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Test Tone: Transmission002

Evelyn Austin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:03:44 +0000

Van de digital music computer van Yamaha klauteren we voorzichtig maar stevig de Zoologischer Garten in. Het in 2005 op City Centre Offices uitgebrachte album Linienbusse is door Studio Pankow (onder andere Move D) in drie sessies opgenomen. Via Daniel Wang naar Moxo, die lezers van Straight No Chaser waarschijnlijk wel kennen als de immer goedgemutste ruimtevaarder en Sun Ra specialist. En als grote afsluiter Legowelt. ‘In Dark Trees’ is afkomstig van Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World (Narrominded, oktober 2009).

A leisurely stroll in the Zoologischer Garten is like a sumptuous desert after Benge’s take on the CX5. Linienbusse was recorded by Studio Pankow (Move D and friends) in three sessions, and released by City Centre Offices in 2005. Speeding past Daniel Wang, we get treated to a nice track by Moxo. Straight No Chaser readers will probably recognize him as the crisp and cheery space traveler and Sun Ra expert. No point in quitting if you can’t go out with a bang: last track is by Legowelt and can be found on Narrominded‘s second Retro Retry album Another Another Green World (October, 2009).

Playlist:
01. Anton Zap – Spain
02. Actress – Ivy May Gilpin
03. MVO Trio – Pattern 3
04. Benge – CX5 (version)
05. Studio Pankow – Zoologischer Garten
06. Forcce – Keep On Dubbing
07. Daniel Wang – Free Lovin
08. Moxo – If You Need A Phreak
09. Beat Pharmacy – Floating
10. Elecktroids – Future Tone
11. Africa Jet Band – El Fuego En Nostotros Todo
12. Legowelt – In Dark Trees

Katzwijm 1: In the blue August moon

Evelyn Austin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:17:13 +0000

Het is een eerste try-out. Katzwijm houdt zich op de achtergrond, maar de muziek spreekt ook wel voor zich. Oude bekenden Brian Eno en The Raincoats worden bijgestaan door nieuwe helden CFTPA en Lali Puna. Singer-songwriters genoeg, met bijvoorbeeld Grouper, Freschard, en oudgediende Stevie Wonder. Let vooral op de knutsel electro van de Nijmeegse Bertin, en grootmeester Jan Jelinek. En hoewel de meningen over het laatste album zijn verdeeld, twijfelt niemand aan Celebrate The New Dark Age. Polvo zorgt samen met Women, Indian Jewelry en Foehn voor voldoende noise.

It’s the grand rehearsal. Katzwijm hides shyly in the back, but the music does plenty of talking. Old acquaintances Brian Eno and The Raincoats are accompanied by new heroes CFTPA and Lali Puna. Plenty of singer songwriters in the mix as well. We’ve got Grouper, Freschard and old lover Stevie Wonder. Pay special attention to Bertin‘s fumble-electronics, and to soundcrafter Jan Jelinek. And although opinions differed on the last album, no one questions the brilliance of Celebrate The New Dark Age. Polvo, Women, Indian Jewelry and Foehn supply us with plenty of noise.

Playlist:
01. The Books – Bonanza
02. The Raincoats – Only Loved At Night
03. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone – Oh Contessa
04. Kaito — Thwipside
05. Grouper – Heavy Water / I’d Rather Be Sleeping
06. Jan Jelinek + The Exposures – Music To Interrogate By
07. Polvo – Tragic Carpet Ride
08. Stevie Wonder – Look Around
09. The Intelligence – Nice Tries
10. Softboiled Eggies – Mama Don’t Cry
11. Foehn – I Don’t Find You Very Funny
12. The Remote Viewer – The Gambler And The Captain
13. Brian Eno – St. Elmo’s Fire
14. I Am Robot And Proud – The Electricity In Your House Wants To Sing
15. Women – Lawncare
16. Bertin – Videorecorder
17. Indian Jewelry – Too Much Honkytonking
18. Freschard – Who The World Belongs To
19. Lali Puna – Come On Home
20. Now, Now, Every Children – Not One But Two

Link:

http://cut-up.com/2009/08/katzwijm-in-the-blue-august-moon/

Tea Time 001

Evelyn Austin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:04:04 +0000

Van de spiritual jazz van MaseQua Myers naar de aanstekelijke psychedelica van Lothar & The Hand People. Terugkerend element zijn de ‘Twenty Systems’ synths van Benge, die niet misstaan naast obscure helden Occult Chemistry. Hun enige release komt uit 1980 en brein achter de band was Glenn Carmichael –ook verantwoordelijk voor Twilight Zoners en The White Brothers. Alle drie aanraders.

