Kenny Parker - Death Mix

Some cassette-tape love from Kenny Parker.
This mix recorded live at Revolver Upstairs somewhere around 2001-2002.

Kenny was a fixture on the Melbourne deephouse scene from 1997 onwards. You could have heard him spinning at the 'Paranoid' and 'Acid Reign' parties, or at club nights like 'Plush' (at The Lounge) and Revolver.

Andrew Kenny - Death Mix 26/04/13 by Death Of A Disco Dancer on Mixcloud

TRACK LIST:

UR - 'Living For The Nite (For The Voice)' (UR)
Coco, Steel & Lovebomb - 'Feel It' (Warp)
Freestyle Man - 'The Copper Groove' (Mood Music)
Cassio - 'Paradise (Benny's Dub mix)' (Playhouse)
Recloose - 'MYM230 (R.I.P.)' (Planet E)
Theo Parrish - 'Blue Out' (Sound Signature)
Marsellus Pittman / Theo Parrish - 'Selector's Theme' (Sound Signature)
Pepe Bradock - 'Deep Burnt' (Kif Recordings)
Moodymann - 'JAN' (KDJ)

Matt Fernandez - Death Mix

We've been sitting on this mix since December last year.
Side projects, distractions and various in-actions aside... it's time to get down.

Mixed by B-Boy/DJ extraordinaire Matt Fernandez.
One hour of bumping disco, electro, house and techno.

All good things come to those that ______.
Every good boy deserves _______.
etc. etc. _____.

Matt Fernandez - Death Mix 28/03/13 by Death Of A Disco Dancer on Mixcloud

TRACK LIST:
Daniel Wang - 'Echo By Midnight'
? - some Italian guy
The Rapture - 'Sister Saviour (DFA inst. mix)'
Les Miserables - 'Le Chic'
Scotch - 'Penguins Invasion'
? - nu disco tip
? - satisfaction
Alexander Robotnick - 'Problemes D'amour (dub)'
Model 500 - 'No UFO's (instrumental)'
Cybotron - 'R9'
Twlight 22 - 'Siberian Nights'
Inner City - 'Ahnongay'
Phernic - 'Mishca ($tinkworx italo rmx)'
Dondolo - 'Dragon (Shit Robot rmx)'
Hot Chip - 'Just Like We (Breakdown) (DFA rmx)'
? - cant remember the name
Kerri Chandler - 'Disko Satisfaction'
Teddy Pendergrass - 'The More I Get, The More I Want (DFP mix)'

(track listing by Matt!)

2012 Favourites

Some of our favourite tracks from 2012.
('Death Mix' up coming soon)

TRACK LIST
Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland - 'Track 2 / Baby' (Hyperdub)
Lancelot Layne - 'Carnival Drum Sound' (Soundway)
Ike N Mike - 'Logic Family' (Fresh Up)
Sleep D - 'Bacon' (Death Strobe)
Pearls - 'Wait & See' (self released)
Hieroglyphic Being - 'Shikaakwa' (SOTU)
Lil Silva - 'Gobble That' (w/label)
No Regular Play - 'Won't Quit' (Wolf + Lamb)
Disclosure - 'What's In Your Head (Mak & Pasteman rmx)' (Greco-Roman)
Andrew Ashong - 'Flowers' (Sound Signature)

Congo Tardis #1 feat Damajah - 'Wild N Ready' (Scattermusic)
Courtney Barnett - 'History Eraser' (Milk! Records)
Pond - 'Sun And Sea And You' (Modular)
The Bombay Royale - 'Monkey Fight Snake' (HopeStreet Recordings)
The Magnetic Fields - 'Andrew In Drag' (Merge Records)
Dexys - 'Nowhere Is Home' (BMG)
The 2 Bears - 'Bear Hug' (Southern Fried)
Father John Misty - 'Nancy From Now On' (Sub Pop)
Alabama Shakes - 'Hold On' (Rough Trade)
Quakers feat Phat Kat & Guilty Simpson - 'War Drums' (Stones Throw Records)
 

Adam Askew - Death Mix

It's a hot (almost) Summer day here in Melbourne.
Here's 60+ minutes of new (and old) releases.

Mixed LIVE.

