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

Haha okay sorry. Kate Bush fans need to stick together, anyway. :)

also you should love me for posting that cocteau twins video that you jizzed all over

This has gone south quickly. . .

Not in real life--at all?

i bought the 1981 set from you when it came out. you've spoken to me upthread and in the 1981 thread. i've been on ILX for a long time. i don't understand your question, really.

what would knowing me entail?

Sorry, no big deal. Just thought given your upthread comment re: Bimble etc., I didn't know what to make of your next comment. Ah, internet communication.

I'm listening to 1981 Cassette right now. I've heard of half the bands, and maybe not heard any of the songs before. It amazes me that there is always so much more to hear, even in areas I'm familiar with. thanks.

Is the one called Der Plan - Das Insekt a cover version? It seemed familiar.

James--

Hmm-- not being German nor a deep expert in DNW, I'm not sure, but I didn't think so. It does sort of sound like a children's song, though, from some sort of nature program : )

Making the '1981' box was a years-long exploration of exactly that endlessness you're describing. When I started culling the mix, I probably only knew 3/4ths of what eventually ended up in the box, maybe 1/2 or less of what was in the 'Briefcase' appendix mp3 disc--spent nearly two years buying almost exclusively post-punk, which had already been a fixture for a while. And the year 1981 in particular is truly never ending, and I didn't even try to cover disco, electro-disco, hi-NRG, hip-hop, etc. with the box. Even though I sort of burnt out on post-punk a little, to this day, without trying (indeed almost avoiding the stuff) I still discover something else from '81 almost every week or two.

Went over 2,500 downloads yesterday, very cool. Thanks everyone for listening!

everyone loves the 1981 guy

still got my copy beside me

dude gets all weird when you tell him you love him

: )

Love the music, not me ; )

That Somnambulist mix looks fantastic - both tracklist & sleeve. Will download when home..

Hope you like it, Willem. Those sort of mixes are my personal faves, the ones I most enjoy doing--I guess they're the closest to an actually creative act on my part, more expressive. But unsurprisingly, they're the least popular/downloaded.

Got one I think has turned out really great that's a little less dense, that's going to be part of a blog-post-swap between me and Andrew M. aka Ettiem at his Gris Gris On Your Doorstep blog (which everyone should be checking out). It's a really spooky, sort of story-telling thing.

Happy New Year, everyone! Thanks to everybody checking out these mixes, and I hope you'll stick with me, got over a dozen new mixes in the works that I'm really excited about.

Here's a quick 2008 (um, and 2007) look back, saying goodbye to the last eight. . .

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/various_-_get-off-my-lawn-2008_2008_coversmall.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various - Get Off My Lawn, 2008, And You Too, 2007!
A Curmudgeon’s Guide to Fun During the Apocalypse

Part 1
01 [00:00] Matt Anders - “Are You Afraid To Die” (Unreleased, 2008)
02 [03:07] Ayatollah - “Charlie Is Brown” (Louder, 2008)
03 [05:03] Erykah Badu - “The Healer” (New Amerykah Part One, 2008)
04 [09:05] Idol Fodder - “Analyse My Life” (Babytalk, 2007)
05 [12:06] Re-Up Gang - “Money” (Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang, 2008)
06 [15:32] Retribution Gospel Choir - “Easy Prey” (Retribution Gospel Choir, 2008)
07 [17:48] Matmos - “Polychords” (Supreme Balloon, 2008)
08 [21:12] Glass Candy - “Rolling Down the Hills” (Beat Box, 2007)
09 [24:24] Burial - “Archangel” (Untrue, 2007)
10 [28:06] Portishead - “The Rip” (3, 2008)

Part 2
11 [00:00] J-Dilla - “Say It” (Jay Loves Japan, 2008)
12 [02:50] Caribou - “Sundialing” (Andorra, 2007)
13 [07:13] Gnarls Barkley - “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” (The Odd Couple, 2008)
14 [10:21] Tauchsieder - “Clubbed” (Louder, 2007)
15 [13:55] Spiritualized - “Death Take Your Fiddle” (Songs in A&E, 2008)
16 [16:52] Voodoo Economics - “”What if Those Heavy Things. . .” (If : Then :: Iminami, 2007)
17 [19:39] The Roots - “Get Busy” (Rising Down, 2008)
18 [23:09] Robert Wyatt - “Stay Tuned” (Comicopra, 2007)
19 [26:48] Radiohead - “4 Minute Warning” (In Rainbows, Part 2, 2007)

[Total Time: 63:01]

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First mix of the new year starting the year off on a mellow note (but with more ambitious things are soon to come).

