In their latest single Go!, Barcelona’s power post-punk trio Low Blows serves up a hefty dose of rebellion, infused with a gritty, dystopian edge and a sound reminiscent of early U2. The track, layered with sharp, post-punk guitar work, carries the echo of Interpol’s brooding delivery and the industrial chill of Gary Numan’s classic phase.

“We are romantics, existentialists, and somewhat pessimistic, but we seek to be constructive through our critical thinking towards the status quo and mass culture.”

Produced under the watchful eye of Matteo Vallicelli (The Soft Moon), Go! delves into the fleeting essence of existence, championing the right to live life on one’s own terms, against the backdrop of societal skepticism and the looming specter of mortality. The lyrics are a defiant call to arms, a declaration of independence from the weight of external judgment, encapsulating a raw desire to carve out a personal path, even as the end draws near.

Go! serves as a poignant meditation on life’s transience, urging us to seize autonomy amidst the ephemeral dance with time. It’s a bold rebuke of conformity, an ode to personal sovereignty in the shadow of death, embodying the fierce yearning to sculpt one’s legacy, undeterred by the finite march of existence.

In their latest visual offering, Low Blows teams up with director Carlos Vergara for a stripped-down, black and white performance piece that’s unvarnished and  compelling. The video captures the band’s raw magnetism and electric stage presence, presenting a no-frills glimpse into their dynamic energy.

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Welcome to Live in the Lab, where we bring you the best of indie music straight from the underground scene. In this episode, we're diving into a vibrant array of sounds that'll leave you craving more. 

First up, we've got Catpack with their infectious track "Walk Away". Get ready to groove to their blend of indie soul and electronic beats that'll lift your spirits and have you hitting repeat all day long.

Next, Kooley High takes the stage with "Penmanship", delivering boom-bap vibes and slick verses that'll transport you back to the golden era of hip-hop. This track is a must-have for any true hip-hop head looking for authentic beats and killer bars.

And if you're craving something bold and unconventional, don't miss "The Intricate Piece" by Real Bad Man & Lukah featuring Billy Woods. This experimental hip-hop collaboration pushes boundaries and challenges the status quo, delivering a dark and brooding masterpiece that demands your attention.

So, whether you're a music aficionado searching for fresh tunes or a casual listener looking to expand your horizons, Live in the Lab has got you covered. Tune in now and discover your new favorite indie tracks!

Ep 154| Beatnick Jawns | Catpack - Kooley High - Real Bad Man x Lukah

Ep 154| Beatnik Jawns | Catpack - Kooley High - Real Bad Man x Lukah

By day, they're just ordinary felines prowling the urban jungle, but by night, they transform into the Swinging Whiskers, the hottest jazz ensemble in town. Featuring Charlie on the organ, Max on the flute, and Sam on the drums, these cats bring the groove to the city's most swanky parties and clubs, drawing in a crowd of beatniks, artists, and intellectuals.

The Swingin' Whiskers

Ciao! Manhattan

The unique club is my all time favourite venue with its fantastic mixture of sixties and funk flavoured grooves. The "Unique" musicstyle is representing best, what dancemusic is to me and what kind of music immediately touches my heart and feet. I had the idea of making a tribute mix, when i first heard the track "Afro Cookie" by Renegades of jazz. A powerful and super funky Afrojazz tune, which directly timewarped me to the 90s on the little packed unique dancefloor, with its lights shining under my the dancing feet and the warm bass powering through my shaking (hip teen ;-) body. For the mix, I put together some classic Unique tracks that I remember playing a lot with newer tracks that I think would have played there. You can find a bit more information about the club and Unique Records under the tracklist: 

1 My House - Sono Rhizmo,  Resense 006,  2000
2 Magic Touch - Melba Moore, Musicor 1966
3 Listen Up (feat. Jonnathan Molina ) - Fab Samperi, agogo Records 2011
4 The Bossa Fella's Funk - The Captain, Beatnik City 2014,
5 Money See , Monkey Do - The Sherwoods, Magnifico 1961
6 Regulate my Apéritif! - MINIMATIC, Resense 031, 2012
7  Don`t - Doris Svensson (Mr Chombee Bootleg), Odeon 1970 ( Reissued on Mr. Bongo MRBCD010, 1996)
8 Lulu Loves (BC edit) -  Shimi Sonic, Beatnik City 2017
9 Afro Cookie - Renegades of Jazz, agogo Records 2016
10 Party Block Rocker (Goodgroove Remix)- Manmade, Manmade 2010
11 Loopita - Voodoocuts, Juice on Wax 2022
12 Back to My Old Tricks (feat. Linda Bloemhard)- Diesler,  Unique's New Testament of Funk (The Definite Collection) 2012
13 Soul Finger - Bentley Rhythm Ace, Ministry Of Sound  FSUK3, 1998
14 Over - SAULT,  2019
15 Da Pumped Up Phunk (In Da Sol Mix) - Damage Control, Afro Wax Records 1997
16 Groovement Edit -  Anonymous, HMECTS001, 2020
17 Blimey! -  Star ´N´ Garter, Easy Db 1998
18 I'm a Man - Smoove, Acid Jazz Records 2007
19 Ooh La La (Original Mix) - The Wiseguys, Wall of Sound 1998
20 Groovin' with Mr. Bloe - Mr Bloe, DJM 1970
21 Love´s supposed to be - The Allergies, Jalapeno Records 2016
22 Peanut Duck - Marsha Gee,  Joker 1965/ Reissued on Penniman 2005
23 Sacré Français - Dimitri from Paris, Yellow Stereo 1996
24 Together Again - Spice, SPV Recordings 1996
25  Ain't Got No, I Got Life - Nina Simone, RCA Records 1968

