Track Of The Day: Millsart - Every Dog Has Its Day 4 A1 (Axis)

 

An amazing piece of music from a superb release. The ‘Every Dog Has its Day’ series should have got more coverage. This untitled track really is the music of the spheres. It’s the techno equivalent of Larry Heard and feels very spiritual. The ambience of an acoustic cave where all the rocks have a different sound as long as you touch them in the correct sequence. It feels very much like ‘Gamma Player’ which, in my humble opinion, is the best techno track ever made. And all of this release is in a similar vein. A cosmic fusion of electronics and soul, and not quite of this world.

Track Of The Day: Mark Ambrose - I Wanna Go Bang (Crayon)

 

Typical Ambrose. Will work equally well in a house or techno set, although my feeling is it would be better in the latter. Anyway, I guess that’s why the tech house genre started isn’t it? And once Ambrose started releasing music he became a major player within that sphere. This is madness. And there’s nothing like a party horn keeping time just to tip you over the edge. Which is where the synths come ion to widen the state of play. It’s the eponymous sample which gives the track more momentum than anything else though. Great for raising dance floor intensity and keeping it there as an underla

Track Of The Day: Sonny Rollins - Old Devil Moon (Blue Note)

 

90 Days Mix Cyborg Rhetoric

 

Cyborg Rhetoric · 90 Days Mix

Track Of The Day: Clio/Roberto Ferrante - Eyes (Paris Mix) (Planet Records)

 

Great piece of Italo here. Wonderful melody, arpeggiating into the distance. The vocal sounds a bit ruffled, which only adds to its charm. And once the chorus kicks in and the intensity is raised, it’s almost Japanese. Everything hits the right note on this track. Music doesn’’t get more synthetic than this, yet its soul is tangible.

Track Of The Day: Salif Keita - Soro (Afrika) (Stern's Africa)

The title track from Salif Keita’s breakthrough album, ‘Soro’ is typical of the rest of the album in that it feels a little over produced. That’s not an issue as such, at least not  when everything harmonises so well together. Keita’s voice stands out of course, as does the underlying rhythm which is a sonic pan-African potpourri. It’s a bit dramatic towards the end, m which is something that may have sounded better had it been rawer. It certainly made its mark though, and takes me back to when I went to see him live touring this at the Astoria back in 1987.

Coyote - Bank Holiday Sunshine

 

isitbalearic..? · Coyote - Bank Holiday Sunshine

INVEINS x Mostra \ Podcast \ 120 \ Melina Serser

 

INVEINS · INVEINS x Mostra \ Podcast \ 120 \ Melina Serser

Track Of The Day: Zillas On Acid - A Wonderful Time In A Terrible Club (Fantastic Twins Remix) (Inside Out Records)

 

More mutant nonsense, this time from Zillas On Acid remixed by Fantastic Twins. This is disorientating, paranoid dub. The tectonic plates present may seem a little ill-matched, but that’s this remixes genius. There’s about five different tunes here roped into one, and what holds them together is the steady beat of the drum. Great use of spoken word samples as well, giving it a very secret tapes cold war feel. Well, we’re back there aren’t we.

Track Of Yesterday: Velmondo - Name Your Price Edit 007 (Les Yeux Orange)

 

I don’t post many tracks straight from Bandcamp. However, I couldn’t find the video and this was the only way. And who minds advertising when the quality is this good and free? The ’Name Your Price Edits’ compilation is available for just that and this is one of its standout tracks. Chuggy, cosmic and dark. Redolent with menace and strong gothic overtones. Part of an alternative soundtrack to ‘The Seventh Seal’, I’ve got the scene with the flagellants in mind. Having said that, that just describes a normal evening in the town centre where I live.

Track Of Yesterday: Icho Candy - Babylon (Rockers)

 

If this isn’t sunshine music then I don’t know what is. The temperature suddenly soared yesterday afternoon, which coincided with me going to run a 5K with the remnants of a stinking cold. It was a tournament organised by the local running clubs here in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Herts. I’m happy to say that what was left of my malady was left on my shirt, which was soaking wet after the run. I also ran a very respectable 21:22, which is quite quick for an old fart like me. Anyway, on the walk back to the car we passed some kids playing cricket. This was around 8:15. They probably had another 45 minutes before bad light would stop play. Definite Augustus Pablo melodica ambience.