Local thrift store sold me these for $5. Said nobody was interested in them. Not an awful score.
Picked up a nice copy of Power, Corruption and Lies last week which I then proceeded to leave on the train home, never to be seen again.
However, I do feel Iāve increased the happiness in the universe by gifting that to someoneš
This came a week or so ago but I was away and Mrs J_C had a major tidy and put it somewhere and couldnāt remember where, so I only just got to play it!
Mine came when I away 2 weeks & ago & this reminded me Ive not opened it
(dont tell the Weatherall lot espec as a good mate was one of the ācuratorsā)
Oh man. Come With Me is so good ![]()
Got this on the way, nice downtempo acid track, great synthy b side as well.
New Quiet Village with Vanessa Daou on vox delivered whilst we were away, so good. Deep as fuck.
iāve been kind of going apeshit lately, i hope iām ok.
https://www.discogs.com/release/35027699-Akasha-System-Heliocene
100% silk is starting to turn into one of my favorite labels. this one was just too good.
https://www.discogs.com/release/26568134-Akasha-System-Phytopia
why not, if youāre ordering one akasha system record from bandcamp, might as well order two. apparently this guy used to live in portland but moved to florida. portlandās not for everyone!
https://www.discogs.com/release/13593446-Bartosz-KruczyÅski-Baltic-Beat-II
a long time want, the first baltic beat was so good. found one at a good price and bit. so evocative of a time and place, one i can listen to repeatedly and find new things every time.
https://www.discogs.com/release/33127794-Mytron-Zongamin-Congregate
i was late to the multi culti bandwagon, but iām here now. like akasha system, sort of the child of those 1992 sounds and vibes. roland machines for akasha system, world percussion sample cdās for multi culti.
https://www.discogs.com/release/35069345-Quiet-Village-Vanessa-Daou-Naked-Hunger
been a fan of vanessa daou for a long time so this was an easy purchase, but this really holds up. fuckinā deep. i like the āspoken wordā mix best. long, but doesnāt feel long.
https://www.discogs.com/release/33531555-Ron-Trent-Lift-Off-Part-One
https://www.discogs.com/release/33531600-Ron-Trent-Lift-Off-Part-Two
i had a bunch of credit at further, so i used it on the extremely too expensive ron trent album. i streamed it a bunch of times, and knew iād be mad at myself if i didnāt buy a physical copy. all told, this was an $80 album, but i know iāll get my moneyās worth out of it in the long run.
https://www.discogs.com/release/125-2nd-Shift-Featuring-Heather-Somethin-Else
a nice lilā cheapie found at daybreak. i loved these 2nd shift records, and heatherās dry spoken voice really is a chicago house subgenre of itās own.
https://www.discogs.com/release/33607779-Lexx-Into-The-Stream
lexx can do no wrong. his records always sound thick & luxurious. lol i sound like a shampoo commercial.
https://www.discogs.com/release/34170811-Simon-Herody-Hard-Lounge
i donāt remember where i first heard this, but i love it. jazz, but like a jazzier layer over some classic roland boxes. one i streamed so many times, and finally had to buy it.
https://www.discogs.com/release/34646266-Ocean-Moon-Shimmering-States
i didnāt expect to like this as much as i did. atmospheric, but in a compelling way, and more than just washes of sounds.
https://www.discogs.com/release/34267066-Stephen-Vitiello-with-Brendan-Canty-and-Hahn-Rowe-Second
sort of post-rock, sort of kraut, sort of neither of those things. i like the balmat label - iām not yet at the point where i buy all of them, but the ones i have, iām enthusiastic about.
https://www.discogs.com/release/34171507-Space-Dimension-Controller-Six-Beginnings-EP
another one that didnāt grab me the first time, and then i gave it another shot and fell in love with it. again, 1992 b12 vibes and catchy motifs that make it one to go back to.
https://www.discogs.com/release/320972-Torch-Song-Dont-Look-Now-P2e-Remix
another used find, and a mix of P2E that i didnāt have yet.
more stuff on the way, too!
oh yeah, a couple more that arrived today.
https://www.discogs.com/release/31808615-Alan-Sparhawk-White-Roses-My-God-
havenāt listened to this yet but iāve been a fan of low since āi could live in hopeā. i like it when al goes a little lo-fi electronic, like he did with his hospital people side project. iām sure iāll like this too.
got this but itās warped to fuck, so itāll get sent back. dawn has such a lovely voice - this is a sort of unusual pairing, it feels like a rare thing to have that textural ambient/jazz/modern classical paired with someone who can belt out r&b bangers with the best of them. loved the record before this one and iām sure iāll love this one too if i can get a nice flat copy.
and then this one arrived today:
https://www.discogs.com/release/15932526-Global-Communication-7614
really wish i would have bought this when it came out, loved it forever and was holding out for an original with the embossed cover. but a NM one of those would set me back quite a bit. so, i went with a repress and it sounds lovely. felt like a āmust haveā.
Its a beautiful record innit
Took me many, many years to track one down! A portal to another space.
Itās one of those records that I used to walk past, knowing it was there but figuring Iād get it some other time. But then it wasnāt available. Ever!
Meanwhile I was tracking down tunes from old Mix Morris sets that I loved - which has taken me a lifetime- and eventually the penny dropped that 2 or 3 of his staple tracks were actually from this album. Doh! But, we get there in the end!!
Also this. Favourite on the label so far.
Marc Almond & Gene Pitney in the chazza yesterday. 2 great voices for 99p
āTwo great voices for 99pā - would have been a great sticker on Our Price records! ![]()
when its playing do you sing Marc or Geneās bits?
nobody talks about that Dawn R and Spencer album - itās so good
Alice Coltrane ā Kirtan: Turiya Sings
More subdued than The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, but just as good. Deep, warm, and infinitely playable.
All of the bits