The Unique was located in the old town of düsseldorf in a former animate bar. the walls were covered with 70s plastic fabric, which is normally used for sofas. so the acoustic was very special and the sound was a bit mono - retro and that was absolutley perfect for the musicstyle. People were dancing everywhere in the club. on the way to the bar on the way to the toilet, inside the sofa separees or while waiting at the bar. it was all about dancing and music. Founder and mastermind of unique was Henry Storch, who brought with his crew lots of music and artists from uk, such as Andy Smith (Portishead) Eddie Piller (Acid jazz records) and organized concerts with turntable jazz, erobique, the mobylettes (and so much more!). his project the frank popp ensemble, had a radio hit in 2003 with "hip teens don`t wear blue jeans.", which some of you may know. The Club had to close in 2005 and Henry Storch has died too young in 2018. I hope to meet him once in Freakbeat - sixties soul heaven to thank him for the musical treasure he brought into my life. But the Unique Record Label is still existing and you can still discover great artists and music and there!!

If you like to read and hear more:
https://uniquerecords1988.bandcamp.com/
https://www.vivid-magazin.de/story/de/independence-rules

A Tribute to Unique Club

NiNA SiMONE MiXTAPE : GiVE ME MY GiN

~

I've a feeling about tonight
The moonlight on your face
I know, come and go, we'll be alright
We could be any place

Attend the nature sound
Collapse, enjoy the bounds
Moments intense surround
Trail blaze on safe grounds

If no one gives us a fuss
We'll be impetuous
Gone, without a care
We fleet on trails of air!

Jettisoning through the sky
Blazing flame tail trail on high
Relishing the special glow
With thou who you truly know

Precious time filled with wanderlust
Ambitious and Gregarious
Skin crawling with thoughts of lust
Depths of the woods, seek we must

If no one gives us a fuss
We'll be impetuous
Gone, without a care
We fleet on trails of air!

Jettisoning through the sky
Blazing flame tail trail on high
Relishing the special glow
With thou who you truly know

~

0046 Impetuous (4)

30th Century Man (Scott Walker)

⛧°. ⋆༺☾𖤓༻⋆. °⛧
my gurus are rock n roll stars 
my guitar is my bible 
& the music is my cathedral 
incense smoke 
records on vinyl 
all tangible divinities 
laid before me 
⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺

rock n roll divinity

In some old dark cafe,
Vesuvio San Francisco, 1968.
Jazz is playing,
cigarette smoke fills the air.
This is where the romantics go
to escape the rain.

A man in the back room says to me,
his voice low, crippled with a flicker of conspiracy— 
“Would you sell your soul to discover the secrets of the artists 
to be free?”
There’s a dim tiffany lamp 
casting a bruised light over the piano man
crooning a dirge about the death of all men.

As beatniks pass around their poems,
the artists, the lovers, the loners,
the losers who’re stone cold sober— 
all circle around together
uneasily entertained by society’s ways.

“Break out now! don’t look behind!”
they shout,
“There’s no freedom in a manufactured mind.
Traditions and lies, superstition’s control,
they steal your spirit, 
they sell your soul.

The psychological chains are hidden but they bind us tight,
caught in a system where they convince wrong to feel right.
They say it’s for your own good, but can’t you see?
It’s just a prison,
disguised as being free.

Are you sure it’s your truth that you’re chasing?
Or just a hollow dream society’s placing?
They built these walls and called them schools,
Where we’re all shaped by unwritten rules.

The laws we follow, who made them real?
A life of labor with no joy to feel.
Because in this system, it’s freedom that dies
but the rebellious and questioning nature 
of the new generation
will create new gods, new religion— 
in which only we can save ourselves from these lies.”

It brought back memories of that day in the Chelsea Hotel
when Leonard said to me,
“The way to live is to belong to no one and nothing,
yet be the center of everything.
It’s just the art of existing.”

