Monthly Archives: April 2010

Bill Shakes 4 – Wrench

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This latest foray into the Bill Shakes musical realm may well be a ‘Marmite’ experience as I suspect it will either make you puke or cry (I’m obviously hoping for the latter…).

It’s a headphone-less fading mix which I did in a rather highly charged state (sober) so is comprised of a collection of emotive songs & sound bytes that move moi and I fully accept it might be too sugary for some.

Arbitrary BUY links added where possible.

Listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

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Tracklist

1. Four Ever Rainbow – Steve Hillage BUY
2. Garden Of Paradise – Steve Hillage BUY
3. Spock Thoughts – William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy Spaced Out BUY
4. Astral Vacuum – Mirko Loko BUY
5. All The Big Trees – Riceboy Sleeps BUY
6. Angel Echoes – Four Tet BUY
7. The Dachstein Angels – Wally Badarou BUY
8. Pon a Hill – Tyrannosaurus Rex BUY
9. Interview – Tyrannosaurus Rex BUY
10.Chanson – Pascal Comelade BUY
11.Rejoicing In The Hands – Vashti Bunyan & Devendra Banhart BUY
12.Stephanie – Buckingham Nicks BUY
13.Not sure – Vangelis
14.Private Road – Bent BUY
15.Teardrop (Massive Attack) – Elbow BUY
16.Shine – Deep Dive Corp. BUY
17.La Madrague – Brigitte Bardot BUY
18.Underground (Ambient Mix) – The Invisible Force
19.Another Green World – Brian Eno BUY
20.Blumenthal – Ulrich Schnauss BUY
21.When you Leave – Maps BUY
22.The Kiss – Judee Sill
23.Walksong – Hessismore BUY
24.State Of Independence – Donna Summer BUY
25.Crowd Let The Sunshine In – Woodstock BUY

Bill Shakes 3 – Wallow 2002

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I recently found this mix buried under a digital stone. It was originally carved together for a background music in a chill out room at the MTV Europe Awards 2002 after party held in Barcelona where I now live & breath (although the Barcelona I remember from that night is entirely different to the now…).

It was a splendid night of fun with friends, all of us lording it up courtesy of MTV. I also played one of my better more uptempo sets (after Rob da Bank I seem to recall) and I wish I’d recorded the set to replace some some of the shockers I have hiding in the cassestte draw…

Musically it’s a mish mash of downtempo selections from 2002 with a few retro bits thrown in, I can’t remember the tracklist at all but it features the likes of David Axelrod, Aim, Ennio Morricone, dZihan & Kamien, Amalgamation of Soundz among others I’ve totally forgotten with the passing of time. Feel free to trainspot for me!

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oldravers 1 – ‘whatuon-whereufrom’

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Very soon my darling vinyl will finally be winging its way from the UK  after a 5 year sabbatical  and while delving into the crates in an attempted cull, I thought it was high time to kick start the oldravers Facebook group again with a little mix of some golden oldies.  The mix title stems from a comical memory of the staple ‘rave hello’ and the  songs emanate from an era when every weekend I was at my happiest in a convoy of cars hurtling around the M25 or through London in search of the ultimate ‘rave’ experience where my endless love of all things electronic was born (I think it was a rave on Petticoat Lane in 1989 that baptized me).

The excitement and explosive energy of this time will perhaps not be repeated for many years , it was our punk, although one wonders how much ‘nostalgia’ and too many ‘late nights’ has blurred my memory…

I decided against trying to find BUY links for this post as the songs are so old, however for any die-hard spotters who wish to track them down I suggest your first port of call is discogs.com

You can listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

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Tracklist

1. Alarm Clock (Original Mix) – Westbam
2. Welcome – Gino Latino
3. The Chief – Tony Scott
4. Know How Instrumental – Young MC
5. Shafted Off – Frankie Bones
6. Let the Warriors Dance – Addis Posse
7. Mi Casa Condo Mix – Centerfield Assignment
8. Radio Babylon – Meat Beat Manifesto
9. Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em – Eric B. & Rakim
10. Tour de France – Kraftwerk
11.Q (Santa Monica Mix) -Mental Cube
12.Difference (Steng mix) – Djum Djum
13.Get Down! (Mykoos & Musto’s Mix) – Royal Orchestra Ltd.
14.Carnival Da Casa – Rio Rhythm Band
15.New Generation – Tom Salta
16.Teknologi (R.J. Flip Mix) – Urban Hype