Scallywag – Cymatic Futures

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Tracklist:

1. Deadboy – Heartbreaker

2. Pariah – Railroad

3. iTAL tEK – Moon Bow

4. Pariah – The Slump

5. Ramadanman – Glut

6. Flying Lotus – Roberta Flack (Martyn’s Heart Beat Mix)

7. Indigo – Fading

8. 16BIt – Skyline

9. James Blake – Foot Notes

10. Kyle Hall – You Know What I Feel

11. Joy Orbison – So Derobe

12. Untold – Gonna Work Out Fine

13. Untold – Anaconda

14. Ultravid – Clan Of Wow (Kingdom Remix)

15. Gang Gang Dance – Bebey (DJ /rupture and Matt Shadetek Remix)

16. Zomby – Digital Fauna

17. DFRNT – Headspace (Scuba Remix)

18. Jack Sparrow – The Chase

19. Subeena – Circular

20. Monolake – Atlas

21. Mordant Music – The Tower (ExhuMMed)

22. CEX – Freq

23. Starkey – Black Monolith

24. Holden – The Wheel

25. The Black Dog – …Short Wave Lies

26. The Black Dog – Silipher

27. Eskmo – Process

28. Stagga – Lopside (Doshy Remix)

29. Lorn – Suicide Note

30. Aardvark – Untitled (Bloom 4)

31. Darkstar – Video Tape

32. Mount Kimbie – Taps

33. Sigha – Remembrance

34. Breakage (feat. Burial) – Vial

35. The Big Pink – Velvet (Mount Kimbie Remix)

36. Moderat – Rusty Nails (Shackleton rx)

37. Distance – Fallen (Vex’d Remix)

38. Roof Light – In Your Hands

39. Sigha – Light Swells (In A Distant Place)

Sup Shruggers. Finally got this mixtape finished after milling over it for the past couple months. Hopefully this will be the start of some kind of heavy outflux of  material – I have like 8 mixes in my head right now that I need to get off my chest, and I know I always say it, but I intend to get prolific. Pretty sure this mix will be the most in-depth one for awhile though.

So yeah, all kinds of advanced wave patterning inside this one. It’s based around all these new ideas that have been rippling out of the hardcore continuum over the last year or so, stuff that I can’t help but follow closely, seeing as how the broader sound seems to mutate just about every other month or so.  It’s pretty tough to burn out on something that moves this quick, especially when the inertia pulls in all these talented people who then inform the larger concept and add another sub-set of influences. Even though it’s harder to find the appropriate venues to play this stuff out (at least in the US), I feel like following it all is, at the very least, an amazing way to aggregate across multiple genres. Plus you eventually get this condensed sense of how it’s all evolving in real-time, which just adds another layer to the addiction for me.

But yeah, in general, it’s centered around the moodier strains of what’s been spidering out of dubstep’s wake, along with a couple other genres I’ve pulled in for effect. Part of the reason I made this is just to corral as much of it as possible for those who are unfamiliar, but the bigger focus in this for me was to really draw out the emotional weight inherent in a lot of these tracks…as far as that goes, all I will say is that I put a lot of thought into sequencing and mixing this.

Anyhow, it clocks in at around 1:40, super lengthy for a mix these days, I know, but I was trying to go wide-screen with this one. If you liked The Distant Haunts, it has a pretty similar arc and mood. Things really start to come together around the 40 minute mark, so let it run awhile if you want to see the whole vibe I’m getting at start to…make sense?

….annnd, just cause I’ve clogged your dashboard up already, might as well mention that you can get most of my mixes easily by subscribing to my podcast. All different genres, plus I just realized there’s a mix in there from a few months ago that I never posted here.

Oh…and lastly… if could you do me one small favor, please:

listen to this at night.

Thanks….

New Wave || Disco || Synthpop || Post Punk || EBM || Electro Funk

Greeteengs to youuuuu!

