Drop The Biscuit

The 3rd (and probably the last) in our series of the drummers beat, 

the many influences of Krautrock and especially Can & Neu. 

Some of the usual suspects & some new.

1 Stereolab-Jenny Ondioline (alt vers)

2 Automatic-Signal

3 Turing Machine-Syncronicity lll

4 The Horrors-Sea Within A Sea

5 Wall Of Death-Tears Of Rainbow

6 Peter Bjorn And John-I Know You Don’t Love Me

7 Hookworms-Teen Dreams

8 Primal Scream-Shoot Speed/Kill Light

9   Death Cab For Cutie-Doors Unlocked And Open

10 Cave-Oj

11 The Brian Jonestown Massacre-had Hande Med Dem

So this week we have the 5th instalment 

in our series of Reggae (Soul, Disco) 

With the usual splattering of covers, 

soulful tunes & funky grooves…..enjoy.

1 Byron Lee & The Dragonaires-Express Yourself

2 The Techniques-I Wish It Would Rain

3 Sydney, George & Jackie- Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone

4 Jackie Mittoo- Mother Funk

5 Barbara Jones- Oh What A night

6 Dennis Brown-Sitting And Watching

7 Tyrone-How Sweet It Is

8 Jackie Opel-Higher And Higher

9 Duke Reid Group-Soul Style

10 Ken Parker- Somebody To Love

11 Slim Smith- Just A Dream

12 Risco Connection- Sitting In The Park

13 Cedric Im Brooks- Sabebe

14 The Techniques- You Don’t Care

15 Hortense Ellis- Groovy Kind Of Love

16 Slim Smith- Let It Be Me

17 Jackie Mittoo- Get Up And Get It

18 Toots Hibbert- Knock On Wood

19 The In-Crowd- Love Harmony

20 The Gaylettes- That’s How Strong My Love Is

Let’s go baby! – Another selection of french (influenced/inspired)

bits n’ bobs 

which you may (or may not) find pleasant to listen to over the next hour or so? 

……….smart.

1 Francoise Hardy-Viens

2 Ronnie Bird-Chante

3 Les Prospection-Casing

4 Gillian Hills-Tut, tut, tut, tut

5 Don Ellis-Theme from the ‘French Connection’

6 Jacques Dutronc-La Metaphore

7 Francoise Hardy-C’est a l’amour auquel je pense

8 Francis Bebey-Fleur Tropicale

9 Jarvis Cocker-Les gens sont fous, les temps sont flous

10 Josephine Baker-De temps en temps

11 The Liminanas-Migas 2000

12 Milt Jackson-Paris blues

13 Francis Coppieters-Piano in transit

14 Mick Harvey-Fils indigne No.2

15 Lesley Gore-Je ne sais plus

16 Fatty Nautty-Tumba pt.2

17 B.Lubat-Aubergine time

18 Brigitte Bardot-Ce n’est pas vrai

19 Jean Sablon-Vous qui passe sans me voir

(Same !@#$ Different Day) 

Straight in to 23

from lounge to loungin’

Bullybones steps up with his 

sweet laid back hip hop selections

head bobbin’ toe tappin’

an playin’ wit ya mind.

Intro-

1  Loungin’ – Guru

2  Belize – Danger Mouse & Black Thought

3  Transmitting Live – Bucc Rogerz

4  Comatose – P.M.Dawn

5  Constellation – LTJ Bukem

6  The Upgrade – J-Live

7  Trains And Planes – Zion I And The Grouch

8  Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz

9  Replay – Visioneers

10  All Good – Chaka Khan – De La Soul

11  Work It Out – Jurassic Five – Dave Mathews Band

12  Speed Of Sound – Soulstice

13  Excellent – Blackalicious

14  Here I come – The Roots

15  Funky Voltron Edan

16  For Those Who Don’t Know – Opio

17  Cosmosis – Tony Allen

18  Onto The Next One – Jay-Z

19  Shake It Off (Bad Dreams 2) – Lyrics Born

SHE SAID ‘LET’S SHAKE THINGS UP A BIT,

LET’S MAKE A CHANGE. LET’S LEAVE IT AS IT IS,

LET’S HAVE MORE OF THE SAME’.

