The Return of Prompted By

I used to randomly do a series called Prompted by Other Blogs. I explained how I'm always cruising around the interweb, looking for interesting music. I'll see or hear something out there that sets me on a path. Well, I haven't visited that series for quite some time (since October 2023). That was Part 11. I'm reviving it again for this share, Prompted by Other Blogs Part 12. To celebrate its rebirth, this one is gonna be a multi-part share.

Khayem over at Dubhed on May 13, 2026 shared some Jon Spencer &...

I realized that I had a hella lot of music that Spencer was involved in but that I had never shared, Prompted by Dubhed, that's about to change. 

I think I first became aware of Jon Spencer through another band that I really esteem, Jerry Teel's Honeymoon Killers. I've shared their music plenty around here. Like Jon Spencer, Jerry Teel has been in many bands & worked with many artists. When I first got Honeymoon Killers - Hung Far Low (shared here) I saw that Jerry & co-Honeymoon Killer Lisa Wells were joined by one Jon Spencer. The name rang a bell from one of Teel's other projects, Boss Hog. While checking out that band I realized that both Spencer & his mate Christina Martinez were part of Pussy Galore,

From then on I think I over time gathered up everything Jon Spencer I could find. It was shortly after Hung Far Low was released that Jon Spencer Blues Explosion exploded onto the music scene & finding Jon's work became easier.

It's worth noting that his career spans over four decades crafting some of the edgiest, most frictional & discordant roots music ever appearing on major or indie labels. A variety of sonically boundary-pushing outfits such as Pussy Galore, Boss Hog, Heavy Trash, Jon Spencer & the HIT Makers & unquestionably his most popular one, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion were all helmed by Spencer.

So let's start at the beginning of this mess & see if we can get things straightened out. 

Thanks Khayem...

Jon Spencer & Julie Cafritz started the garage noise / punk band Pussy Galore in Washington, D.C. in 1985. After the duo released their debut Feel Good about Your Body 7" EP, they were joined by Neil Hagerty of Royal Trux band. The band relocated to New York where they added Bob Bert of Sonic Youth & Spencer's girlfriend Cristina Martinez.

Here's their first full-length, released on numberd cassettes, limited to 550 copies. This is a complete cover version of the Rolling Stones 1972 release... 

 

Pussy Galore - Exile on Main St., Shove Records SHOV3, 1986.
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Side 1 -
Rocks Off
Rip this Joint
Hip Shake
Casino Boogie
Tumbling Dice
Sweet Virginia
Torn & Frayed
Sweet Black Angel
Loving Cup

Side 2 -
Happy
Turd on the Run
Ventilator Blues
Just Wanna See His Face
Let it Loose
All Down the Line
Stop Breaking Down
Shine a Light
Soul Survivor

 

 

 

 

The band released four albums, then called it quits in 1989. Spencer quickly formed Boss Hog along with Christina Martinez. The band also consisted of guitarist Jerry Teel, guitarist Kurt Wolf, bassist Pete Shore, & drummer Charlie Ondras with guest guitarist & vocalist Santiago Durango & keyboardist Kurt Hoffman on their first full-length..

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Boss Hog - Cold Hands. Amphetamine Reptile Records ARR89192-2, 1990.

Gerard
Eddy
Bug Purr
Red Bull
Go Wrong
Pete Shore
Domestic
Duchess
Pop Catastrophe

 

 

The following year, Spencer would explode with his Blues Explosion. See you tomorrow.

Enjoy,
NØ

Real Mutha Truckers

 

David Rogers & Steve Wright were delivery drivers for Mute Records. In 1987 they formed a post-punk band. They called themselves (what else???) Mute Drivers. They toured extensively & recorded five full -lengths & a handful of singles over the next three years. They were even Fad Gadget's backing band in 1988. Here's their first one... 

 

Mute Drivers - Lighten Up Volume One, Irradiated Records MD1, 1987.
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Side A -
Frustration
World Outside
Hole in the Head
Suspects

Side B -
Try Saying Murder
I'm Alright Jack
Hair, Skin, & Teeth
If I Had a Gun
Way of the World

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

What a Mix-up

Sticking with mixes & remixes, here’s some more fun for you all... 

