Euros Childs Beehive Beach

¡Ay!

No tiempo

My Companion

See-Saw

The Same Day

Black & White Dinner

Elspeth On The Shore

When They Leave You

Save Me

The Dime Store Companion for October is up on Mixcloud, Soundcloud and Spotify! 

Curated by @pauldufr
Kinky Friedman - Ride 'Em Jewboy 
Gram Parsons - Return of the Grievous Angel 
Nimrod Workman - Oh Death 
Guy Clark - Like A Coat From The Cold 
Doug Sahm - It's Gonna Be Easy 
Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw 
Peter, Paul and Mary - Cruel War 
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Time Is Tight 
Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman 
Dennis McGee, Sady Courville - Madame Young 
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, Canray Fontenot - Eunice Two-Step 
Jack Owens - Hard Times (Take 2) 
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - The Twist 
Dr. John - Iko Iko 
Almeda Riddle - My Little Rooster 
Derroll Adams - Portland Town (Live) 
R.L. Burnside - Miss Maybelle 
Brownie McGhee, Svend-Erik Nørregaard, Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout Your Pie 
Merle Travis - Dark As A Dungeon

Dime Store Companion #11 :: November '24

cosa rara

cosa rara (feat. David Sylvian)

Straight To You

SKY GIRL 2LP/CD/DIG OUT NOW

Sky Girl is a mysteriously unshakeable companion, a deeply melancholic and sentimental journey through folk-pop, new wave and art music micro presses that span 1961-1991. A seemingly disparate suite of selections of forgotten fables by more or less neverknowns, Sky Girl forms a beautifully coherent and utterly sublime whole deftly compiled by French collectors DJ Sundae and Julien Dechery.

From Scott Seskind's adolescent musical road movie to Karen Marks' icy Oz-wave, the charming DIY storytelling of Italian-American go-getter Joe Tossini and the ethereal slow dance themes of Parisian artists Nini Raviolette and Hugo Weris, Sky Girl resonates on a wide spectrum historically, geographically and stylistically. It unites in a singular, longing, almost intangible ambience.

If the names sound wholly unfamiliar that doesn't matter, the nature of the compositions swiftly nurtures an intimacy with these lonely, poignant, openhearted wanderers. Most were available in a very limited capacity at the time of their release, some were never really released at all - Gary Davenport declined to release Sarra after he split with the girl for whom the track is named - years later a friend convinced Davenport to allow him to put 100 copies online to sell and DJ Sundae was quick enough to snare one. Beyond their scarcity, these tracks are bound together by a certain raw beauty that's achievable when music is made and no one is listening.

Sky Girl comprises of fifteen officially licensed songs, a two year international scavenger hunt through long-folded home label operations, the depths of internet forums and traceless acetates. Both compilers are well trained record sleuths - DJ Sundae's labels Hollie and Idle Press have reissued Arthur Russell affiliate Nirosta Steel and DIY relic Pitch, while Julien Dechery previously compiled 'Fire Star', a retrospective on Tamil film composer Ilaiyaraaja, for Bombay Connection.

Released by Noise In My Head offshoot Efficient Space, Sky Girl is enriched with artwork from Perks and Mini mutant Misha Hollenbach and appropriately elegant sleeve notes courtesy of Ivan Smagghe.

14 Nora Guthrie - Home Before Dark 2:36 (ES002)

07 The Rising Storm - Frozen Laughter 3:12 (ES002)

1. Videotapemusic - Hong Kong Night View
2. Barbara Jones - Slim Boy
3. African Vibration - Hinde
4. Sandy B - Amajovi Jovi
5. Delicate Steve - Friends
6. Elli Robert Fitoussi - Can't Get Enough
7. Los Diablos Rojos - Música Para Enamorados
8. Fox - The Juggler
9. Jess Sah Bi & Peter One - Apartheid

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