Death Mix 29_11_12 by thedelicategenius

TRACK LIST:
Twerps - 'He's In Stock' (Chapter Music)
Drop City - 'Hard To Smile' (Summershine)
The Soft Pack - 'Tallboy' (Mexican Summer)
Jonathan Richman & TML - 'Angels Watching Over Me' (Berserkley)
Soft Rocks - 'We Hunt Buffalo Now (Weatherall rmx)' (ESP Institute)
ADULT. - 'Pray For Pills' (Cass Records / Erstaz Audio)
TOY - 'Bright White Shimmering Sun (Ant Theaker mix)' (Heavenly)
Tubeway Army - 'When The Machines Rock' (Beggars Banquet)
Pangaea - 'Release' (Hessle Audio)
The Future - 'Treatment' (Black Melody)
Baby Prince - 'Nobody (Lucky Paul rmx)' (Somethink Sounds)
Hair - 'Polykur' (U.S.M. / Out To Lunch)
Night Plane - 'Heartbeat (12" mix)' (Soul Clap)
Looney Tunes - 'Just As Long As I Got You' (Nu Groove)
JD Twitch - 'Is It All Over The Place' (Let's Get Lost)
Aphex Twin - 'Ptolomey' (R&S Records)
Less Foss & MK - 'Goodnight Moon' (Hot Creations)

One Day IWPAMR

One day... I Will Put Away My Records.
Off the cuff mix of records lying around my record room.

Questions I should probably ask myself:

"If I leave these records in a semi-unfiled pile, they'll eventually make it to the shelves, right"?

"If I take a record and inner sleeve, put it in my record bag, play it out, take it out AND then put it another pile later on. I'll remember exactly where the original outer sleeve is, right?"

TRACK LIST:
Bizzy B - 'Solomon B' (Jack Street)
Hollywood - 'I Like To Freak' (Play House Records)
The Sweat Boyz - 'Do You Want To Jack?' (West Madison Street)
Zage 1 1/4 - 'Funtime (Free Fall mix)' (EFF Records)
DJ John Collins - 'Yeah' (UR)
Fantasy Club - 'Mystery Girl (4 Track mix)' (Int. House Records)
Jammin Gerald - 'U Feel' (Dance Mania)
Baby Ford - 'Reprise' (Rhythm King)
Bidi - 'Parties' (Relief)
The Brat Pack - 'So Many Ways (Pump It mx)' (Vendetta)
DJ Funk 1 - 'Native Beats / Digital House' (Underground Trax)
Hieroglyphic Being - 'Shikaakwa' (SOTU)

Adam Askew - Death Mix

Death Mixes are back (like Poltergeist).

Adam Askew (coughcough* me!) recorded LIVE in Coburg.

60+mins. All vinyl.
No effects. No edits.

Play it loud!

2011 Favourites - Part 2

Continuing the annual tradition of the Dead, here's part two of our 2011 wrap-up...

Twelve selections finally whittled down from a long-list of about forty favourites.

'2011 Favs - Pt.2' selected & sliced by Andrew Mast (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Porcelain Raft - 'I Found A Way' (Acephale)
Melodie Nelson - 'Tonight' (Other Tongues)
Colleen Green - 'Worship You' (no label)
Ghost Wave - 'Hippy' (Arch Hill Recordings)
Razika - 'Taste My Way' (Smalltown Supersound)
tUnE-yArDs - 'Gangsta' (4AD/Remote Control)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - 'Bicycle' (Fat Possum Records)
The Beets - 'You Don't Want Kids To Be Dead' (Hardly Art)
Royal Headache - 'Honey Joy' (RIP Society)
Peter Bjorn & John - 'Black Book' (Cooking Vinyl)
Wooden Shjips - 'Lazy Bones' (Thrill Jockey)
Little Barrie - 'Surf Hell' (Non Deluxe)

2011 Favourites - Part 1

For the seventh year running...
Here's ten favourites from twenty eleven.

