thin with no capitals

Top of the Pops 8 

 

 

slenderbodies came about when UC Santa Cruz freshmen Max Vehuni & Benji Cormack connected through their love of music. They became fascinated with the idea of creating imaginative musical soundscapes centered around guitar & falsetto vocals.

Here are a couple EPs & some bonus tracks.

slenderbodies - fabulist, Majestic Casual, 2017.
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original release -
opal ocean
little islands
mirage
anemone
opal ocean, pt. 2

extended -
blood to gold
amnesia
lucid
pink hue
windmarks 

 

 

slenderbodies - soraya, Avant Garden Records, 2019.

better like that
take you home
king
queen
the one

bonus tracks (from the king / queen ep) -
king (acoustic)
queen (acoustic)

fat chance,
NØ

Ride that Broncho

Top of the Pops 7 

 

 

 

BRONCHO is a four-piece from Norman Oklahoma consisting of: Ryan Lindsey - guitar & vocals; Ben King - guitar; Penny Pitchlynn - bass; & Nathan Price - drums. This is their most recent release. 

 

BRONCHO - Bad Behavior, Park the Van Records PTV-CD-072, 2018.
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All Choked Up
Weekend
Boys Got to Go
Keep it in Line
Sandman
Undercover
Family Values
Big City Boys
Get in My Car
Easy Way Out

Is Norman OK,
NØ

Joining the Father & the Son

Top of the Pops 6 

 

 

Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Holy Ghost! is the duo of Alex Frankel & Nicholas Millhiser. 

 

Holy Ghost! - Crime Cutz 12" 45, DFA DFA2515, 2016.
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Crime Cutz
Stereotype
Compass Point
Footsteps

 

 

 

 

Holy Ghost! - Work, West End Records 538503312, 2019.

Epton on Broadway (Part I)
Epton on Broadway (Part II)   
Anxious   
Heaven Knows What   
Nicky Buckingham   
Do This   
One for Pete   
My Happy House   
Soon   
Heaven Forbid   
Slow Burn   
Escape from Los Angeles

Ghoully host,
NØ

Cloudy with a Chance of Milk

Top of the Pops 5 

 

 

Clemens Rehbein & Phillipp Dausch are a musical duo from Kassel, Germany. This is the deluxe edition of their second release containg additional acoustic tracks.

 

Milky Chance - Blossom, Muggelig Records GmbH B0026304-02, 2017.
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Blossom   
Ego   
Firebird   
Doing Good   
Clouds   
Cold Blue Rain   
Stay   
Bad Things
Cocoon   
Losing You   
Peripeteia   
Alive   
Piano Song   
Heartless
    
bonus tracks -   
Cold Blue Rain (acoustic version)   
Alive (acoustic version)

bonus bonus tracks -
Cocoon (acoustic version)
Ego (acoustic version)
Firebird (acoustic version)
Peripeteia (acoustic version)

Give milk a chance,
NØ

XOXO

 Top of the Pops 4

 

This is a last minute replacement for the group scheduled for today. As this is very much a work in progress, I'm changing things up. I was going to share Ms. John Soda today. They are very deserving. But I felt that this was the time in this musical journey to pull out one of the big guns. This release in & of itself reassured me that the present musical scene still provides exceptional musical talent. If you want to find something new to enjoy, you won't go wrong starting here. 

 

The xx is an English indie pop band from Wandsworth, London, formed in 2005 now consisting of: Romy Madley-Croft - guitar & vocals; Oliver Sim - bass & vocals; & Jamie xx (Smith) - beats, production, keyboards. They have only issued three full-length releases since inception but all have been fantastic. Although their first self-titled is probably my sentimental favorite (it went on to win a Mercury Prize in 2010 for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act) I See You is without a doubt their most brilliant (rated #1 in the UK & #2 on the Billboard 200).

