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

is 'Breaking Glass' really as old as 1975?

Whoops, no it is not. Argh, I need to be sure to check years when I use my ripper. Sorry : /

sorry to draw attention to the error. this blog/resource is superb anyway.

No worries, Blueski. I clearly missed it, and it's better to have it correct. And thank you, I'm glad you like it.

I hope to post another mix in the next day or two. . .

The last of the 'Post-Punk' Miniatures mixes up this morning:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/various_-_miniatures_post-punk-no-3_small.jpg?w=500&h=500

Miniatures : Post-Punk No. 3 (1976-1983)

[00:00] 01 Wire - "Another the Letter" (1978)
[01:09] 02 ESG - "Chistelle" (1983)
[02:57] 03 British Electronic Foundation - "Music to Kill Your Parents By" (1981)
[04:19] 04 MX-80 Sound - "Train to Loveland" (1977)
[05:59] 05 Orange Juice - "Breakfast Time" (1980)
[07:57] 06 Simple Minds - "Cacophony" (1979)
[09:36] 07 Buzzcocks - "I Love You, You Big Dummy" (1976)
[10:53] 08 Phantomband - "Trapped Again" (1981)
[12:00] 09 Debile Menthol - "Tante Agatthe"(1981)
[13:59] 10 Devo - "Timing X" (1979)
[15:07] 11 Pere Ubu - "I Will Wait" (1978)
[16:50] 12 Pyrolator - "Cassiopeia" (1981)
[18:33] 13 Ludus - "Redress" (1982)
[18:50] 14 Diagram Brothers - "Litter" (1981)
[20:23] 15 The Feelies - "Fa Ci-La" (1979)
[22:21] 16 Dalek I Love You - "You Really Got Me" (1980)
[24:20] 17 Bauhaus - "Scopes" (1980)
[25:55] 18 Suicide - "Speedqueen" (1976)
[27:04] 19 XTC - "New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage" (1978)
[29:00] 20 Dinosaur L - "#2 (No, Thank You)" (1981)
[30:17] 21 The Go-Betweens - "Arrow in a Bow" (1982)
[32:13] 22 Swamp Children - "Samba Zippy (Part 1)" (1982)
[32:56] 23 Weekend - "Midnight Slows" (1982)

Total Time: [34:55]

Hope it starts your weekend right. And hopefully no dumb errors this time : \

Download it from here

you're the best

the only reason i'd maybe like them split is because i'm spectacularly anal about my last.fm stats.

What he said. Maybe you could add a cue file to the download?

Thanks, Mr. Keller. I'm just a messenger, to be sure. But I'm glad you like the music.

Mr. Dods-- how does one do that? How would it work? Sorry, I'm ignorant on cue files, beyond having heard of them vaguely.

i have to say: so am i.

soundslike: i very much enjoyed "complicity", too: thanks for sharing that.

i ended up downloading most of the songs & making my own 42 track post punk mix with gaps in between the songs & added a bunch of material not on these mixes.I prefer individual tracks but the mixes are all fantastic & if nothing else make me seek out & discover or rediscover lots of great stuff.Like i'd forgotten how much i like Dalek I Love You & i'd never heard of the Dancing Cigarettes so regardless of how you post them it's a winning situation

if nothing else make me seek out & discover or rediscover lots of great stuff.

Even though I do really try to make mixes that stand on their own and present something unique at least in terms of context for those who already know all the music therein-- getting people to further/deepen their addictions, seek out new-to-them stuff is always my ulterior agenda. Always happy to hear when it works! Did you add more <2min. tracks?

i very much enjoyed "complicity", too: thanks for sharing that.

I guess it was a little underhanded of me to post that, but I figured most people wouldn't download (which has been the case) but a few might like it. Thank you!

yep i added a bunch of sub 2 minute tracks & maybe a few just over 2 minutes.Maybe i'll post that mix as a comment in your blog.

Hmmm...I didn't know about this "Complicity" thing before, but I'm curious to hear it, downloading now, thanks!

