Portable Madness

This week’s mix pulls together a bunch of my favorite new wave/minimal 80’s kinda things, plus a few newer things sprinkled in.

Lotsa great grrlpunk here, with the Bush Tetras, Delta 5 (who finally got a CD reissue recently), Au Pairs, and the always massive Slits with their seminal track Typical Girls.

The second half gets synthy, with Chicks on Speed providing a modern take on the genre.  The overlooked Pink Industry (who have caught on since at collector’s prices!) chime in, and then the Hudsons, John Bender (a fan compilation CD of which is here), and the even more obscure Two explore the minimal synth genre.

More modern stuff at the end, including Disrupt, one of my favorite current dub artists.  I anticipate including more dub in future mixes – I’ve always been into the On-U Sound spectrum, and there are some nice modern takes on that whole thing around these days…

Might be back on the radio soon, with old friends – watch this space…

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Track list:

00:00 01 Bill Nelson – Furniture Music
03:30 02 Bush Tetras – Too Many Creeps
07:27 03 Delta 5 – Anticipation
09:37 04 The Slits – Typical Girls
13:26 05 The Homosexuals – False Sentiments
16:07 06 The Au Pairs – It’s Obvious
21:48 07 Laurie Anderson – Baby Doll
25:12 08 Tuxedomoon – What Use
29:02 09 Chicks on Speed – Yes I Do
31:33 10 Pink Industry – Not Moving
34:24 11 Jeff and Jane Hudson – Cat Scan
37:35 12 John Bender – 33A1
46:56 13 Two – Architecture
50:38 14 Meat Beat Manifesto – Musica Classica
54:10 15 Disrupt – Tubby Rom Module

Here’s a new mix, after an hiatus of a few weeks.  This one has a more exotic, world music kinda feel, especially towards the middle.

After an atmospheric drum’n’bass interlude by Squarepusher, Annette Peacock  gets very sultry, before things veer off into an Ambiances Magnetiques/ReR vein for a bit.  Nice worldvibe stuff from Eh Masak and Jah Wobble, before Amon Tobin segues into more of a fourth world area courtesy of Jon Hassell and Brian Eno and David Toop.  Lastly, a few loopy new wavish tracks from David Thomas, Danielle Dax, and that anchor of the 80’s compilation the Young Marble Giants to close it out.

Track list:

00:00 01 Squarepusher – Port Rhombus
06:33 02 Annette Peacock – My Mama Never Taught Me How to Cook
11:54 03 Virgule IV – Trahi Ton Secret
15:37 04 Stefano Delu – Pensa un Numero
17:42 05 Neo Museum – Decadence Birmane
22:31 06 Eh Masak – Pars du West (Souk Mix)
27:40 07 Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart – Lam Saravane Dub
31:57 08 Amon Tobin – The Bridge
37:45 09 David Toop – Mica Screen
43:46 10 Jon Hassell and Brian Eno – Chemistry
50:26 11 David Thomas – Monster Thinks About the Good Old Days
54:00 12 Danielle Dax – The Spoil Factor
57:52 13 Young Marble Giants – Final Day

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Here’s another mix of about an hour – kind of a late night feel to a lot of this one, at least for me (although DJ Food is pretty hyper, and the ‘Godfather of go-go’  Chuck Brown and ‘Blood’ Ulmer do make a racket towards the end.   I recently discovered the Norwegian band Wibutee, who contribute a great moody slice of jazz crossed with electronica in ‘Newborn Thing.’  Also a couple of classic early wave/DIY tracks here by the Raincoats and Vivien Goldman.

Track list:

00:00 01 The Raincoats – Shouting Out Loud
04:50 02 Vivien Goldman – Launderette
08:31 03 Portishead – Nylon Smile
11:48 04 Wibutee – Newborn Thing
16:56 05 Lounge Lizards – Harlem Nocturne
18:55 06 Philip Johnston – Carmen Robs The Bank
21:36 07 James White – Contort Yourself
24:28 08 DJ Food – The Riff
28:37 09 Ken Nordine – Cat and Bird Blues
34:19 10 Kruder & Dorfmeister – Deep Shit Pts 1 and 2
40:32 11 New Tony Williams Lifetime – Fred
47:13 12 Chuck Brown – Stormy Monday
52:52 13 James Blood Ulmer – Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher
56:50 14 Up, Bustle and Out – Running Rude

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