It’s been a hot minute since I shared anything from The Avalanches; Of course for the most part the collective hasn't actually given us
anything new in well over a decade, but I've
seemingly made it my duty to offer up a handful of treats to our readership
each year to keep the name and interest alive.
What we have here is an ultra-rare short documentary about
The Avalanches and the creation of their classic album Since I Left You and rehearsing
their live sets. The clip was produced for and originally appeared on the
Artzone TV show in 1999 and was written/directed and photographed by Philippe Charluet.
And like clockwork Hudson Mohawkshared the latest volume of
his annual mixtape series and celebration of all things love, Slow Jams 8. This
year HudMo even included his own take on the genre with an extra track in the
download file titled ‘Forever 1", feat. Olivier Daysoul and Dorian Concept. You
got to give it to the Glasgow producer he takes this shit seriously.
Arca
returns to the fold today with some new music and it comes less than 24-hours
after Björk officially announced her new LP which as previously reported
heavily features the Venezuelan producer. We will have to wait till March until
Vulnicura officially drops but luckily for fans Hood By Air had Alejandro put
together Sheep, a score to accompany a Florentine fashion show for the widely overpriced,
uninspired and often hideous fashion line.
Back in 2011 we were one of the first to report on Soulwax’s audiovisual experiment called Radio Soulwax, a multimedia Internet radio station/app that was to span 24 hour-long mixes; well it’s 2014 and we have reached number 24 on the list.
99% of the people who would click on this post should be very familiar with #24, it was originally released in 2002 under the duo’s 2Many DJ’s moniker and at the time was the gold standard in mashup mixes; So this post kinda of acts as a Throwback Thursday entry as well.
Twelve years later we get a video for the mix and it was worth the wait as the Soulwax men have spent the better part of the decade fine tuning their vision and techniques to give their audience something unique, humorous and special using LP art and some rudimentary animation for magical results.
Shame they didn't include the hidden “Can't Get You Out Of My Head” track at the start of the mix, always felt it was THE highlight on a tape filled with many.
The video's privacy settings have seemingly been shifting back and forth since last night so click play below to watch or follow the link to a location where you can enjoy it.
Back in May we shared some video footage of Mo' Wax head honcho
James Lavelle discussing the re-lanuch of the label and its 21 year
anniversary. As reported the James and friends were planning an exhibition
titled Urban Archaeology - which would then be turned into a book documenting
the Mo’ Wax discography and story alongside a Kickstarter campaign to fund it
all. The campaign easily reached its goal and the project is moving full steam
ahead. To celebrate James and Matthew
Puffet released a special mix spanning the label’s history featuring tracks by
Blackalicious, Hiroshi & Kudo, Innerzone Orchestra, Divine Styler, DJ Shadow, Unkle, Air, Nightmares On Wax, DJ Krush, Dr. Octagon, Liquid Liquid and
many more clocking in at just under an hour and a half.
Tracklist:
UNKLE – Intro (Optional)
DJ Shadow - In/Flux
Air – Modulor Mix
Nightmares On Wax – A Nights Interlude
The Psychonauts – Circles
DJ Krush – Kemuri
UNKLE – Rabbit In Your Headlights (The Underdog Remix)
Dr. Octagon – Blue Flowers
Blackalicious – Alphabet Aerobics
Liquid Liquid – Cavern
DJ Shadow – Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)
Sam Sever – What’s That Sound? (Main Cut)
Hiroshi & K.U.D.O feat. DJ Milo – Return Of The
Original Art-Form
Rob D – Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
Divine Styler – Directrix
La Funk Mob – Motor Bass Get Phunked Up (Electrofunk
Remix by Ritchie Hawtin)
La Funk Mob – Motor Bass Get Phunked Up
Innerzone Orchestra – Bug In The Bassbin
Innerzone Orchestra – Bug In The Bassbin (Jazz Mix)
UNKLE feat. Ian Brown – Reign (alternative version)
Over the weekend M.I.A. shared a
short “mix” she produced for theKenzo fashion show in Paris featuring some new original music
by the Sri Lankin. It's called the MATANGI
mix which of course is the also the name of her forthcoming LP that is
scheduled to drop April 15th but has already been delayed several
times. This is everything good about M.IA., hard percussion, international
flavor and more, fingers crossed that the mix is representative of the LP.
