Some old stuff that sounds like new stuff, some new stuff that sounds like old stuff. Dub reggae, EBMish techno, a krautrock-y remix and so much more. It's another one of these x in 1 (x) lists, baby.
Tim Burgess - I Got This (Andy Votel Remix)
Turns out that guy who does those listening parties on Twitter makes music too. Andy Votel spins The Charlatans singer's latest release into a propulsive krautrock jam. Tidy stuff and surprisingly the first Andy Votel remix on this blog.
Wet Leg - Chaise Longue
This is my song of the summer. Big Le Tigre vibes. Deadpan female vocals, indie disco action, daft lyrics. Was always gonna be into it. Frank is a fan too.
Biz Markie - Bennie and The Jets
BENNIE! A perfect example of something that isn't technically a good performance, but is a brilliant performance through sheer personality, stagecraft, and fun. RIP Biz.
Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends
Rundgren was another one of those acts my Dad liked but he thought I wouldn't. Can We Still Be Friends is from a later album but I've been listening to A Wizard, A True Star a lot recently from my Dad's collection.
Willie Williams - Armagideon Time
Will I be cancelled if I say that my first thought when this comes on is to go 'rub-a-dub-dub-dub'? Came across this again on an old DJ Vadim mixtape. As in a mix that I taped from the radio years ago. For I am ancient.
NN - Deception (Original Mix)
Head down, dark and stormy techno with big EBM energy. Amelie Lens opened her recent Residency show with it. Brutal.
Panda Bear - Cosplay
David Holmes played this on a recent NTS show and man did it make me wish I wasn't stuck at my desk on a grey weekday. It's from the Animal Collective's... I was gonna say drummer but he does kinds everything in the band... It's from his 2015 Crosswords EP.
Brân - Y Gwylwyr
Shout out to NTS once again. Welsh psychedelic folk-rock from 1975. Into it.
Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby
Right, now there's sampling, and then there's Daft Punk lifting the whole opening 20 seconds here for Harder Better Faster Stronger. My life is a lie.