 

To commemorate the ground-breaking Screamadelica, in 2021 for the 30th anniversary of the album, Primal Scream released Demodelica, a set of demos & early recordings from 1990 - 1991. Most of these demos were produced by Andrew Innes at his home studio on the Isle of Dogs or at the band's studio in Hackney in 1990. The "Jam & Eden Studio demos" were produced by the band in 1991. This is a fascinating insight into the creation of Screamadelica as well as a great soundtrack to Bobby Gillespie's new autobiography Tenement Kid, a large part of which is dedicated to the Sceamadelica era. 

 

 

Primal Scream - Demodelica, Columbia 19439904552, 2021.
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Come Together (Jam Studio Monitor mix)    
Damaged (Hackney Studio demo)    
Movin' on Up (Hackney Studio demo)    
Higher than the Sun (Isle of Dogs Home Studio)    
Higher than the Sun (Jam Studio Monitor mix)    
I'm Comin' Down (Isle of Dogs Home Studio)    
I'm Comin' Down (Jam Studio Monitor mix)    
Don't Fight It, Feel It (Isle of Dogs Home Studio)    
Don't Fight It, Feel It (Isle of Dogs Hypnotone mix)
Don't Fight It, Feel It (EMI Publishing Studio mix)    
Inner Flight (Hackney Studio vocal melody)    
Inner Flight (Henry Acapella Jam Studio)    
Inner Flight (Jam Studio Monitor mix)    
Shine Like Stars (Jam Studio Monitor mix)    
Shine Like Stars (Eden Studio demo)    
Screamadelica (Eden Studio demo)

 

 

 

 

As I previously mentioned, Andrew Weatherall (R.I.P.) had a hand in many a Primal Scream remix. I've assembled a set of some of my favorite Primal Scream remixes, showcasing many of AW's mixes, as well as others that I have deemed essential. Give them a listen & decide for yourself.

 

 

Primal Scream - The Essential Remixes, NØ Comp., 2026.

Come Together (Andrew Weatherall extended mix)
Give out but Don’t Give Up (Portishead remix)
Stuka (Two Lone Swordsmen remix)
Swastika Eyes (The Chemical Brothers mix)
2013 (Andrew Weatherall remix)
Ready to Go Home (Hardway Bros Anthemic Resistance vocal remix)
Living Dub Long Life (Adrian Sherwood remix)
Innocent Money (Lovefingers Root of All Evil Dub)
Shine like Stars (Andrew Weatherall remix)
Circus of Life (JD Twitch remix)
Loaded (Andrew Weatherall mix)
Jailbird (The Chemical Brothers remix)
2013 (Andrew Weatherall Dub)
Swastika Eyeas (David Holmes mix)
Last Train (Andrew Weatherall mix)
Don’t Fight it, Feel It (Scat mix)
Come Together (Andrew Weatherall Great re-vision)

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Here’s the Real Dirt

 

Primal Scream had more than their fair share of mixes & remixes. They remixed their own material. Greats like Andrew Weatherall & Adrian Sherwood ran them through the mixer many times.

In 2003 the band released the double CD Dirty Hits with one CD of hits & one CD of remixes. This greatest hits compilation covers the period from their breakthrough Loaded E.P. (1990) to their collaboration with Kate Moss on "Some Velvet Morning" (2003). Singles from all the albums (5) from this period are included on Dirty Hits, alongside several non-single album tracks.

Seems like the obvious place to go next...

Primal Scream - Dirty Hits 2xCD, Columbia 513803-9, 2003.
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CD1 -
Loaded
Movin' on Up
Come Together
Higher Than the Sun
Rocks
Jailbird
(I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind
Burning Wheel
Kowalski
Long Life
Swastika Eyes
Kill All Hippies
Accelerator
Shoot Speed / Kill Light
Miss Lucifer
Deep Hit of Morning Sun
Some Velvet Morning
Autobahn 66

CD 2 -
Come Together (Hypnotone Brain Machine mix)
Higher Than the Sun (Higher Than the Orb extended remix)
Loaded (Terry Farley remix)
Rocks (Jimmy Miller mix)
Jailbird (Sweeney 2 remix)
Kowalski (Automator mix)
Living Dub (Long Life remix)
Stuka (Two Lone Swordsmen mix)
Swastika Eyes (Chemical Brothers mix UK edit)
Exterminator (Massive Attack remix)
Miss Lucifer (Bone to Bone remix)
Some Velvet Morning (Two Lone Swordsmen alternative mix)
Autobahn 66 (Alter Ego remix)

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

For Arthur Janov, FUD.

