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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.

7. agitation free – ala tul (faux pas edit)

a month or two ago one of my favourite mp3 blogs undomondo posted a few 70s prog & psych tracks, and one stood out, “ala tul” by a german band called agitation free. they were like a german prog/kraut rock band, wikipedia tells me they were active from 1967 to 1974 and that one of their number at some point jumped ship to tangerine dream. my dad had a couple of tangerine dream cds in the 80s, i remember as a kid trying to listen to them but being completely bewildered. there was no way in to tangerine dream, not for me. when it came to dad’s cd collection i was more into billy joel. i never even attempted to listen to the vangelis soundtrack dad had. though i did listen to clannad a few times. clannad is good to play d&d to.

MP3: Agitation Free – Ala Tul

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MP3: Agitation Free – Ala Tul (Faux Pas edit)

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THINGS I SAW ON THE INTERNET:

i make gotye website new pretty! – based on a poster by this guy, who is from these guys, who based the poster on a film clip by this guy which utilised characters designed by some other guy. its official, half of australia now works for gotye. check out wally’s first post in his brand new blog section. now if only i could do something to make my own website prettier..

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the latest edition of sample wednesdays over at the palms out blog is an mp3 expose of songs sampled by beat conductor turned ben folds fan rjd2, mostly songs sampled in tracks from his first album. i already knew about the elliott smith sample thanks to declan, whose great triple r radio show ‘against the arctic’ can (and should) be downloaded online each week from research and development.

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a history of simian, riddled with mp3s – a great primer despite a glaring inaccuracy in the opening paragraph (simian were/are from the uk not new york). but yeah this is worth reading, particularly if, like me, you mourn simian and are in denial about the ‘mobile disco’. simian fans should head there if only to grab the track “in siam” a weird psychedelic jumble of a track that pre-dates the first simian album but incorporates parts of one of my favourite simian tracks “one dimension”. i miss simian. this blog is so five years ago, hey.

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i remixed local melbourne banjo-doom poptarts aleks & the ramps a couple of months ago (you can listen to and download that remix here). not to be out done, the band themselves has puked out a great cheesy remix of ‘brain’, probably my favourite track from the debut ramps album. its at their myspace. you can also read a couple of great interviews with aleks from the ramps here at mess&noise, and here at wireless bolinger. the mess&noise interview in particular is essential reading for ramp fans.

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and in conclusion: HERBIE HANCOCK AND HIS FAIRLIGHT….

…ON SESAME STREET!!:

… then JAMMING WITH QUINCY JONES!!!!:

hey! a quick thank you to the good folks that have been giving this track a spin on their radio shows in the last week or two. the proper zeal EP comes out in around a month or so, so hopefully you’ve been enjoying this track as a teaser. if you haven’t heard it, download it now and play on repeat. its a winter jam!

MP3: Zeal – Yumi and the Sky (Faux Pas remix)

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this blog is just turning into youtube central, and i’m not gonna stop now – here’s the great film clip for zeal’s song salt, which bob put together himself in his bedroom with an inkjet printer, a pair of scissors, and some time off from uni. its cool and my favourite bit is where the hand comes out and plays the theremin. oops i just spoiled it. i’m now currently trying to convince bob how it would be a great idea to make a faux pas clip that involves cats riding synthesisers through space.

this clip screened at the st kilda film festival earlier this year as part of their music video program:

Video: Zeal – Salt

maybe they think that i am mad

MP3: Faux Pas – Looking For Nino (demo)

MP3: Nino Ferrer – Looking for You (download it at robotsinheat.com)

previously:
010 - Faux Pas – Dorothy’s Finger (demo)
009 - Faux Pas – Into Trevor Jones
008 - Aleks and the Ramps – Pisces vs Aquarius (Faux Pas remix)

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this is something i posted online a few months ago (before this weekly series started), but its worth posting again now that there are a couple more of you sniffing around this blog… the more i listen to this, the happier i am with how it turned out. it can and will be described as banjo troubadour drama re-interpreted as tribal jam with timbales that shakesdown into sleepy dawn folk. BOOM.

check aleks & the ramps here. you should also check out this article on aleks & the ramps at the mess+noise website, which makes for great reading oooooooh

MP3: Aleks and the Ramps – Pisces vs Aquarius (Faux Pas remix)

previously:
007 - Faux Pas – Coach (demo)
006 - Gotye – Coming Back (Faux Pas Bellheadless remix)
005 - Faux Pas – Wayfare (demo)
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