For All Hallows Eve...the End of Weird October

Here are three shares for your Halloween festivities: a motion picture soundtrack; some pagan tuneage; & some spooooooky Dub...

Mark Korven - The Witch OST, Milan 339798-2, 2016.
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What Went We
Banished
A Witch Stole Sam    
Hare in the Woods    
I Am the Witch Mercy    
Foster the Children    
Caleb is Lost    
Caleb's Seduction    
Caleb's Death    
William & Tomasin    
William's Confession    
The Goat & The Mayhem    
Follow the Goat    
Witch's Coven    
Isle of Wight (traditional)    
Standish (traditional)

 

 

 

 

Sowulo - Wurdiz, By Norse Music, 2022.

Wyrd Webba
Stearcost Ealra
Æt Wega Gelætan
Eaxlgestealla
Begalan
Min Ban
Ceorfan
Sunnanleoman
Ðæs Webban Cræft
Ungewiss
Slæp nu Softe
Awæcnian

 

 

 

 

Count Dubula - The Rise of... cassette, CQQL Records CQQL016-CA, 2023.

Side A -
Born Again
Ancient Spliff
Black Lung

Side B -
Why Must I Cry (Blood in My Eyes)
Fly with Me, Amanita
Buried Alive

 

 

 

Hail Samhain,
NØ

Late October Chill

 

This time of year the leaves have turned gold, orange, & red, the frost has started to show, & the Autumn October chill is upon us. 

Here's a show from late last October from Radio Balamii, "radio from South London to the World" to help warm you up a bit, some Balearic summer breeze stored up just for you. Or if the sun isn't bright enough, well move inside & enjoy some acid house. 

Richard's DJ journey began in 1989, with residencies at the legendary Crazy Club at Busbys in London, and The Astoria in London. In 1997 he began music production & recording. He has released many singles, albums, & compilations under his own name or as Bronx Dogs (1997–2003), Padded Cell (2005–2012), & Hackney Vandal Patrol (2018+).

Sen has played all over the world, including legendary clubs such as Sabresonic, Blood Sugar, & Haywire (Andrew Weatherall's club nights during the 1990s & 2000s),

This set is Richard Sen, playing acid house, downtempo, & balearic with a special mix from Boxheater Jackson. Tracks from Passaran, unreleased Richard Sen, Talaboman & more.

Richard Sen w/ Boxheater Jackson - The October Show, Radio Balamii, 2023.

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Facility 4 on the Air

 

I have featured Nina Walsh before involving her relationship as long term creative partner to Andrew Weatherall. The two ran the Sabres of Paradise & Sabrettes record labels. They later released material as Woodleigh Research Facility which I have extensively shared in the past.

The Woodleigh Research material is released on the Facility 4 label, which Nina still runs. 

 

Brother Joseph's Sonic Treasure Show broadcasts out of Glasgow via Radio Magnetic, weaving a mix of cosmic, psyche, ambient, downtempo, & Dub. On New Year's Day 2021 Brother Josep's Sonic Treasures radio show featured two special long form pieces from Nina Walsh's Facility 4. These two pieces were lined up to be played on Weatherall's Music's Not For Everyone but in February 2020 tragedy intervened, took Andrew away, & the monthly radio with him. This set was never aired.

The first piece, C-Pij01 Facility 4 Day, is an hour of wonderful ambient wash, a combination of:
Nina Walsh - flute, synth, vocals, guitar; Marcos Alegria - guitar; Anita Hurst - vocals, harmonium; Franck Alba - viola, ebow guitar; & Chris Cornetto - trumpet. Broadcast at 1:11pm, 01/01/21.

 

Nina Walsh & friends - Facility 4 DAY, C-PIJ01, 2021.

 

 

 

 

The second part, C-Pij02 Facility 4 Night, is two & a half hours long, introduced by Brother Joseph. It fades into distortion & noise, echoes & bangs before a song starts to take shape, guitar chords. Then back to ambient sound, FX & washes, drones & voices coming through the mist with a wandering trumpet floating on top. After an hour & ten minutes it dissolves once more, Brother Joseph returns, then the guitar/ bass/ drums kick back in, an 80s post-punk bassline with a lovely synth topline. Then there's more, twists & turns, musical sections mixed together, one segueing into another. 