 

Persistent requester Christian, responding to the Higher than the Sun Wobble/Weatherall share in May, asked for some more Primal Scream.

1991s Screamadelica was the break-out release for Primal Scream. It won them the first ever Mercury Music Prize in 1992. For anyone into this type of music, it should be well known. So I bypassed that obvious one & decided to start with their first two before they were so well known.

First, their first...

Primal Scream - Sonic Flower Groove, Elevation ELV 2, 1987.
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Side One -
Gentle Tuesday
Treasure Trip
May the Sun Shine Bright for You
Sonic Sister Love
Silent Spring

Side Two -
Imperial
Love You
Leaves
Aftermath
We Go Down Slowly Rising 

 

 

 

Next up, their nest...

Primal Scream - Primal Scream, Creation Records CRECD054, 1989.

Ivy Ivy Ivy    
You're Just Dead Skin to Me    
She Power    
You're Just too Dark to Care    
I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have    
Gimme Gimme Teenage Head    
Lone Star Girl    
Kill the King    
Sweet Pretty Thing    
Jesus Can't Save Me

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Man Klan

 

Back in December 2015 I shared Man Klan - Flesh Machine. Recently I acquired one of their three 12" singles/EPs, Boys of This Territory. Thought I'd share that one today... 

 

 

Man Klan - Boys of This Territory 12“ 45, Wire Records WRMS002, 1985.
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Face A -
Corroding Kiss
Fisherman

Face B -
Boys of This Territory
Gayola Gay

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Circus Time - Playing the Bills: Part 4

That only leaves the Nelson Bill still to play. I've been playing the Nelson bills for many years & still there are many more to play. 

 

This one was created specifically for Nelsonica 2010, loosely themed around the Psychotronic Circus. Nelsonica is the annual fan convention held in Yorkshire, England, dedicated to musician, singer, & guitarist Bill Nelson. First organized in 2001, the events historically featured exclusive live performances, special guest appearances, & limited-edition CD releases created specifically for attendees.

Every year to coincide with Nelsonica, Bill records & releases a 'special' studio album, that is presented to all the convention attendees, as part of the overall package. These albums can be a collection of 'leftover' tracks, that didn't make the final cut for the various studio albums recorded throughout the year, a kind of compilation album, representative of that years work, or, as in this case, an album specifically composed & recorded for Nelsonica.

As I sez, this one was loosely themed around the Psychotronic Circus mood, Psychotronic being an amalgam of the words psychedelic, psychologic, & electronic.

Bill Nelson sez:
       "A Psychotronic Circus could be a multi-coloured tent in which Alfred Hitchcock, dressed as a ringmaster, cracks his whip at a bunch of clowns stylishly cloned to look like actor Anthony Perkins in the role of a hallucinogenic lotus eater, who has given up his job as a motel owner to instead become a tv-repairman. A tv-repairman who, for some obscure reason, likes to visit the houses of peroxide blondes to re-wire their consoles whilst their husbands are away on business trips. This scenario, of course, is entirely fictional and in no way related to an incident where I just may have happened to re-align a certain lady's antennae after she waved at me from her bedroom window. In a sheer, powder blue Parisian negligee. With a bottle of champagne in one hand. And two glasses in the other. But, as you all know...I'm not that sort of person...I'm a serious, high-minded guitar player.”

Note: Nelson is long-time fan of Neil Young & the song "Neil Young" came about while he was playing his Gretsch White Falcon in his studio, messing around with sounds on his Line 6 Pod processor. The guitar sound he arrived at reminded him very much of Neil Young. He recorded the basic backing track using that sound before writing any lyrics. The phrase "everything sounds like Neil Young" popped into his head & kick-started the lyric writing process...the words are meant to imply some sort of linear meaning but in actual fact are just disconnected phrases that suggest a surreal scenario where "even my car sounds like Neil Young". The whole song is simply a kind of enigmatic tribute to Neil. 

