12.10.09 Playlist and Podcast.

Hour 1
* Holger Czukay, "Hiss 'N' Listen," On the Way to the Peak of Normal, EMI
* Faust, "Just a Second (Starts Like That)," Faust IV, Virgin
* Electroputas, "Profundo Rosso," 3, The Social Registry
* Loop, "Circle Grave," Black Sun 12", Chapter 22
* James Pants, "Wash to Sea," Seven Seals, Stones Throw
* Xeno & Oaklander, "Another," Sentinelle, Weird
* Stereolab, "French Disco," Oscillations from the Anti-Sun, Too Pure
* Proroky, "Back to the Burner," IVG Vol. 1 (Comp.), Born Bad

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Hour 2
* Oneohtrix Point Never, "Russian Mind," Russian Mind, No Fun
* The Polyps, untitled side B selection, The Gong Is the Moon (C26), Night People
* Silver Apples, "Velvet Cave," Silver Apples, Universal
* Praxis, "Electro/Shock," 1984 12", Celluloid
* Gang of Four, "If I Could Keep It for Myself," Solid Gold, EMI
* Don King, "The Don Goes On," One-Two Punch 12", Doublevision
* Les Georges Leningrad, "Missing Gary," Sur Les Traces de le Black Eskimo, Alien8
* Mark McGuire, "Hemisphere," Guitar Meditations (C90), Wagon
* Robert Fripp, "Under Heavy Manners (feat. David Byrne)," God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners, Polydor
* Bibio, "Sugarette," Ambivalence Avenue, Warp
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12.03.09 Playlist and Podcast.

Hour 1
* Eric Copeland, "Alien In A Garbage Dump," Alien in a Garbage Dump, Paw Tracks
* Mouse on Mars, "Papa, Antoine," Iahora Tahiti, Too Pure
* Color Rabbit, "Sound Taste Good Today," Awarenessness, Ikuisuus
* Pan-American, "There Can Be No Thought Of Finishing," White Bird Release, Kranky
* Elliott Sharp, "Bee And See," ARC 3: Cyberpunk & The Virtual Stance, Atavistic
* Brian Eno, "Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960," Ambient 4: On Land, EG
* David Mooney, "Olbum's Furniture," Facts About Air, self-released
* Evan Miller, "Untitled," Split 2XC20, Young Tapes

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Hour 2
* Thinking Plague, "Organism," ReR Records Quarterly Vol. 2 No. 4 (Comp.), ReR Records
* Vladislav Delay, "Mustelmia," Tummaa, Leaf
* Infinity Window, "Skull Theft," Artificial Midnight, Arbor
* Bibio, "Dwarcan," Ambivalence Avenue, Warp
* Kid Montana, "Passionara," Statistics Mean Nothing When You Get On The Wrong Plane, Sabam
* Michael Hoenig, "Scatter Part III," Xcept One, Capitol
* Double Fantasy, "Lost Control," Universal Ave., Innovative Communications
* Exile, "Super Robot," Beat Dimensions, Vol. 2 (Comp.), Rush Hour

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Ambitious Lovers.

Beat Dimensions, Vol. 2

Copped this comp a few weeks back and it's been on steady rotation in my car ever since. It may be winter and miserable outside but it's never too cold for your stereo to do its thang. This is seriously great, an example of how helpful a solid compilation can be in introducing you to truly dope stuff. 75% of the artists here are new to me and they're 100% amazing.



The CD's a collection of tunes from a series of 12"s put together by Jay Scarlett and Cinnaman, repping Munich and Amsterdam, respectively. And the artists on the disc range from everywhere (well, if the throughout the USA and Europe counts as "everywhere"), a decent number hailing from the beat haven Los Angeles has become.

LA's Nosaj Thing kills it early on. "Fwd" descends into a sinister, lilting rhythm. Feels like the beat's falling right out from under you. I just want to loop those first 5 seconds over and over.

Tiago, part of Scottish collective LuckyMe, is on some Star Wars shit with "Babel Fish." You know the wonderful bass of a Death Star explosion, that huge sound that just obliterates the "pow pow pow" of laser canons and X-Wing jets and repair droids? (Yeah yeah, no sound in space, whatever.) These huge swells of sound go down on this track and they just dim out everything else for a few seconds. Brilliant.

Back to Los Angeles for Exile's "Super Robot." Dude samples the best track ever to hit #2 on the UK Singles Chart. I was so psyched when I heard that first "ah" come in.

Nosaj Thing, "Fwd"

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Tiago, "Babel Fish"

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Exile, "Super Robot"

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Beat Dimensions, Vol. 2 is out on Rush Hour. Here in the states, grab it from Turntable Lab.