Stones Throw head honcho Peanut Butter Wolf visited the
Boiler Room to put on ridiculously long 12-hour DJ set that coincidentally will
accommodate all you folks throwing Super Bowl party’s today with a play list.
You know you can expect to hear a variety of musical genera’s on this one with
some exclusives peppered in throughout. Stream the whole thing, which is cut up into
three sections, below via Soundcloud or even watch part 1 and 3 via youtube if
you prefer and check out a track listing to get an idea of what’s what for the
first ten hours.
Hour 1
1. Richard Dimples Fields – “If It Ain’t One Thing It’s
Another
2. Brian Auger – “Beginning Again”
3. Heath Brothers – “Smiling Billy Suite”
4. Rick Wakeman – “March Of Gladiators”
5. Jeremy & The Satrys – “In The Glass Teardrops”
6. Bruce Haack – “Incantation”
7. Michael Adam Pollack – “Evening Visitors”
8. Polar Yet Tropical – “We Will Fall”
9. Billy Cobham & George Duke – “Almustafa The Beloved”
10. Lutz Rahn – “Dracula’s Kuss”
11. Barrabas – “Lady Love”
12. Omega – “With Magic Stone”
Hour 2
13. SBB – “Strategia Pulsu”
14. Reinhard Lakomy – “Das Geheime Leben”
15. Human League – “WXJL”
16. Jimmy Hendrix – “Have You Ever Been”
17. Aqua Fragile – “Cosmic Mind Affair”
18. Touch – “Waterdream”
19. Dwele – “Dime For Your Thoughts”
20. Touch – “Gethsemane 1”
21. Stereolab – “Spinal Column”
22. Sly & The Family Stone – “If It Were Left Up To Me”
23. Sly & The Family Stone – “Babies Makin’ Babies”
24. Quasimoto – “B.S.”
25. Marvin Gaye – “Heavy Love Affair”
26. Gil-Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson – “Back Home”
27. James Brown – “Bring It Up”
28. Mobb Deep – “Burn”
29. Phat Kat – “Destiny” Money Folder (Instrumental)”
Hour 3
30. Yesterday’s New Quintet – “Funshine”
31. Madvillain – “Money Folder (Instrumental)”
32. Medaphor – “Now U Know (Instrumental)”
33. Peanut Butter Wolf feat. Encore – “Undercover”
34. Guilty Simpson – “Coroners music”
35. Herman Kelly & Life – “A Refreshing Love”
36. Ohio Players – “Sleep Talk”
37. Brand Nubian – “Allah & Justice”
38. Great Pride – “She’s A Lady”
39. The Beatles – “I’m So Tired”
40. Snoop Dog – “Dog Food and Drank”
41. The Moments – “Theme”
42. Wu Tang Clan – “Shaolin Brew”
43. Booty’s Rubber Band – “I’d Rather Be With You”
44. Bobby Nunn – “She’s Just A Groupie”
45. Electric Light Orchestra – “Fire on High”
46. Sister Nancy – “One, Two”
47. Scientist – “Night of the Living Dead
Hour 4
48. TCQ – “Start it Up (Instrumental)”
49. Stevie Wonder – “Don’t Drive Drunk” Inst.
50. James Pants – “Tape Rolls”
51. Kinfunk – “Morris the Cat”
52. Irv Ski – “One Man Only”
53. Race – “Split Personality”
54. Funkadelic – “Super Stupid”
55. Ohio Players – “Love Slips Through My Fingers”
56. War – “Smile Happy”
57. Electro-Graphics – “Sloog”
58. Clint Eastwood – “Brotherman”
59. Grandmaster Flash – “Scorpio”
60. Ana Roseli – “Velhos Tempos”
