tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213850652024-03-07T18:14:00.190+00:00Highway Five Music Blog Cool music blog, reviews, rants and revisions. Portishead, PJ Harvey, John Peel Spotify list, electronica, indie, dubstep, musing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger236125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21385065.post-1992298721911534972019-11-15T11:31:00.001+00:002019-11-15T11:31:59.666+00:00Panic Radio Cover Version Special <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just recorded an hours showcase of cover versions for <b><a href="http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/people/heywood_tony.html">Panic Radio</a></b> on <a href="http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/">WCR (Warminster Community Radio). </a><br />
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One of my favourite DJ Eclair Fifi giving it some HOUSE in Edinburgh this morning! What do they put in the water up there :)<br />
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Unknown Pleasures is one of the touchstones of the alternative music scene. It is the Rosetta Stone of new wave, from its deep vinyl grooves you can decode the influence in bands as diverse as Interpol and The Cure, Editors and Mogwi. Without the sonic template of Unknown Pleasures U2 would have never found a voice and a direction. Those early U2 records sound like smudged facsimiles of Joy Divisions latent power.<br />
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Unknown Pleasures was san genesis, an individual and eviscerating blend of punk fury, existentialist dread and post war industrial decay. An audio document that could have only been produced at a certain junction, immediately post the Sex Pistols and from a specific location, the UK . Despite its historical position it still sounds as vital and eerie as it did in 1979.<br />
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Inspired by a combination of the first wave of UK punk rock, and the American racket of The Stooges and The Velvet Underground Joy Divisions sound was a happy accident. Peter Hook’s high trebly bass playing a result of the cheap equipment the band initially used. Hook was forced to play higher than normal in order to be heard. His bass carried the melody of the songs, Barney Sumner’s guitar spiking the sound with caustic riffs and metallic textures. The whole sound was anchored by the breath taking human drum machine rhythms of Steven Morris.<br />
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The unusual combination of sounds marked the band out from the standard three chord thrash of the second generation of punk. Its not that the band could play any better than their peers, the reality is the opposite of that. They simply played to their strengths and in the process created a unique and potent sound. The majestic noise the band created was heightened by the poetic lyrics and sorrowful croon of Ian Curtis.<br />
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Curtis’ death hangs over the music of Joy Division draping it in a solemnity, carving it into memorial stone, yet on Unknown Pleasures, Curtis lyrics are troubled and questioning but not the extended cry for help of Closer. They have a depth that was out of time with the plastic nihilism of the moment more John Paul Sartre than Johnny Rotten.<br />
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Amazingly Sumner and Hook where disappointed with the production of Unknown Pleasures. They believed that producer Martin Hannett had emasculated their sound. Stripped away the fierce loud clanning punk rock and hollowed them out. Listening to the live tracks on the bonus disc you can see that he did prune away the volume but the harsh reality is that the songs are better for it.<br />
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Hannet’s use of found sound, breaking glass and empty lift shafts, coupled with a pioneering use of delay resulted in sound that owed as much to dub as it did to punk. The music is bathed in shimmering ether, the taut rhythms seem to ripple, the minimal bass lines stretching time. Sumner’s guitar adds textures, obtuse broken riffs, corrosive discordant tints over the restless clatter and hum.<br />
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The record has stuck with me since I first heard it as a callow fourteen year old. Other records that I loved at the time have fallen by the wayside, their adolescent angst unable to translate themselves into my adult life. There is something honest, harrowing and timeless at the heart of Unknown Pleasures that has kept me hooked. In my opinion it is the greatest debut LP of all time. If you don’t own a copy your music collection is missing a major cog, go and buy this record today.<br />
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Tony Heywood ©<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.highwayfive.blogspot.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21385065.post-41317108073412312792018-03-28T09:33:00.002+01:002018-03-28T09:33:49.637+01:00China's Underground Club Scene A great mix of tunes from China<br />
