Filed under: 1980's Skill, Afrodelic, Balearic Bliss, Blue Eyed Soul, Jazzin', Latin Vibes, Outer Space, Punk 2 Funk, Soulful 'n' Funky, Super Fried Disco, Trippin', Whacked Out
Some great 80’s productions from the USA’s Ze label via Nightclubbing Mixes. I can only imagine the club scene at the time these tunes came out was freaky deaky!
“I took my favorite songs from the Ze Records Mutant Disco double cd and compiled them into a single disc, plus added the John Luongo 12” remix of The Coconuts If I Only Had A Brain (special thanks to PULSE for providing this!) – some of the most innovative dance music ever!” – Haunted Roller Disco Museum
01 Material/Nona Hendryx – Bustin’ Out
02 Was (Not Was) – Wheel Me Out
03 Cristina – Drive My Car
04 Gichy Dan – Cowboys And Gangsters
05 Don Armando’s 2nd Ave Rumba Band – Deputy Of Love
06 Coati Mundi – (Que Pasa) Me No Pop I
07 Kid Creole And The Coconuts – I’m A Wonderful Thing Baby
08 Cristina – Disco Clone
09 Was (Not Was) – Tell Me That I’m Dreaming
10 The Coconuts – If I Only Had A Brain
11 Cristina – Blame It On Disco
12 Kid Creole And The CocoNuts – Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy
13 Was (Not Was) – Out Come The Freaks
Filed under: 1980's Skill, Experimental, Lo-Fi, Punk 2 Funk, Whacked Out, Wobbly, Wonderpop
Another gem of a compilation from Music For Maniacs, this time ’round it’s the funky side of punk he explores. Or is that the punky side of funk? You be the judge…
“Here’s a CDs worth of mutated funk for New Wave dance floors. Apart from legends like Black Randy and the commercially successful Waitresses, I don’t know much about some of these obscurities – click on the artist name for whatever link I could find. But it’s all rude, raucous funky fun, uninhibited, full of life…” – Mr.Fab
1. Black Randy & The Metrosquad – Barefootin’ On The Wicket Picket
2. Funktionairies – Kiss My Funky pt 1
3. The Waitresses – Wait Here, I’ll Be Right Back (Son of Comb)
4. Lotus Lame and the Lame Flames – Bad Sex
5. Animal Things – Wanna Buy Some
6. Carmaig DeForest – Crack’s No Worse Then The Fascist Threat
7. Baby Buddha – Then I Sleep
8. Funkapolitan – As The Time Goes By
9. The Soul Dads – Youre Fat (And I Like It)
10. Fela Johnson – They Call Me Fela
11. The Offs – Everyone’s a Bigot
12. Cambridge Apostles – Cant Fight The Feeling
13. No Y Z – X Machine
14. Black Randy & The Metrosquad – Say It Loud — I’m Black And I’m Proud
15. Rand Kennedy – Enorma Jones
16. John Sex – Bump And Grind It (Extended Mix)
17. Funktionairies – Kiss My Funky pt 2
And now for something completely different via Music For Maniacs, a hard to find selection of wild and crazy punk from the land of wild and crazy, California.
“Here’s a batch of rare, out-of-print ’70s/’80s California coolness that I’ve ripped from my vinyl archives. So far as I know, most of this stuff, originating from The Bay Area to LA and all points in between, hasn’t been shared on-line before.
This isn’t just nostalgia. I love these tunes. There’s no typical hardcore. It’s all across the map: you’ll hear electro-pop, goth post-punk, woodwinds,
femme vox + acoustic bass, devolved covers, power-pop, a proto-mashup, and whatever the hell The Fibonaccis were.
“Punk” was a big umbrella term in those days.
” – Mr.Fab
The Humans – I Live In The City
Fibonaccis – Second Coming
Baby Buddha – Robot Police
Wild Kingdom – Roma-Destiny
Los Microwaves – Radio Heart
ki-di-me – Mother Is
Jed Gould – LACA Perv
Hesitations – Window Love
The Units – The Right Man
The Ophelias – Palindrome
The Bakersfield Boogie Boys – Get Off of My Cloud
Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra – Summertime/Peter Gunn
The Humans – Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark
Fibonaccis – Sergio Leone
Alex Gibson – Grey Turns to Black
Strong Silent Types – Fred Cadaver’s Accident
The Ophelias – Mr. Rabbit
Filed under: Blue Eyed Soul, Film Related, Horizontal Dancing, Instrumental, Jazzin', Mixed, Punk 2 Funk, Savage 60's, Soulful 'n' Funky, Trippin', jazz funk, porno a go go
Wow – finding some beauties today. This one over at the delightfully eclectic Rangeraver’s Departure blog. a mix of prog, post punk, hammond grooves, funk R&B and more…
michael c. hall – tonight’s the night
t-rek – bernie’s lament
booker t & the mg’s – home grown
elvis costello – radio, radio
f.g.t.h. – pleasuredome
emerson, lake & palmer – fanfare for the common man
lafayette afro band – darkest night
the mohawks – baby hold on
james brown – hell
brian bennett – the unknown
e-type – the predator
des champ – big m
king curtis – ridin’ thumb
the bristols – baby gene
kpm allstars – music to drive by
jet set swe – barbarella
fatback band – put the funk on you
anthony newley – goldfinger
x-press – acdc
alan hawkshaw – day tripper
duke pearson – groundhog
time box – girl, don’t make me
Filed under: Afrodelic, Blue Eyed Soul, Doin' It For The Children, Film Related, Instrumental, Jazzin', Latin Vibes, Mod, Music For Robots, Piano Love, Savage 60's, Soulful 'n' Funky, Wonderpop, jazz funk
A couple of easy listening gems with a chunk o’ funk and good cheer thrown in for good measure for this Wednesday morning. First up, yet another quality complilation from the very groovy Monone.