From MaseQua Myers’ spiritual jazz to the psychedelic, but o so catchy Lothar & The Hand People. Recurring elements are Benge’s ‘Twenty Systems’ synths, which fit quite nicely next to obscure heroes Occult Chemistry. OC’s only release is from 1980 and the man behind the band was Glenn Carmichael. Carmichael was also responsible for the likes of Twilight Zoners and The White Brothers -all three highly recommended.

Playlist:
01. Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Live at Newport
02. David Sylvian – Awakenings
03. Benge – 1982 PPG Wave
04. Irmin Schmidt – Endstation Freiheit
05. Jorge Ben – Minha Estrala e do Oriente
06. Lothar & The Hand People – Milkweed Love
07. Group Doueh – Dun Dan
08. MaseQua Myers & Jami Ayinde – Black Land Of The Nile
09. Erkin Koray – Sir
10. Phantom Band – Experiments
11. Patrick Vian – Oreknock
12. Benge – 1975 Moog Polymoog
13. Occult Chemistry – Earth
14. Bruce Ditmas – Yellow
15. Spectrum & Silver Apples – (I Don’t Care If You) Never Come Back
16. Little Kirk – Ghetto People Broke dub
17. Steely & Clevie – Screechy Across The Border
18. Mikey Dread – Jumping Master
19. The Clash – Calling Out
20. Suicide – Touch Me
21. Benge – 1974 Oberheim SEM
22. Nu Pagadi – Volk vs The Balloons

Link:

http://cut-up.com/2009/08/tea-time-001/

The Daisy Age #1

Evelyn Austin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:53:02 +0000

“Alles wat schuurt, swingt, beweegt en prikkelt.” Dat is het handelsmerk van Alex Mir, mister positivity himself. Van hem komt de eerste The Daisy Age-mix op cut-up. In deze mix een aantal geliefde oudjes en een handvol hedendaagse klassiekers, allemaal bijeengehouden door eenzelfde fris geluid. Van de blue-eyed soul van de wonderlijke Dusty Springfield tot de trouser jazz van Mr. Scruff. En van de house van Pépé Bradock tot de pratende krokodillen van De La Soul. Alex Mir plays it sweet ’n low…

“Everything that grinds, swings, moves and excites,” is Alex Mir’s trademark. Mister positivity himself is responsible for the first The Daisy Age mix on cut-up. A few much-loved oldies and a handful of modern classics, all kept together by a big bunch of oozing freshness. From the glorious Dusty Springfield’s blue-eyed soul to Mr Scruff’s trouser jazz. And from Pépé Bradock’s house tunes, to De La Soul’s talking crocodiles. Alex Mir plays it sweet ‘n low…

Playlist:
01. Dj Day – Four Hills (MPM)
02. Jimmy Jones – Live and Let Live (Zealous)
03. People Under The Stairs – The Suite for a Beaver (Om Records)
04. I.G. Off & Hazadous – The Nicest (instrumental) (React)
05. Mr. Scruff – Ug (Ninja Tune)
06. Plantlife – Love to the World (Counterflow)
07. Esther Williams – It Feels Real Good (Friends & Co)
08. De La Soul – Tread Water (Tommy Boy)
09. Adolphe Parillon – Country (BBE)
10. Moonstarr – Break it Down (Public Transit Records)
11. Roy Ayers – Love will bring us back together (TBH)
12. Visioneers feat. Capitol A – Funk Box (BBE)
13. Digital Underground – Doowutchyalike (Tommy Boy)
14. S.O.U.L. – Express Yourself (Vampi Soul)
15. Dj Serious – Battle (Do Right! Music)
16. Thunder, Lightning & Rain – Superfunky pt. 1 (PPBK)
17. Pépé Bradock – Peer Pressure (Atavisme)
18. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – It’s your world (Soul Brother Records)
19. Dusty Springfield – Just a little Lovin’ (Fontana)

Link:

http://cut-up.com/2009/08/the-daisy-age-1/

NMFM 1: Out here in the fields

Evelyn Austin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:38:34 +0000

In ‘Out here in the fields: Audiotourisme, gevonden geluid en veldopnames’ reizen we samen met Coen Oscar Polack (Living Ornaments, Psychon, Narrominded) door stad en land. Opvallend is de gedetailleerdheid van de opnames. Wat deze werken bindt, is een liefde voor geluid: het ruisen van de wind, de hartkloppingen van wolkenkrabbers en de krakende hersens van studerende monniken. Terwijl veldopnames soms wat moeilijk te verteren zijn, heeft Polack hier een fijne mix in elkaar gedraaid die nooit te zwaar aanvoelt. Variërend tussen intense, gelaagde geluiden en luchtige stukken, blijft deze mix boeien.