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• Marisa Anderson – Cloud Corner<br />• Finley Quaye – Butterfly Lovers<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />• Pixies – Bone Machine<br />• Guess the a-side - The Wedding Present – All Above Eve<br />• Sandy Shaw – Hand in Glove<br />• Robert Foster – I am So Happy For You<br />• Slonk – We’re Going to Be Fine<br />• Shopping – The Hype<br />• Junk Shop – Noel Coward – Nina<br />• X Ray Spex – I am Cliché<br />• Idlewild – The Wooden Ideals<br />• Long Track – Rising the Titanic (Big Drum Mix)<br />• Diana Ross & The Supremes – Love Child</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">• Mismatched socks – Circumstance<br />• John Tejada – Heal<br />• Location Kent – Kate Bush – Sunset<br />• Location Kent – Siouxsie and The Banchees – Cities in Dust<br />• Location Kent – Sawhney – Beyond Skin<br />• Why?- One Mississippi<br />• Cover Version of The Week – Meshell Ndegeocello – Waterfalls<br />• August Greene – Optimistic<br />• Portishead – Roads<br />• DJ Taye – Pop Drop (Featuring DJ Pay Pal)<br />• One Dove – Why Don’t You Take Me (rank outsiders mix)</span></div>
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1. Blondie – Rapture<br />2. The Killers – Jenny Was A Friend of Mine<br />3. Buzzcocks – Everbodys Happy Nowdays <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />4. Guess the a-side – Disapointed – Everyday is Like Sunday B-side<br />5. The Cocteau Twins – How to Bring A Blush To Snow<br />6. Johnny Cash – Goodnight Irene<br />7. Nick Drake – Northern Sky<br />8. Lemonheads – Into My Arms<br />9. Rockingbirds – We Had It All<br />10. Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes<br />11. Monaco – Sweetlips<br />12. Moloko – The Time Is Now (Francios K Main Vocal Mix)<br />13. Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Women<br />14. Money Mark – Information Contraband</span></div>
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Location London<br />15. Soul II Soul – Joy<br />16. Leftfield – Open Up<br />17. The XX – Shelter</div>
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19. KLF – 3 am Eternal</div>
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My playlist from the radio show on WCR FM. A second hand music special playing tracks from CDs and LPs I have picked up second hand from car boot sales, charity shops, jumble sales, second hand record shops, market stalls and school fetes. </div>
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<b><a href="http://panicradio.online/">Panic Radio</a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/highwayfive/">Mixcloud </a></b><br />
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My Radio show tribute to Prince. Two hours of Prince originals, b-sides, remixes and cover versions. I hope you enjoy it.<br />
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Track listing for the show<br />
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<li>Lets Go Crazy</li>
<li>Anotherloverholenyohead</li>
<li>Guitar</li>
<li>She's Always In My Hair</li>
<li>Mavis Staples - Time Waits For No One</li>
<li>Purple Dub - Take Me With You</li>
<li>Chaka Kahn - I Feel For You</li>
<li>Star Fish and Coffee</li>
<li>Sign O The Times</li>
<li>Colonized Mind</li>
<li>Balltimore</li>
<li>Raspberry Beret</li>
<li>Kiss 12" Mix</li>
<li>You Got The Look</li>
<li>The Time - Jerk It Out</li>
<li>Gett Off (club mix)</li>
<li>Controversy</li>
<li>Musicology</li>
<li>The Family - High Fashion</li>
<li>Seven (acoustic version)</li>
<li>Supercute</li>
<li>When Doves Cry</li>
<li>The Cross</li>
<li>A Case of You (Joni Mitchell cover)</li>
<li>Sometimes in Snows In April</li>
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Panic Radio is live on Warminster Community Radio on Wednesday evening 9pm to 11pm. If you have music you would like me to consider then please email (tony.h at wcrfm.org.uk).<br />
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1. Ed Scissor and Lamplighter – Tell Them It’s Winter <br />
2. Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos<br />
3. Towel – Wipe Me Dry<br />
4. Serpentwithfeet – Blisters<br />
5. Giaka – Security<br />
6. Daughter – Not Too Disappear<br />
7. Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus<br />
8. Moor Mother – Fetish Bones <br />
9. Ash Koosha – I AKA I<br />
10. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree<br />
11. Lucy Dacus – No Burden<br />
12. Higher Authorities - Neptune<br />
13. Karl Blau – Introducing Karl Blau<br />
14. Beans on Toast – A Spanner in The Works<br />
15. Richmond Fontaine – You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing To Go Back To <br />
16. Jah9 – 9<br />
17. Olga Bell – Tempo<br />
18. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial <br />
19. David Bowie- Black Star<br />
20. Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats / Invocation Trex<br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free</b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">The new king of alt.country? Former Drive By Trucker releases a LP that is full of great songs that much like the Courtney Barnett record spins the mundane into pure song writing gold. An emotional record that wears its hard won smarts front and centre. 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A rain streaked faded Polaroid of effected guitars, beats, floating vocals and a deep rooted sense of ennui. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Darkstar – Foam Island</b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">A huge shift for Darkstar from retro synth pop of their early releases to austerity electronica. The sound of social contract collapsing via interviews and electronic soundscapes. Calypso beats, dub, soft focus electronica. Protest music of a different hue. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Torres –Sprinter </b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">New York born living in Nashville her second LP with shades of early PJ Harvey (it’s produced by Rob Ellis). Despair, rage, loss. Brutally honest and hook heavy. From a whisper to a scream.