Numerous folks have been asking for more AMA & more Muslimgauze. Here a quick post to slightly assuage both groups. A Dubotage mix set from Abu AMA, more than 2 1/2 hours of music.
Abu AMA - Muslimgauze for Palestina, Radio 9 ЂεƔƔ, 03/22/2019.
Enjoy,
NØ
Here are three shares for your Halloween festivities: a motion picture soundtrack; some pagan tuneage; & some spooooooky Dub...
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.
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.
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)...
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.
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...
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)
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..
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...
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...
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vale
Minicell
Barone
Flat
Zoom Lp Fi
Friday Afternoon Dub
Indicator Dub
Flip-Flop Cemetery
Now a Major Motion Picture
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....
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.
