Sympathy Nervous - It's Second Coming (Negative Emission ne 1001T) 1980

I've been meaning to post this cassette for a long time. Last fall, I started the process of putting up the No More Expo tape until I saw it had been uploaded a few months earlier at Mutant Sounds.

Taking the title at it's word - "Sympathy Nervous '80 It's Second Coming", I presume this cassette was released or contains material recorded during or after the S/T LP on Vanity Records posted by Mutant Sounds.

The instrumentation here sounds closer to the S/T LP and their Polaroid 7" than No More Expo, which seems to have a thinner sound using updated drum machines & synths.

The label Minimal Wave recently released a Sympathy Nervous LP (Automaticism) that includes two tracks (Cabaret Voltaire & Extended Time) from this cassette. This LP is also a benefit for Yoshiumi Ninuma aka Sympathy Nervous who tragically lost everything from the Tsumani that hit Japan March 2011. His house, including equipment and recordings all washed away. I urge anyone who downloads this post to pick up Automaticism (Vinyl or download versions). I want to thank C.Patera and his blog Stalking Duppi for making me aware of this release and Yoshiumi's situation.

I won't go into detail about the music, other than to say it holds that same timeless quality other favorite electronic/synth albums of mine do like Conrad Schnitzler's Con, Monton, Kraftwerk and Dark Day, to name a few. Techno before techno and sounds that could just have easily been recorded 10-20 years later; dirty electro/minimal techno of Bunker/Clone/Sahko/Dum labels, Le Car, I-f, etc...

The tracklisting on Side A matches up to the music. The track listing on Side B indicates eight tracks, but I have them split into only six tracks. There are four tracks listed with Japanese titles that are part of tracks B2 through B4 (tks. 6-8 in the post). Track B6 (tk 9 in the post) is Extended Time. B7 & B8 are combined as Track 10 in the post. See included images for actual titles.

Tracklist:
Side A:
1 - Cabaret Voltaire
2 - Plastic Love
3 - Metal Beat
4 - I am a Fan

Side B:
1 - Room 3
2 - 4 Japanese titles
5 - Extended Time
6 - P.S. 1
- P.S. 2

Enjoy

57 Tone Flexi 7" (Joy FY-0002) 1983

This flexi is from 1983. I couldn't find any info about 57 Tone online. I recall picking this up because the cover reminded me of the art for DDAA/IP label sleeves. I have to say, the music here well exceeded my expectations.

The A-Side falls right in with early 80's Factory/Fetish/99/Clock DVA guitar/bass/sax/drums combinations. The B side is more abstract and closer to something from the Vanity label. A part of this track was featured in my Final Procedure Mix from last year.

a: Spiral
b: 4 Reminiseences

Enjoy

Dead links

If anybody finds a dead link, leave a comment either here (with title) or with the original post and I will begin to re-upload the files.

I've received several comments and e-mails about this and have already started to re-post.

DJ Set - Final Procedure Mix August 30, 2011

Greetings!

Back briefly to post this DJ mix I put together a couple months ago. The event was the final Procedure at Cafe St. Ex in DC.
From the event info:

"This night first started some 10 yrs ago when Richard Chartier ran with an anti-concept - a DJ night that gave you none of what a normal club audience wants. It was called Filler, then it was called Mies, and finally Procedure. There were venue changes galore, but with a fairly consistent high quality of DJ line-ups, and all done with an artful gaze right over DC's head. Well... that'll be enough for now. "

For the final night, many guest DJ's from over the years were invited to play 15 minute sets. There were sixteen DJ's overall. I no longer live near DC so I contributed my set via internet. I have a lot of fond memories spinning at the various incarnations of this DJ night over the years, not to mention all the friends I met and opportunities for other DJ events. Thank you Mark for inviting me and Braulio for suggesting the remote DJ idea and helping me carry through with it.

There are a couple tracks here from releases I will post soon if I see nobody else has already.

Volcano the Bear - Tunnels and Wheels
57 Tone - 4 Reminiseences
Libido - Motionless
Leather Nun - Slow Death
Sympathy Nervous - track 6 from 'It's Second Coming '80' cassette

Enjoy

DJ Set - Vintage Mix 2009

This is the mix CD I made to hand out last month to commemorate another year at King & I Thai.

Here is the link if you missed the dj mix for my 2008 Vintage sets at King & I Thai last year.

Like the mix last year, there is a lot of music from Brazil & Africa, as well as some Turkish & Hungarian tunes.

Enjoy.

