Set 48.6 Yaron Sobel

 

Yaron Sobel · Set 48.6

Track Of The Day: Lou Reed - Andy's Chest (RCA)

 

The  second  track from an album that I haven’t listened to from start to finish for a very long time. Most of the tracks are very well-known, but not all, and listening to this, then opening track, takes me back to a place when even though I had nothing, I was very happy. I guess getting stoned most days of the year for years played a part, and when I used to listen to this that was the order of the day. More because of the crowd I was hanging out with who liked this record more than anything else. Other friend groups weren’t quite so enthusiastic. Lou Reed was, in the early-mid 80s prime stoned scal fare. As was Bowie,  Pink Floyd and Marillion. Loads of others of course. Anything went,

Track Of The Day: Donato Dozzy & Exercise One - People Of Paprika (LAN)

 

Part two of a great double header on the now long defunct LAN. Donato Dozzy gets together with Exercise One who, at the time, had similar sonic leanings, to produce a piece of minimal trance. The other side, ‘United Elements’ is much more typical of Dozzy’s general outlook and that of Exercise One at the time, which is more than twenty years ago. This is an interesting piece of work though, sort of channeling Dozzy and Dan Bell into a jerky, minimal masterpiece. This is the B side from a very overlooked release that isn’t much at all on Discogs. Yet.

Track Of The Day: Sonny Rollins - Don't Stop The Carnival (RCA)

 

Track Of The Day: The African Dream - All The Same Family (8 Ball)

 

Described as deep house, at least that’s what some of the comments say underneath it on YouTube. Not that it isn’t, but break beats, yelps and a very garage/murk style bass combine to upset the applecart in a variety of ways. This is a great track, once finished, never bettered. So simple. The closest comparison I can come up with is ‘Total Confusion’ by A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funky Dread, which is more in your face and rave-tinged. Difficult to find a track as elemental and as complex as this though. One for the podium dancers.

Track Of The Day: Simple Minds - Themes For Great Cities (Virgin)

 

Along with ‘I Travel’ my favourite Simple Minds track and, although I was never a big fan, in spite of seeing them in Liverpool at The Royal Court on the ‘Big Gold Dream’ tour, they’ve more than made their mark. Anyway, this track has always been amazing, but it really came into it’s own when it became a staple at Wiggle in the last nineties due to someone editing it to make it even more warehouse party friendly. It’s one of those tracks which can suit any transcendental experience, regardless of bps. So I’ve defo heard a chug version, which bookends both ends of the credible dance music spectrum nicely.

Tracks Of The Day: Japan & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ghosts & Cantonese Boy

 

I was never a Japan fan, but they intrigued me. I remember the first time I saw them on Top Of The Pops and the first thing that jumped out at me was David Sylvian’s very obvious Brian Ferry vocal style. This didn’t go down well in initially. No big deal though. They still held my attention and what I found just as fascinating was Sylvian’s seamless transition from awkward pop star to relatively obscure arty purveyor of sonics. This film from The Old Grey Whistle Test is a goodie because it shows all of these aspects and puts across their positive incongruence.