SESSION 37: At Home With Rose

Outer Space vs Inner Space: A Collaboration

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Some of you may have noticed a blip in the system - no At Home With Rose for the last two weeks. Two weeks ago my Dad became very ill. I had almost a week out of town hanging out with Dad at Waikato Hospital. Last week I was back home but feeling pretty wrung out so I took a week off everything pretty much except working and sleeping.

My friend Michael is collaborating with me once again: an hour from me and and hour from him. Should be a fun time.

An hour with me:

Perry and Kingsley, 'The Little Man from Mars', The In Sound from Way Out (1966), Vanguard Records. (1:24)
Perry and Kingsley, 'Computer in Love', The In Sound From Way Out (1966), (2:09)
Edmond de Deyster, 'Reel 03 Excerpt 03', Selectie 01 (recorded in 1975, released in 2006), Ultra Eczema. (4:19)
Kraus, 'Light And You, Red, Green And Blue: 1998-2003', www.kraus.co.nz. (2:47)
Moskwa Television, 'tekno talk', Westside Music (1985). (6:56)
No ProjeKt, 'Nacht und nebel', Null Achtzehn, creative commons. (3:08)
Matmos, 'Rainbow Flag', Supreme Balloon (2008), Matador. (3:51)
Cabaret Voltaire, 'Baader Meinhof', The Factory Box Set, Warner Music Ltd. (3:24)
No ProjeKt, 'No ProjeKt - SciFi', Creative Commons. (6:45)
Figurine, 'ROBOTS 2002 (Figurine remix)', Reconfigurine (2002), Blackbean And Placenta Tape Club. (2:28)
Rafael Toral, 'Glove Touch', Touch 25, Glove Touch. (3:16)
P.A.L, 'Salvation', My Life In An Insulation Test (2008), electr-ohm. (4:21)
leaving earth, 'Sol life', The Cosmic Abyss EP (2005), Samsa Records. (5:12)
The Dodgems, 'Science Fiction', Science Fiction 7" (1979), Attrix Records. (3:48)

And throughout the first hour: S.E.N.S., Invasion: Sound Effects From Outer Space (1996), Special Music Company.

An hour with Michael:

Nik Pascal, 'Interplanetary Beings', Magnetic Web (Nardo Records & Tapes) 5.43
J.D. Emmanuel, 'Part III Focusing Within', Wizards (Dreamtime Tapes) 9.13
Oneohtrix Point Never, 'Zones Without People', Zones Without People (Arbor) 4.02
Lorq Damon, 'Journey Backwards', Journey To The Land of Forgotten Dreams (Tala)
6.28
Heldon, 'Back to Heldon', Electronique Guerilla (Wah Wah) 8.33
Gil Melle, 'Strobe Crystal Green', The Andromeda Strain (Kapp) 4.59
Emeralds, 'Geode', Emeralds (Wagon/Gneiss Things) 6.05
Steve Birchall, 'Music of the Spheres', Reality Gates (Custom Fidelity
Tapes) 7.27
Popol Vuh, 'Aguirre I Haswell & Hecker Remix', Remixes EP (Mego) 8.16

Wondering where that amazing image comes from? It comes from this very interesting website.

SESSION 36: At Home With Rose

Pop meets Experimental and says hello I like you very much

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Most of the "poppier" music I like has an experimental bent. And some of the experimental I like has pop overtones. There's some specific crossovers with the likes of New Weird America (Animal Collective and the like) and some IDM. Then there's the 80s when some disco veered outside the mainstream. I've chucked in some low-fi that has lovely pop structures. It's a mixed bag, and you certainly wouldn't consider it all pop (not by a long shot) but there's a pop thread running through all of these tracks.

Sorry Chris Knox, but you wrote really lovely pop tunes, even though they were dark ones. Short, structured and catchy.

Best find? Executive Slacks from 80s Philadelphia. They have an official site, but this is a better backgrounder.