 

Part 2 Night is from the archives of Facility 4 with: Nina Walsh - vocals, guitar, synth, flute; Nadia Musa - vocals; Franck Alba - ebow guitar; Vipri Kettu - violin; Audrey Riley - cello; & Chris Cornetto - trumpet. Broadcast at 11:11 pm, 01/01/21.

 

 

Nina Walsh & friends - Facility 4  NIGHT, C-PIJ02, 2021

 

 

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Dig into these magical tastes,
NØ

AMA for Sven

I've noticed a marked uptick in interest in Muslimgauze.

I have been an advocate since the late 80s. At that time the fanbase was quite small. After Bryn's untimely death January 1999 there was a bump in interest but that seemed to level off. However, his legacy continues to grow. Since his death, the music of Muslimgauze has continued to be released. Bryn inundated labels & collaborators with massive quantitites of music. Labels, including Soleilmoon & Staalplaat in particular & more recently Aquarellist, continue to publish unreleased albums, as well as releases of demos, Muslimgauze reworked tracks, & previously abandoned full-length tapes. Jones' posthumous discography is known for including many studio variations of nearly all his music.

 

 

For those of you who delve into this kinda stuff, here's some music that runs in the vein of Muslimgauze. If you enjoy Bryn, you might want to give these a listen. 

 

Abu AMA lives in West-Germany; talks of his gypsy roots & vague links to Spiral Tribe. He can often be found teaching local refugees English on the weekends. Abu AMA first appeared on the darkwave collective Hexx 9 release Wiitch : Modern Witch Music from Hexx 9 Records. Here's the Abu AMA track (#19)... 

 

Abu AMA - The Rusty Blossom

 

 

 

 

After some back & forth emails with Bokeh Versions record label Abu sent Bokeh Edwards almost 500 demos. He simply sez:

     "pick some" (remind ya of Muslimgauze???).

Bokeh Versions first choice was Arabxos Ishara. This is Abu AMA's bewildering assortment of Middle Eastern sound motifs, bubbling low-end reflections in Dub, bass, rhythmic patterns, & tribal-infused beauty. Indonesian field recordings & snatches of UK pub talk strung together with rumbling sub-bass sonics that all add to the disorientating lack of place as the hypnotic electronic music swirls through the upper plains of our atmosphere, its pulse dense with smoke or thick fog.

Abu AMA sez this is:
     "dedicated to all the refugees worldwide".

 

Abu AMA - Arabxos Ishara cassette, Bokeh Versions BKV006, 2016.
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Side A -        
Efendi Remix
Pashmak
B!n Ladens Funeral Fiests
Tired in Istambul

Side B -
Back in England
Aramazd
Kufi Wood Art
Sleep Well in Jakarta (short version)

 

 

 

 

 

Seemingly more comfortable at home base, Arabxo was followed up by a companion piece on Hexx 9. The first 50 came in the beautiful hand-made Shemag bag pictured above. This is a huge step forward imo.

 

Abu AMA - Ishara into Abyss, Hexx 9 Records 25 052 002, 2016.

Side A -        
Kurdish Wisdom Atmee    
Grey Moondust    
Gypsys in Dub    
Devan Beduin

Side B -
Macadamia Oil    
Tsinking About    
A Tank for Swag    
My Allah Protect Me & You from the Fire

 

 

 

 

This next one is an accumulation of sounds that represents the breadth & growth of Abu AMA's unique sound, originally released on a limited run of 2x c90 cassettes. Taking heavy inspiration from Muslimgauze's sound legacy & the ruffneck attitude of industrial DIY music, Abu AMA creates a transnational sound world of dystopian, yet ultimately high-spirited music. 

 

 

 

 

Abu AMA - Totem, Mahorka mhrk292, 2021.

