Sunday, April 27, 2008
Boss Sounds
This track by 'The Boss' has been a guilty pleasure of mine since my teens. We aren't the first blog to post this and undoubtabley not the last. Cousin Cole has given 'I'm On Fire' a masterly re-fix that is brilliantly simple utilising extra synths and a subtle 4/4 beat.Todd Terje recently used this track in his Resident Adviser podcast and I can see this mix causing quite a stir over the summer. It's a perfect Balearic terrace tune.
This track features on Cole's Tambourine Dream mix album and EP. The super-limited (200 hand-screened copies) unmixed CDs for Tambourine Dream (with a bonus track from Pocketknife) will be in shops in a week or so. Buy Here
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire (Cousin Cole's Bad Desire Mix)
Labels: Bruce Springsteen, Remixes, Rock
Monday, July 16, 2007
How Are Things On The West Coast?
I've just got my hands on a cheeky remix of the new single "The Heinrich Maneuver" by Interpol.
Paul 'Phones' Epworth is the man behind this bass heavy Electro House version of this track. I wonder how all the hardcore Interpol fans are going to handle this as he rips apart the vocals and adds a scuzzy bass and joyful piano riffs. Sweet.
Interpol - The Heinrich Maneuver (Phones Remix) - Myspace Rip // Capitol.
The new album "Our Love To Admire" has really grown on me over the last few listens with tracks like "Mammoth", "Rest My Chemistry" and "No I in Threesome" up there with their best material. These will definitely be considered as classic Interpol in the months to come.
Buy this album and give it a few listens to really sink into your psyche.
Labels: Electro House, Indie, Interpol, Phones, Rock
Sunday, May 20, 2007
The Psyche's Out
Photos by Chris Morris/PYMCA. The UFO Club, London circa 1967 -70
I've been wanting to do a Psychedelic/Garage Rock post for some time now and having just acquired some new material from Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve, the time has finally presented itself. As you are probably aware, the two Wizards of which I speak are one Erol Alkan and Richard Norris and using their magical production skills they cut-up and re-edit classic Psyche Rock tracks.
The duo have just released a new EP entitled 'George' and their first 'Beyond The Wizards Sleeve EP' has been re-pressed for your aural Pleasure. They have also just Remixed Findlay Brown on Peacefrog recordings, turning his folky charms into one long Psychedelic wig out.
Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve - Dig It // Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve EP - 3rd Mynd 2005
Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve - A Path Through The Forest // Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve EP - 3rd Mynd 2005
Findlay Brown - Losing The Will To Survive (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Reanimation) // Peacefrog
Props to Headphonesex for introducing me to this. Buy These at Phonica
Photos Peter Francis/PYMCA. Isle of Wight Festival 1970
I couldn't do a proper Psyche post without including some original classics of the genre so here are some proper 60's moments from The 13th Floor Elevators; 'Slip Inside This House' was covered by Primal Scream on Screamadelica; The Chambers Brothers' Time Has Come Today appeared on Optimo's Psyche Out mix last year (here it is though in it's full 11 minute Psychedelic Soul version) and finally a classic from the Nuggets Compilation from the Electric Prunes.
13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House // Easter Everywhere LP 1967
The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today // The Time Has Come LP 1967
The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night // Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-68
Labels: 13th Floor Elevators, Beyond The Wizards Sleeve, Findlay Brown, Psychedelic, Rock, The Chambers Brothers, The Electric Prunes