Panda Bear, 'Comfy in Nautica' (live version), I'm Not/Comfy in Nautica, UUAR. [4:40]
Dntel, 'To A Fault (Ft. Grizzly Bear)', Dumb Luck, Sub Pop Records. [6:33]
Black Moth Super Rainbow, 'A Season for Blooming', Falling Through a Field, Graveface. [2:14]
Ruby Suns, 'It's Mwangi In Front Of Me', Sea Lion, Sub Pop Records. [3:37]
Animal Collective, 'Bees', Feels, FatCat Records. [5:39]
Animal Collective, 'Whaddit I Done', Sung Tongs, FatCat Records. [4:06]
Deerhoof, 'Choco Fight', Friend Opportunity, Kill Rockstars. [3:01]
Gang Gang Dance, 'Nomad For Love (Cannibal)', God's Money, The Social Registry. [4:50]
Bachelorette, 'Your Magic Air', Isolation Loops, Electroplate. [4:44]
Softboiled Eggies, 'Same Light', Demo, Human Ear Music. [3:42]
Paavoharju, 'Tyttö Tanssii', Laulu Laakson Kukista, Fonal. [3:51]
Avey Tare, Panda Bear & Geologist, 'In The Singing Box', Danse Manatee, FatCat Records. [5:36]
Battles, 'Race : Out', Mirrored, Warp Records. [3:30]
Electric Company, 'It's Coming Down', 24 Mixes for Love, unknown. [5:07]
Fourtet, 'a joy (battles remix)', Four Tet - Remixes, Domino Recording Company. [4:04]
The Unicorns, 'Innoculate The Innocuous [early version]', Unicorns Are People Too, Caterpillars Of The Community. [5:05]
Joan of Arc, 'Violencii Or Violencum', The Intelligent Design Of Joan Of Arc, Polyvinyl Records. [4:12]
The Octopus Project + Black Moth Super Rainbow, 'Psychic Swelling', The House of Apples and Eyeballs, Graveface Records. [2:37]
All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors, 'paradigm somehow', All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors, Gern Blandsten. [ 4:48]
Illyah Kuryahkin, 'Ballade', Count No Count, Arena Rock. [5:52]
Tall Dwarfs, 'Nothing's Gonna Happen', It's Bigger Than The Both of Us, Propeller. [3:54]
Parts & Labor, 'Mount Misery', Receivers, Jagjaguwar, Brah Records. [3:41]
Dntel, 'Danny Loves Experimental Electronics', Early Works for Me if it Works for You, Phthalo [4:00]
x-ray pop, 'puzzle bibop residents boom boom', a tribute to flexipop CDr. [2:51]
Mathématiques Modernes, 'Disco Rough (I. Smagghe Edit)', So Young But So Cold - Underground French Music 1977-1983, Tigersushi. [4:00]
Executive Slacks, 'sisyphus', Nausea, Fundamental. [3:31]
Executive Slacks, 'smoking man', Nausea, Fundamental. [4:09]
Minny Pops, 'Dophin's Spurt', The Factory Box Set. [2:53]

SESSION 35: At Home With Rose

Songs for loving

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Yes, you read it right, this is "bedtime" music. Well, my kind of bedtime music. The kind I would choose for a romantic interlude. Put it to good use, people.

Anyways, here's the playlist. I found out while doing this that Labradford released their first album on on Flying Nun (after it was first released on Kranky). That's news to me. And that John White's Mogwash is now out under Last Visible Dog. When I got mine it was a CDR. Glad to see it has made it out into the big wide world. It's a very sweet album.

There are a couple of field recordings chucked in there too. I got them off www.freesound.org, a website full of wondrous sounds. I'm pretty keen on field recordings. Went to hear Chris Watson (ex-Cabaret Voltaire) at the Adam Art Gallery on Saturday and listened to his majestic half hour of field recordings from Iceland. Thrilling.

