modyfier: June 2006

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1. a new freeform five remix of alice smith's love end was sent by world's fair. her new record is out september 5th on bbe. i am also told that she has a remix by maurice fulton in the works. have a listen. i found it to be a big full floating sound that rolls me around.

alice smith - love end (freeform five remix)

2. in other thoughts, i hadn’t heard or seen this collaboration between alton miller and boddhi satva anywhere until now. time and place dependent. maybe i just kept leaning over to tie my shoe at the wrong moment.

alton miller & boddhi satva feat. sai sai mouss - african people (tchatcho mix) : feb 2006 on atal

3. berg nixon (aka ryan crosson) will be performing july 22 as part of the bushwickartproject. and here are two tracks, the first a remix of that ubiquitous 25 bitches, but somehow, this one seemed to be more evasive than the heartthrob or marc houle versions.

troy pierce – 25 bitches (berg nixon zigzag remix) : apr 2006 on m_nus
berg nixon – victoria station : may 2006 on m_nus

4. other delights...

thomas schumacher - regenerate : jun 2006 on spier-zeug schallpatten
ricardo villalobos - susse cheques : may 2006 on frisbee tracks
gaz nevada - special agent man (morgan geist sleeping on the moon) : apr 2006 on mantra vibes
johannes heil - one : jun 2006 on cocoon recordings
luca bacchetti - freakish flowers : may 2006 on tenax
alexkid – uno : apr 2006 on f communications
i:cube – disco cubizm (daft punk remix) : 2005 on daft punk (white)
john arnold feat. malik alston (henrik schwarz mix) : oct 2005 on ubiquity
daft punk – the prime time of your life : 2006 on virgin music (france)
isolee – forever (forever lost by the glimmers) : jun 2006 on playhouse

5. and as hector23 is paying tribute to a guy called gerald over at slow motion radio station, i thought I’d add one of my favorite tracks (the original and two different remixes) that he didn’t post to round it out.

a guy called gerald feat. louise rhodes - humanity : 2000 on !k7
a guy called gerald feat louise rhodes - humanity (funkstorung mix) : 2000 on !k7
a guy called gerald feat. louise rhodes - humanity (ashley beedle remix) : 2000 on !k7

locating epicenters...
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...:::...i began last time about navigating sound. what i meant was following a vibration to where the movement begins. finding the epicenter that radiates with exponential forces, reaching desperately for your ears, even if you aren't listening. piercing your lobes, you might wear it like jewelry. it can make you beautiful with its unexpected accessorizing.

and what when you don’t hear? do you think that environments actually become more spatial? that you can begin to feel where a sound comes from? a certain vibration might mean the padded foot of a dog walking by or the a wind on your check, a wing flapping. what is our relationship between sound and movement or sound and visualization? and can a sound exist without meaning? without form? without it being something?

one of my favorite movies that wanders in sound (you know, like whales suspended in artic oceans, where water is clearer than air) is wim wender's 1994 film lisbon story. here is a blurb from his website about it:

"Dear Phil, I cannot continue m.o.s.! -- S.O.S.! -- Come to Lisbon with all your stuff a.s.a.p.! Big hug, Fritz."

Who is who? And what do all those abbreviations mean? The SOS of course, is obvious, and a.s.a.p. only strengthens the urgency: come AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. But m.o.s.?

Only if you work in movies you might know that M.O.S. is an old and rather strange word for "silent," and that the expression came up in the late twenties meaning "mit-out sound."

Anyway, we soon understand that the postcard was sent by a film director, Friedrich Monroe, to his friend Phillip Winter, a sound engineer. Friedrich has started a movie in Lisbon on a very romantic notion -- he wanted to do it "as if the whole history of cinema hadn't happened, shooting all on his own, a man alone in the streets, with an old hand-cranking camera, just like Buster Keaton in THE CAMERAMAN."

Well, Friedrich failed, and when he realized he had painted himself into a corner, he called Winter for help, hoping "that your microphones could pull my images out of their darkness, that sound could save the day." ...::::...
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arp aubert - albatross : jun 2006 on mirau musik
fairmont – i want to see the sun come up : dec 2005 on echochord
isolee – i owe you (ricardo villalobos remix) : jun 2006 on playhouse
tiefschwarz feat. tracey thorn – damage (m.a.n.d.y. remix) : may 2006 on fine records
royksopp – beautiful day without you (cass & mangan living underdog remix) : jun 2006 on wall of sound
fischerspooner – just let go (m.a.n.d.y.) : mar 2006 on international deejay gigolo records
alexkid – caracoal : apr 2006 on f communications
luca bacchetti – aerobic : may 2006 on tenax
sasse feat. kiki – loosing touch (alexkid remix): may 2006 on mood music records
arp aubert – audiomoebeln : jun 2006 on mirau musik
nathan fake – numb chance : may 2006 on traum

