The Social Living Room 009

Ignoring a glorious Sydney summer day... Saturday afternoon was spent locked in The Social Living Room... some new tunes picked up while back in the UK recently & some treats from the vaults... 70 minutes of moody bass weight for your Xmas stocking...

"It's foolish to ask for luxuries in times like these..."

The Social Living Room 009 Download here...

Volt - Lars Akerlund (The Wire)
Skin Diving - Swayzak (Swayzak Recordings)
Engine No. 999 - Westernsynthetics (Sub Continental Dub)
A Long Way - Ghetto Priest (Conscious Sounds)
Crampars Style - Steel Pulse (Island)
'One' - Jazzsteppa (Hotflush)
Bad Boy Lick A New Shot - Ninjaman, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man & Ninja Ford (Soul Jazz Records)
Problem Time - Barry Issac & Doughie (Reggae On Top)
Stolen Shadow - Calibre (Deep Medi)
Earth Rocker - The Bush Chemists (Conscious Sounds)
Volt - Lars Akerlund (The Wire)
Rockstone - Etherealites (Roots Garden)
Norbert & Cecil - New Flesh (Big Dada)
One Ting (Dabrye Remix) - King Midas Sound (Hyperdub)
Beyond - Jus Wan (http://blog.juswansf.net)
Lounge - Phaeleh (Surface Tension)
It's Personal - Pascal (Perousia)
Lions' Dub - Henry & Louis (2 Kings)
Set It For Me - Boy Robot (City Centre Offices)
Ruby - Mount Kimbie (Hotflush)
Roll With The Punches - Peverelist (Punch Drunk)
Big Tings Redone (featuring Seanie T) - Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom (Big Dada)
No Partial - Rhythm & Sound (Rhythm & Sound)
Love Light - Gregory Isaacs (Burning Sounds)

The last tune is to give thanks to the Cool Ruler, Gregory Isaacs, who passed away at the end of October... one of the greatest reggae voices... RIP.

Mix available until the end of January...

The Social Living Room 008

Sunday afternoon on a long weekend... current favourites mixed up for the journey ahead...

"Everything is electric & everything is vibrating on the same level..."

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Corpse Pose - Divination (Meta)
Infinite Snow - Monolake (Imbalance Computer Music)
Lizzard Crawl - The Future Sound Of London (Jumpin' & Pumpin')
The Overload - Talking Heads (Sire)
Red Sox (Various Productions Remix) - Foals (Various)
Tomorrow Never Comes - Dot Allison (Heavenly)
Sweet Unknown - The Hope Blister (4AD)
As The World Rises & Falls - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (Sundazed)
Hope - Rachel Goswell (4AD)
Astair - Matt Costa (Brushfire)
7 Minutes - Circlesquare (Output)
Zigue Zague - To Rococo Rot (Domino)
Sansui - Pluxus (Kompakt)
The Ubiquity Incident - ASC (Nonplus)
Creatures Of Habit - dBridge (Exit)
Cumulus - Blu Mar Ten (Good Looking)
Beautiful Gloom (Dennis Young Version) - Padded Cell (DC Recordings)
So You Think You're Special - Scuba (Hotflush)
In Your House - The Cure (Fiction)
Down In The Valley Below - The Brown Birds From Windy Hill (Litmus)
Dancing By The Water Day - Viking Moses (Poptones)
What Fault You Find Of Me? - Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe (Saga)
Primitive - The Cramps (Zonophone)
Revolution Is For The Chinaman - Pete Weston & The Flames (Pressure Sounds)
Iron Lady - Deman Rockers (Soul Jazz)
Seventh Seal (TN Dub) - Sound Iration (Year Zero)
Brighter Day (Instrumental) - Pinch (Tectonic)

Mix available for 60 days...

The Social Living Room 007

It's all gone a bit sci-fi in the Social Living Room recently... I saw Autechre live in Sydney a few months ago - an amazingly intense gig that just blew me away - & ever since I've been loving electronic music again... Here's a two hour session of current favourites, recorded last Friday night...

