this is fun and trippy... plus I love the original. well done

Favorite set

Clan of Xymox - Blind Hearts (Extended Dill Mix)

Front 242 - Lovely Day/Take One (RadicalG Mix)

Defiance

Document

Live recording from the album 'Mr Nutley's Strange Delusionarium' - Released on Sartorial Records 2011.

Department S - Going Left-Right -  2011

1. Yuuzuki (Evening Moon)
2. Mayonaka no Bossa Nova
(Midnight Bossa Nova)
3. Du soleil plein les yeux (Eyes Full Of Sun)
4. Puff, The Magic Dragon
5. Ii janaino Shiawase naraba
(It’s Okay If I’m Happy)
6. Blue Light Yokohama
7. Yoake no Scat (Melody For A New Dawn)
8. Mas Que Nada
9. Is That All There Is?
10. Watashi mo Anata to Naite Ii?
(Consolation)
11. Wasuretainoni
(I Want To Forget You, But…)
12. Kisetsu no Ashioto
(Footsteps Of The Seasons)

Widely considered to be the “Barbara Streisand of Japan”, Saori Yuki released her debut album in Japan in 1969 and has gone on to make over 30 albums in her 42 year-career. Yuki discovered Pink Martini after the band covered her song “Taya Tan” for their 2007 album Hey Eugene! Most recently, Yuki sang a verse of “White Christmas” in Japanese for the band’s hit 2010 holiday album Joy To The World.

In honor of the year of her debut release, Saori Yuki partnered with Pink Martini and producer Thomas M. Lauderdale to create a loving tribute to the music released in 1969. Featuring Japanese pop hits alongside internationally recognized tunes like Jorge Ben’s “Mas que nada” and “Puff the Magic Dragon”, “1969″ is a brilliant collaboration, with Thomas M. Lauderdale’s magical arrangements, Pink Martini’s stellar musicianship, and Saori Yuki’s soaring vocals.

Is That All There Is

We (Anubian Lights) remixed this track for Gary Numan's "Mix" album in 1998. I met Mr. Numan around the time the album was released in Los Angeles. He told me that he was pleased with our mix. mission accomplished!

Gary Numan- A Question of Faith [Anubian Lights Mix)

"It’s a rare thing to find a reformed band that are better than the original” VIVE LE ROCK MAGAZINE 2011. 30 years after first gracing the charts with IS VIC THERE? GOING LEFT RIGHT and I WANT…DEPARTMENT S have been rampaging across the UK and Europe thrilling audiences with their guitar based sound from Wickerman in Scotland to Benicassim in Spain. With 4 original members, Mike Herbage, Stuart Mizon, Mark Taylor and Eddie Roxy joined by Back To Zero’s Sam Burnett giving the group a unique sound with two lead guitarists. Since 2006 three singles have been released, Wonderful Day, God Squad Saviour and My Coo Ca Choo with guest musicians such as Glenn Matlock, Marco Perroni, Mark Bedford and John Keeble. A new LP released last year “MR NUTLEY’S STRANGE DELUSSIONARIUM” was greeting by warm reviews and represents the more rock sound the band believe would have immerged had VIC producers(Buffin and Overend from Mott The Hoople) been allowed to produce the debut LP…….sadly the label wanted a more commercial sound and then went bust after the record was finished but before it was released thus the first Department S album was released 10 years after it was made!!!  2013 will see a new LP “The Constructavist’s Nightmare” and the band back on the road playing clubs and festivals.

Department S - Is Vic There?

Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria (The Bloody Beetroots Vs SirBilly Remix)

Front 242

Behold, the first edit from Spec. 

Some of you may know us from our previous incarnation Geek Chic Soundsystem, but we figured geek chic is everywhere now, so time for a reboot.
New Facebook and website stuff to come soon, but in the meantime hit us up on twitter.com/we_are_spec

- TECH. SPEC. -
Peek-a-Boo has long been a favourite. I remember the first time I heard it thinking "this is nuts...", but it somehow managed to remain really accessible, almost poppy.

Part of the oddness is down to the way the track was put together, being a re-edit itself. Budgie essentially reversed, chopped and edited a loop of the brass and drum parts from "Gun", a John Cale cover they'd recorded the year before (1987). this was used as the basis for the track, with additional drums, guitar and accordian layered on top. Siouxsie's lyrics were then recorded using a selection of microphones, giving the vocal a distinctive disjointed sound. Naturally this sort of thing could be rolled out much more easily today with the average DAW setup, but the old-school approach and attention to detail mean the song still stands up today.

So why re-edit it? Basically, I wanted to be able to play it in a Spec. set, and while it kinda would've fitted as it stands it really needed a bit more oomph to sit alongside the production style of the rest of our playlists. Plus the beat needed tightening up a little to keep it crisp on modern PA systems, and a more DJ-friendly structure would be handy. Along the way it seemed to then morph into some sort of Italo-Goth-Disco hybrid. But I guess there are worse genre meldings in existence.

Hope y'like it, hope y'play it, and feedback below would be great.

- Nuff Spec. Ian


Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-a-Boo (Spec. Edit.)

Mourning Sun

In the Year 2525 (Bonus Track)

Haus der Lüge

Feurio! (Caffery-einheit Remix)

Killing Joke - The Singles Collection 1979 - 2012, a career spanning retrospective from one of the most influential bands of all time.

Available on multiple formats here: http://goo.gl/z5iGX

iTunes 

Requiem

Empire Song

Lost Themes III: Alive After Death

Dead Eyes

One half of Spec. (the half that doesn't go out as much, and makes tunes instead, although I can still bring it when I have to on the DJing front..)

Previously a brief flurry of internet notoriety as mashup and bootleg remixy types Lionel Vinyl and FakeID. Most recently 50% of Spec.'s previous incarnation: Geek Chic Soundsystem.

I have two hamsters.

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-a-Boo (Spec. Edit.)

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