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basically as it stands it's like a decent-to-pretty-good mix of rawkus rap (no problems with that!) with some IDM thrown in ... only about half the blends really work ... el-p and squarepusher actually sounds good but the rest of them are sort of meh

my real problem with it is that the 2nd half isn't very good, sub dj rupture type world-beat for humorless industrial dudes.

i think i was just dazzled by how good shadetek's "heavy meckle" grime mix was ...

Birchville Cat Motel/Bruce Russell
The Avant Garde- John Coltrane/Don Cherry
Death Tone - Hive Mind
Savage Summer Sun - Double Leopards
Unknown Spin - Charalambides
More Nipples - Peter Brotzmann
Yellow Princess - John Fahey
Andrew!!! - Andrew Hill

It's one of my favorite records in a very, very long time.

there are two kinds of mashups on this disc:

1) those that work, like MOP "cold as ice" over "gantz graf" or mobb deep/cormega over shadetek, just layer the original w/ beats over electronic noise

2) those that fail, like ghostface over "netlon sentinel" use the acapella.

there's some really bad stuff in the 3rd qtr but it gets better after that! and the 1st half is actually shit hot!

Everywhere sez this is out of print, but there seems to be loads of copies about. 'warehouse find' or something maybe, because there's loads of copies about suddenly.

First Vertical Slit I've heard, but I think it's a collection of odds and ends. Straight rock songs, pretty acoustic stuff with strings, pissing about with feedback/tapes/etc.... all really great. Comes in one of those annoying clear plastic sleeves with a way too sticky strip.

has anybody heard the Os Brazões album?

can you give me a quick idea what its like? is it guitar heavy? whats the percussion like? is it out in the jungles weird?

There's nothing generic about Caetano Veloso's and Gilberto Gil's songwriting. Worthwhile for the SONGS.

on my list:

creedence
boris
espers
possibly a couple of fela lps
this comp called 'latin soul: new york barrio grooves 1966-1972'

more suggestions?

v/a - big bad boogaloo: latin boogaloo from the big apple
v/a - broasted or fried: latin breakbeats, basslines and boogaloo
v/a - freakoff: latin breakbeats, basslines and boogalo
v/a - brown sugar: latin breakbeats, basslines and boogaloo
v/a - yo! hot latin funk from el barrio
v/a - kool it: soul, funk and jazz go latin

you can find the tracklistings by doing an amazon search for "harmless latin"

http://dutchtoenglish.com/Scott%20summer%20mix%20playlist.htm

opus avantra, achim reichel, igor wakhevitch, catherine ribeiro, cluster, franco falsini, richard pinhas, van dyke parks, krokodil, west coast p.a.e.b., christina carter, taj mahal travellers. plus a cam'ron single.

it fits so many albums! it's so tiny!

'getting up for the morning' is amazingly underrated. i think.

very nice record

On the way home last night, I bought the last Franz Ferdinand album. I did this because I liked a couple of the singles a lot. The album is super-lame, though. I wish I'd saved my money.