Their soft guitar, prominent bass, & ambient soundscapes create a compelling blend of musical genres, mixing indie pop, electronic, indie rock, dream pop, electro-rock, R&B, & lo-fi  seamlessly. Their music is both sparse & minimalist while being lush & textured. This is the truly Top of the Pop. 

 

The xx - I See You, Young Turks YTCD161, 2017.
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Dangerous
Say Something Loving
Lips
A Violent Noise
Performance
Replica
Brave for You
On Hold
I Dare You
Test Me

bonus tracks -
Naive
Seasons Run
Brave for You (Marfa demo)

Take me to the ICU,
NØ

There’s Peaking & There’s Peaking Lite(s)

Top of the Pops 3 

 

 

 

 

Peaking Lights is a husband / wife musical duo made up of Aaron Coyes & Indra Dunis. They have been making music since 2008. 

 

Peaking Lights - Lucifer, Weird World WEIRD011CD, 2012.
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Moonrise
Beautiful Son
Live Love
Cosmic Tides
Midnight 'in the Valley of Shadows'
Lo Hi
Dreambeat
Morning Star

 

 

 

Added the Dub version here so as not to lose everyone. 

 

Peaking Lights - Lucifer in Dub, Weird World WEIRD026CD, 2012

Cosmick Dub
My Heart Dubs 4 U
Beautiful Dub
Live Dub
Lo Dub High Dub
Midnight Dub

When eating Chinese, I always order Peaking Dub,
NØ

Lemon Pop is Dope

Top of the Pops 2 

 

 

Angus Stone is a prolific Australian soul & pop singer, record producer, & audio engineer. He is one half of the musical sibling duo Angus & Julia Stone, with whom he has released four studio albums. His debut solo album, Smoking Gun, was released in 2009 under the pseudonym Lady of the Sunshine. His second solo album, Broken Brights, was released under his own name in 2012. 

 

 

Stone currently records under the moniker of Dope Lemon. 

 

Dope Lemon - Honey Bones, EMI 4785237, 2016.
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Marinade
Uptown Folks
Fuck Things Up
Coyote
How Many Times
Stone Cutters
Honey Bones
The Way You Do
Won’t Let You Go
Best Girl 

Dope Lemon - Hounds Tooth EP, EMI 5743965, 2017.

Home Soon
Neon Lights
Hounds Tooth
Only Lovers Left Alive
Where is it You Go

If you can't success, suck lemons,
NØ

Tender is the Night

You have been warned!

One night last week I was too lazy to pick something to listen to, so I fell back on the old stand-by, the randomizer.

I rarely use shuffle as I have such a variety of styles & sounds that sometimes the clash of songs sounds like a super-poorly edited compilation. I decided to look through some folders, pick one, & put it on random. While I was searching for the perfect sound, I came across a folder entitled "Glass Animalisms"???

At one time (ZABA era) I was enjoying Glass Animals & I gathered together a folder full of bands I felt were 'similar' to GA. But with each successive release, I liked Glass Animals less. By the time Dreamland (2020) came out, I had dropped the Animal & broken the Glass. Although by this point the folder was swelling at the seams, they went the way of Glass Animals. I stopped listening to the bands stashed away in the Animalisms folder.

I realized there were numerous groups under this umbrella that I really like but hadn't listened to for some time. I put the folder on shuffle & had a rousing night of music.

At the same time I was having a hard time deciding on a theme for February (my primary theme month). So I decided to overwhelm you all with this miasma of sounds in this dump folder. See what sleepless nights can lead to. 

 

Every so often a song would play, I'd wonder who it was & check the player. Several times it was the London synth-pop duo TENDER (Daniel Cobb & James Cullen). I realized that I hadn't shared any TENDER here at NSS, so that seemed like a good place to start. Maybe this will become your...

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TENDER - Modern Addiction, Partisan Records PTKF2148-2, 2017.
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Illuminate
Nadir
Hypnotised
Crawl
Erode
Silence
Machine
Sickness
Vow
Blame
Powder
Trouble 

Here are 4 five-song EPs in a single download or you can grab them separately. 

