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Music for Chameleons was live with two hours of fuzzy folk, post punk, dub and krautrock. Classics from the likes of Kraftwerk and T Rex sit next to oddities from the Leather Rats and Brenda Ray.

The Sounds Of Science - Disc 2

Music for Chameleons - August 2021

The Irish singer and producer meshes tracks from her debut album 'Oíche' with earlier demos and remixes from friends.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/08/04/self-portrait-fears/

Self-Portrait: Fears

Nayana IZ was live with another instalment of Mixed Feelings, she ran a selection of RnB, Alt Hip-Hop and leftfield electronica. In the bag - tracks from Kelis, Dynasty and OTTO.

Mixed Feelings w/ Nayana IZ - August 2021

1-800 GIRLS was live with Art School Girlfriend taking us through two hours of melancholy electronica and breaks. Tracks inside from 1-800 himself, new Cameo Blush and Aleksandir amongst others.

1-800 GIRLS w/ Art School Girlfriend - August 2021

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https://openlab.fm/news/exit-planet-earth-series-3-ralph-lawson

https://soundcloud.com/ralphlawson with a brand new episode of Exit Planet Earth :
Get ready for your weekly dose of Electro, this week featuring music by Konerytmi, Zobol & more.

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Exit Planet Earth 029 - Ralph Lawson

Xylø- Afterlife remix ( short version )

Hello, and welcome to No Bad Days...

Aleksi Perälä - F13AC215501 [Self Released]
UMAN - UMAN Spirit [Freedom To Spend]
Nailah Spirit - Bassin Bleu [Mexican Summer]
Singing Dust - Involution [Efficient Space]
Terra Utopia - DIGITAL BONUS: #10 [Emotional Response]
White Light - I Want You To Know Me [STROOM]
Feater - Time Million feat. Vilja Larjosto [Running Back]
John Moods - Ordinary Magic [Arbutus Records]
Cold Beat - See You Again [Self Released]
Celestial - At The Rivers Edge [ECSTATIC]
Art Feynman - The Shape You're In [Western Vinyl]
The B-52's - Dirty Back Road [Island Records]
Island & Holiday - In the Summertime (Love of the Common People) [Speed Records]
The Primitive Painter - Levitation [Klang Elektronik] 
Pender Street Steppers - Our Time (Vocal) [Mood Hut] 
Euphonic - R.H.Y.T.H.M. [Banoffee Pies Records]
Inner Totality - Swooshio! *
Nermin - Sari Sari (Moving Still Edit) [Discostan] **
Andras - cp3 [Public Possession]
Iglew - Light Armour [Wisdom Teeth] 
Benoit B - Drums Symphony [Animals Dancing]
Closet Yi - K-electronic Bootleg [Silk Road Sounds]
Sansouni - Marbella [3024]
Dog & Fox - Who Gets The Cows? [Do You Records]

* denotes unreleased
** denotes forthcoming

No Bad Days with Hollick - August 2021

INTERVIEW: http://www.thefader.com/2014/02/06/interview-african-hip-hop-jumanne-afro-cosmic-club-2

ANNOTATED TRACKLIST:

CK & The Beat Merchants - Nii me ba
The only album by CK Ladzekpo and the Beat Merchants, released in 1986 in California, was among the first batch of African records being marketed as ‘world music’ or ‘world music’ as the liner notes call it. Most songs are 80s American pop soul with a heavy influence of Ghanaian music, with ‘Nii me ba’ being the standout track. Nigerian Joni Haastrup, who recently got due credit as his Monomono albums were reissued, is heard on backing vocals.

Tchoum - African Woman Cry
This forgotten gem resurfaced recently in the attic of a French-African music label, where a box of sealed copies found its way into the hands of a new generation of young European vinyl collectors - possibly the same guys that fought over last year's 300 copies only reissue of William Onyeabor’s holy grail Afro synth album ‘Good name’ (two months later, the 'limited' edition was released again in a run of several thousand copies for half the price, such is the tragedy of record collecting)

Wally Badarou - One day won't give it away
The Benin-born world citizen is a legend for his work with Level 42, Grace Jones, Mick Jagger and many more, but his mid 80s solo output was huge in Nigeria and other African countries, especially the song 'Hi-life’ which was recently sampled by Nigerian Afrobeats star J Martins. His first album ‘Back to scales to-night’ from 1981 is little known, though it has at least two big tunes that reveal his trademark keyboard sound which he introduced to Level 42 the next year.

