle // Distant Dreams part 2
No More // Suicide Commando
N.O.I.A. // Stop Thinking
Absolute Body Control // Automatic I
Christof Glowalla // Erde 80
April Orchestra

 

 

LaDiscoteca

Here’s one along the same lines, less vocals, dance floor ready; hence the name:

la-discoteca_cover

La Discoteca – The Mix

Laura Logic//Brute Fury

Dorothy//Softness

Pig Bag//Sunny Day

A Certain Ratio//Guess Who

Electric Chairs//So Many Ways

Capricorn//I need love

Simian Mobile Disco//State of Things

Alecander Robotonik//Intro for Live Performance

Padded Cell//Savage Skulls

Eddy Grant//Time Warp

Hawkeye//Born

Glass Candy//Always Say Yes

Love Fingers//Zoysia

Emperor Machine//Labocatocs (V.Markowski Remix)

Glass Candy//Computer Love

Sexual Harassment//K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Emperor Machine//Labocatocs (Original Mix)

Chaz Jankel//3,000,000 Synths

Gina X//No Gdm

Mirage//Lady Operator

80’s 80’s 80’s


let’s put on some leather, german accents, grab a cocktail, and dance

lots of old gems and euro oddities.

early electro mix




February 23, 2010, 3:49 pm
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***re-posting some mixes I put up before using a blog format**

Kutmah – From LA with Love

A tasty mixed sampler from Art Don’t Sleep’s From LA With Love release. Mixed by Kutmah and Take originally aired and still available on the highly recommended Dublab podcast. It’s things like this that feed my increasingly aching homesickness…Thank you LA.

LA Music – Kutmah/Take



November 2, 2009, 7:11 am
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DJ Nuts live on Dublab Radio

DJ Nuts

Once again, I have to thank the great people over at Dublab for consistently bringing beautiful sounds to the world – special thanks to Frosty.  Whenever you just want some good music and vibes to go along with your day, be sure to tune in to DUBLAB radio.  Of course, for this mix extra special thanks goes out to DJ Nuts for being down enough to not mind being further shared around the internet.  DJ Nuts is truly an amazing dj with amazing records.  This mix is actually from a couple years ago, but I’ve never tired of it and am finally putting it up here.  I love this mix. Hope you all enjoy it and pass it along.  We hope to be blessed with some more goodness from DJ Nuts in the future.

The mix took place at the Dublab studio while DJ Nuts, along with legendary percussionists Joao “Comanche” Parahyba (Trio Mocoto) and Ivan “Mamao” Conti (Azymuth), were in LA for the premiere of the film “Brasilintime“.  The film put together hip hop artists and Brasilian musicians to make some magic (see some video clips below).  The mix by DJ Nuts is a sweetly mixed adventure through some rare Brasilian vinyl.  PLEASE ENJOY.

(For some more amzing, and even better mixes from DJ Nuts, go here)

Thank you again DJ Nuts & Dublab.

このmixはDublabのpodcastからきました。Dublabのボスが昔からの友達ので、盗むのは大丈夫です :) ありがとうFROSTY!

今回はBrasilのdj champion DJ Nutsというdjが自分のレコードlibraryからの珍しいBrasilianレコードをめっちゃスムーズにライブmix作りました。BRASILINTIMEという映画のロードショーのためにLos Angelesにきて、Dublab studioでinterviewとこのmixをやりました。 BrasilintimeはBrasilの有名なパーカショニストーとhip hop djとアメリカの有名hip hop artists(Madlib, J Dilla, Cut Chemist, Egon etc.)を集めてライブ作りましたのドキュメンタリーです。

DJ Nutsにもありがとう!!

本当にいいmixなので、是非聞いてください~~~

(もっとDJ Nuts聞きたかったら、ここへ)

THE MIX

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Mirror (you can also download here)




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