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Holly Herndon – Platform </b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">Dense modern laptop electronica. The sound of modern technology, dance floor moves, digital sludge, post modernism and a haunting vocals. 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Dam funky. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jenny Hval - Apocalypse Girl</b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">Feminism, melody, electronics, noise, American cultural imperialism, gender politics. That makes it sound really dry but its rude, explicit, funny, quite “pop” and very catchy. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sherwood and Pinch – Late Night Endless </b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">Old School dub master meets new school electronica. A beast of a record full of BASS, reverb and big dry echoes. Much more than the sum of its talented parts. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Grasscut – Everyone Was A Bird </b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">More organic less electronic than the first two LPs but still a delight. Fan submitted spoken word piece, nature based lyrical themes and soaring strings. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Public Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space </b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">Working with the British Film Institute PSB splice film and news clips with post rock and electronic backing. Funkier than it sounds on paper. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lonelady – Hinterland </b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">This is like a lost factory record release. Shades of ACR, Section 25, and early New Order. Fragile guitar melodies, industrial murk, Brit funk but a modern twist in the production.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love </b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">Fantastic return after 10 years away. Snaps, snarls, the guitars bite yet it is joyful at the same time. Knocks the New Order and Prodigy come backs out of ring with a series of beautiful jabs. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Unthanks – Mount The Air </b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">Folk detour that was started when I picked up a copy of the first Unthanks LP second hand. A lovely mixture of dark folk themes and solid gold harmonies and melodies. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Band of Holy Joy – The Land of Holy Joy</b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">One of my favourite bands of the late 1980s this is their 19<sup>th</sup> LP! Johnny Brown is a lyricist with a sharp eye for detail. Bittersweet stories of those living on the fringes of society set to a romantic spring laden ramshackle indie racket. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Floating Points – Elaenia</b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">Late period Talk Talk refracted through an electronic and post rock prism without the god fearing lyrics. Might be higher up the list if I had longer to listen to it. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Romare – Projections </b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">Smoky vocal samples, African drums, garage, house, jump cuts. A lovely collage of various dance forms into a fun, funky and clever record. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bill Ryder Jones – West Kirby County Primary </b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">Former member of the Coral and Artic Monkeys tour guitarist BRJ’s solo LP is a bleak and beauty collection mainly recorded at home. Strong songs with clever little lyric touches, a fragile voice and a sense of loss. One to get lost in. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><br />
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New Order have previewed their first new track since 2005's Waiting for the Siren's Call. Played live in Chile as part of Lollapalooza Chile on the 30th March 2014. The song is the first new material since Peter Hook left the band. Although Hooky is no longer a member the song has the familiar bass rumble, a spidery guitar part that is very mid period (circa 1985) New Order and a Barney vocal that is prime New Order. It sounds more like New Order than the recent Bad Luienent stuff although the only difference live is Stephen Morris. Sound like a return to form to my ears. <br />
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Fact Magazine - <a href="http://www.factmag.com/2014/03/31/new-order-unveil-first-new-song-in-nine-years-listen-here/">http://www.factmag.com/2014/03/31/new-order-unveil-first-new-song-in-nine-years-listen-here/</a><br />
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Slicing Up Eyeballs -<a href="http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2014/03/31/new-order-new-song-drop-the-guitar-santiago-video/"> http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2014/03/31/new-order-new-song-drop-the-guitar-santiago-video/</a><br />
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Consequence of Sound - <a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/03/watch-new-order-debuts-drop-the-guitar-their-first-new-song-in-nine-years/">http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/03/watch-new-order-debuts-drop-the-guitar-their-first-new-song-in-nine-years/</a><br />
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The genius of Martin Hannett (Joy Division, New Order, U2 and Happy Mondays producer) is too be celebrated with a new book and DVD film both released in April.<br />
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Hannett's story,he died of a heart attack in back in 1991 aged only 42, has gone mainly unrecorded despite the wealth of material produced on Factory Records.<br />