'2011 Favs - Pt.1' mixed by Adam Askew (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Christmas - 'Namiot' (K Records)
PJ Harvey - 'The Guns Called Me Back Again' (Island)
Recloose - 'Electric Sunshine' (Rush Hour Recordings)
SBTRKT - 'Pharaohs' (Young Turks)
Widowspeak - 'Gun Shy' (Captured Tracks)
Braille - 'Riverbed' (Hotflush Recordings)
Alton Miller - 'Music Institute 3' (NDATL Muzik)
Greg Paulus - 'Suchashame (Soul Clap rmx)' (Double Standard)
Peven Everett - 'Help Me' (Studio Confessions)
Lowtide - 'Underneath Tonight' (Departed Sounds)

Check out previous years -> HERE

Adam Askew - Death Mix

Recorded (a)live. All vinyl.

Eyes to the north, hands to the south.
Free for all in freefall.

'Death Mix' by Adam Askew (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Mo-Dettes - 'Milord' (Decca)
Calvinist - 'Yo-Yo' (DFA Records)
Infinity & Grandmixer D.ST - 'Grandmixer Cuts It Up' (Celluloid)
The Dismasters - 'You Must Be Crazy (inst)' (Urban Rock Records)
Joy Of Sound - 'Image Fades Away (R&B mix)' (Mahogani)
Sound Patrol - 'Rising & Falling (Naive mix)' (Organico)
Kurt Vile - 'Farfisas In Falltime' (Matador)
Joaquin Claussell - 'My Beloved Where Are You?' (Sacred Rhythm)

Adam Askew - Death Mix

Recorded live at DoADD studio north.
All vinyl. Hand made.

Star crossed lovers, flights of fantasy, astral rejection.
Love in ZERO gravity can be, complicated.

'Death Mix' by Adam Askew (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Autohaze - 'Guess It's More' (Summershine)
Sneaky Feelings - 'Waiting For Touchdown' (Flying Nun)
FLO Crew - 'Over These Years' (Beautiful Granville)
Vince Clarke & Paul Quinn - 'One Day (extension)' (Mute)
Wet Hair - 'Fame Hate' (De Stijl)
Aaliyah - 'We Need A Resolution (inst)' (Blackground Records)
Jose James - 'Detroit Loveletter' (Brownswood Recordings)
Bennie Maupin - 'Winds Of Change' (ECM Records)
SBTRKT - 'Ready Set Loop' (Young Turks)

Anthony Carew - Death Mix

Recently adding 'outlawed blogger' to his CV; music journalist, film critic and broadcaster Anthony Carew champions the kinds of artists who make 'indie' seem mainstream. However, penning for a variety of street press as well as Rolling Stone, Melbourne broadsheet daily The Age and online hub aboutmusic, Carew declares that he has spoken to both "the incredibly famous" and "the instantly obscure". His musical taste is as immaculate as his on-air manner (he hosts a weekly program on public radio station 3RRR). And, despite his virtual rubbing of shoulders with the blogospherical underbelly, we dare play host to a set of tunes he has spliced together for the normally squeaky-clean DoaDD blog. So with the possibilty that his We People Space With Phantoms blog may never return, we offer you this fix of Carewebbery.

'Death Mix' by Anthony Carew (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Elk - 'Sarah' (Shape Up Records)
Gardens & Villas - 'Orange Blossom' (Secretly Canadian)
Ryskee feat Jenny Wilson - 'Horrors Of Love (Jamaica's Rmx)' (Kitsune)
Purity Ring - 'Ungirthed' (Transparent)
Sleep ∞ Over - 'Romantic Streams' (Hippos In Tanks)
Psychic Reality - 'Fanta' (Not Fun Records)
The Deeep - 'Slow Coaster' (Not Not Fun Records)

The Delicate Genius - Death Mix

Recorded live at DoADD studio north.

Science faction and romance in a midnight world.
AKA Aretha in outer space.

'Death Mix' by The Delicate Genius (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Model 500 - 'Light Speed (unreleased vers.)' (NDATL Muzik)
Infiniti - 'Coffeeshop Connection' (Tresor)
Mad Mike - 'Lo-Tech Reality' (Underground Resistance)
UR - 'In Or Out? (Wishywashy mix)' (Underground Resistance)
Wax Master & DJ Rated X - 'Foot Work (rmx)' (Dance Mania)
Armando & Steve Poindexter - 'Blackholes' (Muzique Records)
Grand High Priest - 'Mary Mary (orig mix)' (We-Ze Records)
TNT - 'L8' (Spectral Sound)

Adam Askew - Death Mix

Recorded live last Saturday 7th May @ The Carlton, Melbourne.

