Musicophilia Blog (by that guy who did '1981') Updates Thread

Second 'Miniatures : Lullaby' mix just upped:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/miniatures-lullaby-no-2.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various - Miniatures : Lullaby No. 2 (1903-2004)

01 [00:00] John Cage - "Six Melodies for Violin & Harp, No. 5" (1950)
02 [01:34] Astrud Gilberto - "Manha de Carnaval" (1965)
03 [03:28] Colin Newman - "Alone on Piano" (1981)
04 [05:21] Mike Redmann - "Sandwich Knife" (2005)
05 [06:38] Shaggs - "Wheels" (1975)
06 [07:54] Tom Waits - "Just Another Sucker on the Vine" (1983)
07 [09:35] Peruvian Folk Musicians - "Torallay Toro" (1969)
08 [11:25] Soundslike - "First Snow Since We Were Six" (1999)
09 [12:58] Hank Williams - "Ready to Go Home" (1952)
10 [14:44] Valerie Walker - "When I Was in Colón" (1973)
11 [15:55] Built to Spill - "Twin Falls" (1994)
12 [17:45] Sam Phillips - "Hole in My Pocket" (2004)
13 [19:02] Neil Young - "Organ Solo" (1996)
14 [20:31] Vashti Bunyan - "Hebridean Sun" (1970)
15 [21:42] Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - "Desafinado" (1962)
16 [23:41] Penguin Cafe Orchestra - "Harmonic Necklace" (1981)
17 [24:54] Ravel - "Ma Mere l Oye, No. 1 - Pavane" (1903)
18 [26:20] John Fahey - "Bicycle Built for Two" (1966)
19 [27:28] Uncle Tupelo - "I Wish My Baby Was Born" (1992)
20 [29:04] The Zombies - "The Way I Feel Inside" (1964)

[Total Time: 30:44]

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First mix of a new post-punk series focusing on music made by women up today:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/the-young-ladys-post-punk-handbook-volume-1.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various - The Young Lady's Post-Punk Handbook, Volume 3 (1980-1983)

01 [00:00] Creatures - "Miss The Girl" (Feast, 1983)
02 [02:27] Eurythmics - "Sing-Sing" (In the Garden, 1981)
03 [06:30] Phew - "Doze" (Phew, 1981)
04 [09:57] E.S.G. - "Moody" (ESG EP, 1981)
05 [12:47] Maximum Joy - "Searching for a Feeling" (Station M.X.J.Y., 1982)
06 [17:01] Los Microwaves - "La Voix Humane" (Life After Breakfast, 1982)
07 [19:44] Ludus - "My Cherry is in Sherry" (The Seduction, 1981)
08 [22:24] Crash Course in Science - "Cardboard Lamb" (Signals from Pier Thirteen EP, 1981)
09 [24:57] Grace Jones - "Nightclubbing" (Nightclubbing, 1981)
10 [29:57] Lydia Lunch - "Gloomy Sunday" (Queen of Siam, 1980)
11 [32:46] Marilyn & The Movie Stars - "So Disgraceful" (So Disgraceful EP, 1982)
12 [36:16] Young Marble Giants - "Music for Evenings" (Colossal Youth, 1980)
13 [39:19] The Pretenders - "Lovers of Today" (Pretenders, 1980)

[Total Time: 45:14]

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ha, awesome artwork

Thanks, cutty. No real reason for the Victorian approach other than pretty obvious irony--and that it's a lot of fun to do in InDesign. Gotta love their audacious use of typefaces-by-the-dozen, and gold-leaf like it's going out of style. . .

Hope you like the mix, too.

Seconded on the artwork props. That's fantastic: not a trick missed. Look forward to listening, too.

Thanks, Grimly. I'd just spent the day walking around looking at Victorian cast iron buildings of the 1880s, so I guess I had their tricks on the brain.

