Random/ 7"

Today's random "pull the record out of the hat" yields this delightful 1982 single from John Foxx. This was the first single from The Golden Section album and he continues to move away from the icy synthetics of his early records. Endlessly draws deeply from all things Beatles, full of sitars and snaky vocal riffing and strings. Love the Linn drums on this. The B-side is a chipper little track replete with shoobeedoobees and lalala's. Tasty!

John Foxx - Endlessly
John Foxx - Young Man

Random / Boss Hog

Today has been a Boss Hog kind of day.
Boss Hog - Itchy & Scratchy
Produced by Andy Gill
Whiteout
1999

Random/ Slappin' Some Bass

Freeez - Southern Freeez

Random

I love me some Sergio Mendes. I like the '60s stuff and the '70s stuff - the '80s saw him lose the Brazilian plot and turn to boring MOR schlock. Now don't get me wrong - I do occasionally enjoy some MOR schlock - just not Sergio's. Now if we're talking about some bass slapping, funky goodness like Mozambique I'm all over it. Groovy beats + funktastic bass + chanting = delicious!

Sergio Mendes & The New Brasil '77 - Mozambique

Random - Shuffle Play

Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String (Contemplating)
Some random shuffling of iTunes this weekend led to this song. I've posted it before. It is a classic bit of of '80s Brit-funk. I really love it. You know what really blows me away about this tune? The fact that it is 24 years old. Wow. I am old. And it has aged well.

Random/ Stormtrooper In Drag

Paul Gardiner - Stromtrooper In Drag
Featuring Gary Numan on vocals
1981

Random

Wham! - Wham Rap (Enjoy What You Do) (12" Unsocial Mix)
1982

Random Sunday Post

I have been rather broke these last few weeks, so as a result there hasn't been much in the way of new music. This has led to fewer posts, including two weeks in a row without Funky Friday! Today I am cleaning out my inbox, and you are getting some rather tasty tracks out of the deal. The Amplive remix of MGMT is beefed up with a rap from Mistah Fab. Cage The Elephant bring the skank on this remix. Van She give Pendulum the crispy Franco-electro workout treatment. The Hues Corporation is a '70s pop soul classic - thanks to Greg for hearing my special request and sharing! Hopeless rocks the bad haircut - click the link for a bunch more music, including the Haircut 100 sampling original version! Lulu Rouge are a Danish duo who are collaborators of Trentemøller. Bless You is the title track from their new album out this week, and is some nice dubby techno in the vein of The Knife or Gus Gus. Comment over there >>>>>>>>

MGMT - Of Moons, Birds & Monsters (Amplive Remix feat. Mistah Fab)
Cage The Elephant - Wicked Devil (Ain't No Rest Remix)
Pendulum - Propane Nightmares (Van She Remix)
The Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat
Hopeless - Haircut 100 (Remix)
Lulu Rouge - Bless You
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Last 4 posts to my tumblr...
1. Radiohead's Nude played on some seriously vintage technologies.
2. Solange's I Decided video, a great pastiche of styles through the ages.
3. Muto, a killer graffiti animation by BLU.
4. Boards of Canada vs. David Hasselhoff. Yeah, you read that right.

Random Saturday

Rene & Angela - I'll Be Good
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The last 5 posts to my tumblr...

1. Air Hostesses of Yesteryear
2. Neon Neon’s DeLorean
3. Good times, people, good times….
4. Sam Sparro does Estelle’s American Boy
5. Moby's vegetarian revenge fantasy
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Listen to a new muxtape, now with linkage to Hypem and Elbows...

The Polyphonic Spree - Love My Way
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Maladie D'Amour
Boards Of Canada - Korona
Chaka Kahn - Love Of A Lifetime
The Ting Tings - Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)
Fleetwood Mac - Never Forget (Cut Copy Lifelike Remix)
Cansei De Ser Sexy - Pretend We're Dead
Roxy Music - The Main Thing (Rub-N-Tug's Proton Saga)
Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
5th Dimension - Stone Soul Picnic
My Bloody Valentine - Soon (The Andy Weatherall Mix)
Blancmange - Living on The Ceiling (12" Extended)

Random Music Post

I am in touch with my inner android today. As I was grabbing CDs to take to work this morning I flitted over John Foxx's Metamatic and those Ultravox reissues and settled on Gary Numan. The day began with 1978's Tubeway Army. Here is a powerful trio - Gary, bassist Paul Gardiner and drummer Jess Lidyard - who harness the energy of punk rock and tart it up with ominous synths. Gary's drone was unique and his lyrics were about isolation and sex and schizophrenia and technology. Listen To The Sirens opens the album with muscular riffs and futurist ideas. Every Day I Die is an atmospheric ode to masturbation. The seeds had been planted for an interesting musical adventure. I then moved on to 1979's The Pleasure Principle...

Best known for it's mega hit single Cars, this album fully embraces the synthesizer and dumps the Tubeway Army name. Sure, it still rocks, but the synth rules. Instrumental opener Airlane is a chugging epic, all soaring synths and a melody reminiscent of Gary's electro-rock peers Ultravox. It's followed by Metal, where the synths and science fiction continue to dominate. These tracks still sound good to me, despite the fact that they are nearly 30 years old!

File Under Random

I was never much of a Dinosaur Jr. fan. I can say the same thing about Sebadoh. Lou Barlow was in both of those bands, and he also records as The Folk Implosion. I am a fan of the Folk Implosion. 1999's One Part Lullaby is my fave of theirs, a fantastic album of well orchestrated, catchy indie rock songs. There are lots of nice production touches, from the loops and electronics to the dulcimers and glockenspiels. I particularly enjoy Serge, which is an instrumental tribute to the grand old man of French rock, Monsieur Gainsbourg. It samples the most excellent rhythms from Serge's own Requiem Pour Un Con, and builds into a nice and atmospheric rocker with plenty of Gallic flavor.