Model 500 - I Wanna Be There

The standout track from the Sonic Sunset double-pack. I'd have ripped the whole thing but I've somehow managed to lose the other record. What a fud.

This is over 18 minutes of classic soulful Detroit, courtesy of 'Magic' Juan. I'm pretty sure he played this the first time I saw him, at Club 69 in Paisley. If the other record materialises in the near future I'll do a full upload but in the meantime kick back and enjoy the magic...



Model 500 - I Wanna Be There

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Deanne Day vs. Blue - Prisoner

One of the more obscure releases on Emissions, this was a one-sided white label 12" featuring this minimal slice of dubby techno. Not to be confused with the boyband of the same name.

It's Andrew Weatherall's birthday today and I'm sure he'll be at a loose end after a hard weekend's activities, nothing better to do than to google himself, so if you're reading this have a good one, sir. Chin chin!



Deanne Day vs. Blue - Prisoner

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Sluts'n'Strings & 909 - Steamin' Promises E.P.

... aka Patrick Pulsinger, this fab EP came out on the Cheap label in 1994. Only three of the tracks got ripped, as A1 is only about 1min long and is scratched to fuck. The other three more than make up for this omission though - A2 is another of those spoken word over a beat things, would go nicely with this track - "I'll beat that pretty face with a bat", perhaps...

I see that Patrick is still going strong and is playing at the V Club in Glasgow on 25 April. Moggieboy +1 on the guest list please, if you're reading this Mr V Club.



Sluts'n'Strings & 909 - Steamin' Promises E.P.
A1 - Juwel 72 (not included)
A2 - In Your Pretty Face...
B1 - Real Rebellion
B2 - Promises

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Various - Life Beyond Mars - Bowie Covered

Usually I run a mile from this sort of album, but the lure of Bowie being touched up by the likes of Carl Craig and Joakim was too much to resist. This is a surprisingly good set of techno / electro / fucked-up covers of tracks by David Bowie, a few unlikely track choices as well.

Mind you, I reckon the biggest Bowie fan you could find wouldn't recognise Life On Mars - I think The Thing is taking the piss with that one...



Various - Life Beyond Mars - Bowie Covered
A1 - Kelley Polar - Magic Dance (Harold And Baby O In Italy Version)
A2 - Carl Craig Presents Zoos Of Berlin - Looking For Water
A3 - Leo Minor - Ashes To Ashes
B1 - Heartbreak - Loving The Alien
B2 - Matthew Dear - Sound & Vision
B3 - Paper Jones - Sweet Thing
C1 - The Emperor Machine - Repetition
C2 - Susumu Yokota - Golden Years
C3 - Richard Walters & Faultline - Be My Wife
D1 - Joakim & The Disco - A New Career In A New Town
D2 - Au Revoir Simone - Oh! You Pretty Things
D3 - The Thing - Life On Mars

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Andrew Weatherall - Double Gone Radio Vol 2

When Vol 1 of this appeared last year I didn't hold out much hope for it becoming a regular series, but whaddya know, here's Vol 2 less than a year later! We seem to be getting spoilt for Weatherall radio shows just now, what with the 6 Music and recent Radio 1 guest spot.

To accompany this, make sure you download the Radio 1 set from Acid Ted, especially as it features this year's Uptown, a track by the marvellous title of 'Brother Johnston’s Travelling Disco Consultancy'.

We're also in for a Weatherall solo album this year, which he described on the above radio show as "Wonky pop crossed with Big Audio Dynamite and Fun Boy Three". Cannae wait!

Check out the track by Higamos Hogamos - one to watch in 2009 methinks...



Andrew Weatherall - Double Gone Radio Vol 2
1. El Telecote / Calvin Cool (Romulan)
2. Tranquilizer / Pirate Love (Kong Tiki)
3. Shish Kebab / Black Albinos (Delta)
4. Ab/B# / Blue Bambinos (unknown)
5. Rare as the Yeti / Kid Congo (In The Red)
6. Well Alright / Spoon (4 AD)
7. Golden Phone / Micachu (Rough Trade)
8. The Keeper / Higamos Hogamos (DC)
9. Black Eyed Suzy / Justin Townes Earl (Blood Shot)
10. Throwing Bones / Phantom Band (Chemikal Underground)
11. Brotherhood of Death / Apollo Sunshine (Black & Greene)
12. Running on Empty Dub / Honkey Finger (Horse)
13. Redlight / Salem (Rough Trade)
14. Not Invited / The Hunches (In The Red)
15. The One Thing / Grampall Jookabox (Asthmatic Kitty)
16. Body Combat / Black Lips (Vice)
17. Hey You Guys / Circle Square (K7!)
18. Besides / Gui Boratto (Kompakt)