TENDER - The EPs 

 

TENDER - Armour, 2015.

Armour
Melt
Bleed
Legion
Belong 

TENDER - EPII, 2016.

Lost
Cut
Afternoon
Burden
Volitile

 

 

 

 

TENDER - EPIII, Partisan Records, 2016.

Oracle
Violence
Design
Smoke
Outside

 

 

 

TENDER - Side A, 2020.

6 in the Morning
Living
Come Down when You’re Ready
Own Up
What You’re Missing? 

 

 

ps. - I didn't include 2022s Side B. You can stream it on Soundcloud.

Be tender to one another,
NØ

Novocaine for the Soul...TV

Parts of the Process...Quantum Entanglement

 

I don't know if anyone has a real idea what goes on in my twisted mind as I dole out tuneage here. I don't know if anyone really gives a care. But following rule #1: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law", I'ma tell ya anyhew.

I've been at this blog thing for way too long now. Over that time I've followed many a strange path. I've gradually laid myself bare through the words I've spewed & the music I've shared. Some time back I realised that the best plan was "NO PLAN".

Afterall, I'se Nothin', afterall.

No plan works wonders for me. Things just happen, songs get heard, I get busy, hopefully we get jiggy.

The problems arise when I decide I have "a plan". Tomorrow is February 1. Several years ago I "decided" to dedicate February, our shortest month, to a particular theme. It began with the apparent irony of February being Black History Month, as if Black History & History are seperate things. Last year was the Fems of Feb.

As February approached, I was stressing out. I had several vague ideas for themes, but nothing had really jelled. So began the Parts that led to this rambling.

I had a folder labeled "Glasgow noise" that I thought might yield up at least 14 bands that I could post up every other day throughout February,  bands like Stretchhead, Dog Faced Hermans, Dawson, Josef K, or Scars.

Also I had seen a list of National Holidays for February. I though maybe I could feature something each day that tied in to the Holiday.

I decided that the variety of bands in the Glasgow folder deserved a more in-depth working, so I moved it to "Ideas on Hold / failed Feb" & tackled the National Holidays idea. It started off really well & then hit a wall.

February 1st is National Dark Chocolate Day. I started off with Hot Chocolate - More Greatest Hits. 

Musical note: Hot Chocolate released their first record, Love is Life in 1970. It reached number 6 in the UK charts. This was the start of a fifteen year career for the group. They amassed a total of over 30 hits. They are the only group in the UK to have a hit for fifteen consecutive years. Great first day.

February 2nd is of course Groundhog Day. That was another no-brainer. "Ground Hog" is one of my top Spirit songs. I have it on the 2xCD Time Circle (1968-1972), so another good step.

Day 3 - National Bubblegum Day - The Archies self-titled first from 1968                                                  & - National Missing Persons Day - Missing Persons - self-titled first 7" 1980

Day 4 - National Hemp Day - 10 Ft. Ganja Plant - Hillside Airstrip 2001

Day 5 - National Weatherperson Day - The Weather Prophets - Mayflower 1987

Day 6 - National Chopsticks Day - Chopstick Killer - What R U Waiting For?! 2019

then Day 7 - either National Periodic Table Day or National Fettuccine Alfredo Day. No clue for Fettuccine but I figured there might be some elements I might feature: Qiucksilver, Andrew Gold, Freddy Mercury, Nickleback...but let's face it. I'm really reaching & this is only a quarter of the journey. Into the "Ideas on Hold / failed Feb" folder with idea #2.

I breifly tip-toed around the Glasgow noise idea in passing but resisted the futility.

I realized I could just dump the whole theme/February trip & proceed as usual, but my Taurus bull-headedness reigned & I stumbled through my feverish brain searching for a solution.

The ole quantum entanglement came through when I stopped searching for a moment. I saw a blurb about February 2023 being National Pop Music Month. I also saw another write-up that said "Take your animal to class" which I in haste mis-read as "turn your animal to glass".That crashed head-first into my evening's listening.

