I love artists who explore many different fields of creativity . . . different forms of expression. John Lurie has been an actor, a painter, and also a musician. His original scores for the films of Jim Jarmusch (which he also starred in) are prized amongst my record collection. And so this mix revolves around the music of John Lurie. His solo work, his band The Lounge Lizards, and his work under the odd alias Marvin Pontiac. This mix is recorded straight from my turntable, and all the tracks are from records I’ve been listening to a lot over the last year or so. Enjoy!

TRACKLIST: Artist - Track (Album)

00:00 - 01:44 - David Allred - Growth (Beam)

01:44 - 04:31 - Raymond Scott - In A Magic Garden (Popular Music)

04:31 - 07:13 - John Lurie - Are You Warm Enough? (Down By Law)

07:13 - 08:08 - Shel Silverstein - Forgotten Language (Where The Sidewalk Ends)

08:00 - 14:13 - JAB - A Little Breeze (Erg Herbe)

12:47 - 19:05 - Gorô Yamaguchi - Sôkaku-Reibo (A Bell Ringing In The Empty Sky)

18:44 - 24:18 - Marvin Pontiac - Small Car (Greatest Hits)

24:18 - 29:26 - Ruth Garbus - The Finish Field (Rendeszvous With Rama)

29:13 - 31:48 - Bob Gibson - Alberta (Hootenanny At Carnegie)

31:48 - 35:52 - The Lounge Lizards - In A Sentimental Mood (Live From The Drunken Boat)

35:51 - 38:04 - Shelley Short & The Sure Shots - Wish Someone Would Care (Wake The Dreamers)

38:04 - 43:57 - Tom Kovacevic - Post-Apocalyptico With Contact (Universe Thin As Skin)

43:55 - 47:13 - John Lurie - Bella By Barlight (Stranger Than Paradise)

47:12 - 54:01 - Dragging An Ox Through Water - Usurper (Panic Sentry)

54:01 - 57:56 - Emahoy Tsegué-Mariam Guèbru - Garden Of Gethesemanie (S/T)
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Peter Broderick - Drawing Circles Around John Lurie

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First ever vinyl pressing of Haruomi Hosono's full album N.D.E. Featuring Goh Hotoda, Yasuhiko Terada, Yasuaki Shimizu, Bill Laswell & François Kevorkian. Big TIP!

Ever since his days as a pioneer of Japanese electronic music in the 1970s, Haruomi Hosono has constantly pushed forwards musically. The 1990s was a particularly fertile decade for the Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder. Following two decades spent creating and releasing innovative electronic pop, imaginary sound worlds and inspirational ambient music, Hosono established the Daisyworld label to showcase cutting-edge ambient, techno and electronica, while also embarking on a wide range of often overlooked collaborative projects.

N.D.E. - , one of the headiest, psychedelic, evocative and gently mind-altering albums in Hosono’s vast discography, is one such project. It formed part of a run of albums that saw the Japanese producer embrace contemporaneous influences – think Spacetime Continuum style ambient techno, DJ Spooky-esque illbient, weighty ambient dub and the ‘ambient house’ antics of The Orb – in his own inimitable, far-sighted style.

He was ably assisted on N.D.E. by an undeniably impressive roll call of collaborators, most notably no-wave hero turned ambient explorer Bill Laswell (who Hosono subsequently worked with on joint album Interpieces Organisation), NYC DJ/producer Francois Kevorkian, and fellow Japanese ambient pioneer Yasuaki Shimizu.

With such a stellar cast-list, it’s perhaps unsurprising that N.D.E. has achieved cult status over the years, despite being near impossible to find outside of Hosono’s native Japan. Remarkably, it never received a full vinyl release, with only five of the set’s cuts appearing on an ultra-limited sampler. Now Rush Hour is putting the record straight, delivering a DJ-friendly, remastered version that spreads that album’s seven tracks across two slabs of vinyl.

N.D.E. remains an impressive, unearthly and otherworldly album. Its unique and distinctive sound makes use of multiple nods to Eastern musical culture – think Tabla rhythms, heady violin courtesy of guest musician Arun Bagal, and transcendental synth sounds – but also throbbing techno grooves, Pete Namlook style ambient electronics, spaced-out dub rhythms, bubbly melodies reminiscent of Warp Records Artificial Intelligence-era IDM output, trippy tribal drums, and immersive electronic dream-scapes that recall the greatest exponents of Japanese new-age ambient music.

Highlights are plentiful, from the Test Department-at-dawn brilliance of Bill Laswell co-production ‘Edge of the End’ and the sunrise-ready, dew-fresh dreaminess of ‘Aero’, to the surging ambient techno hedonism of ‘Strange Attractor’ – a near cult cut that remains a timeless slab of hallucinatory dancefloor excellence – and the slow-motion space-dub of Francois Kevorkian collaboration ‘Teaching of Sphinx’, whose oddly processed sounds and low-slung bass subtly reference the Orb’s earlier remix of YMO’s ‘Tong Poo’.

There’s also the impeccable, pleasingly experimental ‘Spinning Spirits’ – all addictive Indian rhythms, punishingly distorted bass, raw electronics and paranoid aural textures – and the sparkling bliss of ‘Heliotherapy’, a woozy chunk of sun-bright electronic hypnotism that encapsulates everything good about Hosono’s mid-90s productions.

Heliotherapy

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Easy Lionel - Mairi 'b' Pots Live at Uno Mas 06.04.24

In April 2022, contemporary Balinese musician and composer Dewa Alit presents his compositions for gamelan at the Auditorium of the Bourse de Commerce. Eighteen musicians from the Gamelan Salukat ensemble play with percussion, gongs, drums and flute, in calling patterns and complex rhythmic responses – a secret and harmonic music where notes remain in suspension. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/bourse-de-commerce/episodes/bourse-de-commerce-dewa-alit-gamelan-salukat-17th-august-2024

Recorded Live at Bourse de Commerce w/ Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat  170824

Been working all day? Been sweating all week? Time to throw down the hammer and have a dansi time! 

In the spotlights: The irresistible dance music coming out of East Africa! Kenyan Benga, Congolese Rumba's, Muziki Wa Dansi from Tanzania, they all have something in common: Untamable Hi-hat samurai's, tireless guitar terriers, scattering songbirds forming a tidal wave of uplifting dance music. 

Umoja picked some their favorite songs & elements and went for a session to add some Umoja flavours. Keeping a wide range of tempo's and moods, there should be something for all your moves and moments. Put on your brightest socks, sprinkle some glitters and join the Dansi! 

Much love, 
Umoja

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Kakai Kilonzo - Mama Sofi (Umoja Edit)

Tribute to the Isle of Wight's dog walkers.

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Acid-tinged and psychedelic Middle Eastern vibes coming from the Elevator Edits crew with 'Ja's Dance'.  Yalla!

Artist: Mikey Sibson
Title: Ja's Dance
Label: Elevator Edits
Release Date: 09-2018

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For the maiden voyage of the 'Cuts From The College' series, College Of Knowledge full-timer and Surprise Chef guitarist Lachlan Stuckey (aka Fairbanks) selects a stack of sweet, downtempo soul 45s; songs of love requited and unrequited, recorded between 1965 and 1975.

Cuts From The College 01: Stuckey FKA Fairbanks (deep soul ballads 1965-1975)

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