Sadly I have not gotten around to the 2nd and 3rd post punk mixes yet. In due time...

New mix posted this morning, a very brief but hopefully not very slight mix featuring heavily segued and intertwined music in an attempt to create a sense of an enveloping environment and a sense of movement.

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/00_various_-_gloaming_1731-2005_cover-small.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various - 'Gloaming' (1731-2005)
Sensory Replication Series #2

[00:00 - 03:50]
01 Tangerine Dream - "Sequent C" (1974)
02 Tony Conrad & Faust - "The Pyre of Angus Was in Kathmandu" (1971)

[03:30 - 05:35]
03 Wolfgang Mozart - "Adagio for Glass Harmonica" (1791)
04 Artist Unkown - Arabic Chants {modified} (Unknown)

[05:20 - 07:40]
05 Chicago Underground Trio - "O Sino" (1999)
06 Matt Anders - "Heathering Blues" (2004)

[07:30 - 10:20]
07 Iannis Xenakis - "Akrata" (1965)
08 Keith Jarrett - "I'm Through With Love" {modified} (1999)

[10:15 - 14:20]
09 Penguin Cafe Orchestra - "Harmonic Necklace" {modified} (1981)
10 Cluster - "Fur Die Katz" (1971)
11 Steve Reich - "Nagoya Marimbas" (1994)

[14:00 - 15:00]
12 Alan R. Splet - "Space Travel with Changing Choral Textures" (1983)
13 Sylvie Courvoisier - "Tourine" (2003)

[14:55 - 18:20]
14 John Cage - "Prepared Piano Concerto, Part III" (1951)
15 Bjork - "Ambergris March" (2005)
16 Antonio Vivaldi - "Double Concerto, Largo G Minor" (1780s)

[18:10 - 19:30]
17 Brian Eno - "Lizard Point" (1982)
18 Low - "Untitled No. 2" (2001)

[18:55 - 22:20]
19 Matthew Herbert - "About This Time Each Day" (2001)
20 Holger Czukay - "Boat-Woman Song" (1969)

[22:15 - 27:34]
21 23 Skidoo - "Shrine" (1982)
22 Einsturzende Neubauten - "U-Haft Muzak" (1983)
23 Johann Sebastian Bach - "Air (For Organ), BWV 1068" (1731)

Find it at the usual place

bach next to einstürzende neubauten. on paper/screen it looks pretty audacious. it would have been even more shocking to have the neubauten at the end though...

Not next to--they're actually mixed together. Everything that's listed under the same brackets is intertwined, and the sections are usually segued, too. If I remember correctly, I think it does technically finish with the Neubauten : )

A little of the mumbling from the blog:

Whereas more recent mixes I’ve attempted in this vein have involved sometimes upward of five simultaneous tracks coalescing around a central track of emphasis, beat-oriented tracks combined with ambient tones and sound effects, remixes, dub versions, etc.—this mix was an intentionally simpler affair. The emphasis is on tone, melody, texture, and rhythm is subtle. Most of the sections of the mix are comprised of duets or trios, often with each element equally featured on the sound stage, as in the case of Bjork’s instrumental “Ambergris March” and Vivaldi’s “Double Concerto, Largo G Minor,” which pull together and spin apart. At other times, languid, liquid melodicism is countered with abrasion—for example, the sweet simplicity of an organ-based rendition of Bach’s “Air” with the percussive rancor of an Einsturzende Neubauten track far off to the right, its low, steady heartbeat-like bass elements adding a bit of menace. On the whole, the sound tends toward the beautiful—this is not difficult listening. But as with a sunset viewed alone, far from anyone else, even as one admires the brilliant color and light, one knows there is darkness not far off.

Hope you dig it. . .