Eet ees zee time off tideengs off which I am breenging monthly, zee tideengs zat breeng een zee rush off zee neu wave! Hopefully U know now off wheech I speak, for eet ees most assuredly hour favoreet meednight deesko exposé.
…
However, I unfortunately haff to be zee beholder off some bad nyoos zeese time, as my partner een zeese endeavois, zee one Adonis Jackson, will bee indisposedible zeese time around; He ees busy making veiny-glorious art sculptings for extravagant PPL who actually live as laveeshly as I do preetend to sound een my head (well u know, at least when I ham typing zeese intervites for you).

BUT EET EES NO MATTER, for I haff recruited one off mein dearest compatriotes from hour shruglife collecteeve een his stead, none other zan zee one DJ ARQ heemself! Also a masterful selector and bon vivant, hour combined presence will guarantee towards you a carousal off proportions unbeknownst!

SO COME! and may zee strong leequids off K&M combine weese stronger flames off passion to fuel an evening off wheech your dreams can only aspire to be!

The eeneemitable Gary Numan looking rather hard-boiled een these video, no? But of course, eenstead off a classique film noir backdrop, wee haff zee tried and true laser grid, not to mention some of zee chunkiest keytars i haff ever seen!

but off course, not everything ees italo disco and puppy dog tails. We haff been known to get darker and darker wees each passing party, so do not be surprised iff we start lashing out at zee sunbeams

Till tomorrow!

New Wave || Disco || Synthpop || Post Punk || Electrofunk

Ahh zee Beeg Apple…zee theekness of zee summer aire ees so demanding, eet ees as eef hour bodies geeve us no choice but to submit to nightlife, no?

But of course because you are now already knowing: zee steeky weends and nightly moistures are off no regard when Adonis Jackson and Scallywag are playing zee records we hold so dear. And wees theese two at zee helm, eet ees for certain that we haff boarded a cruiseship off zee mind, one zat ees forever steeped een luxury. Barbados…St. Tropez…. every song a voyage, every note like drops off champagne een zee sunset.

And so we must go, enlivened by zee radiance off solsteece, so zat zee long light can pour out from hour hearts and onto zee dancefloor, eellumeenating our movements for all to see…

XO||XO

See that Q2 up there? Makes it look like I got some sorta system involved with these lists huh now. A quarterly system even – just like all them multi-nationals and universities and what have you. Yep, preeettty fancy.

Anyhow, don’t think I ever Q1′d it tho. In fact, I made this list like a month ago, and this post has just been sitting there in the drafts even though I thought I posted it. Actually have heard about another solid 10er in the past month alone, which is kinda nuts given that this one spans about 6, so get ready for Q3 soon! or maybe like Q2.5…or the lost Q….type Q negative… anyhow…

10.The Village Orchestra – I Can Hear the Sirens Singing Again
9.Loscil – Endless Falls
8.Alex Smoke – Lux
7.James Pants – Seven Seals
6.Ratatat – LP4
5.Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
4.Tigersushi presents More GDM X
3.Ablehearts- Flood
2.Caribou – Swim
1.Javelin – No Mas

so yeah, couple obvious ones, but check out Village Orchestra or Loscil if you like ambient stuff, Alex Smoke if you like heady techno, James Pants of the Tigersushi comp if you like post-punk/lo-fi/weird stuff/the occult, Ablehearts for some damaged beauty, and check out the Javelin album just cuz….it’s got a lot of good jams.

Hey, here you go…some toobs to facilitate the process.

Until next time…

which should be really soon cause I have to do another post now, that’s why I’m here actually ::cough::…..

so yeah…see you in a post  (that post…. ^^ the one up there ^^ …..that’s where i’ll be, y’know, just……waiting)

~*_*~

Chroma

thurs /// saturate your mind /// synthetic hues from the 80’s /// pre def-post punk /// scallywag + alain d = duotone perfection /// clean mixing w/ little contrast /// (R)eally (G)ood (B)ooze /// vision science projected all evening /// all people are additive /// no opponents to process /// stop by & add some colour

in the event that these toobs get pulled, google is your friend.

