Madness, they Called It.
Madness
1.Scritti Politti – Jacques Derrida
Composed more of non-musicians than performers, Scritti Politti were a band/collective formed in the late 70's alongside the initial post-punk movement, but rather than stand in stark contrast to dance music like many of their peers, they wholeheartedly embraced it and combined it with their folky/commie roots plus a jerky post-punk sense of rhythm. Simultaneously embracing and declaring war on pop culture, “Jacques Derrida” conceals sinister intent from the unscrutinizing pop listener. And it sure as hell is catchy, despite some prerequisite post-punk abrasiveness.
2.Joan of Arc – Happy 1984 and 2001
Joan of Arc offer a quick glimpse into the mind of a conspiracy theory paranoiac: ripe with folky acoustic guitar picking, numbingly noisy synths, and delirious elliptical chanting. It lies somewhere in the dead zone between soothing and disturbing.
3.My Bloody Valentine – Map Ref
My Bloody Valentine reinterpret the classic track from Wire's 154, turning it into an instant shoegaze classic. Wire's early 80's fluid guitar sound transforms from glimmering sheen into a swirling cloud of feedback and overtones, as Kevin's murmurings bleed into Belinda's, transforming Colin Newman's dreamy meanderings into pure bliss.
4.Arto Lindsay – Q Samba
What can you expect the work of an artist whose background includes a childhood in Brazil, No Wave, and “fake jazz” to sound like? With Arto Lindsay you can't really expect anything. This particular song infuses Tropicala with fat, noisy synths and smooth vocals delivering absurd lyrics. It compels you to dance self-mockingly.
5.The Ex + Tom Cora – King Commie
Tom Cora's cello gives fluidity to The Ex's staggered rhythms, and matches them in their most free-form meltdown moments. Punk and screeched folk vocals collide over an aggressive art rock backdrop. The Ex, an anarchist band from the Netherlands, are matched perhaps only by The Fall as still-surviving still-shit-upfucking amazing bands from the first era of punk/post-punk.
6.Miles Davis – Black Satin
Black Satin is so angular and in your face that I find it impossible not to love. From its compulsive stop-start bassline, to the absolutely deconstructed drum spasms, to the horns which introduce melodic structure and then turn it into a swirling, noisy mess. I hear the angular funk of James Chance and Gang of Four in this, I hear the sonic assault of Public Enemy, and even the structure-breakdown-structure form often presented by Sonic Youth.
7.Sun City Girls – Esoterica of Abyssynia
Psychedelic Arabic garage rock? That's the best description I can come up with. There's something about Sir Richard Bishop's all-encompassing guitar playing that breaks down the walls between musical forms and turns Sun City Girl's lo-fi avant-rock into something simultaneously universal and otherworldly.
8.No Neck Blues Band – Boreal Gluts
This song would probably work well as the soundtrack to several scenes in Cannibal Holocaust. Dark tribal jazzy improv that sounds like it drifted in from another world.
9.Old Time Relijun – Witchcraft Rebellion
You take a little Jon Spencer, a little James Chance, and add a touch of Beefheart, what do you get? A schizoid group like Old Time Relijun. Witchcraft Rebellion comes complete with driving bassline and drums, squelching horns, and atonal Trout Mask-esque guitar freakouts. You can see the coven dancing madly around the fire orgiastically worshiping Satan and exploring the limits of carnal knowledge and whatnot.
10.Tuxedomoon – The Fifth Column
Creepy synths + creepy jazz = ? Excellent mood music, textural journey very much like David Bowie's ambient work, saved by the excellent horn playing from sounding too dated.
linik: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ie1f8m
Friday, July 11, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Alchemy
The Incredible Flying Torture Orchestra would be honored to introduce new and exciting patterns of movement to the air in your room. Alchemy is best enjoyed alone and in the dark.
Tracklist:
1. Sentinel
2. The Deep End
3. Stolen Leeps
4. From Here To Nowhere
5. Frog Playing Piano
6. Just Sit Still
7. Sand Turns to Glass
8. The Drumboy
9. The Lloigor
10. Ascension
11. No Reprieve
12. Interlewd
13. On The Shore
14. Sentinel
Free download
Tracklist:
1. Sentinel
2. The Deep End
3. Stolen Leeps
4. From Here To Nowhere
5. Frog Playing Piano
6. Just Sit Still
7. Sand Turns to Glass
8. The Drumboy
9. The Lloigor
10. Ascension
11. No Reprieve
12. Interlewd
13. On The Shore
14. Sentinel
Free download
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Your Majesty, May I Present...