C19H28O2    
Xo    
Izmir    
DecontamiNation (Stomp Dub)    
Dread Caviar    
AFjAAM Eaters    
The Impossibility Of Holy & War (Zyontific Impact Eclipse version)
Desertton    
Goat Pipe    
Caballa    
Amameem    
Bis8nu Mind    
Triple (Xiao Quan remix)
Katta (remix)    
LiBANoN (version)    
Lo -PSY- Fi    
P8ARMA - MEDUZiiN    
Powa Meditation    
Majnun (version 2)    
Secret Lockers    
Da'il Ayyaam دع الأيام  (Blue Tulip Version with BedouinDrone)
Bloody Beak    
Sleeping on Rotten Bombs    
Eatingcorps4namaste    
TIDE (Grammophone Dub with Autonomaton)
Uludu9 Dub    
Surf 

 

 

ps.

Sound Systember 20 I shared A&O meets the Disciples - The Sacred Art of Dub Vol. 1. which included the Alpha & Omega song "The Tabernacle" remixed by The Disciples. This one goes out to Frenz of NSS Afro who inspired Sound Systember & is #1 Disciples fan.

 

Abu AMA - The Tabernacle (Arabxo remix)

 

 

 

 

& one for all the other Dubsters, a remix of Lee 'Scratch' Perry - "In the Sky"...

 

 

Abu AMA - In the Sky (The Transmitter remix)

Enjoy,
NØ

From the Far End of the Courtyard

 

Public Memory is the solo project of Robert Toher of the Brooklyn duo ERAAS (along with Austin Stawiarz). ERAAS' sound is more post-punk shoegaze whereas Public Memory is more downtempo trip-hop. You know which side of the fence that puts me.

This first share features gritty atmospherics, damaged synthesizers, & unearthly vocals blended with a mixture of electronic & organic percussion, creating a sense of forceful unease combined with the shadowy production for a unique contrast between power & vulnerability.

Public Memory - Ripped Apparition, Felte FLT071, 2020.
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Worn Shadow    
Bad Orbit    
Düsseldorf Witch Hat    
Courtroom Tap Water
Butcher    
Azimuth    
Midsummer Shadow    
Epigone    
Dracula A.D.    
Lost Future

 

 

 

Over the past seven years, Public Memory's distinctive use of analog synthesizers, electronic beats mixed with organic percussion, lo-fi sound design, & gritty ambience has created a singularly eerie & shadowy world.

The first seconds of Public Memory's new record, Elegiac Beat, thrust us immediately into that world. There is something terribly askew: bits of brightness here, some shadows piled thick there, some jazz / funk amongst the Dub & Krautrock. The track has a jazzy, trip-hop flavor, albeit filtered through Public Memory's narcotic, hazy lens. Persistent is the feeling of being haunted, or even hunted in some way. Faded distant synthesizers meld with voices, human or otherwise that beckon us as well as warn us. This should appeal to fans of 1990s Bristol trip hop, coldwave, or Thom Yorke's The Eraser.

 

 

Public Memory - Elegiac Beat, Felte FLT098, 2023.

Side 1 -
Clocktower Époque
Savage Grin
Afterimage
Cruel
7 Floor

Side 2 -
The Spider Starves
No Shadow
Far End of the Courtyard
Tall in My Room
CPL 593H

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Kill What’s Inside of You

 

Strangebrew is the Dubhop duo of Martin Fischer & Jake Purdy from the Manchester area. They combined Dub & (instrumental) hiphop with a cinematic twist. Martin Fisher, one of the main players behind the Fat City label, still records as J-Walk (with Martin Desai), also solo as Martin Brew. 'Brew' still refers to the fact that he was 1/2 of this collective. Strange Brew recorded two albums... 