I'll finish this story tomorrow, when...

So starting tomorrow, be warned. February is National 21st Century Pop Month done the NØ-NSS way. Calling it Top of the Pops. This may be the most diabolical I have ever been

Enjoy,
Natas Nothin'

Suggested by Rev.B...This One's for You, Brother

 

Before I get too lost in the upcoming February insanity, I need to present the first (second!!!) installment of S-EXY (Selected from EXY) Listener's Digest. The first go-round was a two disc set of HIGH / NRG that I posted up as The Kernels of Goodness on the Prompted by Other Blogs, Part 6 post November last. That was before this actual project had hatched.

At the time, NSS regular rev.b commented:
     “There's so much new-to-me stuff on Exy, it's hard to know what to try. The reviews don't help much because I don't know how much I can trust them. None of these artists are familiar, so I really appreciate these two 'listener's digests'. They're bound to be very useful and I imagine I'll go back and grab anything that sounds interesting. If you wanted to make a habit of posting these every few months, that'd be great. Either way, thanks for these.”

Well, I'm always one for picking up another new bad habit. This is what I've gleaned since November. 

 

Various - S-EXY Listener's Digest Vol. 2 (really 1), NØ Comp., 2023. 

S-EXY: NEW FACES -
I Got the Moves - Habibi
Leak at the Disco - Baxter Dury
Runaway - Starcrawler
Vanishing Shadows - Liela Moss
Low Profile - Shapeshifter
Sweetest Talk - Habibi
Tunnel - Lotus Eater (Lucy & Rrose)
Rhodes - Monaural
Welcome to It - Liela Moss
Tomboy - Habibi
Jetblack - Starcrawler
Cocaine Man - Baxter Dury
Let Me In - Habibi

S-EXY: OLD FRIENDS -
Massa - Tiken Jah Fakoly
Curious Guy - The Legendary Pink Dots
Charming Every Cupid - Essential Logic
Alpha (Adrian Sherwood mix) - Mark Stweart
Leftfield - This is What We Do
Rider Roots - Boris Gardner
Braquage de Pouvoir - Tiken Jah Fokoly
Apocalypse Then - The Legendary Pin Dots
Serious - Essential Logic
Cast No Shadow (Leather Strip mix) - Mark Stewart
Alien Boys - Essential Logic
Come on - Leftfield
Où est-ce que tu vas - Tiken Jah Fakoly
Love Dub - Boris Gardner

'Til next time,
NØ

DownUnder Band for DownUnderground...by Request

A month ago I posted Horizontal Life by Pray TV.  

Viacomclosedmedown on youtube commented:
     “Wow more from Pray TV, thank you”.

Trying to fulfill all requests before February. 

 

Swingers Paradise is Pray TVs 1994 album, produced by singer/songwriter Ed Kuepper from Oz punk band The Saints.

Here Pray TV is: Aidan Halloran - vocals; Martin Kennedy - guitar; Russell Baricevic - bass; & Joseph Kennedy - drums & percussion. 

 

Pray TV - Swingers Paradise, Concubine Records album005, 1994.
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Sucker Punch
72
A Western Scene
The Wading Pool
Knife
I Got Mine
Run Me Ragged
Long Gone
Free at Last
All the Way
Where Do I Get Of

Enjoy,
NØ

Sheer Bliss...by Request

We've heard her in Groove Armada. We've heard her in Zero 7. We've heard her & we want more. Sophie...Sophie...Sophie!!!

Singer/songwriter Sophie Barker first blipped on the musical radar around the time she left University College, London after two years to become a full-time singer. She teamed up with singer Kate Holmes taking the name Sirenes. They released three singles before splitting up at the end of 1997.

Then Sophie's singing/songwriting skills were heard on the final two tracks of English house band Groove Armada's 1999 sophomore album Vertigo.

Next she co-wrote & sang three songs on the 2001 Zero 7 album Simple Things, including their biggest hit, "Destiny". She also contributed to the follow-up 2004 Zero 7 album When It Falls.