"It wasn't like a typical dream... seemed more like I'd walked into an alternate universe or something"

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Void - Monolake (Imbalance Computer Music)
Conversations - ASC (Nonplus)
Vote Or Die - Modeselektor (Bpitch Control)
Wishful Thinking VIP - Vaccine (Hotflush)
Depend (Lovas) - RSD (Punch Drunk)
Focus Inwards - ASC (Nonplus)
Narita - 2562 (Tectonic)
Pit Of Snakes (Social Living) - Burning Spear (Mango)
Mango Drive - Rhythm & Sound (Basic Channel)
Woman Cry (Blakdoktor Dub) - Shaboom (Shaboom)
Abandoned Building In Mono - Perception (Underground Resistance)
Surrender (Blue Effect Mix) - Soul Electric (In Flight Entertainment)
Goat Stare - Loefah (DMZ)
Latch - Scuba (Hotflush)
Test Signal - Untold (Hessle Audio)
Tokyo Freeze - Ital Tek (Planet Mu)
Losing You - Late (Immerse)
Melodies (featuring Mike Knight) - Spectrasoul (Exit)
From A Distance (featuring ASC) - Consequence (Exit)
Matter Of Time - ASC (Nonplus)
Voices From The Night - Late (Disfigured Dubz)
Cast A Cold Eye - dBridge (Exit)
Acacia Avenue - dBridge & Instra:mental (Autonomic)
Set To Receive - The Black Dog (Soma)
Starlight - Model 500 (R&S)
Subversive (Scuba Version) - Juswan (Naked Lunch)
Forbidden - Instra:mental (Apple Pips)
Speak - Scuba (Naked Lunch)
Wonder Where - dBridge (Nonplus)
Andomraxess - Skintrade (Soma)

Mix available for 60 days...

The Social Living Room 006

A very mellow session in the Social Living Room this month... ambient electronics, deep dub basslines, chilled beats... & a couple of sci-fi films.

"What's going to happen? ...Something wonderful"

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Environmental San Francisco II - Create (Fax)
Moonrise - The Irresistible Force (Rising High)
Millenia - Adham Shaikh (Instinct)
Stranger Air - Woob (Big Amoeba Sounds)
Lanzarote - Speedy J (Warp)
Organ In The Attic Sings The Blues - Deadbeat (~scape)
Too Long Dub - King Midas Sound (Hyperdub)
King Selassie I Dub - Cultural Warriors All Stars (Cultural Warriors)
Pom Mi Ru - Koh Tao (Infonet)
Anglepoised - Fridge (Output)
Business Car Park 9 - The Black Dog (Soma)
Fostercare - Burial (Hyperdub)
DB5 - B12 (Warp)
A Wonderful Life - Carl Craig (Blanco Y Negro)
Avril 14th - Aphex Twin (Warp)

Mix available until the end of August...

The Social Living Room 005

This one is a mixed version of a compilation CD recently sent out to the members of the Not Another Book Club 2010 group... It's a strictly limited edition kinda thing - if you don't have the download link then they've probably already gone!

Vishudda - Ancient Future (Ancient Future CD)
Delay 9 - The Black Dog (Soma CD)
Strayed - Smog (Drag City CD)
Heart Of Stone - Matt Costa (Brushfire CD)
I Won't Hurt You - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (Edsel LP)
Sometimes The Wheels - Neil Halstead (Brushfire CD)
Fire Version - Mista Savona (Savona 7")
Sweet Incense - Wareika Hill Sounds (Honest Jon's LP)
Next Episode (Fussing & Fighting Mix) - Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg (Upstate 7")
B Line Fi Blow (featuring Niji 40) - Smith & Mighty (K7 CD)
Rsdio - Autechre (Warp CD)
Kingdom - Untold (Hessle Audio 12")
Invisible Things - The Black Dog & Black Sifichi (Hydrogen Dukebox CD)
Goosebumps - Fujiya & Miyagi (Full Time Hobby CD)
Jenga - Party Of One (Fat Cat 7")
Indian Rope Man - Richie Havens (Raven CD)
Run Baldhead Run - The Itals (Nighthawk LP)
Five Loaves - Alpha & Omega (A&O CD)
Who Are You? (Aquasky Remix) - Omni Trio (Moving Shadow CD)
Bull Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy (Castle Pulse CD)

The Social Living Room 004

Guest spot on the Lawless Street - 2RRR 88.5 FM broadcast 20/05/09.

You can get the full radio show here for another week... but it's probably better to check below for the same tunes in a mixtape style... wicked reggae & dub selection!

