TH#104 - Betta Must Come [Luke's Autumn 24 C90 Mixtape]

Good morning! Here is Luke's new batch of killers. Much drumming in this one (check out drummer / composers Tony Esposito and Mansa Musa, resp. from Naples and Port of Spain), many Caribbean numbers (calypso ; nyabinghi oldies ; Martinique "coastal hills" flutist Max Cilla ) and general worlwide goodness: a 90's Franco hit feat. Camille Feruzi on accordeon ; a wild instrumental by wicked a taiwanese band ; brazilian crate digga instros by Waldir Calmon... Can anything really come betta than this?

SIDE A
01 - Charlotte Walters - Fleurs De Pavots Bleus
02 - Waldir Calmon - Airport Love Theme
03 - Tony Esposito - Pagaia
04 - Ali Affandi - Msaydiano
05 - Touré Kunda - Ninki Nanka
06 - Androo - Judso Danc Theate
07 - The Zenmenn - The Magic Eye
08 - Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - The African Look
09 - Young Tiger - African Dream
10 - Mansa Musa - Who Told You
11 - Franco & T.P.O.K. Jazz - Likambo Ya Ngana

SIDE B
12 - Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Sam's Intro
13 - The Emperor - Tough De Times (Things Getting Tough)
14 - Ginger Folorunso Johnson - Egyptian Bint al Cha Cha
15 - Max Cilla - La Flute Des Mornes
16 - Tony Esposito - Il Giorno e la Notte
17 - Waldir Calmon - Afro Son
18 - Unknown Killer Taiwan Band
19 - Q.Q. - Betta Must Come
20 - Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Way Back Home
21 - Simentera - Raiz

THANKS Captain XXI - Madlib - Seb Thieme - Antoine "Maaula" - Paul & Vincent "Coustou" - Fellow Bloggers

TH#103 - Pigtails & Cocktails [Graham's 60's Selection Vol. 2]

After "Freaks & Leeks" (one of the first comps on this blog, over 13 years ago), here's the sequel, "Pigtails & Cocktails" !

Moody garage songs, glamorous Italian pop gems, cinematic instros, surfy Turkish rarities... all dating from the swinging decade.

I wanted to include a few Joe Meek productions ("I Don't Want Your Loving No More", "Pigtails" and "Bitter Sweet Love") and some of the great tracks from the obscure Milky Way label (mad drummer-singer Kookie Cook and amazing all-girl band The Cobras)...

The man on the photo is Tetsuya Watari, the only Japanese artist on the selection, who was also a famous yakuza film star.

Please note : there are 2 garage bands called "We The People", not to be mixed up ! One of them (n° 2) had to change its name for "American Zoo" half way through its (ephemere) career, due to the established success of the other one (n° 1)...

Apologies for the absence of R'n'B, doo-wop, rocksteady, etc. There are so many genres ! These could well be a focus for the next 60's comp – hopefully in less than 13 years...

Cheers !

Thanks : Dav' Grasselli, Beatmike

SIDE A
01 - We The People (1) – In The Past
02 - Robin Ward - Wonderful Summer
03 - Rita Pavone – Solo Tu
04 - Armando Trovajoli – Lady Luna
05 - Armando Trovajoli – F.M.B. Shake
06 - The Blue Rondos – I Don't Want Your Loving No More
07 - The Cobras – Try
08 - The Prisners Dream – Autumn Days
09 - The Bittersweets – Hurtin' Kind
10 - The Saints – Pigtails
11 - Cahit Oben – Hereke
12 - Human Expression - Sweet Child Of Nothingness

SIDE B
13 - Piero Umiliani - Fotomodelle
14 - Tetsuya Watari – Shu Be Du Be
15 - Kookie Cook – Working Man
16 - The Cobras – Goodbye
17 - The Humane Society – Eternal Prison
18 - Cahit Oben – Halime
19 - Mina – Il Cielo In Una Stanza
20 - Optikler – Köylü Kızı
21 - We The People (2) – Feelings Of My Emptiness
22 - B. Bumble & The Stingers – Nautilus
23 - The Riot Squad – Bitter Sweet Love
24 - Piero Umiliani – You Tried To Warn Me