'Death Mix' by Adam Askew (direct link)

In from the cold, within red velvet.
Somewhere under the palms...

2010 Favourites - Part 2

Back from holidays and all that...
Part two of our favourites from 2010.

'2010 Favs - Pt.2' mixed by Mastie (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
The Duke Spirit - 'If The Kids Are United' (Dr. Martens)
Serena-Maneesh - 'Blow Yr Brains In The Mourning Rain' (4AD)
Jeff The Brotherhood - 'Bone Jam' (Infinity Cat)
Bleeding Knees Club - 'Teenage Girls' (I Oh You Records)
The Fall - 'Funnel Of Love' (Domino)
Mahjongg - 'Devry' (K)
James Chance - 'Incorrigible (Liv Spencer & DJ Spun rmx)' (Rong)
Archie Bronson Outfit - 'Hoola (House of David rmx)' (Domino)
Jona Lewie pres Man Like Me - 'You'll Always Find Me...' (Southern Fried)
Crumbs - 'Crouching Otter Stance' (bandcamp.com)

2010 Favourites - Part 1

Back to the middle and around again.
Ten favourites from twenty-ten.

'2010 Favs - Pt.1' mixed by Adam Askew (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Real Estate - 'Out Of Tune' (True Panther)
Surf City - 'See How The Sun' (Fire Records)
Super Wild Horses - '15' (Aarght! Records)
Aloe Blacc - 'Femme Fatale' (Stones Throw Records)
Mystery Claws - 'Phony Checks' (Jodie & Victor)
Mim Suleiman - 'Nyuli (vocal)' (Running Back)
Space Dimension Controller - 'Journey To The Core...' (Royak Oak)
Night Plane - 'Str8 To Ur Heart' (CCC)
Falty DL - 'All In The Place' (Rush Hour Recordings)
Lone - 'Angel Brain' (Magic Wire)

Adam Askew - Death Mix

It's 2010, let's get a move on.

"Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn..."

30+mins of Autobahn house.
Mixed LIVE with love.

'Death Mix' by Adam Askew (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
The LESP - 'And We Still Do Not Get It' (Sacred Rhythm)
Subway - 'DBO' (Deadly People)
Allez-Allez - 'Hideous Racket' (Rvng Int'l)
Pepe Bradock - 'Intriguing Feathered Creature (AK-Pella)' (Atavisme)
Dan Curtin - 'Pregenesis' (Elypsia)
Larry Heard - 'Direct Drive (long mix)' (Track Mode)
Manuel Tur - 'Golden Complexion (live dub)' (Freerange)
Space Dimension Controller - 'Cosmo30 Travel Duration' (Royal Oak)
Schizophrenia - 'Schizophrenia' (NovaMute)
Urban Tribe - 'Program 5' (Mahogani Music)

Erasers - Death Mix

In the spirit of interstate love, we present an exclusive Death Mix by Rupert from Perth group Erasers.

30+ minutes of post punk, hello fi, ghost sounds, left field pop, surfilosophy and new age truth.

'Death Mix' by Erasers (direct link)


TRACK LIST (with notes from Rupert Erasers):

