Ten for a summer's day

Hallelujah. It's a summer's day, it's nice and warm and i'm not back in the classroom for several weeks. Yeees!

So, why not a playlist for a summer's day? An eclectic mix of indie, dance, jazz and whatever takes my fancy.

Jamie Lidell -'Another Day.' mp3

Nina Simone -'Feeling Good.' mp3

Sigur Ros - Staralfur.' mp3

Rockers' Revenge -'Walking On Sunshine 12".' mp3

Primitives -'Through The Flowers.' mp3

Aphex Twin -'Girl/Boy Song.' mp3

Donna Summer -'I feel Love 12" version.' mp3

Moloko -'Sing It Back (Boris musical mix).' mp3

Chic -'I Want Your Love 12" version.' mp3

The Streets -'Your Song (Elton John cover).' mp3

Melys -'Chinese Whispers.' mp3

More Peel, anyone?

John Peel engaging in one of his and my favourite activities

OK, some more from Peelie's Festive Fifty...

Mo-Dettes -'White Mice.' mp3
(1980 Festive Fifty no.56)

Shop Assistants -'Safety net. ' mp3 (1986 Festive Fifty, no.8) (For AJ!)

Inspiral Carpets featuring Mark E. Smith -'I Want You.' mp3 (1994 Festive Fifty no.1)

Prince -'Sign O' The Times.' mp3 (1987 Festive Fifty no.32)

Sluts Of Trust -'Leave You Wanting More.' mp3 (2004 Festive Fifty no.5)

The Fall -'Don't Call Me Darling.' mp3 (1995 Festive Fifty no.24)

M/A/R/R/S/ -'Pump Up The Volume.' mp3 (1987 Festive Fifty no.46)

10,000 Maniacs -'Can't Ignore The Train. ' mp3 (1985 Festive Fifty no.59)

Ride -'Dreams Burn Down.' mp3 (1990 Festive Fifty no.3)

Aphex Twin -'Girl/Boy.' mp3 (1996 Festive Fifty no.29)

More vinyl goodness will be appearing here later today...watch this space...

Another Festive Fifty themed post thingy

Sorry for the lack of posts over the last few days, things have been rather busy. Anyway...how about some more Peel-related posts, eh?

The Delgados -'American Trilogy.' mp3 (2000 Festive Fifty no.10)

Aphex Twin - Windowlicker.' mp3 (1999 Festive Fifty no.42) (How the hell did this only get to no.42 and the Cuban Boys were no.1?! Go figure...)

Clinic -'The Second Line.' mp3 (2000 Festive Fifty no.28)

Hole -'Beautiful Son.' mp3 (1993 Festive Fifty no.47)

The Fall -'Dr. Buck's Letter.' mp3 (2000 Festive Fifty no.3)

Melys -'Chinese Whispers.' mp3 (2001 Festive Fifty no.1)

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead -'Mistakes And Regrets.' mp3 (2000 Festive Fifty no.4)

Age Of Chance -'Kiss.' mp3 (1986 Festive Fifty no.2)

Calexico -'Ballad Of Cable Hogue.' mp3 (2000 Festive Fifty no.22)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood -'Two Tribes.' mp3 (1984 Festive Fifty no.25)

It's funny, I felt in 2000 that I felt increasingly rmeoved from the music scene, as I failed to really love 2-step garage or nu-metal. Maybe there was much better stuff than I appreciated...

Enjoy

X

Six seminal sounds

It's been a good weekend, and I've got lots of stuff done.

However, I figured it was time for something a bit different on this blog.

Adapted from a couple of CD-Rs that I made up a couple of years ago, Seminal Sounds CD-R 1 and er, Seminal Sounds CD-R 2, here are six tracks that I figure did a hell of a lot to change the face of music.

A Guy Called Gerald -'Voodoo Ray.' mp3

The Human League -'Being Boiled.' mp3

BBC Radiophonic Workshop -'Doctor Who(Original Theme).' mp3

Missy Elliott-'Get Ur Freak On.' mp3

Aphex Twin-'Windowlicker.' mp3

Billie Holiday-'Strange Fruit.' mp3

I shouldn't need to post long justifications about these. Let's just say, the first three tracks are milestones for electronic music, the Human League being one of the coldest things I have ever heard, whilst -in a completely different way, the Doctor Who theme is one of the warmest. Missy Elliott and Aphex Twin uped the ante, and deservedly got NME writers singles of the year for their tracks, whilst the Billie Holiday is haunting beyond belief, in a way that leaves Suicide, Nico and The Doors way, way behind.

If you like what you hear -and I believe you should -go check them out, via Amazon or iTunes, or better still, an independent shop.

These mp3s will be up for a week. Enjoy.