navigating sound...
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...:::...i have been thinking about how relationships to sound are traversed in life. the other day: about how moving so much of the time with earphones on, when i stop to take them off, how much more i actually am here and hear. it somehow elevates ambient daily noise from background sound to separate noises...the bus lines snapping over head (such a specific san francisco noise), a pigeon limping, a newspaper page turning, coffee falling into a cup...and then also straining for that elusive silence…

on another note:

i really enjoyed the post about john foxx’s new work, tiny colour movies, over at k-punk. i think mostly about how a process-based idea came out of a response to someone else's found images. continuing deferral. i think mark’s right about visuals haunting. it gets even more interesting when personal images belonging to a stranger still remain so even in their detachment...possesive of the viewer. captivating.

i often don't take photos of places or people that i want to remember for the very reason of wanting to avoid tricking memory. i'd rather avoid how the photo says it's supposed to be and interpret with rememberance. with those human perceptions on the trigger-finger. john berger's ways of seeing or another way of telling are prime examples of exploring this thematically.

so it's interesting that foxx remembers some other lost and found memory and evolves it in his new work. capturing enough distance between today and yesterday to acknowledge that space with sound. music can be midnight tolling. that ample ring, creating a separation, a ground to push from, spring up...:::..
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etienne de crecy – suck : june 2006 on different
phonique – gift (jeff samuel remix) : jun 2006 on simple records
thomas schumacher – high on you : jun 2006 on spier-zeug schallpatten
fairmont – gazebo (sebastien leger remix) : apr 2006 on net’s work international
arp aubert feat jan gazar – actress (lawrence remix) : jun 2006 on mirau musik
thomas schumacher – exhale : jun 2006 on spiel-seug schallplatten
osborne & dmx krew – bout ready to jack : apr 2006 on spectral sound
dmx krew – i won’t forget : apr 2006 on spectral sound
osborne & isolee – daylight (pyjama mix) : apr 2006 spectral sound
theodor zox – stalker : mar 2006 on tic tac toe records
lawrence – wasting a fall (edit) : mar 2006 on ghostly
gaz nevada – i.c. love affair (munk edit) : mar 2006 on mantra vibes
seelenluft - i come along (joakim dub) : mar 2006 on klein
seelenluft - you come along (m.a.n.d.y. remix) : mar 2006 on klein

on nostalgia vs remembrance...
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...:::...nostalgia is something that i have thought alot about...especially being a transplant from the east coast to the west...where finally it feels like home. don't get me wrong, i enjoy remembrance, but nostalgia? that is another thing altogether as i don't feel the urge to re-create a feeling i might have once had there...nostalgia is slippery. it always leaves you wanting, where as remembering can be extremely fulfilling. one of my favorite books that tackles the subject is ignorance by milan kundera ...it breaches the subject where when you have to leave a place, there is an expectation that you would want to go back when you finally can....whereas if you leave a place by choice, no one has the same sort of expectations of you ever returning...if you haven't, go read it...i need a new book (novel) right now. any recommendations?

and for the music, as before, i don't know what is going on with the uploads. all i can say is that some files seem to be more tempermental than others. for those tracks without the "mp3" extension, well, you should know what to do by now (but if not...just add it on at the end). thanks for your patience...:::...
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luca bacchetti – uprising : feb 2006 on tenax
luca bacchetti – out of breath : feb 2006 on tenax
whomadewho – out the door (superdiscount remix) : jan 2006 on gomma
munk – disco clown (digitalism remix) : mar 2006 on trax #27
the presets – down down down (digitalism remix) : may 2006 on modular recordings
stereo total – troglodyten (munk edit) : jan 2006 on disko b
christoper & rafael just – popper (shinichi osawa distortion) : mar 2006 on kitsune
ryan crosson – airborne : mar 2006 on trax#27
rodamaal – insomnia (luca ricci edit) : ??
rodammal – insomnia (ame remix) : jun 2006 on azuli records
stewart walker – red son over tobin bridge : 2003 on tressor
static – disquiet (starring christof kurzman) : jul 2003 on city centre offices
dr octagon – al green (908 remix) : jun 2006 (see more info at catch dub)
ghostface killah – beauty jackson : mar 2006 on def jam
g hostface killah – whip you with a strap : mar 2006 on def jam