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Cerysmatic Factory who have seen the DVD outline it below:<br />
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featuring contributions from Tony Wilson Vini Reilly, Bruce Mitchell, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Tosh Ryan, Steve Hopkins (Invisible Girls), Mark Radcliffe, Dave Formula, Reni and Andy Couzens (Stone Roses) plus many othera.<br />
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This is no flash expensive BBC documentary, it's a gritty warts 'n' all tale of experimentation, laid bare with the minimum of trickery and a host of wide-eyed observers...."<br />
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<a href="http://news.cerysmaticfactory.info/2014/03/martin-hannett-he-wasnt-just-the-fifth-member-of-joy-division-dvd-documentary-review.html">http://news.cerysmaticfactory.info/2014/03/martin-hannett-he-wasnt-just-the-fifth-member-of-joy-division-dvd-documentary-review.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.ozitmorpheusrecords.com/">http://www.ozitmorpheusrecords.com/</a><br />
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This is great interview between Tony Wilson & Martin Hannett. .<br />
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The song being "produced" is Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls - The Visitor have a listen below. Listen to the snare drum!<br />
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There is also a sample from the video in the first two tracks from The Durutti Column's A Paean To Wilson. <br />
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This great little EP popped into my inbox a few weeks ago and I have been returning to for repeat listens. It was recorded in a bedroom in Berlin by Sam Radcliff and has shades of few cool things in its grainy mix. <br />
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The opening track reminds of James Blake and the club sounds of East India Youth. The title track Wildest Woes ripples like a lo-fi The XX and crackles like a male fronted Young Marble Giants. The whole EP is worth a listen and a few of your £'s to download. Hopefully someone will pick up the EP and give it a big promo push as it deserves to be heard by a bigger audience. One to listen out for in the future. <br />
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I can't get the player from Bandcamp to imbed so I will come back to it later if I have time.<br />
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<a href="http://samradcliff.bandcamp.com/"> Widest Woes EP - Sam Radcliff</a><br />
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There is a wonderful interview in the March edition of Wire Magazine with Actress (aka - Darren Cummingham ). It covers a fair amount of ground looking at his background in Wolverhampton, his promise as a football player that got cut short by injury and his move to London. Cunningham comes across as rather otherworldly, living in a kind of altered urban reality. He has interesting things to say on the nature of reality, space, music, how music can heal and attempting to get the sounds in his head out in musical form. <br />
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Under the Actress moniker he has released 4 LPs, <a href="http://ninjatune.net/release/actress/hazyville">Hazyville (2008)</a>, <a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=7738">Splazsh (2010)</a>, <a href="http://www.honestjons.com/label.php?pid=39612">RIP(2012)</a> and his latest release <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/23/actress-ghettoville-review">Ghettoville (2014)</a> on <a href="http://ninjatune.net/">Ninja Tunes</a>. Imagine the fractured musical sound of Burial refracted through a hazy mesh of broken speakers, weed smoke, field recordings and relentless rain. It sounds like the film Se7en looks, a noirish combination of grimey undercurrents and forward motion. <br />
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There is a small glimpse into the music making process for Actress and the analogue equipment, field recordings and overloading of circuits that are crucial to the weird, warped sound world that features on the Actress releases. <br />
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Below is an Actress track G<a href="http://ninjatune.net/release/actress/grey-over-blue">rey Over Blue from his Ninja Tune 12"</a> that outlines the kind of dislocated sonic ground that his LPs traverse. I would recommend buying the LPs and losing yourself in the blurred South London via Wolverhampton head space of Darren Cunningham.<br />
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Quietus Interview -<a href="http://thequietus.com/articles/14423-actress-interview-ghettoville"> http://thequietus.com/articles/14423-actress-interview-ghettoville</a><br />
Electronic Beats Interview -<a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/en/features/interviews/an-interview-with-actress/">http://www.electronicbeats.net/en/features/interviews/an-interview-with-actress/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.highwayfive.blogspot.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21385065.post-70647544088791253162014-02-28T16:46:00.001+00:002014-02-28T16:46:09.673+00:00Belgian Fog - Loveless WayBelgian Fog is the musical alias of Robert Dale from Washington State and he works at <b><a href="http://kexp.org/">KEXP</a></b> in Seattle and has produced a sparkling gem of a track. The songs is propelled along a strident bright programmed rhythm box, a cute melody line and a great vocal that sweeps from a mellow croon to a soaring falsetto. There are shades of New Order in he guitar coda towards the end and it also reminds me of the more synth driven work of Stephin Merritt's work on those early Magentic Fields releases. That's not to say that the track sounds overtly retro it doesn't, the production, the beats the whole feel is fresh. It strikes me as hybrid of The Weeknd's warped R&B and the confessional indie of Bon Iver or Bright Eyes with some added Hot Chip. It has already worked its way to my head and hopefully there will more music in the near future. <br />
