The wonderfully warm and punchy analog synth on this track is a Juno 6. I've been sleeping less and making more ever since I set it up next to my bed. As far as things I love go, it's up there with my mom...

Shona

vocals of monica vitti & sounds
from la notte
& il deserto rosso
both films directed by michelangelo antonioni 

i heard snatches of television dialogue
"stop that car", "i wouldn't do that, Jim"

after that, the howling of a dog...
rising effortlessly, in perfect misery
then, i thought i heard a plane
then silence... and i was happy

a garden's silence is made of sounds:
press your ear to a tree and listen
the sounds may be within us;
i'd rather think it's the tree

the silence is broken by an alien noise,
disturbing my peace
i close the window, but the noise persists;
it's too much for me 

i don't want useless sounds; i want to select them
voices and words... there are so many words i'd rather not hear

but you must resign yourself,
like floating on the waves of the sea



once there was a girl on an island
she was bored with grownups who scared her
she didn't like boys all pretending to be grown up
so, she always alone

she had found a little isolated beach
where the sea was transparent
and the sand pink
she loved that spot
nature's colors were so lovely
and there was no sound

who was singing?
everything was singing
everything

if i were to leave and never to return
i'd take you with me
because you are a part of me now
you are a part of everything

i'd like everyone who's ever cared about me
here around me now
like a wall

monica

Track 3 from the self-titled debut EP, Happiness Cage.

SAVANNAH INLET

treetops

*This mix is endorsed by Mayor of Detroit, Mick 'The Dirtbombs' Collins*

The seed of this mix was sown in the late 90's when I first clapped ears on 'There's A Riot Goin' On' by Sly & The Family Stone. I was DJ'ing a bit at the time mixing old soul and funk with dance records, which was a bit of a schlep (bloody live drummers).
So when I heard a drum machine (or ‘funk box’ as Sly called it) providing the rhythm for such warm, soulful songs I immediately planned to do a mix of ‘drum machine soul’.
It’s taken nearly twenty years to get around to it, but here it is x

James Monk - Warming Up The Funkbox
El Michels Affair - Can It All Be So Simple
Joe Hicks - Life & Death In G & A Pt1
Little Beaver - I Can Dig It Baby
Little Sister - Stanga
The Temptations - Let Your Hair Down
Edwin Starr - Get Up (Pilooski Edit)
Sly & The Family Stone - Just Like A Baby
The Kramford Look - Shoebox At Sea
Shuggie Otis - Island Letter
Marvin Gaye - Where Are We Going? (Alternate Mix)
Lee Fields & The Expressions - Intermission (Instrumental)
Menahan Street Band - Dust To Dust
The Temptations - Ain't No Justice
Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (Pressure Drop Re-Edit)
Shuggie Otis - Aht Uh Mi Hed
Cotillion - If You Give A Dance
Carrie Cleveland - Love Will Set You Free

DRUM MACHINE GOT SOUL *PRIMITIVE DRUM MACHINE SOUL/FUNK MIX*

From an old Gold Sounds demo and an old favourite.

What Swords Do You Own?

Dirty Dancing

Spin That Girl Around

wombat_army - circling

Track 2 from the Tombs EP, released April 2014 on Denovali records

12" vinyl and CD available from here:

http://moonzero.bigcartel.com/

Recorded at St George in the East church, Shadwell October 2012
Mixed at The Moriaki Skyway, Limehouse



treetops

wombat_army

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