 

Strangebrew - Earth Out, Robs Records CDROB40, 1996.
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Easy Way Out
Subways
Swagman
Roadrace
High Plain Steppin'
Anathema
Like Tomorrow
On the Edge (Lab Nine)
Children of the Rain
Dub Translation
The Breach
One Summer ('Lektrik Dawn Dub)
Hashashins Groove (Glass Jah Dub)

 

 

 

 

Strangebrew - Passports, Pleasure JOYCD17, 1998.

Sky Life
Fathoms
Communiqué 1    
Hot Water Music    
Earth Quake
Report 2    
In Forensic    
Broken Notes
Despatch 3    
Morning to Bed
Single Science
Are You Who?    
Glue Finger    
Le Bombardier

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

NS Kroo

 

I had this in with The Disciples but it didn't really fit with UK Bass culture. Androo is not from the UK but is in fact neutral in Geneva, Switzerland. These are synth Dub experimental pieces, 8 re-interpretations of material from the Disciples' previously released album Experiments on the THANK YOU label 2022..

Androo - The Disciples Experiments Reinterpreted, Bless You BLESSYOU012, 2023.
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Side A -
Some Thing Dub
Overflown Interview Dub
Overflown Raw Dub
Overflown X Dub

Side B -
Fire Night Hit Dub
Shadows Dub Wave mix
Shadows Dub Session mix
Overflown Y Dub

 

 

 

Think I might as well as shared The Disciples original version here as well for comparison. 

 

Russ D sez:
     "This is a collection of tracks recorded in the mid 90's... not reggae but what i call my 'experiments'... downtempo, electronic, ambient, ethnic, jazzy, funky, Dubby.... whatever came into my mind."

This is the extended version... 

 

The Disciples - Experiments 2xLP expanded, THANK YOU THANKYOU016, 2020

Side A -
Some Things
Dream Stream
 

Side B -
Two Minds
Fantasy
 

Side C -
Vortexion
Shadows
 

Side D -
Fire Night
Overflown
 

bounus tracks -    
Kalpana    
Law of Tones pt1
Law of Tones pt2
Kheops
Highest One     
Some Thing Reprise

 

Dub to the future,
NØ

Report Said

While I was reviving some long lost Meltd0wn in August, I shared Muslimgaze's Port Said that I had originally shared on DM. You can find the original EP here.

Frenz of NSS Rob has been leaving links to various Muslimgauze in the comments of daily posts. If you are looking for anything from Muslimgauze, go back & check the comments & leave a thanks to Rob if you grab something.

There is a re-issue of Port Said from 2017 that contained the extensive Report Said as well. These are tracks commissioned by the record label, remixes of the original Muslimgauze tracks.

This is the rest of the Report... 

 

Muslimgauze - Port Said/Report Said, Aquarellist aquarel38-17, 2017.
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Report Said (CD 2) -

Ionospheric Dub - A.P. (Anders Peterson)
Port Said - Bass Communion
MZmz - Dead Voices On Air
Geometric Said - Esplendor Geométrico
Port Said (iDie mix) - In Death It Ends
Lavish - Pacific 231
Port Said (QST 2015 mix) - QST
Night Train to Heliopolis - Rapoon
Horizontal (elemental mix) - Scanner
Pad Riots - Simon Crab
بورسعيد (صدى الروسية) - Velehentor
Port Sad - Troum

Enjoy,
NØ

Leaking (on) Another Track

It's been since January that I let slip a track from Bukowski in Dub. 

Here a harrowing tale...just another typical day in the life of Hank Chinaski...Dubbed as should be...

Bukowski in Dub, EP Records EP909. 

Charles Bukowski - track 11: Christ, You’ll Never Know

To excess,
NØ

Destined for Stardom

 

Stellar was a New Zealand pop-rock band, active 1995-2010 with Boh Runga on guitar & vocals. They were primarily a pop-rock band, but this, their debut release, was a much more trip-hop affair. 

 

  

Here Stellar is: Boh Runga - vocals & guitar; Chris van de Geer - guitar; Kurt Shanks - bass; & Andrew Maclaren - drums & keyboards. Additional keyboards & produced by Tom Bailey.