 

Bill Nelson - Captain Future’s Psychotronic Circus, Discs of Ancient Odeon DOAOCD006, 2010.
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Captain Future's Psychotronic Circus (Plastic mix)    
Sex & Drums & Saxophones    
Blue Sky Seeks Red Guitar    
Howlin' Wolf in Me    
Dance of the Mullard Valvemen    
The Aerostatic Balloonist    
The Indelicate Levitation of Katie's Skirts    
Full Colour Fontana    
The Man who was Tomorrow    
Sun Kings Suffer (As Time Goes By)    
The Mount Fuji Ice-Cream Factory    
Illuminated Sky with Pale Blue Lightning
Neil Young    
Like a Woman Levitating    
Captain Future's Psychotronic Circus (Crystal mix)

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Playing the Bills - Part III: Break Through in Grey Room

Inspired by the original Industrial Records release of William S. Burroughs's Nothing Here Now but the Recordings (a track from that release can be heard here on an Industrial Records sampler), Belgian record label Sub Rosa worked with Burroughs to release another album: Break Through In Grey Room. Compiled in 1986 by producer Bill Rich, the album features Burroughs's experimental recordings from 1961 to 1976, featuring field recordings by Burroughs of the Master Musicians of Jajouka, experimental collaborations with mathematician Ian Sommerville, & painter/cut-up originator Brion Gysin.

Break Through In Grey Room documents William S. Burroughs during his time in Europe & England, working with Ian Sommerville on recording with the 'cut-up' technique. Sommerville's technical background enabled him to contribute to the early development of sound-&-light shows in London, leading to work with gear provided by Paul McCartney in an apartment owned by Ringo Starr. Experimental in nature, the record is as much an exhibition of studio & composition technique as it is a document of underground culture at that time. 

 

William S. Burroughs - Break Through in Grey Room, Sub Rosa SUB33005-9, 1986.
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Side One -
K-9 Was in Combat with the Alien Mind-Screens - Ian Sommerville & WSB
Origin & Theory of the Tape Cut-Ups - WSB
Recalling All Active Agents - Brion Gysin 
Silver Smoke of Dreams - Ian Sommerville & WSB

Side Two -
Junky Relations - WSB
Joujouka - Master Musicians of Jajouka with Ornette Coleman    
Curse Go Back - WSB
Present Time Exercises - WSB
Joujouka - Master Musicians of Jajouka with Ornette Coleman
Working with the Popular Forces - WSB
Interview with Mr. Martin - WSB
Joujouka - Master Musicians of Jajouka with Ornette Coleman
Sound Piece - Ian Sommerville
Joujouka - Master Musicians of Jajouka with Ornette Coleman
Burroughs Called the Law - WSB

notes:
Track A1: Early cut-up tapes made by Ian Sommerville & WSB around 1965, probably in New York & London.
Track A2: From a lecture given by WSB at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute, April 20, 1976.
Track A3: Excerpt from tape made in 1960 by Brion Gysin at BBC Studios in London, using BG's permutational technique.
Track A4: Tape made in early 1960s by Ian Sommerville & WSB, using the "drop-in" method.

Track B1: Excerpt from a radio talk by WSB in 1961 in London, "A Day in the Life of a Junky", tape courtesy of the University of Kansas Libraries.
Track B2: Excerpt from live tape made by WSB at the Joujouka Festival in the hills of Morocco with Ornette Coleman, January 18, 1973.
Track B3: From early 1960s tape, WSB chanting an anti-curse.
Track B4: Cassette work by WSB in London, ca. 1971, using radio, television, several tape recorders.
Track B6: WSB cut-ups with Dutch Schultz's last words & news texts, shortwave radio noise, mid-1960s, London.
Track B7: Excerpt, WSB performance at the ICA in London, February 28, 1963; tape courtesy of Gordon C.A. Craig.
Track B9: Produced by Ian Sommerville using the inching technique, 1960s?
Track B11: WSB routine recorded mid-1960s - dropping a dime on the Nova Mob; tape courtesy of the University of Kansas Libraries.

Archival reconstruction by Romana Recording Studios, Kansas, Summer 1986.

