Song(s) of the Day # 3,954 Saint Etienne
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Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
♪♫ Hamell On Trial - The Terrorism of Everyday Life
I secured new management in 2006 in the hopes of bringing my show into a more theatrical arena. The Invasion Group with the management team of Peter Casperson and Steven Supporta had been integral in the breakthrough success of American comedian Bill Hicks in Europe. They helped me obtain a steady, weekly residency at a new comedy club on 14th Street in NYC named Comix. They brought out director Kate Valentine who had had much success with the Va Voom Room, an avant burlesque extravaganza and she was looking for a new challenge and it all fell into place.
She would come to the shows, take notes, we would meet and rehearse. It culminated in several sold out shows at The Knitting Factory, (see Christgeau's review below), and director Richard Hurst, at the time enjoying much success with his Bill Hicks show in London, suggested bringing the show to Edinburgh Scotland which hosts the world's largest, month long, Fringe Festival. It was there that I won the prestigious Herald Angel Award. What you are hearing here is just a random night of live recording, not the most effusive on the crowd's part unfortunately as opposed to some of the weekend nights but you get the picture. Enjoy!
The great 'dean of rock critics' Robert Christgeau wrote this about me in the Village Voice after seeing one of the sold out rehearsal shows for The Terrorism of Everyday Life:
www.villagevoice.com/2006-03-07/music/ed-s-not-dead/full/
All of Ed's albums can be got at a name your own price (GIVE THE MAN SOME MONEY) at Bandcamp HERE
♪♫ DJ Moneyshot - Solid Steel Radio Show 2/8/2013 Part 1 + 2
It's another special show
as our own DJ Moneyshot presents another classic album deconstructed
for the Solid Steel 25th Anniversary. Public Enemy's 'It Takes A Nation
of Millions to Hold Us Back' is also 25 years old and to honour both
occasions DJ Moneyshot shows us once again why he's the mixtape king
with the career-best offering, Solid Steel and the Hour of Chaos. Over
60 blistering minutes he takes in all the beats, breaks, samples and
spoken word nuggets that made this seminal Bomb Squad production such an
explosive release. Amongst the vast stack of tracks in the mix, expect
words of wisdom from Louis Farrakhan, exclusive interviews with Hank
Shocklee, and all the soul, rock 'n' roll and early rap tracks that went
into making up P.E's (if not hip-hop's) finest album. If you enjoy the
mix, why not read Moneyshot's exhaustive feature on the album in the
pages of this month's Future Music magazine? ( itunes.apple.com/gb/app/future-mu…id451416904?mt=8 )
Follow Solid Steel on Facebook and Twitter
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PART 1 + 2 - DJ Moneyshot twitter.com/DJ_Moneyshot
V/A _ 87 Long Island Radio Dial Intro _ mp3
Mr. Magic & Marley Marl _ Public Enemy Diss - WBLS, MARCH '87 _ mp3
The Bar-Kays _ Son of Shaft _ Stax
Malcolm X _ Message to the Grassroots _ Afro Records
The Disco Four _ Do It, Do It _ Enjoy Records
Bobby Byrd _ I Know You Got Soul _ Polydor
The JBs _ The Grunt _ Polydor
Public Enemy _ Night of the Living Baseheads (Video Version) _ Def Jam
Public Enemy _ Bring the Noise (acc) _ Def Jam
Louis Boston _ Fonk A Job _ mp3
Hank Shocklee _ Excluisve Interviews _ Moneyshot's Own
Public Enemy _ Night of the Living Baseheads (Terminator X Meets DST and Chuck Chill Out Instrumental Mix) _ Def Jam