The next volume in 'The Young Lady's Post-Punk Handbook' is now up:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/the-young-ladys-post-punk-handbook-volume-2.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various - The Young Lady's Post-Punk Handbook, Volume 2 (1979-1983)

01 [00:00] Family Fodder - "Savoir Faire" (Monkey Banana Kitchen, 1980)
02 [02:23] Au Pairs - "It's Obvious" (Playing With a Different Sex, 1981)
03 [08:43] Chris & Cosey - "This Is Me" (Heartbeat, 1981)
04 [11:42] Plastics - "Back to Wigtown" (Origato Plastico, 1980)
05 [14:20] Pylon - "Cool" (Cool/Dub 7", 1979)
06 [17:18] The Slits - "Love und Romance" (Cut, 1979)
07 [19:46] Siouxsie & The Banshees - "Lunar Camel" (Kaleidoscope, 1980)
08 [22:43] The B-52's - "52 Girls" (The B-52's, 1979)
09 [26:19] Swamp Children - "Boy" (Little Voices EP, 1981)
10 [29:36] Y Pants - "That's The Way Boys Are" (Beat It Down, 1982)
11 [32:30] Antena - "Camino Del Sol" (Camino Del Sol, 1982)
12 [36:15] Vivien Goldman - "Launderette" (Launderette 7", 1981)
13 [39:14] Cocteau Twins - "But I'm Not" (Garlands, 1982)
14 [41:55] Thick Pigeon - "Jess + Bart (Mix)" (Unreleased [Miranda Dali bonus], 1983)

[Total Time: 45:10]

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Also--planning on putting up another '1981' mix in the next week or two--anybody have a preference between 'Computer' and 'Fire'? I think I'll end with the 'Icicle' disc.

fire sounds fine with me. i suppose there'll be some gun club on that one, or not?

You would sort of think so--but it looks like they ended up on the 'Icicle' disc.

The third and final (for now) volume of 'The Young Lady's Post-Punk Handbook' is up:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/the-young-ladys-post-punk-handbook-volume-3.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various - The Young Lady's Post-Punk Handbook, Volume 3 (1980-1983)

01 [00:00] Creatures - "Miss The Girl" (Feast, 1983)
02 [02:27] Eurythmics - "Sing-Sing" (In the Garden, 1981)
03 [06:30] Phew - "Doze" (Phew, 1981)
04 [09:57] E.S.G. - "Moody" (ESG EP, 1981)
05 [12:47] Maximum Joy - "Searching for a Feeling" (Station M.X.J.Y., 1982)
06 [17:01] Los Microwaves - "La Voix Humane" (Life After Breakfast, 1982)
07 [19:44] Ludus - "My Cherry is in Sherry" (The Seduction, 1981)
08 [22:24] Crash Course in Science - "Cardboard Lamb" (Signals from Pier Thirteen EP, 1981)
09 [24:57] Grace Jones - "Nightclubbing" (Nightclubbing, 1981)
10 [29:57] Lydia Lunch - "Gloomy Sunday" (Queen of Siam, 1980)
11 [32:46] Marilyn & The Movie Stars - "So Disgraceful" (So Disgraceful EP, 1982)
12 [36:16] Young Marble Giants - "Music for Evenings" (Colossal Youth, 1980)
13 [39:19] The Pretenders - "Lovers of Today" (Pretenders, 1980)

[Total Time: 45:14]

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You're doing a fantastic work here, Soundlike! And I love the artwork too.

Thanks : )

It's been better than a month, so I've put up the seventh disc from the '1981' set:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/1981-computer1.jpg?w=500&h=500

1 9 8 1 | Computer

01 Depeche Mode - Just Can’t Get Enough [3:39]
02 Devo - Working In a Coal Mine [2:49]
03 Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Der Mussolini (Edit) [2:26]
04 Thomas Dolby - Europa & The Pirate Twins [3:21]
05 Associates - White Car in Germany (Edit) [3:28]
06 Eurythmics - Take Me To Your Heart [3:35]
07 Heaven 17 - The Height of the Fighting [3:00]
08 Plastics - Diamond Head [3:18]
09 Yello - Bostich (Edit) [2:11]
10 New Musik - Areas [1:02]
11 Human League - The Things that Dreams Are Made Of (Edit) [3:39]
12 Manuel Gottsching - E2 E4 (Excerpt) [1:50]
13 Duran Duran - Girls on Film [3:27]
14 Tuxedomoon - Incubus (Blue Suit) [3:46]
15 Gary Numan - Stories [3:10]
16 The Blue Nile - I Love This Life [3:46]
17 Chris & Cosey - This Is Me [2:55]
18 Moev - Cracked Mirror (Edit) [3:34]
19 Cybotron - Alleys Of Your Mind [3:32]
20 The Buggles - Blue Nylon [2:26]
21 Soft Cell - Tainted Love [2:38]
22 Cars - Shake It Up (Edit) [2:54]
23 Classix Nouveaux - 623 [2:25]
24 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Sacred Heart [3:30]
25 Kraftwerk - Computer Love (Edit) [4:16]

