2008 Grand Exits (hats off)

Wow, the world of music lost some amazing people in 2008. Here is a special nod to a few whose music I hold dear to my heart...

Bill Coday (May 10, 1942 - June 7, 2008). My pick: Sixty Minute Teaser, Part 1 and Part 2 on Crajon records.

Byron Lee (June 27, 1935 - November 4, 2008). My pick: Soul Ska. There is so much soul in this tune.

Alton Ellis (September 1, 1938 - October 10, 2008). My pick: Remember That Sunday b/w Sunday Gravy. Now that's rocksteady folks.

Cliff Nobles (1944 - October 12, 2008). My pick: Love Is All Right.

Larry Levine (May 8, 1928 - May 8, 2008). Producer of the amazing Pet Sounds.

Jimmy McGriff (April 3, 1936 - May 24, 2008). My pick: Electric Funk.

Isaac Hayes (August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008). My pick: Hot Buttered Soul

DJ Mikey Dread (June 4, 1954 - March 15, 2008). Producer of Bankrobber by the Clash.

... you will all be missed and never forgotten.

Harry & Low's Tri0 mix - "the champagne session"

As promised, the third part (2h30m) of the seven-hour-mix-experiment Harry Poppins & Lowdjo recorded a couple of days ago, sipping on champagne.. HaPPy NeW Year!!!!!

Tracklisting:

Hrvatski - une drôle de journée
Barry lynn - Lattice Shimmer
Exillon - stomper acid
Filaria - accident vinegar
Deework - Message Error
Eight Fr0zen m0dules - Lem0n chiff0n
Xingfox feat. Tame one - Da muzik
Babylon system & noah d - examination time
Starkey - pins (murderbot remix)
Bong-ra - sissy spacek
Ebola - scorponok
icteder - loss
the tuss - Shiz Ko E
tep - Marcosmetics
kania thieffer - get flunky!
Atki2 & renée silver - shock out proud! (sweaty palms mix)
Venetian snares - intense demonic attacks
Xanopticon - lockjaw
Fff - kick a hole in the speaker
Adult - suck the air
Lfo demon - the skinhead broke my telephone
Sickboy - you make me sick
Simon korfunkle - drill my magnum
Ove naxx - no side discharge
Zombie - space sluts on shrooms
Squarepusher - boneville accident
Filastine - crescent occupation
Monkey steak - Gaza stripclub
Aaron spectre - say more fire
Istari lasterfahrer - bombaclat
The bug - killer (soundmurderer & sk-1 'badman rewind rewind' remix)
Venetian Snares - Defluxion
Istari Lasterfahrer - murdera
Bogdan raczynski - I will eat your children too (a1)
Harry poppins - elzeba
Very impossible person - voodoo poo
Knifehandchop - get yourself ready
Dj C - who wah seek yo
Dj scud - are u down with the underground
Droon - I will fuck the underground
Dj Sega - dig
Riz mc - radar
Kovert - hybrid riddim (murderation mx)
Depizgator - unknown (CCTV01 side a)
2 Horns - Reveil trompet
The human resource - dominator (frank de wulf #1 mix)
Villa diamante - coiffeur (diamante edit)

NEW LINK -> Download the champagne session (megaupload)

Balkan Funk Core 2008

A more 'accessible' approach to the original concept from a couple of years ago, less favela beatz & less core.. but that won't spoil the fun.. Hopa Hopa!!!

Featured tracks:

angelo badalamenti - l'éxecution
zingari - gypsy melody
badawi vs juakali - crows
bucovina club vs taraf de haïdouks - oh carolina
balkan beat box - digital monkey
senor coconut vs kocani orkestar - usti, usti bab
shazalakazoo - chocheque
d.m. project - habibi
dunkelbunt ft. amsterdam klezmer band - la rêvedere
dj amazing clay - supa jones
sevdah baby - do u like it
flamin' hotz - rocky theme
gaiola das popozudas - d'arcy
figli di madre ignota - nema problema tourista
boban markovic orkestar - od srca
dunkelbunt ft. raf mc & fanfare ciocarlia - the chocolate butterfly
shazalakazoo - gypsy jungle
monkey steak - black milk
figli di madre ignota - spaghetti balkan
shazalakazoo vs harry poppins
primitivni ples - ja ne bi ne bi ne bi
prljavo kazaliste - mi plesemo
knifehandchop - going back to scarborough
fanfare ciocarlia - tiganeasca
interrupt vector - pump
fanfare ciocarlia - ciocarlia si suite

Download the Balkan Funk Core (divshare)

Download the Balkan Funk Core (rapidshare)

2008 Til Infinity

Hey all, here are my picks of exceptional songs released in 2008. Some of these are from debut bands -- see my CHIRP exposé for further commentary. The links for each track below sends you to the album it came from.