A mix from the '1981' box set posted this morning:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/2988481177_0e8cee6c34.jpg

1 9 8 1 | Convertible

01 Young Marble Giants - Final Day (1981) [1:43]
02 Orange Juice - Poor Old Soul (1981) [2:29]
03 Martha & The Muffins - This Is the Ice Age (1981) [4:06]
04 Altered Images - Happy Birthday (1981) [3:01]
05 The Church- Too Fast For You (1981) [3:33]
06 Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl (1981) [4:09]
07 Romeo Void - Myself To Myself (1981) [3:46]
08 Barracudas - Don't Let Go (1981) [3:28]
09 The dB's- Black and White (1981) [3:09]
10 Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (1981) [2:45]
11 Magazine - The Honeymoon Killers (1981) [3:39]
12 Suburbs - Spring Came (1981) [3:18]
13 Marine Girls - Tonight (1981) [1:22]
14 Pretenders - Message of Love (1981) [3:07]
15 Necessaries - More Real (1981) [2:48]
16 The Teardrop Explodes - Falling Down Around Me (1981) [3:08]
17 Squeeze - Is That Love (1981) [2:31]
18 The Go Betweens - Your Turn, My Turn (1981) [3:03]
19 Robyn Hitchcock - Love (1981) [4:34]
20 The Stranglers - Golden Brown (1981) [3:28]
21 The Ramones - It's Not My Place (1981) [3:23]
22 XTC - Respectable Street (1981) [3:40]
23 Pylon - Crazy (1981) [3:13]
24 Elvis Costello - Strict Time (1981) [2:42]
25 REM - Radio Free Europe (1981) [3:49]

Posted as originally released, with separate tracks (even though there are a couple. . . cheats, shall we call them, in considering all of it to be released in 1981). This is the "poppy" disc, the sort of stuff that often flies under the radar of our concepts of "post-punk," but the mix is a fave of mine. I hope you'll enjoy.

Check it out at Musicophilia.

Another '1981' mix up, and it's one of my top three or four:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/3019111928_f7102d44cc.jpg

1 9 8 1 | Brain

01 Art Bears - Truth [2:55]
02 The Birthday Party - Cry [2:41]
03 Glenn Branca - Structure [3:04]
04 Klaus Nomi - The Twist [3:06]
05 Ex, The - Weapons for El Salvador [2:43]
06 Flying Lizards - Hands 2 Take [4:06]
07 Negativland - Dearmary [1:49]
08 New Age Steppers - Crazy Dreams & High Ideas [2:58]
09 Lemon Kittens - Kites [3:29]
10 Trio - Kummer [2:40]
11 Pere Ubu - Lonesome Cowboy Dave [1:52]
12 The Residents - Would We Be Alive [3:20]
13 Matt Johnson - The River Flows East In Spring [1:33]
14 Eyeless in Gaza - The Decoration [2:45]
15 Einstürzende Neubauten - Abstieg & Zerfall [4:28]
16 Fire Engines - Candyskin [2:54]
17 Section 25 - Hit [2:50]
18 Crass - Bata Motel [3:28]
19 Liaisons Dangereuses - Aperitif De La Mort [1:37]
20 Crash Course in Science - Factory Forehead [3:00]
21 Foetus - Thank Heaven for Push Button Phones [4:26]
22 Cabaret Voltaire - A Touch Of Evil [1:52]
23 Chrome - Planet Strike [2:25]
24 DNA - Blonde Red Head [1:52]
25 Clock DVA - 4 Hours [3:52]
26 Homosexuals - Nursery Chymes [2:40]
27 Wim Mertins - Multiple 12 [1:00]
28 This Heat - Makeshift Swahili [3:54]

[Total Time: 79:20]

Darker, weirder, wittier, artier stuff this outing.

Musicophilia

New mix up this morning, covering post post-punk tunes:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/3034075426_d1bcfa85df.jpg?v=1226926519

Various - 'Post Post-Punk' (1983-1994)