 

Stellar* - Mix, Epic, 1999.
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Violent
Part of Me
Every Girl
Nerve & Consequences
Undone
Tenderhook
What You Do (Bastard)
If You Lied
Slowburn
Breather
You

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Monkey!!!

100th Monkey is Andy Guthrie, who has co-produced Banco de Gaia, Children of the Bong, Medicine Drum & Matsuri Productions to name a few.

Andy began his career as a keyboard player touring with Jackdaw With Crowbar & Bhangra singer Johnny Zee in the mid 1980s.

 

He worked at Island Records with reggae producer Paul 'Groucho' Smykle in 1988 before co-founding Banco de Gaia with Toby Marks & co-producing Banco's Mercury-nominated debut album Maya as well as Last Train to Lhasa. As a dance music producer during the 90s he worked with Medicine Drum, Prana, Eat Static, Tristan, Manmademan, & others as well as releasing solo work under the monikers 100th Monkey as well as Funkopath.

Writing in the Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music, Colin Larkin sez:
     "characterised by varied textures and grooves, and the most detailed, original production."

During the last 20 years he has worked as a composer & arranger for media, film, theatre, in teaching, as a choral conductor & arranger, as a freelance producer including recent work with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Deutsche Grammophon. He has an MA in composition, continues to release music as 100th Monkey, still works with a range of artists in the classical / electronic music fields.

The name 100th Monkey comes from research conducted in the mid-sixties by four Japanese primatologists into the eating habits of monkeys across several separate Pacific islands. The researchers found that a concept or skill learned by a few could spread almost overnight to the rest of the species across long distances provided a critical number of individuals was reached. This was later picked up on by Lyall Watson who gave the concept the name "the hundredth monkey phenomenon". The point being that a new skill or concept can be accepted into the gene stream, affecting evolution provided enough individuals acquire it. So proving that whatever we think or learn affects the collective unconsciousness... probably. 

 

100th Monkey - Space Dubs & Other Miscellany, Disco Gecko DSCGCKDIG065, 2019.
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Hoffman Dub
Backwater Dub (Purple Pineapple mix)
Eclipse Dub featuring Miranda Matthews
Moonchild featuring Angèle
Until the Dawn
The Inuit Snow Song featuring Leq [Inuit singing] (Icescape Secret Beats remix)
Schumacher Levy No. 9
Oculus
Empyrean
Up & At It
Marakch

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Here I Go...Babbling On

 

Babble is: Alannah Currie (Auckland, New Zealand singer, songwriter, Thompson Twins saxophonist, & furniture upholsterer married to The KLF's Jimmy Cauty); Keith Fernley (sound engineer, mixer, & producer); & Tom Bailey (producer, Thompson Twins / International Observer vocals, synthesizer, piano, contrabass, harmonica, guitar, & drum programming)

Written, recorded, & mixed at BABBLE H.Q., 'Karaka', New Zealand. 

 

Babble - Ether, Reprise Records, 1996.
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The Circle    
Just like You    
Sun featuring Taisha Kuhtze
Love has No Name featuring Teremoana Rapley
Dark    
Tower featuring Taisha Kuhtze
Come Down    
Hold the Sky    
Into Ether    
Dreamfield

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

I.O. You

 

On the Pitch Black - First of All compilation, one name that popped up several times was International Observer. International Obsever is primarily Tom Bailey, musician & ex-lead singer of the British band the Thompson Twins. Following the demise of the Thompson Twins Bailey began producing the New Zealand band Stellar. He moved to New Zealand to work with them. The success of this collaboration allowed him to focus on his own music, which had moved into the world of Dub music, or chill music, as it is sometimes referred to in New Zealand. It was there that he met & became friends with Michael Hodgson & Paddy Free of Pitch Black. They have collaborated extensively.

Here is a smattering of works by International Observer. 

 

International Observer - Seen, Different Drummer DIFCD19,2001.
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Vale
Minicell
Barone
Flat
Zoom Lp Fi
Friday Afternoon Dub
Indicator Dub
Flip-Flop Cemetery
Now a Major Motion Picture

 

 

 

 

International Observer - Heard, Dubmission Records CDDUBM008, 2007.