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<b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/belgianfog">https://soundcloud.com/belgianfog</a></b><br />
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One of the main joys of the internet for me is the ability to stumble across new music and then get directly to the source via few clicks of a mouse. I love <b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/zebracore">Soundcloud</a></b> and <b><a href="http://postcode.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a></b> for allowing you to listen to tracks and purchase directly (or almost directly) from the band of artist.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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On Zebratronic the band (Mike Daugherty music and Marie Reynolds words and vocals) blend fizzing synth lines, brittle drums, warm distortion and plaintive vocals into a heady and beguiling mix. It reminds me of dark pop hues of Garbage, the stark melodic intent of Client or the bruised electronic goth of Curve.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The opening track “Back by Dawn” starts with a brooding Joy Division bassline and a crisp rattling machine drum loop before Marie Reynolds vocals become the perfect foil for the music, uncoiling slowly before the blizzard of guitars kick in around 2:20. Dodge City is an amphetamine rush of overloaded guitars and drowning vocals, Pound is built around a punch drunk drum pattern, snappy bass & guitar hook and razor blade guitars. The epic Resurrection clocks in at 7:18 and shifts through the sonic gears from its jangling guitar intro, via a sprightly snare roll hook to blasts of guitar sludge and distorted vocals and an ebbing slow burning ambient bridge before the sonic onslaught returns. Autumn is a real gem, a twinkling music box melody bouncing on top of circling chord sequence, swirling sweet caramel multi-tracked vocals and a sly infection rhythm box. Imagine early New Order fronted by Romy Madley Croft and you get the idea. It would make a great single.There is an extra track on the CD a great cover version but I will let you discover the pleasures of that yourself.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<a href="http://hackerfarm.net/">Hacker Farm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kempernorton.com/slurrings/">Kemper Norton</a><br />
<a href="http://ixtabulations.blogspot.co.uk/">IX Tab</a><br />
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The Hacker Farm collective itself is made up of Farmer Glitch, Kek-W and Bren. The work using dis-guarded and broken electronics, home made sound generators and field recordings. The track Sumorsaete Flod is a new piece of haunting glitchy ambient that was posted up on the 19th February. From the title, artwork, watery field recordings and wildlife sounds running through the track it is clearly connected to the recent flooding in the Somerset Levels.<br />
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For musicians it must be wonderful to be able to produce something and get it out to the public so quickly without having to wait for post production, mixing, pressing and manufacturing. A pithy listen for wet wintry days in the south west of England.<br />
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I have recently uncovered this great interview with Steve Albini @ <a href="http://vishkhanna.com/2013/08/16/ep-24-steve-albini/">http://vishkhanna.com</a> were he talks in depth about recording (he always says he doesn't produce records) In Utero with Nirvana back 1993. The podcast is from 2013 around the time of the Super Deluxe re issue of In Utero,. The reissue contains amongst other things the original Steve Albini mixes for Heart Shaped Box and All Apologies. These mixes were pulled at the time and replaced with Scott Litt mixes, there is also a new "2013" mix of the LP from the master tapes, demos and live versions.<br />
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It must say I prefer the Albini mix of All Apologies over the version issued at the time. It's harder, darker with add grit. <br />
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The demo version with lots of acoustic guitars is also rather lovely and sounds like R.E.M. circa Automatic for the People, although the vocals are low in the mix and it sounds as if the lyrics hadn't been worked out when it was recorded. <br />
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I wonder what an Albini produced R.E.M. would have sounded like? <br />
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Steve Albini comes across well and has some good points to make about the reissue industry in general, the mixingand mastering of the reissue, the story behind the 2013 mixes and how the record caused him no end of issues in the year & half after its release. He does come across as bitter or angry at his mixes being removed and in fact comes across as lack any ego in term of his "producer" status.<br />
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The full interview is here:<br />