Check out the Lawless Street every Thursday, 4-6pm, 2RRR 88.5 FM (Sydney).

Part One download

Only Love (featuring Banny Wallace) - Secret Masters (Master Tunes)
I Love King Selassie I - Mikal Rose (Cultural Warriors)
Grow Together - Zion Train (China)
Jah Protect Us (featuring Bugle) - Mista Savona (Elefant Traks)
Lonely Man - Gregory Isaacs (Burning Sounds)
Chanting - John Holt (Jah Guidance)
Leggo Beast - The Abyssinians (Heartbeat)
Brutal - The Itals (Nighthawk)
Temptation Botheration & Tribulation - The Heptones (Heartbeat)
Away With The Fussing & Fighting - Junior Delgado (Greensleeves)
Government Man - Lacksley Castell (Negus Roots)
My Heart Is Clean - Cornell Campbell (Heartbeat)
Birth Of Reggae Music - Max Romeo (Wackies)
Beggars Waltz (Drew Blisset Remix) - King Tide (Vitamin)
Dub Is My Occupation - King Tubby / Prince Jammy (Blood & Fire)
One Big Ghetto - Half Pint (Soul Jazz)
Dog Better Than Gun - Nicodemus (Soul Jazz)
I Wish - YT (Scoops)

Part Two download

Farover - Idren Natural (Black Wheat Sounds)
None Of Jah Jah Children - Ras Michael (Cultural Warriors)
Teachings Version - Vibronics (Scoops)
Moulding - Ijahman (Mango)
Whip That Tarantula - Ijahman (Mango)
Mountain Top - Gappy Ranks (Peckings)
Love For Each Other - Jah Mali (Peckings)
I'll Be On My Way - Gregory Isaacs (Tad)
Promised Land - Alpha & Omega (A&O)
Let The Music Play - Jacin (http://www.krisnaphtali.com/)
Africa Calling - Tony Roots (Manila Jeepney)
Africa Dub - Tony Roots (Manila Jeepney)
Under Arrest (featuring Ishu) - Mungo's Hi Fi (Scotch Bonnet)
Joints n Jams (featuring Soom T) - Mungo's Hi Fi (Scotch Bonnet)
Unbreakable - Kenny Knots (Roots Garden)
Tek Caution - Bob Skeng (Roots Garden)
Up Town Rebel (Discomix) - Desi Roots (Corn Fed)
Struggle Discomix - Riddim Conference (Tokyo Connexion)

Mixes available until mid July...

The Social Living Room 003

Guest mix for Radio Substance - 2RRR 88.5 FM - broadcast 22/04/10.

Look out for a collection of Sydney electronic beats put together by Radio Substance host CDJDan... Check here for more info: http://www.myspace.com/cdjdan

The Social Living Room 003 Substance Mix download

Intro
Biomantric L-if-e - The Black Dog (Soma CD 2009)
Haiti - Cabaret Voltaire (Virgin LP 1983)
Long Time Dub (with Rubi Dan) - Grievous Angel (Elektrik Dragon CD 2008)
Skeng (featuring Killa P & Flow Dan) - The Bug (Ninja Tune CD 2008)
The Random Smiler (DJ Flix vs Red Star Mix) - Pitch Black (Dubmission CD 2005)
Agent Jah - Bandulu (Infonet CD 1994)
Moonraker (Acapella) - Foremost Poets (Junior 12" 2002)
Solace - Dark Comedy (Elypsia LP 1997)
Relish (Shed Remix) - Substance (Scion Version 12" 2008)
East Side - Mark Broom (Pure Plastic LP 1996)
Moonraker (Acapella) - Foremost Poets (Junior 12" 2002)
Juggle Tings Proper - Roots Manuva (Big Dada CD 1999)
Only The Strong Survive (Forme Remix) - DJ Krush (Beechwood CD 1997)
I've Seen The Future - Alpha Proxima (Plink Plonk CD 1996)
Solo Strike - Two Lone Swordsmen (Warp CD 2000)
Os Veix 3 - Autechre (Warp CD 2010)
Moonraker (Acapella) - Foremost Poets (Junior 12" 2002)
Never Tell You - Rhythm & Sound with Paul St Hilaire (Burial Mix CD 1998)
Over Here (Brendan Moller Mix) - Appleblim & Peverelist (Skull Disco CD 2008)
Don't Panic It's Organic - Boy Robot (City Centre Offices CD 2003)
Forward (featuring Dragonfly) - Ishu (Foreign Dub CD 2008)

Mix available for 30 days...

