va -- Hypnotique [Tristes Humanistes Mixtape]

Latest selection of particularly slow and sublime music to fit on a C60 tape. See tracklist below, and get ready for autumn.

SIDE A
01 Karen Bergeon - Sans tambour ni trompette...
02 Duanpan Oapinna - Missing of a Thai singer
03 Golden Snake (Taboo)
04 Martin Denny - Hypnotique
05 Wu Jing-Hwai - Night Wind While Travelling
06 Vigen & Delkash
07 Yabancilar - Agit
08 Aksak Maboul - Scratch Holiday
09 Dziga Vertov - Enthusiasm! The Dombass Symphony
10 National Jazz du Dahomey - Gonnou An Gbemou

SIDE B
11 Getatchew Mekurya
12 Rio Band de Dakar - Vamos A Bailar
13 All Star Orchestra with July Tan - Jauh Dari Mata
14 Vigen - Bi Saranjam
15 Isaac Haney + The Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir - At a time like this (part one)
16 Marika Papagika - An S'Agapo Ki 'Ein Oniro
17 Io. Yeorgakopoulou & H. Mavridhis - Mi Se Planepsan Ta Lefta
18 Lata Mangeshkar - Maee Mhano Supnama Parnare Dinanath

Karen, j'espère que tu es d'accord...

Farid El Atrache -- Addi Errabi (Enregistré En Public) [1973]

Live recording of a 1973 performance by oud master and singer Farid El Atrache, with a crazy, roaring crowd. Ripped from an old tape.

BEI MIR BIST DU SCHÖN [Mixtape #20]

One more mixtape with more dancy/groovy stuff. Do you recognize the man watching the pretty dancer on the cover?

Side (A)
01. The Andrew Sisters - Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
02. Red Nichols & His World Famous Pennies - Jungle Fever
03. DaoBandon - Mae Jom Kalon
04. Unknown - Ling-Job-Meu-Sua
05. Vincent Martin & His Bahamians - Coconut Water Rum & Gin
06. Lee Perry - Throw Some Water In
07. Ga-Mashiebii - Wuobi (Akroma)
08. Melodica Teens Band - Mwekuru Muthao
09. Quantic y Su Conjunto Los Miticos Del Ritmo - Cumbia de Mochilla
10. Lucho Bermudez - Tambores de Chambacu

Side (B)
11. Piero Umiliani - Danza Jazz
12. The Harbours Band - Koma Mosi
13. Slim Smith - This Feeling
14. Bunker Hill - Hide & Go See Pt.1
15. Samuel Belay - Aynotchesh Yerèfu
16. Gyedu Blay Ambolley - Burkina Faso
17. The Funkees - Akula Owu Onyeara
18. Amédée Pierre et l'Ivoiro Star - Aze-Ni

 

PLEASE GO EASY WITH ME [Mixtape #19]

Sixty minutes of nice music, right here fer download - and a tracklist below. Hope you like it.

Side [a]
01 - Baligh Hamdi - Souma
02 - Phongsi Woranut - Bar Hua Chai
03 - D. Gongos or Bayiaderas - Hash Smoking Chicks
04 - Noubar Bey & Party - Fantaisie Maggiar
05 - Giao Linh - Giac Ngu Cô Ðon
06 - Yod Ruk - Unknown
07 - Giao Linh - Chuyen Tàu Hoàng Hôn
08 - Mohammed Jamal - A'achik Ghayour
09 - Bruce Haack - Saint Basil

Side [b]
10 - Eddie Siagbo & El Rego Et Ses Commandos - Muletekpo Wo
11 - Celestine Ukwu - Okwukwe Na Nchekwube
12 - S. E. Rogie - Please Go Easy With Me
13 - Suni McGrath - Picnic on the Moor
14 - Santo & Johnny - Slave Girl
15 - Lighty Singers of Estill, SC - In The Morning When The Trumpet Is Sounding
16 - Boswell Sisters - Shout Sister Shout
17 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Hear Voices
18 - The Ventures - Fear

 

Bees 'n' B-Mice - Here And Now [Larsen Recordz, 1997]

Let's leave politics alone and enjoy this 7" by unknown band Bees 'n' B-Mice. This is some kind of punk music from the french alps, featuring my good friend Tello, and released on Benny Gordini's Larsen Recordz.

A1 - Walkin' Like An Empty Cunt
A2 - Life's Just Beginning
B1 - Life's Short And Round A Bit
B2 - We Don't Have Time For The Little Things

John Fahey -- America [Takoma, 1971]

1971 album by John Fahey. This is the 1998 reissue featuring 9 initially unreleased songs, but with an abridged version of "Mark 1:15".

1. Jesus Is a Dying Bedmaker – 4:20
2. Amazing Grace (John Newton) – 2:18
3. Song #3 – 1:48
4. Special Rider Blues (Skip James) – 3:03
5. Dvorák (Antonín Dvořák, arranged by Fahey) – 3:42
6. Jesus Is a Dying Bedmaker 2 – 3:23
7. Finale – 3:10
8. America – 7:40
9. Dalhart, Texas, 1967 – 11:01
10. Knoxville Blues (Sam McGee) – 3:07
11. Mark 1:15 – 14:18
12. Voice of the Turtle – 15:42
13. The Waltz That Carried Us Away and Then a Mosquito Came and Ate Up My Sweetheart – 5:49

Hermeto Pascoal -- Música Da Lagoa Video

Amazing shit !