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/miniatures-lullabies-no-1.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various - Miniatures : Lullaby No. 1 (1957-2004)

01 [00:00] Nick Drake - "Horn" (1972)
02 [01:19] Jeremy Enigk - "Lewis Hollow" (1996)
03 [03:13] Björk - "Show Me Forgiveness" (2004)
04 [04:33] Sylvie Courvoisier - "Turoine" (2003)
05 [05:30] Felt - "Red Indians" (1984)
06 [07:24] Burmese Choir - "Kukburi Sifoa" (1974)
07 [08:36] Low - "Try Try Try" (1995)
08 [09:07] Bob Dylan - "Man On the Street" (1964)
09 [10:59] Big Star - "Blue Moon" (1976)
10 [12:59] Leo Kottke - "The Driving of the Year" (1971)
11 [14:53] Modern Lovers - "Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste" (1972)
12 [16:29] Moondog - "Sextet" (1957)
13 [17:57] Bahaman Folk Musicians - "I Told You People Judgement Coming" (1965)
14 [18:48] Syd Barrett - "She Took a Long Cold Look" (1970)
15 [20:36] Willie Nelson - "Minuet in G" (1975)
16 [21:10] Can - "Ethnological Forgery Series, No. 8" (1975)
17 [22:45] Mark Kozelek - "Love Hungry Man" (2001)
18 [24:23] Saka Acquaye - "Kenya Sunset" (1969)
19 [25:52] Tyrannosaurus Rex - "The Misty Coast of Albany" (1969)
20 [27:20] Bali Gamelan - "Tjatrik II" (1969)
21 [28:27] Cat Power - "I Found a Reason" (2000)

[Total Time: 30:28]

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Musicophilia's biggest mix yet went up today:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/small_vol00.jpg?w=500&h=500 http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/composite_vol1-4_small.jpg?w=500&h=500

Various Artists - 'Le Meilleur de Les Rythmes du Monde'
(4xLP Box Set, Musique du Monde, France - 1981)

Volume One

A1 [00:00] TELEX - "Moskow Diskow" (Looking for Saint Tropez, 1978) Belgium
A2 [04:40] Giorgio MORODER - "From Here to Eternity" (From Here to Eternity, 1977) Italy
A3 [09:35] Moon BIRDS - "Crystal No. 3" (Cosmic No. 1, 1977) France
A4 [12:10] John FOXX - "Plaza" (Metamatic, 1980) England
A5 [15:35] Three DEGREES - "Set Me Free" (3D, 1979) USA
A6 [19:35] Mr. PARTRIDGE - "The Forgotten Language of Light" (Take Away/The Lure of Salvage, 1980) England
A7 [22:50] Geoff BASTOW - "Communique" (The Video Age, 1980) Belgium

B1 [00:00] Brian ENO - "Untitled" (Unreleased, 1979) England
B2 [02:00] Space ART - "Welcome to Love" (Play Back, 1980) France
B3 [08:15] DROIDS - "Shanti Part I" (Star Peace, 1978) France
B4 [10:50] Yellow MAGIC ORCHESTRA - "Firecracker" (Yellow Magic Orchestra, 1978) Japan
B5 [15:10] PRINCE - "Sexy Dancer" (Prince, 1979) USA
B6 [19:10] CAN - "Safe" (Can, 1978) Germany

[Total Time: 50:20]

Volume Two

C1 [00:00] Hot R.S. - "In a Gadda Da Vida" (Forbidden Fruit, 1978) South Africa
C2 [05:10] Patrick COWLEY - "Megatron Man" (Megatron Man, 1981) USA
C3 [09:25] Roland BOCQUET - "Dancing" (Unreleased, 1981) France
C4 [13:30] Essendon AIRPORT - "How Low Can You Go?" (Sonic Investigations of the Trivial, 1979) Australia
C5 [15:55] KRAFTWERK - "Spacelab" (The Man-Machine, 1978) Germany
C6 [20:50] Donna SUMMER - "Our Love" (Bad Girls, 1979) USA

D1 [00:00] Jean-Phillippe GOUDE - "Machine" (Drones, 1980) France
D2 [03:50] This HEAT - "24-Track Loop" (This Heat, 1979) England
D3 [07:45] LIME - "You're My Magician" (Your Love, 1981) Canada
D4 [13:00] SPARKS - "Tryouts For the Human Race" (No. 1 in Heaven, 1979) USA
D5 [18:05] LEDA - "Endless Race" (Welcome to Joyland, 1978) Germany
D6 [21:00] SUICIDE - "Cheree" (Suicide, 1977) USA

[Total Time: 49:50]

Volume Three

E1 [00:00] Gary NUMAN - "Everyday I Die" (Tubeway Army, 1978) England
E2 [02:00] Grace JONES - "Pull Up To The Bumper" (Nightclubbing, 1981) Jamaica
E3 [06:20] Haruomi HOSONO & Tadanori YOKOO - "Malabar Hotel, Upper Floor, Moving Triangle" (Cochin Moon, 1978) Japan
E4 [10:25] HELDON - "Les Soucoupes Volantes Vertes" (Interface 1978) France
E5 [12:05] Loose JOINTS - "Is It All Over My Face" (Is It All Over My Face, 1980) USA
E6 [16:30] Liaisons DANGEREUSES - "Peut Etre . . . Pas" (Liaisons Dangereuses, 1981) Germany
E7 [19:45] Munich MACHINE - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (A Whiter Shade of Pale, 1978) Italy

