Rvng Prsnts Mx4

Ahh, the days when there was always a new RVNG mix cd to anticipate. Simonetti & Selzer's contribution to the legendary series rivals Tim Sweeney's as the best of the lot. It introduced me to Slang Teacher and a few other fucking awesome jams. Anyway, get in on Soundcloud while you can...                           1. Giorgio Moroder - Night Drive (Reprise)
2. Klein & MBO - The Big Apple
3. Wide Boy Awake - Slang Teacher
4. Massimo Barsotti - Whole Lotta Love
5. Amin-Peck - Girls On Me
6. Vortex - Black Box Disco
7. Man Friday - Love Heartache (A "Tom Moulton" Mix)
8. War - Galaxy
9. Macho - I'm a Man
10. Gazebo - Masterpiece
11. Musicology - Obsessed
12. Tyree - Acid Crash
13. Belle Epoque - Bamalama
14. Ram Jam - Black Betty (Ben Liebrand Mix)
15. Delta 5 - Try
16. The Salsoul Orchestra - Magic Bird of Fire (Walter Gibbons Mix)
17. Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
18. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

Blondes

RVNG hooked it up! The embedded player doesn't clearly show it, but you can grab a free download of Wine from their Soundcloud page. Pick up the entire release here.
 

Buy Endless Bummer!!!

I realize Endless Bummer, Pink Skull's latest LP, has already gotten a bunch of press, but it's earned it. BUY THIS RECORD. They really surprised me with the organic and warm nature of this material. Think more post-punk/prog/psych than electro. Plus the concept for the art is amazing. The vinyl (which includes downloads & bonus tracks) is available from RVNG and the files are on Beatport.

Pink Skull - Oh, Monorail | Mediafire | YSI | 192 kbps

60 Minutes of Fear

At last, RVNG's newest release is here to rescue you from a musical rut! I imagine if you frequent this blog, you are a fan of dance music history. I've certainly spent the last six years exploring everything from funk to mnml. As my Expedits can tell you, things have been going well too. After all of this time collecting dusty old 12"s with dub mixes that sound cool until the vocal/sax/synth/etc comes in and ruins it, I need a break. I need to hear "songs" instead of "tracks", songs with distorted guitars and big choruses - punk songs.

Fortunately, Optimo's JD Twitch recently released his "60 Minutes of Fear" mix and "10 Inches of Fear" edits. The mix is an eclectic blend of punk spanning 3 decades, featuring Big Black, Crass, The Butthole Surfers, Sonic Youth, Husker Du, Black Flag, The Minutemen, The Pop Group and more. It's a refreshing change from my typical diet of drum machines and computer music. Now I'm having fun nodding in agreement with Flipper and discovering The Fatal Microbes. Twitch also took it the extra mile by digging up some old Crass records releases, getting permission from the bands and doing a 10" of DJ friendly re-edits. Now we can get crusty in the club.

Thank you for the reminder Twitch!

Order JD Twitch's 60 Minutes of Fear CD & 10 Inches of Fear 10" here. It's definitely a good deal considering you get a fully packaged mix cd & 10".

The Mob - Witch Hunt (JD Twitch Re-edit) - from the 10"
Zshare | YSI |128 kbps