friend linked me to this from cosmichearse blog
this is seriously fucking demented...like the evil fucked up twin of "inspiration information" by shuggie otis...wow
Satanic Cocaine FunkAs the late Rick James once said, "Cocaine is a hell of a drug." It makes people do odd things, bad things, things they wouldn't otherwise do. It will make you sell everything from your records to your asshole. It will destroy your life faster than Satan, it will not discriminate or offer any mercy, it will ruin you. But what about the good things cocaine has done? It has provided a steady income for many Colombian farmers, and most importantly it brought us this album. That's right, what you are about to hear is pure uncut DC cocaine porno funk. Wicked Witch was the brainchild of bassist/vocalist Ricky Simms and a couple of friends spending late late nights mixing and remixing. Ricky's sleazy compositions tweaked way past anything recognizable into a disjointed haze of basement funk wankery and freebase smoke. This solid reissue collects Wicked Witch's few recordings done between 1978 and 1986. So fucking schizo-creepy and sinister in a way that only drugs can be. Like poisonous cum on black pleather. This shit's fucked up.
― i would never want a book's autograph (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
(there is rapidshare out there but don't think we can post on ILM)
YEAH THIS IS GOOD
would like another three or four albums' worth.
― i'm too hardcore to be bourgeois (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:31 (7 months ago) Permalink
this is seriously some dark shit. kind of unreal.
― i would never want a book's autograph (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:34 (7 months ago) Permalink
it's pretty unlistenable overall except for the 4th track
― am0n, Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
dude i am listening the living fuck out of this right now
― i would never want a book's autograph (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:36 (7 months ago) Permalink
yeah! i thought about creating a thread for this a while ago! it's a great record but its wtf factor is what really makes it. dude was obviously a good musician yet every decision he made is completely unfathomable to me.
― DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:38 (7 months ago) Permalink
i want someone to find this guy and ask him what the hell he was thinking
― DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:39 (7 months ago) Permalink
If I remember correctly, all the Dischord guys were all freaking out about this dude back in the day - like, he was this cult figure that they would spot roaming around D.C. in a velvet cape and shit. I think Honest Jon's (Damon Albarn's label) has just reissued this on CD and LP.
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:46 (7 months ago) Permalink
woah that's damon albarn? best thing he's ever done!
― i would never want a book's autograph (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:49 (7 months ago) Permalink
He puts out a pretty decent range of stuff, but this was definitely a weird one. I think this may have been one that Rollins was going to put out on his Infinite Zero label before it got shut down. Incidenetally, the LP has a couple (equally insane) tracks not on the CD.
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:54 (7 months ago) Permalink
Honest Jon's is great, not sure Damon is the big stringpuller in terms of what it releases... this sounds rad either way
― leave true black metal to those who don't deserve to listen to it (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
Love this album, but I thought it was released on Em Records.
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
this is pretty good
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:12 (7 months ago) Permalink
pete doherty could learn a lot from this dude IMO
― i would never want a book's autograph (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:13 (7 months ago) Permalink
yup, just checked mine and it's on em, which i don't really know anything about
― DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:14 (7 months ago) Permalink
http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=33934
― just sayin, Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:15 (7 months ago) Permalink
"yup, just checked mine and it's on em, which i don't really know anything about"
great japanese label, they put out a lot of weird reissues, from 30's Hawaii guitar stuff to that Moolah album. they also did a great Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids comp.
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
big fan of the Tully 'Sea of Joy' reissue on EM, and yeah the Wicked Witch is on EM
― Plunge Protection Team, Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:22 (7 months ago) Permalink
EM stuff unfortunately cost a fortune, at least here.
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:23 (7 months ago) Permalink
This album was a big hit in the Matmos european tour van.