 

TH#101 - The Ocean [Luke's Spring 24 mixtape]

Mixtape number 101 is here! Quite folky / poppy with a bit of an arty-electronics passage. "The Ocean" is taken from the Born Bad Records' far-out "Prend le temps d'écouter" compilation that brings together pieces made by children and teachers in Freinet schools. An ocean of music...

SIDE A
01 - Michel Legrand - Ballade de Polly Maggoo
02 - Mort Garson - They're Off To Find The Wozard
03 - Orquesta Nacional - Ponchito Al Hombro
04 - Tia Blake and Her Folk-Group - Wish I Was A Single Girl Again
05 - Wimple Winch - Lollipop Minds
06 - Ken Boothe - Old Fashion Way
07 - Hudford All Stars - Crying Version
08 - The Jaguars - Night Walker
09 - Lord Sutch - The Cheat
10 - Prefab Sprout - Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)
11 - Grab Grab The Haddock - I'm Used Now

SIDE B
12 - Fools - Snodae
13 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Kakashi
14 - Sil Austin - Aka To Kuro No Blues
15 - You'll Never Get To Heaven - Mad Shadows
16 - Fools - Deefyfe
17 - Bepotel - These Times
18 - Mort Garson - I've Been Over The Rainbow
19 - Tia Blake and Her Folk-Group - Hangman
20 - Nadine Perron - The Ocean
21 - Bibio - Lightspout Hollow 

Thanks : Yippie's Quest, DJ Sofa, fellow bloggers.

TH#102 - Silver Roses And Jade Waters [Graham's Summer Selection 2024]

An eclectic, intercontinental and groovy selection for this summer's road trips, sunny mornings or late night parties ! 

First of all, I wanted to feature songs by Surinami "Chutney" artist Cynthia Bhikharie, as well as instrumentals by Indian percussionist/composer Babla, since their sounds are connected by the phenomenon of Indo-Caribbean fusion. I also discovered some cool late 60's tracks by soul-jazz legends Ramsey Lewis and Nina Simone. And to link back to the Caribbean feel, a reggae version of Nina Simone's "To Love Somebody", beautifully sung by Busty Brown, followed by "Love" by the Twinkle Brothers.

2 magnificent songs by cult Japanese movie-star Meiko Kaji, Anatolian folk track "Metelik" by arranger Esin Engin and Selda's hymn to Anatolia "Gesi Bağları" are followed by 2 important Italian artists from the 70's and 80's : avant-garde pop songwriter Franco Battiato and Southern-Italy's folk legends NCCP. What else ? "Memme Vaev", a groovy collaboration between Apelsin and Collage, two Estonian proggy bands from the soviet era ; and last but not least, contemporary Lebanese producer Charif Megarbane and his morriconesque composition "Pas De Dialogue".

Thanks : Piotr, Dav Grass, Derya, Coco Maria.

TH#100 - LOVE BIRD & TIGER - 100 YEARS OF TRISTES HUMANISTES!

You may ask yourself how we suddenly reached #100 - well if you scroll through the blog history on the right you'll find that it is quite exact. To celebrate this number we decided to re-comp some favourites amongst favourites into an exciting 2x 60 minutes of mellow/emo/trippy tunes here and killer dance tracks there. I say we cos it was together with Graham and the Major my all time chums.