Koen Holtkamp, 'You mean the world to me', Field Rituals, Type Records
Vincent Gallo, 'A Somewhere Place', Recordings of Music for Film, Warp Records
Gate, 'PI.Quad.15.1', My Dear Sweet Reluctant Sweetheart, Hell's Half Halo
Vincent Gallo, 'The Way it is Waltz', Recordings of Music for Film, Warp Records
Labradford, 'Gratitude', Prazision, Flying Nun Records
Molloy and his bike, 'Hola Janek', Spiraltown Cartographers, Umor-rex.com
Roy Montgomery, 'Just Melancholy', 324 E. 13th Street #7, Drunken Fish
The Bats, 'Afternoon in Bed', Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres, Flying Nun Records
Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos, 'Oh and From the Beach', River Falling Love, Ajaz Records
Kathy Bull, 'Eyes Are the Door', Killing Capitalism With Kindness, Turbulence Records
John White, 'Sailor's Song', Mogwash, She'll be right
Little Wings, 'Magic Wand', Magic Wand, Ahornfelder
Sun Kil Moon, 'Duk Koo Kim', Ghosts of the Great Highway, Jetset Records
Neil Young, 'Will to Love', American Stars n Bars, Reprise Records
LA Lakers, 'Track 05', silk lettuce whitney houston, dungeon taxis
Dntel,' Anywhere Anyone', Life is full of possibilities, Plug Research
Arthur Russell,'That's Us/Wild Combination', Calling Out of Context, Audika Records
Arthur Russell, 'Keeping Up', The World of Arthur Russell, Soul Jazz
Keith Fullerton Whitman, 'Stereo Music for Acoustic Guitar, Bucla Music Box 100, Hp Model 236 Oscillator, Electric Guitar, and Computer - Part Two', Multiples, Kranky
Jessica Bailiff, 'Pressing', Feels Like Home, Kranky
Jessica Bailiff, 'We Were Once', Feels Like Home, Kranky
Mono, 'are you there?', You Are There, Temporary Residence Ltd
Seht, 'B5.JZZA', HRRY, Digitalis
Grouper, 'Fishing Bird (Empty Gutted In The Evening Breeze)', Dragging A Dead Dear Up A Hill, Type
Stars of the Lid, 'A lovesong (for cubs)+, pt. 1', Tired Sounds of, Kranky

SESSION 34: At Home With Rose

Quarters: drone

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Some nice long minimalist drone tracks tonight.

It's been a hard week, so that's all the blither you're gonna get from me.

Birchville Cat Motel, "Buckling Metal Snowflakes", Chi Vampires [2004], Celebrate Psi Phenomenon. (28:52)
Seht, "One Moment", Dead bees ((the((quiet)earth))suite) [2008], PseudoArcana. (36:33)
Windy & Carl, "The Eternal Struggle", The Dream House [2005], Kranky. (31:51)
Scorces, "Breath Threads", Scorces [2001], Wholly Other. (26:14)

SESSION 33: At Home With Rose

Synth-tastic Pleasures!

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Oh my god, I've had fun this week, dredging up 80s treasures and some of the latest synth-inspired tunes. I've been quite giggly with the fun of it all!

Been watching lots of DVDs including If.... which was fantastically good. Working on some fun design stuff at the office and hoping to have our website up in the next few weeks.

It's very late - past midnight and I should be in bed. So no more pissing around.

Here's the night's playlist. I might be doing live voice-over (finally). We shall see - depends on whether I get the technology working appropriately.