Captain Comatose - $100

Something a wee bit different for a Friday teatime - an EP Captain Comatose, a duo featuring Mr Prolific-as-hell, Khan, and one-off partner Paul Bonomo. I remember seeing this now-defunct duo at Optimo sister club Black Rabbit Whorehouse around the time of this release and was blown away by their show.

Anyway - this EP starts off with a couple of mixes of their cover of Iggy & Bowie's track Baby (from The Idiot). Always a winner in my book, I'm a massive fan of both, to the extent that I got a Ziggy Stardust flash tattooed on my inner wrist (not a decision taken lightly). This cover is a lo-fi electro-tastic winner, with a Glitter-beat. I'd recommend the Electronicat Mix.

On the flip, a nice fucked-up vocal twisted disco track (complete with acapella) and then a great 'listening' track, Masoquista. No idea why they put the title track on the B-side - why not just go with Baby as the A-side? Crazy name, crazy guys...



Captain Comatose - $100
A1 - Baby (Electronicat Mix)
A2 - Baby (Captain Comatose 12 Mix)
B1 - $100 (Captain Comatose 12 Mix)
B2 - $100 (Acappella)
B3 - Masoquista

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Various - Untitled

I had absolutely no idea who this record was by until I fired the catalogue number into Discogs. I always thought it was a Basic Channel offshoot, but instead it seems to be a Basic Channel ripoff. A good one, mind...

So what have we got? Blue vinyl, black label. One label has wee shitty black bits of paper stuck on it with minimal info (see below). Tells you the correct speeds though, so no danger of any fuck-ups like before. Excellent stuff - should appeal to any viewers of the minimal persuasion. And did I mention that it sounds a wee bit it's Basic Channel as fuck??



A - N.A.B. - Time Distortion
B1 - Agent Cooper - Minus
B2 - Imap - Headroom

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Being - The Tides Remix Single

A great set of remixes here, which preceded a remix album I've not got. This'll do fine though - plenty to be getting on with. A difficult act to google, I'll be honest and say that I only picked this up due to the Weatherall connection and know very little else about him. Think I've got the 'Two Lone Swordsmen And A Being' 12" somewhere but I'm fucked if I've got a clue where.



Being - The Tides Remix Single
A1 - Sular One (Remix By Insync vs. Mysteron)
A2 - Gonk (Remix By Orlando Voorn)
B1 - Sular Three (Remix By Insync vs. Mysteron)
B2 - The Being (Remix By Ectomorph)

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Titanic - Ice Breaker

This was the first release on Holistic, when it was actually known as Abstract Recordings. You can hear the start of their sound beginning to develop (as previously uploaded here), but they're sticking to the more traditional 7 min track rather than the 15+ min of the two other tracks. A good Club 69 tune.

A great dark techno track that should ease away any painful memories of Russ Abbot...



Titanic - Ice Breaker

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Russ Abbot Cut By The Sabres Of Paradise - Atmosphere (Basildon Bond's Madhouse Mix)

When I first saw this I had to do a double-take – thought I was pretty up on my Sabres stuff, but then I remembered about all the other nonsense that Mr Weatherall was touching up with those godlike hands at this point. I shit you not - I actually heard Martin from Rub-A-Dub play the ORIGINAL version of this outside in Kelvingrove Park at this party they had to commemorate the last day you could drink a carry-out outside before they made it illegal. I remember dancing about when this slowly crept in and after I’d got up off the floor thought, “actually, that’s not too bad a wee tune”.

I heard last year that Mr Abbot himself has bought the performing rights to this and refuses to let it be played on the radio as it is “a dire representation” of his talents. Oh yeah??

Anyway, I reckon Audrey probably knocked this out in about half an hour when he’d had a few, certainly not one of his best but well worth hanging in there for the ending. You’d be a fool not to give it a listen…



Russ Abbot Cut By The Sabres Of Paradise - Atmosphere (Basildon Bond's Madhouse Mix)

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