[Total time: 79:30]

Download it here

Two more to go!

Brilliant as ever, thanks!

Thank you, sir.

To be honest, I hadn't actually listened to much post-punk for a while. But putting together the 'Women of Post-Punk' mixes on the request of a blog reader has rekindled my enjoyment. So hopefully I will pursue some further '1981'-related mixes after the original set is fully up. It's always good to be reminded of how true it is that something new-to-you is as good as new, so it's been fun seeing the 1981 mixes get downloaded in pretty large quantities--it's probable I'm getting them now to more of the audience I had in mind when I first made them, that is, those for whom the music is a new experience.

Or "madam," I guess I can't presume : )

That last bit is the beauty of it! A lot of the music on '1981' was either tucked away in my memory somewhere, or is indeed entirely new to me. The former also is a 'new experience' in a way, or 'renewed'.

And it is indeed sir :)

That's true-- re-new-to-you can be just as good. My justification for having a record collection I could never get through in a year, and records I've not heard in years.

looks like i beat ian here to promote our little scheme.

we've got ourselves a nerdy blogger mix exchange program going. he's made a beautiful mix that's up at my place, gris gris on your doorstep. good stuff.

i'll be sending him my response in the next week.

I hope you guys will give this one a listen--I've got cover art, but in a way, the header image of Andrew's site captures it better. . .

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/sensory-replication-series-no-6.jpg

Various Artists - ‘Tall Stories of Evil Gris-Gris’ (1915-2007)

01 [00:00 - 03:00] David Byrne - ‘Ghost” (Knee Plays, 1984)
02 [02:05 - 07:25] David Sylvian - “The Only Daughter” (Blemish, 2003)
03 [02:30 - 12:25] Pierre Henry - “Dislocation” (Le Livre Des Morts Égyptien, 1988)
04 [07:10 - 10:20] Kode 9 & The Spaceape - “Correction” (Memories of the Future, 2006)
05 [10:20 - 19:55] David Thomas & Two Pale Boys - “River” (Surf’s Up, 2001)
06 [19:00 - 23:10] Disco Inferno - “Love Stepping Out” (Summer’s Last Sound EP, 1992)
07 [19:50 - 24:00] Scanner - “Emily” (An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music Vol. 2, 2003)
08 [23:20 - 28:30] Muddy Waters - “My Captain” (Folk Singer, 1964)
09 [24:15 - 28:35] Bernard Parmegiani - “Kaleidoscope II” (Pour en Finir avec le Pouvoir d’Orphee, 1972)
10 [28:35 - 31:40] Low - “Balarus” (Drums & Guns, 2007)
11 [28:40 - 31:45] Pole - “Fohlenfurz” (3, 2000)
12 [31:45 - 33:35] J Dilla - “Lightworks” (Donuts, 2006)
13 [32:50 - 36:20] Ike Yard - “NCR” (Ike Yard, 1982)
14 [33:20 - 36:30] The Knife - “Still Light” (Silent Shout, 2006)
15 [36:00 - 40:35] Shona Folk Musician - “Nyamaropa yeVana Vava Mushonga” (The Soul of Mbira, 1973)
16 [36:45 - 40:55] Mnemonists - “Nailed” (Nailed/Tic EP, 1983)
17 [40:55 - 47:00] The For Carnation - “A Tribute To” (The For Carnation, 2000)
18 [41:00 - 48:35] Edgar Varèse - “Poeme Electronique” (Music of Edgar Varèse, 1958)
19 [46:40 - 50:10] Stina Nordenstam - “This Time John” (Dynamite, 1996)
20 [47:15 - 51:20] Shriekback - “Hapax Legomena” (Lined Up EP, 1983)
21 [49:35 - 53:50] Charles Ives - “Section A: Earth & The Firmament” (Universe Symphony, 1915)
22 [52:00 - 55:45] Arto Lindsay - “Unsure” (Prize, 1999)
23 [55:30 - 60:40] Squarepusher - “Iambic 5 Poetry” (Budakhan Mindphone, 1999)
24 [55:35 - 57:20] Charles Dodge - “The Days Are Ahead” (Synthesized Voices, 1976)
25 [55:40 - 60:45] Tangerine Dream - “Birth of Liquid Plejades” (Zeit, 1976)
26 [60:35 - 62:20] Iannis Xenakis - “Concrete PH” (Electronic Music, 1962)
27 [60:40 - 62:25] Leadbelly - “Yes, I Was Standing in the Bottom” (Last Sessions, 1948)
28 [60:55 - 68:30] Gruppo D’Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - “Soup” (Nuova Consonanza, 1975)
29 [62:15 - 66:15] Zazou, Bikaye & Cy 1 - “Lamuka” (Noir et Blanc, 1983)
30 [66:05 - 69:50] Anja Garbarek - “Blinking Blocks of Light” (Smiling & Waving, 2001)
31 [69:10 - 71:55] Brigitte Fontaine & Areski - “La Tête Bandée” (L’Incindie, 1974)
32 [71:45 - 79:20] Dr. John - “I Walk on Guilded Splinters” (Gris-Gris, 1968)

