Bang a gong, the first Revolver / Midheaven podcast of the year is ready for your enjoyment. In Podcast #20 Captain Uli and Pots-dawg bid farewell to the year '09 with some lovely tunes by: Blues Control, Flower-Corsano Duo, Pinch, Nurse With Wound, Black Meteoric Star, Summer Cats, Ty Segall, Champagne Socialists, Bad Secrets, Bloody Panda, Robert Pollard, Octopus Project, Milanese, James Curd, Spider Bags. You can stream or download an AAC file of this podcast and all other Revolver podcasts at the Revolver pod-page: http://www.midheaven.com/audio/podcast/
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Mr. Shit Robot (a.k.a. Marcus Lambkin) put together a "Shit Mix" for XLR8R recently. For shits and giggles his mix features "Simple Things" remixed by Oslo's Todd Terje which has just been released on 12" vinyl on DFA (street date July 14th). Also featured is a track from label mate Black Meteoric Star.
Track List:
01 Shit Robot - "Simple Things (Work It Out)" (Todd Terje remix) - (DFA)
02 Chicken Lips - "Feast of Freaks" (Kotey’s Tape Edit) - (Lipservice)
03 Suburban Knight - "The Groove" - (Transmat)
04 Black Meteoric Star - "Death Tunnel" - (DFA)
05 X-Ray - "Let’s Go" - (Transmat)
06 Crazy P - "Love on the Line" (Unabombers Remix) - (20:20 Vision)
07 Bangkok Impact - "Premature Ejaculation" - (Crème Organization)
08 Joris Voorn - "Sweep the Floor" - (Rejected)
09 Cobblestone Jazz - "Traffic Jam" - (Wagon Repair)
10 Crazy P - "Stop Space Return" (Unabomber Dub) - (20:20 Vision)
11 Shit Robot - "Simple Things (Work It Out)" - (DFA)
Stream the shit or download the shit HERE.
Gavin Russom of Black Meteoric Star assembled a wild mixtape for the UK site 20jazzfunkgreats. Just how wild is wild? Well, the 12 song mix starts off with a traditional hymn "I Will Fight and Never Slack" and ends with a Mahavishnu Orchestra slow burner. Yeah, it's awsomely esoteric.
Gavin Russom's Black Meteoric Star was reviewed on Dusted yesterday.
"....Russom uses analog equipment as a test – of its capabilities and his own. The handiwork of building his instruments, the orchestration of their interrelated parts, the seizing of new sounds and possibilities from well-used sources – this all requires expertise, honed day after day. More strongly, it requires a commitment to technique, despite that technique’s obstacles and shortcomings. This is unusual for dance musicians and producers, a cadre whose jobs are seemingly made easier with each new MacBook iteration...."
Read full review HERE.
Bang a gong, the first Revolver / Midheaven podcast of the year is ready for your enjoyment. In Podcast #20 Captain Uli and Pots-dawg bid farewell to the year '09 with some lovely tunes by: Blues Control, Flower-Corsano Duo, Pinch, Nurse With Wound, Black Meteoric Star, Summer Cats, Ty Segall, Champagne Socialists, Bad Secrets, Bloody Panda, Robert Pollard, Octopus Project, Milanese, James Curd, Spider Bags. You can stream or download an AAC file of this podcast and all other Revolver podcasts at the Revolver pod-page: http://www.midheaven.com/audio/podcast/