Sophie has also worked with The Egg ("Walking Away"), electronica artists Grooverider ("Time & Space"), & many others. Barker was featured in a 2006 British Airways UK television campaign, singing a cover version of John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane".

Examples of all these collaborations are in the first offering. 

 

Sophie Barker & - Exposing Sophie, NØ Comp., 2023.

Sun Don’t Shine - Sirenes
Your Song - Groove Armada
Inside My Mind (Blue Skies) - Groove Armada
Destiny single - Zero 7
     a. Destiny (radio edit)
     b. Destiny (Photek remix)
In the Waiting Line single - Zero 7
     a. In the Waiting Line (radio edit)
     b. In the Waiting Line (Dorfmeister con Madrid de Los Austrias dub)
     c. In the Waiting Line (Aquanote's naked adaption)
Spinning - Zero 7
Passing By - Zero 7
In Time - Zero 7
Walking Away EP - The Egg
     a. Walking Away (original 7'' edit)
     b. Walking Away (Kiki remix)
Time & Space - Grooverider
Imagination - Grooverider
     a. Part 1
     b. Part 3
Leaving on a Jet Plane - Sophie Baker 

Barker also featured as a guest singer on 2003s Quiet Letters by Bliss. 2009 saw her joining the group as collaborator/songwriter & vocalist for their album entitled No One Built This Moment. 

Bliss - No One Built This Moment, Music for Dreams zzzcd0044, 2009.
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People Among Us
Calling (featuring Sophie Barker)
Trust in Your Love (featuring Ane Brun)
Overture (featuring Sophie Barker & Merethe Sveistrup)
So Still (featuring Sophie Barker)
American Heart (featuring Boy George & Alexandra Hamnede)
Mivahetsek (featuring Lisbeth Scott)
Bascar Azad (featuring Lisbeth Scott)
Stop Me (featuring Sophie Barker)
Light to Your Life (featuring Sophie Barker)
The Hope (featuring Sophie Barker, Lisbeth Scott, & Merethe Sveistrup)

 

 

 

As well as all this, Sophie has released numerous solo releases. Emperor Records released her debut album Earthbound in May 2005. It is a collection of eight songs recorded over the previous few years, some written & produced with Robin Guthrie. With more acoustic songs, it is quite a departure from her previous work with Zero 7. Give it a listen. You'll get why we're spending time with Sophie.

Sophie Barker - Earthbound, Emperor EMPCD001, 2005.

Secret
Stop Me
Dreamlife
Wintertime
On My Way Home
Start Me
Angel
Stumble

 

 

 

 

 

Sophie Barker - Break the Habit, Disco Gecko GKOCD023, 2017.

Break the Habit
Start Me
I Do it to Myself
3 Things
Road 66
Gold Dust Woman
Dont Give It Away
Breathe Me In
Let's Start Again 

Finally we have the second of two remix versions of Break the Habit (the other being 2017s LSA). This one is deep house. 

Sophie Barker - Neon Lines, DeepDownDirty DDDD002SBA, 2019.

Break the Habit (BL.CK remix)
Start Me (Black Chapel remix)
I Do it to Myself (Paul Sawyer & Simon Sinfield remix)
3 Things (Cruster remix)
Road 66 (Lee Ogdon remix)
Gold Dust Woman (Audiofetish edit)
Don't Give it Away (Ali Bakhtiar remix)
Breathe Me In (Doppelstern remix)
Let's Start Again (Demah remix)

Away from her music, Sophie has helped to set up the Rainbow Collection Children’s Foundation; a charity that helps to build schools in Kenya.  A percentage of the profit from Sophie’s Rainbow Collection children’s albums goes to the fund which will then be allocated to different educational projects & causes around the world.

Enjoy,
NØ

Musick as Drug

I've posted up various other music releases that were created to alter one's reality, to be aurally psychoactive. Here's another dose. 