 

 

 

Dead City Radio is an album of Burroughs at his best. The CD is a collection of readings by Burroughs set to a broad range of musical compositions. It was produced by Hal Willner & Nelson Lyon, with musical accompaniment from John Cale, Donald Fagen, Lenny Pickett, Chris Stein, Sonic Youth, & the NBC Symphony Orchestra, among others. 

 

About Dead City Radio,Burroughs sez:
        "This album is dedicated to Keith Haring, at the Apocalypse."

 

 

William S. Burroughs - Dead City Radio, Island Records , 1990.

William's Welcome ("What Are You Here For?")
A Thanksgiving Prayer
Naked Lunch Excerpts ("You Got Any Eggs for Fats?") / Dinner Conversation ("The Snakes")
Ah Pook the Destroyer / Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story
After-Dinner Conversation ("An Atrocious Conceit") / Where He Was Going
Kill the Badger!
A New Standard by Which to Measure Infamy
The Sermon on the Mount 1 ("WSB Reads the Good Book")
No More Stalins, No More Hitlers
The Sermon pn the Mount 2
Scandal at the Jungle Hiltons
The Sermon on the Mount 3
Love Your Enemies
Dr. Benway's House
Apocalypse
The Lord's Prayer
Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt ("Falling in Love Again")

note:
Tracks 1,3b,4b,5a,+7: "William's Welcome", "Dinner Conversation (The Snakes)", "Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story", "After-Dinner Conversation (An Atrocious Conceit)", &  "A New Standard by Which to Measure Infamy" are new texts, unpublished.
Tracks 2+5b: "A Thanksgiving Prayer" & "Where He Was Going" are from 'Tornado Alley'.Track 3a: "Naked Lunch Excerpts" are from 'Naked Lunch'.
Track 4a: "Ah Pook the Destroyer" is from 'Ah Pook Is Here.'
Track 6: "Kill the Badger!" is from 'The Cat Inside'.
Tracks 8, 10, + 12: "The Sermon on the Mount 1, 2, & 3" is from the Bible.
Track 9:  "No More Stalins, No More Hitlers" is from 'Interzone'.
Track 11: "Scandal at the Jungle Hiltons" is from 'The Western Lands'.
Track 13: "Love Your Enemies" is from 'Ghost of Chance'.
Track 14: "Apocalypse" is from 'Apocalypse'.

Recorded at Hairball 3; Lawrence, Kansas.

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Bill L. & Bill B.

This is a cross-over. Playing two Bills at one time. Phenomenal. 

 

The Acid Lands, created by the Prague-based Opening Performance Orchestra, was first heard in public in 2014 at the Movement-Sound-Space festival in Ostrava, to mark the centenary of William S. Burroughs's birth. The piece was performed live by Opening Performance Orchestra & their guests, the theremin player Martina Potucková along with the poet, musician, & performer Pavel Z as the narrator. 

The studio version of The Acid Lands was made in late 2019/early 2020 in collaboration with Bill Laswell & Iggy Pop, who undertook the role of the narrator. The piece, which pays tribute to
William S. Burroughs, features fragments from the novels The Western Lands & Junky. In addition to the title composition, The Acid Lands, the record contains Bill Laswell's instrumental remix, as well as the collective piece "Naming Seven Souls", featuring samples of William S. Burroughs reading his own work. 

 

           Opening Performance Orchestra, Bill Laswell, Iggy Pop featuring William S. Burroughs                                                                                    The Acid Lands

Rosa SR500, 2020.
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The Acid Lands 
The Acid Lands (Ambient mix-translation)
Naming the Seven Souls (mix-translation)

 

 

note:
Track 1: Concept & electronics by Opening Performance Orchestra with Moog & tone generators by Alfred Sabeta, bass & additional Electronic by Bill Laswell, & spoken word by Iggy Pop & WSB.
Track 2: Created & performed by Bill Laswell.
Track 3: Created & performed by Bill Laswell with spoken word by WSB.

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

It’s Playing the Bills Time Again

Well, many months have slipped by since I remembered to play the monthly Bills. Shylock has been hounding me of late, demanding his pound of flesh. Before I share anything else, I need to take care of this business.

