RANDOM

So, feeling in a somewhat musically unsettled mood the last few days, I put my entire downloads directory (sitting at about 15 GB, I really need to tidy it up) on random play. These are some of the gems I've forgotten about but in fact really kick ass. [warning to those who care, mostly dan i guess, this post is a fucking gold mine!]


Answering Machine - Call Me Mr. Telephone (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix)

Super long cosmic/beardo disco remix by it boys Lindstrom & Prins Thomas. The best part is around 6:30 were the vocals suddenly get all desperate and haunting with a mean synth somwhere in the background. Other than that, titanic groover.


Liquid Crystal - You Got Me
Essence of Aura - Destiny

Oh man rave music. Oh man. The piano build up in the first track is damn near unstoppable euphoria. And that second track? Pure rave evil. Oh man.


Pineapples - come on closer

Shitty radio rip that I really need to find a better version of, but oh fuck, posibly the best italodisco track ever! How could you not love this? Your heart would have to be a frozen peice of rock with big pointy thorns on it covered with barbed wire and dead puppies or something.


Sudenten Geche - Are Kiss

German new-wave (aka Neue Deutche Welle), big in some necks of the old internet-woods. Sounds like moody 80's electro-pop, at least this one, though others are much more punky.


Public Image Ltd. - Poptones

Classic, classic post-punk from John Lydon's (aka Johnny Rotten's) second, less famous, and perferred-by-me band. Heavily led by a the wonderful bass of Jah Wobble, sounding like punk only in it's attitude, not its sound, thankfully. You should see the performance of this song and "Careering" that they did on American Bandstand, pulling audience members on to the stage to dance, Lydon not even bothering to lip sync, Dick Clark clearly having no idea what to do with these people, it's just mindblowing but apparently Clark had it removed from youtube the fucking bastard. Dick Clark should die, though obviously you can't kill what is already dead.


Isolee - Cite Grande Terre (Luciano's Luck of Lucien Edit)

Last and definitely not least, this absolutely stunning Luciano mix, easily one of my tracks of the year. The absolute calm space and beauty of this track is just enthralling. The beat exists in this weird half-ambient-yet-propulsive realm that keeps you in this kind of pleasant stasis throughout the whole track. Ultra-minimal yet hyper-detailed (just try to follow all the shards of sound comprising what would otherwise be known as the high-hat/snare drum pattern), this one really seems to grow and expand on you as the track progresses, punctuated by the dubbed out echoes of Isolee's original work. Let it sit with you for a bit.


well, let it not be said that ALL i listen to is pop music, eh?


Anyway, I know many of you really prefer the non-music posts, but I don't really have anything to say right now on the politix front that isn't being said elsewhere, and I don't really feel like providing a bunch of links right now, so screw you. :)