December Playlist

Yes, I know I'm a bit of a self indulgent spoiled nerd, I love playlists and presents, and obviously December calls for both.

I indulged and bought more CDs, LPs, 12's , 10's ( how cool is a Deutsch Grammophon 10inch EP featuring the talent of Carl Craig, Mortiz Von Oswald and François Kevorkian) and 7's than during the last 2 months and it felt bloody amazing. Xmas 2009 was a good one too in terms of music presents as my sister gave me the fantastic LP My Life in The Bush Of Ghosts and my lovely girlfriend superb represses of the Radioactivity and Surf's Up LPs.

Whether we're talking of Lindstrom's currently much talked about crazy version of Little Drummer Boy, a welcome return to a certain definition of house courtesy of the likes of Azary and III, Canyons, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Floating Points or House of House, the smart XX remix of Florence and The Machines, the mighty power trio of Them Crooked Vultures, the bearded guilty pleasure procured by Amaziah and Washed Out and the selected balearic-yacht rock- nu disco newbies and reedits that stand out (The Doves remixed by Lindstrom, Bottin remixed by Faze Action and In Flagranti, Rocha remixed by Mugwump, Harvey or Reverso 68) in a sea of irritating noodly efforts, the mesmerizing talent of such orchestral wizards as Sufjan Stevens or Choir Of Young Believers, the psychedelic goodness of Dungen, December delivered a well of mind blowing listening experiences coupled with much foot tapping and hip swaying in your very own muso's den.

I don't know why, but all this music and the excitement that goes with it makes me think of New York and the curious conflicted feelings associated with my previous visits. Hopefully next time I'll be swept off my feet.

Anyway NYE's close and maybe I'll dance this time - so check that monster Rick Wilhite track recently reissued on Rush Hour for everyone's enjoyment, including mine! Merry Xmas again and a very Happy New Year to you all

Sunday Funky Omelet

Sunday's a great day to make an informal, un-prepared, spur of the moment mixed/unmixed tape, like a runny spanish omelet, filled with new bits and beats, and tasty leftovers.

click on the title of this post to download a funky selection of recent purchases and old favorites.

the photo comes from a food blog called Taste Tests that doesn't look half bad

Hope you will enjoy the spirit and flavors - hit me with your comments and tracklisting request !

A Lil' playlist

hey there,

It's been 3 weeks since I came back from the first leg of our fantastic scandinavian trip and things have been busy.

here's a little playlist of stuff I like these days, in no particular order.

Check them out !

Still Going - Spaghetti Circus / Untitled Love
Floating Points - Vacuum EP
Alexkid -Celi dub EP
Dustin Zahn - Stranger To Stability - Inc. Len Faki Remixes
The Chemical Brothers - Battle Scars - Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation / The Salmon Dance - The Glimmers Remix
The Wild Tchoupitoulas - Self Titled LP
Anna Ternheim - Summer Rain
Dr John -In The Right Place LP
Elvis Presley - In Memphis
Elvis Presley - Country
Atlantic Records 1947-1974
Radio Slave - Sundazed - K2 Beat Bangah remix

Interplanetary Music

Hi there,

click on the title to dowload a 1 take DJ mix I did for a friend's birthday. One of the tracks featured is this great cover of Sun Ra's interplanetary music by Mickey Moonlight aka Midnight Mike. Hope you will enjoy it !

Cover (c) of Ed Banger records

Terror in The Kitchen

Hi all,
yup it's been while....Been there, done that, you know the score...Talking about score, my girlfriend and I won a friendly and funny cooking contest that lasted over several days and for which I made a little mixtape I gave away to our friends. Called Terror in The Kitchen, the idea was to create the equivalent of a spooky - Morricone meets Carpenter meets Goblin kind of soundtrack, based around food and monsters....



Click on the title and here to download a couple tracks - as usual these are for your ears only. Enjoy!

photo (c) John White

Sun is back but for how long ?

No rain please !

more goodies here (click on the title) and there

enjoy....

