Dynamic Wave - Dynamic Wave

This is on the Italian Nature label, same as this post from earlier on. Five very different sounding tracks here, which are summed up very nicely by a reviewer on Discogs as thus:

"While relying on the same kind of sounds, the five tracks on this record manage to cover a wide spectrum of moods. On side B, Sick Birds Rage is made of rather happy breaks with warm synth lines; Spiritual Spasm is more on the intelligent-Acid tip over a slow pace broken beat; Cosmic Weather has a very maritime feel to it. On side A, the story is way different: dark distressing synth and Acid over industrial-tainted broken beats for Xinuxoid, dark vocals and nice synth on Krygenic that sound like dawn after a medieval battle."

So there you go - I hadn't listened to this for at least 10 years but was very glad to stick it on this afternoon. Any Aphex Twin fans in the house should dig this one...



Dyamic Wave - Dynamic Wave
A1 - Xinuxoid
A2 - Krygenic
B1 - Sick Bird's Rage
B2 - Spiritual Spasm
B3 - Cosmic Weather

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Sunn O))) & Pan Sonic / Alan Vega / Stephen Burroughs - Che (Suicide Covers Series)

Here's the latest installment in the not-very-prolific Suicide covers 10" series. I kinda like that though, they keep changing their minds about what's coming up next. The latest one was supposed to be the Peaches one, or so I thought.

Another nod to the Bang Bang Club here - the perfect place to hear a Suicide tune or two (played by me tomorrow night). Tonight's club features volume 2/4 of Steven Severin's soundtracks to The Trials of Dr Caligari. Get yourself down if you're in the area - it kicks off at 12:30am and goes on till 5am - get home just in time for a nice brekkie...

The A-side sees US doom/drone merchants Sunn O))) team up with Finnish minimal electronic duo Pan Sonic to do one of my favourite Suicide tracks, Che. I remember seeing Pan Sonic back when they were Panasonic at a Pure/Optimo related thing and they were loud as hell. This track is drone-tastic and does the original proud.

B1 has the 70 year old(!) man himself recorded live only last year with the vocals as good as ever. Electronics are provided by a lady called Liz Lamere.

B2's an acoustic number by Stephen Burroughs from Head Of David - a cover of the Vega solo track "Goodbye Darling".

All in all a no bad 10", but I'm still hanging on for Mogwai, Julian Cope & Spiritualized's efforts.

The release has completely sold out so you can have it at the full 320kbps. Mine's a white vinyl btw...



Sunn O))) & Pan Sonic / Alan Vega / Stephen Burroughs - Che
A - Sunn O))) & Pan Sonic - Che
B1 - Alan Vega - 13 X Live
B2 - Stephen Burroughs - Goodbye Darling

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Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Loud

Only the one post today as I'm entertaining tonight, darlings, but this is the perfect hybrid of R-i-G and Bang Bang Club, the mighty Mogwai with a track from their last album which I'll certainly be playing on Saturday night.

Ever since main man Stuart managed to punt me a copy of their debut single, Tuner/Lower in Nice'n'Sleazys back in 1996 I've been a fan of their output, and they've been a great band to collect vinyl by over the years, especially for this sad cunt...

I posted them once before, with a perfect Sunday tune from the debut album, and this shows how much they've come on since then. Always good for a track title (a favourite recent one being "Stupid Prick Gets Chased By The Police And Loses His Slut Girlfriend" from last year's Batcat EP), this tune was recently played by a certain Mr Weatherall on a 6 Music show, on the dancey bit as well!

Give it a blast, especially if you're still one of the fuds who still just has them down as a loud/quiet/loud post-rock guitar band (© every lazy 'music' journalist ever).

You're getting this at 192kbps as it only came out recently and the CD/DVD pack's under a tenner on the link below.



Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Loud

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat

Here's today's Bang Bang Club track - no guarantee that it'll get played on Saturday (I've got a huge ever-growing playlist), but it's certainly in fitting with the spirit of the club.