Kassiry - Kou Douw
Ivorian artist Keke Kassiry was one of a handful of artists produced by Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne, well known for the fragrances that carry his name. Other artists on the Paco Rabanne Design label included disco group M’bamina but Kassiry was most prolifient. Upon his return to Ivory Coast it was rumoured that Kassiry would have had a relationship with Rabanne, though the artist denied it.

Contact - Don't be a fool
Kassav’, the French-Antilles origin band based in Paris that brought the zouk sound to an international audience, released their first album in 1979. A small label in USA released the album on that side of the ocean, but with two remixed songs in which the lead vocal was in English instead of French. Those songs were also released in France but under a different name on this obscure single.

Alan Cosmos and his Bam-baara Soundz - Yebi/Fontonfrom
Obscure German release from the mid 80s that may have spent the last 30 years waiting in the discount section of the record store it was found in, despite its outrageous cover with Alan carrying a key tar (keyboard guitar) and the long list of vintage electronics used on the album, including the Linn drum (5000$ at the time), Yamaha DX7, Roland Juno and the Korg Polysix. Alan Cosmos is a Ghanaian artist who moved to Germany in 1978 and has been releasing albums under different names since 1983.  Also present on this album: Steve Toteberg, the German producer who later went and started Maison Yes, a recording studio in Dakar which produced some of the classic Senegalese hip hop albums from 1999 on.

Kalao - Klortey Lagoon
Kalao was a French recording project engineered by JP Massiera and a multicultural band, several songs have a Ivory Coast influence. The sound is quite unusual, sounds a bit like a 80s predecessor of The Very Best.

AM Tala - Sugar Lump
Andre-Marie Tala (Cameroon) released a couple of albums with heavy funk influences in the mid 70s, of which ‘Hot Koki’ is still remembered today because it became one of the first examples of African tracks being re-recorded (without any reference or reimbursement) by an international star - in this case James Brown who released the carbon copy ‘Hustle!!! Dead on It’. By 1978 AM had caught the disco fever and released ‘Arabica’, an album with several string dance cuts.

Groupe Minzoto ya Zaire - Vany
Minzoto was a band that supposedly grew out of a Congolese subculture in which youth dressed like cowboys; a Belgian missionary organised events for these youth and this was one of the results. Their albums were released in small presses in Belgium, and their repertoire ranged from classic rumba to songs that carry a heavy influence from seventies funk and soul. ‘Rhythme Takinga’, the album this song was taken from, is a brilliant melting pot of Congolese rumba with its sweet harmonizing, funky bass and horns and intricate percussion.

Saidou Richard - Taaba
Guehi Jean - Dessahi

Sal Davis - Sultan Qaboos
Tanzanian singer Sal Davis has had a fascinating career and is still musically active; his ‘Makini’, released in Belgium in 1969, is a sought-after funky mod classic that was reissued on a collectors label in UK in 2008. He also recorded ‘Back in Dubai’ in 1984 which became a classic to the expat community there in the 1980s, participated in the UK Eurovision song festival in 1979, and further back he recorded a tribute to Qaboos, the sultan of Oman who is said to have turned his country from a poor, rural society to an oil producing wealthy state in the 1970s (and he’s still in power today, ever since 1970). This ode to the sultan was released on Sal’s own label, the b-side is a lounge love song with funky drums but the a-side is what it’s all about.

Per Cussion - Lucumi Suite
‘Don’t Stop’, the 1983 album and single of the same name by Swedish group Per Cussion is counted as the first Swedish hip hop release (even though its vocalist Grandmaster Funk was American), it even was a favourite in the sets of Afrika Bambaataa. This song is based on Santeria music, originating in Cuba; Lucumi is the liturgical language used in the Santeria religion and it’s a dialect of Yoruba (Nigeria/Benin/Togo). Vocals by Wilfredo Stephenson from the Swedish latin group Hot Salsa. 

The Starlights - Jingle Jungle
This is French artist JP Massiera recording under a different name, both sides of the single had an interesting mash-up approach to traditional recordings - a sort of sampling avant la lettre. 

Pasteur Lappé - Bana Ashiko
Cameroon singer Lappé released three albums and a couple of singles, and his output balances between corny love songs featuring his French girlfriend crying on record about waving goodbye at the airport, to brilliant synth driven wave like this one produced by Jacob Desvarieux (Kassav’) who also used the exact same instrumental version of a song from the Bana Ashiko LP on a Kassav’ record from the same year. 