In ‘Out here in the fields: audiotourisme, gevonden geluid en veldopnames’ Coen Oscar Polack (Living Ornaments, Psychon, Narrominded) leads us through cities and fields. The recordings are remarkably detailed. Wat holds them together is a love for sound: the whistling of the wind, the beating hearts of skyscrapers and the grinding brains of studying monks. Field recordings are often a bit hard to digest, but Polack has put together a mix that never feels like it’s weighing you down. Alternating between intense, layered sounds and more lighthearted pieces, the mix continuously keeps you on the edge of your chair.

Playlist:
1. Coen Oscar Polack – Geluiden uit De Blauwe Kamer
2. Francisco López – Buildings [New York]
3. Unknown – Todaiji Temple (1239) Daibutsu
4. Jakob Kirkegaard – Nerthus
5. Tucker Martine – Particle Swarm Intelligence
6. Akira Rabelais – Glower Conf. II. 20
7. Geir Jenssen – Camp 3: Neighbors on Oxygen
8. Douglas Quin – Weddell Seals (Underwater)
9. William Bolcom – Hippopotamus
10. Coen Oscar Polack – Himalaya FM
11. Stephen Vitiello – San Salvador
12. Annea Lockwood – Fridingen to Ulm
13. David Lewiston – Christmas in Oaxaca
14. Rubber Television
15. Mira Calix – Nunu
16. Chris Watson – No Man’s Land
17. Oorjak Hunashtaar-Ool – Brat Moy, Spoyu Borban
18. Coen Oscar Polack – Ghorkaland Manifestation / Generator
19. Tod Dockstader – Wire
20. Nurse With Wound – Gulls Just Wanna Have Fun
21. Douglas Quin – White-backed Vulture
22. Chris Watson – Bucaneve
23. Peter Bruyn – Waarom een regenwoud nooit Idols wint (audiocolumn)
24. Douglas Quin – White-bearded Manakin
25. Douglas Quin – Ranomafana: Mountain Rainforest
26. Jana Winderen – Live in Japan
27. The Monastety of Gyütö – Mahakala
28. Zhang Jian – Streets of Lhasa #1
29. Tucker Martine – Dogon Country at Night
30. Coen Oscar Polack – Monks Chanting
31. Five Unknown Women – Cuando la Niña es Casada
32. The Caretaker – Persistent Repetition of Phrases

Link & complete playlist info:

http://cut-up.com/2009/08/nmf-1-out-here-in-the-fields/

Test Tone: Transmission001

Evelyn Austin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:49:01 +0000

Test Tone streeft ernaar het onbekende bekend te maken. En daarom in deze mix naast artiesten van labels als Hyperdub, ook snoepgoed van het Duitse label Running Back. Oren gespitst en copy/paste-toetsen bezet! Er is namelijk genoeg soul om het doorgewinterde, zure clubje achterin de zaal aan het dansen te krijgen en genoeg beat om ze aan het bewegen te houden. Hoppa!

Test Tone strives to make the unknown known. And that’s why in this mix we get treated to some artists from labels like Hyperdub, but also get a peek into the German label Running Back. Keep those ears sharpened and the copy/paste keys within reach! There’s plenty of soul to get the sour bunch of die hards in the back of the club dancing, and enough nice beats to keep them going. Woop!

Playlist:
01. Hercules and Love Affair – Athene
02. Nacho Patrol – Twinotters
03. Kessier District – Life’s a Gas dub
04. Gwen Guthrie – Hopscotch dub
05. Blue Daisy – Fall
06. Tensnake – Holding Back My Love
07. Actress – Redit 124
08. Ray Mang – Toffee Shop
09. Burial & Four Tet – Moth
10. Lars Bartkuhn – Goodbye Dancing, Hello God (Arto Mwambe rmx)
11. Unit 4 – Body Dub (Extended Mix)
12. Kashif – Just Gotta Have You
13. Domu – Ticcles dub
14. Labradorstereo – Just Shut Up and Drive
15. Berliner Ring – El Amarna

Link:

http://cut-up.com/2009/07/test-tone-1-transmission001/