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14. pyrolator – die haut der frau

the first of two tracks taken from robotsinheat.com. robots in heat is the best – it is galaxies, its disco, its psychedelic, its spandau ballet.

you can find out more about pyrolator (and buy pyrolator cds) here. an excerpt:

Kurt “Pyrolator” Dahlke. Specialist for music and computer. Founder of the record label and music publishing house atatak (more than 150 publications since 1979). Member of the groups “Der Plan ‘ and “Pyrolator”. He produced more than 150 records and CDs and was active on 40 publications as a composer, musicians and software programmer. His main instruments are the “Thunder & Lightning II” built by the Synthesizer-Pioneer Donald Buchla, with which he is controlling the music by the movement or the pressure of the hands. Productions, concerts and installations since 1980 in Korea, Japan, the USA, Argentina, West&Nord Africa, central and Eastern Europe.

the thunder & lightning, from what i understand, are midi controllers – touchplates that respond to tactile pressure and wands that effect sound based on what direction they are pointed and their relationship in time and space to each other. spacetime.

i’m currently going track by track through a mix i recently did for a website called research and development – find out more here.

13. roger roger – sounds industrial 2

roger roger – his real name – made music for film and television from the 1950s right through until the mid 1970s. if roger were alive today (he sadly is not) he would be 95 years old.

Usually he recorded his own music in Paris, and the unique studio sound added to the special charm that these works possessed. In addition to his brighter numbers, he was also required to create pieces of a more serious nature, including some heavy, repetitive tracks that could be used as accompaniment for industrial scenes in documentaries. A composer of mood music has to be able to write for almost any kind of subject, and this presented no problems for Roger.

it is well worth reading the rest of this well-written biography of roger roger, from which i have taken the above paragraph. my friend wally gave me the roger roger album “sounds industrial”, he found it somewhere online, i’m not entirely sure where. its an engaging listen – sixteen tracks at more or less 2 minutes each. here are a few more of them.

MP3: Roger Roger – Sounds Industrial 7

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MP3: Roger Roger – Sounds Industrial 13

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MP3: Roger Roger – Sounds Industrial 16

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i’m currently going track by track through a mix i recently did for a website called research and development – find out more here.

12. the kinks – people take pictures of each other

this song is almost 40 years old. it is one of the greatest songs of all time. there are some songs that literally never fail to put me in a good mood – there aren’t many of them, but there are some. this is one of them. the kinks were geniooses.

i couldn’t resist throwing a bit of a synth line over the top of the end of this track, in the mix, please forgive me kinks fans! its done with respect, albeit without much skill. hoo hah! the kinks. this song. yeah.

Picture of me when I was just three,
Sucking my thumb by the old oak tree.
Oh how I love things as they used to be,
Don’t show me no more, please.

this is exactly how i feel about memories, and i don’t have a great memory of my childhood. i remember things mostly through pictures. or through stories that other people tell me, my memories are their memories, retold to me. i love nothing more than to think long and hard about how great things used to be, whether they really were or not, the things i did or never did. when i get really sucked in to nostalgia – my childhood, last year, the multitude of pasts i did or didn’t have – i find it completely overwhelming, my guts get sore, don’t show me no more please. yeah. so anyway, memory is joyous and painful. this isn’t exactly news. thankyou kinks.

MP3: The Kinks – People Take Pictures of Each Other

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i’m currently going track by track through a mix i recently did for a website called research and development – find out more here.

11. the sylvers – i’ll never be ashamed

palms out sounds has a regular feature called sample wednesday where they dig out the tracks sampled by artists such as basement jaxx, m.i.a, daft punk, missy elliot, jazzy jeff. a few weeks ago they did rjd2 which i enjoyed a lot. i’m a big fan of the first two rjd2 records, those albums were definitely an influence on me. i particularly liked the second rjd2 album “since we last spoke” where you could really hear him extending his reach and trying new things with great success. i haven’t heard the third album, i’m resolutely avoiding it. i wish i’d had the same forethought when it came to star trek: nemesis – but no, i went to the movies, i saw it, and it damn near destroyed my experience of the entire star trek franchise. now i know better.

this track by the sylvers is, of course, sampled in rjd2’s track “cutting out to FL”. head here for more rjd2 sample spotting, or dig the whole series of sample wednesday posts over at palms out.

i’m currently going track by track through a mix i recently did for a website called research and development – find out more here.

10. made in sweden – little cloud

another great find from hip blog undomondo (straight outta turkey)…

Made In Sweden were probably the first exponents of progressive rock in Sweden, showcasing the jazzy guitar style of Georg Wadenius (sometimes reminiscent of Alvin Lee in his jazzier moments, although the actual influence was Wes Montgomery). The first album has several nice instrumentals, including an excellent, relaxed interpretation of Lennon & McCartney’s “A Day In The Life”. — from alexgitlin.com

this track comes from made in sweden’s second album “snakes in a hole” from 1969. believe me when i say that i am far from an expert on prog, kraut rock, psychedelic music, 60s music or the 60s in general – but this track has a great sound.

here are a few other things i’ve wandered across on this old internet, that were released in 1969:

MP3: Bergen White – Let Me Stay With You Awhile

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MP3: The Free Pop Electronic Concept – Planetary Gospel
this track comes from an album called “a new exciting experience” – awesome! keen followers of faux pas will recognise elements of this track. i downloaded it somewhere on the net, good luck finding it now (start at google, thats a hot tip). or else look for it on vinyl – apparently it sells for US$110. “EXTREMELY RARE ITEM, JESS & JAMES BUT TOTALLY SPACE JAZZ GROOVE PSYCH DRONE WITH ALL INGREDIENTS, MOOG, MELLOTRON, PIANO, FX AROUND THE RECORD, GROOVE DRUMS, HOT PERCUSSION, WHA-WHA GUITAR EXCURSIONS, FUNKY BASS, LONG TRACKS PLENTY OF PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS FOR DANCEFLOOR. ¡¡¡DJ’S ALERT!!! STEREOLAB HAVE THIS RECORD 100% SURE……”

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MP3: Wilson Simonal – Meia Volta
a classic slice of brazilian tropical cheese, parts of this track might also be familiar to anyone who has had more than a cursory listen to my album. i’m lettin it all hang out

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