Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Out Now!

After listening to the Black Dog/PWOG mix posted on the excellent Light Of The Night blog, I couldn't not put this up after spotting it just there. An odd release, in that the title track is a kinda beatless/abstract thing with weird noises on it, then there are three outstanding housey cuts. Someone on Discogs reckons it's a lost classic and I'm tempted to agree with them.

My pick o'the bunch is B1. Not the most appealing cover sleeve but I guess that's the point...



Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Out Now!
A1 - Out Now
A2 - Dust (At The Crossroads)
B1 - SA Track 1
B2 - SA Track 2

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JD Twitch - Live At Optimo 17th May 2009 - RIPPED IN GLASGOW EXCLUSIVE

So there I was chancing my arm with a request for another Optimo website mix encoded at 320kbps and got an email back saying that he was sorry, the originals had all vanished. Fair enough I thought, then this popped into my inbox as a wee exclusive for the blog. What a nice chap JD Twitch is, but we all knew that anyway...

I urge you to go and purchase their new mix CD, featuring re-workings of classic R&S cuts from the halycon mid 90s period. Any Glasgow viewers should get themselves along to Stereo on Saturday night for the launch, as part of that Stag & Dagger thing. Check out the tracklisting:



In Order to Edit: Optimo Presents
1 - Fatal Error - Fatal Error - Intro
2 - Spectrum - Spectral/Amplification
3 - Spock jr. - Ion (Boccaccio Edit)
4 - Joey Beltram - Energy Flash
5 - Direct - Let it ride
6 - Mental Mayhem - Joey's riot
7 - Joey Beltram - Sub-bass Experience
8 - Mundo Muzique - Acid Pandemonium
9 - Autonation - Sit on the Bass
10 - Mantrax - Untitled
11 - Speedjack - Storm
12 - The Mover - Nightflight (Nonstop to Kaos)
13 - Mescalinium United - We Have Arrived
14 - Jam and Spoon - My First Fantastic FF
15 - CJ Bolland - Horsepower (Remix)
16 - Sonic Solution - Bagdad
17 - Capricorn - 20hz
18 - DHS - House of God
19 - µ-ziq - Phi*1700 (U/V)
20 - Aphex Twin - Analogue Bubblebath
21 - Mundo Muzique - Andromeda
22 - Jaydee - Plastic Dreams

JD Twitch - Live At Optimo 17th May 2009

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Quadrant - Infinition / Hyperprism

Long-time R-i-G viewers will be aware that I've been chasing this one for ages. Classic Maurizio from 1993. Finally took the plunge and bought a reissue in Rub-A-Dub today. It's no Planet-E original, but the key track is there.

My best memory of hearing 'Infinition' is from an illicit boat party organised by the notorious Pussypower brigade from Glasgow. You had to meet up at Granton Pier in Edinburgh at midnight, before sailing off and returning at 8am. The boat got delayed in leaving, as someone had forgotten a turntable and they had to go and borrow one from The Venue! Very makeshift, with slipmats made from Budweiser box cut-outs. Anyway, the boat ended up circling under the Forth bridge to create waves, then floating all over the place. At this moment, Terry the DJ stuck this tune on and the place went completely bonkers. One of the best nights of my life! Nights like these are ingrained in my memory - can't believe I can remember such minute details despite the nick I was in at the time (about 15 years ago), mind you as any ex-clubber knows it's all about the short term memory loss...



A - Infinition
B - Hyperprism

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Technova - Tantra

Another fairly incestuous Sabres release, the A-side from longtime Weatherall collaborator Dave Harrow and the B-side featuring an Innersphere remix. In contrast to the post below, this time round it's the A-side that's dubby and the B-side that's dancey. VFM here as well - the A-side goes on for over 23 mins! It's an excellent extended workout that 'takes you on a journey, maaaan'...

I've got a remix 12" somewhere as well (yellow cover, equally horrid looking), featuring two more Innersphere remixes. Will post up at some point soon...



A - Tantra
B - Tantrum (Innersphere Mix)

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Nan Vernon - Elvis Waits... (Secret Knowledge Remixes)

Who the fuck is Nan Vernon, I hear you ask? A quick google reveals that she was in Dave Stewart's band, The Spiritual Cowboys. That was enough for me, but if anyone feels the need a wee click here should quench your thirst for Nan...

The Secret Knowledge mixes? Actually really good. The Aaron-side moves along very nicely, thank you very much. A wee nod to Elvis' middle name, we see what you did there Kris. The Fry Hard Mix(!) is a more dubby affair. Needs-by-numbers? Hmmm - better than a lot of the other stuff he was putting out at this point.

Maybe if I don't big-it-up too much, the Chemical Beats blog won't nick my rip and stuck it up as his own. Other bloggers beware - this chancer is re-posting stuff that I've carefully ripped, tagged and uploaded, having checked his ID3 tags (petty, I know). I notice that lots of the other stuff he's put up has been previously posted on other blogs too. I say avoid the cunt...



Nan Vernon - Elvis Waits... (Secret Knowledge Remixes)
A - Secret Knowledge Aaron Mix
B - Secret Knowledge Fry Hard Mix

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Aramchek - Benicassim E.P.

Something a bit more recent here, from 2001! Another Two Lone Swordsmen alias, quite a speedy wee EP this one, mostly kinda breaks but lots of good scrapey noises over the top. One noise on the A-side reminds me of that armadillo-like musical instruments you scraped a drumstick up. Cannae mind what the fuck they were called, but they had them at (primary?) school.