The Ghost Of 29 Megacycles - 'Dusted' (Sound & Fury)
This track is off The Ghost Of 29 Megacycles debut album 'Love Via Paper Planes'. Greg self released a bunch of CD-R EP's, but this record was released through Sound & Fury. This particular track was chosen because it is the shortest track on the album, the rest of the album is made up of 10-15 minute tracks. It's an album that is best listened to in isolation.
Craig McElhinney - 'Surfer Realisation' (Meupe)
For me is the stand out track off Craig's 'Loser Orientation' CD-R, released through Meupe. This release is the follow up to Craig's full length album 'You And Me Are Young And Brutal' also released through Meupe. Craig's fairly prolific, playing in heaps of improv based projects around town including WigWam and Splendid Friends. He constantly has new recordings and new projects and his live set seems to evolve every time I see him, his live show is a truly immersive experience.
Cease - 'Three' (Badminton Bandit)
The first time i saw Cease they were playing as a two piece, with long live sets of doomy guitars and sluggish drumming. On this record they have expanded to a three piece. Again this track is the shortest track off the release with the other tracks being around the 10-15 minute mark. Everything just works so well together throughout this release, the beats are awesome and the addition of bass to the band seems to give the tracks more structure and momentum. Released through Perth label Badminton Bandit also responsible for releasing the amazing Mental Powers album. Strongly suggest you buy both, well worth it.
The Wednesday Society - 'Pedant' (independent)
In my opinion these guys are probably one of the most under-appreciated bands in Perth. These were one of the first local bands I used to go see when i was still underage, along with Melange, Hoopers Store and Eleventh He Reaches London. They used to play heaps around town, but now they only play once every few months, if at all. This is a track off their debut and it was well worth the five or so years wait.
Explode Into Colors - 'Sharpen The Knife' (independent)
Nice three piece all girl band from Portland, Oregon. This track is on a tape i got off them titled 'The Sean Rocky Zach & Dekum Tape', which has since sold out. This is a really great song with amazing drumming and a great melodica led melody. They have also released a series of three 7"s through three different labels, Kill Rock Stars, M'Lady and Just For The Hell Of It Records.
Gold Tango - 'Just An Experiment' (Exo)
This track is off the debut EP by this Melbourne trio. Out through the great Melbourne label Exo Records, also home to Melbourne's Bachelor Of Arts and many more. This excellent three track EP and is something we have been listening to heaps. Can't wait to hear more.
Tickley Feather - 'Natural Natural' (Paw Tracks)
Out of somewhere in the U.S., this is a track off Tickley Feather's album out through Animal Collective's label Paw Tracks. The album is basically a collection or home recordings from the past few years, recorded to a 4 track. Rebecca enjoys a lot of this "left-field pop" kind of stuff.
Wind Waker - 'Jerka' (Heartless Robot Productions)
Three piece from Perth. This is a song off their debut EP, recorded by the band's bass player. A really great release out through local label Heartless Robot Productions, who have also put out the Predrag Delibasich 7" and helped fund the amazing 'Three Hams In A Can' documentary. This shows their more post-punky/ surf rock side, their newest songs are heading into a more proggy sound.
Downtown - 'Dumped' (independent)
After trying to get this CD-R for a long time from the band, I finally managed to get hold of a copy while in Melbourne a couple of years back. They are three girls from three different states and for that reason don't play live much. The CD was left for me behind the counter in a bagel shop in Fitzroy (presumably where one of them works). I was given no artwork or track listing, just a white disc with "DOWNTOWN" and a love heart written on in thick artline pen. Nisa from the band also plays in the awesome Fabulous Diamonds, another plays in Wasted Truth and I think another plays in a band called Good God who do a similar sort of thing, although i can't be sure.
New Order - 'Truth' (Factory)
This is from New Order's first album 'Movement', it's the only album I like by them, but seems to be the album that got the worst press. People were saying it just sounded like a worse version of Joy Division, but I don't agree with this. This is a great album and if you have listened to New Order and thought they were average, listen to this album.
Predrag Delibasich - 'The Serpent Bites The Young Lion' (Heartless Robot Productions)
This is the A side of the debut 7" single out through Heartless Robot Productions. Apparently this release was recorded with a cheap computer mic and a free music program. Predrag, or Pex as he is known around town has been involved with a whole bunch of different projects in Perth over the last few years, most of which leans towards the Punk side of things, this is completely the opposite of that, with processed drums and Eastern European folk influenced guitars. This project has evolved over time and is now a full band project smRts with two drummers and three guitarists. This record was limited to 200 copies and is now pretty much sold out.

Erasers have a brand new 7" called 'Autumn' out now on Metal Postcard. Head over to their MySpace for east coast launch/tour dates (don't snooze, they're playing in Melbourne tonight).

And... keep your eyes peeled for a new tape release on US label Solid Melts later in the month.

Super Wild Horses - Death Mix

We're super excited to present an all-new Death Mix by Hayley from ace Melbourne duo Super Wild Horses.