The eponymous debut from The Incredible Flying Torture Orchestra!
I know you've all been waiting for it, so get it NOW, HERE, FREE,
before you can't get it anywhere else. It's been described as droopy,
psychedelic, post-modern, electric, and swankalicious, all by me, just now.
Here it is:
Track Listing
1. Your Majesty
2. Heaven Sinks
3. Intergalactic Moped
4. Jesus is Alive
5. Punctual Piano
6. Psychic Pushers
7. Unease
8. Glee
9. Severed and Fragmented
10. Dirty Shoes
11. Nail Under Bach's Blood
12. Something Going on Nothing
free download here
I know you've all been waiting for it, so get it NOW, HERE, FREE,
before you can't get it anywhere else. It's been described as droopy,
psychedelic, post-modern, electric, and swankalicious, all by me, just now.
Here it is:
Track Listing
1. Your Majesty
2. Heaven Sinks
3. Intergalactic Moped
4. Jesus is Alive
5. Punctual Piano
6. Psychic Pushers
7. Unease
8. Glee
9. Severed and Fragmented
10. Dirty Shoes
11. Nail Under Bach's Blood
12. Something Going on Nothing
free download here
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Playlist 11
America is Waiting
pretty dark
1. M83 - America
2. Sun City Girls - Voice of America #2
3. Yo La Tengo - We're An American Band
4. Meat Puppets - Mother American Marshmallow
5. Living Colour - Which Way to America?
6. Wipers - Youth of America
7. Agent Orange - America
8. The Ex - Stupid Americans
9. Reagan Youth - Miss Teen America
10. Big Black - The Ugly American
11. Ex Models - Buy American
12. Trans Am - American Kooter
13. Thurston Moore - American Coffin
14. Fred Frith - Voice of America Part 4
link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/tctkno
pretty dark
1. M83 - America
2. Sun City Girls - Voice of America #2
3. Yo La Tengo - We're An American Band
4. Meat Puppets - Mother American Marshmallow
5. Living Colour - Which Way to America?
6. Wipers - Youth of America
7. Agent Orange - America
8. The Ex - Stupid Americans
9. Reagan Youth - Miss Teen America
10. Big Black - The Ugly American
11. Ex Models - Buy American
12. Trans Am - American Kooter
13. Thurston Moore - American Coffin
14. Fred Frith - Voice of America Part 4
link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/tctkno
Saturday, March 8, 2008
another playlist
lord of the flies
here's a nice little sampler of some
straight up
scuzzed out
rock and roll
enjoy
1. The Homosexuals - Flying
has the swagger of glam rock but all the anger and attitude
of punk... basically what you'd expect from a band called the homosexuals
2. The Misfits - Return of the Fly
danzig's vocals at their peak, it's so retro and yet still so forward looking
there's just something really incredible about it to me
3. Wire - I Am The Fly
dark perfection
4. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Firefly Child
so scuzzy and sleazy you can hardly believe it. masterful
5. Melvins - Eye Flys
such a representative early melvins song... it takes five minutes to build up (just to see if you can make it) and then spends about a minute and a half rocking out but in typical restrained madman fashion
6. Cherubs - Venus Flytrap
noise rock not in the sharp, jagged big black sense of the term, but rather punk rock washed over in feedback (also, was xtc playing in the background the whole time?)
7. Erase Errata - Walk Don't Fly
more jagged noise rock, great chick vocals
8. Grinderman - Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars)
approaches birthday party greatness
9. The Cramps - Human Fly
you know when the crazy people in the movies sit in their straight jackets and shake violently back and forth? this is the song playing in their head.
10. Mudhoney - Butterfly Stroke
yay grunge
linK:http://www.sendspace.com/file/zm4x95
here's a nice little sampler of some
straight up
scuzzed out
rock and roll
enjoy
1. The Homosexuals - Flying
has the swagger of glam rock but all the anger and attitude
of punk... basically what you'd expect from a band called the homosexuals
2. The Misfits - Return of the Fly
danzig's vocals at their peak, it's so retro and yet still so forward looking
there's just something really incredible about it to me
3. Wire - I Am The Fly
dark perfection
4. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Firefly Child
so scuzzy and sleazy you can hardly believe it. masterful
5. Melvins - Eye Flys
such a representative early melvins song... it takes five minutes to build up (just to see if you can make it) and then spends about a minute and a half rocking out but in typical restrained madman fashion
6. Cherubs - Venus Flytrap
noise rock not in the sharp, jagged big black sense of the term, but rather punk rock washed over in feedback (also, was xtc playing in the background the whole time?)