01 Liquid Liquid - "Scraper" (1983) [3:41]
02 Camberwell Now - "Daddy Needs a Throne" (1984) [3:24]
03 ESG - "Erase You" (1983) [4:08]
04 Ex - "Machinary" (1983) [2:57]
05 Mark Stewart - "Jerusalem" (1983) [3:45]
06 Disco Inferno - "In Sharky Water" (1994) [4:40]
07 Biting Tongues - "Compressor" (1987) [4:52]
08 Trio - "Girl Girl Girl" (1983) [3:30]
09 Special AKA - "House Bound" (1984) [4:12]
10 Neon Judgement - "Please Release Me Let Me Go-Go" (1983) [4:34]
11 David Thomas - "Big Breezy Day" (1985) [3:24]
12 Thick Pigeon - "Dog" (1983) [2:21]
13 100 Flowers - "Horizontal" (1983) [1:06]
14 Blackouts - "It's Clay Again" (1983) [6:17]
15 Arthur Russell - "See-Through" (1986) [2:10]
16 Dog Faced Hermans - "Volkswagen" (1994) [5:35]
17 Creatures - "Weathercade" (1983) [2:48]
18 Death Comet Crew (ft Rammellzee) - "Exterior Street" (1984) [4:32]
19 Sonic Youth - "Shadow Of A Doubt" (1986) [3:32]
20 Cybotron - "Clear" (Edit) (1983) [3:21]
21 Colin Newman - "But I" (1986) [4:54]

[Total Time: 79:43]

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This one is upped as individual tracks, since that's how it was originally put together. Hope you guys like it. Flimsy as the premise may be, it's a nice listen, better coherence and flow than one might expect.

If an admin or moderator reads this:

Would it be possible to change the name of this thread to something like:

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

Or something like that? Because I guess that's really what this has become. . .

Thanks!

looks cool! i'm still catching up -- haven't had time to listen to "the gloaming" mix, but looking forward to it. keep it up!

Tylerw -

'The Gloaming' and the other heavily mixed ones like that are my favorites--but I don't think many others agree. Hope you like it. Thanks for continuing to check them out.

got yer thread title change

The ‘Collide\Coallesce’ mix a while back was awesome I might add, I have much of the stuff in it but still couldn't sort it out all the time. I will check out the Gloaming mix next.

Pashmina--

Thanks for that! Just seems more accurate, it's no longer really an announcement of a new blog.

Sonderangerbot--

I'm glad you liked it--definitely the mix I've worked hardest on, thought out every tiny detail. 'Gloaming' is more low-key, but probably the fullest experience relative to length of mix (it's only 28 minutes long) of anything I've done. I'll be curious what you think.

I'm right now putting the finishing touches on six new mixes in the style of the 'Le Tour du Monde' mixes, created via the seemingly popular 'Miniatures' approach. . . Also another "full-sized" 'Le Tour du Monde' should be finished this week, and another 1981 volume or two will probably go up, along with another full album.

So keep your eyes peeled, some really great stuff coming in the next few days.

Starting a new series today that combines the 'Le Tour du Monde' musical territory with the short-and-sweet tendencies of the Miniatures Post-Punk mixes:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/les-miniatures_volume12_front_small.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various Artists - ‘Les Miniatures’ Volume 12
(10″ LP, Musique du Monde, France - 1975)

Side A:
[00'00"] 01 PEOPLE - “Prologue” (1971, Japan)
[01'45"] 02 FAUST - “I’ve Got My Car and My TV” (1972, Germany)
[03'00"] 03 Henry COW - “Arcades” (1974, England)
[04'50"] 04 Curtis MAYFIELD - “Junkie Chase” (1972, USA)
[06'20"] 05 SEESSELBERG - “Eintrachtkreis-Paranoia” (1973, Germany)
[07'15"] 06 Kevin AYERS - “Two Goes Into Four” (1974, England)
[08'50"] 07 Sun RA - “Wurlitzer & Celeste” (1972, USA)
[10'35"] 08 Serge GAINSBOURG - “Ah! Melody” (1971, France)
[12'20"] 09 Joe UFER - “Drums on Phasing No. 6″ (1973, Germany)
[13'30"] 10 Paul SIMON - “Hobo’s Blues” (1972, USA)