Lafayette Afro Rock Band _ Darkest Light _ America Records
Minister Louis Farrakhan _ Minister Farrakhan Speaks at "Jack The Rapper Family Affair" Conference _ Final Call Records
Sly & The Family Stone _ Sing a Simple Song _ Epic
The JBs _ Gimme Some More _ Polydor
James Brown _ Escape-ism _ King Records
Rufus Thomas _ Live at Wattstax _ Stax
The Bar-Kays _ Live at Wattstax _ Stax
Aretha Franklin _ Rocksteady _ Atlantic
Run DMC _ Sucker MCs _ Profile Records
Chubb Rock _ Rock 'n' Roll Dude _ Select Records
Public Enemy _ Night of the Living Baseheads (Anti-High Blood Pressure Encounter Mixx) _ Def Jam
James Brown _ Funky Drummer _ King Records
Slayer _ Angel of Death _ Def Jam
Public Enemy _ She Watch Channel Zero _ Def Jam
David Bowie _ Fame _ EMI
Big Audio Dynamite _ BAD _ Columbia
Masterdon Committee _ Funkbox Party _ Enjoy Records
GrandWizzard Theodore _ Fantastic Freaks At The Dixie _ Chrysalis
Public Enemy _ Caught, Can We Get A Witness (Pre Black Steel Ballistic Felony Dub) _ Def Jam
Public Enemy _ Live at London DMC 1988 _ DMC
The Sweet _ Funk It Up (David's Song) _ RCA Victor
Bobby Byrd _ Hot Pants (Bonus Beats) _ Urban
Bobby Byrd _ Hot Pants _ Urban
Double Dee + Steinski _ Lesson 1 _ Tommy Boy
Queen _ Double Dee + Steinski _ EMI
Public Enemy _ - Rebel Without a Pause (acc) _ Def Jam
Public Enemy _ - Prophets of Rage (Video Mix) _ Def Jam
Run DMC _ Here We Go (Live at The Funhouse) _ Profile Records
Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three _ Love Rap _ Enjoy Records
James Brown _ Cold Sweat _ Polydor
Original Concept _ Pump That Bass _ Def Jam
Public Enemy _ Don't Believe the Hype _ Def Jam
Prophets of Rage Documentary _ "Sampling" _ BBC
Earth, Wind & Fire _ Shining Star _ CBS
Kool & The Gang _ Who's Gonna Take the Weight _ De-Lite Records
Funkadelic _ Get Off Your Ass and Jam _ Westbound
Kurtis Blow _ Christmas Rappin' _ Mercury
Commodores _ The Assembly Line _ Motown
Funkadelic _ Butt-To-Butt Resuscitation _ Westbound
Juice _ Catch A Groove _ Greedy Records Ltd
Boogie Boys _ Rappin' Ain't No Thing _ Mike & Dave Records
Marva Whitney _ It's My Thing _ Polydor
Kurtis Blow _ AJ Scratch _ Mercury
James Brown _ Give It Up Or Turnit Loose (In The Jungle Groove remix) _
The Temptations _ I Can't Get Next to You _ Tamla Motown
The Escorts _ Little Green Apples _ Alithia
James Brown _ I Got Ants In My Pants _ Polydor
Trix Cereal _ 60s Commercial _ mp3
Melvin Bliss _ Synthetic Substitution _ Sunburst Records
Isaac Hayes _ Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic _ Enterprise
Public Enemy _ Terminator X Speaks With His Hands _ Def Jam
Beastie Boys _ Fight for Your Right to Party _ Def Jam
Stevie Wonder _ Living of the City _ Tamla Motown
Mountain _ Long Red (Live) _ Island Records
Public Enemy _ Live on Soul Train _ mp3
T-La Rock _ It's Yours _ Partytime Records
Public Enemy _ Cold Lampin' With Flavor _ Def Jam
Whodini _ Fugitive _ Jive
The Chakachas _ Jungle Fever _ Polydor
Sly & The Family Stone _ You Can Make it if You Try _ Epic
Salt 'n' Pepa _ My Mic Sounds Nice _ Next Plateau Records Inc.
Davy DMX _ One For the Treble (Fresh) _ Tuff City
Jefferson Starship _ Rock Music _ Grunt Records
James Brown _ Soul Power _ King Records
Public Enemy _ Rebel Without a Pause (DJ Moneyshot's 'More Nation's Samples' Remix) _ N/A
Joeski Love _ Pee Wee's Dance _ Vintertainment
The Soul Children _ I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To _ Stax
V/A _ Outro _ N/A
(Thanx Stan!)