7. Erase Errata - Walk Don't Fly
more jagged noise rock, great chick vocals
8. Grinderman - Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars)
approaches birthday party greatness
9. The Cramps - Human Fly
you know when the crazy people in the movies sit in their straight jackets and shake violently back and forth? this is the song playing in their head.
10. Mudhoney - Butterfly Stroke
yay grunge
linK:http://www.sendspace.com/file/zm4x95
Playlist eight r summn
Time is the Master
1. Pink Floyd - Time
This song is so chilling. I love the lyrics, but they depress the **** out of me. I think a lot of these songs have a similar theme, but never presented quite so clearly.
2. The Pop Group - We Are Time
Heavily dub-influenced post-punk, similar to PiL but better, imo.
3. Polvo - Time Isn't On My Side
Hmm which song coming up on the playlist is this a play on? Just another perfect song off Today's Active Lifestyles...
4. Prefuse 73 - Back in Time
The sample at the start says it perfectly... "What I didn't want to do was record rappers rapping over a beat... I was really looking for something that was a bit more classic... and go backwards in time."
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Right on Time
The dichotomy on this track is emblematic of their progression up to Californication... they switch between angular funk rock and catchy pop at the drop of a hat. I really love the subtle synth bass line too, such a groovy and fun track.
6. The Residents - Time
Taken from the mind-blowing album "God in Three Persons," though probably the least representative track since it is instrumental.
7. The Rolling Stones - Time is On My Side
Always reminds me of Fallen. Lovely tune.
8. The Roots - Long Time
Why can't all rap be like this?
9. Roxy Music - A Really Good Time
The title doesn't lie.
10. Scratch Acid - Damned For All Time
Jazzy/funky noise rock! It doesn't get any better.
11. The Pagans - Haven't Got the Time
Really classic catchy hardcore.
12. Bad Religion - Doing Time
See above.
13. Skip Spence - This Time He Has Come
And this is what schizophrenia sounds like.
14. The Stooges - Real Cool Time
Iggy howls.
15. Sonic Youth - I Love Her All The Time
Iggy's howls echo into this song, but then Thurston Moore kills his idol with a love song. This might just be my favorite love song, actually.
16. Spahn Ranch - Each Time Centered
Dark, propulsive post-punk. Great instrumental track.
17. Caspar Brotzmann Massaker - Time
Caspar Brotzmann has a really unique style of playing, which I'm sure could put some off but I absolutely love it. Like his father, the legendary saxophonist Peter Brotzmann, he's obsessed with timbre... Much of his playing is largely textural, though he's obviously a skilled player. Look out for the group this band's name is an homage to later in the playlist.
18. The United States - Stranded in Time
Just a catchy little pop tune from the legendary psychedelic band. Very Kinky. Uh.. Kinksy. You know what I mean.
19. X - Some Other Time
OoooOOooOh you know there's something about X's infectious blend of punk and rockabilly that makes my toes curl.
20. Die Kruezen - No Time
Criminally overlooked hardcore/indie/american underground band.
21. Black Flag - Forever Time
I really love the band's dynamic here as both Rollins and Ginn take their respective styles in further extremes, with Rollins doing more of the growling screaming thing and Ginn getting jazzier and jazzier...
22. Bailter Space - Be On Time
Really interesting slightly industrial song from what is a rather varied "shoegaze" album.
23. Flying Saucer Attack - In The Light of Time
Remember when this was considered post-rock? Oh, the good ol' days.
24. Dirty Projectors - Time Birthed Spilled Blood
I really love this song. It opens with a really beautiful string interlude, sounding like a neo-classical piece... but then all of a sudden the drumbeat kicks in and some of the most stunning vocals I've ever heard... damn.
25. Gentle Giant - Time To Kill
This is a great song, reminds me of an off-kilter King Crimson song. Time to kill, and now it's...
26. Massacre - Killing Time
killing time!!! This band got mentioned earlier as well... and it's not hard to see why they garner a lot of respect. It's very technical but doesn't fall into that trap of being boring and aimless.
27. Minutemen - The Politics of Time
This is what they're good at.
28. Miggedys - Times Like These
Really catchy punk ska tune.
29. Chumbawamba - Timebomb
I put this on here just to piss off Urban (not really, I quite like this song).
30. John Cale - Only Time Will Tell
Prettyful.
link:http://www.sendspace.com/file/nir5qe
1. Pink Floyd - Time
This song is so chilling. I love the lyrics, but they depress the **** out of me. I think a lot of these songs have a similar theme, but never presented quite so clearly.