A / LOVE BIRD
Side A:
01 - Sven Wunder - Natura Morta
02 - The Talbot Brothers - Waiting For Mary Jane
03 - Nino Ferrer - Looking For You
04 - Al Massrieen - Mafatshi Leh
05 - Baden Powell & Vinicius De Moraes - Canto De Iemanja
06 - S.E. Rogers - Toomus Meremereh Nor Good
07 - Shira Small - Eternal Life
08 - Özdemir Erdoğan - Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım
Side B:
09 - V.Ivanova & M. Kokareskova - Iovano, Iovanka
10 - Hibari Misora - Moon Over the Ruined Castle
11 - Zalla - Risaie
12 - Nora Dean - Angie La La
13 - Cork Gamelan Ensemble - Christine
14 - Marie Laforêt - Pour celui qui viendra
15 - Robert Wyatt - Just As You Are
16 - Bitsat Seyoum & Abebe Fekadu

B / TIGER
Side A:
01 - The Meters - Soul Island
02 - Dina Ögon - Ficktjuven
03 - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Malin Kpon O
04 - Gulden Karabocek - Mehmet Emmi
05 - Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy - Mam Yinne Wa
06 - Lil Albert - Fox Of The Year
07 - Velly Joonas - Stopp, Seisku Aeg!
08 - Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Side B:
09 - Zahouania - Loukane tjibou
10 - Thunderfunk Symphony - Sky Blue
11 - The Green Arrows - Nyoka Yendara
12 - Roha Band
13 - Los Originales Shapis - Amor Imposible
14 - Michel Legris - Elida
15 - The Rah Band - Messages From The Stars

 

ps: come to our shows and get the fancy two-cassette box set for a tenner ;)

VA -- Rosemarie [ Le Major's mixtape ]

 

There are two sides to Rose Marie.

Side A is very mellow and cinematic: soulful turkish and iranian singers, italian soundtracks and oddities.. [ Rose Marie by Bora Ayanoğlu is part of the soundtrack to "Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm ", a great documentary about turkish diaspora and its musical scene in Germany. ]

Side B, on the other end, is very joyful, groovy and futuristic. A few classics to (re)discover [Porque Te Vas' spanish singer Jeanette, here with another cool song], and some loony productions [genius UK producer Brenda Ray's Another Dream is the just the tip of the iceberg, Nigerian's Kosmic 3"s groove is just something else!] . You will also find a bunch of fresh urban tunes to spice it up, from London to the East Coast. [Danger Mouse & Black Thought's Cheat Codes is such an amazing Hip hop album]

1. Bora Ayanoğlu - Rose Marie 
2. Lesiman  - Trepido E Llare giorno

3. La Bibliothèque De La Bergerie - L’Homme Qui N’ Existait Pas   
4. Kourosh Yaghmaei - Leila (Leila) 
5. Ferdi Özbeğen - Aldırma Gönül 
6. Ennio Morricone - Ricordi Tanti Fiori 
7. Morteza Mahjubi - Improvisation in Sigah (Golha-ye Rangarang #193) 
8. Ellya Khadam ,Oma Irama & Orkes Melayu - Sepatu Baru  
9. Dariush - Talaafi

10. Jeanette - El Amor Toca El Violin 
11. Galt Mc Dermott - Space
12. Brenda Ray - Another Dream  
13. Metronomy - Mandibules (main theme)
14. Kosmic 3 - I’m Gonna Pack
15. Little Simz - Who Even Cares 
16. Free The Robots - Welcome To Los Angeles 
17. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Close to Famous 
18. The Sweet Enoughs - Cerberus

Illustration taken from Yann Damezin's Concerto pour Main Gauche
Thanks: The Gray Area, Gerard, Derya, Graham, Radio Campus Dijon, Arci Subasio.
Stay tuned : SPECIAL Tristes Humanistes #100 Mega Comp' out soon !

va - Bel Épok Djaz ! Haïti Meringue & Early Kompa [1954-1968] - Edition Volkov EV#09

 

va - Bel Épok Djaz ! Haïti Meringue & Early Kompa [1954-1968]

Félix's latest research comp on 50's & 60's haitian music, released on K7 on Edition Volkov last year, and available for download above or streaming below. Wicked stuff!