Death Cult

I see a 12" single by the Death Cult in a random thrift store in Arizona, I can't pass it up. Interesting records rarely show their faces there. Turns out this is the phase of the Cult that lies between "Southern Death Cult" and good old she sells sanctuary (by the seashore) "The Cult". A little disco, goth and rock spiced with a touch of Gregorian-esque chanting. Yay!

Death Cult- God's Zoo (These Times)

Everybody in the Pooley!

Heres another rip from my crates. First heard it on Dj Sneak's Green Bush mixtape (1 or 2?), in '97 or '98 and fell in love. Those tapes were the shit. Quirky disco house selected for you to get stoned to. Such a good idea.

Ian Pooley presents Bluelite- Lite Juice
Relax audiophiles. Most of that record noise is supposed to be there.

Oh, and remember when everybody really liked the Pizzicato Five and Dimitri from Paris was playing in every restaurant ever? I do.

Ian Pooley- Venasque

South American Sunsets

Azymuth's newish remastered/remixed two disc set is a breath of fresh tropical air. Breezy samba, funk, disco and jazz all living together in one little cabana. The remixes themselves are generally pretty whatever, but the originals sound fantastic still. This was their biggest hit back in 1975, a laidback gem with chimey keys, acoustic guitar and some soaring synth action. I also threw in one not included on the new disc, stolen shamelessly from Lovefingers and a little Riz Ortolani just cuz it sounds so perfect with Linha Do Horizonte.

Azymuth- Linha Do Horizonte
Azymuth- Young Embrace
Riz Ortolani- Cannibal Holocaust Main Theme

Whats Happnin? What Jammin?

Feist Schmeist

Feist. Totally not my thing. However thanks to this and the Boys Noize mix of My Moon My Man, shes kind of my thing. Chromeo takes her little homage to Nina Simone out for ice cream and rollerskating. They have a lot of fun.

Feist- Sea Lion Woman (Chromeo Mix)

Rocksteady

If this doesn't make you smile, you's a mouthless muthafucka.

The Rock Steady Crew- Hey You (Instrumental Mix)

Let There Be Light. Again.

Watch out for Breakbot. He's got my full attention this morning after hearing this. Merging the French Touch of old with the glitchy bombast of the kids taking over Paris at the moment, hes my bet for next big thing. Check out his myspace for some more hot, hot tracks, specifically "Happy Rabbit". Damn.

Justice- Let There Be Light (Breakbot Remix)

I was about to post this when I saw that another blog beat me to the punch. But hey, what would the blogging community be without a little incest?

So Transexual from the upcoming Oizo Ep is hangin out, all like, "I'm pretty good, why should I try any harder? Everyone's just gonna listen to that crazy Patrick122 re-edit anyway." Then this guy Lorn comes up and he's all "Dude, you could be amazing but you're lazy. I'm totally gonna kick your ass." Then he does. Huge bottom end, tempo changes, choral vocals, melody, big, dark, bangin and beautiful. Check out his MYSPACE. All five tracks he's got up are really, really good.

Mr. Oizo- Transexual (Lorn Remix)

Knight Rider rules. You know it, I know it and Harry Thumann knows it. This song, released a year after Knight rider hit the airwaves in '82 (I had to look this up, I don't keep a log of tv show premiere dates in my head), builds on the bassline and rhythm of the show's theme, and then takes it skyward to places KIT could never drive to. A true prog/disco masterpiece. After hearing this song for the first time last week, I heard it included on Royksopp's Back to Mine mix (which by the way is WAY better than it should be). Cosmic coincidence man.

Harry Thumann- Sphinx

This ones growing on me. When I first heard about it, I freaked. VonStroke remixing Magic Fucking Carpet Ride?!? Claude is great in the way he crafts serious jams while retaining a great sense of humor in his tracks, so who better to bring in for this one? Unfortunately its little less fun than I was hoping for, but hey, it still bangs.

Mighty Dub Katz- Magic Carpet Ride (Claude VonStroke Mix)

Gotta put this one up too. Norman doing Norman in his hey. Still amazing in all its over the top latinacidskabreakbeat glory. Where has the old, good Norman gone?

Mighty Dub Katz- Magic Carpet Ride (Fatboy Slim's Latinskaacidbreakbeat Mix)