Mister S 10/19/2022 12-inch, Hip Hop
West Coast hip hop. Lyrically thoughtful and complementary beats and production to match.
Snappy snare beats along with the sounds of the 808. Horns, keyboards and piano.
Similar to the sounds and flow of Madlib produced records. DJ Premier and Sean Price guest on tracks.
FCC’s to be aware of. Soul Patrol and Lurker friendly and any others that enjoy the hip hop beats and great samples.
Mister S 10/19/2022 A Library, CD
Songs of love and woe. Home bedroom production? Influneces by Ween? Doo Rag? Goofy, wack, irreverent, found recordings, commercial breaks, spoken-word. Funky electronic lo-fi gaming grooves. 60’s psych-folk rock. Blues jams. Lots on offer to sprinkle upon any playlist.
Track 13 for Jack Tar and the Blues Collective.
FCC’s if you listen close… “ass”… Track 12
“F-bomb” Track 16 ….
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Mister S 10/12/2022 12-inch, A Library
Another fine record from New Zealand’s singer/songwriter Martin Phillips with former titles Brave Worlds, Submarine Bells and the collection Heavenly Pop hits to name a few.
A quirky mix of jangly pop-folk sounds flavored with melancholia that continue to feed my obsession with music from New Zealand.
I originally discovered The Chills/Martin Phillips in my obsessive collection of bands from the Flying Nun label, now on Fire Records.
This is the third line-up of The Chills first formed in 1980 which Martin Phillips has continuously been the chief protagonist.
Released 2021
Mister S 10/12/2022 12-inch, A Library
Water Damage are a loosely termed, post-rock, droning Austin septet. From the Texas Island that is Austin, that has birthed the Butthole Surfers among other fringe rockers. This group’s using the motto, “Maximal Repetition Minimal Deviation,” creating a sonic bilge of subtly layered noise.
Borrowing from others before them, Water Damage operate in various configurations, with the proviso there should always be two drummers and two bass players on hand. Essentially a jam-band who hit record and continue until the tape runs out.
Play a la carte or use as a special seasoning to a layered mix.
released April 29, 2022
Mister S 10/12/2022 A Library, CD
Japanese punk jazz-rock. Angular guitar riffs that are framed by strong rhythmic play. Production reminds me of sounds from DC and Chicago. If you are familiar with Steve Albini bands and recording, as well as a fan, this is a definite listen. Explore the entire album. Some tracks are more punk flavored and others more of the jazz-rock variety. Baramos might be the most straightforward rocking, screaming vocals style track. Play LOUD!
Mister S 8/20/2022 12-inch, A Library
KINGDOM of NOT is BUDD UNDERWOOD & THE SLOW POISONER
12″ Vinyl
Released April 2022
For a moment, suspend disbelief, and imagine you are in a room with a number of the following characters:
Tiny Tim / “Weird Al” Yankovic / Ann Magnussen and Kramer of Bongwater / Spinal Tap / Tim Burton / David Lynch / David Byrne / Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh / Flaming Lip’s Wayne Coyne / Camper van Beethoven / Carl Stalling / Damon Albarn.
This album may be the result of such a composition of individuals and performance enhancing substances… or not. Musically satirical, lyrically clever. With delivery full of puns and fun! Poppy-silly-demented get your goof-on and kook out rhythms.
Mister S 8/7/2022 A Library, CD
Veik are another band I discovered traversing various rabbit holes of musical genres during my work from home status due to circumstances created by the pandemic. This particular rabbit hole was again located in France. I don’t recall if I came across them via their label or an algorithm as I had also come to discover the band Vanishing Twin who they collaborated with on a remix of the track Honest (I Don’t Wanna Know). Again, I reached out to the band and Boris the band’s drummer/percussionist responded. Luckily again the rest of the world speaks much better English and French than myself and sent me a 24 bit .wav file for the station to add! Merci!
The band creates an evocative universe of their own. It is an atmosphere that is both hypnotic and disturbing. Synthetic and acoustic rhythms flown over by a voice that harks to the lifeless vocals of Suicide’s Alan Vega. Chateau Guitar is the most straightforward guitar track that will likely see lots of airplay. Don’t miss out on any of the other tracks. Great rhythms and haunting subject matter to cogitate upon during the current socio-cultural political times of today, and perhaps even more pressing, the future.
