Three tracks from the 1998 album by the Dirty Three. Evocative, boozy folk music made for the ocean.
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The Restless Waves – The Dirty Three
Last Horse on the Sand – The Dirty Three
End of the Earth – The Dirty Three
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I was in a pub last night where the two animated bar attendants were playing tracks to their customers straight off of Youtube. Over the din of the lo-fi pop that was pouring out of the speakers requests were being made. The spelling of band names and songs was clarified by notes on tissue paper passed over the bar, “Er heißt Frankie K-nuckles”. One of the many covers of “Teardrops” by Womack & Womack got dropped a couple of times, and it reminded me of what a great song the original was. It’s probably common knowledge, but the XX covered it recently, and much to my dismay, it’s great. Both the original and the XX cover can be found below:
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Scuba has treated us to a lot of important things in recent times: he set the ground-work for Surgeon to come up with a truly original and energizing piece of techno; the release of Joy Orbison’s “Hyph Mngo” on his Hotflush Recordings imprint that went on to reconfigure the face of British dance music; and, more recently, booking Martyn to go back-to-back with Kode9 at Sub:stance, Berghain which descended in to a gloriously evil 90s acid fest. He’s also just done a podcast for Allez-Allez, which although not as groundbreaking as some of the above, is a wonderful assortment of tracks from the last four decades. It’s a music-loving ’80s child’s dreamboat; perfect to while away a Sunday with, perhaps with a boiled egg and some coffee.
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TRACKLIST
Toumani Diabate – Bafoulabe
Orbital – I Wish I Had Duck Feet
Fleetwood Mac – Brown Eyes
Nine Inch Nails – Piggy
Prince – Computer Blue
Joy Division – Disorder
Pet Shop Boys – I Want To Wake Up
Pete Lazonby – Sacred Cycles
Plastikman – Glob
Aphex Twin – Tha
Autechre – Bike
Ali Farka Toure – Allah Uya
Photek – Conciousness
Roni Size – Change My Life
Shimon & Andy C – Quest
Roots Manuva – Inna
Aaliyah – Rock The Boat
Wookie – Battle
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Here’s a lo-fi electro-dream-pop remix of a track originally wrtitten by a Berlin band from the early 80s called “Ideal”. Any more info on this track and where I could buy it from would be much appreciated.
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Deeply affected by the recent kidnapping of one of their members by the tribes of the Kaerlud area, Love&Mercy have put together a mix in the hope that it might motivate his captors to free him. Some say the ploy is related to Love&Mercy’s recent adoption of the Beyond the Guilty Pleasure theory. Owing to the absence of the said core member, “To Jamie with Love” is a somewhat different affair than the Digital Coconut, and has been branded by Tom Paulin as a “novel meditation on the Roland 808 and its affects on the post-scarcity psyche”. S. L. Funky, responsible for much of the post-production work, stated that the mix was very much a move away from the beach and back towards the primordial forest. The mix is dedicated to a minor God of the early house music business, Jamie Principle.
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To Jamie with Love - mixed by Love&Mercy
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1. I’m Going to Go – Jago
2. Heart & Soul – Imagination
3. I Need Your Loving – Tensnake
4. Galaxy – Visions of Tomorrow
5. Love Light – Soul Clap
6. Farley Knows House – Farley Jackmaster Funk
7. It’s You – E.S.P
8. Jack Your Body – Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley
9. Release Yourself – The Fantastic Aleems
10. Reckless With (Your Love) – Azari & III
11. Coma Cat – Tensnake
12. Brooklyn Club Jam (L.S.B. Barqueira Jam Mix) – Runaway
13. Dance with Me – Soundstream
14. Jump (Garage Version) – Man Friday
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