WOEBOT

Bye to all that...

And now presenting, direct to you from the hipster with the heart, the second T.W.A.N.B.O.C. Megamix. It's closely themed as from the time before acid house yet after electro. From that era when the spores of electro had wafted across a whole variety of genres (African music, Arty NYC Post-punk, London Roots, Art Rock and Kraut) which then proceeded to play catch up too late. It's a transitional period when everything was up in the air, when possibilities were still being worked out. The value of presenting it here? Well to my ears it sounds fresh, and that's all the excuse I need. A depressing view of the acceptable retro window sliding forward in time? Incidentally Andy Weatherall seemed to read the brief wrongly on his "Nine O'Clock drop compilation", there wasn't much post-punky about that, it seems closer to this, fruitfully prescient or big gaff?

0000 Pee Wee Herman (from Pee Wee's Big Adventure)
My favourite movie. Well one of them...

0006 Ray Lema: Marabout (Iyolela) from Medicine LP (Celluloid 1984?)
Electro from Zaire from genre-buster Ray Lema. Martin Meissonner at the helm. Lovely Dennis Morris cover. Impossible to find. Lema's "Gaia" LP easier to track down and also excellent.

0420 Les Liasons Dangereuses: Avant - apres Mars from Eponymous LP (CHBB 1981)
Who for years I confused with Palais Schaumberg. This LP has been recently reissued. Check it out!

0624 Lady's Choice: Girl's Night Out (Serious Party Dub) 12" (Streetwise 1983)
Richard Scher and Lotti Golden in covert Warp 9 action.

0859 Wally Badarou: Chief Inspector 12" (4th & Broadway 1985)
The hipster himself. Compass point magic.

0952 Chakk: They Say (Fon 1985)
Really blew me away. The Sheffield crew ply dub.

1157 Manu Dibango: Abele Dance (Dub) (Celluloid 1985)
Meissonner again, let no-one else near African music! Head-caving beats and truly joyous fruity sax.

1513 Akabu: Watch Yourself 12" (Body Rock 1984)
This label the joint progeny of On-U and Tommy Boy. Presumably as Sherwood was steering the rhythm section over here.

1515 Bang The Party: Rubbadubb from Back to Prison LP (Warriors Dance 1990)
Kid Batchelor you is a god! Nice tie in with the afro-dubs of Paul "Groucho" Smykle at the Addis Ababa studios.

1759 Coach House Rhythm Section: Timewarp 12" (Ice 1977)
Eddy Grant casually inventing house music.

2029 David Van Tieghem: In a Gadda Da Vida (Black Light Mix) (Wide Angle 1986)
From that exciting time Basquiat/Haring etc. Kenny Scharff day-glo cover on this. Strikingly pre-acid. Ecstacy going down.

2316 Lake Eerie: The Nightmare (Bonesbreaks "Go Bongo" Dub) (Nu Groove 1988)
Which I found recently in London. Can't say enough how much I love the Nu Groove aesthetic.

2524 Aqua Regia: NYC Smile on me from DFC Ambient House Compilation (Irdial 1991)
Wandering round India half-naked stark raving mad, having discarded my clothes, carrying only a haversack full of bootleg cassettes. Getting lost in Bombay cul-de-sacs listening to this. Walking walking walking.

Anyway I hope you enjoy it. I need a break, so I'm off for 10 days. Luka has informed me that I'm not to approach a computer. Peace and Love.

Posted by Woebot at August 20, 2003 12:47 PM