Download 2008 Til Infinity

1. Parks & Gardens: Enwaisea
2. Ceiling Songs: Terrible Twos
3. KiDDid: Son March In (contact KiDDid to purchase the Compound 440r comp)
4. Josephine Foster: All I Wanted Was The Moon
5. The Natural Yogurt Band: Space Echo (also available from Dusty Groove)
6. Daedelus: Get Off Your HiHats
7. Atlas Sound: Recent Bedroom
8. Flying Lotus: Beginners Falafel
9. Squarepusher: The Coathanger
10. Last Step: My Home Recordings
11. Stereolab: Cellulose Sunshine
12. Portishead: Nylon Smile
13. Hatchback: Closer To Forever
14. Nightmares on Wax: 195 Lbs
15. Daedelus: Bass In It

Thanks for listening. Until next year, DJ Bylamplight

PS. cover art is a remix of Blue Bear Monkey by Derringdos

oblomow's hideout tracks

Oblomow's supplied us with an amazing dreamlike compilation, excellent to slowly float into 2009...

1. M83 - By the kiss
2. Burial - Endorphin
3. Atlas Sound - Winter Vacation
4. Fennesz - Saffron Revolution
5. Vincent Gallo - And A Colored Sky Colored Grey
6. Wooden Wand and The Vanishing Voice - Caribou Christ In The Great Void
7. Hot Chip - Beeting
8. Atlas Sound - On Guard
9. Animal Collective - No More Runnin'
10. Bloc Party - Compliments (Peel Session)
11. Holy Fuck - Balloons
12. Thurston Moore - The Shape Is In A Trance
13. Yeasayer - Wintertime
14. Caetano Veloso - You Don't Know Me
15. Vashti Bunyan - Coldest Night Of The Year
16. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
17. High Places - Oceanus
18. Disrupt - THC1138

Blogload!

Blunted basss by Lowdjo

The second blunted session to blast your way into 2009, this one's a killer!!!

Tracklisting:

villa diamante - marcelo fabian vs pharell vs gwen stefani
maga bo ft. kalaf - poema sem sal
ghislain poirier - it's a war war war
the bug ft. ricky ranking - murder we
peter gunn & small change - midnight kryptonite
klaxons - it's not over (skream rmx)
monkey steak - gaza stripclub
appleblim - mystical warrior
xingnfox feat. tame one - da muzik
edit ft. j-dilla, phat kat & dabrye - the game is not over
candiehank ft. mc shade - we all gonna die tonite
terror danjah ft. durrty goodz - reloadz
atki2 - pout and purchase
dj donna summer - rock rock rock (aaron spectre rmx)
atki2 and renée silver - shocking out proud (dtl salty mix)
tech itch - distort
atki2 - sweaty dub
meat beat manifesto - hellfire
istari lasterfahrer - tuffy dub
alien pimp - robots and cellos
maga bo ft. max normal - homeboys
ghislain poirier ft. seba - l'art de la fellation
starkey - pins (murderbot rmx)

Download blunted basss (320kbps)

Harry & Low - the sequel.. THE STEREO MIX

The second part of Harry's & Low's incredible 7h mix.. THE STEREO MX, 2h52 with a couple of unreleased Umbrelladelika tracks by Sheperd and Harry Poppins himself, enjoy!

Tracklisting:

High tone - day break leaving
Disrupt - true creators
Ghislain poirier feat. Abdelhak Rahal & Jace Clayton - Exils
Dual Tone - Dub Massacre
Burial - archangel (phasone rmx)
Xberg dhirty6 cru - ich und du
Grant Phabao - Andub Head Yudu
Mrk1 - Grit
Portishead - Over remix
El P & Camu Tao - WMR
Dälek - ascension
Spectre - fracture
Maga bo ft. kalaf - poema sem sal
Cx kidtronik ft. barrington - I want that
Benga - Drumz West
Virus syndicate - Major List mcs
Jahdan blakkamoore - rupture - shadetek - nice green
Sheperd - animals on wheels remo (unreleased)
Subjex - manneken acid
Monkey steak - black milk
Zapper - Gutty works
Starkey - Stripped/cutted
Sheperd - wormhole (unreleased)
Kode9 - fat larry's skank
Filaria - movement 2
Amon tobin - chocolate lovely
Hermutt lobby - ghostroller
Filastine ft. jessika skeletalia kenney - fitnah
Ghislain poirier ft. face t - blazin'
Clp - rockin' wiz us (feat. Zion I & data mc)
Al-haca system ft rqm - 126 (33rpm)
Hawd gankstuh rappuhs mc's wid ghatz - hello, don't be afraid
Parliament, funkadelic & the p-funk allstars - help scotty, help
Howie b - freedom
Filastine - the last redoubt
Dj shadow - mutual slump
Harry poppins - 'n sewende van die wereldbevolking
Konono n°1 - kule kule reprise
Maga bo ft. mohammed issa matona - siri ya pendu langu
South rakkas crew - under mi sensi (retro mx)
Team shadetek ft. red dragon - gal nug beg (balkan nights mix)
Cardopusher - gaan a bed
Pacheko - tryouts (cardopusher rmx)
Istari lasterfahrer - tuffy dub
D1 - crack bong
Modeselektor - the black box (rustie rmx)
Peter gunn & small change - midnite kryptonite
Skream - midnight request line (hot chip rmx)
Matt shadetek - girlfriend rmx
Buraka som sistema ft. m.i.a., dj znobia, saboroso, puto prata - sound of kuduro
Dj mujave - township funk (dj nonsense rmx)