Shameless promotion Again

The charming 7inch pictured here is finally available on I Tunes ! Get it asap cause it's refreshingly good

Click on the title of this post to get a little southern goodie - for listening purpose only

Stuff I Like these days

Yesterday I was Hangover so I spent most of the day doing f##k all . I went through a lot of music I had got, purchased, found etc...so here's a little summary of what I've enjoyed in no particular order.

Bunny Sigler: Let Me Party With You – Salsoul
Sophia Lorenians: Locomotion 7inch – Dialect Recordings
Tigerskin: Springburst – Dirt Crew
Future Beat Investigators : Louder / Paper Weight –Raw Fusion
Walter Jones : I'll Keep On Loving You / Living Without Your Love – Dfa
Shinedoe : No Boundaries LP - Intacto Records
Tony Lionni / Radio Slave : Berghain 03: Part 1 - Ostgut Ton
Efdemin - Acid Bells (Martyn Remix) - Curle
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse – Dark Night Of The Soul LP
Humate – Love Stimulation (Radio Slave Full Length Mix)- Flying Circus
Ben Klock : One LP – Ostgut Ton
Kerri Chandler : Pong (Ben Klock unreleased mixes) – Deeply Rooted House
Cobblestone Jazz : Traffic Jam Original Mix – K7
Ame : Ensor – Innervisions
It’s A Fine Line : Grease
Au Revoir Simone : Shadows (It’s A fine Line Remixes)
Manuel Tur : Will Be Mine feat Alexander East (Arto Mwambe & Ian Pooley Remixes) –Freerange
Marc Houle : Dirty Dirty – Minus
Boogie, Proper :Magnificent Speech Funk (Kabale und Liebe Has The Blues Remix) – Rush Hour
Laurent Garnier : Tales Of A Kleptomaniac LP – Pias
Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu : Fourth Dimension LP – Sahko Recordings
The Whitest Boy Alive : The Whitest Boy Alive -
Florian Kruse :The Miracle - Dave DK Magic World Remix – Dieb Audio
Prins Thomas : Live at Robert Johnson Mix – Playhouse
Shocking Pinks : Cut Out / Dressed To Please (Various Mixes)- Dfa/Emi

Shameless promotion Pt2

The charming 7inch pictured here is out on Dialect Recordings, to whom I'm attached as you know. Listen to it here and buy it there. It will be available on all digital platforms next week.

Click on the title of this post to download a pleasant leftfield mix done by Dialect's Simon Says and myself - enjoy !

Shameless promotion Pt1

Check my sister and her friend Eloïse's recently launched design studio here . Lots of good stuff.

as usual click on the title of the post for some music.

Les Taulières

Hey there, click on the title to download a short improvised mix inspired by the lovely Taulières, the über cool bar run by Cath & Nath, home of great music and tatsty cocktails !

Les Taulières: 10 Rue de la Fontaine du But Paris 18e

Deep and funky

A quick shout out to all my House Peepz out there, You Know who you are! Love and Respect xx

La Force de L'Art 02 - Didier Marcel

I was totally hypnotised by these palm trees. More info on the artist here

Groovy Music (click on the title) courtesy of Zombi, buy their 12 on Beaport it's very cool

La Force de L'Art 02 - Damien Deroubaix

French artist living in Berlin, fucking around with derricks. More info here.

Click on the title to listen to some tasty car music by Neil Young © Reprise Records. For listening purposes only. Buy Fork On the Road, the Loner's new album, it's good !

La Force de L'Art 02 - Stéphane Calais

work inspired by the tragic true story of Jewish artist Bruno Schulz who was forced to work for a Nazi officer in order to save his life, but was assassinated in 1942. More info here

all photos of the exhibition ( © of my own damn self, SADPT)

Disco inclinations

Got it in the mail today, and boy was I happy! Can't wait to indulge. Buy it here

Dark was the night

Love their track Walk The Night. I discovered it on a Prins Thomas mix recorded live at a Versatile Party. Praise go to all these lovely people...Click on the title to get access to a short mix

Someone I wish could come back to Europe from time to time

there's always a first time

first improvised mix recorded with a simple device (click on the title). Starts with the Talking Heads and ends with Larry Heard...Hope you'll like it. picture taken rue de rivoli