2. The Pop Group - We Are Time
Heavily dub-influenced post-punk, similar to PiL but better, imo.
3. Polvo - Time Isn't On My Side
Hmm which song coming up on the playlist is this a play on? Just another perfect song off Today's Active Lifestyles...
4. Prefuse 73 - Back in Time
The sample at the start says it perfectly... "What I didn't want to do was record rappers rapping over a beat... I was really looking for something that was a bit more classic... and go backwards in time."
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Right on Time
The dichotomy on this track is emblematic of their progression up to Californication... they switch between angular funk rock and catchy pop at the drop of a hat. I really love the subtle synth bass line too, such a groovy and fun track.
6. The Residents - Time
Taken from the mind-blowing album "God in Three Persons," though probably the least representative track since it is instrumental.
7. The Rolling Stones - Time is On My Side
Always reminds me of Fallen. Lovely tune.
8. The Roots - Long Time
Why can't all rap be like this?
9. Roxy Music - A Really Good Time
The title doesn't lie.
10. Scratch Acid - Damned For All Time
Jazzy/funky noise rock! It doesn't get any better.
11. The Pagans - Haven't Got the Time
Really classic catchy hardcore.
12. Bad Religion - Doing Time
See above.
13. Skip Spence - This Time He Has Come
And this is what schizophrenia sounds like.
14. The Stooges - Real Cool Time
Iggy howls.
15. Sonic Youth - I Love Her All The Time
Iggy's howls echo into this song, but then Thurston Moore kills his idol with a love song. This might just be my favorite love song, actually.
16. Spahn Ranch - Each Time Centered
Dark, propulsive post-punk. Great instrumental track.
17. Caspar Brotzmann Massaker - Time
Caspar Brotzmann has a really unique style of playing, which I'm sure could put some off but I absolutely love it. Like his father, the legendary saxophonist Peter Brotzmann, he's obsessed with timbre... Much of his playing is largely textural, though he's obviously a skilled player. Look out for the group this band's name is an homage to later in the playlist.
18. The United States - Stranded in Time
Just a catchy little pop tune from the legendary psychedelic band. Very Kinky. Uh.. Kinksy. You know what I mean.
19. X - Some Other Time
OoooOOooOh you know there's something about X's infectious blend of punk and rockabilly that makes my toes curl.
20. Die Kruezen - No Time
Criminally overlooked hardcore/indie/american underground band.
21. Black Flag - Forever Time
I really love the band's dynamic here as both Rollins and Ginn take their respective styles in further extremes, with Rollins doing more of the growling screaming thing and Ginn getting jazzier and jazzier...
22. Bailter Space - Be On Time
Really interesting slightly industrial song from what is a rather varied "shoegaze" album.
23. Flying Saucer Attack - In The Light of Time
Remember when this was considered post-rock? Oh, the good ol' days.
24. Dirty Projectors - Time Birthed Spilled Blood
I really love this song. It opens with a really beautiful string interlude, sounding like a neo-classical piece... but then all of a sudden the drumbeat kicks in and some of the most stunning vocals I've ever heard... damn.
25. Gentle Giant - Time To Kill
This is a great song, reminds me of an off-kilter King Crimson song. Time to kill, and now it's...
26. Massacre - Killing Time
killing time!!! This band got mentioned earlier as well... and it's not hard to see why they garner a lot of respect. It's very technical but doesn't fall into that trap of being boring and aimless.
27. Minutemen - The Politics of Time
This is what they're good at.
28. Miggedys - Times Like These
Really catchy punk ska tune.
29. Chumbawamba - Timebomb
I put this on here just to piss off Urban (not really, I quite like this song).
30. John Cale - Only Time Will Tell
Prettyful.
link:http://www.sendspace.com/file/nir5qe
playlist 7
CRAZY BITCHES
(that's not derogatory, i swear)
1. Melt Banana - Spathic!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAiiiiiiiiiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAiiii iiiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
...that's all I have to say about that.
2. Liliput - Night Toad
Such a beautifully amateuristic song with a great beat to it, and some of the greatest crazy bitch vocals ever. I mean, it's shouted in broken English and about... "NIGHT TOAD!" ... who I can only imagine is a superhero of some sort. One deserving of much lust.
3. Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - I Woke Up Dreaming
Lydia Lunch might just be the original crazy bitch. This track features a lot of no wave staples, and sounds like it would fit right in on an early Sonic Youth album... if Kim Gordon sounded more like a demoness come to tear your balls off.