On the top of the Bill pile this time around is ailing Bill Laswell. Since it's been a while playing all three Bills, I better cough up multiple payments just to give myself some breathing room.

 

Here's one from Laswell's first project, Material. The then 24-year-old bass player Bill Laswell teamed up with three young friends, 17-year old Michael Beinhorn - synthesizer, 17-year old Martin Bisi – programer, & 14-year old Fred Maher – drums. Their band was called Zu Band until 1078 when they hooked up with former Gong frontman Daevid Allen. They then took the name New York Gong. Guitarist Cliff Cultreri & a second drummer Bill Bacon joined in the spring of 1979. In the fall of that year the six parted company with Allen. The band then took the name Material from the Laswell/Cultreri instrumental track "Materialism" on the About Time album.

I have shared Material before here & here.

This is Material's second full-length with guest artists Nicky Skopelitis - guitar, Niles Rodgers - guitar, Fred Frith - guitar, Nona Hendryx -  vocals, Bernard Fowler - vocals, Whitney Houston - vocals, & many more..

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Material - One Down, Celluloid 60206, 1982.

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Side One -
Take a Chance
I'm the One
Time Out
Let Me Have it All

Side Two -
Come Down
Holding On
Memories
Don't Lose Control

bonus track - Busting Out (from the 1992 reissue)

 

This next one is a bass clash-up of Bill & Jah Wobble, two of my favorite bassists & one of the absolute best albums from either man....

 

Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell - Radioaxiom: a Dub Transmission, 

Palm Pictures PALMCD2073-2, 2001.

Subcode
Alsema Dub
Virus B
Orion
6th Chamber
Alam Dub
Second Sight

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Thaw Out Part 3

This is a relatively new one that I purchased not too long ago. I have listened to it extensively but have not digested it entirely yet.  It is kind of a paean to the early clubbing days of Faithless' career, layered with heavily nostalgic sounds while still maintaining a modern edge.

 

I shared some Faithless here. Go over there for more of their music if you like it & read about the band itself. On this release the first track features the voice of co-founder Maxi Jazz (R.I.P.).

 

On this recording Faithless is joined by Amelia Fox & Nathan Ball on vocals, both who are part of the Faithless live band. Guest vocalists include L.S.K. (Leigh Stephen Kenny), Suli Breaks, Bebe Rexha, Emmanuel Jal, & Antony Szmierek.

 

Faithless - Champion Sound, Faithless self-released, 2025.

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Forever Free
In Your Own Groove
Fugitive
Peace & Noise
Meeting
Driving
Thinking
Book of Hours (complete LP side 3)
Find a Way
Dollars & Dimes
Champion Sound
Emmanuel
Yes I Want it Too

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Thawin’ Out Part 2

Well, I've got wet running down my legs. It's not sweat yet, it's my boys defrosting. This dancing about is just what I needed. My brain is even startin' to work (kinda) again. Gotta keep up the beats here. No time to stop, gotta hop my socks. 

 

CSS is a Brazilian band from São Paulo. The band formed in September 2003, taking their name from Beyoncé quip repoting she was "tired of being sexy" (Portuguese - "cansei de ser sexy"). Here the band is: Lovefoxxx - vocals; Ana Rezende & Luiza Sá - guitar; Carolina Parra - guitar, keyboards, drums; Iracema Trevisan - bass: & Adriano Cintra - drums, guitar, keyboards. They were active in the emerging Brazilian new rave music scene.

 

CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy, Sub Pop SPCD717, 2006.
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CSS Suxxx
Patins
Alala
Let's Make Love A& Listen to Death from Above
Art Bitch
Fuckoff is Not the Only Thing You Have to Show
Meeting Paris Hilton
Off the Hook
Alcohol
Music is My Hot Hot Sex
This Month, Day 10

 

 

 

 

Heloise & the Savoir Faire is an Electropop / Dancepunk band from Brooklyn, New York made up of: Heloise Williams - vocals & keyboards; James Bellizia - guitar; Jason Diamond - bass; & Luke Hughett - drums.

 

 

Heloise & The Savoir Faire - Trash, Rats, & Microphones, Yep Roc Records YEP2189, 2008.

