good vibrations

this one came on in the car whilst driving along to pick up surfboards during a pissing wet weekend of supposed surfing in wales (last bank holiday). california beaches felt very far away but the tune felt apt. I can picture all the kids singing it in the school hall.

The Langley Schools Music Project - good vibrations

and I believe my work will be done

if james brown hadn't have gone and died, it would have been his birthday last month. and because I haven't really been inspired by any of the new ish I've got, I thought a couple of nuggets were in order. sometimes he's a bit relentlessly funky but I've been feeling these two of late.

never can say goodbye

(yes, bass used by massive attack - I like the mad professor version)

the second one I like partly for the 'and I believe my work will be done' line.
lost someone

beware, either dizzee rascal or a version of the beach boys's 'good vibrations' (sung by a school choir) to follow.

p.s. nuts, I think the tit picture should go now.

waddaldo

Jetzt Geht's Los!

Hallo Menschen!

It's been a while, but have finally rustled up a little ADSL in the flat. I'll keep things more or less German.

Erste up, legendary ICA destroyers, virtuoso powertool wielders, and originally from West Berlin:

Einstürzende Neubauten - Three Thoughts (Devil's Sect)

Zweite, sounds German but was born in Chile, but released a lot of material on Tresor Berlin and Mille Plateaux:

Christian Vogel - We Will Find You

Dritte, some spareness from the ~scape label:

Jan Jelinek - They, Them

Bis bald!

Thistle-Eye

Croydon, Reykjavik and Tokyo

Have been checking the new dubstep comp on Soul Jazz, courtesy of Waddaldo. As he's too lazy busy to upload anything from it I'll have to (dub)step in... currently loving this dark cut - suits my mood this Sunday evening -

King Midas Sound - Surround Me

Couple of stand-out tracks from the new Bjork album - which disappoints so far but since Homogenic they've all been slow growers so I'm not writing it off yet...

Bjork - Declare Independence
Bjork - Pnuemonia

Finally, Japanese knob-twiddler Cornelius is playing Koko on Wednesday - I'll be there, anyone fancy it?

Cornelius - Free Fall
Cornelius - Music

Tom N

my AK is broken...

yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo....yo

am likin that bamboos tune..

inspired by the Ol' Dirty Bastard vocals on the mark ronson toxic tune, i hit a few old hiphop tracks and threw together a little rowdy hiphop minimix...

(its pretty old vinyl so i apologise for the crackling..)

http://download.yousendit.com/9FC9B99C3FDD8D25

dusty brain

also been under exam pressure, but the end is nearly in sight. so here's a little dose of furious nu-funk to relieve the pressure (despite the titles).

both covers actually. first, texas classic by archie bell and the drells via melbourne outfit, the bamboos
tighten up
and a very sharp take on the masters at work house classic, by yorkshire men, the new mastersounds.
the nervous track

best of luck to the other exam heads out there!

Light at the end of the tunnel

Hmm exams, bollocks, make me fell like topping myself.

Suicide is painless - Johnny Mandel

However the end is in sight so spending my time thinking about how I will be celebrating. Either way I'll probably end up dead from an overdose.

Toxic - Mark Ronson fest. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Tiggers

must get back to my books.

Two slices of lamb

Bienvenue and welcome to our latest round of newcomers - showing up us grizzly old-timers for the lazy scum we are. So galvanised into action by Nicolas's spiky French house (though sadly not by tommywhy's - missed the expiry date by minutes), here are two sweet cuts from Lambchop's 2002 album Aw C'mon. A friend lent this to me last week and yesterday I got around to listening to it. I can't remember the last time I was grabbed so instantly by an album - the lush but not overwrought production, the laid-back control exercised over the sound, despite the fact that the band comprises about 20 people, all topped off by Kurt Wagner's gruff though tender vocals.

Two tracks in particular stand out. Each Time I Bring It Up It Seems To Bring You Down is a perfect example of what I'm waffling on about above - I'm particularly feeling the strings on this one. Then there's I Hate Candy. Again the strings are killer, but what really gets me on this is the unexpected musical progression of the song - just when you think it's going to descend into easy-listening alt.country wallpaper, there comes that weird, sinister chord structure, building itself up over and over until - another weird modulation that comes out of nowhere. Genius. Anyway, enough crap from me.

Tom N

More french tunes, same label, Edbanger records, as Uffie, this is Justice, sounds a lot like Daft Punk :
http://www.yousendit.com/download/WUJiK0dqMGNCSm8wTVE9PQ

a very nice one by DjMehdi:
http://www.yousendit.com/download/WUJiK0dqayszMWswTVE9PQ


to finish, I am sure you all have this one, it is just in case some don't
la ritournelle de Sebastien Tellier :
http://www.yousendit.com/download/WUJiK0d0NEgzMWswTVE9PQ

Salut a tous
here is a tune worse knowing if you don't already...Yes it's french, this first one is by Mr Oizo featuring Uffie (of course)

http://download.yousendit.com/63739A77185DF28D

enjoy and excuse my english