THEN SHE GOT ON HER OLD BICYCLE

WITH HER BRIGHT TANGERINE AVOCADO SHAPED COAT

AND WHIZZED OFF DOWN THE ROAD.

1 THE ROLLING STONES-SING THIS ALL TOGETHER (SEE WHAT HAPPENS)

2 HUMA UTKA-CHIRONIAN WOUND

3 ABDULLAH IBRAHIM-MINDIFF/SOTHO BLUE

4 COSMIC VOICES FROM BULGARIA-KAZHI, KAZHI, ANGIO

5 DERYA YILIDIRIM & GRUP SIMSEK-THE TRIP

6 EL MICHELS AFFAIR-MURKIT GEM

7 GAUDI MEETS THE REBEL DREAD-E=MC2

8 GARETH JONES/DANIEL MILLER-OH YEAH (SUNROOF MIX)

9 TOM WAITS-DIAMONDS ON THE WINDSHEILD

10 HUMA UTKU-TRUTH FROM THE DEEPEST SOURCE

This year kicks off with Wireshaker – Fragments from 2022.

“A mixture of new purchases (even one that actually came out in 2022!) and some things I discovered for the first time while digging through the stuff residing in seldom visited corners of the collection. A bit of everything really, but a slight bias towards lounge / easy / exotica because lots of my charity shop finds this year came from there”.

1 Tarentel-A Crystal The Size Of Our Moon I The Heart Of A 

   Pulsating White Dwarf

2 Montrose-Good Rockin’ Tonight

3 Aki Aleong-Voodoo Drums

4 Arthur Lyman-Afro Blue

5 The Congos-The Ark Of The Covenant

6 Don Ralke-Ritual Of The Cobra

7 The Poppy Family-Free From The City

8 Project Gemini-The Children Of Scorpio

9 Amon Duul-A Morning Excuse

10 Don Shinn & Friends-Heaven Was Made To Be

11 Roger Webb-Dazzle

12 Wynder K Frog-Bad Eye

13 Vanity Fare-Megowd (Something Tells Me)

14 African Music Machine-Tropical

15 Jeffrey Lee Pierce-Hey Juana

16 The Premiers-Shawnee

17 Sandy Nelson-Whittier Blvd

18 Sonny Bono-My Best Friend’s Girl Is Out Of Sight

19 Trombones Unlimited-Grazing In The Grass

20 Urban Rewnewal Project-Computer Girl

21 The Vincent Units-Carnival Song

22 Mercury Rev-Parchman Farm (Carice Van Houten)

23 The Carousel-Strawberry Fayre

24 The Young Tradition-Lyke-Wake Dirge

25 Zygmunt Krause-Folk Music (excerpt)

Odd electronic & percussive meanderings to ease us gently out of the old year & into the new. This episode of EX-EL is brought to you from the wonderful collection/brain of Rosko.