Illusions    
Members Only
Pick 'N' Choose    
Datsun 280z    
Po' T    
Disco Heaven    
Downtown (Deborah Harry - vocals)
On Fuego (Elijah Wood - tape echo)
Memorial Day    
Canadian Changs (Deborah Harry - vocals)
Givin' U the Bizness    
Odyle

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Chill?...I'm Fuckin' Frozen!

This whole month I've been kicking it on the lounger with some iced mixed drinks, chillin', listenin' to this Downtempo, but I'm so chill I think my 'nads froze. I've gotta kick this hazy habit, pick up the tempo, hop onta the dancefloor & thaw out. Start out with a short blast of hi-NRG disco, then see how well I'm hoppin' & boppin'. 

 

 

Tantra was an innovative Italian disco-rock studio project created in the late 1970s by renowned Bologna-born producer, arranger, & keyboardist Celso Valli. Merging progressive rock, Euro disco, & the driving synth-basslines of Giorgio Moroder, Tantra laid the foundational groundwork for the Italo-disco movement. This is an early example of hi-NRG music. 

 

Tantra - Hills of Katmandu, Philips 6323087, 1979.
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Side 1 -
Hills of Katmandu
Side 2 -
Wishbone

 

 

 

 

Man, that was a good work-out. My leg is screamin' but what a start. Really got my blood pumping. How about some Kraut dancepunk next..

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April 2006 four musicians from Leipzig, Germany: Frank "FMLyn" Raabe- vocals; Steffen Grafe - keyboards; Jörg "Joey Vaising" Adler - bass; & Hendrick "Flammy" Pietsch - drums met in the studio for the very first time as The Sonic Boom Foundation, playing a unigue blend of techno & dance punk...urbanrave electrorock discopunk, they called it. 

 

 

The Sonic Boom Foundation - Create Yourself, Urbanravesound 01, 2006.

Sound of the City
Revolution in the Head
All My People
Solar Kid
High Kites at 4am
Create Yourself
Rock 'n' Roll Raver
T.R.I.T.
The Zappa
China
Sound of the City (The Booga TBGB remix)

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Heading to the Bizarre Bazaar

 

Tratosphere is a Swiss trio consisting of keyboardist Peter Stierli, bassist Thomas Tavano, & drummer Julian Dillier (Dub Spencer & Trance Hill). Tratosphere create highly psychedelic Downbeat rhythms & Dubby moods sprinkled with funky elements mixing synthesizer stylings jazz-style drums, & heavy bass lines. 

 

Tratosphere - Bazar Bizar, Rubbish Records rubrec007, 2005.
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Polarluft    
Traveller    
Paprika Market    
Obsidian    
Oslolulu    
Budragar
Banana Boat    
Dr. Specht    
Neptun's World    
Tratomic

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Taking the Elevator Up

 

Morrison Bennett is Globular, a psychedelic Downtempo Dub musician from Bristol, UK. He has been producing great music since 2012. Got this one through crowdfunding on Kickstarter many years ago. 

 

Globular - Magnitudes of Order, Globular self-released, 2013.
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Synchronicity City 3.0    
Monkey Fluster    
Fire & Stars    
Up the Xylem Elevator    
Gateways    
Planck!    
Concinnity & Chaos    
Dance of the Logarithm

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Let’s Do Some DMT

Digital Mystery Tour (DMT) is mainly Stephane Holweck with help from Florian Seriot, Michio Baba, & Loïc Van Poucke (Total Eclipse). Based in France, DMT create Downtempo  Ambient & Dub. 

 

Stephane Holwek has had a long & varied career in music. His first musical step was in 1976 when he joined Hungarian Peter Ogi (O.G.I.) as bass player. O.G.I. signed a deal with Malcolm McLaren & moved to London. By the early 80s Holwek was playing in several South London rock bands. He started working with Youth who had just left Killing Joke. The two formed their own group called Brilliant. They both played bass so they added drummer Big Paul. They were joined by Jimmy Cauty (The Orb / KLF), who lived in the same house as Stephane. Ben Watkins joined in 1983 to play keyboards.

In 1984, Stephane created another band called Fresh, with Brandon Beal & Muff O'Donnell. By 1989 Stephane had a new band with Ben Watkins (from Brilliant) called Electrotete. In 1992 Ben & Stef formed Juno Reactor & released the album Transmissions. 

