Thursday, June 30, 2011
Albert Marcoeur
French avant-garde acoustic jazz, filled with moments of absurdity and cacophony. From his self-titled LP from 1974.
"Tu Tapes Trop Fort":
"Simone":
Labels:
1970s,
Albert Marcoeur,
avant garde,
French,
jazz
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Gale Garnett
Canadian-born singer Gale Garnett took a dip in the hippie pool around the end of the 60's with her psych-ish band Gentle Reign, but she started her career as a distinctly less-feminine female singer in the mid 50's. Here's her 1965 single, I'll Cry Alone with a wacky video for the loungy B-side, "Where Do You Go to Go Away?"
"I'll Cry Alone":
"Where Do You Go to Go Away?":
Labels:
1960s,
Canada,
early rocknroll,
Gale Garnett,
pop
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
July
UK psychedelia from 1968, their self-titled LP. Where the rest of the album has a more predictable, albeit good, late 60's psych-pop sound, "The Way" sounds like a funky dub remix of a 60's song that could have been recorded yesterday, except that it is a 60's song, and it's actually not dubbed.
"The Way":
"I See":
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Mikio Masuda
Japanese keyboardist Mikio Masuda with a legitimately smooth track, and quite possibly the best/worst album art I've seen in a while.
"Moon Stone" from the 1977 album of the same name:
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Mort Garson
Mother Earth's Plantasia (1976) by Mort Garson, moog instrumentation for growing plants. Mort's career started as a composer and pianist in the early 60's, but he became known mostly for the eccentric psychedelia that doused his Moog recordings. Preceeding Plantasia was Black Mass (1971) written under the pseudonym of Lucifer and meant to accompany the ceremony of its namesake; a series of singles, one for each aspect of the Zodiac; and a psychedelic re-telling of the Wizard of Oz, The Wozard of Iz (1968), complete with insane narration.
"Symphony for a Spider Plant":
"Music to Soothe the Savage Snake Plant":
"Ode to an African Violet":
"Swingin' Spathipyllums":
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Amon Düül II
Amon Düül II was one of the most influential krautrock conglomerations, with members constantly flowing in and out and branching into other groups and new musical territory. This particular period, around the release of Yeti (1970), turned out to be a seminal moment in the history of the group, marking the beginning of their underground success outside of Germany. The album shows a remarkable breadth of expression, from strange, trance-like moments of noise, constrained acoustic ragas and improvisations, to explosive, dirty, electric prog with slamming beats and tape effects.
"Archangel Thunderbird":
"Pale Gallery":
"Hallucination Guillotine":
Labels:
1970s,
Amon Düül,
Amon Düül II,
German,
Krautrock
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Badalamenti recorded the scores for several of David Lynch's films.
"Twin Peaks Theme", as it appears in the opening segment of the pilot episode of David Lynch's Twin Peaks:
"Fred's World" from the Lost Highway soundtrack (1997):
"Mysteries of Love" as it appears in Blue Velvet (1987):
Labels:
1980's,
1990s,
Angelo Badalamenti,
film score,
USA
Friday, June 17, 2011
Billy Idol
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Unknown DJ
Andre Manuel, the Unknown DJ, early west-coast electro beats.
"Basstronic" single, 1988:
better audio: http://youtu.be/ytddqtWSP-E
Labels:
1980's,
Andre Manuel,
Hip Hop,
Synthpop,
Unknown DJ,
USA
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Martin Newell
Martin Newell was a strong force for the DIY camp during the new wave days. He produced, recorded, and played (nearly) all of the instrumentation for his solo recordings. He also wrote and played under the name Cleaners from Venus with Lol Elliot in the early 80's, releasing most of their work together from home on cassette. The following are from his first cassette as Martin Newell, Songs for a Fallow Land (1985).
"Julie Profumo":
"Gamma Ray Blue":
Labels:
1980's,
cassette,
Cleaners from Venus,
DIY,
Martin Newell,
UK
Monday, June 13, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Giorgio Moroder
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
R. Stevie Moore
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The Associates
the Associates, led by Billy Mackenzie, were one of the more successful new wave groups of their day; after touring with the Cure in 1980, John Murphy and Mike Dempsey (previously of the Cure) joined the group, and they landed album of the year in 1982 for their third album, Sulk. the following are sessions recorded for John Peel's radio show in April of 1981.
"It's Better This Way":
"Nude Spoons":
"Ulcragyceptimol":
Monday, June 6, 2011
William De Vaughn
Friday, June 3, 2011
Sister Irene O'Connor
In the 70's, an Australian nun recorded an album using a drum machine and and a derelict synthesizer; her name was Sister Irene O'Connor and the album was Fire of God's Love/Songs to Ignite the Spirit (1976).
"Fire of God's Love":
"Mass-Emmanuel":
"Keshukoran":
Labels:
1970s,
australian,
Christian,
Sister Irene O'Connor
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Mikey Dread
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