Side B:
[00'00"] 01 Milton NASCIMENTO - “Saidas E Bandeiras No. 1″ (1972, Brazil)
[01'20"] 02 Raymond VINCENT - “Mouvement pour Arcet” (1973, France)
[02'30"] 03 Sly & THE FAMILY STONE - “Mother Beautiful” (1974, USA)
[04'15"] 04 Erkin KORAY - “Korkulu Ruya” (1974, Turkey)
[05'45"] 05 Orchester FRITZ MALDENER - “Wild Luck” (1973, Germany)
[07'20"] 06 Gil SCOTT-HERON - “Billy Green is Dead” (1973, USA)
[08'45"] 07 Sammy BURDSON GROUP - “Electronic News No. 3″ (1973, Germany)
[10'00"] 08 Lou REED - “New York Telephone Conversation” (1972, USA)
[11'30"] 09 Franco BIXIO - “Dog’s Heart” (1974, Italy)
[12'00"] 10 Robert WYATT - “Muddy Mouse (A)” (1975, England)
[13'15"] 11 John CALE - “Days of Steam” (1972, Wales)

[Total Time: 29'55"]

Rough translation, back cover text:
“Continuing the tradition, ‘Les Miniatures’ Volume 12 brings more amazing sounds from around the world–all speeding to you in less than two minutes! Whirl your way through the hippest sounds of the today, from France to the United States to Germany to Italy to Wales and even from Turkey. The world is moving faster than ever–so we present to you the very best music, in miniature! But don’t worry, all the beats, the strings, the voices and the keyboards are there in full size. It’s ‘Les Miniatures!’”

Notes:
Following the recent reissues of some of the long-lost, highly sought-after ‘Le Tour du Monde’ compilations, we bring you another discovery from Musique du Monde, the French label known during the 60s and 70s to taste-makers the world over: Volume 12 of the ‘Les Miniatures’ series. Originally released as “miniature” limited-edition 10″ LPs, the ‘Les Miniatures’ discs bring all of the sounds we loved from ‘Le Tour,’ and with similarly international flair, but it does so entirely with tracks befitting the diminutive LP format–all under two minutes in duration! For their brevity, there is no skimping here–all the string flourishes, brass punches, heavy bass lines, and sample-worthy beats are here, along with the upper crust of the singer-songwriter world from 1971 to 1975. And as with ‘Le Tour,’ Musique du Monde refused to see barriers or genres, weaving together the post-funk, the delicate, the experimental and concrete seemingly without effort. You’ll find both old favorites–Sun Ra, Kevin Ayers, Faust, John Cale, even Paul Simon and Curtis Mayfield–and lesser-knowns like the Sammy Burdson Group, Erkin Koray, Joe Ufer, and Franco Bixio. In less than thirty minutes, ‘Les Miniatures’ provide a fully-rounded musical journey. Keep your eyes peeled–several volumes have been unearthed, and the Musicophilia reissue program will be sharing them all in due time. — I. Sonnecomme, November 2008

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Let me know what you think--several more will follow in quick succession--in fact, they're already finished. So I hope a few of you enjoy this one.

nobody sounds like ian soundcomme! hey all that tasty stuff fits on one side of a c60!

Glad you like it, Alex. Save the other side of that c60 for the next one.

Once I've added a Miniatures mix to my iPod, then what? Mike T. Diva said all he had to do was switch the iPod select button to "lyrics" and he got a timed tracklisting?? My fucking iPod does NOT have a "lyrics" option on the main menu. I don't like to be chained to listening to music on my computer. Imagine being able to take my iPod into my bedroom, pass out drunk, and STILL be able to find out from iPod what song was playing at any given time...

Press the middle button on your ipod while the track's playing til you get to the tracklisting: 1st press = search, 2nd press = coverart, 3rd press = lyrics/tracklisting, 4th press = rating.

Okay, I got a tracklisting. Yay! But it's very hard to reproduce the effect without clicking again and again and hoping for the best. At first I thought the secret was to choose "Album" on the third click, but it appears even that is not fullproof. No, I still know of no fullproof way to get that tracklisting to come up except clicking a bunch of times and waiting and hoping. It's really bizarre. It seems to have something to do with the rhythm in which you click the previous two times.

