Fela Kuti: Opposite People
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The Afrobeat bicycle club.
Ivor Cutler: Walking To A Farm (Dandruff 1974 folk avant classic)
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The intelligent ITV drama serial Timeslip fused with a lyrical Ivor Cutler classic in the style of a Negro spiritual.
The Wake: On Our Honeymoon (1982 Glasgow DIY post punk classic)
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Brilliant '82 single from Factory 'n' Sarah band The Wake.......... Footage? From Gigolo And Gigolette - the fascinating story of a high diver (played by Glynis Johns) who does a dangerous stunt to entertain toffs at some poncy Riviera restaurant. The sequence is taken a from a larger portmanteau...
Can: Chain Reaction (1974 Soon Over Babaluma Krautrock proto-techno)
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Train Reaction........ A vintage British transport movie hand in hand with the thumping beat of Can in 1974, now minus Damo, but showing they still had new lands to explore. Soon Over Babaluma was a new Can direction (after Mooney then Suzuki departed) but they fired off like a rocket, laying...
Can: Mother Sky (Soundtracks 1970 Krautrock classic)
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Soundtracks bridges the Mooney & Suzuki phases of Can, and in lesser hands such an album could potentially sound uneven.... But CAN ended up producing some amazing film music with both singers getting a chance to shine. Here the thunderous, majestic Mother Sky accompanies a sci-fi junk-gem from a...
Can: Turtles Have Short Legs (1971 Halleluwah b-side Krautrock Tago Mago era)
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In their traffic light (rock) sweaters, Mr. Red, Mr. Amber & Mr. Green climb up a craggy cliff face in a slice of nostalgia from the British tourist office....... For those who think Can 'sold out' (circa 76's Flow Motion) by making catchy, accessible music - please listen to this 1971 single...
This Heat: SPQR (Deceit 1981)
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A failed attempt to film I Claudius in the 1930s, left behind some amazing footage of Charles Laughton (who clashed with director Von Sternberg) Here the images are accompanied with the brilliant music of This Heat, one of the great post punk bands
Harold Budd & Brian Eno: The Silver Ball (The Pearl 1984)
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Budd & Eno's second collaboration (after 1980's Ambient 2 Plateaux Of Mirrors) here working with Daniel Lanois, and creating the ideal music to pipe in over loudspeakers in aquariums....... No fish to stare at, but Jeremy Brett (aka tv's finest Sherlock Holmes) taking unwanted dip at the hands of...
Glenn Branca: Structure (1981 The Ascension no wave noise)
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Footage lovingly lifted from a truly great British horror short, Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? starring a young (yet old) Warren Mitchell.... Music from the pioneering no-wave artist, Mr. Glenn Branca - here making a modern classical masterpiece with four guitar parts, including axe-man Lee Ranaldo...
The Fall: Bingo Master's Break-out! (1978 post punk / DIY)
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A 1978 track from one of the earliest incarnations of The Fall (on a disc with the classics Psycho Mafia & Repetition, I believe). This is as close to pop-punk that the band got and Mark E Smith's voice sounds great against the cheap synth and banging drum..... Imagery courtesy of the British...
Talking Heads: Who Is It? (early demo version circa 1975)
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Talking Heads & a little Mungo Jerry....... This video was one of my first efforts, made years ago. I had been obsessed with the Heads for 15 or so years and finally got some rare demos and just loved the stop start feel of the track and thought it would make a good video. The footage is largely...
Holger Czukay: Oh Lord, Give Us More Money (Movies 1979) Can
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The Holger Of The Baskervilles.......... This track is a track from one of the greatest albums ever (imho and all that) Movies marked a massive leap forward in sampling and music concrete. This is a segment from a much longer piece that deserves repeated listening. Incredibly melodic, moving and...
Harry J All Stars: Liquidator (1969 Reggae Classic Trojan Records)
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One of the great reggae singles, Liquidator made the UK top 10 in 1969. An instrumental like other with a chugging rhythm and unforgettable keyboard riff... Footage from a beat-up old safety film from a UK electrical plant, with spliced in weirdo circuit board noises & jerky dancing from a...
Tom Tom Club: Lesbians By The Lake (2000 The Good, The Bad & The Funky)
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Tina and Chris could be the tightest rhythm section in rock music. From their early demos and live sets for Talking Heads, to their recent set at Meltdown in London, their assured, intelligent funky beats are impossible to ignore. With reissues of unfairly forgotten Tom Tom Club albums coming...
La Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf edit (1976 Krautrock Neu! Kraftwerk Dinger Motorik)
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Platinum seventies motorik from La Düsseldorf - fans of Neu! & Kraftwerk will find lots to enjoy here. This is a brief edit from a much longer piece, but hopefully this short burst contains all the joy, optimism and energy inherent in one of the best tracks of 1976 - a progressive linear journey...
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