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You can see a copy of the letter they discussed here:<br />
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The Go-Betweens where formed in Brisbane by friends Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in 1978. This is the band’s ninth LP and their third since reforming in 2000. These Aussie songsmiths are still mining a seam that is pure musical gold.</div>
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The songs on Oceans Apart are split 50:50, five songs written and sung by Forster and five by McLennan. The songs complement each other beautifully. The LP is stamped with the band’s trademark gift for plush intricate melodies and sophisticated wordplay. The sound is mainly autumnal and burnished, hushed and fragile, but infused with dark hues and subtle black humour.</div>
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The opening Here Comes A City, penned by Forster, is propelled along on a set of sparkling frenetic guitar chords. It’s the tale of a journey by rail across Germany. Images of other lives glimpsed briefly through the carriage windows, flicking past like frames in Wim Wenders’ films.</div>
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It’s followed by the warm and arresting, Finding You. The song begins with a crystalline melody, shimmering off the strings of McLennan’s acoustic guitar. His voice rich and tender, an aching cello adds a bittersweet undertow and a biting distorted guitar swoops in. It builds, gently unwinds, builds again and then evaporates into a blissful double tracked vocal. When McLennan sings “and then the lighting finds us” the hairs on the back of my neck prickle and my heart swoons.</div>
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Forster and McLennan manage to tackle the subject of aging with dignity and grace. Forster’s Darlinghurst Nights is a wistful and witty rumination on a misspent youth. A funky brass section buoys the song, the lyrics painting a picture of the hubris of the young. Too many nights spent drinking “gut rot cappuccino” and dreaming of writing film scripts and jetting off around the globe.</div>
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McLennan’s Boundary Rider is a subtle update of their classic Cattle and Cain. An organ drone gives way to another wonderful sparkling melody. The lyrics tell of a ranch hand that age has suddenly caught up with and who can only survive by surrendering himself to the prosaic nature of his work.</div>
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This Night’s For You sounds like <a href="http://www.musicomh.com/albums/teenage-fanclub.htm" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004a8a; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teenage Fan Club</a> rewriting <a href="http://www.musicomh.com/albums/cure-2.htm" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004a8a; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Cure</a> circa Head On The Door. Cooed backing vocals, strings and crunching smoldering guitars. The closing Mountains Near Delray is <a href="http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/rem.htm" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004a8a; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">REM</a> relocated to the chilled out streets of Brisbane. There are haunting country style guitars and a gentle lingering organ part that unfurls like a spring morning. The lyrics are cryptic, full of clipped images, a search for a rural hideaway maybe, a reflection on an idyllic childhood possibly. It’s a beguiling and striking way to end a wonderful record.</div>
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First Published Here - <a href="http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/the-go-betweens-oceans-apart">http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/the-go-betweens-oceans-apart</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.5em;">A certain Mr Steven Patrick </span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Morrissey </span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.5em;">hand picked the</span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Boyfriends</span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.5em;">to provide the support on his UK tour. From the opening bars on their eponymously titled debut LP is easy to hear why. Martin Wallace’s croon bears a striking resemblance to the bard of Manchester’s own weary tones. The band punch their instruments with the passion that fired</span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Smiths</span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></div>
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There is a crackle, a swoon, a thump that rushes out of your speakers in vaguely 1980′s indie style. But are the Boyfriends more than a bunch of Handsome Devils, a gang of Charming Men? Does the music oscillate wildly or is it a pale imitation or a well thumbed record collection? Are The Boyfriends a miserable lie?</div>
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Well, strike me down with a feather, hang out the bunting and turn off your phone. This is something to treasure. Despite my huge reservations and my obsession with The Smiths, I am smitten with this record. There is more than enough invention, wit, wisdom and zeal here to mark the Boyfriends out as something special – a rare band, even. Wallace’s words are by turns heartfelt, funny, clever and well observed.</div>