Delia Derbyshire, 'Dr Who Theme', Doctor Who: 30 Years At The Radiophonic Workshop, BBC Records. (1:30)
Stuk Bambuka v 11 chasnov, 'Beliy Chert Landish', Legkoe delo holod, Izhitsa Records. (3:53)
Delia Derbyshire, 'pot au feu', Music from the BBC radiophonic workshop, BBC and Rephlex Records. (3:26)
Delia Derbyshire, 'ziwzih ziwzih 00-00-00', Music from the BBC radiophonic workshop, BBC and Rephlex Records. (1:54)
Kraftwerk, 'Die Roboter', single, Kling Klang. (6:10)
Stuk Bambuka v 11 chasnov, 'Kakavella', Legkoe delo holod, Izhitsa Records. (1:41)
Disasteradio, 'Blame the Speakers', Disasteradio CDr, Red Letter Zine Distro. (1:16)
Disasteradio, 'Telephone Senor Kleeno', Disasteradio CDr, Red Letter Zine Distro. (3:02)
Disasteradio, 'Trash City', Disasteradio CDr, Red Letter Zine Distro. (1:09)
Sun City Girls, 'Dry Valley', Jukebox Buddha, Staubgold. (5:40)
Kites, 'Dirt', Peace Trials, Load Records. (1:49)
Thick pigeon, 'Silhouettes', Crepuscule for Cafe Apres-Midi vol 1, Victor Entertainment Japan. (3:26)
Silver Apples, 'Oscillations', Silver Apples, Kapp Records. (2:50)
Nini Raviolette, 'Suis-je Normale', So Young But So Cold - Underground French Music 1977-1983, Tigersushi. (4:03)
Stereolab, 'Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (Foamy)', The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music", Too Pure. (2:14)
Stereolab and the High Llamas, 'United States of Surrealism', Turn On, Duophonic. (1:23)
Adn Ckrystall, 'Cocaina Vitamina', Collected Works, MetaWaveClassix. (6:50)
Mekanik Kommando, 'White Soldier', It Would Be Quiet in the Woods if Only a Few Birds Sing, Torso. (3:19)
Xex, 'S.N.G.A.', Xex, The Smack Shire. (2:27)
Arthur Harrison & Rupert Chappelle, 'Interstellar Safeway', Jobs For America, Thermidor. (4:42)
Die Gesunden, 'Die Gesunden Kommen', [va] New Deutsch, International Deejay Gigolo Records. (3:40)
Minny Pops, 'Total Confusion', Drastic Measure, Drastic Movement, Plurex Records. (2:12)
Neuland, 'Triola', VA But Then Again, ~SCAPE. (5:47)
Silverstone, 'Why', Time Will Heal, Poni Republic. (3:44)
Douglas Lilburn, 'five toronto pieces (1963) - sings harry', Complete Electro-Acoustic Works, Atoll Records. (5:06)
Eleanoora Rosenholm, 'Bolly Palkkionmetsästäjä', Ala Kysy Kuolleilta, He Sanoiv, Fonal Records. (3:08)
Ahlgul Ouijaha, 'Kid-o Chant to Krystiall Glass', Outro to Finale, AMENOREA. (1:06)
Ahlgul Ouijaha, 'Ahh, Initiation in Click and K', Outro to Finale, AMENOREA. (4:42)
Disco Inferno, 'Starbound: All Burnt Out & Nowhere To Go', D.I. Go Pop, Rough Trade (UK). (4:02)
Eleanoora Rosenholm, 'Vladimir Grut˚ov', Ala Kysy Kuolleilta, He Sanoiv, Fonal Records. (2:30)
Lime, 'On The Grid (Re-Mix Dub)', VA The Dark Side Of Disco Vol. 1, Soho. (9:29)
Yaz, 'Only You', Napoleon Dynamite soundtrack, LAKESHORE RECORDS. (3:10)

Many thanks tonight to:

Conrad (pictured) for his glitter and general synth-tasticness.
Lorrie, from I Will Not Return Your Records, for her neverending support and sisterhood.
David, for pouring the wine, Doctor Who facts, and being an all-round lovely man.

SESSION 32: At Home With Rose

Psych folk and other mysteries (co-starring Michael McD)

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Bit of a change of routine for the show this week - I've asked my friend Michael along to co-host the show. I gave him the genre: psych folk (or just psych) and we get an hour each. We weren't allowed to divulge our list and if there were any double-ups, well so be it. But there weren't. Looking forward to sharing the show. Might be the start of some other collaborations for the show.

I realised I've ended up playing a few of the artists I've been playing lately anyways. Boring of me, but hey, I've been enjoying my pysch-folk shit lately. Next week, however, will be quite different when I play all synth tracks!