4. Yoko Ono - Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)
This has got to be one of my favorite songs to sing along with ever. Let's count how many ways Yoko Ono can sing/shout/croon/wail "Don't Worry!" And look out for some particularly vicious bass playing courtesy of Klaus Voorman... sounds like The Boredoms doing a blues song. With... you know... Yoko Ono singing.
5. Throwing Muses - America
I have to say, for an angsty 17-year old girl Kristin Hersh wrote some incredible fragmented lyrics. And that angular post-punk propulsion certainly doesn't hurt anything... but in the end the vocal delivery steals the show. I'm so taken by this song.
6. PJ Harvey - Man-Size Sextet
I don't think anyone makes me feel as guilty about being a guy as PJ Harvey... this song is particularly grueling. The dissonant string backing really adds a whole new element to her singing.
7. Bjork - Human Behaviour
This song confirms it: Bjork is from outer space. She descended from space just show us what all this musical technology we are burdened with is capable of. Somewhere in her musical evolution from a post-punk crooner to trip-hop queen she also took a lot of notes, which she shares with us here. And what better way to deliver them than with that dreamy Icelandic voice?
8. The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World
They may be the most brashly amateurish band to ever garner this much attention, but it is impossible to deny their genius after listening to this song. This is Captain Beefheart but stripped of any pretention and with astonishing clarity. You can never please anybody in this world.
9. Nico - It Was a Pleasure Thing
Feedback drone croon. This is my kind of music. If you didn't like the Banana album because of the female vocals... you probably want to skip this one. If, on the other hand, you want to hear what European Son would have sounded like with Nico doing vocal duties, look no further.
10. Joanna Newsom - Cosmia
Whenever I listen to Joanna Newsom I feel like I'm sinking into an elaborately constructed dream world which she wasn't really expecting to share with anyone. But damn, does she shred on the harp.
link:http://www.sendspace.com/file/4sn2d5
(that's not derogatory, i swear)
1. Melt Banana - Spathic!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAiiiiiiiiiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAiiii iiiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
...that's all I have to say about that.
2. Liliput - Night Toad
Such a beautifully amateuristic song with a great beat to it, and some of the greatest crazy bitch vocals ever. I mean, it's shouted in broken English and about... "NIGHT TOAD!" ... who I can only imagine is a superhero of some sort. One deserving of much lust.
3. Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - I Woke Up Dreaming
Lydia Lunch might just be the original crazy bitch. This track features a lot of no wave staples, and sounds like it would fit right in on an early Sonic Youth album... if Kim Gordon sounded more like a demoness come to tear your balls off.
4. Yoko Ono - Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)
This has got to be one of my favorite songs to sing along with ever. Let's count how many ways Yoko Ono can sing/shout/croon/wail "Don't Worry!" And look out for some particularly vicious bass playing courtesy of Klaus Voorman... sounds like The Boredoms doing a blues song. With... you know... Yoko Ono singing.
5. Throwing Muses - America
I have to say, for an angsty 17-year old girl Kristin Hersh wrote some incredible fragmented lyrics. And that angular post-punk propulsion certainly doesn't hurt anything... but in the end the vocal delivery steals the show. I'm so taken by this song.
6. PJ Harvey - Man-Size Sextet
I don't think anyone makes me feel as guilty about being a guy as PJ Harvey... this song is particularly grueling. The dissonant string backing really adds a whole new element to her singing.
7. Bjork - Human Behaviour
This song confirms it: Bjork is from outer space. She descended from space just show us what all this musical technology we are burdened with is capable of. Somewhere in her musical evolution from a post-punk crooner to trip-hop queen she also took a lot of notes, which she shares with us here. And what better way to deliver them than with that dreamy Icelandic voice?
8. The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World
They may be the most brashly amateurish band to ever garner this much attention, but it is impossible to deny their genius after listening to this song. This is Captain Beefheart but stripped of any pretention and with astonishing clarity. You can never please anybody in this world.
9. Nico - It Was a Pleasure Thing
Feedback drone croon. This is my kind of music. If you didn't like the Banana album because of the female vocals... you probably want to skip this one. If, on the other hand, you want to hear what European Son would have sounded like with Nico doing vocal duties, look no further.
10. Joanna Newsom - Cosmia
Whenever I listen to Joanna Newsom I feel like I'm sinking into an elaborately constructed dream world which she wasn't really expecting to share with anyone. But damn, does she shred on the harp.
link:http://www.sendspace.com/file/4sn2d5
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