That was the night my true artistic desires first unfolded—  a bioenergetic command of the soul to create,
to consume, to possess, to escape.
 But there’s a fine line between freedom and addiction, between desire and destruction.
You can take every drug in the world,
become the Warhol you always wanted to be, but in the end, the art of immortality is a choice, not a decree.

My mind drifts back to the café,
the man still watching, a question lingering in his gaze.
Should I take the first step down the artist’s path of uncertainty?
Will a walk on the wild side shatter the big man’s cage of conformity?
And will I become a rebel against the destiny others built for me?

I hold out my hand as a gesture towards his offering 
And he whispers in my ear,
“Welcome to your new world darling— 
It’s time to be free.”

san francisco 1968

CROSSING THE VERRAZZANO NARROWS BRIDGE IN FOG

i was snitching to the snobs
giving staff a mindfuck
i was cyberbullying hard
in my cybercomfort

And I can be never caught
I'm a born again trickster
I'm a freeloader
I'm twisted

And I got nuffin to say
Nothing to explain
Elabora-a-a-ate
Or Entertain

I was shaking hands with fakes
Smoking fags on bus stops
I was teaching kids to drink
In the same BUS STOPS

I got nuffin to say
Nothing to explain
Elabora-a-a-ate
Or Entertain

Nuff Said
Nuff Said
Nuff Said
NUFF SAID

heeeyeyeyee eyeyey
heee eyeye eyeyeyyeyeyy

nuff

UPBEAT

I Wish I Could Understand You (Do You Hear Me? Mix)

Horror Synth, Electronics and Industrial celebrations of Sleazoid Cinema and EBM Grooves!

· Digital Musician · Performance Artist · Video Creator · 
~Thought of love in my heart~
Bi/NB/Poly/Agnostic
There is beauty in all. I work with AI generated music and art. We create pop, rock, punk, folk, bops, ballads, shanties, bangers, etc. Through it elements of violin, Celtic vibes, jazz, and alternative, as well as influences from electric swing, edm, shoegaze, chill ambient instrumentals, and avoiding constant drum beats.

Generating music may be the new thing, but I feel no lack of authenticity in this. It may not be just my own, but nothing exists without learning from what came before.

https://linktr.ee/sprightlyfox

sparki / jomanda - he/it
a lot of bemani songs i like aren't on here .. so i made this account to upload them :]

Post-punk for a hype, hyper, post and lost era.
Tour dates: https://bnds.us/32mckm

contact: djmischi.mischpult@gmail.com
Gigs2025:
30.04. 9pm Zum Böhmischen Dorf
19.04. Kater (funky Breaks to crazy House)
29.03. for "Auf die Freundschaft"@ Humboldthain Club b2b Rosie 
22.03. 9pm Cafe Wendel with breakbeat boyz

Gigs2024:
31.08. Humboldthain Club "Auf die Freundschaft" b2b Rosie
03.08.24 Garbicz Festival, Poland
30.03.24: Rosie b2b MischiMischpult for Stereo 09 X Rosabrisante, Aeve, Schleusenufer 3
03.03.24/18:30-21:00: Rosie b2b MischiMischpult @Repeat Bar

10.09.23: Kater Blau "Großstadtdjungel" ( 10am-2pm) 
28.05.23@ ://about blank for 24h Solirave about:marionism 2023 (DJ -set Mo, 4am-6am)

My musical influences lie in the big beaty 90s, dancing to Acid Jazz, 60s and Northern Soul (my top favourite style!!!!), funky Breaks and French house. In the early 2000s in Berlin I discovered soul and funk in electronic dance music. At a legendary b2b set with ZIP (Perlon) and Matthew Herbert in CDV "Club der Visionäre". I love funky fluffy minimal house! I like to play multigenre and all styles. I also love odd things like the Hammond organ cover by Klaus Wunderlich (here I digitized "Uraltedelschnulzen") or MoogCookbook and last but not least the Jazz- Comedy universe of Helge Schneider.:)!

Experimental Lo-Fi Flippy-Floppy
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Amanda Fear (a/k/a Sergio Serrano) is a multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter/caricaturist & artist whose boundless imagination and fascination with the absurdity of life has found new outlets of expression in music. Joy abounds! Take the ride.

During a series of profound mystical experiences in 2017, a "Robert Johnson Crossroads Incident" unleashed a torrent of musical creativity in Steven Leonard Stovall, a mathematician, magician, shaman, and writer. Suddenly able to improvise indefinitely within "Walls of Sound" created by chains of Strats, Marshalls, Univibes, and dozens of distortion, delay, modification, and looper devices, Twistor-19 has recorded and posted 500+ tracks of trance, EDM, neo-classical, and avant-garde jazz in 5 years.

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