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1…:::..i don’t usually do this, but as these four tracks (all remixed by thin white duke aka jacques lu cont, les rythmes digitales, man with guitar, paper faces, pour home, stuart price…which were released this year without a label on a compilation called “déjà vu”) are all so slammin’… well, see for yourself, here ya go…:::…

royksopp – what else is there (thin white duke mix)
missy elliot – lose control (jacques lu cont remix)
depeche mode – a pain that i’m used to (jacques lu conte remix)
coldplay – talk (thin white duke remix)

2…:::…and a new thom yorke track from his forthcoming album, the eraser. you can find more information about it over at basic sounds…:::…

thom yorke - cymbal rush : jul 2006 on xl recordings

3…:::…and a few tracks from mr. ananda, who seems to have everyone in a fever and who has been covered everywhere…:::…

gabriel ananda – ihre personliche glucksmelodie (dominik eulberg remix) : may 2006 on karmarouge
dominik eulberg & gabriel ananda - harzer roller : 2006 on traum schallplatten
gabriel ananda & c'io dior – lauschgoldenge : apr 2006 on treibstoff

4…:::…other findings…:::…

mossa – aire guerrero : feb 2006 on circus company
laid – me (silvercity remix) : jan 2006 on loaded records
laid – me (zoo brazil remix) : jan 2006 on loaded records
franz ferdinand – outsiders (isolee remix) : jun 2006 on domino us
franz ferdinand - the fallen (justice ruined & remixed) : jun 2006 on domino us

what's for dinner...
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...:::...because so much music gets written about and reviewed with or without authority in the vast blogosphere, i've tried here to relieve it from the more factual and analytical ties. i'm more interested in how the tracks infuse the everyday...in how they are experiential. what i'm eating for dinner today. i'm not giving away the recipes, but i hope you enjoy the food. don't forget to add ".mp3" to the file. the extensions are still dropping from the uploads...:::...
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novox – coufault (spent mix) (remix by alex smoke) : apr 2006 on ware germany
david ekenback – hey cowboy (huggotron remix) : jun 2006 on jackmoves
gideon – basic principles (huggotron remix) : feb 2006 on manual music
huggotron – are you a killer : jun 2006 on confused germany
alex under – el danubio universal : apr 2006 on trapez
alex under – untitled 1 : apr 2006 on apnea
laid – punch up (wozsonik vokz mix) : jul 2005 on simple sound
sascha funke – in between days : may 2006 on bpitch

background sound...

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...:::...degrees of separation lead me from one artist to the next through varying projects (who worked with who worked with who)...it's interesting how some combinations of talent are more combustible than others...funny sometimes when too much capability mixes into one recipe how it can be overwhelmed by flavor. over salted. but today's selections don't necessarily reflect that. just in wondering and wandering...::..
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elektrochemie - don't go : mar 2006 on get physical
argy - cry like a girl : feb 2006 on poker flat recordings
phonique - gaga (tim paris remix) : 2006 on moodmusic
phonique feat. erland oye - for the time being (alexkid's cold remix) : mar 2006 on dessous recordings
d-saw & huntemann - red patches (argy remix) : may 2006 on shallow cutz
locodice - phat dope shit (saeed & palash mix) : dec 2003 on superstar recordings
locodice - seeing through shadows : may 2006 on m_nus
layo& bushwacka! feat minlo cinelu - feels closer : jan 2006 on olmeto records
dash dude - so clicken : 2004 on morris / audio
dandy jack & the junction - samba lubeck : oct 2005 on perlon
vladislav delay / agf / craig armstrong - white dove : 2005 on huume

findings...

1: a new amnesty international ad campaign in switzerland looks like this:

2: from over at headphone sex: some outstanding new work by bansky and wooster collective looks like this:

bansky above, wooster collective below

3. in a similar vein, julian beever's work looks like this:

4: one of the more scintillating photos of karl rove and “assistant” aptly titled, “the cat and the canary” over at devil in the details, in reference to the decision announced today that he won’t face indictment in the c.i.a. leak case.

5: for those of you in san francisco, from moxie music: mstrkrft, solvent and ectomorph at mezzanine tomorrow night…(thursday, june 15) looks like this:

6: chantilly base and cameron octigon have started a blog called first choice…a refreshingly paired down and pointed approach to "disco, italo, garage and electro."

7: if anyone has a burnto bertolucci’s “bake me dome tonight” (jan 2006 on cadang)… i would love to have my very own copy...