Follow Solid Steel on Facebook and Twitter
www.facebook.com/pages/Solid-Steel/175027509192663
twitter.com/DK_SolidSteel
PART 1 + 2 - DJ Moneyshot twitter.com/DJ_Moneyshot
V/A _ 87 Long Island Radio Dial Intro _ mp3
Mr. Magic & Marley Marl _ Public Enemy Diss - WBLS, MARCH '87 _ mp3
The Bar-Kays _ Son of Shaft _ Stax
Malcolm X _ Message to the Grassroots _ Afro Records
The Disco Four _ Do It, Do It _ Enjoy Records
Bobby Byrd _ I Know You Got Soul _ Polydor
The JBs _ The Grunt _ Polydor
Public Enemy _ Night of the Living Baseheads (Video Version) _ Def Jam
Public Enemy _ Bring the Noise (acc) _ Def Jam
Louis Boston _ Fonk A Job _ mp3
Hank Shocklee _ Excluisve Interviews _ Moneyshot's Own
Public Enemy _ Night of the Living Baseheads (Terminator X Meets DST and Chuck Chill Out Instrumental Mix) _ Def Jam
Lafayette Afro Rock Band _ Darkest Light _ America Records
Minister Louis Farrakhan _ Minister Farrakhan Speaks at "Jack The Rapper Family Affair" Conference _ Final Call Records
Sly & The Family Stone _ Sing a Simple Song _ Epic
The JBs _ Gimme Some More _ Polydor
James Brown _ Escape-ism _ King Records
Rufus Thomas _ Live at Wattstax _ Stax
The Bar-Kays _ Live at Wattstax _ Stax
Aretha Franklin _ Rocksteady _ Atlantic
Run DMC _ Sucker MCs _ Profile Records
Chubb Rock _ Rock 'n' Roll Dude _ Select Records
Public Enemy _ Night of the Living Baseheads (Anti-High Blood Pressure Encounter Mixx) _ Def Jam
James Brown _ Funky Drummer _ King Records
Slayer _ Angel of Death _ Def Jam
Public Enemy _ She Watch Channel Zero _ Def Jam
David Bowie _ Fame _ EMI
Big Audio Dynamite _ BAD _ Columbia
Masterdon Committee _ Funkbox Party _ Enjoy Records
GrandWizzard Theodore _ Fantastic Freaks At The Dixie _ Chrysalis
Public Enemy _ Caught, Can We Get A Witness (Pre Black Steel Ballistic Felony Dub) _ Def Jam
Public Enemy _ Live at London DMC 1988 _ DMC
The Sweet _ Funk It Up (David's Song) _ RCA Victor
Bobby Byrd _ Hot Pants (Bonus Beats) _ Urban
Bobby Byrd _ Hot Pants _ Urban
Double Dee + Steinski _ Lesson 1 _ Tommy Boy
Queen _ Double Dee + Steinski _ EMI
Public Enemy _ - Rebel Without a Pause (acc) _ Def Jam
Public Enemy _ - Prophets of Rage (Video Mix) _ Def Jam
Run DMC _ Here We Go (Live at The Funhouse) _ Profile Records
Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three _ Love Rap _ Enjoy Records
James Brown _ Cold Sweat _ Polydor
Original Concept _ Pump That Bass _ Def Jam
Public Enemy _ Don't Believe the Hype _ Def Jam
Prophets of Rage Documentary _ "Sampling" _ BBC
Earth, Wind & Fire _ Shining Star _ CBS
Kool & The Gang _ Who's Gonna Take the Weight _ De-Lite Records
Funkadelic _ Get Off Your Ass and Jam _ Westbound
Kurtis Blow _ Christmas Rappin' _ Mercury
Commodores _ The Assembly Line _ Motown
Funkadelic _ Butt-To-Butt Resuscitation _ Westbound
Juice _ Catch A Groove _ Greedy Records Ltd
Boogie Boys _ Rappin' Ain't No Thing _ Mike & Dave Records
Marva Whitney _ It's My Thing _ Polydor
Kurtis Blow _ AJ Scratch _ Mercury
James Brown _ Give It Up Or Turnit Loose (In The Jungle Groove remix) _
The Temptations _ I Can't Get Next to You _ Tamla Motown
The Escorts _ Little Green Apples _ Alithia
James Brown _ I Got Ants In My Pants _ Polydor
Trix Cereal _ 60s Commercial _ mp3
Melvin Bliss _ Synthetic Substitution _ Sunburst Records
Isaac Hayes _ Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic _ Enterprise
Public Enemy _ Terminator X Speaks With His Hands _ Def Jam
Beastie Boys _ Fight for Your Right to Party _ Def Jam
Stevie Wonder _ Living of the City _ Tamla Motown
Mountain _ Long Red (Live) _ Island Records
Public Enemy _ Live on Soul Train _ mp3
T-La Rock _ It's Yours _ Partytime Records
Public Enemy _ Cold Lampin' With Flavor _ Def Jam
Whodini _ Fugitive _ Jive
The Chakachas _ Jungle Fever _ Polydor
Sly & The Family Stone _ You Can Make it if You Try _ Epic
Salt 'n' Pepa _ My Mic Sounds Nice _ Next Plateau Records Inc.
