Jan 20, 2011
Island Music
“27th day. Have rested and am moving south. All is well. Kerans.”
So he left the lagoon and entered the jungle again, within a few days was completely lost, following the lagoons southward through the increasing rain and heat, attacked by alligators and giant bats, a second Adam searching for the forgotten paradises of the reborn sun.
J.G. Ballard, The Drowned World (1962).
1. Mandre – Isle de Joie
– Mandre4 (1982)
2. Marcos Valle – Fogo Del Sol
– Marcos Valle (1983)
3. Ethel Beatty – It’s Your Love
– I Know You Care (12″) (1981)
4. Eliza Waut – Russia
– Eliza Waut (1985)
5. Kraftwerk – Ananas Symphonie
– Ralf & Florian (1973)
6. Nite Jewel – Falling Far
– Am I Real? (Ep) (2010)
7. Sun Palace – Rude Movements
– (12″) (1983)
It’s turning to summer in Melbourne, but a summer plagued by long periods of rain, flooding, and humidity. The nights are disturbed by noisy insects, and the sun sets late and rises early. I’ve been playing with a old drum machine from the early 70s, and the tinny ‘rumba’ and ‘bossanova’ beats it spits out provide a rhythmic backdrop to these sunny soul/disco/exotica songs. Nite Jewel is worth a mention here, effortlessly making music that complements an otherwise 80s dominated playlist.
that kraftwerk track is loverly, dope mix sir andras!
Glad you’re back Andras, great list.
Bill
hey, are you guys still in one piece down there? Or are you floating away in a raft somewhere?
DO you know the song they’re using for the Melbourne Tourism commercials that are airing during the Aussie Open-female singer/lyrics “i wanna know where you go”?
Thanks for the music-wish i were there Melbourne seems awesome
Very nice list.
How Great is Eliza Waut – Russia
@sweeney
that’s Holly Throsby, from Sydney, Australia.
http://www.hollythrosby.com/
that’s Holly Throsby, from Sydney, Australia.
http://www.hollythrosby.com/
still alive squashed, the flooding was fine around melbourne city, the north of the country really received most of the water. Drowned World is such an appropriate novel right now though…
i’m going to try and post more regularly…
Cool stuff, Baby, cool…
nice selection, although i do often look forward to your own productions in the lists. your work is quite good. maybe a whole list dedicated to your stuff? hmmmm?
There are some nice gems in here. Is that recording of “Fogo do Sol” a recording of Valle himself, or is it someone else covering?
hey crabbypuss – i’ll get around to posting some new stuff soon – me and sui zhen have almost finished an EP which should be due for release in the coming months. i’ll be featuring stuff off it soon….
and sneaky g – the recording is valle himself, not sure who produced the album, but it’s brilliant – another track ‘estrelar’ has an amazing filmclip of valle driving around in a convertible staring at half naked exercising women – gold.
thanks for commenting!
Great blog,glad to have found it.
I love early Scritti Politti. And I absolutely detest their mersh stuff, except maybe two songs.
I panera bread deez songs
comeback kid