Odes to carpark burn-outs, zine love, psychedelic drum beat borrowing, mental walls of sound, death cream, sunburn, Cambodian rock music AND The B-52's. What more could you want?

'Death Mix' by Hayley SuperWildHorses (direct link)


TRACKLIST (with notes from Hayley):

Sonny & The Sunsets - 'Death Cream' (Soft Abuse)
7" comes with a neato zine. Great little ditty from one of my favourites.
Medication - 'Didn't Wanna Know' (HoZac Records)
Listened to this sad old number on repeat when i first heard it. Great album released by Hozac in the states. Hozac are gonna put out our album this year too ... so excited.
Pearl Harbor - 'Sunburn' (Mexican Summer)
Unsigned LA band. Two EPS out. Love the guitar line in this.
The Moles - 'Europe by Car' (Seaside)
We recently played a show with Woollen Kits and The Twerps who are two of our fave local bands. Each band made each other a mix tape for the night. Rick from The Twerps put this song on his mix and I think it rules. Makes me wanna do burn outs in a beach car park.
The Moffs - 'Another Day in the Sun' (Citadel Records)
Iconic song from this old Aussie band. I think I accidentally ripped off their drum beat in one of our new songs. Woops.
Best Coast - 'Something In The Way' (Post Present Medium)
Another great US band out on No Age's record label. Still a fan of tinny, overblown vocals and big booming drums. This was the kind of sound we wanted for our first EP. Mikey Young who recorded our EP did a darn good job of replicating the noise in our heads.
Meas Samon - Unknown (Sublime Frequencies)
Sublime Frequencies is one of my favourite record labels. They gather cassettes from around Asia and reissue them on comps. This song is real quirky and makes me grin. Off their Cambodian Cassette Archives compilation.
The B-52's - 'Dance This Mess Around' (Warner Bros.)
Best song ever? Could be. Slightly obsessed with this right now .


Super Wild Horses' debut album is due out June/July on Aarght! Records (Australia), and HoZac Records (USA). They're also doing a 7" for round 2 of the HoZac Hookup Klub series.

Their debut EP is out-of-print, but you can still grab the digital version over at iTunes. Keep your eyes on the Super Wild Space for upcoming gigs.

Golden Fleece - Death Mix

Exclusive mix from mythological Melbourne producer Golden Fleece. Some say the Golden Fleece has wings and can fly, others report a faint British accent. All we can say is keep your ear to the ground and eyes to the skies. More will be revealed soon...

'Death Mix' by Golden Fleece (direct link)
TRACK LIST:
Make Up - 'I Am Pentagon' (Sea Note)
Golden Fleece - 'Orange' unreleased
Jarvis Cocker - 'You're In My Eyes (Discosong) Pilooski edit' CD-R
? - 'Cosmic Dust (PH edit)' CD-R
Gene Clarke - 'No Other' (Asylum Records)
Higamos Hogamos - 'Infinity Plus One' (DC Recordings)
The Besnard Lakes - 'Albatross' (Jaq Jaquwar)
Golden Fleece - 'Miss Dolly Parton' (Mixed Blood Cuts)
Golden Fleece's debut 12" is due out soon on Richard Sen's Mixed Blood Cuts. More releases to follow, including a 12" on Maxi Discs.

Adam Askew - Death Mix

Another mix lifted from the archives.
This one is all vinyl and all about Derrick Carter.

Recorded live @ Kiss FM on 22/11/05.

'Death Mix' by Adam Askew (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Red Nail feat. Noni - 'Never (Jeff & Gregg's Fav. Orig. Foxy's Classic)'
(Blue Cucaracha)
Derrick L Carter - 'Birthday Song (For Andy)' (Classic Music Company)
The Innocent - 'Jack Another Day' (Sounds)
The Innocent - 'Jack Another Day (System Exclusive Mix)' (Blue Cucaracha)
The Innocent - 'No Music' (Doghouse Records)
Cajmere feat. Derrick Carter - 'Wet Dream' (Cajual)
Donna Giles - 'And I'm Telling You (Red Nail dub)' (Downtown 161)
Cajmere feat. Derrick Carter - 'Dream States' (Cajual)
The Rednail Kidz - 'Elektrik Disko' (Sounds)