[Total Time: 79:24]

This time, like Andrew points out--over at Gris Gris On Your Doorstep, so you can skip the usual blurbage by me at Musicophilia, unless you are weird and like that stuff.

A very short mix up today, one that might look edgy and cerebral from the tracklist, but which actually consists of remarkably beautiful, emotional music:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/sensory-replication-series-no-1.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various Artists - 'Adrift' (1969-2001)

01 [00:00 - 02:10] John Cale - “Wall” (1970)
02 [02:00 - 04:30] Faust - “Das Meer” (1971)
03 [04:20 - 07:35] Rachel’s - “With more Air Than Words/All Is Calm”(1996)
04 [07:00 - 11:30] Soundslike - “Violence” (2001)
05 [10:15 - 13:00] This Heat - “Water” (1979)
06 [11:40 - 15:45] Mnemonists - “Nailed” (1983)
07 [13:00 - 14:40] Harmonia - “Trace” (1976)
08 [15:30 - 23:40] Neu! - “Leb Wohl” (1975)
09 [21:40 - 25:10] Holger Czukay - “Boat-Woman-Song” (Excerpt) (1969)
10 [24:30 - 31:20] Brian Eno - “Fullness of Wind” (1975)

[Total Time: 31:20]

I hope you'll give it a listen here.

Also, I've just received Ettiem's half of the "blog-swap" between Musicophilia and Gris Gris On Your Doorstep, and it should be up later this week, so keep your eyes peeled. I've been blessed with several of the man's mixes over the years, and there's no way this one won't be hot shit.

Proud to present a mix by ILM's very own Ettiem/Andrew M.:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/00_various_-_human-heads_ettiem-mix_2009_cover.jpg?w=496&h=481

Various Artists - Human Heads

Mixed by Ettiem

01 Cheval Fou - La Fin de la Vie (Country Florist Loops)
02 Verne Langdon - Sound Trip Through the Catacombs
03 Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
04 Ultrafunk - Buffalo Soldier
05 Ventures - He Never Came Back
06 Parliament - Funky Woman
07 James Last - Voodoo Ladys Love
08 Brain Donor - Pagan Dawn
09 Coloured Balls - That’s What Mama Said
10 Chrisma - C-Rock
11 Savage Resurrection - Thing in ‘E’
12 Tommy James + Shondells - Candymaker (Ettiemedit)
13 War - Gypsy Man

[Total Time: 53:00]

You know you want it, come and get it.

