Lonely Night
June 17, 2009 at 5:10 am
“As I was hiking down the mountain with my pack, I turned and knelt on the trail and said ‘Thank you, shack’. Then I added ‘Blah,’ with a little grin, because I knew that shack and that mountain would understand what that meant, and turned and went on down the trail back to this world.” - Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums, Grafton Books, 1972
- Yaw - Where Would You Be (Brownswood Bubblers, 2008)
- Jose James - Visions of Violet (Brownswood Bubblers, 2008)
- Dudley Perkins - Flowers (StonesThrow, 2007)
- Suff Daddy - Drama Pts. 1 & 2 (MPM, 2006)
- Daru & Rena - Lonely Night (Rusic, 2007)
- VeeBeeO - No More (Rush Hour, 2009)
- Paul White - The Composer’s Comeback (One Handed Music, 2009)
- Hudson Mohawke - Polkadot Blues (Warp, 2009)
This is for that sublime mood of contended loneliness that only really happens in winter. These are all quite recent beat/wonky/soul things that i’ve been enjoying for a nighttime boogie. The electric glow of a radiant heater.
Brilliant music, more brilliant smile on the image: an own one or one can find more of that face?
Great song, and great literary reference, but I just wanted to point out that _The Dharma Bums_ was first published in 1958, not 1972.
Very smooth playlist. Btw I finally found Onra’s Chinoiseries and I just noted that the song ‘the anthem’ was bought by Coca Cola for the Chinese Olympics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUdlExb3b5s
Apparently they didn’t gave him too much money for it tho because he couldn’t clear the samples being really old vietnamese records.
One of my favorite books of all time! I love this blog!!
incredible selection. thank you.
Cortazar: that’s a photo i took of my lady-friend, Claire.
Daniel: correct, i quickly jotted down the publisher and date for that press without thinking to mention the original publish date. Kerouac certainly belongs to the beat, rather than hippy, ‘period’.
Moka: yeah, apparently onra had to replay the samples using live instruments, meaning they sounded a little crappy and too crisp. the original is heaps fuzzzzy.
Unbelievably smart playlist. I’m a fan, Andras.
thanks for the cool music, especially the track by Yaw!
Yeah, I liked Yaw best and it was the most traditional, relying upon voice. Some others push the mix and bass lines at the expense of voice. Don’t get me wrong I like the update, I like mix and bass lines, but I felt like they’re over done in a couple of selections.
Really cool collection there. I just found your blog and was suprised to find I didn’t know *any* of these artists. I’m always curious about intelligent quirky soul music. Seems like only Prince was making it (and even he couldn’t keep that up for long). I’d love to see a post on intelligent soul. And later, one on harmonically challenging dark country music too!
harmonically challenging dark country music? that’s a real specific, and real interesting request…
I’m sure there will be someone round here with the right stuff…
@Andras: I’m waiting for someone to take something heartbreaking like Ryan Adams and add more twisted elements to it.The Pedal Steel is a truly versatile and weird instrument!
I’m not sure I understand… You mean something along the lines of Opal or Mazzy Star? They did some heavy use of pedal steel in several songs and I recall the press kept labelling their music as ‘gothic folk’ when they were on their prime. For all things folk, tho, Bubbachups is the man to go around here.
What a playlist. Two key discoveries for me in Yaw and Jose James. Amazing stuff, such a big fan of the site!
cheerio!
This is one awesome mix.
Care to point me to a mix with similar ambiance?
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Thanks for introducing me to Yaw. Awesome vocalist.