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Thankfully all the quick word play is not lost in a stew of Albion skiffle. That fragile indie sound that has ruled the roost since Pete and Carl split is nowhere to be seen. The lyrics soar across the ominous mechanical throb generated by the band. If you were looking to The Smiths for reference then this would be them in their post The Queen Is Dead glory. This is not meek or delicate – the guitars lash like <b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bernard Butler</b> jamming with <b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Who</b>.</div>
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The opening Brave Little Soldiers is a bold statement of intent. A set of chords ripped through with glorious abandonment, the rhythm snarls with dark intent. The lyric a call to arms, a plea to keep your dignity and your individuality in face of indifference. The guitar riff is as catchy as a common cold. British Summer Time opens on a reverb heavy riff that builds slowly to its <b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Graham Coxon</b> style fractured melody.</div>
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When Martin Wallace sings “It is far too a nice day to be in playing scrabble, let’s slap on some factor 15 on and join the half naked rabble…” I can’t suppress a smile. The picture he paints of London hanging out in the summer time would make <b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ray Davies</b> proud. It could be a <a href="http://www.musicomh.com/albums/blur.htm" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004a8a; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Blur</a> classic apart from the fact that Wallace displays empathy for his subject matter and not misplaced scorn. The military drum rolls match the mood delightfully.</div>
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The bassline and toms that open Adult Acne provide Richard Adderley the space to show off his chops. From atonal sparks, via wah wah funk to the chiming chorus, the playing is a master class in precision; mind your backs for a new guitar hero. Adderley further enhances his reputation with the dissolving chords that open I Love You. An aching plea, a declaration of love that pricks the skin like a tattoo needle, leaving an impression long after the sensation has faded. The guitars are like whiplash on the bullet train. There is Always Hope closes the LP in a slowly drifting maze of melody and noise. Eight minutes of melancholy bliss.</div>
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Everything here is disciplined and succinct, nothing over stays its welcome, the whole collection hums with purpose. The only thing that stops me declaring it a stone cold classic is a certain lack of variation. It’s nick picking really. This is music of passion and soul. If you miss this you’re a fool.</div>
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Winter North Atlantic is a musical alias of Ed Carter and Phonautogram is the third LP they/he has produced. <br />
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"The phonautograph is the earliest known device for recording sound. Previously, tracings had been obtained of the sound-producing vibratory motions of tuning forks and other objects by physical contact ..."<br />
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Inspiration for the music on the LP was taken from the idea of this early recording/play back device.<br />
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The LP was launched at <a href="http://www.sagegateshead.com/">Sage Gateshead</a> back in October and two tracks from that performance are below. It reminds me of a wide range of electronica and ambient stuff that I love, blending electronic elements, processing and acoustic instruments into a fully realised warm and beguiling soundscape.<br />
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Shades of Tim Hecker, Doll Boy, Belong, Faust and Can.<br />
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There is also a brief session and interview for the <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011ybvq/clips">BBC Introducing in the North East</a></b><br />
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There is also a four minute edit of the LP produced by Winter North Atlantic on Vimeo that can be <a href="http://vimeo.com/73425757">downloaded</a>.<br />
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I was intrigued by the mix of samples, news clips and melodies. It was unlike anything else I had ever heard at the time and in reality it was ground breaking in its use of the Fairlight Sampler, cut and paste techniques and Paul Morley’s situationist/futurist adverts, texts and graphics. A whole new world to get lost inside. Head spinning stuff for a young lad used to listening to Paul Young records.<br />
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I have seen it quoted fairly frequently that they are the most sampled act of all time, I personally would have thought it would be James Brown, but much like the “fact” that Blue Monday by New Order is the biggest selling 12” single of all time it’s impossible to really know.<br />
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What is clear is that the band were a big influence of electronic music, the evolution of the use of the sample and hip-hop generally. The bands tracks have been remixed and reworked in multiple formats and oddly they whole project started after a remix of the Yes Track “Owner of Lonely Heart” by two recording engineers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Langan">Gary Langan</a> and<a href="http://www.theartofnoiseonline.com/J-J--JECZALIK.php"> JJ Jeczalik</a>. The Red and Blue mix of track used a number of samples of Yes that would be reused on the tracks produced by The Art of Noise.<br />