Today I've made a pretty big addition to the Musicophilia blog: a second, non-mix blog: Musicophilia Daily

After five months, 30,000 views, and over 6,600 downloads of more than 30 mixes, it’s time for Musicophilia to expand. My ultimate goal when I started blogging was to help people hear great music, and hopefully get inspired to support the featured artists and independent music shops. I love mixes, and I think they can have value in and of themselves; but they take a lot of time (for mixers and listeners) and energy, and have their own inherent limitations in terms of variety and spontaneity. So to further Musicophilia’s goal, I’d like to have the flexibility to move beyond the mix-only format, to share individual tracks, links to recommended posts at other blogs, videos, reviews, out-of-print albums, previews of upcoming mixes, questions, and ideas; all sharing the spirit and sounds of Musicophilia. However, I would like to do so without cluttering up Musicophilia–which will continue to focus on carefully crafted mixes–or forcing more content on its subscribers than they bargained for. To that end, I’d like to present Musicophilia Daily.

Up so far today: streaming audio from La Dusseldorf, Our Daughter's Wedding, and Wapassou; and the video for Dif Juz' "No Motion". Hopefully I'll update at least once a day.

[If anybody knows how to get streaming audio to show up in posts when read in Google Reader, it'd be a big help to know--so far it just shows images and text from the posts.]

Please give it a look, give me feedback, suggestions, etc. Thanks!

great new blog ian, congratulations. i can't help you about the streaming issue in the reader, actually personally i prefer it that way. i think people who like to listen to the stuff should go to the site.

something else i have noticed which i find much more serious is the fact that the audios do not stream at all chez moi. they keep buffering forever. i tried all three. could it be that the links are wrong (that was the reason for this behaviour when i had the problem on my blog)? or maybe that google does not allow streaming from google sites?

i just tried to audio link to a file on google sites on my blog and it worked. so i suppose there is something wrong with your links. did you delete the part starting with the question mark at the end (i did)?

Damn. Well--I don't think it is a problem with the links; more likely the Google concern. They were working for me earlier--did anyone else have them work? Then just now, after reading your posts, they didn't work. Then I signed into the account where I have the files hosted; suddenly they work again--but I can't imagine that would effect anyone but me. . .

So I guess this is a general call--anyone know a stable way to stream audio for free? Or, anyone a fan of the site who has a big heart and access to a little server space and a medium amount of bandwidth?

I hope this thing lives for more than one day. . .

could it be that you set the site private? have a look under "site settings", "share this site". is there a checkmark under "advanced permissions" to make it public?

Hmm--did have it private, but I figured that just made the index .html private. . . I'd come up with a temporary fix, looking into just buying some server space/bandwidth--but it'd be great if Google just works. I'll test it and see if that fixes things--looking around, I'd seen reports of similar attempts tending to cease working after a week or so. Thanks for the help, Alex.

Ok--so at least for now streams seem stable; I'm looking into buying some hosting space/bandwidth, but the front-end nature of the cost makes it seem a little foolish. . .

Suddenly Google Reader's little built-in audio player is working, which is good. But it adds a download link ("Original audio source") that I'd like to avoid--anybody know how to get rid of it?

Up so far:

• Chrisma,
• The Feed-Back,
• La Dusseldorf,
• Our Daughter's Wedding,
• Wapassou;

• Wire,
• His Name Is Alive,
• Ut,
• Peter Zummo with Arthur Russell,
• an Arthur Russell reivew,
• Erkin Koray,
• Daniel Menche,
• The Congos,
• Steinski & Double Dee, and others. . .

the google reader does not show the download link for my blog so i suppose it has to do with the reading settings (of wordpress) where i checkmarked the option that feeds should only show a summary, i.e. the text is cut after 50 words or so. people who want to read the whole post have to click to get on the site.

may i ask how you succeeded in getting rid of the download link?

I don't think I have succeeded--it seems as though it has something to do with whether or not Google has indexed new posts--so far it hasn't indexed the ones from today, maybe, and so Google Reader doesn't show the download link--unfortunately, nor does it show the audio player. I have a feeling both will show up later today. . .