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8. the music...(still, some of the files are dropping the .mp3 extension...be sure to add it when downloading for it to work)...

mike shannon –sweet lies : 2006 on ~scape
cagedbaby – hello there (radioslave remix) : mar 2006 on southern fried
luciano & quenum – oregon : feb 2006 on cadenza
guido schneider – too many voices : june 2006 on poker flat germany
ame – excelsior : may 2006 on sonar kollektiv
robert babicz – my blue car (martinez remix) : 2006 on barbarella
goldfish un der dulz – privacy (patrick chardronnet mix) : apr 2006 on dj magazine
martin landsky – fm safari (patrick chardronnet’s silent snake mix) : 2005 on glitter
claude vonstroke – seven deadly strokes (patrick chardronnet remix) : mar 2006 on neuton
patrick chardronnet vs. afrilounge – shake it : may 2005 on poker flat recordings
patrick chardronnet – eve by day : oct 2005 on connoisseur recordings
printed circuit – super-jockey (james figurine remix) : oct 2001 on catmobile
aural distortion – fragmented (anja schneider remix) : feb 2006
guido schneider meets jens bond – oh my buffer (jeff samuel remix) : dec 2004 on poker flat recordings

vanishing point (1971)...
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...:::...there is something about the sense of time in the movie vanishing point, that not only creates space, but makes place, too. it shows this by slowly elapsing from a car either moving into the distance or coming out of it, to a stillness at the end where you, the viewer, is paced with the car so that the landscape becomes the thing that is moving.

you are reeled in through fantastic velocities, super soul, and a good old fashioned show of freedom...and you fall for the protagonist, kowalski. a former race car driver trying to make it from denver to san francisco in fifteen hours. you get to know him through expansive shots of i-80 in the 1970's, when it was still a two-lane road and the towns and back country shacks and christian soul revivals and old, toothless snake catchers and naked chicks on bikes in the desert were the expected. all these characters and places have a slowness...have faces and personalities unlike the homogenous chains of fast food restaurants and mogul gas stations that monopolize the vascular on and off ramps of today. these places were part of the fabric...woven tightly to the road, grown like barnacles, exhaling a strange breath. all of these elements are beautifully connected in the movie, floating along on a morally developed narrative as broadcast by super soul. check it out...:::...
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...:::...please note: some of the file extensions seem to be dropping off when sent by ysi...just add ".mp3" to the file if this happens and it should work fine...in the meantime, i'll investigate. sorry for the temporary inconvenience...:::...
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the chemical brothers – believe (mathew jonson remix) : 2005 on virgin
revl9n – walking machine (simian mobile disco remix) : jan 2006 on because music
deadbeat – rock of ages : may 2005 on ~scape
alex under – balas de paja maja : sep 2005 on trapez
monolake – plumbicon (sleeparchive interpretation) : may 2006 on monolake / imbalance computer music
franz ferdinand – i’m your villain (lindstrom extended mix) : 2006 on domino
depeche mode – suffer well (alter ego remix) : april 2006 on mute records
louderbach – grace (stressabella) : feb 2006 on underl_ne
jennifer cardini & ho – stay (roman flugel remix) : apr 2005 on crosstown rebels
reynold – for house (magda remix) : feb 2006 on sushitech purple
trentemoller – kink (reynold mix) : june 2005 on 3rd floor
matmos – steam and sequins for larry levan : may 2006 on matador
adonis – we’re rocking down the house : 1986 on trax (re-issued may 2006 on trax us) (thanks to ill-ec-tro-nic for posting up a little throw back to adonis…made me dig this one up)

one more important thing...
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as many of you may know, square productions is making a movie called speaking in code. a blurb from their website about it:

SiC is not a film about why techno is so cool and contemporary. SiC is not a movie about superstar DJs, backstage access and partying. Most importantly, SiC is not a lesson in why techno and trance is so essential and life-givingly superb.

What Speaking in Code is about is people. Extraordinary people who make their way in the world independently. Or a network of producers, promoters and musicians who are quite human. Most people think techno documentary and they think hype, clubs and outrageous camera angles. Well, that’s not SiC. The film is wonderfully shot with a steady hand and the characters we have been following deserve the attention because they are steady and simple, not garish and silly.

to continue working on this movie they need $$$. you can contribute on their website and get your name included in the credits. but aside from that self-indulgent reason, you should do so anyway because you care about the music and where it comes from.

more than anything about what this movie will be one day, i've appreciated that they opened up the process to be documented itself by viewers. where so much seems to be about end results, the finished thing, the product...little is it sometimes realized that the way things happen in the making is the most enjoyable, frustrating, ecstatic, focused, happy moments. what has been shown so far shows how human all this electronic sound is.