“We hesitated a lot and took a few days before writing the following post, as we feel neither legitimate nor qualified to deal with the topic and as we did not want to give the impression to take advantage of the tragic situation of the war in Ukraine. However, we felt the need to express our support for the Ukrainian people for several reasons.
In 2017 we released ‘Maidan’ on an EP whose theme was the 2010s protest movements. ‘Maidan’ was written as an attempt to grasp the contrasting faces of Ukraine and what was happening there at the time. Moreover, the name of the band is also imbued with this imaginary. Among its multiple origins, the name Veik is a reference to Kiev (Kyiv) in reverse.”
CD
Original Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Pink vinyl
Released 2021
Fuzz Club
Adrien Legrand, Boris Collet, Vincent Condaminas
Caen, France
Experimental, Krautrack, Post-Punk
Mister S 8/7/2022 A Library, CD
Slift are a band I discovered via the Levitation Live series on ewetoob stuck working from home during the pandemic. The Slift session is a must watch! From the location to the acoustics, I found myself itching to see these guys live.
2016: Spacetrip For Everyone is the first entry into my personal collection before I reached out to the band to see if I could obtain the most recent album on behalf of the station, providing the band link from the kfjc web page, Ummon and/or the Levitation Live album. Both were sold out but they offered to send me 24 bit .wav files to my joy!
Slift are influenced and are of the Prog, Psych-rock denomination with the energy of punk and metal. I am sure there are many dj’s at the station who will enjoy this title with title with another to come soon. I won’t name bands that have had an influence so that you can form your own thoughts.
If you enjoy Carson Street’s show and reviews, this title will be one to add to your playlist. Many thanks to Slift, the Music Department for the add and Carson Street for a link to an interview with the band after I sent him my discovery!
Psychdelic Rock, Krautrock, Prog, Post-Punk
CD
May 2019 Release
Six Tonnes De Chair Records
Original a single-sided 12”,
Limited Edition heavy weight paper hand screen printed jacket
Canek Flores, Jean Fossat, Remi Fossat
Touluse, France
THIS A SONIC ARTIFACT FROM THE PAST
WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE GALAXY :
WE SALUTE YOU FROM THE DEEP SPACE AND THE NIGHT ! -Slift
Mister S 8/7/2022 12-inch, Hip Hop
12″ Vinyl
2004 Release
Produced by Madlib
DJ Norman Rockwell Side A
DJ Sapien Side B
Great beats and samples in the Madlib tradition. Vocal tracks contain FCC’s, DJ’s beware. Favorite track is Beyond, Beyond from the b-side. 2nd favorite is also on th b-side, the instrumental track from Beyond, Beyond. Dig it!
Mister S 8/3/2022 A Library, CD
German club music. Sturm and drang. Hard-hitting, relentless unforgiving rhythm’n’noise. A deep breath of darkness that comes with the 15-track-storm, a conclusion reached via the track titles.
Relentless beats from the low 100’s up to 150 plus. Most veer toward the high end. Dark and brooding with occasional barely discernible “vocals” can be heard in a few tracks. Rhythms at times evoke electroclash flavorings while others are more relentless, reminding this listener of 80’s electronic dance beats from Belgium and the UK.
Lots to work with. Play with the tempo and fine tune to your delight. Perhaps pepper with a spoken word track…
released October 25, 2019
Mister S 8/3/2022 12-inch, A Library
Immersive. ASMR for Boris fans. A tonal tantric experience for all. Trademark distortion and delay guitar effects to create soundscapes from the ecstatic to that of thundering de-tuned dystopian dirge. Rhythmically diverse. Acoustic and electronic percussion used to contextualize each track. Each will pull the listener into its orbit.
Boris formed in 1992 and eventually arrived at the band’s current lineup of Takeshi, Wata, and Atsuo in 1996.
Recently, the group ramped up during the pandemic and released the most extreme album of their long and widely celebrated career, NO. Boris self-released the album, desiring to get it out as quickly as possible but intentionally called the final track on the album “Interlude” while planning its follow-up. Its successor came with W. NO and W weave together to form NOW, a duo of releases that respond to one another.