Just a note about one of the labels from tonight's show: Music Your Mind Will Love You (MYMWLY) - Autumn Galaxy is the artist I am playing who is on MYMWLY.

MYMWLY was an Australian independent label run by Mike Donnelly (of Terracid [plays on tonight's show], 6majik9, Soarwhole, Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood, etc.). All releases were recorded on CDRs and the copies are very limited. The label just closed shop at the beginning of this year, but I think there may still be some back catalogue stuff available via the MYMWLY blog.

However, Mike has just started another label, Pacific Soma. Apparently the rebranded label will be releasing both the old format CD-Rs as well as CDs and LPs. I'll be watching closely!

Not much to say about my week except that my sore shoulder and neck are getting better after a trip to my acupuncturist and my osteopath and a day at home watching movies. An expensive week.

And so to the playlist:

My hour:
Hush Arbors, 'The Werewolf Om', Hush Arbors, Ecstatic Peace! (4:24)
Autumn Galaxy, 'The Book of Rituals', Harappa, Musicyourmindwillloveyou. (5:53)
Charalambides, 'Magnolia', Unknown Spin, Kranky. (9:43)
Christina Carter, 'Moving, Intercepted', Electrice, Kranky. (8:23)
Flying Saucer Attack, 'Popul Vuh 1', Flying Saucer Attack, AKA Rural Psychedelia, VHF Records. (10:19)
Fursaxa, 'Lunaria Enters the Blue Lodge', Alone in the Dark Wood, Eclipse Records.(3:25)
Jackie-O-Motherfucker, 'Good Morning Kaptain', Flags of the Sacred Harp, ATP Recordings. (5:53)
No-Neck Blues Band, 'A Spiritual Knifewound', The Collective Imaginings of Quantarenius, Cook, & Co, Sound@One. (2:43)
Terracid, 'In Glowing Rings in Rows', The Palace Carries The Eggtooth As Its Crown, Foxglove. (4:06)
Jackie-O Motherfucker, 'Bone Saw', The Magick Fire Music/Wow! ATP Recordings. (13:07)
Leary Jam, 'Akron/Family', Tour Album, Not On Label. (4:30)

Michael's hour:
Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier, 'Psyché Rock', Messe Pour Le Temps Présent, Phillips. (2:51)
Linda Perhacs, 'Hey, Who Really Cares?', Parallelograms, Sunbeam. (3:02)
Moolah, 'Crystal Waters', Woe Ye Demon Possessed, EM. (5:24)
Bobby Beausoleil & The Freedom Orchestra, 'Lucifer Rising Part I, Lucifer Rising', OST, Arcanum/White Dog. (4:10)
Erkin Koray, 'Turku', Elektronik Turkuler, World Psychedelia. (8:54)
Selda, 'Yaz Gazeteci Yaz', Selda, Finders Keepers. (2:45)
Kim Jung Mi, 'The Wind', Now, World Psychedelia. (3:16)
Orchestre Régional De Kayes, 'Sanjina', Orchestre Régional De Kayes, Mississippi. (6:00)
Fraction, 'Sanc-Divided', Moon Blood, Radioactive. (3:52)
D.R. Hooker, 'The Sea', The Truth, Subliminal Sounds. (4:26)
Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family, 'Fisherman'. (3:31)
Cold Sun, 'Ra-Ma', Dark Shadows, World In Sound. (11:19)

SESSION 31: At Home With Rose

Cold is a soft thing: pretty drones from Lau Nau to Tangerine Dream.

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It's all sweetness and light tonight. Well, with some dark bits of course, because with me there will always be a few dark moments. Just to set off the lighter moments, of course.

Note two tracks by Russian group Stuk Bambuka V 11 Chasov (rus. “Bamboo knocks at 11 o’clock”), from the album “Legkoe Delo Holod” (rus. “Cold is a soft thing”) which came out in 1991. The most information I could find out about them was here. My Russian friend introduced me to them and I must say, they are pretty fantastic. All images in the posting are Stuk Bambuka V 11 Chasov's album artwork.