Zulu Gang - I got a magic feeling making love
The same crew that recorded Pasteur Lappé’s 1981 album was also behind Zulu Gang who recorded one album from which this single was taken.

Paap Niang - Sama waye
Blind singer/drummer Paap Niang sharpened his teeth with big names on the scene like Orchestre Baobab and Xalam before he released a solo album with this tune which sounds very different from what most Senegalese artists were trying to do in the mid 80s.

Miatta - Jungle Music	

Sir Victor Uwaifo and his Titibitis - Egwu Ozo
Uwaifo’s most interesting may be the ones he did with the Titibitis, combining a funky 70s sound with 80s electronics and a very eclectic musical palette. Egwu Ozo is one of his forgotten works, with its title track that starts out in 4/4 mode and builds up into a orgy of synths and horns.  

Nana Tuffour - Ye Wo Asaase
Cabo Verde Show - Terra Longe
Eko - Fly me back to Kribi
Baba Djan Kaba - Folila

Ali Baba - Hadiza
This album is easy to pass on as it is usually stuck in the euro bin and its cover looks too outrageous to be taken seriously, yet there’s the hidden gem of ‘Hadiza’ which sounds like afrobeat translated into a electronic setting with sublime synth licks.

KKE - Money
Song from a mysterious boogie funk / soul record by a Congolese singer with an apparently Dutch backing band, released on a tiny label in the Netherlands, not sure for which market but copies hardly ever show up.

Remi Kabaka - Aqueba-Masaaba
Nigerian drummer Aderemi Kabaka performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in the music industry including the Stones, Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood and Hugh Masekela (his son, who bears the same name, is one of the voices behind the Gorillaz). The recordings that were to be released as his second album by Island Records never made it past the promo stage, and consequently ‘Son of Africa’ is very hard to come by; too bad because it’s a record loaded with heavy afro funk tunes. This is the only track that got a (limited) release on a Island Records compilation in 1977.

Miriam Makeba - Toyota Fantaisie
At the time this Japanese promo single for Toyota was released in 1980, Miriam Makeba was living in Guinee-Conakry, so it’s no surprise to hear her sing fluently in French, and in English on the flip side of this effort to sell cars on the African continent. The fact that it was pressed on vinyl in Japan is more puzzling, perhaps this was handed out as a promo back there.

So Kalmery - Ujamaa
This song is from another album that doesn’t deserve to be in the euro bin, but that’s where my copy was found. So Kalmery is another great voice from eastern Congo who deserves more recognition for his oeuvre which spans four decades. He arrived in Europe while touring with Congo’s grand maestro Franco, and ‘So’, featuring his band Ujamaa, was released in 1986.

Francis Bebey - Le Grand Soleil De Dieu
From Bebey’s often overlooked 1986 effort ‘Si Les Gaulois Avaient Su’ which you have to Google just to marvel at the cover art.

Sonny Okosuns - Steady N Slow
Incredibly hard to find single-only release by the great Okosuns, the b-side is equally great. Both sides were later re-recorded and released on his albums, but the original remains superior.

Abumba - Mibali ya Kinshasa
Being the brother of one of the greatest voices in African pop throughout the 1970s and 80s, Abumba Masikini never reached the star status of his sister Abeti but he got to perform at the Zaire 74 concert held on the occasion of the Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman boxing match in Kinshasa. His performance of this single was captured on camera and finally released along with the Soul Power documentary in 2009.

DJ Gioumanne's Afro Cosmic Club Volume 2

Lounge around to the sound...

Bby Eco - *incoming* [LUSTRE]
Viscardi & Il Duo Magnetico - Elka Mare [Cosmic Romance] 
Soshi Takeda - Same Place, Another Time [mulemusiq]
Olof Dreijer - Flora [AD-93] *
Bullion - Rare (ft. Carly Rae Jepsen) [Ghostly International]
topographies - Face Of Another [Dark Entries]
Angel Corpus Christi - The Watermelon Song
W.A.T. - Les Enfants [STROOM.tv]
André Ethier - Doodah Man [Telephone Explosion Records]
Charles Murphy - The Foot That's Holding Me Down [Efficient Space]
Sasha Renkas - Carrier [World Of Paint]
Coral D - Alright [TEARS]
Sangre Voss - Ersatz Terrasse [Third Place] *
Oro Azul - Atlantis [Mood Hut]
Mad Professor - H2S04 [Isle of Jura]
Bosa 2 Bosa (Moving Still Sunrise Edit) [No Bad Days] *
Banja (Moving Still Edit) [No Bad Days] *
Yodel-Ay-Hee-Ho (RFX Edit) [Fauve Records]
New Jackson - Out Of Reach [Permanent Vacation] *
Kennedy - To Paradise [Pacific Rhythm]
Stump Valley - Lunatica [Toy Tonics]
New Composers - Вы должны всё забыть [Maschina Records]
Odessa - Private Disco Show [Bordello A Parigi]
Limit Blau - Mi Yoyo (Luna Remix) [Klasse Wrecks]
Will Hofbauer - Moss On [Aus Music] *
Fantastic Man - Antiboudi [mulemusiq]