“Yep this is it ! Once again, some rare and groovy tunes from the crates ! Hot and high quality ripps to please you ! (well i hope so ! ) As usual, mostly Italian stuff but also from France, England and even USA !” – Monone
No tracklisting
Filed under: Blue Eyed Soul, Boo Hoo, Film Related, Horizontal Dancing, Instrumental, Jazzin', Latin Vibes, Piano Love, Soulful 'n' Funky, Wonderpop
I’m always impressed to see somebody dedicating their passion towards a certain style of art or interest, and The Big W is planted firmly in the land of Eames furniture, hi-balls at noon, cocktails at sundown and a swingin’ soundsystem breathing out tunes like you’ll find below. All over at Buddies Lounge.
“Join the BIG W every Sunday evening as he continues to explorer, with drink in hand, the Space-Age Pop Hi-Fi musical sounds of the 1950’s and the 1960’s in LIVING STEREO!”
Big Beautiful Ball – Johnny Mercer
All Keyed Up – Floyd Cramer
More – Bobby Dairn
The “In” Crowd – Percy Faith
Jeresy Bounce – Buddy Cole
Let’s Do It – Tina Louise
Johnny One Note – Johnny Williams
I Hear Music – Ella Fitzgerald
The Deputy – Jack Marshall
Ridin’ High – Sid Bass
Downtown – New Christy Minstrels
The Swingin’ Eye – Si Zentner
Summer Wind – Frank Sinatra
1, 2, 3 – Vic Schoen
I Know a Place – Sammy Davis, Jr.
A La Mode – Art Van Damme Quintet
Stop Breaking My Heart – Tom Jones
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Nelson Riddle
I’m Gonna Change Everything – Dean Martin
The Sounds Of Silence – Carmen McRae
Hammer Blow – Skip Martin
Filed under: 1980's Skill, Ambient, Experimental, Film Related, Global, Hip Hop Don't Stop, Horizontal Dancing, Instrumental, Jazzin', Music For Robots, Outer Space, Piano Love, Soulful 'n' Funky
I was happy to find this set from one of my favourite producers, Take. He makes beats the way I like ‘em…nothing to showy, solid and headfucked. Thanks to the good people over at Chrome Kids for posting this.
“One of our firm favourites of the West Coast downtempo Glitch-hop brigade Take (aka Sweatson Klank) has just dropped a new mixtape on The New Worck to wet our appetites for his new mix CD Sweatson’s Trajectory that should be dropping in early May.
This mix keeps away from the digital Hip-hop sound that Take is known for and digs a little deeper into his (crates and) influences within the world of ‘Avant-garde, Electronic Jazz Psych‘. It includes artists such as: Soft Machine, Mort Garson; Moggie; Van Dyke Parks; Fred Miller; Pauline Oliveros; Ruth Anderson; Bobby Hutcherson; and Secret Oyster.”- Chrome Kids
Filed under: Film Related, Hip Hop Don't Stop, Instrumental, Jazzin', Soulful 'n' Funky
You gotta love this – Planet of The Apes themed, Madlib and Dilla on the boards(!) and a host of other talented heads along for the ride. It’s a hip hop wet dream!
Welcome To Planet Ape (Intro)
Bring It back (Prod. By Dilla)
Crash Landing (Prod. By Madlib)
My Participation (Prod. By Madlib)
Peace To The Planet Ape (Prod. By Immortal Monkay)
The Hunt (Skit)
Hip Hop’s Cryin’ (Prod. By Dilla)
First Sunday (Feat. Justhoughtz) (Prod. By Cee Jay)
Evolution (Skit)
The Mystery (Prod. By Madlib)
All Love (Prod. by Madlib)
The Planet Falls (Prod. By Boonie Mayfield)
Spring Flashbacks (Prod. By Madlib)
Letter To Dilla (Feat. Madukes) (Prod. By Dilla)
Outro (Escape To Planet Of The Apes)
Filed under: Afrodelic, Experimental, Gangsta!, Hip Hop Don't Stop, Hippy Dippy, Instrumental, Lo-Fi, Mixed, Outer Space, Punk 2 Funk, Savage 60's, Soulful 'n' Funky, Space Rock, Trippin', Whacked Out, Wobbly, porno a go go
Classic GLK mix from 2007. 46 tracks of dark, dirty rock, funk and hip hop beats.Get it in your ears!
Filed under: Blue Eyed Soul, Doin' It For The Children, Hip Hop Don't Stop, Mixed, Old Skool House, Soulful 'n' Funky, Wonderpop
Thanks to The Big O for giving me the heads up on this mix from one of the best party rockin’ beat jugglers ever to step up from the plate, DJ Spinbad. A 90’s mix with a real difference hosted over at the always wonderful Pipomixes.
“You’ve got to respect Spinbad for this one right here. What’s the big deal about another 90’s mix? You ask. Well, what separates this 90’s mix from the other 5 million 90’s mixes out there is that this mix doesn’t have any hip hop. That’s right, no Tribe, no De La, no Biggie, no Pete Rock, no Primo, none of that. Instead, you get the Spin Doctors, Sublime, Marky Mark, and C&C Music Factory. And, you’ll like it! Trust me, you’ll love the mix the same way you love your favorite reality show. It won’t be something you’re proud of, it won’t be anything you’ll tell your friends about, but you love it all the same. Afterall, MTV wouldn’t be airing season 47 of Real World if nobody was watching.” – Pipomixes