Davy DMX _ One For the Treble (Fresh) _ Tuff City
Jefferson Starship _ Rock Music _ Grunt Records
James Brown _ Soul Power _ King Records
Public Enemy _ Rebel Without a Pause (DJ Moneyshot's 'More Nation's Samples' Remix) _ N/A
Joeski Love _ Pee Wee's Dance _ Vintertainment
The Soul Children _ I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To _ Stax
V/A _ Outro _ N/A
(Thanx Stan!)
Monday, 7 October 2013
♪♫ Robert Wyatt - Rivmic Melodies (excerpt) from '68'
PRE-ORDER/PURCHASE '68' by Robert Wyatt @
AMAZON (digital & physical): www.amazon.com/68-Robert-Wyatt/dp/B00EI63LJY
ITUNES (digital): itunes.apple.com/us/album/68/id687598452
BANDCAMP (hi-fi digital): cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/68
WAYSIDE (physical-ships worldwide): waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/W…une-spc-375.aspx
"After a half a dozen listens I am convinced this is of the very best archival releases EVER.
The creativity was pouring out of RW at that time and the freedom he had doing these demos reveal a sense of freshness that is really exciting – also there is a feeling of warm intimacy like we get to be the fly on RW's studio wall in 1968 - the interview is amazing too. Do not miss this."
–Udi Koomram, engineer.
"Some have called this - the complete set of Robert Wyatt's solo recordings made in the US in late 1968 - the ultimate Holy Grail. Half of the material here is not only previously unreleased - it had never been heard, even by the most dedicated collectors of Wyatt rarities."
–Aymeric Leroy, author and historian of the 'Canterbury Scene'.
"A stunning archival release that sheds new light on early Soft Machine. A must-have for Softs fans"
–Sid Smith, journalist
For over 45 years, Robert Wyatt has been a major, creative force in music, having had a major impact on the beginnings of both psychedelic rock and jazz/rock in the UK with Soft Machine, to his eventual long solo career as a unique singer/songwriter.
In September, 1968, the Soft Machine had just finished their second, exhaustive tour of the USA supporting the Jimi Hendrix Experience. At the conclusion of the tour, vocalist/drummer/multi-instrumentalist Robert stayed, working on recordings in Hollywood and New York City. Upon Robert's return to England to re-start the Soft Machine in December, 1968, these documents lay forgotten. Two of them were eventually found and issued, but half of these recordings were unreleased and thought lost forever...
Now, for the first time, all four of the recordings Robert made in '68 are collected together and released, all carefully worked on and presented in the best possible sound quality – and the recorded sound here is surprisingly excellent overall!
This release is fully authorized by Robert and the liners include an in-depth interview with Robert about his recollections of this period, with insights into his songwriting process, recording procedures and previously untold anecdotes of this period of his work and life.
There are four tracks. Two of the demos are shorter songs. Of these, one of them was a track Robert used to play with the Wilde Flowers, Brian Hopper's Slow Walkin' Talk, while the other features music that would later be re-worked by Robert and appear on the 1st album by Matching Mole!
