Fresh Meat Podcast

Fixed tempo fetishists and dance music dilettantes, beware, this is the first "Let's Go Swimming!"

The songs here are both strange and beautiful. There are several forms of music on this live vinyl mix; psychedelic rock (Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band) , German rock (Can, NEU!), early electronic (Krafterwerk, Harmonia), field recordings (Tony Schwartz) and ambient music (John Hassell,/Brian Eno, Windy & Carl). But a genre survey this is not. The mix is my attempt at an evolving story, integrated according to musical, verbal or rhythmic meaning. Although not "dance music," here the long passages without percussion still have pulse rhythms and primitive energies. In the spirit of “Let’s Go Swimming,” I played a lovely tune by Arthur Russell and ended the mix with “Keep On Doin’” by War - our one "dance record." It is good for a mix to take you somewhere different and perhaps unsettling, but it seemed nice to leave feeling good! What you hear in this mix is protogenic electronic music mixed through the lens of late nights with Justin and Mazi, playing mostly old records without thinking about time or the body.

Tracklisting:

An all vinyl mix by Nathan Drew Larsen

Recorded live on May 14, 2010 in Logan Square Chicago.

1. Jon Hassell/Brian Eno, Chemistry, E.G Records Ltd. 1980

2. NEU!, Sonderangebot, United Artists Records 1972

3. Can, Aumgn, Spoon Records U.K. Ltd. 1971

4. Harmonia, Hausmusik, Brian Records 1974

5. Arthur Russell, Hiding Your Present From You, Audika Records 1986/2005 (Reissue)

6. The Velvet Underground and Nico, The Black Angel’s Death Song, Verve Records 1967

7. Kraftwerk, Stratovarius (exerpt), Vertigo 1970/1972 (Reissue)

8. Windy & Carl, Rhodes, Kranky 2008; with Tony Schwartz, Evening Coffee Shop, Folkways Records 1958

9. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Trust Us (tk9), Blue Thumb Records 1967, Sundazed Music Inc. (Reformatted Reissue) 2009

10. Tony Schwartz, Coal Delivery, Folkways Records 1958

11. War, Keep On Doin’, United Artists Records 1979

"You've got to keep on, I've got to keep on..."

Germany's deep house duo du jour Florian Kruse and Nils Nuernburg have created a special summertime mix for the FM Podcast featuring their unique take on a beautiful and deep clubby house sound. Featured here, as with every Climate, is a compelling mix of vibrant new tunes straight from the club. Florian and Nils have been burning up the dance charts as Kruse & Nuernburg and have created several hits for Fresh Meat as Wiretappeur with their partner Stel.

Tracklisting:

1. Ramoa - Rampa Falk

2. Daniel Dubb - Elekeza (Gavin Herlihy Remix)

3. Emil De Moreu & Danito - Faceback

4. &ME - Youth

5. Allessio Cafario – House In My Deep

6. Evans & Waterfall – Cafe Loco (Mendo Remix)

7. Emil De Moreu & Danito – You Give Me (Tom Demac Remix)

8. Matthew Dear & Seth Troxler – Hurt (Martinez Dark Soul Remix)

9. Jerome Pacman, David K. & OTP – Out Of Phase

10. M A N I K – Yeah (Wiretappeur's Tappeurior Remix)

11. Pablo Cahn Speyer & Hector – Jills Tool

12. Rennie Foster Feat. Aaron-Carl - Savior (Coyu & Edu Imbernón Remix)

At first I had delusions that this mix would be a snap. Come to find out, it was not.

This was completely complied from tracks I had previously owned or found on various blogs throughout the web. The reason I embraced all digital DJing after 8 years of solely using vinyl was for this reason alone, access to music I’d otherwise never own, hear or share with other music lovers on the dance floor. Does this mix contribute to disposable music culture that’s cannibalized the music industry the past 10 years? I say no. Not only does it share music with people (including me) that would otherwise never get to experience it but also it opens eyes to the talent and amazing abilities of producers during this era.

In the end I found a connection to these producers. Did they write these tracks for the money? No way, disco demolition had already come and kicked the feet out from under the dance music community. The dance scene was well on its way to the underground. Sales weren’t there. If you didn’t have a residency at some major club which was few and far between you could forget about living from DJ fees.

Mazi writes an article for Beatportal called House Music Circles. I find this title to be most appropriate for my connections to the producers in this mix. Music comes around in circles. I love the sounds, textures, arrangements and tempo of the tracks in this mix. I relate to them and attempt to emulate them in many ways even now in 2010.

Do I make a living from producing? No. Do I make a living from DJing? No. Do I care in the tiniest bit that my music is accepted as mainstream? No. Just like the producers in this mix, I do it to for the love and all that encompasses plain and simple.

I buy my music. But for this mix I embraced what’s best about music sharing in 2010. Access to the obscure and to share what would otherwise go unheard.

Tracklisting:

1. Stimulation / The Strangers / Salsoul Records 1983

2. Get On It / Spence / Ariola 1983

3. Baby Love / Aurra / Salsoul Records 1983

4. Out in The Night / Serge Ponsar / WEA International Inc. 1983

5. Superstition-Good Times / Clubhouse / A&M Records 1983

6. Another Man Is Twice As Nice-Dub / Tout Sweet / Buzz Records 1983...

w/ snippets of Short version

7. To the bone & To the bone (Pygmy Dub Mix) / Nona Hendryx / RCA 1983

8. Its you that happening / exquisite taste / Starlite Records 1984

9. Its a War / Kano/ Emergency records 1980...

w/ with snippets of Frankie Knuckles feat Jamie principle / Baby wants to Ride / Trax Records

10. Walk the Night 7" / Skatt Bros. / Casablanca Records 1979

11. Thinking About Your Love / Skipworth & Turner / 4th & Broadway 1985

Fresh Meat Danceteria is now Fresh Meat Podcast, so let the downloading begin!

Message from Phillip: So I made this mix @ home in my apartment on 2 Technics and a pioneer mixer. It was actually the first time ever that I played here after living almost a year already. Funny thing too, I had a whole layout of all this rare, chill, hard to find deep music that I wanted to play, which I did. But when I started the mix it all went out the window cause I thought it sounded awful and only played for an hour or so. The interlude and the ending w/ all the funk stuff was added later when I decided it actually sounded better than originally imagined. It's basically a mix of music I love to listen to on my iPod to get me through my day. Hope it gets u through yours.

Tracklisting:

1. Lindwood Family "Miles Away"

2. Christopher Rau "Ne Travaillez Jamais"

3. Red Rach'em "Nightshift"

4. The Freaks "Turning Orange" (Losoul Rmx)

5. Soldiers of Twilight "Mainstreet"

6. KemeticJust "For Your Love" (Dixons Alternative Mix)

7. Inland Knights "Slummin It"

8. The Revenge "Unfinished Edits Are Out Of My Hands"

9. The Revenge "Night Flight"

10. Eddie C "Your Welcome"

11. Mario Basanov "Do You Remember?" (6th Borough Project Vocal Rmx)

12. Jozif "Chicago"

13. Unreleased Edit

14. Rocket "Last Prayer" (Fast Edit)

15. Ripperton "A Simple Interlude"

16. Bambi & Gazeebo "Beet Toop" (Edit)

17. West Phillips "I'm Just A Sucka For A Pretty Face" (Edit)

18. Cole Medina "Red Hott"

19. PBR Streetgang "J2thaB"

20. Be "All The Thrills" Edit

21. Anonym "Trust Me"

22. Kri "Recession Beat" Edit

23. SuperValue "Smoke" (Phils Dub Edit)

24. 6th Borough Project "Planets"