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Of the remixes of the bands tracks (official and unofficial) I love the following reworking of Moments in Love.<br />
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The Rhythm Scholar mix of Close to Edit is also great, great Paul Morley sample and I can even live with the Tom Jones vocal clip! <br />
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It sent me searching online for new tunes and I uncovered this amazing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Villalobos">Richard Villalobos</a> and <a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/maxloderbauer">Max Loderbauer</a> remix of her track Everything on Soundcloud. Everything closes the new LP Blank Project and has been released as the second single. The original as 7:21 is hardly likely to bring her back to the charts but it’s a great track.<br />
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The rattling electronic prime evil swampy trip-hop of the original (supplied by electronic duo <a href="http://www.rn9.co.uk/">Rocketnumbernine</a> and <b><a href="http://www.fourtet.net/">Kieran Four Tet Hebden </a></b>production) has been stripped back and replaced by a lovely pulsing bassline, slow mo rhythmic ticks and the vocal cut, sliced and diced across the mix in a series of grunts, sighs and vocal tics and generally dub it up brilliantly. <br />
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Have a listen below:<br />
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The performance from Top of The Pops is below and it is every bit as glorious as I remembered it. I always thought I had dreamt the bit of him going on his back at the end, but no there it is.<br />
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Big soul vocal hooks over a thumping bassline and electronic drums, what's not to love about that!<br />
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I had no idea it was originally a house track called "I Can't Turn Around" by J.M. Silk.<br />
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So it opened an internet wormhole and I started to look for some classic house mixes and came across this great blog. A mixtape a week by a US based "DJ, producer and record nerd" - <a class="profile-name-link g-profile" data-gapiattached="true" data-gapiscan="true" data-onload="true" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/04314160351446128054" rel="author" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://www.blogger.com/img/logo-16.png); background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: purple; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1.0140000581741333px; line-height: 16.224000930786133px; min-height: 20px; padding-left: 20px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CHRISSY MURDERBOT</a><br />
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<a href="http://yearofmixtapes.blogspot.co.uk/">http://yearofmixtapes.blogspot.co.uk</a>/<br />
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There are a wide range of styles covered on the blog including <b><a href="http://yearofmixtapes.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/ghetto-house-classics-abstractor.html">Ghetto House</a></b>, <b><a href="http://yearofmixtapes.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/week-33-post-disco-pre-house.html">Post Disco Pre House</a></b> and a <b><a href="http://yearofmixtapes.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/week-23-hi-nrg.html">Hi Energy</a></b> mix.<br />
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The Chicago House mix is great, covering a wide range of classic tracks and is well paced and mixed.<br />
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<b><a href="http://yearofmixtapes.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/week-38-chicago-house.html">Classic Chicago House Mix</a></b><br />
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I also found this great mix on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/leroy-skibone/classic-chicago-house-mix-11">SoundCloud</a> by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/leroy-skibone">Leroy Skibone</a><br />
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Close to an hours worth of classic Chicago House. Track listing below:<br />
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Kreem - Triangle Of Love (Remix) (Vocal Mix) - 00:00<br />
Lil Louis - French Kiss (The Original Underground Mix) - 03:33<br />
Farley Jackmaster Funk - Clap'n The Pella - 06:28<br />
Bigger Than Life - World Of Make Believe (World Of Samples) - 10:59<br />
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Nude Photo - 13:46<br />
Fast Eddie - Acid Thunder (Fast Thunder) - 16:19<br />
The Lincoln Boys - Check It Out (Bad Boy Mix) - 17:50<br />
Bam Bam - Give It To Me (Instrumental Mix) - 19:06<br />
Mix N Tel - Feel The Beat (Mix 2) - 22:09<br />
Kenny Jammin Jason with Fast Eddie Smith - Can U Dance (Can U Drum) - 24:41<br />
Mr Lee - Come To House (Club) - 26:13<br />
Quest - Mind Games (Underground Mix) - 29:23<br />
J.M. Silk - All In Vain (London Mix) - 32:11<br />
Criminal House - Rhythm Talk (Rick's Mix) - 35:46<br />
Mickey Oliver and Ralphi Rosario - Pump Up The Acid - 38:34<br />
Mark Imperial and Dennis Ramirez - Rock This House (Bassline DJ Groove) - 41:06<br />
J.M. Silk - I Can't Turn Around (House Of Trix Mix) - 43:08<br />
Mr Lee - Acid Pump Up London - 47:27<br />
Mark Imperial - J'adore Danser (Club Mix) - 51:45<br />
Armando - 100 Percent Of Disin You Remix (Mike Dunn's House Mix) - 53:31<br />
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