Welcome
Freyburg Place Mat
2 Steps at a Time Sweet Jesus
The International Parts 1 & 2
London Dub
At the Coronation
Hip Hop Final
Cellphone Dub
Pick Up Your Beater
The More We Know (live at BFM)
Dirty Harry
War Memorial Peace Museum Heard 

 

 

 

 

International Observer - Felt, Dubmission Records CDDUBM015, 2009.

House of the Rising Dub
Popcorn Slavery
The Death of Karamov
Rose Madder
Neelkanth
Lampedsa
House Made of Felt
Mudshark Lick
Binman Dub
Miss Hitt
Abode of the Setting Moon

 

 

 

 

International Observer - Touched, Dubmission Records CDDUBM045, 2014.

Drive (International Observer's Doordashan mix) - Bic Runga
Monsoon Malabar (International Observer remix) - Bombay Dub Orchestra
Pitch Black1000 Mile Drift (International Observer remix) - Pitch Black
Nowhere Dub (International Observer remix) - Warp Technique
Come to Me (International Observer remix) - The Black Seeds
Autumn Leaves (International Observer's Oak Tree Dub) - Minimal Compact
Lost in Translation (International Observer meets Horace remix) - Pitch Black
StellarSlack Bastard (International Observer Dub) - Stellar
Oreia (International Observer's Monkey Forest Dub) - Banco De Gaia
Lowery Dub (International Observer's Daddy Dub) - Tapes
Drive (International Observer's Interstellar Underpass mix) - Bic Runga

 

 

 

 

International Observer - Retouched, Dubmission Records CDDUBM053, 2015.

Love Has No Name (International Observer's Archaeopteryx Dub) - Babble
Speech (International Observer remix) - Pitch Black
Pretty Violent (International Observer's Dub Riotous Sound System Clash) - Stellar
Vista Pro Mar (International Observer's Dancehall mix) - Silva
Change Your Mind (International Observer's Slack Mind Dub) - The Exponents
Only a Dream (International Observer Dub) - Holiwater Band
Ivory Towers (International Observer remix) - Deep Fried Dub
Slack Dub (International Observer Instrumental Dub) - Stellar
1000 Mile Dub (International Observer's Stink mix) - Pitch Black
Drive (International Observer's Interstellar Over Drive mix) - Bic Runga

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Pitch Black - First of All

 

One of the bands I listen to with total regularity (basically every day) is Pitch Black. October 12, 2023 I shared most of their catalogue. I still have a few releases I could share, but I thought up this crazy compilation in the meantime. Here is the first song from all of their releases in (basically) chronological order.... 

 

Pitch Black - First of All, NØ Comp., 2024.

The Gatherer
Melt (Dub Obscura mix)
Reptile Room
Electric Earth (video edit)
Electric Earth (DC mix)
Flex
Ape to Angel
Ape to Angel (Bluetechs‘s Evolution mix)
Freefall (Doof remix)
Lost in Translation (International Observer meets Horace remix)
Empty Spaces, Missing Units (Metalob remix)
1000 Mile Drift
South of the Line
Rude Mechanicals
1000 Mile Drift (International Observer remix)
Bird Soul (original mix)
Harmonia (Neon Stereo's extended remix)
Harmonia (Deep Seed's Beware of the Dubmonster mix)
Live in Tokyo
Te Po (Pitch Black remix) - Hirini Melbourne & Richard Nunns
Filtered Senses
Invisible Chatter
Without the Trees (Tom Cosm's Twitch Itch remix)
It's the Future Knocking (International Observer's No Smoking Dub)
Dub Smoke
It's the Future Knocking
Pixel Dust
Lost in (Bird) Soul (Live at Ozora '17)
Harmonia (Plasma Corp. remix)
The Gatherer (Live at Womad, Auckland Town Hall, 1999)
For the Love of It (Live at Womad, Auckland 1999)
No Sense Unfiltered
Artifical Intolerance
The Silver World
One Ton Skank
Third Light
Daylight Wasting (International Observer's Durian Hook)
Did You Get the Message
Reptile Room (Live in Studio 2000)
Transient Transmission (Adrian Sherwood's Delta B(0)=B remix)
It's a Future Dub
Exodus (version)
Sonic Colonic (Tom Cosm remix)

Enjoy,
NØ

Taking Care

Before I take care (o b) I have a couple things to mention.