While still working as Juno Reactor Stef linked up with Serge Souque in Paris & recorded two tracks under the name Total Eclipse. Soon after, Loic Vanpoucke joined the band, This project was highly successful. Stephane has continued Total Eclipse as a solo effort since around 2005.

Around 2003, Stephane, together with Michio Baba who had collaborated on the Total Eclipse album Update Files started recording as the chill-out collective Digital Mystery Tour. 

 

 

Digital Mystery Tour - Digital Mystery Tour, Twisted Records TWSCD17, 2001.
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010 Seti 101
Chilam Balam
Smokemon (Chiluemon mix)
The Blooming (Change mix)
Nadeshiko's Dream
Run Time
Mass
"Saute Mouton" Syndrome

 

 

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NØ

Into the Eye of the Storm

 

Kaya Project is the Downtempo music created by Seb Taylor from Brighton, UK. He mixes Dub, Ambient, tribal, Dubstep, Drum n Bass into his Downtempo stylings. 

Desert Phase is the fourth Kaya Project album, a voyage into global electronica inspired by windswept journeys through the Sonoran Desert, the Thar Desert, & the Northern Sahara. It includes many recordings captured by Seb & Natasha Chamberlain in Arizona, Rajasthan, & Morocco, from the desert dwelling musicians of Jaisalmer to Moroccan bazaars to atmospheric desert winds recorded amongst the sand dunes in North America. Some of the tracks are bolstered by the addition of additional musicians back in London like the vocals of Shahin Badar & the upright bass playing of Riad Abji. In the studio Seb also added musical contributions from vocalists Irina Mikhailova, Sabiha Khan, & Deeyah, as well as Deepak Pandit on violin & Omar Faruk Teklibek on ney / zourna. 

 

Kaya Project - Desert Phase, Interchill Records ichillcd038, 2010.
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The Stranger Rolls In
Desert Phase
Ummah Oum (featuring Shahin Badar)
The Fortress
Desert Child
When Only Sand Remains
Dust Devil
Eye of the Storm
Vijaya
Calico Stomp
23 Towers
The Fourth Age of Sand 
Dobro
Arizona Morning Cocoon
Sundown

 

 

 

While Desert Phase drew its inspiration from the time Seb Taylor & Natasha Chamberlain spent in some of the world's largest deserts. the distinctive Kaya Project sounds were turned over to the talents of a group of accomplished producers across the globe to see what sort of re-interpretations would emerge.

Scattered across 3 continents, the select remixers represent a diverse range of musical inclinations from modern Downtempo to Dubstep, breaks, glitch hop, techno, & drum'n'bass sensibilities. 

 

Kaya Project - Desert Phase Remixes, Interchill Records ichillcd041, 2010.

When Only Sand Remains (Tripswitch Rremix)    
Ummah Oum featuring Shahin Badar (100th Monkey remix) 
Desert Phase (Hibernation remix)
23 Towers (Eat Static remix)
Dust Devil (Liquid Stranger's Cortex Vortex remix)
23 Towers (Biotone remix)
Desert Child (Oblique Industries Inner Child remix) 
Sundown (EarthRise SoundSystem remix) 
Calico Stomp (Gaudi remix)
Eye of the Storm (Chaos by Design remix)    
Dobro (The Opiuo Bro-Cuzz remix) 
Vijaya (Bluetech remix)     
23 Towers (Interpulse remix)

 

 

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NØ

Don’t Be Jealous

 

Downtempo project originally from Rostov-on-Don now working out of Moscow, Russian Federation made up of Aleksander Soloviev with the help of Aleksander Kalinichenko, & Anna Karmakova. 

Siba.Pro creates a sound experience that is both entrancing yet contemplative by skillfully fusing complex melodies, throbbing rhythms, & atmospheric textures. 

SibaPro creates dreamy chillout music that slows down time & immerses the listener into atmospheric musical landscapes. The true definition of Downtempo. 

 

Siba.Pro - Listen, Siba.pro self released, 2012.
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Citizens    
A Day    
Inhale    
Castle    
Jealous
Exit    
July    
Pushkin    
Nightingale    
Finale    
Hope (bonus)

 

 

 

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NØ