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:31 (7 months ago) Permalink
freaked out haunted tape damage is my favourite production style fyi
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:54 (7 months ago) Permalink
This is awesome stuff. I may well have to buy the LP.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 June 2009 17:45 (7 months ago) Permalink
m@tt can i just say that for this and the DEATH thread i <3 u
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 11 June 2009 19:15 (7 months ago) Permalink
i agree with amon, this is awe-inspiringly fucked up and i feel proud of myself for owning a copy but on balance it's rather unlistenable, esp compared to a funkadelic album or a rick james album. and no, it doesn't really sound like a middle ground between the two, just sayin i'd rather reach for either of those than this, even in my most fucked up moods.
― moonship journey to baja, Thursday, 11 June 2009 19:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
i've actually found it quite listenable, especially fancy dancer and the hilarious jazz rock fusion track credited to PARADIGM.
― DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Thursday, 11 June 2009 19:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
he1geson reissue threads are automatic clicks at this point
― droppin' Hamiltons like MJB's niece (The Reverend), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:31 (7 months ago) Permalink
somebody start an EM records thread, already. i'm not gonna.
― i'm too hardcore to be bourgeois (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 12 June 2009 02:45 (7 months ago) Permalink
oh nice, EM reissued a record by Roland Young. i have another ep of his that is the weirdest electro weirdness i've ever heard. i had more random people writing me when i posted that song to my site than ever.
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Friday, 12 June 2009 03:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
isophonic boogie woogie innit?
― ian, Friday, 12 June 2009 03:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
ya. that's the one they reissued. how is? weirdo thumb piano free jazz?
oh, and they reissued that Steel An' Skin. most amazing dub reggae disco EVER. need to get a copy of that
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Friday, 12 June 2009 03:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
isophonic boogie woogie is the best thing this side of sun ra
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 June 2009 03:11 (7 months ago) Permalink
here's the roland young, if you're interested. http://www.robotsinheat.com/temp/Ballo-Balla.mp3
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Friday, 12 June 2009 03:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
thanks!
― admrl, Friday, 12 June 2009 04:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
wicked witch is pretty great. sort of like if zappa hadn't been such a tight-ass.
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Friday, 12 June 2009 05:14 (7 months ago) Permalink
"isophonic boogie woogie is the best thing this side of sun ra"
true. great album, lots of spacious, electronically treated free jazz.
fwiw, at least to me wicked witch sounds sometimes like chrome having a try to a rick james song (and succeding in their evil aim).
― Marco Damiani, Friday, 12 June 2009 07:14 (7 months ago) Permalink
"Vera's Back" is so fuckin ridiculous
― keep your penis out that's hilarious (The Reverend), Friday, 19 June 2009 09:53 (7 months ago) Permalink
Have not heard one note WANT
― what u arrestin me for, innit (╓abies), Friday, 19 June 2009 10:55 (7 months ago) Permalink
thank you
― billstevejim, Saturday, 20 June 2009 03:30 (7 months ago) Permalink
thank you M@tt! a+
― latebloomer, Saturday, 20 June 2009 08:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
― Marco Damiani, Friday, June 12, 2009 7:14 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
haha otm
― latebloomer, Saturday, 20 June 2009 08:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
Satanic cocaine funk sounds so good as a genre. Really hope this is not just some sort of nonsensical joke amongst ilxors.
― Moka, Saturday, 20 June 2009 08:33 (7 months ago) Permalink
Denny Vertigo's Satanic cocaine funk period really wasn't as good as Wicked Witch's tbh.
― latebloomer, Sunday, 21 June 2009 04:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
my buddy found an orig wicked witch 7" at a silver spring flea market a couple years ago!
― 69, Sunday, 21 June 2009 04:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
I had a little phase with this record when I discovered it through ILM some months back. It was nice, but I got over it.
― Subway to Idaho (Bimble), Sunday, 21 June 2009 10:18 (7 months ago) Permalink
i was worried this wouldn't live up to the cover but it does and then some... holy shit..
― Fred Durst. Wat heb ik gewonnen? (Matt P), Sunday, 28 June 2009 18:41 (7 months ago) Permalink