61. Landscape – “From The Tea Rooms Of Mars”
62. Lord Finesse – “A Little Something For The Homiez”
63. Jungle Brothers – “Because I Got It Like That”
64. Steve Hackett – “The Toast”
65. The Click – “Tangi”
66. 14 Karat Soul – “Lover’s Fantasy”
67. Art Of Noise – “The Army Now”
68. Larry T. & The Family – “I’m Moving On”
69. Isley Brothers & Jimi Hendrix – “Testify”
70. Project Blowed – “Strength of ATU”
71. Trouble Funk – “Sping – Time”
72. Will Powers – “Smile (Dub)”
73. Throbbing Gristle – “What A Day”
74. Bobby G – “Lollipop Girl”
75. Just Tony – “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”
76. Extra T’s – “E.T. Boogie Inst”
77. The Residents – “Woman’s Weapon”
78. Ariel Pink – “She’s My Girl”
79. Cody Chesnutt – “The World Is Coming”
Hour 5
80. Family Fodder And Friends – “Sunday Girl #1”
81. Rick James – “Cold Blooded”
82. Prince – “Paisley Park”
83. Que Dee – Cash Flow
84. Homeliss Derelix – Cash Money
85. TCQ – “Bound To Wreck Your Body”
86. Paul McCartney – “Temporary Secretary”
87. Andy Bey – “Celestial Blues”
88. Sammy A – “Try Me Out”
89. Hiko featuring the Great Peso – “She’s Wild”
90. Charlie – “Spacer Woman”
91. Rated X – “Be Cool To Your Girl”
92. Konstruktiaits – “Kalm”
93. Bo Hansson – “The City”
94. The Wire – “Two People In The Room”
95. Big Kwam – “I Don’t Give A Fuck” PB Wolf Remix
96. Giorgio Moroder – “Theme From Midnight Express”
Hour 6
97. Nice N Smooth – “Sometimes I Rhyme Slow” Remix
98. Carly Simon – “Why”
99. Star Wars Christmas – “A Christmas Sighting”
100. Too Short – “Freaky Tales”
101. Schooly D – “Saturday Night”
102. Goblin – “Black Forest”
103. Grauzone “Film 2”
104. Chappell Electronic “Marathon Man”
105. Cybotron – “Techno City”
106. Pink Industry – “Is This The End”
107. Ingram – “That’s All”
108. Jonathan Brown – “Def Defiance”
Hour 7
109. Curtis Mayfield – “No Thing On Me”
110. The Turtles – “I’m Chief Kawannamannalaya”
111. Riuichi Sakamoto – “Participation Mystique”
112. Cosmic Overdose – “Oktoberfragment”
113. Neuronium – “Invisible Views”
114. Unit Band – “You Fool”
115. 415 – “Mr. Groove Is Home”
116. Al Hudson – “Spread Love”
117. Mystic Journeyman – “Depths Of Survival”
118. Ange – “Biafra 80 Introduction”
119. Dickey – “Acid House”
120. The Gadgets – “Kyleaking”
121. Todd Rundgren – “Johnee Jingo”
122. John Renbourn – “Bransle Gay”
123. YMO – “Behind The Mask”
124. Mac Dre – “California Livin”
125. 94 East – “If You Feel Like Dancin’” Feat Prince
126. Burundi Black – “Burundi Black”
127. Madvillain- “Curls”
128. Dorothy Ashby – “Soul Vibrations”
129. Roy Ayers – “DC City”
130. Robotiks – “Electromagnetic Seduction”
131. Slave – “The World’s On Hard”
132. Diva – “Glow Worm”
133. Spinners – “Games People Play”
134. Future – “Progressions”
135. Was Not Was – “Wheel Me Out”
136. Ideal – “Ride Me”
137. Cabaret Voltaire – “Three Mantras”
138. Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt”