Download the full-stereo-mix by Harry & Low (through zshare)

L°w & ]-[arry - m0n0mix

Xmaspeople!
It's that time again!
To end this year perfectly, we will overspoil you with mixes and compilations. Lowdjo and Harry teamed up to record 7h of extremely good music! Perfect for your cool winternights and your homeparties!

L°W & Harry : M0n0MïX the 4pm mix




TRACKLIST

Soft Machine – Slightly all the time
Fennesz – Endless Summer
Tarwater – billard
Leafcutter John – Maria in the forest
Porn sword tobacco – eudaimonia
Vincent gallo – her smell theme
Rachel’s – M. Daguerre
Tortoise – ry cooder
Deerhunter – spring hall convert
Karate – The same stars
Holy Fuck – Lovely Allen
Rip, Rig & Panic – storm the reality asylum
Fujiya miyagi – electro karaoke
Slint – Darlene
Unwound - Mkultra
Les savy fav – brace yourself
Fellini – Rock Europeu
The modern lovers – She cracked
The Chinese stars – drugs and sunshine
Lightning bolt – Dracula Mountain
Future of the left – Small bones small bodies
Frustration – blind
Big black – cables
Art brut – bang bang rock ‘n’ roll
Space streakings – Taco beya
U.S. Maple – stuck
Iggy & the stooges – search & destroy
Metal urbain – hystérie connective
Patti smith – my generation
The new york dolls – human being
Blondie – eat to the beat
Squarepusher – Love will tear us apart

110min 100mb



Get it here!



More good stuff on the way!

Blunted Sunday by Lowdjo

The first recording of the "blunted sessions".. 320kbps

Blunted Sunday - Tracklisting:

spectre - eye against eye / the struggle continues
brokencyde - band tee
xberg dhirty6 cru - rapschreibreform
edo maajka - bomba
ghislain poirier - exils ft. abdelhak rahal & j. clayton
komodo - bali dub
cauto - old school
the bug ft. spaceape - fuckaz
matt shadetek - can't breath rmx
tc - where's my money (caspa rmx)
pacheko - tryouts
cardopusher - gaan a bed
pacheko - bi-polar bear (starkey rmx)
schlactchthofbronx - we nah frai
dj maxximus - mercedes bentley vs versace armani
riz mc - radar
candiehank - croucho won't die
otto von shirach - spine serpents of sperm island

Download Blunted Sunday

Rotary Connection - Peace

Peace, a psychedelic Christmas album from 1968. Merry Xmas all!

Drum&Bass for Christmas!

That's right! It's Christmas in Poppinsland!! Ho-ho-hoooooow!!

And what would be better than to celebrate this wonderful day with an Oldskool drumandbass mix! A special selection of my old records from the golden years of dNb ('98-'99 to '02)
Enjoy!

Tracklist
84mb 59.54min
Harry's dnb Xmas mix!

Facs&Dylan – it is real
Total science – Vendetta
Fallen Angels 21 – brainwash
Dagga – Analogue vision
Dagga – milestone
Sonic + Silver – Rise up
Bug Nyne – Prodigal Son
Dillinja – Warp Drive
Ed Rush & Optical – Compound
Breakage – Here comes the drums (Doc Scott - remix)
Twisted individual – Sick Bag
Dreazz & Falcon – Do drop in!
RymeTyme – T-minus
Ed rush & Optical – Wormhole
Ed Rush & Optical – Bacteria
Dj Krust – Kloaking Device
Digital & Spirit – Three in one
The Tuss – Rushup Bank

Click it!

Tis The Season To Be Irie

Natty Christmas 12" by Jacob Miller & Ray I, an essential reggae Christmas album!

1. All I Want For Ismas
2. On The Twelve Day of Ismas
3. Deck The Halls
4. Silver Bells
5. Wish You A Merry Christmas

Download Natty Christmas

Don't forget about DJ Bylamplight's 2008 Christmas mix (which features Silver Bells from above). Also, last year's mixes from the whole crew.

Speaking of which, the Bxhell crew are about to drop some Xmas on you next, so watch out for that.