Released January 2022
Mister S 8/3/2022 12-inch, Reggae
18 track showcase of Adrian Sherwood’s productions featuring unique mixes, deep cuts, and unreleased tracks from Roots Manuva, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Coldcut, Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band), Mark Stewart, Horace Andy and more. The 7th installment in the legendary On-U sampler series that first emerged in 1984. In the classic tradition of the series the tracks are stitched together with a number of special pirate radio style segue-ways, making for a unique journey through the modern world of On-U Sound! Double LP includes a fully illustrated and annotated On-U catalogue. Physical format is presented in a gorgeous color-printed kraft board sleeve.
Released March 29, 2019
Mister S 6/29/2022 12-inch, A Library
Released 2022.
Musique Concrete, Experimental, electronic freakout for the adventurous. Go down this rabbit hole of noise cut-up wildness and hang on to the handrail and do not let go. Wonderful heavyweight vinyl for the connoisseur of the black crack. Fans of Framework radio and industrial sounds will be in heaven, or perhaps hell. YMMV. Beware of what additives you choose for your listening experience and consciousness expansion.
Mister S 6/29/2022 A Library, CD
Released 2020.
Super groovy experimental electronica. Lo-fi synth beats with variable bpm from track to track. From downtempo to driving industrial style beats. Flavored with hints of Sun Ra-like electronic keyboards to hints of gamelan. Take in a good listen. Exhale. Enjoy.
Mister S 6/17/2022 A Library, CD
2014 Release.
Rock, Folk, World avant-garde by SF locals. This is a Trey Spruance project who plays with fellow Mr. Bungle members Danny Heifetz and Trevor Dunn just to name a few of the participants. Tasty effects-laden guitar licks and electronic wizardry flavored with a melange of percussion that includes tabla, electronic and acoustic drums. Often creating a middle-eastern vibe. At other times there are parts that bring to mind James Blood Ulmer. Finally, there are tracks that have a dub-heavy groove. Worthy of a safety check before listening.
Mister S 6/17/2022 12-inch, Hip Hop
Another episode in the ongoing anthology by Madlib featuring Frank Nitt and a cast of assorted collaborators. If you’re a fan of Blaxploitation films, Bernie Mac comedy, tape-cut up à la Burroughs, DJ Shadow, Kid 606, hip-hop, hard beats and blunts… then this fun double LP is for you.
Mister S 6/17/2022 12-inch, Reggae
Recorded at The Black Ark in Kingston, Jamaica and produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry in the period between 1973 and late 1975.
On The Black Arkives Lee “Scratch” Perry explores the possibilities of his equipment, trying to get the sounds in his head onto tape and ultimately emerge from our speakers. This period is thought to be some of his most personal creations. Sonic euphoria.
Mister S 6/13/2022 12-inch, Reggae
This double album gatefold is a great place to enter into the world of Dancehall DJ’s. Included in the gatefold sleeve are not left over roaches, seeds or shake but fantastic liner notes about the various founders of the genre for those seeking entry into a wonderful world of reggae music. Roll a spliff of less than quality ganja utilizing the gatefold, perfect for filtering away the seeds. Recline comfortable and take a listen both on your headphones and also your speaker system when you can play at maximum volume. Studio One is a classic provider of reggae of all genres, this in particular features some of the greats of Dancehall.
Mister S 6/13/2022 12-inch, A Library
Gloomy Lofi low BPM electronica. Almost deadpan spoken word vocals remind me of Lady Godiva‘s operation by the Velvet Underground. Imagine the Sleaford mods on drugs that make you very slow. Simple synth sounds hark back to 80s electronica. Oddly interesting and somewhat disturbed sounding. Could be layered in with another track playing simultaneously by the adventurous dj. Definitely worth at least a few listens if you are into a gloomier sounding electronica experience. 33 rpm but try pitching down further or pitching higher as well as playing at 45rpm.
Mister S 6/13/2022 12-inch, A Library
Indie emo pop. Spoken word vocals. Nice simple clean single note and arpeggio guitar, bass and brush drum style accompaniment. Reminds me a bit of Red Stars Theory. Maybe a bit of a Mission of Burma feel about the band sound. Perhaps the Minutemen. Definitely a Lee Ronaldo accompaniment style. NYC downtown art rock.
Fronted by poet Karen Schoemer. Schoemer collaborates with bassist Mike Watt in Jaded Azurites, and with Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby. Eric Hardiman, Mike Griffin and Phil Donnelly are members of psych rock unit Burnt Hills.
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