 

Yoshifumi Kawahara was born in 1961 in Fukuoka, Japan.  He died in Cambodia in 2012.  He has been called 'the Jon Hassell of Japan'.

Taking the stage name Henry, Kawahara was a composer of avant-garde music that was an eclectic blend of experimental electronics, exotica, & new age music.  He referred to his music as "cyber-occult".  He was active in the Japanese cyber-occult underground of the 1990s, a scene linked with technologies such as 3D (binaural) recordings, brain machines, sound chairs, computer graphics, & digital compact discs. 

 

These tracks, produced 1990-95, include a series of recordings described as "Parallel Data Sounds" & "Sound LSD", a 'new language system that speaks directly to the cerebrum' using 'frequency components that are not perceived by the conscious mind', reflecting Kawahara's interest in concepts such as astrology, love mantras, & astral projection.

Also here are two pieces featuring dolphin sounds & human brainwave feedback, as well as pieces from a recording unit called H Music De-perception (HMD) & a group called Xiaoyun.

This 3-CD set includes a special bonus CD. 

I have included a .pdf of the Koki Emura booklet. 

 

Henry Kawahara - Cybernetic Defiance & Orgasm 2: Other Sides of...,
EM Records EM1205TCD, 2022.
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Disc-1: Music for Multimedia -
Feel Strange
Beyond Armageddon
69 with B-Dog
Love Moonlight
The Old Man at the Goagajan Woods
St. Valentine Day
Love Dance
Mercury Power

Disc-2: Co-Producton Works -
enDOLPHIN (Water Sonic version)
Sleeping Besides the Beast
Minami-kaze #4
Start on a Journey
Sim Sex
Morning
Neuro Dancer
Sweet Dreams
Still Life
Synethesia
Dolphin Dreams (Deep Relax mix)
Dolphinic Meditation (enDOLPHIN)

Disc-3: Special Bonus Disc -
Dance of Electronic Neuron Circuits (Third mix)
Destination of Endorphins)
Yorokobi-No-Koe
Nicea 'N Bark
Children in the Museum
Nanp ū (first 1992 version)
[Java] Dance #2. "Relaxed"
Sing an Anklungs (edit)
Eco-Location (Stargazer version)
Sound LSD #.Ss05/7.83hz (for radio mix)
Start on a Journey)
Primitive Love (Genshi No Ai delayed version)
In My Relationship with You, I Think About Myself on the Bed) (Panpot version)

Tripping,
NØ

Musick is My Magick

MU 6-6-6 ... the Numbers of the Beats

Music for a utopian lifestyle.

Magic & mysticism. Brothers & Sisters. Union & communion. The necessary duality. Will & power. Scenarios, territories, songs that explore sensations & possibilities for transmitting symbols. Escape routes & seduction, cosmic & suggestive science: earth, air, fire, aquatic forms. Magical Brothers & Mystic Sisters who express themselves through psychedelia beyond intuition.

Magick Brother & Mystic Sister is: Eva Muntada - piano, synthesizers, organ, mellotron & vocals: Xavi Sandoval - bass & guitars; Maya Fernández - flute; & Marc Tena - drums & vocals.

 

 

Magick Brother & Mystic Sister - self-titled, Sound Effect Records SERC084, 2020.
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Utopia
Waterforms
The First Light
Yogi Tea
Arroyo del Búho
Echoes from the Clouds
Movement 2
Love Scene
Instructions for Judgment Visions
Les Vampires

Enjoy,
NØ

Remembering You...13 Yrs to the Day of His Passing

I was going to start off the New Year down Jamaica way, but the Oogum Boogum grabbed me. Then one thing led to another. So before January gets too much older, I'm heading back to the Island. 

 

Yabby You (born Vivian Jackson) was a Jamaican vocalist & producer who worked in the mid-to late 70s.  Being a non-Rasta Christian, Yabby had an up-hill battle to fame. He was ridiculed as Jesus Dread, but he claimed the title proudly. His legacy grew greatly after his death in 2010 (January 12th). The release of this 3CD box set really vaulted his music to a massive audience.

