Momma kick things off this week, with plenty of jangly, swirling guitars and double-tracked vocals. Naon Kino keep things in a similar vein, and I'm still a huge fan of Sarah Suri's voice, before passing the baton to Anemone where the organ adds a psych twirl to proceedings. Then Les Sympathics start things moving with some great, almost demented at times, Afrobeat out of Benin. Saivor & Meis then move us into harder dance territory, and Will Lister and Detroit Rising both keep things going. The Vessels remix of PSB signals the beginning of the ambient end, with the excellent Sven Laux leading us nicely to some lovely harp from Mary Lattimore (and I mean harp, not harmonica!). I really like Nano Kino, and I bought the Sven Laux album, and will (probably) buy the Mary Lattimore one too, but pick of the week for me is Les Sympathics "A Min We Vo Nou We", which is just fantastic (and yes, I've ordered my copy).

Apr 13 -Apr 19 2018

Electroman Adventures

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My new song "Myself & I" is OUT NOW:
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Unity

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Geometry Dash | Waterflame - Electroman Adventures (HD)

'Where Flies Sleep' is a track taken from Spectres' debut album, 'Dying', released via Sonic Cathedral on February 23, 2015. 

It will be available for download with pre-orders of the album from iTunes from December 8, 2014.

Produced and mixed by Dominic Mitchison. Mastered by Sonic Boom.

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Dying

Where Flies Sleep

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Spectres 'Where Flies Sleep'

From the album Poison Season, out August 28, 2015.

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Dream Lover

Bat Blood sung by Batman a Bad Blood and Batman V Superman Parody Released: Sep 10, 2015

Bat Blood by Hishe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maX-ObiJB3o

In response to the Batman V Superman trailers, Batman sings about how they now have BAT BLOOD.

{----Lyrics----

Cause baby now we got Bat Blood
You know we used to be best buds
So take a look what you’ve become
Cause baby, now we’ve got Bat Blood, HEY!

You can’t take the bat look where we at
You used to be the king DC remember that?
This B.A.T is quite O.P. Nolan my facts (Nolan my)
Now you and me our fists are about to chat.

Now I hate to break it to you but this new you 
Is too blue. 
This sequel needs a dark knight but careful
I’ll replace you.
Take time and deface you, you can’t can’t prepare no more. That’s what my belt is for.
Snapped a neck? You lost respect and now it’s war AAAAh!

Oh, it’s so sad to 
Think of all the coffee 
You and I!

Cause baby, now we got, bat blood
You know we used to be best buds
So take a look at what you've become
cause baby now we got bat blood HEY
Now we got Villains
And they’re out making millions 
Chilling in a sweet pub
And baby, now we got bat blood, HEY!

Remember when you tried Lois & Clark.
Remember when you thought Returns was boss. 
Don’t you remember? Man of Steel should please us
Dead fathers and Jesus. 
You don’t know how to lead us, Smallville. 
It was my season for Ra's Al Ghuls, Joker scars
Back broke, bruised, stabbed in my side, 
Shorties died, tumbler jumping roofs.
And all that time I was money and power
So you gotta live with the Bat Blood now.

OH This is not a reboot
This is not a sequel
This is just the dawn

Cause baby now we got Bat Blood
You know we used to be best buds
So take a look at what you’ve become
Cause baby now we got bad blood, hey!
Now we got villains
Hanging out and just chillin
Seriously where the heck is this pub?
And baby, now we got bat blood, HEY!

Band-Aids don’t fix building holes
Someone’s gotta pay for those
Do you have the cash? Oh no! You’re broke.
(they forgive and forget, but I’ll never let it go)
Band-Aid’s don’t fix when things explode
Say you’re sorry Whoops too slow.
Keep this up, we’ll all be ghosts.
If you lead like that, Justice League is toast!

Cause baby now we’ve got Bat Blood
You know we used to be best buds
So take a look at what you’ve become
Cause baby, now we’ve got Bat Blood, HEY!
Now we’ve got Villains
Robbing banks and killings
They’ve got a suicide club!
And baby, now we’ve got bat blood, hey!

Cause baby now we’ve got Bat Blood
You know we used to be best buds
So take a look at what you’ve become
Cause baby, now we’ve got Bat Blood, HEY!
Now we’ve got Villains
Out making millions
They got a really sweet pub
And baby, now we’ve got bat blood, hey!}

Batman: Bat Blood - Batman Vs. Superman & Bad Blood Parody

Not Copyright Intended . For entertainment purposes only.