Tracklist for Vintage 2009 Mix CD:

Xavier Cugat – Siboney

Baby Consuelo – Curto de Veu e Grinalda

Maria Bethania – Mano Caetano

Toquinho – Zana

Antonio Carlos e Jocafi – Tereza Guerreira

MPB4 – Agibore

Buari – Karam Bani

Sahara All Stars – Take Your Soul

Nora Dean & Duke Reid – Ay Ay Ay

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou – Mi Ni Non Kpo

Bonzu Sounds – Zinabu

Antonio Carlos e Jocafi – Xamego de Ina

Maxine Sellers – Some Kind of Fever

Sarolta Zalatnay – Hadd mondjam el

Kati Kovacs – Add mar Uram az esot!

Jorge Ben – Katarina, Katarina

Sigi schwab – Getting’ High

Baris Manco – Gonul Dagi

DJ Set - Bev's Wine Bar mix 2009

Here is the mix CD for the re-opening of Bev's Wine Bar - a collection of tracks played at various Bev's Wine Bar sets throughout 2009.


And if you missed this one posted in January, here is the dj mix for my 2008 Vintage sets at King & I Thai.




And this time, I have the tracklist ready ahead of time....

Valente/Ros - Frenesi
Sirconical - Moondance
Kensuke Shiina & Irama Buyung - Cool Calm
Subtle Tease - Moodies Schwingt
Harold Robbins - Go Down Dying
Can - Turtles Have Short Legs
Jah Woosh - Woodpecker Sound
Kendra Smith - She Brings the Rain
Mighty Bop - Feeling Good (instrumental)
Gal Costa - Sebastiana
Stereolab - Cellulose Sunshine
Ricardo Marrero & the Group - Babalonia
Prince Far I - Throw Away Your Gun
Jimi Tenor - Fantom
Natural Calamity - And That's Saying a Lot

enjoy

MN Record Show - This Saturday, October 3rd

For anyone in or near the Twin Cities area:
I will be selling records at the bi-monthly MN Record Show this Saturday - October 3rd.
As usual, it will be at the VFW at 2916 Lyndale Ave S. in Minneapolis, near Lake St.

The show is open from 9am to 4pm.

I have lowered prices on almost every record from previous shows!!!

Most of the non-techno vinyl in my Discogs catalog will be there. A lot of other vinyl not listed there, as well as more goodies from my own collection will also be for sale. I spent the last couple days pulling more from my collection, so there will be many more records not at the previous show.

A link to their website.

Admission is only $2!!!

DJ Announcement - Bev's Wine Bar, MPLS - this Friday - September 11th

The road construction still continues, but enough has been completed to allow Bev's to re-open again. This is my first set there since June so I am very excited to finally spin there again.

To mark the occasion, I created a 'best of' mix for the last year of my Bev's DJ sets. I will have plenty of copies to hand out Friday. I expect to post the CD here sometime next week, so stay tuned!!

Aside from the obvious wine selection, there is excellent local beer (Surly & Summit) and some tasty bread/salad/pizza dishes to munch on while soaking up the music and enjoying the view of the MPLS skyline - now that the weather is warmer, this is even more of a reason to check out Bev's.

Musically, expect similar grooves to the Champion Superior Soundsystem days in DC and my recent King & I Thai online set, as well as some indie/minimal/diy pop.

Atlantis Audio Archive

Bev's Wine Bar

This Friday, September 11th @ 9:00

250 3rd Ave N. (off Washington behind Deja Vu & J.D. Hoyt's steakhouse)

DJ Announcement - VINTAGE @ King & I Thai - Minneapolis, June 16th & June 23rd

I will be dj'ing for the next two Tuesdays at King & I Thai: tomorrow, June 16th, and next week, June 23rd.

King & I Thai is located in the Loring Park area of Minneapolis. The address is 1346 LaSalle ave.

The food is excellent and there are drink specials as well. The music starts at 9 now, an hour earlier and goes till close (1-ish).

I will be spinning in a similar groove to the Champion Superior Soundsystem nights from my DC days - lots of funky, jazzy grooves including Krautrock, Arfrican, soundtracks and music library LPs.

Vintage
Tuesday June 16th & June 23rd, 9 pm - close
King & I Thai
1346 La Salle Ave.
Minneapolis, MN
No Cover

DJ Announcement - Bev's Wine Bar This Friday, June 5th MPLS

Again, I forgot to plug my Bev's spot here the last couple months...

The road construction has yet to begin in front of Bev's, so I am able to squeeze in another night. Last I heard, there is still no definite start date for this work.

Aside from the obvious wine selection, there is excellent local beer (Surly & Summit) and some tasty bread/salad/pizza dishes to munch on while soaking up the music and enjoying the view of the MPLS skyline - now that the weather is warmer, this is even more of a reason to check out Bev's.

Musically, expect similar grooves to the Champion Superior Soundsystem days in DC and my recent King & I Thai online set, as well as some indie/minimal/diy pop.

Atlantis Audio Archive

Bev's Wine Bar

This Friday, June 5th @ 9:00

250 3rd Ave N. (off Washington behind Deja Vu & J.D. Hoyt's steakhouse)