Bimble, I hope you can work it out, man.

New mix this morning, the next in the 'Les Miniatures' series, lots of short-and-sweet:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/les-miniatures_volume03_front_small.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various Artists - 'Les Miniatures' Volume 3
(10" LP, Musique du Monde, France - 1971)

Side A:
[00'00"] 01 Nick DRAKE - "Introduction" (1970, England)
[01'25"] 02 SAGITTARIUS - "You Know I've Found a Way" (1967, USA)
[02'05"] 03 Orchester ROLAND KOVAC - "Service No. 2" (1968, Austria)
[04'30"] 04 David BATISTE & THE GLADIATORS - "Funky Soul" (1970, USA)
[06'05"] 05 Pearls BEFORE SWINE - "(Oh Dear) Miss Morse" (1967, USA)
[08'00"] 06 Ennio MORRICONE - "Le Fotografie" (1971, Italy)
[09'00"] 07 Hiro YANAGIDA - "Love T" (1970, Japan)
[10'20"] 08 Oskar SALA - "Interludium" (1970, Germany)
[11'50"] 09 Roger ROGER - "Shere Kahn" (1971, France)
[13'45"] 10 Velvet UNDERGROUND - "Here She Comes Now" (1968, USA)

Side B:
[00'00"] 01 Serge GAINSBOURG - "Champêtre Et Pop No. 2" (1967, France)
[01'20"] 02 Red NOISE - "A La Memoire du Rockeur Inconnu. . ." (1971, France)
[02'05"] 03 Bob MARLEY & THE WAILERS - "Sun is Shining" (1971, Jamaica)
[04'00"] 04 The SHAGGS - "That Little Sports Car" (1969, USA)
[06'05"] 05 Les MOGOL - "Madimak" (1971, Turkey)
[08'00"] 06 Syd BARRETT - "Golden Hair" (1970, England)
[09'50"] 07 Amon DÜÜl II - "The Return of Ruebezahl" (1968, Germany)
[11'20"] 08 Reg WALE- "Bright Spark" (1970, England)
[13'05"] 09 KLUSTER - "3" (1971, Germany)
[14'10"] 10 King CRIMSON - "Peace (A Theme)" (1970, England)

[Total Time: 31'05"]

Rough translation, back cover text:
"Get ready for a joyride: 'Les Miniatures' Volume 3 is here! As they say, "big things come in small packages," and this is the proof. Travel from France to Italy to the United States to Germany to Japan, Turkey, Jamaica, Austria. . . around the world in half an hour! For a fast-paced world, there's still time to enjoy the fullness of modern sounds on the cutting edge in music. It's here, it's 'Les Miniatures!'"

Notes:
Our second reissue from Musique du Monde's nearly-forgotten 'Les Miniatures' series, 'Volume 3' comes to us from several years earlier than our first reissue, 'Volume 12', covering the years 1967 to 1971. But Musique du Monde had their finger no less on the pulse in '71, and so here again, like the 'Le Tour du Monde' series you'll find all the sophisticated pop stylings, proto-punk and art-rock energy, late psychedelic sensibility, sound library swing and punch, and krautrock mystery and dynamism that we've come to expect. But like all the other 'Les Miniatures' volumes, No. 3 brings all this to the listener in tracks under two minutes, twenty tracks in only thirty-one minutes. Originally issued as a 10" LP, and especially scarce in these earlier volumes even at the time of their original release as a promo record to producers, musicians, critics, journalists and general style-setters, it's was truly a lost gem--until now. Always eclectic, Musique here brings together acts as diverse as Ennio Morricone, Serge Gainsbourg, Bob Marley, King Crimon and the Velvet Underground, but not scrimping on the less-known (then) but no less revered (now) Nick Drake, Sagittarius, Hiro Yanagida, Roger Roger, The Shaggs, Kluster, and others. The brevity without compromise is perhaps even more appropriate for our world now than in '71, as we are even more "fast-paced" than ever, and when we must foster the "fullness" of our musical appreciation when and where we can. We at the Musicophilia label are still just getting started with our reissues of this series (and of 'Le Tour du Monde')--no time to slow down now! -- I. Sonnecomme, November 2008

Hope you like it, guys. Pass it on. Musicophilia at Wordpress.com

i love the bimble vs. soundslike rivalry

I wasn't aware there was one.