Here Comes My Arrow - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 PARODY

Hatchie - Sure

A great compilation can open the gate to another world. Who knew that some of the most exciting Afro-funk records of all time were actually made in the small West African country of Benin? Once Analog Africa released the first African Scream Contest in 2008, the proof was there for all to hear; gut-busting yelps, lethally well-drilled horn sections and irresistibly insistent rhythms added up to a record that took you into its own space with the same electrifying sureness as any favourite blues or soul or funk or punk sampler you might care to mention.

Ten years on, intrepid crate-digger Samy Ben Rejeb unveils a new treasure-trove of Vodoun-inspired Afrobeat heavy funk crossover greatness. Right from the laceratingly raw guitar fanfare which kicks off Les Sympathics’ pile-driving opener, it’s clear that African Scream Contest II is going to be every bit as joyous a voyage of discovery as its predecessor. And just as you’re trying to get off the canvas after this one-punch knock out, an irresistible Afro-ska romp with a more than subliminal echo of the Batman theme puts you right back there. Ignace De Souza and the Melody Aces’ “Asaw Fofor" would’ve been a killer instrumental but once you’ve factored in the improbably-rich-to-the-point-of-being-Nat-King-Cole-influenced lead vocal, it’s a total revelation.

The screaming does not stop there, in fact it’s only just beginning. But the strange thing about African Scream Contest II’s celebration of unfettered Beninese creativity is that it would not have been possible without the assistance of a musician who had been trained by the Russian secret services to "find and destroy" enemies of the country’s (then) Marxist-Leninist president Mathieu Kerekou.

Already familiar to fans of the first African Scream Contest as a mainstay of ruthlessly disciplined police band Les Volcans de la Capitale, Lokonon Andre vanished in a cloud of dust at Ben Redjeb’s behest with a list of names and some petrol money, only to return a few days later having miraculously tracked down every single name he’d been given. The source of this Afrobeat bounty-hunter’s impressive people-finding skills - his training with the KGB - highlights the tension between encroaching authoritarian politics and fearless expressions of personal creative freedom which is the back-story of so much great African music of the 60s and 70s. Happily, in this instance, Lokonon was tracking the artists down to offer them licensing deals, rather than to arrest them.

Where some purveyors of vintage African sounds seem to be strip-mining the continent’s musical heritage with no less rapacious intent than the mining companies and colonial authorities who previously extracted its mineral wealth, Samy Ben Redjeb’s determination to track this amazing music to its human sources pays huge karmic dividends. Like every other Analog Africa release, African Scream Contest II is illuminated by meticulously researched text and effortlessly fashion-forward photography supplied by the artists themselves. Looming large - alongside Lokonon Andre - in the cast of biopic-worthy characters to emerge from this seductive tropical miasma is visionary space-nerd Bernard Dohounso, who laid the foundations for Benin’s vinyl predominance by importing and assembling the record players that would play the products of his Bond villain-acronymed pressing plant SATEL, a company that would revolutionise the music industry in the whole region.

The scene documented here couldn’t have been born anywhere else but in Benin, and the prime reason for that was Vodoun. It’s one of the world’s most complex religions, involving the worship of some 250 divinities, where each divinity has its own specific set of rhythms, and the bands introduced on the African Scream Contest series and other compilations from the region were no less diverse than that army of different Gods.

African Scream Contest Vol.2

African Scream Contest Volume 2

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A Min We Vo Nou We // Les Sympathics (All Comments will be forwarded to Herman Laléyé, the founder)

Released on @alienrec
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@Meiss : https://www.facebook.com/meispsr

Saivor & Meis - ONIMENA

Watch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2fM0N2rehA
Free download here : https://nanokino.bandcamp.com/track/sick-dreamer

Sick Dreamer

Long-time (3+ years!) curator of a regular weekly 10 track playlist of legit, (mostly) new tracks from Soundcloud, dug up here, there and everywhere. The lists always start out as 10 tracks, but some subsequently get pulled from Soundcloud by the band/artist or the label, so don't blame me for any short lists!

"Nano Kino formed over a mutual love of Cocteau Twins 
and Broadcast. Fast becoming one of the North East’s 
must see bands." 

Live they have supported, Trash Kit, Field Music, Spinning Coin, Still Corners 
and Psychic Markers. 

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