Hour 8
139. Dam-Funk – “Galactic Funk”
140. Fast Eddie – “Most Wanted”
141. Duane & Co. – “JB On The One”
142. Todd Terry – “It’s Just In House”
143. Lootpack – ” Long Awaited” Inst.
144. Lootpack – “Crate Diggin’”
145. Peaking Lights – “Beautiful Dub”
146. Bruce Haack – “EIO”
147. Homeboy Sandman – “The Carpenter”
148. Impulse – “Girl Over There”
149. Blaine L. Reininger – “Nural Haj”
150. Can – “A Spectacle”
151. New Musik – “The Planet Doesn’t Mind”
152. Human League – “Hard Times” Inst
153. Nas – “New York State Of Mind”
154. Guilty Simpson – “Clap Your Hands”
155. Charizma PB Wolf – “My World Premier” Inst.
Hour 9
156. East Flatbush Project – “Tried By 12”
157. Jeru The Damaja – “Come Clean”
158. Public Enemy – “Shut Em Down” (Pete Rock Remix)
159. KMD – “Nitty Gritty”
160. Tristan Palma – “Good Bye Baby”
161. King Island Errison – “We Must Say Goodbye”
162. Wayne Jarrett – “Brimstone & Fire”
163. Gary Wilson – “6.4”
164. Z – Climax One
165. Coventry – “Nightklub”
166. Slave – “Snap Shot”
167. Non PL – “Picks Me Up”
168. Ricky Clark – “Flam”
169. The SNAP Band – “Can You Feel My Love”
170. Hurbert Laws – “Family”
Hour 10
171. Stairsteps – “Throwin’ Stones Atcha”
172. New Order – “Ceremony”
173. Todd Runagren – “In & Out Of Chakras We Go”
174. Lover II – “I’m Still Hurt”
175. Marley Marl – “Get Get Get It Now”
176. Madlib – “Steppin’ Again”
177. PB Wolf – “Casio Beats’
178. Love Joy – “Long Lost Lover”
179. The Second Coming – “New World A Coming”
180. Dam-Funk – “Don’t Go Swag” Live
181. Lonnie Liston Smith – “Expansions”
182. Ray, Goodman, & Brown – “Another Day”
183. Steve Miller – “Steve Miller’s Midnight Tango”
184. New Birth – “Pretty Busy”
185. James Taylor – “Automatic Reverse”
186. Sergio Mendes – “The Real Thing”
187. Pharoah Sanders – “Love Is Everywhere”
A "new" mix popped up today on the Avalanches mix tape club,
the mix isn’t actually a new mix in that it was recently recorded but rather
in that it was made available to members of the club. This one hails from 2006
and was performed live at Splendour in the Grass in Belongil Fields, outside
of Byron Bay, Australia. The mix is somewhat 80’s centric in it’s
vibe but features artists from artists beyond the 1980’s including Prince, Def
Leppard, Daft Punk, Gnarls Barkley, Salt N’ Pepper, The Gossip, David Bowie,
Midnight Juggernauts, Bon Jovi, Mylo, The Rapture, The Rolling Stones, The Sound Of Music and more. The
45-minute mix is a total blast and is yet another reminder of why we
desperately need a new LP from the collective, maybe 2013 will be the year.
Download the mix below and check out two short clips of
footage of the set being performed at the festival.
Lunice put
together an hour-long mix for BBC1 Xtra that features a mixture of hip hop, trap
beats, electronic, pop and more dropping a TNGHTremix of “Clique” at
around the 56-minute mark to end things off with a bang.