So if anybody does know how to get rid of the link--let us both know : )

this is pretty much the best blog out there dude. thx so much.

Yes it is, that Chrisma was a wonderful discovery for me. Also glad for it introducing me to Egg City Radio so I could hear this fantastic Wallenstein album.

Thank you both so much! You should check out some of the blogs linked from mine, doing primary-source sharing--that's where some really amazing stuff is being unleashed on the world. But I'm honored you like what I'm doing, too.

I think the format of the new blog is a great idea. Much easier to digest, and it's fun seeing the original sleeves for things as well.

Posted a mix to introduce people to Musicophilia Daily, summing up the first week (well, four days) of audio posts.

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/00_various_-_musicophilia-daily-week-one-sampler_march-2009_cover.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various - Musicophilia Daily Week One Sampler
musicophiliadaily.wordpress.com | March 3-6, 2009

01 [00:00] La Dusseldorf - “La Dusseldorf” (1976)
02 [04:00] Wapassou - “Chatiment” (Excerpt) (1974)
03 [09:22] Our Daughter’s Wedding - “Buildings” (1982)
04 [12:45] Chrisma - “C-Rock” (1977)
05 [18:05] The Feed-Back - “Kumalo” (Edit) (1970)
06 [26:10] Laurie Anderson - “It’s Not the Bullet That Kills You” (1976)
07 [29:53] Ut - “Safe Burning” (1989)
08 [33:48] Steinski & Double Dee - “Lesson No. 1 - The Payoff Mix” (1983)
09 [39:08] Peter Zummo & Arthur Russell - “Song IV” (Excerpt) (1985)
10 [44:52] Antonio Vivaldi - “Double Concerto, Largo, G Minor” (1780s)
11 [48:05] Erkin Koray - “Sir” (1974)
12 [50:55] His Name Is Alive - “One Year” (2001)
13 [54:35] Cyber People - “Polaris (Club Mix)” (Excerpt) (1984)
14 [58:14] Gamelan Semar Pegulingan Club - “Gambang” (1972)
15 [61:20] Arthur Russell - “Our Last Night Together” (1986)

[Total Time: 64:55]

This one is stream-able and downloadable at Musicophilia.

Also, for all '1981' fans--I think weekends at Musicophilia Daily are going to be devoted to tracks from the 'Briefcase' mp3 disc from the box set. . .

Hope you enjoy what's going up.

great blog

Thanks, Hunter. Hope you were able to get the 'Feet' mix to download--I couldn't find any problem. . .

Can anyone tell me if streams are working for them right now at Musicophilia Daily? They're not for me, presently, but I've been having trouble with my browsers and flash lately, so it might be that.

I guess I'm probably just going to pony up for server space/bandwidth, doesn't seem to be any other reliable way to do this thing.

Working for me.

Worked for me last night.

they don't work for me neither right now. the progress bar goes up until the end and then it just says "buffering" in the player. i had this before, it seems to be an on/off thing.

Still no issues with Firefox and me.

i am at home right now and while the wire song worked the other two new ones didn't. and the gamelan neither. as i have the same problem on my blog (where i use google sites as repository) i guess it is either the player or maybe wordpress (they had an outage this afternoon). btw i use firefox, too.

Thanks, all. Now works in IE for me; not in Firefox. As long as it's still streaming from the source, that's what I needed to know.

So it seems like re: the Flash issue ("buffering" indefinitely) if you go into Tools->Add-Ons and disable and then re-enable your Flash plug-in, and then reload the page--streams work again. At least that seems to be working for me.

Still haven't figured out how to disable "Original audio source" links in Google Reader--love it if anyone knows how to fix that. . .

that flash player deactivation and reactivation thing doesn't work for me, sorry. you are talking about shockwave flash here, aren't you?

concerning the audio links in the reader, i'd prefer if they were kept as otherwise most of the time i cannot listen to the music.

it seems like the first song is working and the others after that aren't any more.

I updated my Flash plugin and now it seems to work. . .