Dive into the archives.
Pork chop express…
john carpenter - the end (assault on precinct 13) (part 1 - disco version) (mp3)
john carpenter - christine (part 2) (mp3)
john carpenter - unheimliche schattenlichter (mp3)
carrying on in the same ilk as my last post, here’s another three tracks from another legend, this time its film director and musical composer john carpenter…
john carpenter over the […]
Three times cerrone…
cristal - la nuit pour nous (mp3)
cerrone - strip tease (mp3)
cerrone - generique b.m.ii (mp3)
a triple helping from the legendary french disco producer today…
with the exception of giorgio moroder, there is no doubt that jean-marc cerrone was the main european influence on the disco sound throughout the 70’s and early 80’s, inspiring numerous house/techno producers […]
Think green
brennan green - little ease (mp3)
keeping up the nyc theme (and with more yet to come), here’s something special from brennan green. as part of the original new york nu-disco clique (alongside morgan geist, darshan jesrani and daniel wang) he was instrumental in launching a scene that’s repercussions are still felt strongly today. however, his […]
Rvng is a dish best served cold
betty botox - voodoo 1 (mp3)
around this time last year, a lavishly packaged quality-filled mix cd surfaced in a few select shops, compiled by beats in space’s tim sweeney. from it’s appearance you could immediately tell this was going to be something special, and on hearing what was contained within it immediately became one […]
My spine is the bassline…
shriekback - my spine (is the bassline) (mp3)
another quickie today - much sought after new wave track from 1982…first heard this a good few years back now on the most excellent andrew weatherall compilation - nine o clock drop…
enjoy…
Lend me a rizla…
peter tosh - buk-in-hamm palace (mp3)
great reggae/roots/disco crossover track from your man ‘winston hubert macintosh’ aka peter tosh…the track was released in 1979, and what we have here is an awesome 8 minute disco affair with mr tosh waxing lyrically about smoking the herb at buk-in-hamm place…to be honest, if the british tabloids are correct, […]
Steely drums
amral’s trinidad cavaliers - 90 percent of me is you (mp3)
something short today, both in word count and track length. according to the wealth of information available out there on the internet, amral’s trinidad cavaliers area steel drum band hailing from trinidad, amd i assume that the main man, or at least a member of […]
Mixmaster mine
ode to das witbier (mp3 mix)
in what must be a best foot forward first, i’ve done what might be tagged as “a dj mixtape” for y’all to listen to. you may want to have your own little rave to this - in your house, in someone elses house, outside in a field, or even on […]
Hallo to you out there in normal land…
the seven seas players - spasticus autisticus (mp3)
ian dury & the blockheads - hit me with your rhythm stick (mp3)
a double dose fromn the late, great ian dury today…
first up is the excellent seven seas players version of ’spasticus autisticus’, which you can find on the flip of the 12″ release…for anyone wondering, the seven […]
I’ve been painting a picture…
gil scott-heron and brian jackson - angola, louisiana (mp3)
just got in from work and not feeling very dynamic, so its a short one…
here goes……brooklyn-born musician and general jack of all trades brian jackson first met up with poet and fellow classmate gil scott-heron in and around 1970 at lincoln university…throughout the 70’s they went on […]