The bulk of the material - the two long suites - were later re-recorded by the Soft Machine; Rivmic Melodies later became the basis of side one on Volume II (1969) and Moon In June showed up as Robert's showcase on Third (1970). The two side-long epics are particularly worth noting how they present, even in this very early stage of his career, Wyatt's seamless integration of song fragments and instrumental passages within a unified whole, his stream-of-consciousness, often self-referential lyrics interspersed with witty asides (soon to become a defining characteristic of the 'Canterbury scene'), matched by Wyatt's equally idiosyncratic singing.
These tracks serve as a template for the post-psychedelic Soft Machine's career as founders of European jazz/rock and the entire release is a precursor to Robert's post-band, solo career.
www.cuneiformrecords.com
www.twitter.com/cuneiformrecord
www.facebook.com/cuneiformrecords
AMAZON (digital & physical): www.amazon.com/68-Robert-Wyatt/dp/B00EI63LJY
ITUNES (digital): itunes.apple.com/us/album/68/id687598452
BANDCAMP (hi-fi digital): cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/68
WAYSIDE (physical-ships worldwide): waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/W…une-spc-375.aspx
"After a half a dozen listens I am convinced this is of the very best archival releases EVER.
The creativity was pouring out of RW at that time and the freedom he had doing these demos reveal a sense of freshness that is really exciting – also there is a feeling of warm intimacy like we get to be the fly on RW's studio wall in 1968 - the interview is amazing too. Do not miss this."
–Udi Koomram, engineer.
"Some have called this - the complete set of Robert Wyatt's solo recordings made in the US in late 1968 - the ultimate Holy Grail. Half of the material here is not only previously unreleased - it had never been heard, even by the most dedicated collectors of Wyatt rarities."
–Aymeric Leroy, author and historian of the 'Canterbury Scene'.
"A stunning archival release that sheds new light on early Soft Machine. A must-have for Softs fans"
–Sid Smith, journalist
For over 45 years, Robert Wyatt has been a major, creative force in music, having had a major impact on the beginnings of both psychedelic rock and jazz/rock in the UK with Soft Machine, to his eventual long solo career as a unique singer/songwriter.
In September, 1968, the Soft Machine had just finished their second, exhaustive tour of the USA supporting the Jimi Hendrix Experience. At the conclusion of the tour, vocalist/drummer/multi-instrumentalist Robert stayed, working on recordings in Hollywood and New York City. Upon Robert's return to England to re-start the Soft Machine in December, 1968, these documents lay forgotten. Two of them were eventually found and issued, but half of these recordings were unreleased and thought lost forever...
Now, for the first time, all four of the recordings Robert made in '68 are collected together and released, all carefully worked on and presented in the best possible sound quality – and the recorded sound here is surprisingly excellent overall!
This release is fully authorized by Robert and the liners include an in-depth interview with Robert about his recollections of this period, with insights into his songwriting process, recording procedures and previously untold anecdotes of this period of his work and life.
There are four tracks. Two of the demos are shorter songs. Of these, one of them was a track Robert used to play with the Wilde Flowers, Brian Hopper's Slow Walkin' Talk, while the other features music that would later be re-worked by Robert and appear on the 1st album by Matching Mole!
The bulk of the material - the two long suites - were later re-recorded by the Soft Machine; Rivmic Melodies later became the basis of side one on Volume II (1969) and Moon In June showed up as Robert's showcase on Third (1970). The two side-long epics are particularly worth noting how they present, even in this very early stage of his career, Wyatt's seamless integration of song fragments and instrumental passages within a unified whole, his stream-of-consciousness, often self-referential lyrics interspersed with witty asides (soon to become a defining characteristic of the 'Canterbury scene'), matched by Wyatt's equally idiosyncratic singing.
These tracks serve as a template for the post-psychedelic Soft Machine's career as founders of European jazz/rock and the entire release is a precursor to Robert's post-band, solo career.
www.cuneiformrecords.com
www.twitter.com/cuneiformrecord
www.facebook.com/cuneiformrecords
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