The Social Living Room 002

In February... I watched the beautifully grim (grimly beautiful?) movie The Road... that was followed by 3 days of unbelievably heavy rain, thunder & lightning... these are some of the tunes I listened to...

The Social Living Room 002 download

Phosphoresence - Band Of Frequencies (Low Pressure)
Slowburn - Lotek Hi-Fi (Big Dada)
1985 Style - Grievous Angel (Elektrik Dragon)
Re-Entry Dub - Blue Vitriol (Jahtari)
Stolen Shadow - Calibre (Deep Medi)
Universal Tribulation - Gregory Isaacs (Virgin)
Lost In Translation (International Observer Meets Horace Mix) - Pitch Black (Dubmission)
Oh Ma The Sea Is Rising - Machine Translations (Spunk)
The Far Road - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (Mute)
Earth A Killya - King Midas Sound (Hyperdub)
Jah Way - RSD (Punch Drunk)
Nuh Skin Up Dub - Keith Hudson (Pressure Sounds)
Lost - 2562 (Tectonic)
Ghost Town - Kode 9 & The Spaceape (Hyperdub)
Deliverance - Yabby You & The Prophets (Corn Fed)
Yesterday I Saw The Future - Peverelist (Punch Drunk)
Level 9 - Mala (Hyperdub)
Wade In The Water - The Caravans (Gospel)

Mix available for 60 days...

The Social Living Room 001

Welcome to The Social Living Room... To kick things off, a two part special mix - these are some of the tunes that have brought joy to SL HQ so far in 2010... old & new, vinyl, cd & digital... Come in, have a listen...

Part One download
Star Wars Intro (Buena Vista)
People Rhythm - Manasseh (Roots Garden)
The Garden - Riz All Stars (Riz)
Peter Tosh (Pressure Sounds)
What A Mistry Version - Rhythm & Sound (Burial Mix)
Mind Sketch - John Dowie (Factory)
Peacock Tail - Boards Of Canada (Warp)
A13 - Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart (Trojan)
Bluebird Of Happiness - Mojave 3 (4AD)
Country Blues No. 1 - Taj Mahal (Columbia)
Stadt - Pole (~scape)
America's First Man In Orbit (Nelson Doubleday Inc)
Pluto (Trip To Pluto Mix) - Woob (Instinct)
Finale (from Baraka) - Michael Sterns (Milan)
Anthropomorphic - Qubism (Em:t)
Microscopic - Gas (Microscopics)
How Does It Feel? - Spacemen 3 (Fire)
R Last - Christian Kleine (City Centre Offices)
Pure Phase - Spiritualized (Dedicated)
Six Marimbas (Steve Reich) - London Sinfonietta (Warp)
And On - Animus Amor (Plink Plonk)
165 Drop (Love From San Francisco Mix) - Hot Lizard (Pacific)

Part Two download
Sweet Gerry Dynamite - Idjut Boys (Noid)
Peter Tosh (Pressure Sounds)
Melinek Dub - Dread Flimstone Sound (Acid Jazz)
Asher In Court - Asher Senator (Fashion)
Ticker Tape - Tapes (Jahtari)
To Win Her Love - Leila (XL)
All Within You - Multiplex (Toytronic)
For Belgian Friends - The Durutti Column (Factory)
The Judge's Parcel - Ivor Cutler (Rough Trade)
Dil Da Rog Muka Mahi - Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Six Degrees)
Selective Walking - Andrew Weatherall (Rotters Golf Club)
Seventeen Seconds - The Cure (Fiction)
Raining Pleasure - The Triffids (Hot)
I Man - King Midas Sound (Hyperdub)
Revival - Peverelist featuring Pinch (Punch Drunk)
Bermuda Rectangle - Unkle Ho (Elefant Traks)
Soul Shakedown Party - The Wailers (Island)
Direct Action (Weatherall Remix) - Radikal Majik (Rotters Golf Club)
How About It - Big Bo Thomas & The Arrows (BBE)
Enjoy Yourself - Wingless Angels (Island)

Mixes available until the end of February...