Mastered by the always amazing Drew Harris, aka GERMANY GERMANY.

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads (Cover)

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Title: Late Night Tales presents ‘After Dark: Vespertine'
Label: Late Night Tales
Formats: 2LP 180g Pressed Vinyl 
Release: 4 Aug 2023
Genre: Electronica

This July, the esteemed scribe, proper DJ, and discreetly deft twiddler Bill Brewster, drops the latest installment in his ‘After Dark’ series, for Late Night Tales.  

A throbbing, louche and leisurely affair, groove is very much at the heart of this freestyle selection, a vibe which Bill describes as “a basement, a red light and a sound system. Or, as the Beastie’s once rapped, slow and low, that is the tempo”. 

There’s Hawaiian drum machine bossa balearica from Island Band, percussive afro post-punk from Czech jazz singer Jana Koubkova, and breathy-bubbling-dubwise-slap-bass-soul from Debbe & The Code.  

There’s also sultry deep house mood music from Lanowa, infectious bouncy jazz funk breaks from Canada High, and Nail’s life-affirming re-edit of singer-songwriter Gilbert O Sullivan’s electro-pop gem ‘So What’. 

Bill’s own studio skills are present and correct too, featuring an undulating bassy version of country troubadour Jeb Loy Nichols, reworked along Alex Tepper under their Hotel Motel moniker, and a chugged-up squelchy disco take on Khruangbin, this time paired with Raj Gupta, as Mang Dynasty. 

Chock full of exclusives, tracks are either completely brand new or available digitally for the first time, whilst others are wallet-rinsing rarities if purchased elsewhere. Whichever way you slice it though, every tune is a highlight, working equally well as standalone nuggets, or within Bill’s fluidly cohesive mix.  

01 Toe – ‘Infinite Consciousness’ 
02 Island Band – ‘Idle Hours’ 
03 Jana Koubkova – ‘Nijana’ 
04 Dan Wainwright – ‘Come Home’ 
05 Jeb Loy Nichols – ‘Don't Drop Me’ (Hotel Motel Remix) 
06 Nick Munday – ‘Drum Lock’ 
07 Khruangbin – ‘So We Won't Forget’ (Mang Dynasty Forgotten Dub) 
08 Matt Rhythm – ‘We Were Made To Be Artists’ 
09 Debbe & The Code – ‘Code Of Love’ 
10 Lanowa – ‘Burning Up’ 
11 Gilbert O Sullivan – ‘So What’ (Nail Edit) 
12 Canada High – ‘Le Chiffre’ 
13 Smashed Atoms And Backdoor Man – ‘Hey Dreamer’ 
14 Patina – ‘Arphicelago’ 
15 Fernando Pulichino – ‘1998’ 
16 IPG – ‘Open Space’ (Hot Toddy Mix) 
17 Carl Finlow – ‘Hyperkagome’ 
18 Rheinzand – ‘Kills & Kisses’ (Scorpio Twins Remix) 
19 Chaz Jankel – ‘Manon Manon’

Khruangbin - So We Won't Forget (Mang Dynasty Irreverent Dub) [From After Dark: Vespertine]

Some house remixes I made of a few of my favorite disco, soul, rnb, and indie songs!

find the whole set recording on youtube here: https://youtu.be/98NHwT6jLEA?si=R45m7TkPnA6XhP-2
find the whole set recording on soundcloud here: https://on.soundcloud.com/yrfShAJGeb2ZDEQa7

Hard To Say Goodbye - Washed Out (Kevin X House Remix)

Jungle - The Heat (Zomby '92 Remix)

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Original by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Necessary Evil - Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Transistorcake Edit)

Baby you can feel the music 
You see I’m dead through my eyes I’m not moving 
2077 

Looking at the skyline I can touch the moon 
Your voice echos but your just a blur 
I swear I’ve been empty for all my life 
I like the feeling when I’m not on this earth

2077

This song is about the power of becoming who you truly are. Inspired by the freedom of drag and the beauty of self-expression, it embraces evolution. It celebrates the moment you canvas your face like a portrait, transforming into any vision you imagine, and encourages you, as you listen, to step into your own light. “Work of Art” is a reminder that identity is limitless, and we’re all masterpieces in progress.

Work of Art

Timbaland And Magoo Meets Air - Can We Do La Femme D'Argent

The Avalanches - Since I Left You (Skule Toyama Flip)

Jassbusters is Connan Mockasin’s third album and first in five years. An unclassifiable, unconventional album that neither picks up from nor abandons the modes of 2013’s widely-embraced Caramel or its 2010 predecessor Forever Dolphin Love, Jassbusters foreshadows a five-part melodrama film titled Bostyn 'n Dobsyn, created by Mockasin. Jassbusters soundtracks the unpredictable narrative of the film in eclectic, electric ways. 

Whether bending genres or collaborating with artists like James Blake, MGMT, and Charlotte Gainsbourg, Connan Mockasin has always maneuvered in mysterious ways. After touring with the likes of Radiohead and Neil & Liam Finn (Crowded House), the R&B surrealist continues assembling a cult around his theater, nay spectacle of life with Bostyn ’n Dobsyn screenings and Jassbusters performances throughout October and November 2018.

Jassbusters

Connan Mockasin - Charlotte's Thong

Genre-bending Texas trio Khruangbin perform songs from their 2018 album Con Todo El Mundo (Dead Oceans) and beyond, live in the studio for XPN's Indie Rock Hit Parade.

Produced by Eric Schuman
Photos by Katie Tapman
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