Still working on your playlist for the big day? Here are some essentials:

Duke Pearson -- Merry Ole Soul (excellent jazz LP on Blue Note)
DJ Riko's Mixmas (every year the mashup-extraordinaire DJ Riko digs up yet more obscure tunes for ya)
V/A -- Badd Santa (a fresh Christmas album from the Stones Throw posse)
He5 Merry Christmas Psychedelic Sound (teaser)

And remember, it's only Christmas EVE. There are still more goodies on the way so check back often.

Yours, DJ Bylamplight

Mixtape pleasures

The end of the year is coming closer and to continue the tradition on this blog the contributors will be spoiling our public with some amazing mixez especially cooked up for you.. Be on the lookout because we're about to unleash a whole bunch of exciting music in the coming week!!

If you missed out on last year's mixtapes, grab em HERE!

Tomorrow it's christmas eve and i'll kick off with some smooth cocktail soundzzz.. excellent music to play in the background while you're welcoming your guests and poppin' some bubbles...
A live recording of a set i did on the 12th in Club Industria (Antwerp, BE), my first company event!!!

Download Lowdjo live in Club Industria - part one (1h41m)

Download Lowdjo live in Club Industria - part two (1h40m)

Merry Christmas!

Last step - 1961 (planet-mu)

Planet Mu
Released: Nov 2008
Catalogue Number: ZIQ220
LAST STEP - 1961, Planet Mu





Aaron Funk slips out of his Venetian Snares costume and into his Last Step outfit for an album of fractured acid and reorganised drum machine patterns for Planet Mu with a full length album following from his well recieved 12" debut. With opener 'My Home recordings' Funk strikes a moody chord with odd vocal samples, screwed acid lines and chopped live drums, before lunging into an acid attack sequence on '61 Disco' with an Aphex-in-Analord mode style panache. 'Haha Waffles' programmes a Luke Vibert-ish library records kitsch style with intriguing outcomes, and 'Surf Green' sounds like Squarepusher on a pure prog-melodic trip. The final run of three tracks are unusually produced at a massively reduced tempo (for Snares anyway) and allow the man to explore his complex skills in a different framework with strangely reflective results making for one of the oddest additions to his catalogue to date. The obvious touchpoints for this album would have to be classic Aphex, Vibert or 'Pusher or Paradinas and it ranks fairly highly among the crowd, IDM heads take notice!

Go back to 1961!

Volcano Suns - Bumper Crop LP (1987)

Volcano Suns, giving you a soft, cushion-like wall of noise: Bumper Crop. More punk from the same collection.

On the Grill! - promomix

After a truely inspiring visit to the United States,
RoachBugincan (known for his legendary Vollezele-tapes) and Harry Poppins decided to team up for an AllStarDiscJockeyDuo!

On the Grill!

"not your regular beats and breaks, we're done with that..
gloomy blues crispy soul psycho funck rockabrilly!!!
Bringing back the cunt in country and the dick in dixie"

This first mix is for promo use only!
29.44min -- 26.59 MB

TRACKLIST

John lee hooker - boogie chillen'

Ac Reed - Boogalo tramp

Eddy Bo - If it's good to you (it's good for you)

Tony alvon & the belairs - sexy coffee pot

Professor Longhair - Big chief part 2

The vibrettes - Humpty Dump

Act III - today I want to stay inside

Georges Teperino - Cleopatra

Johnny Cash - Folsom prison blues

Dale Watson - Good luck N truckin' tonite

Messer chups - Popcorno

Hackensaw Boys - look out dog

R.L. Burnside - Come on in

+ various fieldrecordings from NYC, Memphis and Nashville

Grab it here!

to be continued...

Harry Poppins live at Mekitburn 28/09/07

Download!

Let's celebrate Harry Poppins' first post on Liquid D by downloading this incredible 47min liveP.A.set from last year's Mekitburn festival, organised by Jemenfish and I&I relations! A nice mix of his own tracks, remixes, some old jungle records, some beers and some basssssss!
!!Get it here!!!Get it here!!

Surfing Lake Michigan

Did you know that people actually surf Lake Michigan? Me neither. Here's a little comp I put together after running into a record dealer from Michigan at the last Chicago record show. I picked up so many rare Michigan 45s off of him that I ran out of money and had to leave early! Here are the 60s Garage / Surf cuts for ya with some non-MI Garage killers mixed in for filler. Half of these tracks have been comped already and a couple even reissued but there are still some surprises in here. Enjoy! -DJ Bylamplight. (Psst, more garage here.)