Disc One features signature roots numbers like "Conquering Lion" & Big Youth's DJ version "Yabby You" along with lesser-known 12" mixes.

Disc Two presents "The Many Moods of Yabby You" with tracks with the likes of Trinity, King Tubby, & Jah Stitch, bringing Yabby the producer into focus. The moods include DJ, Dub, & early dancehall.

Disc Three is the unheard holy grail. Previously undiscovered tapes left to Yabby's widow make their first appearance here. Exclusive dubplates recorded for Jamaica's touring sound systems are collected along with lost tapes for Yabby's album Unification.

The box set comes with a 28-page booklet filled with rare photographs & enlightening essays. 

 

Yabby You - Dread Prophecy (The Strange & Wonderful Story of Yabby You) 3xCD box set,   Shanachie 45072, 2015. (includes booklet)

CD1: The Classics -

Deliver Me from My Enemies - Vivian Jackson & the Prophets
Conquering Lion - Vivian Jackson & the Ralph Brothers
Yabby You - Big Youth
Anti-Christ - Vivian Jackson & the Prophets
Carnal Mind - Vivian Jackson & the Prophets
Run Come Rally - Vivian Jackson & the Prophets
Jah Vengeance (12" mix) - Yabby You & the Prophets
Tubby's Vengeance - Yabby You with King Tubby
One Love One Heart - Vivian Jackson & the Prophets
Pound Get a Blow - Vivian Jackson & the Prophets
Fire in Kingston - Vivian Jackson & the Prophets
Fire Dub - King Tubby
Chant Down Babylon Kingdom (12" mix) - The Prophets with Trinity
Beware Dub - Yabby You & the Prophets
Give Thanks & Praise (12" mix) - The Prophets with Trinity
Man of the Living (12" mix) - Wayne Wade
Free Africa (12" mix) - Yabby You withTrinity
Live Trap (12" mix) - Tommy McCook
Love Thy Neighbor - Vivian Jackson & The Defenders 

CD2: The Many Moods of Yabby You -

Love & Unity/Mash Down Rome (12" mix) - Michael Prophet
Babylone a Fall (12" mix) - The Prophets
This Economical Crisis - Yabby You
Praise Jahoviah - Yabby You
Fire Deh a Mus Mus Tail - Yabby You
Fleeing from the City - Yabby You
Love in Zimba (Zambia) - Prophets All-Stars
Gwaan & Lef Me (12" mix) - Yabby You with Trinity
Rock Man Soul - Jah Stitch
Love of a Woman Dub (previously unreleased) - King Tubby
Get Lost Babylon (12" mix) - Yabby You
How Long - Pat Kelly
Stop Your Gang War - The Melodians
Blessed are the Poor - The Prophets
Peace - Yabby You with the Prophets)
Jah Mercies - Yabby You with King Tubby
Dreadlocks Man (7" single mix) - Yabby You 

 

CD3: Rarities -

Daughter of Zion - Willi Williams
What a Sufferation (previously unreleased) - Patrick Andy
I Must Achieve What is Mine - Junior Brown
Words of the Prophets - The Prophets
Freedom of Life - Bro Joe & the Rightful Bros.
We Want Our Liberty - Lenroy Swaby
Beyond the Hills - Cleopatra Williams with Yabby You
Mercy & Truth (previously unreleased) - Yabby You with the Gladiators
Black Star Liner (12" mix) - Yabby You
King of Kings (previously unreleased) - Yabby You
Education for Free (previously unreleased) _ Prince Pompado
Reggae Mek Ya Feel Alright (previously unreleased) - Yabby You
Natty Roots Man (previously unreleased) - U Brown
Unknown Title (previously unreleased) - Half Pint
Oh City Of Zion + Zion Dub (Dub Plate) - King Tubby
Hail the Children - Bro. Joe & the Rightful Bros.
Warn the Nation Dub (Dub Plate) - Alrick Forbes & Willi Williams
Jah Vengeance Dub (Dub Plate) - King Tubby
Black is Our Colour Dub (Dub Plate) - Wayne Wade
Run Come Raw Dub (Dub Plate) - King Tubby

Enjoy,
NØ

The Bird has Left the Yard

Jeff Beck - I Ain't Superstitious (1968).