amy grill :: sQuaredirector/producer
Speaking in Codecell phone:: 617.417.2944
international cell:: +1(1)617.785.4121
www.sQuaredocumentary.com
www.myspace.com/speakingincode

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...:::...this is the vibrating string….how i listen. how i work. how i move...how i follow routine so that unexpected treasures erupt and surprise…it is the discovery and diving, the holding of breath that keeps me expanding.... i've been learning to see what is always there, sustaining, but never given much thought...:::...
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gui boratto – sozinho : mar 2006 on k2
senor coconut & his orchestra – behind the mask (ricardo villalobos remix) : may 2006 on essay austria
isolee – bleu (dixon edit) : mar 2006 on playhouse
stephen beaupre – shine your light : 2003 on onitor
tiga – down in it : feb 2006 on last gang records
marc houle – simpler : may 2006 on m_nus
lindstrom & prins thomas – vrang og vanskelig : feb 2006 on eskimo belgium
dash dude – apply to people (matthias tanzmann mix) : 2006 on morris / audio
deadbeat (with vocals by athesia) – port-au-prince : apr 2005 on ~scape
luciano & thomas melchior – father : apr 2006 on cadenza
swayzak – another way (mathew jonson remix) : 2005 on !k7
towa tei – chatr (japanese rumba) (senor coconut remix) : 1999 on akashic records / eastwest japan
louderbach – cover your face : feb 2006 on underl_ne

dub-volution...
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...:::...this is a simple, personal history of how sound grew for me...of what has tuned my ear and life-style (i wonder sometimes whether these things are synonomous, or rather, what their relationship might be...especially from a design standpoint. for example, how do you create neighborhood? i think there are two channels of development here...the first being, through programming function and establishing design guidelines. this is the more conventional and practiced way. the second being through creating activity. i am more intersted in how spaces erupt from stir, from use, from events, and from....say, music....and i'm interested in how diversity is created within that group. i think that where/when music creates space (environment from thought...check out bakhtin), that the space then absorbs people.) perhaps because reggae has voice, i think that listening to it was at first much easier on my un-developed electronic ear. there is a human context that allowed me to fall into it....and darwin had his way with natural selection from there...for after i was hooked on that sound, it easily segued into dub. dub into house. house into techno. techno into whatever genrification is alive these days. i can't keep up. but dub was the petri-dish....and for me, it grew amazing and unexpected cultures. here is a sampling of that pool...:::...
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wordsound i powa – 6000 dub plates : 1996 on reachout international records
dub syndicate – ravi shankar (part 1) : 1997 on on-u sound (original release 1985)
althia & donna – uptown top ranking : 1977 on frontline
junior delgado – she’s gonna marry me : 1998 on big cat records
bill laswell & scott inna – crooklyn dub syndicate : 1997 on wordsound ...about this track: "sure there's a lot of new music masquerading as dub these days, but a lot of it is garbage. this record seperates the champs from the chumps, the pros from the punks--dubwise to end all the hype, and finally get it right. take a step inside this rhythmical reactor, and prepare to be obliterated by the dub meltdown."
impact all-stars – upbeat version : 1998 on blood & fire
george faith – to be a lover (have some mercy) : 1976 on blackart
rhythm & sound (with love joy) – best friend : 2003 on asphodel
augustus pablo and the upsetters – vibrate on : 1976 on blackart
king tubby and phillip frazer – leaving babylon dub : 1996 on blood & fire
rhythm & sound - dem never know (sleep archive remix) : 2006 on burial mix germany
junior murvin – bad weed : 1978 on trojan / upsetter
impact all-stars – ordinary version chapter 3 : 1998 on blood & fire
lee “scratch” perry – techno party : sept 2000 on beatville records
prince far I – heavy manners : 1977 on trojan
desmond dekker – the more you live : 1967-1970 on trojan
rhythm & sound - poor people must work (carl craig remix) : may 2006 on burial mix germany
king tubby and prince alla – empty vessel dub : 1996 on blood & fire
dennis brown – money in my pocket : 1981 on trojan
derrick harriot (with the ethiopians) – good ambition : 1998 on pressure sounds
desmond dekker – reggae recipe : 1967-1970 on trojan
toots and the maytals – take me home country roads : 1976 on island
king tubby and rod taylor – ethiopian version : 1996 on blood and fire
rhythm and sound with will will – see mi yah : 2006 on burial mix germany
ken boothe – everything i own : 1974 on trojan