This 12" actually belongs to my girlfriend and she apologises for a few crackles but I reckon the tracks all just sound mighty fine (certainly better than a few of my abused 12"s). The A-side is the full-length Tender Prey album version in all it's big-grooved 45rpm glory, and it's backed by a strung-out non-album track and the 'video mix' on the flip. Not the most value-for-money 12" ever bought but he was big on the smack at this point so it was all for a good cause.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are one of the few bands who are now in my "can't miss 'em" league and over the years it's been a great old ride - he never disappoints (unlike Primal Scream who've had a few turkeys over the years). Go see 'em if they play near you.

A friend who stays in Brighton (Cave territory) has given me two recent Cave anecdotes: that Nick was in a badminton team with his boss, which is crazy enough, but he was then spotted at a Xmas panto with his kids starring none other than Chico (he of X-Factor 'fame'). At the finale of the show Nick Cave was clocked dancing about waving a massive foam hand singing along to "It's Chico Time". No photo I'm afraid, but I so want to believe it. You gotta love him...



Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
A - The Mercy Seat (Full Length Version)
B1 - New Day
B2 - The Mercy Seat (Video Mix)

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Armando - One Love One Future

No prizes for guessing that the reason for this purchase was the Cajmere mix, but fuck me - it's all killer nae filler round here.

A collection of mixes from the final album by one of dance music's true pioneers. He departed for the great disco in the sky the same year due to leukemia, yet the Bonos and Jim Davidsons of the world continue to plague us - there is no justice...

Cajmere's 'Vision' works along very happily with a deep-as-hell bass hook, but the acid line on the Armando Original is top dollar - takes me back to the old Pure days bouncing about on the stage...

Mike Dunn provides the mixes on the flip, and brings it down to a nice housey level, bit of piano but never entering cheese territory, you know the drill. A nice overall remix package...



Armando - One Love One Future
A1 - The Future (Cajmere's Vision)
A2 - The Future (Armando's Original)
B1 - Sweet Love (MDZ Hard Luv Dubb)
B2 - Sweet Love (MDZ Club Luv Mixx)

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Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel / Route 66

In an act of shameless self-promotion, each day this week I'm gonna post a track to reflect the kind of stuff I'll be playing at the Bang Bang Club on Saturday night. Read all about the kinda music they play here. Not mid 90s house/techno all night although I'm sure I'll be slinging a few in for good measure.

This is the 7" of Behind The Wheel, but I've ripped it to play the B-side which is a cover of the Bobby Troup classic, as covered by loads of different cunts over the years. According to my DM-daft friend Sergio, Bobby T said this is his favourite version of all time - easy to believe when you hear it. It morphs into the riff from Behind The Wheel and is quite simply magnificent - one of the best covers ever...



Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel / Route 66
A - Behind The Wheel (Remix)
B - Route 66

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Smooth Stan Smith - 2 Smooth

Who the fuck is Smooth Stan Smith, you might ask.

Well, track A1 tries to explain it with a female "ooh, he's so smooth" sample over a nice wee Chicago housey builder, before a "smooth, isn't he" male voice corroborates the story (actually maybe "smooth, isn't it" but could easily be mistaken for the former). He ain't lookin' too smooth here, not yer best picture for sure, Mr Smith. Bet he reckons he's a right fanny magnet, must do to give himself that moniker...

A great wee EP though, produced by Cajual/Relief favourite Paul Johnson - the only DJ I've ever seen spin from a wheelchair. I was going to call him the 'Timmy' of house music, but that might be a step (or spin?) too far...

Not exactly Mr Prolific, he only appears to have done one other record, again with Paul Johnson but this time he called himself Smooth Rage, maybe to show off his 'bad boy' image. Shame, as this EP gets better with every listen, especially track B2.

Maybe the record would sound a bit smoother if it wasn't a Dance Mania pressing - notoriously shite which is a pisser as it's responsible for hunners of classics over the years. Surely track B3's not meant to sound like THAT, but you never know with these old Chicago tracks...



Smooth Stan Smith - 2 Smooth
A1 - 2 Smooth
A2 - On My Own
B1 - U Flat
B2 - With You
B3 - Swing Side

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PWOG - Kraak

Three untitled mixes here from the ever-mysterious Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia.

Track A1 sounds very like what I remember of their live show - subtle-as-hell changes through a percussive riff that sucks you right in before spitting you back out again. It actually says "all jammed by PWOG" on the sleeve so that kinda explains it.

