Birdwaves Media Presents: The ProgCast

Peter Hammill is one of my favorite singers ever and his intense lyrical hooks are perfect for samples (See the OFarm song “Break Up Da Room”). This particular phrase summed up my view of life from the midst of a mid-winter depression. The spooky space radio was played by my son Nic AKA Mistah Zinn.

I was going sampler crazy and pulled out an old copy of “Genesis Live”. I wound up with a bunch of random loops that quickly congealed into this. With the addition of vocals and an organ solo the song progressively got darker and darker. The title refers to the mother of all conspiracy theories. Listen with caution.

Come on Up (Café Koko Mix) is a remix of a song originally written by St Mix. Abandoned while "Supernatural Power" was taking shape, it lay dormant for a few years. Bion has taken the baton, and come up with this interesting take.

Come on Up (Café Koko Mix) is a remix of a song originally written by St Mix. Abandoned while "Supernatural Power" was taking shape, it lay dormant for a few years. Bion has taken the baton, and come up with this interesting take.

This is the start of a new series we have planned that offers remixes of some classic Progressive / Art Rock tunes. Or is that remixes of Classic rock envisioned as Progressive Hip-Hop? Either way, we thought you might enjoy some of these... I think cutting up The Clash was originally Rus-T’s idea, as a tribute to the late, great Joe Strummer.. At the end of the project the song still needed something so one morning in a haze of inspiration I merged Leonard Cohen’s “Democracy” with it and it suddenly became a statement on post 911 America. Perfect! Joe would have been proud. (Thanks to JJ and Mark Miller for the drum track)

The Supernatural Power Hour is unleashed on the unwitting populace of Hamp. Present and Accounted for: St Mix, Bion, NTT, Rus-t, MC Stash, Jana Bird, MC Force of Alchemistics

The Supernatural Power Hour is unleashed on the unwitting populace of Hamp. Present and Accounted for: St Mix, Bion, NTT, Rus-t, MC Stash, Jana Bird

The Supernatural Power Hour is unleashed on the unwitting populace of Hamp. Present and Accounted for: St Mix, Bion, NTT, Rus-t, MC Stash, Jana Bird

The Supernatural Power Hour is unleashed on the unwitting populace of Hamp. Present and Accounted for: St Mix, Bion, NTT, Rus-t, MC Stash, Jana Bird

The Supernatural Power Hour is unleashed on the unwitting populace of Hamp. Present and Accounted for: St Mix, Bion, NTT, Rus-t, MC Stash, Jana Bird