First, need to apologize to anyone whose re-upload request I have shirked or anyone to whose comments I have been vague in replying. 

 

About ten days ago some nefarious cold/flu mutation invaded Casa Nada del Este. First Black Dahlia fell under its grip, then Lao Elanya. Being the stubborn bull-headed Taurus that I am. I refused to give in & so for about five days I walked the quavering tightrope between sick & well. Finally I took a KO punch to the head & tumbled hard. I am just now coming out of the fog. 

 

It is such a weird sickness that we all took COVID tests just to see, but they all registered negative (the only good thing about this whole disease). It's been like the worst imaginable cold with heavy doses of influenza weirdness, chills & aches (but no fever).

So just wanted to say sorry for any vaguery. Should be back to form soon.

Second, for anyone interested in the machinations of the whole Interweb/Blogger bullshit that I have to endure, you might want to go back to Sound Systember. You might notice that Sound Systember 24 is no longer to be found. It suffered the rage of a Blogger take-down...a simple share of Roots Garden Sound System/Manasseh that was deemed by Blogger Cummunity Guidelines to be SPAM.

WTF! 

 

The Spam section of the guidlines seems plenty succinct:
     SPAM - Do not spam. This may include unwanted promotional or commercial content, unwanted content that is created by an automated program, unwanted repetitive content, nonsensical content, or anything that appears to be a mass solicitation.

Well it was none of those (no more nonsensical than usual), but nothing I can do but comply. I added an addendum on Sound Systember 25 to replace some of the missing material & explain what's up. But enough...

On with the show... 

 

Prompted by the previous Burial conversation, I shared several releases from Leyland James Kirby using the moniker The Caretaker. Got a lot of favorable response, so here are some more. The first two are from the Stranger, another nom de musique of Kirby's. 

 

The Stranger - The Stranger, Phthalo Records PHTHALO07, 1997.
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The Wind is Blowing Cold Across the Moor
Over the Moor, I'm on the Moor
The Mists are Rising
Let Me be Void Still
Some People Need the Heroes
Like a Happy Child Lost in a Sudden Dream
I'll be Seeing You

 

 

 

 

The Stranger - Bleaklow, V/Vm Test Records VVMTCD26, 2008.

Something to Do with Death
Exposure
Exhumation
Solemn Dedication
Indefinite Ridge
Kirkbymoorside
Inverted Burial
Bleaklow
Bob Greaves
A Melody Dreags Me Back
Ominous Sunset

 

 

 

 

Then one under the name his birth name Leyland Kirby.

 

Leyland Kirby - Eager to Tear Apart the Stars, 

History Always Favours the Winners HAFTW010, 

2011.

The Arrow of Time
This is the Story of Paradise Lost
To Reject the World
No Longer Distance than Death
They are All Dead, There are no Skip at All
My Dream Contained a Star

 

 

 

 

& one by the Caretaker personae...

 

The Caretaker - Everywhere, an Empty Bliss, 

History Always Favours the Winners HAFTW-DL-010, 

2019.

Loss of Want Back There
I Might Be Vanishing
Empty Beyond Beyond Beyond
Losing Battle of Loss
Advanced Plaque Camaraderie
All Eyes Bewildered
Glimpses of Life Denial
Equinox Eyes Will Stop
Losing Loss of Battle
Plaque Advanced Despair
Benjamin Beyond Bliss
Drifting Sublime Hope
Minimal All You Are
Internal Unravel
Dusk Memory Fraction
Entanglement Synapse Ache
And Bliss Everywhere Bliss

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