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An Uncontrollable Urge Playlist 2/8/10
Damn the equipment, this was still a fun show! Good requests, a nice suggestion from fellow WMUA DJ Yulin, and some far-out “jams.”
* denotes a new release
# denotes a request
(Artist - Song - Record - Label)
Fantomas/Melvins Supergrou - The Bit - Millenium Monsterwork 2000 - Ipecac
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno - Evening Star - The Essential Fripp & Eno - Caroline
*Bird Show Band - Quintet One - Bird Show Band - Amish
Raymond Scott - Limbo: The Organized Mind - Manhattan Research, Inc - Basta
*Angelo Spencer & Les Hauts Sommets - Le Mont Pourri - Angelo Spencer & Les Hauts Sommets - K Records
Sun Ra and His Myth Science Solar Arkestra - Space is the Place - The Antique Blacks - Art Yard
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - When Big Joan Sets Up - Trout Mask Replica - Reprise
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous - Sonic Geology - Rkyodisc
*Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit - One Armed Bandit - Ninja Tune
Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon (Side A) - Silver Apples of the Moon - Nonesuch
Negativland - Only You Can Rock Me - Death Sentences of the Polished and Structurally Weak - Seeland
Ken Nordine - Wow of Now - Ken Nordine’s Word Jazz Podcast
#Meat Puppets - Reward - No Strings Attached - SST
#Flower-Corasno Duo - The Beginnings of the End - The Four Aims - VHF
*Luc Ferrari - Visages V (Part III) - Tautologos and Other Early Electronic Works - Electronic Music Foundation
*Kyle Brenders - Section 2 - Ways - Porter Records
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Modern recording is no longer a record of an event but a synthetic construct for sale as solely a commodity. This devalues music and turns it into a hideous kind of audio wall paper.
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An Uncontrollable Urge: Space is the Place
Tonight on An Uncontrollable Urge I’ll be bringing some far-out noise from the depths of deep space … or something.
Raymond Scott, Morton Subotnick, Sun Ra, Ken Nordine, Bird Show Band, and plenty of other exploratory sounds from modern autistics.
That’s tonight from 10 p.m. until midnight, broadcasting live at 91.1 FM in and around the Amherst area, and streaming online at WMUA.org.
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I do my best to avoid posting things I get from other blogs, but goddamn it, this song is just too good. Really looking forward to the album.
Thanks again, Corey. And sorry for the blatant rip.
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Moon Duo - Motorcycle, I Love You
Escape (Woodsist)
FUCKING GREAT. Think of Moon Duo’s Escape as ambient music for people who think that shit is for sissies. Powerful drones, powerful drums, and fuzzy, fucking powerful riffs. Check out “Motorcycle, I Love You” at the top of this page, but all four tracks are nasty. The title track “Escape” actually reminds me of some of that new wave pop stuff that’s been coming out in the past few months. But, y’know, with phaser effects.
Comes out February 16th.
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Ken Nordine's "Word Jazz" podcast →
There’re only four episodes, and the website hasn’t been updated since 2006, but each of those four episodes is trippy and awesome. Those interested in metaphysics, musical exploration, and mushrooms should definitely check this out.
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So much of the time when people talk about “songwriting,” they actually mean “lyric-writing.” It seems like the song itself is ignored almost completely, given the most boring, simple treatment possible. It’s offensive to music, it’s lazy, and I think it’s a cowardly evasion of something nobody really understands, a question which has so much importance: what is it about a specific piece of music that has an effect on you that you simply can’t stop? It’s something intrinsic in the sound, and, oftentimes the words have nothing to do with it.
Lyrics are of secondary interest to music. In a perfect composition, the words will be intelligently or cleverly written, and perhaps would work well on their own, but it is the music itself which makes it something without which you could not live. When lyrics are what you focus on first, before sound, you are a literary critic, not a music appreciator. You’re missing the point.
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Overnight Lows - Static Scars
City of Rotten Eyes (Goner)
I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve gotten some sick garage punk on here. It’s about goddamned time. This newest release from Boner Goner Records is exactly what you’re looking for; screaming, slightly off-key vocals; frenetic drums; out-of-tune guitars; and riffs like crazy. That, and it all wraps up in under 22 minutes. Who’s got time waste on bullshit like a three-minute song? Assholes, that’s who.
I’m letting you check out “Static Scars” because it’s got the female bassist taking front and center with some nasty vox. But you know the whole record is nasty. This thang is almost Supercharger-good.
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Angelo Spencer - Shivers
Angelo Spencer Et Les Hauts Sommets (K)
From what I understand, Angelo Spencer is a guitarist who spends much of his time making surf-rock with some experimental and ethnic influences. Angelo Spencer Et Les Hauts Sommets employs elements similar to those found in Arrington De Dionyso’s latest record, Malaikat dan Singa, which makes sense, since Dionyso was a musician on this album. I think my favorite tracks are those which feature that influence most prominently, like “Did You Hear the Sound Of…” and “Le Mont Pourri.” The album seems to be at its best when it’s at its noisiest. There are times when it’s focusing more on surf-rock, and those seem to be the less interesting parts. But when the focus is on noise, like the previously mentioned cuts, or “Shivers,” a particularly fuzzy guitar track, then things get a lot more fun.
I have to say that I’m not sure if I like Angelo Spencer or just really like Malaikat dan Singa. But either way, I’m interested to hear more.
P.S. Angelo Summers and High Summits.
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