Playlist: 27.07.07

Funkadelic's 1971 masterpiece, Maggot Brain.

This week's show delves into some classic tracks from Funkadelic, Kyuss, Pink Floyd, Alice Coltrane and the Velvet Underground, alongside works by Argentinian saxophonist Gato Barbieri, Beat writer turned sampledelic prophet William Burroughs and a Four Tet remix of one of Texan post-rockers Explosions In The Sky latest tracks.

FUNKADELIC - Maggot Brain
KYUSS - Phototropic
PINK FLOYD - Careful With That Axe, Eugene (live - watch the video here)
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Words Of Advice For Young People (watch a video here)
GATO BARBIERI - Juana Azurday
ALICE COLTRANE - Journey In Satchidananda (download the mp3 here via Motel de Moka)
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - Catastrophe and the Cure (Four Tet Mix - download the mp3 here)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - After Hours

Playlist: 20.07.07

OOIOO

A less thematic playlist this week, with psychrockers Akron/Family leading the charge. Battles, soon-to-be visitors to these faraway shores (they play Wellington on September 22nd at the San Francisco Bath House), follow up with another track from their fantastic new album, Mirrored. The show also features new music from Iceland's Múm, who have a new album coming out soon. Electrelane, Fujiya and Miyagi, Trans Am and Cul De Sac are all keepers of the Krautrock flame, from subtle sonic flourishes, to out-and-out motorik rhythms. Up next are Japan's OOIOO and Ruins; the former performing tribal psychrock with a distinct Boredoms influence (perhaps not surprising considering the presence of Boredoms drummer Yoshimi P-We), the latter a drum-and-bass two piece in this case performing a medley of fragments of '70's fusion maestros the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Chicago post-rockers Shipping News conclude this weeks programme.

AKRON/FAMILY - Blessing Force (download the mp3 here via Motel de Moka)
BATTLES - Tonto (download the mp3 here)
múm - They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded
ELECTRELANE - Two For Joy
FUJIYA AND MIYAGI - Conductor 71
TRANS AM - Carboforce (watch a live video here)
CUL DE SAC - Nepenthe
OOIOO - UMA (watch the video here)
RUINS - Mahavishnu Orchestra Medley (watch some live footage here)
THE SHIPPING NEWS - Paper Lanterns

Playlist: 13.07.07

Can

This week's show focuses on some of the experimental/psychedelic rock that came from Germany in the 1970's, a phenomenon dubbed "Krautrock". Taking musicalchemical inspiration from bands such as the Pink Floyd, the Velvet Underground and the Soft Machine, as well as from new musical technology, bands such as Can, Neu!, Faust and Kraftwerk created forward-thinking music that departed from the blues-based templates of their British and American contemporaries and set the foundations for a whole host of different styles: the influence of many of these bands can be heard throughout hip-hop, punk, electronic, dance, and post-rock scenes.

FAUST - Krautrock (download the mp3 here)
AMON DÜÜL II - Kannan
ASH RA TEMPEL - Look At Your Sun
AGITATION FREE - Malesch
GURU GURU - Der LSD Marsch
NEU! - Negativland
CAN - Mother Sky

Playlist: 06.07.07

Boredoms' Eye conducts 77Boadrum, New York (more here)

If you want space rock, low-fi rock'n'roll, wailing guitars, exquisite drone, Finnish free folk, Japanese psych- rock epics, or Neil Young covers - the Hi-Speed Mix Tape provides!

LA OTRACINA - Sailor Of The Salvian Seas
PUMICE - Stopover
DEERHUNTER - Strange Lights (download the mp3 here)
HOT SNAKES - Suicide Invoice
MARNIE STERN - Every Single Line Means Something (download the mp3 here)
GROUPER - Cover the Windows and the Walls
SYD BARRETT - Golden Hair
ISLAJA - Syndanten Ahmija
HOLGER CZUKAY AND ROLF DAMMERS - Mellow Out
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Banshee Beat (download a live mp3 here)
BOREDOMS - Spiral
LOW AND DIRTY THREE - Down By The River (Neil Young cover)

Playlist: 29.06.07

Vibracathedral Orchestra

Another mix of new experimentation and the old-school pioneers this week. Vibracathedral Orchestra, Six Organs of Admittance, and the Sunburned are following the no-holds barred approach of past masters such as Amon Duul II, Yoko Ono and the 13th Floor Elevators.

VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA - A Natural Fact (watch some live footage here)
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE - Eighth Cognition/All You've Left
AMON DUUL II - Eye Shaking King
DEAD MOON - Fire In The Western World (watch a live video here)
COLLEEN - Blue Sands (download the mp3 here)
THE SUNBURNED - (Infinity 5)
YOKO ONO - Why?
FENNESZ & SAKAMOTO - Haru
FOUR TET - Iron Man (Black Sabbath cover - download the mp3 here)
THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS - Slip Inside The House (download the mp3 here)

Playlist: 15.06.07

Battles

This week's show explores a wide variety of music, from the folk ramblings of Wooden Wand, to the raucous rock of Part Chimp and Shellac, as well as the more experimental fodder of the No-Neck Blues Band, Blues Control and Aa (Big A Little a). New music from Battles, Gang Gang Dance and Fridge also feature, as well as a couple of gems from a couple of classic 70's albums: Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and Gary Higgins' Red Hash.

GARY HIGGINS - Thicker Than A Smokey (download the mp3 here)
WOODEN WAND - Delia (download the mp3 here)
NO-NECK BLUES BAND - Four Head Food
FRIDGE - Eyelids (download the mp3 here)
RACOO-OO-OON - Invisible Sun
PARTS AND LABOR - Fractured Skies
PART CHIMP - New Cross (download the mp3 here)
Aa - Manshake
BRIAN ENO - The Fat Lady Of Limbourg (download the mp3 here)
GANG GANG DANCE - Untitled #3
MINUS THE BEAR - Fulfill The Dream (Old Italy remix - download the mp3 here)
BATTLES - Bad Trails
BLUES CONTROL - End Zone
SHELLAC - Mouthpiece (download the mp3 here)

Playlist: 08.06.07

Gang Gang Dance

Setting the controls for the heart of modern experimental music, this week's edition of the Hi-Speed Mix Tape features some of the bands who are pushing things in the right direction. Gang Gang Dance, Liars, Efterklang, and Birdy Nam Nam's common thread is their willingness to try anything and have fun at the same time, resulting in a sonic freedom that positively drips from each of their idiosyncratic musics. Alongside these modern day Prometheans, are some classic trailblazers from years past: Can, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Autechre.

GANG GANG DANCE - Egowar (download the mp3 here)
CAN - Quantum Physics
AUTECHRE - Flutter
EFTERKLANG - Bright
CRESCENT - Desert Rose
LIARS - Let's Not Wrestle Mt Heart Attack (download the mp3 here)
BIRDY NAM NAM - Too Much Skunk Tonight (watch some live footage here)
FELA ANIKULAPO-KUTI AND AFRICA 70 - Gentleman

Playlist: 25.05.07

OM

This week's Hi-Speed Mix Tape features some of the more progressive music flowing forth from such diverse artists as Big Business, Mammatus, Birchville Cat Motel and Jana Hunter. Also featured are Al Cisneros and Chris Hakius, stoner-rock pioneers with Sleep, who have forged a new identity with OM, more expansive and minimal than Sleep, with a distinct mystical element in the lyrics and meditative tones.

OM - At Giza (download the mp3 here)
BIG BUSINESS - O.G.
BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL - 55 000 Flowers For The Hero
MAMMATUS - Dragon Of The Deep, Part 3 (Excellent Swordfight)
BARDO POND - Cry Baby Cry (Beatles cover)
JANA HUNTER - Farm, CA (download the mp3 here)
LARD - The Power of Lard (download the mp3 here)