1 Cybernaut Tonto’s Expanding Head Band

2 The Voice of the Night Aki Tsuyuko

3 A Measured Room Brian Eno

4 Muzak Paintings Positive Movement Part 2 No. 3 Cybe

5 Fairy Tale Joel Vandroogenbroeck

6 Por Quê Anno Luz

7 Раз ONE Kate NV

8 Desensitization And REProcessing Rich Ruth

9 Toucan Ocean Jon Hassell

10 The Valley of the Saroos Joe Meek and The Blue Men

11 Movements (Chapter III) Leon Vynehall

12 At Dawn Christina Vantzou

13 Strip 2 (feat. Hans-Joachim Roedelius) Dieter Moebius & Tim Story

14 Our Wretched Fantasy Rachika Nayar

15 Improvisation on a ‘Concerto Generator’ Laurie Spiegel

16 Raiments Ami Dang

17 Workaround One Beatrice Dillon

18 Ashita Yasuaki Shimizu

GOSPEL-ESQUE 2, SHE SAID-

SOME BELIEVE AN SOME DON’T,

MAN’S STRUGGLE WITH THE SPIRIT IS CONTINUOUS 

WHETHER YOU’RE FREAKIN’ OUT OR TUNIN’ IN-

I LOOKED ‘ROUND THE CONGREGATION,

SOME OF THE USUAL FACES, OLD 

FRIENDS TO BE SURE, AN SOME NEW,

& ALL TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THEIR SITUATION-

GOSPEL-ESQUE 2, SHE SAID-

JUST AN ALTERNATIVE 

PLAYLIST FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON?

OR ANY OTHER TIME 

YOU WANT TO FEEL A LITTLE

 JOY IN YOUR LIFE….

HAPPY CHRISTMAS 22….

LEONARD COHEN – BIRD ON A WIRE

JOHNNY CASH – OH BURY ME NOT

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – JESUS MET THE WOMAN AT THE WELL

NINA SIMONE – COMPENSATION

TOM WAITS – CLAP HANDS

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – I FOUND A REASON

DEPECHE MODE – GET RIGHT WITH ME

THEE HEADCOATS – JOHN THE REVELATOR

JOHNNY CASH – ONE

LEON RUSSELL – A HARD RAIN IS GONNA FALL

CHRISTINA VANE – JESUS MAKE UP MY DYING BED

THE COX FAMILY – I AM WEARY (LET ME REST)

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – INTO MY ARMS

MARTIN GORE – MOTHERLESS CHILD

GILLIAN WELCH – REVELATOR

LEONARD COHEN – IF IT BE YOUR WILL

PAUL ROBESON – WERE YOU THERE WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD

So if everyone’s hip to the new layout, she said, we’ll just push on….

Thanx for comin’ he said, an thanx for making my life complete. 

The tension was gripping & then someone at the back just started laughing.

1 Fumaca Preta-Pupilas Dilatadas/Toda Pessoa

2 DJ Khalab & Baba Sissoka-Kumu 

3 Moontribe-Technology

4 Emperor Sly-Gatecrasher

5 Djfreshmoney-Whammo

6 James Last & Orchestra-Inner City Blues

7 Senior Allstars-Wrong Number/Dub

8 Ruth Etting with piano accompaniment

9 Anna Meredith-Nautilus

10 The Blazers-Sound of Mecca

11 Beautify Junkyards-Manha Tropical

12 Follazoid-Trees

13 The Psychedelic Aliens-Hijacking

14 Cassandra Jenkins-Hard Drive

15 The Buzzcocks-Oh Shit

As you may have already guessed, this weeks ‘World Trip’ has a slightly Psychedelic leaning. So jump aboard the magic bus and join us on our journey to far off lands……

1 Prince Fatty & Shniece Mcmenamin-Black Rabbit

2 Maghrebika-Neftakhir (part 1)

3 Celestine Nyam-M’bembe

4 Los Pakines-Tomalo O Dejalo

5 The Heliocentric-The Sunshine Makers

6 You Olarang-Cyclo

7 Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Guests-Musicawi Silt

8 Phuong Tam-Co Nho Đêm Nao

9 Brownout-Olvidalo

10 Debo Band-Blue Awaze

11 Ros Seresyothea-Jam 10 Kai Theit

12 Ernest Ranglin-Earth Sound Pt.1

13 WAI-Hone Taiapa

14 Tribo Massari-Walk By Jungle

15 OrquestraDe Tambores De Alagoas-Acao Dinâmica Ao Cacador

16 Laxmikant-Pyarelal-Soul Of Bobby

17 Groupe RTD-Liso Daymo

18 Munehiro Narita-White Rabbit