Download Surfing Lake Michigan



track listing:

Dragon Fly -- J.D. & The Dynamics (MI)
Got Love -- Terry Knight And The Pack (MI)
Crawdaddy Simone -- The Syndicats (UK)
Bust Out -- The Busters (MA)
Astronaut's -- The Busters (MA)
Hey Miss Sally -- The One Way Pedestrians (MI)
I'd Like To Say -- The One Way Pedestrians (MI)
Gonna Leave -- Mitch & The Mistys (TX)
Hey! Baby -- Mitch & The Mistys (TX)
Love's Gone Bad -- The Underdogs (MI)
96 Tears -- ? (Question Mark) & The Mysterians (MI)
Midnight Hour -- ? (Question Mark) & The Mysterians (MI)
Touch -- Outsiders (Netherlands)
The Ballad Of John B. -- Outsiders (Netherlands)
I Said Move -- The Aztex (IN)
The Little Streets In This Town -- The Aztex (IN)
You Turn Me On -- Ian Whitcomb (Ireland)
Everything's Alright -- The Archies (NY)
Just Out Of Reach -- The Zombies (UK)
Remember You -- The Zombies (UK)
Better Man Than I -- Terry Knight And The Pack (MI)
On The Horizon -- The Syndicats (UK)
Mozart Mash -- J.D. & The Dynamics (MI)

Jr & His Soulettes - Psychodelic Sounds

Private press that came out of Oklahoma 1971 -- psychedelic instrumentals performed by a band of 6 - 10 year-olds. Jr & His Soulettes - Psychodelic Sounds (rapidshare)

All I Want For Christmas Are B-Sides

Like it or not, "Christmas" has become a musical genre. And as you probably know from last year, I'm sort of obsessed with digging up those phenomenal Christmas jams that never get played at the mall; the rarities, the one-offs, the throwaways — the b-sides. After another year of hard work, here is my mix for 2008:

Download All I Want For Christmas Are B-Sides (ZIP of MP3s)

This year I've been involved in a very important project called CHIRP, the Chicago Independent Radio Project. The project has come a long way and is run by a passionate group of volunteers ... but we still have a long way to go.

I'd like to ask you to help us close out 2008 by making a donation (click the donate button, middle-left). Any amount will help! We're in the process of building up the broadcast studio (located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood) and finalizing operation of our webcast which is scheduled to launch in the next few months. For anyone who makes a donation after reading this, I want to say thanks by sending you a private link to a special bonus track, the most soulful re-interpretation of Silent Night, ever, by Duke Pearson from a rare jazz LP released 1969 on Blue Note. Just send an email to kumar.mcmillan@gmail.com with the subject "CHIRP donation for ya."

Thanks everyone and have a groovy new year.
Yours, DJ Bylamplight

Track listing:



1. Santa's Got A Brand New Bag -- Gary Walker
2. Funky Fresh Christmas -- Busy Boys
3. Groovy Christmas & New Year -- Pee Pee Dynamite
4. Comanche (Link Wray's Christmas) -- Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire
5. I Like Christmas -- Bruce Haack
6. Noëlle A Hawaii -- Antena
7. Rodolfo -- Joe Quijano
8. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town -- Duke Pearson
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -- Paquito D'Rivera
10. Soulful Christmas -- James Brown
11. Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto -- Snoop Dogg
12. Jingle Bells -- Duke Pearson
13. Merry Christmas Baby -- Jimmy McGriff
14. Christmas Hell -- Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire
15. Merry Christmas -- The Jimmy Castor Bunch
16. Silver Bells -- Jacob Miller
17. Silent Night (available when donating to CHIRP, thanks!) -- Duke Pearson

DJ Bylamplight Hosts RnB Flashback on WNUR 89.3 FM

Hey all, Eric Ricks invited me to host the RnB Flashback show yesterday, Sunday Dec 7th, 2008. Thanks Eric! It was a lot of fun. The term Rhythm And Blues describes a wide range of music but mostly was used to define gospel and blues influenced American soul and funk music from the 60s and 70s, the kind that makes you get up and dance.

I found out that I broke an FCC rule by plugging a commercial website on non-commercial radio: aintjustsoul.net (a hobby project of mine). Whoops! If it's any consolation, I am not currently making a profit on it ;)

RnB Flashback broadcasts every Sunday from 1:30 to 3pm CST (GMT-6) on WNUR, Chicago's Sound Experiment. However, the schedule may start to get a little weird due to sports season coming up.

Oh and by the way, I originally met Eric because he sells killer soul records.

Download a ZIP of all MP3s

Set 1:

Detroit Emeralds -- You're Gettin' A Little Too Smart
The Superlatives -- I Don't Know How
The Royal Jokers -- Love Game (From A to Z)
Soul Runners -- Spreadin' Honey

Set 2:

The Parliaments -- Good Old Music
The Mark-Keys -- Grab That Thing Pt. 1
Bill Coday -- Sixty inute Teaser
Roy Hytower -- It Must Be Love

Set 3:

Dyke & The Blazers -- Funky Walk
Alvin Cash -- Moaning And Groaning
The Barons -- While The Cats Away
Thomas East & The Fabulous Playboys -- I Get A Groove

Set 4:

James Brown -- Let Yourself Go
Steve Colt -- Dynamite
Jeane Mitchell & Harmonica Fats -- Goodbye Fats
The Maskmen & The Agents -- One Eye Open

Set 5:

Donald Bryant -- My Baby
Effie Smith -- Harper Valley P.T.A.
Soul Bros. Inc. -- Devil Made Me
Lee Rogers -- Our Love Is More

Set 6:

Gary Walker -- Santas Got A Brand New Bag
Binky Griptite -- Stoned Soul Christmas
Carla Thomas -- Gee Whiz It's Christmas
Rufus Thomas -- I'll Be Your Santa Baby

Set 7:

Steve Colt -- Take Away
The Lost Family -- Blow My Mind

[not recorded...]