DJ Shadow’s “infamous” South Beach set has been uploaded to his SoundCloud for stream and download featuring 86 minutes of “future music” that covers a wide range of dance music styles. If you missed the story the first time round, Shadow got kicked off the decks twenty three minutes into his set on December 15th while playing at Mansion in Miami as part of his All Bases Covered tour. Apparently the promoters were just not feeling it and just couldn't wait to get their resident DJ back on to drop more Top 40-inspired tracks that one walked right up to the decks and asked Shadow to stop. The club soon faced an onslaught of criticism from all corners of the web and has since apologized for the actions and we are better for it because Shadow not only shared the intended mix in full but also gave us one from California’s Low End Theory night back in July. Listen below and download HERE.
Sticking with theTri
Angle roster we also have a new mix from James Kelly aka WIFEwho is gearing up
to release his début ep for the label next week with Stoic. James made his name
in music as a member of Irish black metal band Altar of Plaguesbutlike many black metal artists also finds comfort in producing electronic music. WIFE's mood
and feel is most certainly on the darker, droney, side of things than your
average club banger is as is evidence in the eclectic 46-minute mix he did for ClashMusic
that you can stream and download below…
DJ Mix Tracklisting:
GOD - Fucked
Tangerine Dream - Birth of Liquid Plejades
LowLife - A Sullen Sky
Rachel Grimes -Every Morning
Steve Reich - Pulses
Portal - Larvae
Wilderness - Post Plethoric Rhetoric
1991 - Open to the Dark
Ami Dang - Treasure
Pom Pom - Untitled (19 A)
Ambivalent & Alexi Delano - Lights Down
Shifted - Leather
Drake - Make Me Proud
Ango - True Blue
Julianna Barwick - Envelop
Chasing Voices - Acid Bathory
The Prodigy - Break and Enter
UK producer Joshua Leary, aka Evian Christ shared a
new mix he did for Forty Ounce Clothing. The 20-minute mix featuring Tri Anglelabel mate Vessel and an Evian Christ remake of "Holographic" by Arclight.
TRACKLISTING:
ARCLIGHT - HOLOGRAPHIC (EVIAN CHRIST VERSION)
WANDA GROUP - A WARM PERSPECTIVE ON A LINER
VESSEL - LACHE
STEVE PETERS + STEVE RODEN - FADE AWAY WITHIN
1991 - DOMINATION TRANSLATES DIRECTLY INTO EFFICIENCY
WEIT DRAUSSEN - DURCH!
JULIANNA BARWICK - BODE
Comprised of classic records from the 60s and 70s, a new mix
Diplo threw together is fittingly titled Got Stoned And Mixed Really Old
Records For Half An Hour and you can chose to do the same if you like while
listening to the stream below…
Fashion Week is
wrapping up in Paris
and on Monday the Saint Laurentshow was
the main focus. The high profile event is increasingly drawing more and more
big name artists to provide the backing track for the top collections with groups
like the Chromatics having preformed live there only a few days ago. Parisian
due Daft Punk put together a mix for the aforementioned YSL show featuring music by the
late blues artist Junior Kimbrough. Of course the robotic two themselves are no strangers to being involved with the industry in one form or another.
Johnny Jewel and the rest of the Chromatics released what is
easily one of my favorite records this year with Kill For Love, Jewel is
specific has been very busy with various projects outside of the Chromatics but
still made time to put together this mix. I’ll let his words explain it all
below…
A lot of people have been asking us for a non interview
version of the FYF mix from three weeks ago in Los Angeles. I didn't bother to record the mix...so i put it back together this morning at
home with a space echo & holy grail for you while having breakfast.
I ran out of time in L.A. , so i didn't quite get to all the tracks that i
intended on sharing...so there's a few extra songs at the end.
Enjoy!
xo
Johnny Jewel.