* denotes forthcoming

No Bad Days with Hollick - February 2024

Lounge around to the sound of No Bad Days.

New Members - Eternal Now [ECO 1]
COLA REN - Baraka (Salamanda Remix) [AMWAV] *
Woo - A Little Long Way [Cloud Nine Music]
Katsuya Sano - I Need Luv [Rush Hour]
Khotin - Mornings II [Khotin Industries]
Coti K. - Theros [Dark Entries Records]
Ernest Hood - Bedroom of the Absent Child [Freedom To Spend]
Niningashi - Ameagari (After The Rain) [Time Capsule]
Cochemea - Chito's Song [Daptone Records]
Pablo's Eye - La Pedrera [Stroom]
Imago - All Come Together [Emotional Rescue]
Absent Music - Le Rêve De C.J. [EE Tapes]
Open Space - Tied ft. Laura Groves [Test Pressing Catalogue]
PT House - Unity [Afro Synth]
Casinoboy - Astral Go Go [Duca Bianco]
Pedro Mitzutani - Chuva De Verao (Jex Opolis Remix) [Nice Guys] 
RAMZi - doomies [Wisdom Teeth]
CC:DISCO! & Jennifer Loveless - Magic (Is In The Tempo) (Midnight Mix) [Miami Daddy]
Armonics - Floating On High [Bordello A Parigi]
Sano - Si Te Doy Un Beso [Public Possession]
Regularfantasy's Rendezvous - Take Me To Your Mansion [Behave!]
Sun-La-Shan - Catch (Instrumental Dub Version) [Mr. Disc Organization]
Housepainters - Leave The Hall [Magnetron Music]
New Jackson - I Wanna Be Adored [Permanent Vacation] 
Parris - Underwater Fantasy [Can You Feel The Sun]
Patrick Holland - S Mobile [Verdicchio Music Publishing]
Club Bizarre (Moving Still Haram Edit) [No Bad Days]

* denotes forthcoming

No Bad Days with Hollick - April 2024

Pt1 Of Nightmares on Wax Sunset session at the infamous 
Ku De Ta Beach club Bali - Enjoy ! I did ! :-) xxxx

Ku De Ta Bali Sunset Pt1

Hotspring - Three of Swords [Mood Hut]
Goldrust - Going Yesterday [Efficient Space]
Raymond Richards - Monument Valley [ESP Institute]
H TO O - Nowhere [Wisdom Teeth]
Yetsuby - The Sublime Embrace [all my thoughts]
ddwy - Theme of the PCCP [Public Possession] *
Dylan Moon - 7 Song [Dylan Moon]
Dancing Fantasy - Mystery Voice [International Feel]
Double Geography - Goodbye Great Escape [Invisible, Inc.]
Tokyo Riddim Band - Denshi Dub 電子ダブ [Time Capsule]
Discotecas - Always Forever [DISCOTECAS 003]
Fernando - She's Playing With Fire (feat. Piscis) [DFA Records]
Lars Bartkuhn - Everymorning I Meditate [Rush Hour Records]
Initials - Message In The Music (Beautiful Swimmers Mastermix) [PPU]
Jeff Jones - Metro Love [Paradise Is a Frequency]
Ultraflex - Say Goodbye [Marvaða]
Angelyne - Tangerine Rose [Dark Entries Records]
Bullion - World_train (ft. Charlotte Adigéry) [Ghostly International]
Ilija Rudman - Dreams Pt.2 [Temple of Jura]
Otto Benson & binki - Bend [WNOADIARWB]
Patrick Holland - Left At The Table [Verdicchio Music Publishing]
Will Hofbauer - Diiing [Optimo Music]
Nicolas Gaunin - Diamonds Rain [Moon Glyph]
Dena & Lauer - Affection [Permanent Vacation]
Amount - Love You [Bordello a Parigi]
Re/Mote - Let me Breath [Klan Productions]
Ortrotasce - Distant In Time [Dark Entries Records]
Roman Flügel - Energies [Phantasy Sound]
Nice Girl - Whatcha Do [Public Possession]

* denotes forthcoming

No Bad Days with Hollick - May 2024

Lounge around to the sound...