Interesting track titles - the only time I've been to Benicassim (2005), we flew to Valencia, I remember the bridge down to the beach, and saw Audrey himself sitting at the airport on the way home looking all dapper, while I struggled to walk in a straight line, sweaty as fuck, looking like the manky tink that I was...

While on the subject of Weatherall, I see that one of you jokers has amended Russ Abbot's Wikipedia entry to include info and a chart position (!) for this remix. Fuck me, I've created a monster!



Aramchek - Benicassim E.P.
A - Benicassim
B1 - Flight To Valencia
B2 - Beach Bridge

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Robert Hood - Moveable Parts Chapter 1

Another 1995 release from Robert Hood, which bears more than a passing resemblance to track D1 from this previous rip, but it's a great track so we'll not hold it against him. Who says that minimal techno aint got no soul? He's a Ripped In Glasgow hero, for still using vinyl in 2009, if this pic is anything to go by.

Mind you, not the most inspired of track titles this time round. B1's got a scratch at the start that's actually in time with the music - mental...



Robert Hood - Moveable Parts Chapter 1
A1 - Untitled 1
A2 - Untitled
B1 - Untitled 2
B2 - Untitled Scetch

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Mishka Presents: Passions - Music Without Tears

I didn't set out to go all 'goth weekender' but this mix is something else. Got an email from my pal DG with a link to this mix and thought it was Xmas and my birthday all rolled into one. Certainly went down well with m'lady (her with her goth tendencies and all that). Check out that tracklisting, and the mixing is outstanding. There's quite a bit of blurb about it here, this comes with 100% recommendation --> go check it oot...



Mishka Presents: Passions - Music Without Tears
01 - UK Decay - Unexpected Guest
02 - Micron63 - No Divide
03 - Joy Division - Means To An End
04 - Pylon - Danger
05 - Public Image Limited - Annalisa
06 - Nitzer Ebb - Join In The Chant
07 - Nine Inch Nails - Ringfinger
08 - Passions - Sentiment (Instrumental)
09 - Death In June - Fields
10 - Cabaret Voltaire - Landslide
11 - SPK - A Heart That Breaks (In No Time And Place)
12 - Ulterior - Weapons (Zlaya Remix)
13 - New Order - 586 (Peel Sessions Version)
14 - Death In June - The Calling Mk II
15 - Black Strobe - Innerstrings (No Shuffle Mix)
16 - Micron63 - Death Is Colder Than Love
17 - Huoratron - Corporate Occult (Passions Remix)
18 - Section 25 - Looking From A Hilltop
19 - Throbbing Gristle - Adrenaline
20 - Alien Sex Fiend - Get Into It
21 - New Order - Ecstasy
22 - Suicide - Mr - Ray
23 - Sonic Youth - Killin Yr - Idols
24 - Ipso Facto - Baulderdash
25 - Damn Arms - The Cormorant
26 - Wire - On Returning
27 - Oto - Anyway
28 - Bauhaus - Dancing
29 - The Cure - Primary
30 - Passions - Composure (Instrumental)
31 - Radiohead - Climbing Up The Walls
32 - David Bowie - Subterraneans

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The Sisters Of Mercy - The Reptile House EP

Time for a reappraisal? Check out this article in The Quietus, summing up my thoughts precisely on The Sisters. In the pre-Primal Scream days I prone to wearing the odd bit of black clothing and bought up the entire catalogue of The Sisters Of Mercy. Fuckin loved them, and regret the day I sold all their stuff.

During a 2-week temporary job in 1995, this guy let it slip that he had a mail order record business. I got one of his catalogues and it was mostly pish like U2 and Queen, but I saw that he had one Sisters record for sale. I was skint at the time, and had all these Sisters and Mission records that were worth fuck all in 1995. Ended up selling the lot to him for £200 - he was using the Record Collector price guide which hadn't taken account of the fact that no-one gave a fuck about embarrassing dodgy goth records at that time, result!

Never regretted selling the Mission stuff, but in recent times I've taken a wee notion for the Sisters again. Went to a record fair in Glasgow recently and picked this up (again) for the princely sum of £3.00 - I sold it for more than that! Best tune? Fix, by a bawhair.

Credibility on the line here, but who gives a fuck. Check out this YouTube clip to see them in their full glory...



The Sisters Of Mercy - The Reptile House EP
A1 - Kiss The Carpet
A2 - Lights
AA1 - Valentine
AA2 - Fix
AA3 - Burn
AA4 - Kiss The Carpet (Reprise)

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Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Maenad

Repost with extra tracks:

What to say about this bunch? Bunch o'weirdos from the Netherlands, in with all the Temple Ov Psychick Youth malarkey (entry requirement = a sample of your blood, saliva and spunk).

Doesn't stop them from making brilliant spooked-out tribal music though. They played at the first ever Pure at Barrowlands and I got told that their pre-gig ritual was to lie in silence complete darkness for an hour before they went onstage (at the Barras? Dearie me). Got talking to the merchandise guy and was checking out their latest release at the time which was a double-pack of 'rhythms' for mixing. The guy said "if you're getting it get the vinyl rather than the CD 'cos you get an extra track". I didn't do CDs but was intrigued as the tracklistings were the same. "You play side A and side C on decks at the same time and it creates an extra track with hidden messages". My mind exploded at this point and I had to run upstairs to see Derrick May. Crazy days and nights back then...

Eventually when I did get my decks I tried it out one night. Load of pish! That guy must'a been fucked...

Anyway here's the best mix of Maenad. Enjoy.



Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Ov The Maenads

*EDIT* - as per request in the comments box, here's the other two mixes:
Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - The Valley
Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Beyond

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