Nor can I see anything -- on this thread, or either blog -- to suggest its existence!

omg how am I going to get through all of this

the rivalry started on the 1981 thread

FYI

This whole bimble/I.M. exchange is pretty bizarre.
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Hmm, you must have a better memory than me : )

Bimble and I have pretty significant divergence in taste, I'd say--he goes in for the sub-Joy Divisiony vein of post-punk a lot, whereas that's pretty my my least fave. But a difference doesn't constitute a rivalry. He's certainly passionate about what he likes, and I respect that.

is that why you took 1981 as reference year? to avoid the dilemma of having to choose joy division songs? come to think of it, that is the main disadvantage of 1981 from my pov. that there is no joy division. besides that it is a phantastic year. i suppose there was at least one new order song on your compilation cds. the three compilations you posted didn't have any yet though iirc. somehow i have the feeling we had this discussion already.

btw i am looking forward to listen to that late 60s/early 70s miniatures mix tonight.

I like Joy Division themselves just fine, though they probably wouldn't make my top 30 or 40 post-punk acts--and I will admit freely to much preferring New Order, generally. I just don't generally care for the stuff that was clearly "inspired" by Joy Division's (and early Factory's) influence, like Crispy Ambulance or the Pin Group or five thousand other groups doing po-faced theatrical dourness with sort of bleating vocals and overwrought lyrics. (That's not how I'd describe Joy Division's music, mind, but with a few exceptions, that's how their follower-bands tend to sound to me).

Hmm--so the most recent mix ('Les Miniatures, Volume 3') was apparently taken down, or became inaccessible through some glitch. I've re-upped it, for anyone who wasn't able to get it. I hope this doesn't become recurrent. . .

i don't care for the bands inspired by joy div neither. i think i hardly ever cared for bands which were mainly influenced by the sound of one other band. that's not innovative, that's boring. i don't look for pale copies of originals. probably nobody does. but joy division themselves are my favourite band in between punk and post-punk. they transformed their explorations of the dark regions of the human soul into incredibly powerful music.

True, any carbon-copy (or to be period-appropriate, I guess we should say Xerox) is bound to be dead-boring. But the sort borne of cult-of-personality can be extra icky. The main thing to me is that the Joyless Division wannabes just never sound like they're having any fun at all--which can't be said of Joy Division themselves.

Undance to the radio.

Another JD-less 1981 mix up this morning: 'Amplifier'

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/3076820555_a731cf0a0d.jpg

1 9 8 1 | Amplifier

01 The Embarrassment - Celebrity Art Party [3:06]
02 Minutemen - Straight Jacket [0:57]
03 The Replacements - Johnny's Gonna Die [3:24]
04 Flesh Eaters - Pray Til You Sweat [2:36]
05 Black Flag - Louie Louie [1:19]
06 Stiff Little Fingers - The Only One [4:18]
07 Mx-80 - Cover To Cover [2:42]
08 Meat Puppets - Big House [1:06]
09 Agent Orange - Too Young To Die [2:04]
10 The Saints - Paradise (Edit) [2:56]
11 Buzzcocks - I Look Alone [3:01]
12 Empire - All These Things [3:15]
13 Secret Hate - New Routines-Suicide [1:26]
14 The Gordons - Coalminers Song [5:43]
15 Virgin Prunes - Twenty Tens [2:27]
16 The Cramps - Green Fuz [2:06]
17 Minor Threat - Straight Edge [0:45]
18 100 Flowers - Reject Yourself [2:34]
19 The Undertones - Julie Ocean [1:46]
20 Bad Brains - Pay To Cum [1:30]
21 Flipper - Ha Ha Ha [2:13]
22 Mission of Burma - Fame and Fortune [3:35]
23 Gun Club - Goodbye Johnny [3:45]
24 Josef K - Crazy To Exist [2:57]
25 Swimming Pool Q's - Rat Bait [2:21]
26 Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off [0:59]
27 Au Pairs - Love Song [2:52]
28 Wipers - When It's Over [6:36]
29 X - Adult Books [3:19]
30 Zoomers - Give Your Heart [2:13]

Two month anniversary of the blog today, and I discovered I have stats on downloads: just over 1,140! That is really great, far more than I imagined. Hope that means you are liking the music!