Clarence Carter -- I Can't Leave Your Love Alone
Clarence Reid -- Nobody But You Babe

Set 8:

Thelma Jones -- The House That Jack Built
Soul Runners -- Grits 'N Corn Bread


Yours,
DJ Bylamplight

Do You Speak European promo by Lowdjo

As promised, the 'official' Do You Speak European? promo recording.. a freebie for all the European youngsters out there, enjoy!

1. ludwig von beethoven - european anthem
2. don't mess with texas - you're not punk and i'm tellin' everyone (croatia)
3. aphrodelics - rollin' on chrome (wild motherfucker dub) rmx by richard dorfmeister (austria)
4. l-wiz - egyptic (sweden)
5. bucovina club vs taraf de haïdouks - carolina (romania)
6. peneri strycka homeboye - praha (czech republic)
7. edo maajka - bomba (bosnia and herzegovina)
8. tarkan - kiss kiss (turkey)
9. cheb mami & k-maro - nos couleurs (france)
10. stereotyp ft. edu k & joyce muniz - jece valadao (austria)
11. hadise - my body (turkey / belgium)
12. ttc - téléphone (france)
13. skream - tech-appeal (united kingdom)
14. no smoking orchestra - evropa (bosnia and herzegovina)
15. fanfare ciocarlia - 007 / james bond theme (romania)
16. jablkon - mountain / hora (czech republic)
17. besh-o-drom - tortapapir (hungary)
18. prljavo kazaliste - mi plesemo (croatia)
19. f.o. system - örült vilag (hungary)
20. plastic bertrand - ça plane pour moi (belgium)
21. bloc party - mercury (united kingdom)
22. front 242 - tyranny for you (belgium)
23. the knife - listen now (sweden)
24. pierre gérard - dyse

time -- 68:26

download the DYSE-promo-mix!
(alternative link on divshare)
and
Watch the DYSE-movie, here.
and read all about this project, here

SMartival-set by Lowdjo (80 minutes over Brussels)

Live-recording of the first 80 minutes of Lowdjo's set at the SMartival on the 26th of november, featuring:

die welträumförscher, aisikl, fennesz-jeck-matthews, allan hughes, fennesz, colleen, flotel, vincent gallo, alejandro franov, john cage, es, nina simone, six organs of admittance, caetano veloso, cobra killer & kapajkos, os mutantes, novos baianos, caetano veloso, raul seixas, os mutantes, blondie, deerhoof, xberg dhirty6 cru, jahdan blakkamoore-dj rupture-matt shadetek, cauto.

download the SMartival-set

Dark Days by Lowdjo

The first hour of gRig's All Hallow's Eve..

Dark Days -- tracklisting:

anthony hopkins - 'i ate his liver'
bbc horror sounds
angelo badalamenti - mort de la pièvre
roger webb - night of horror
non - cruenta voluptas
texnolyze sample
angelo badalamenti - l'éxecution
laibach (1961-1982)
otto von shirach - zombie halloween
texnolyze sample
messer frau müller - iron felix kubin
ike yard - a dull life
j.j. burnell - euroman
throbbing gristle - 10 pence
vvv - incredible criminals
ich bin - bodybuilding
einstürzende neubauten - tanz debil
ike yard - loss
vvv - desperate fa the miracle
martin rev - temptation
oleg kostrow - death of frankenstein
v/vm - eurohit
v/vm - benelux bukkake sperm
miss nicky trax - acid in the house
french theory - lost on the way to destelbergen (vocal mx)
angelo badalamenti - l'anniversaire d'irvin

Download Dark Days mx (320kbps - 189mb)

Pugh - Ja, dä ä dä!

Edgy Swedish psyche / folk, ripped from LP: Pugh - Ja, dä ä dä!. Great album, goes all over the place. You might recognize the first 10 secs as a sample from DJ Shadow's Mutual Slump. LP is in high demand now (no thanks to Shadow! :)) so it took me a while to snag one. Enjoy!

Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder LP (MONO)

Excellent gypsy jazz on Impulse from the orig. Mono LP. Thanks for the rip, Geoffrey!
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Divshare-files (mixes)

Hellow to all you visitors, bloggers.. Just a quick note to tell you that all downloadable divshare-files are finally accessible again!
There should be no problem any more to download all the mixes, and soon there will be more, much more..
Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for listening!

l8ter

Low.