So what's been happening lately? Well, Dave has been up at the Adam Art Gallery installing his part of the Wall Works show which is the tenth anniversary of the gallery. He's been having fun, and I haven't seen much of him in the last few nights because he's been gadding about, including tonight. Where's my cup of tea! Oh fuck, I had to get it myself. What a bore.

Anyway, the show is open already, as the installations happen. Everything will be finished by the end of the week and then there's going to be a fun party to celebrate the anniversary. Should be lots of fun. There'll be music too - Bek Coogan and Torben Tilly (normally performing as Full Fucking Moon). All the better. Apparently VBC, the student radio station, are broadcasting the event.

Other than that, we have not been up to much. I've been suffering from a sore shoulder and neck, so early nights have been a must. Groan groan. God, I'm getting old! My body is starting to crap out. It's all very depressing.

Okay - enough whingeing! Here's the playlist for this week's show:

Sack und Blumm, To Go To, The Invisible Pyramid Elegy Box, Last Visible Dog. (3:38)
Iris, A Bath, 4 women no cry, Monika Enterprise. (3:26)
chie mukai, untitled, Grain - A compilation of 99 tracks, dot dot dot music. (0:45)
Susumu Yokota & Rothko, Clear Space, Distant Sounds of Summer, Lo Recordings. (5:24)
Koen Holtkamp, Half Light, Field Rituals, Type. (2:44)
Labradford, Soft Return, Prazision, Kranky. (3:28)
Chamellows, Siggur, Rat Hearts, Fonal Records. (3:03)
Kuupuu, tuli uni, Yokehra, Dekorder. (2:52)
Koen Holtkamp, Night swimmer, Field Rituals, Type. (5:18)
Ballrooms of mars, untitled 07, cedre, Nexsound. (2:27)
Tenniscoats, abi and travel, Tan-Tan Therapy, Häpna. (3:14)
Kemialliset Ystavat, Systeemi 1, Lumottu Karkkipurkki, Fonal Records. (3:19)
Khonnor, I was everything you wanted until I quit, Lost Pets, Please Do Something. (1:24)
Lau Nau, Tulkaa!, Kuutarha, Locust Music. (5:32)
Molloy and his Bike, Open Sea, Oblivion's Fiery Limelight, Dog Eared Records. (10:45)
Vincent Gallo, A Somewhere Place, Recordings of Music for Film, Warp Records. (3:03)
Kiwi Pacific, Track 51, A Treasury of New Zealand Birdsong, Kiwi Pacific. (1:14)
Moondog, Tree Trail, Moondog, Prestige. (2:19)
Jesse Glass, Written on Hell Money, Grain - A compilation of 99 tracks, dot dot dot music. (1:09)
Neu!, Lieber Honig, Neu! Astralwerks. (7:19)
Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos, Torn, River Falling Love, Ajax Records. (8:35)
Stuk Bambuka v 11 chasov, Le chval de ma vie, Legkoe delo holod, Izhitsa Records. (4:35)
Windy and Carl, undercurrent, Depths, Kranky. (4:42)
Taiga Remains, Ordinary Lack, Frannce Compilation CD3: Rouge, RuralFaune. (7:44)
Labradford, Texas, The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 3, Trance Syndicate. (7:36)
Stuk Bambuka v 11 chasov, Tyaga, Legkoe delo holod, Izhitsa Records. (5:48)
Bongwater, Mr. Soul, The Bridge - A Tribute to Neil Young, Caroline Records. (3:31)
This Kind of Punishment, The Men By The Pool, In The Same Room + 5 by Four, Flying Nun Records. (3:25)
Loren Mazzacane Connors, Siren, 9th Avenue, Black Label. (2:53)
Matmos, Roses And Teeth For Ludwig Wit, The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth of a Beast, Matador. (3:24)
Tangerine Dream, Resurrection, Electronic Meditation, Ohr. (3:25)