Tangerine (featuring Big Sean)

Slab of Butter (Scorpion)(Featuring Sarah Barthel of Phantogram)

Letta - The Recluse

New York City’s Veronica Vasicka very much discovered an untapped musical mine when searching for music for her radio show more than a decade ago. That mine was full of rare, overlooked and forgotten DIY synth records from the 70s and 80s and inspired her to start her own label, Minimal Wave. Since then it has become an imprint with a very focussed musical and visual identity, has spawned compilations on Peanut Butter Wolf's Stones Throw Records and has made Veronica an in demand DJ all round the world.

At those gigs, she offers up a sleek musical vision that is mirrored here in the mix she had done for our on going series.  Starting with a poignant monologue about new music, it then drops into a rugged groove that is industrial and machine made, abstract and futuristic. The ensuing hour touches on the robo-techno of Levon Vincent, terse beats and raved-up electro as well as some colourful and trippy disco. A lot is packed in, but a buffed metal sheen ties the whole thing together and subtly oozes the very essence of Minimal Wave. 

Dekmantel Podcast 072 - Veronica Vasicka

The 1988 LP from Boston's Skin, ripped from a cassette copy of the final mix 1/2" tape (Downtown Recorders, engineered by Joe Cuneo).

Rick Rondeaux: guitar, lead vocals
Rob Zammarchi: bass
Jay Potts: drums, backing vocals
Karlo Takki: keyboards, trumpet, backing vocals
Ken Fields: alto saxophone
Henley Douglas, Jr.: tenor saxophone
Bill Murphy: trombone on Kakania
Michael Evans: alto sax on Kakania

Produced by Rondeaux/Tacky for Skin/EOD Arts

[Kakania Part 1 was the last track on Side A; Kakania Part 2 leads off Side B]

Kakania Part 1

Liberate Ex Solaris

Sometimes, the chaos between my ears spills out on to the floor.  Watch your step.

Allston Street - outtakes

The Thoughts of Chairman Karlo

A sneak preview from the upcoming Allston Street CD on takkimedia.com

Allston Street

Ship

Bill Murphy song, probably one of his better ones.  Written in Iowa around 1979 during the days of youth and angst.  Mastered by Steve B, mixed by Ed Donnelly and Keith Chagnon for EK Productions.  Engineered by Tim Halle, Forest Lawrence @ the Annex, Vaughn Verdi, Eric Spring @ Dubway, Gordon Hookailo and Marco at Studio B.  Produced by Bill.

My Hip - No Sea To Sail On

blmurph

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