Peneri Strycka Homeboye - Terorist

Czech hip-hop.. Hit it!

grab it from mediafire

Cal Tjader - San Francisco Moods (mono LP)

One of vibes man Cal Tjader's excellent jazz albums, released 1958 on Fantasy (3271). Ripped at 320kpbs from the original mono LP. Easy listening doesn't get any easier than this.
Download from divshare.

Stock sale impro by Lowdjo

The digital world has slowly been killing the record industry, while almost everybody has started downloading the last few years, including me, record sales went down in every musical genre.. so far i thought the more specialised scenes like the dj-world would always keep buying vinyl but i notice that even a lot of my 'active' friends in the dj world switched to digital. By this i mean ordering their 'dj-tools' in high-quality-digital-form, next to downloading unreleased tracks to use in their sets. By doing this, small and even big businesses get bankrupt and can't supply people like me with excellent, fresh and avantgardistic music..

On the other hand, the technological evolution created amazing machines that allows us, dj's, to use the digital formats like old and dusty Elvis Presley records and try to create the same atmosphere, only with endless possibilities and effects to manipulate the original sound.

This summer i went to a couple of stock sales in the 'record biz' of record stores that closed their doors and one big distributor in Belgium, Lowlands (article in dutch). Next to this big distributor their was my favourite record store in Brussels and definitely the most interesting one in Belgium, called Le Bonheur - "Epicerie Audiovisuelle". Unfortunately i won't be able to shop there anymore and supply you listeners with excerpts from this recordshop.. thankfully there's still something like mailorder!

So i got my hands on something like a 100 mint condition vinyls in different formats for half or less the original price and recorded this mix after listening once to each record.. here's a 80 minute-impro-recording of a couple of hours of listening pleasure, enjoy!

Stock Sale Impro - Tracklisting:

('aisikl) - requiem for john fahey
fanal - ich kenne sie nicht
telefon tel aviv - ttv
gudrun gut - blätterwald
the kat cosm - knightboat
kit clayton - humbaba
ming - il continente mentale
schlammpeitziger - wuup wolgawahn
kania thieffer - get flunky
ich bin - votez ich bin (33rpm)
toecutter - i milk myself
shitmat - negative creep
mash gordon - meathead and greycaps
ladyscraper - senseless apprentice
cardopusher - el pote que mece la cuna
monkey steak - too late
syndrome - yo what uh yeh
reverse engineering - dttr (total terror mix)
dälek - streets all amped
plasticman - the plastician ep
high tone - do not panic
your lovely eglantine - later
tu seras terriblement gentille - lester bangs
the cheeraks - cheeraks are n°1 + no mercy
le ton mété - sur la table

download the stock sale impro mix

Marcos Valle - Previsao Do Tempo

Classic Brazilian funk. Nab it from divshare (m4a)

Theme To "Welcome Back America"

Dear World, we're back. America is back! And it never felt so good. Thank you for being patient with us. The truth is we've been waiting longer than 8 years for this. We've been waiting our whole lives.

America is a culturally diverse place -- our communities are deep and our voices are many. The movement that elected Barack Obama as our next president is about emerging from dark times to take back our country. It's about declaring peace as a virtue. It's about curbing financial greed and putting a little more responsibility and accountability on our citizens. It's about building a future for our children through education, health, conservation, and all the other liberties we've been missing out on. Most importantly, World, it's about renewing our citizenship on planet earth.

Words can't express the state of euphoria we're in over this! It kinda feels like the first time you get laid; your legs are shaky and you have a permanent smile on your face all day. To help you "feel" me, I put together this mix, special for you.

Yours, DJ Bylamplight

Download the Theme To "Welcome Back, America"

Track listing:

Something In The Air -- Thunderclap Newman
Now Is The Hour -- The New Hawaiian Band
Hot Dog -- Corky Jones
More Pretty Girls Than One -- Edwin Howard
Ena -- Lefty (Guitar) Bates
I Will Love You Always Forever -- Sonic Art Crew
Forever -- The Little Dippers
Diesel Smoke -- Doye O'Dell
Telephone Man -- Meri Wilson
Berkeley Lady -- Sweet Pain
Flower Girl -- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Kicked Around -- The Ad Libs
Pocket Full Of Money -- Frank Frost
Tragedy -- Cobra Kings
Important Words -- Gene Vincent
Forty 'Levin Times -- Edwin Howard
Sweet Leilani -- The New Hawaiian Band
Tau - Tai -- Tino and the Royal Hawaiians at Shanghai Lil's
Crazy Legs -- Gene Vincent
Wish I'd Stay In The Wagonyard -- Doye O'Dell
Things Ain't What They Used To Be -- Clifton Chenier
Who-Dun-It? -- Monk Higgins
Quiet Village -- Musical Orchids From Hawaii

Hot Texas Vol. 1

Ah, yes, summer has come and gone and fall is in effect here in Chicago. I spent a little time in Texas this summer and of course made sure to dig for records while I was there. It's damn hot in Texas. And if you don't know, Texas — because of its proximity to the Gulf states — is one of the prime spots for finding 60s Funk and Soul (Houston for one had a lively Funk scene). Texas also had a few Garage scenes here and there, as did most places in the US during the 60s.