F1 [00:00] FUNKADELIC - "One Nation Under a Groove" (One Nation Under a Groove, 1978) USA
F2 [06:00] League UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - "Don't You Want Me" (Unreleased, 1981) England
F3 [09:50] Black DEVIL - "No Regrets" (Disco Club, 1978) France
F4 [14:00] Electronic SYSTEM - "Time Trip" (Disco Machine, 1977) Belgium
F5 [18:15] Dee D. JACKSON - "Automatic Lover" (Cosmic Curves, 1978) Italy
F6 [21:45] Trevor BASTOW - "Better Ways" (The Video Age, 1980) Belgium

[Total Time: 50:00]

Volume Four

G1 [00:00] Depeche MODE - "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead" (Speak & Spell, 1981) England
G2 [02:00] CHROMIUM - "Beam On" (Star to Star, 1979) USA
G3 [07:05] Ryuichi SAKAMOTO - "Riot in Lagos" (B-2 Unit, 1980) Japan
G4 [10:20] TRANSVOLTA - "Disco Computer" (Disco Computer 7", 1979) Belgium
G5 [13:20] Gina X PERFORMANCE - "Nice Mover" (Nice Mover, 1979) Germany
G6 [17:35] Marvin GAYE - "Time To Get It Together" (Here, My Dear, 1978) USA
G7 [20:30] British ELECTRONIC FOUNDATION - "Groove Thang" (Music for Listening To, 1981) England

H1 [00:00] INDUSTRY - "Ready for the Wave" (Industry EP, 1980) USA
H2 [03:25] Akira SAKATA - "Panco" (Tenoch Sakana, 1980) Japan
H3 [06:05] Venus GANG - "Love To Fly" (Galactic Soul, 1978) France
H4 [09:20] BOHANNON - "Listen to the Children Play" (Summertime Groove, 1978) USA
H5 [13:30] Francis RIMBERT - "Games" (Bionic Orchestra, 1979) France
H6 [15:15] ZODIAC - "Zodiac" (Disco Alliance, 1980) USSR
H7 [18:40] Aksak MABOUL - "Saure Gurke" (Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine, 1977) Belgium
H8 [19:45] Giorgio MORODER - "I Wanna Rock You" (E=MC2, 1979) Italy

[Total Time: 50:05]

Rough Translation, Back Cover:
"Through the years, Musique du Monde has brought you the cutting edge of listening pleasure. And now, we are proud to present to the general public some of the most amazing sounds from the previously only privately-issued 'Les Rythmes du Monde' series. We continue our tradition of finding you the very best of new music from around the globe, seeking sounds that speak the universal language. Here you will find the pounding rhythms of the discotheque, love songs for fantastic robots, a new electronic era of sexy cosmic fun. Its happening in France, in Italy, in Germany, the United States, Belgium, Japan, South Africa, and have no doubt, in outer-space. This is the sound of the future, but it reaches to the very soul of life, to the elemental rythm of the heart. Switch it on, plug yourself in, and let everything go: become part of the collective music. This is the very best of 'Les Rythmes du Monde'."

Reissue Notes:
The Musicophilia reissue program is proud to present a major missing piece the history of the Musique du Monde label's golden age: 1981's four-LP box set, 'Le Meilleur de Les Rythmes du Monde'. This set was a 'best of' collection released (in limited quantities) to the public culled from the privately issued and distributed 'Les Rythmes du Monde' set. So far, none of the individual records from that almost mythic series has been unearthed; like other private releases from Musique, it was shipped direct only to a who's-who of music taste-making cognoscenti. It is rumored that Monsieur Jan Marine (one of the founders of Musique du Monde and the label's primary mixer and song-finder for their various compilation series) went to the U.S. and trained in the then-nascent art of beat-matched DJing with Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles, and even Francis Grasso during the mid-70s, in preparation for the label's forays into disco. 'Les Rythmes du Monde,' especially the later volumes from which this 'Best Of' is believed to be culled, brought Musique into new territory for the public ear. But the territory heard here is heavily rooted in the funk, soul, pop, tropicalia, proto-punk, dub, musique concrete, sound library LPs and early electronics that were the focus of earlier 'Le Tour du Monde' and 'Les Miniatures' discs. 'Les Rythmes' was the label's natural extension, and taken together with their work over the previous decade plus, one almost has an "alternate history" of pop music—the history that should have been, or that was, if you knew where to point your ears. So we welcome you to this world of fuzzy electronics, four-on-the-floor beats, floating robot voices, cosmic space-ship chases, and glorious dancefloor hedonism that would itself go on to become the foundation forthe next thirty years of discotheque sound. The graphic design of the record sleeves may be dated and passe, but the sounds found within these sleeves remains as relevant and essential today as ever.
— I. Sonnecomme, January 2009

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Seems to have been another spate of files going down, but they all seem to be back online now. If anyone sees one down, please let me know.

Posted a year-end list of sorts: Top Couple-Dozen Non-2008 Discoveries of 2008.

Just in case you really love end-of-year lists.

Also, all files seem to be down at the moment. . . fingers crossed. . .

Everything is back up, re-uploaded Volume 4 of the new 'Les Rythmes du Monde' mixes, if anyone was having trouble downloading that one earlier.

Also, a bit of a discussion going on the ethics of mp3/mix-blogging going, love to hear from you guys.

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. . .