Prompted by Other Blogs, Part 7

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. 

 

I've followed Die or DIY blog for more than a decade.  Jonny Zchivago is an Agent Provocateur for musickal madness. He loves to rile things up. He also has some of the deepest insights into the world of crazy music. I don't get a great deal of material from his blog, as it seems the music always falls into three categories for me: 1] Not really interested; 2] Already have it (weird but enjoyable); & 3] Shit. But ever so often something grabs me & I grab it right back.

 

Recently after a short absence (“A prolonged absence may have been noted by your faithful scribe,but i have been an unwilling victim of a Co-Vid variant!”) Jonny posted one by Lemon Kittens (Live 1980 / 81). Even if you're no interested in Lemon Kittens, go read Jonny's screed. You'll surely get a kick out of it. I could relate in several ways. I too suffered through a bout with the Evil Covid & also suffered from the malaise of brain fog that was its calling card. Lemon Kittens were always one of the WEIRD bands that I enjoyed (always a Danielle Dax fan - see Lemon Kitten Pariah post here from last years Fems of Feb. series). So here are a couple early ones - Spoonfed with Dani Dax cover art & Cake Beast with Dax vocals & their second full lenght Those that bite the hand that feeds them sooner or later must meet...The Big Dentist.

 

Lemon Kittens - Spoonfed & Writhing 7", Step-Forward Records SF 10, 1979.

Side 1 -
Shakin ' All Over
This Kind of Dying
Morbotalk
Bookburner

Side 2 -
Whom Do I Have to Ask
Chalet d’Amour
.....Not a Mirror

bonus tracks -
Paper-thin Religion
Go with the Flow
Part of Hettie’s Tradition 

  

Lemon Kittens - Cake Beast 12" single, United Dairies UD 07, 1981.

Kites Side -
Kites
Only a Rose

Popsykle Side -
Popsykle

 

 

 

 

Lemon Kittens - The Big Dentist, Illuminated Records JAMS 131, 1982.

Side 1 -
They are Both Dirty
The Hospital Hurts the Girl
Mylmus

Side 2 -
No Night not Shared
The Log & the Pin
Nudies
Oath
An Untimely End

Enjoy,
NØ

Holy Shoot (in Dub)

Recently I've been giving a lot of airplay to the new release of Mark Stewart - VS.  I'm always right there for Mark Stewart's brand of hooligan politics & especially when Adrian Sherwood pitches in at the controls. As I listened to VS I was driven to search out some Nun Gun & share it here.

Nun Gun is a collabrative effort of Atlanta, GA based experimental group Algiers consisting of Lee Tesche, Ryan Mahan, & Matt Tong along with visual artist Brad Feuerhelm. Stealth Empire in Dub is the companion release to Nun Gun's 2021 Mondo Decay. For SEiD, Nun Gun is joined by Mark Stewart (tracks 1-4, 9) with Adrian Sherwood slipping in a remix version ("Outlaw Empire"). 

 

Nun Gun - Stealth Empire in Dub, Algiers self released, 2021.
decryption code in comments

Side A -
Stealth Empire
Super Dub
Outlaw Empire (Adrian Sherwood mix)
A4 ####### (Mallarmé read by Mark)
On Neurath's Bass

Side B -
On Neurath's Boat (featuring Farbod Kokabi & Mourning [A] BLKstar)
Stealth Dub    
Sankara Speaks    
The Supermen (Bowie cover)

bonus tracks    
B ####### (Blake Speaks)
On Neurath's Stomp (AstroBLK mix)
Gold Dub (ONO mix)

Enjoy,
NØ