A2 starts with a bump then goes much more stripped down and focuses on the noises rather than the percussion. Still quite an up'n'down kinda thing though.

B is over 12 mins of pure PWOG magic. An epic cut of the track which will blow your mind. I wish I have a recording of one of (ov?) their live shows. Can anyone help...?



PWOG - Kraak
A1 - Kraak 1
A2 - Kraak 2
B - Kraak 3

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Finitribe - I Want More

A fab cover of the Can classic here, from one of Edinburgh's finest bands. A nice companion to the Devotion compliation from below.

Three great mixes, with B2 being a bit slower and darker than the other two. An anthem from back in the day at Glasgow Tech if I remember correctly, although my brain was always a bit pickled with snakebite and blackcurrant on those late 80s nights...

While we're on the subject of Edinburgh, it's now officially the 'annual tosspot migration' (read that article - funny as fuck) of the festival. Do not fear though, as afterhours respite is here in the form of the Bang Bang Club's magnificent looking residency at Teviot House for each Thurs-Sun beginning tonight with Steve Severin (Friday night resident!) creating a live soundtrack for four versions of The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari. Check oot the line-up here, paying particular attention to the cunt who's DJing on the 15th at the Big Ned show.



*EDIT* - now with added link. Put it down to the jetlag.

Finitribe - I Want More
A - I Want More (Row Row Row The Mix)
B1 - I Want More
B2 - Idiot Strength

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Andrew Weatherall - 6 Mix - 1st August 2009

Hi folks - back on task again after a few weeks of madness. Expect plenty of blogging in the foreseeable future as I've got fuck-all money left to do anything else. Just had the holiday of a lifetime in Thailand though, so worth every penny (or baht).

Oh aye, Latitude festival was ace as well - musical highlights were Phoenix, Fever Ray, Spiritualized, Nick Cave and a mindblowing audio-visual experience from the Pet Shop Boys. Only slightly let down by the amount of "just out of private school and spending daddy's money getting pissed and annoying every other cunt at my first festival" fuds though...

NIN and Janes Addiction seems like a lifetime ago but both were fab (I preferred Janes Addiction though).

So - here's the latest Weatherall 6 mix that was on the other night. Is it sad as fuck that pretty much the first thing I did when I got off the plane after a 33hr round trip was to get the computer fired up and set it to rip this before heading to bed? Probably, but there you go. Just woke up after a marathon kip and here it is. Aint had a chance to listen to it yet but it's on just now and sounds not too shabby.

Got an email from the peeps at Rotters to say that his album's finally out on 21st September, titled "A Pox On The Pioneers". Check out the artwork below. Also - Anton over at Electronic Music Vector Logotypes has done a super high quality Sabres logo for you to download and get on t-shirts, mugs, mouse-mats or whatever the fuck you want. Magnificent!



Andrew Weatherall - 6 Mix - 1st August 2009
D Edwardson - Cutting the Funk
The Kickstands - Scrambler
Tom Allalone & the 78s - Crashland
Unknown Artist - Penny
Tav Falco - Real Cool Trash
Dex Romweber Duo feat .Jack White - Last Kind Word Blues
Reichmann - Titel
The Urban Voodoo Machine - Orphan's Lament
Terry Hall & Mushtaq - Ten Eleven
Blind Blake - John B. Sail
Tinariwen - Imdiwan Afrik Tendam
Brenda Ray - Starlight
Ian Hunter - Arms And Legs
Lotus Plaza - Quicksand
Paul Haig - Ghostrider
The Crestones - Motorcycle
Crocodiles - Flash Of Light
Detachments - Heard A Lie
Detachments - Heard A Lie (Weatherall Disco remix)

ANDREW'S SATURDAY NIGHT DISCO
The Glimmers - Est Si Esta No
Unknown - White Label
Mugwump - Tellakian Circles
D.A.F - Do You Love Me Too (Coko Carina edit)
Neville Watson - Time To Lose Control
Pressure System - The Voice From Planet Love
Andrew Weatherall - Liar With Wings (Ian Weatherall & Ian Carter remix)

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