I'm very excited about the several 'Le Tour du Monde' volumes I've got going right now, as well as the three more 'Les Miniatures' mixes already finished (shy of artwork). Thinking the 'Heart' mix next for the 1981 set--but then what? Anyone have any requests, feedback, ideas, etc.?

Thanks, everyone!

Very glad to hear it! Thanks!

I like the way this mix crosses different eras in search of that vibe and sound.

Me too, Giraffe! I often mix specific periods, but these sorts of mixes seeking timelessness as a central quality lend themselves to crossing decades.

This one was on a similar wavelength, and even more temporally eclectic:

https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2021/02/26/distill/

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/musicophilia_00_various_-_distill_1964-2021_cover-a-front.jpg?w=1000

Various – ‘Distill‘
(1964-2021)

Part I

01 [00:00] Benjamin Britten – “Canto Primio (Sosteruto e Largamente)” (‘Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72’ 1964)
02 [02:20] Alabaster DePlume – “Visit Croatia” (‘Copernicus: The Good Book of No‘ 2012)
03 [07:10] Jason Molina – “Old Worry” (‘Eight Gates‘ 2009)
05 [09:25] Sailcloth – “Year Long Storm” (‘Close Keeping‘ 2018)
05 [11:40] Les Filles de Illighadad – “Inigradan” (‘Les Filles de Illighadad‘ 2016)
06 [14:50] Loma – “Temple” (‘Shivani‘ 2018)
07 [17:30] Yasmin Williams – “Sunshowers” (‘Urban Driftwood‘ 2021)
08 [21:40] His Name Is Alive – “Piano Rev” (‘All The Mirrors In the House‘ 1986)
09 [23:35] Tarkovsky Quartet – “Quand Ien Congneu A Ma Pensee” (‘Nuit Blanche’ 2017)
10 [28:35] Abu Talib – “Blood Of An American” (‘Blood of An American‘ EP 1974)

Part II

11 [32:50] Daniel Schmidt – “And the Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn” (‘In My Arms, Many Flowers‘ 1978)
12 [40:05] Duval Timothy – “Clouds” (‘Brown Loop‘ 2016)
13 [42:35] Brandee Younger – “Lift Ev’ry Voice & Sing” (‘Lift Ev’ry Voice & Sing‘ single 2020)
14 [46:50] Ralph Stanley – “The Old Church Yard” (‘Shine On’ 2005)
15 [49:45] Arvo Part – “Summa (String Quartet)” (‘The Last Sleep of the Virgin’ 1977)
16 [54:10] Infinity Knives – “Requiem for Yaya” (‘In the Mouth of Sadness‘ 2019)
17 [56:00] Joan Armatrading – “Woncha Come On Home” (‘Show Some Emotion’ 1977)
18 [58:40] Kali Malone – “Sacrificial Code” (‘The Sacrificial Code‘ 2019)
19 [62:05] Krasimir Kyurkchiyski – “Mesechinko Ljo” (‘Bulgarian Folklore Masterpieces’ 1999)
20 [65:15] Philip Glass – “String Quartet No. 3 VI” (‘Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass’ 1995)

[Total Time: 1:08:10]

This one must've passed me by. I must admit I'm unfamiliar with a lot of this but I trust your judgement...

October 4th, 2023 marks 15 years of the Musicophilia blog. To mark the anniversary, I made a list of my 15 favorite mixes from the last five years with a few thoughts about each.

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/musicophilia-blog_15th-anniversary_v01b-1.jpg?w=1024&h=1024

https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/15-years-of-musicophilia/