TANGERINE DREAM / LOVE ON A REAL TRAIN
SYMMETRY / OVER THE EDGE
TIM THALER / DAS BOOT
NICO / MY FUNNY VALENTINE
SYMMETRY / JACKIE'S EYES
TRISOMIE 21 / COMING FROM DARKNESS
FARAH / SHADOW OF A DOBT (Sonic Youth Cover / Unrealeased Demo From The
"Into Eternity" Sessions / November 2008)
SYMMETRY / BLOODSPORT
KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA / ROSEMARY'S BABY (Piano Theme)
PATTY WATERS / MOON, DON'T COME OUT TONIGHT
SYLVESTER MUSIC COMPANY / WATERFALLS
MOODS / TROPICAL BIRDS
TELEMUSIQUES / NO. 37
TWILIGHT SINGERS / DON'T CALL (Desire Cover)
HANDEL / SARABANDE SUITE NO. 11
After hinting as much on Twitter, the Avalanches have released a new demo. "A Cowboy Overflow of the Heart," which features Silver Jews’ David Berman performing a spoken word poem over some faint music. Truthfully it’s not the strongest piece of music as far as getting an idea of what the Australian collective’s next album will sound like but on the plus side it is another strong indication that an album will actually see the light of day.
Last month TNGHT appeared on Diplo's BBC Radio 1 show Diplo and Friends. They shared a mix that they
considered their mission statement. Now, the duo has made the full, uncensored
mix available for download. Lots of fun stuff on this one with a full tack
listing below…
1 John Carpenter - Back to the pod (version 2)
2 SpaceGhostPurrp - Get Yah Head Bust
3 Dj Zirk - Lock Em In Da Trunk (Chopped & Screwed Tommy Kruise Remix)
4 Lil Ugly Mane feat. Denzel Curry - Twistin
5 Jackie Chain feat. Bun B & Big K.R.I.T. - Parked Outside
6 Lady Bee - Hard Like A Criminal
7 Dj Squeeky & Tha Family - Death To You Playa Hata
8 Snoop Dogg feat. Master P - Snoop World
9 Lunice - Youngin (Paper) (forthcoming LuckyMe)
10 TNGHT - Bugg'N (forthcoming Warp X LuckyMe)
11 2Chainz feat. Drake - No Lie
12 Lunice - Believe Dat (forthcoming LuckyMe)
13 TNGHT - Ridin Up
14 Chief Keef feat. Kanye West, Pusha T, Big Sean & Jadakiss - I Don't Like
(Remix)
15 TNGHT - Goooo (forthcoming Warp X LuckyMe)
16 GOOD Music - Mercy x Furnace
17 Hudson Mo - Chimes
18 Sasha Go Hard - I'm Hotta
19 Zebra Katz x Boyfriend - Winter Titty
20 Decibel - GAP
21 TNGHT - Bounce Hitum
22 Waka Flocka Flame - Rooster in my Rari (TNGHT official remix)
23 TNGHT - Higher Ground (forthcoming Warp X LuckyMe)
24 Stabber - Torsion Force
25 S-Type - Billboard (forthcoming LuckyMe)
26 TNGHT - Go Get Busy (forthcoming Warp X LuckyMe)
27 Zodiac - Girlgirlgirl
28 John Carpenter - Over the Wall
FlyingLotus‘annual Lovers Melt
mix series returns today with vol. 3. The mix features some tracks
we already know and love and some we are only hearing for the first time. Basically there is something for everyone to get a little excited over so hit DOWNLOAD to start your Friday listening now.
The Avalanches may be involved in yet another covert release. Website Pinchy
& Friends dropped a new 45 minute long mysterious mixtape, Cool Gays by Cool Gaze, which closes with a track called
"A track that may or may not be The Avalanches". Check it out HERE. In reality, the closing “track” is actually a
minute long snippet. The piece is a digitally twisted chunk of guitar funk, sprinkled
with bits of old soul and six stringed jangle – classic Avalanches, in short. The
tape itself is a sly affair, and well worth your time.
UK producer Joshua Leary, aka Evian Christ shared new mix /set he did for Mary Anne Hobbs' Xfm show. The 20-minute
mix stays true to Evian’s own sound featuring pitched and mangled hip hop samples re contextualized into new
works. Featuring tracks from the likes
of Lofty305, Kiki Hitomi, Ice Edwards and Evian Christ himself.