Bruce Haack -- The Electronic Record For Children [1969]

Check out this, boys and girls! Way, way out stuff  by canadian weirdo Bruce Haack. Recently reissued on Mississippi Records.

"Bruce Haack made some of the weirdest, most zonked electronic pop known to man, but he didn't get enough credit for it at the time. His first records were coming out in the early '60s, and Moog music technology was just getting into the hands of musicians, so a lot of the pioneering tunes from that era were full of wild experimentation and sounds people were hearing for the very first time. They're fascinating listens now, but audiences at the time just weren't there yet. Thankfully, Haack's records stood the test of time, and he's since received a fair amount of posthumous acclaim thanks to reissues of several of his best records (Electric Lucifer, Haackula) in the last decade." [C. Cantino]

01. sing
02. mara's moon
03. dance
04. listen
05. poppies
06. saint basil
07. upside down
08. first lady
09. echo
10. african lullaby
11. spiders
12. clapping with katy
13. goodbye

va -- Abandon [Tristes Humanistes Mixtape]

New mixtape right here. Hope you like it.

tracklist:
01 - Nitta-Jo - Sahara
02 - Kaba Joseph & Le Groupe Rythmique Ngoma - Bana T'Atomic Jazz
03 - Dawn Penn - Long Day Short Night
04 - Orchestre Del's Jazz Biguine - Complainte
05 - Unknown Artist - Abandon
06 - Tchade, Mariola & Oliveira - Canta Del Negro
07 - Maurice Sempore & L'Harmonie Voltaique - Baas Ninr Don Sing
08 - Unknown Artist - Hai Clum Dong
09 - Unknown Artist - Kathik Nganggo Nglirik
10 - Robin Ghosh - Sharafat
11 - V. Palaniyandi - Vendinen
12 - Stelios Kazantzidis & Katy Grey - Apopse Fila Me
13 - Blind Alfred Reed - How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
14 - John Fahey - Buck Dancer's Choice
15 - Alphonse 'Bois Sec' Ardoin - La Valse D' Oberlin
16 - Yumba - Lufino Karia - Yakulanda Adamo
17 - Magwere Blind School Band - Chinama
18 - Menelik Wossenachew with Mulatu Astatke & The All Star Band - Tezeta
19 - Donovan - Sunny Goodge Street

 

va - Mounaw'at Lubnanieh (منوعـات لبنـانيـة) - Lebanese Varieties Vol. 3: Suzana

My lil' brother scored this tape from an obscur shop some time ago - I play it over and over again in my car since then. The thing is I don't have sufficient education to decypher the names of songs or singers, or of the compilation itself. Even the fact that it comes from Lebanon was only deduced by the presence on the sleeve of the green cedar. If anyone can help decode a few words (the title at least) from the cover above, I would be very grateful.

Get it here.

* So we now got all the info thanks to Pr. Hammer, who solved the mystery in record time. Read through the comments for all of it.

Side-A:
01.) Suzana - Carl S.
02.) Laila Ya Laila (Laila, Oh Laila) - Tony Abu-Judeh.
03.) Ashrah, Iedash, T'nash (Ten (o'clock) , Eleven, Twelve) - Melhem Barakat & The Rahbani Brothers.
04.) Sa'alouni Eiouni A'anak (My Eyes Asked Me, Where Are You) - Muna Farid.
05.)Salma Ya Salama (Happy Trails And Farewell) - Afaf Dagher.

Side-B:
01.) Oumri Kan (My Life's Wasted) - Mohammed Sharif.
02.) Haddi A'asabak (Relax) - Albert Farhan.
03.) Battal A'ajebha (She Feels Haughty Now) - Nazieh El-Moughrabi.
04.) Ya Asmar (Oh Dark-Skinned One) - George Karam.
05.) (Hal) Kadabeh (This Liar) - Yousef Harfous.

Talking about Pr. Hammer, I highly recommend you check his encyclopedic paper about Cheb Khaled.

Thank you for everything, Sir.

va -- What A Picon! [Tristes Humanistes Mixtape]

A treat here with this compilation prepared by Roady. 'What A Picon!' features dancy tunes and more emotional stuff to play loud on your ghetto blaster this summer.

Track list:
01 - Nazir Ali feat. Nahid Akhtar and Mehnaz - Happy Chrismis
02 - Shang - There she goes
03 - Claude McLin - Jambo
04 - Rungpetch Laemsing - Ban Nork Dee Nae
05 - Wadih Essafi - Aandak Baharia Ya Rayess
06 - Doc Watson - Sitting On Top Of The World
07 - Jesse Pearson - I've got the feeling I'm falling
08 - Orlando Julius and his Afro-Sounders - Afro-Blues
09 - Le Thu - Sao bien
10 - Ros Sereysothea - If You Wish To Love Me
11 - Billy Byrd & his Penguins - Boom pacha boom
12 - Los Demonios de Corocochay - La Chichera
13 - Omar Khorshid - Rahbaniyat (Rahbani Variations)
14 - Rev Jamel - Walking On The Moon
15 - Benjamin S. - Digebukin

Have a bite!

Mazouni -- C.S.P. 5057 [Casaphone]

Real nice 7" by Mazouni. I thought the man from Phocéephone would post this, but since he hasn't, here it is. However, you can hear many more Mazouni songs on his blog.

A. Ya Zoubji
B. Houa Aaatitih Egalbek