Francesca Heart - Pond Dance Carillon [Leaving Records]
Wyn MT - The Net Closes [selkies]
Total Blue - Corsair [Music From Memory]
TAMTAM - 山を下りる/ Go Down The Mountain [P.P.U]
Lorad Group - Flirt Di Notte [Pleasure Is a Frequency]
Charif Megarbane - Pesce Rosso [Habibi Funk]
Melting Steine - Front Porch Days [Phantom Island]
WORLD BRAIN - Open [Mansions and Millions]
Secret Circuit - Galleon In The Clouds (Froid Dub Mix) [Invisible, Inc.]
Allah-Las - Raspberry Jam (Kyle Mullarky Dub) [Mexican Summer]
Ango ft. GPU Panic - First Time Caller [Huntleys + Palmers]
Drivetyme - FM Jamming [Parkway Records]
International Music System - Freeze Rock [Mr. Disc Organization]
Jura Soundsystem - Linn Fun (Good Block Remix) [Isle of Jura]
Shriekback - This Big Hush [Sony Music]
Tech Support - Fly Away [Permanent Vacation]
Calabra - Mazzara Return [International Feel]
Body San - Hilly Blue [100% Silk]
Anbau - Mortirolo '94 [Bordello A Parigi]
100th Monkey - Raindance (Manuel Darquart Remix) [Heels & Souls]
DJ 1985 - Catland [Emotional Especial]
Khotin - Hello World [Khotin Industries]
Balladium - Andrómeda [Dark Entries Records]
Eleven Pond - Watching Trees (2024 Remaster) [Dark Entries Records]
Demi Riquísimo - Autoglide [Semi Delicious] *
Peach - A Pretty Planet [Can You Feel The Sun]
Tequila (YPS Edit) [Fauve Records]

* denotes forthcoming

No Bad Days with Hollick - July 2024

Lounge around to the sound of No Bad Days...

Khotin - You Made My Weekend Wonderful [Khotin Industries] *
Ammonite - When You Don't (Salamanda Remix) [Ransom Note Records]
Coral D - Phase Plane [Tears]
Fabulous Lover - Notes To Self [Music For Swimming Pools]
Ms Ray - Signs [Scenic Route]
Yu Su - Avanvera [Music From Memory]
Los Agentes Secretos - Loco Poco A Poco [Dark Entries Records]
Izumi "Mimi" Kobayashi & Tokyo Riddim Band - Lazy Dub [Time Capsule]
Mica Levi - slob air [Hyperdub]
Suzanne Kraft - What You Do To Me [Universal Cave]
SOFTgrid - FEELU [PPU]
Knopha - Water Play [mulemusiq]
Levi Lenzi - Maritaca [Gop Tun Records]
Der Opium Queen - Extra Wet [12th Isle]
Skeet - Left on the Shelf [Efficient Space]
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days (Peak High Mix)
YOKOCHO - Paradacid (Nice Girl Remix) [Magma] *
Luna - Feen (Moving Still Edit) *
Will Hofbauer - Saccharine [No Bad Days] *
Mr Beatnick - Dance Of The Dolphins [International Feel]
Jamma-Dee - On & On [Public Possession]
Space Ghost - East of the Lake [Peace World Records]
ZG - Left Outside [Pacific Rhythm]
Will Hofbauer - Party Tools [No Bad Days] *
Lennart - Midnight Desire [Bordello A Parigi]
Boy Deco - Run It Back [Nice Guys]

* denotes forthcoming

No Bad Days with Hollick - August 2024

XYLØ - Afterlife

XYLØ's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/xylo100

The Jane Doze Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thejanedoze

Picture: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=41763912

XYLØ - Afterlife (The Jane Doze Remix)

Something for the forthcoming Love International Festival Croatia x

Love Int. 2016

America (The Remixes) EP

Afterlife (PLS&TY Remix)

DJ Spinna - Best Of Sade Mix

Use with headphones if you want to hear how amazing it is.

Afterlive (Ark Patrol Remix)

XYLØ - Afterlife (Ark Patrol Remix) 8D AUDIO

http://www.thefader.com/2013/01/28/fader-mix-rhye

Rhye FADER Mix

Record label, radio show and party series started by Hollick and Szatan in 2015.

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