More importantly, Austin TX is home to some serious diggers who travel all over the US in search of records for their shops. Spots like Breakaway Records and Friends of Sound are just a few places I got lost in for hours, barely making a dent in the stacks. I also dug around San Antonio's Alamo Records and found a few bits and pieces. I'll upload some pics later on.

Here is the first compilation of heavy Garage and Rockabilly 45s I mostly found in TX. It's in a theme similar to the Turn On Your Lamplight boxset and even features a few TX locals: Roy Head and The Five Americans (maybe others?).

This is just the first of several Hot Texas compilations. The other ones will get more into the Funk and Soul so stay tuned. Track listing:

Move On Down -- Renaissance
Fortune Teller -- The Del-Rays
Rhythm & Greens -- The Shadows
Jump, Jive and Harmonize -- Thee Midniters (check out more reissues from Norton Records)
Thee Midnite Feeling -- Thee Midniters
Sweet Bacon -- Julian Covey and the Machine
A Little Bit Hurt -- Julian Covey and the Machine
Gonna Have A Good Time -- The Easybeats
Time Won't Let Me -- The Outsiders
Come Fill Your Cup -- Springwell
Like I Do -- The Del-Rays
No Communication -- The Five Americans
Death of an Angel -- The Kingsmen
Baby, Please Don't Go -- Them
Get Back -- Roy Head
Treat Her Right -- Roy Head & The Traits
Ramrod -- Duane Eddy His "Twangy" Guitar and the Rebels
Wing Ding -- Joey Dee & The Starlighters
The Green Mosquito -- The Tune Rockers
Rebel - 'Rouser -- Duane Eddy and His "Twangy" Guitar
Rotation -- Rotation
Amen -- Renaissance
The Walker -- Duane Eddy His "Twangy" Guitar and the Rebels

grab it!

Yours, DJ Bylamplight.

E.g Oblique Graph (aka Muslimgauze) - Triptych ep (1982)

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Harry Poppins..

Hello all,
We've got a new contributor on the blog called Harry Poppins, horray!!!
To celebrate our new member we're posting something old and something new.

The first recording dates back to march 2007 when Lowdjo & Harry Poppins went back2back to close the party at the Planet µ-nite on the Biouel Boat in Brussels where they replaced Luke Vibert, who cancelled. It's a live-recorded-mix that was streamed in real time on Radio Campus for them couch-potatoes.

The mix features a lot of records that were released on the Planet µ-label during the last couple of years, of course some dubstep since that was the theme of the night, some favela elektro and some crazy scratching... unfortunately there's no recording of the people shouting, every time we dropped a killer. You'll just have to imagine those background-noises while listening...

Other artists performing next to Harry & Low that night, were: Vex'd, Boxcutter, Loefah and Distance...

There were some technical difficulties in the beginning of this set but that won't spoil the fun!

Download Harry Poppins & Lowdjo's set on the Planet µ-nite in Brussels (divshare - 108mb)

The second post dates back to august 2008 when Harry & Low were fooling around with some tracks that will be released in the near future on Harry Poppins' own Umbrelladelika-label, these tracks haven't been mastered in the studio yet so if you would like these in higher quality you'll just have to order this compilation!

Next to Umbrelladelika-tracks, there's some electronix mashed into the mix..

Harry Poppins & Lowdjo's impro-mix - tracklisting:

01. t-tauri -main sequence burning (umbrelladelika rec.)
02. baby kruger - isolation (umbrelladelika rec.)
03. enoch krapowski - i was born a man (umbrelladelika rec.)
04. filaria - spare parts (umbrelladelika rec.)
05. icteder - acip lellien hungmeister (umbrelladelika rec.)
06. cylobotnia - got my pass
07. ucture - desperate hole life (umbrelladelika rec.)
08. th'idiot - my new synht (umbrelladelika rec.)
09. hosmoz - karmen (umbrelladelika rec.)
10. chris clark - proper lofi
11. maga bo ft. teba - nqayi
12. ladyscraper - senseless apprentice
13. otto von shirach - nightmare nipple f
14. candiehank - croucho won't die
15. tep - titi (umbrelladelika rec.)
16. schlammpeitziger - wuup wolgawahn
17. wevie stonder - lady's leg licked (umbrelladelika rec.)
18. gudrun gut - blätterwald
19. two girls, one cup - ride the red wave (umbrelladelika rec.)
20. flufftronix - shark attack (ruff cut)
21. patric catani - punk
22. sickboy - swingin' intro (33rpm monstermix)

Download Harry Poppins & Lowdjo's impro-mix (divshare - 81mb)