Dance Yrself Clean

The Pool – Jamaica Running

Somebody’s Calling Me

Iggy Pop – Nightclubbing

All I Want

David Bowie – Heroes

Drunk Girls

Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat (sounds even more like Bowie’s cover version tho)

BONUS:

North American Scum

Pete Shelley – Homosapien (as in that one hot ass jam featured on my latest mix B-) )

IMPLICATIONS!:

(for me and a handful of internet obsessives)
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-2 for originality, + 1 for once again reaffirming that you have a killer record collection.

(for regular people who won’t know, and wouldn’t give a shit even if they did)
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-0 + $$$$$

WINNER: James Murphy

All kinds of jams from the 70’s til now — lots of Post punk/Italo/New
Wave/Synth Pop/Krautrock/Etc. Some of it you might know (Joy
Division,Giorgio Moroder,Prince,etc), but there are a ton of gems in
there too. Either way, these are all certified classics in my book,
so get familiar!

Get it HERE

TRACK LISTING

1.Frida – Something’s Going On
2.Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
3.Caribou – Odessa
4.Simple Minds – Theme for Great Cities
5.Molecule & Mr. Vigs – You Inspire Me
6.Chicken Lips – White Dwarf
7.Bagarre – Dirty Love
8.Rheingold – Drieklangs-Dimensionen
9.Joakim – Lonely Hearts
10.David Byrne – Big Business (Dance Mix)
11.Giorgio Moroder – Lost Angeles
12.New Order – Temptation (Eli’s edit)
13.Cold Cave – Love Comes Close
14.Joy Division – Means to an End (Eamon Harkin edit)
15.Pete Shelley – Homosapien (Dance Version)
16.Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia, My Reflection
17.Secret Service – Flash in the Night
18.Cellophane – Music Colours Part 3
19.Clan of Xymox – Stranger
20.SSQ – Jet Town
21.Prince – I Would Die For U

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well listen up y’all /
got a special invitation /
for a funky fresh party /
that’ll rock shock the nation /
at the K&M Bar /
it’s a special occasion /
you can hear your favorite jams /
from the radio station

punk rockers galore / from the new york streets /
crazy sounds overseas / with those robot beats /
we got disco magic / all up in the place /
and that synthesizer music from a way outerspace /

sexy movers party groovers /
all you late night troopers /
we’ll be hoppin show stoppin /
rockin rhythms super duper

cause Scallywag and A. Jacks /are on the wheels of steel /
and they’re known to get fresh /with the records so real /
Playing nothing but classics /till the break-a break-a dawn/
every single kind of genre /not just ones like this song /

Takahashi-san/ Orchestra of Yellow Magic /
If you ain’t down with this vid / Then your life is pretty tragic!

candy for your eyes / that you wont wanna miss
gotcha you seeing long tracers / from our laserdisc!

So come boogie with us /
now you know what it’s about /
and you will see / we guarantee
to straight up turn the party outoutoutoutout….

TO THE PPL THE PPL, TO THE PPL TO THE PPL PPL PPL PPL PPL…

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New Wave || Disco || Synthpop || Post Punk || Electrofunk

New Wave || Disco || Synthpop || Industrial || Post Punk || Electrofunk

Ohh! Oh my! Come now, make haste to your weendow! A foundation of porcelain forms een silence, and zee whorled ees blanketed anew! As we watch zee majesty of nature descending slowly from zee sky, freegid as eet ees beeyootiful, we often wonder aloud to hourselves: how ees eet that we too can purify hour sensibilities??

And then, like a snowflake creestallising eenside off hour minds, we recall with glee: Ah! eet ees almost time once aigain, time for Brooklyn’s premiere evening at zee discotheque! And we are knowing then for certain zat Adonis Jackson and Scallywag will play hour musik… zee musique which brings us theese feeling off rebirth within!

Zee Legendary Diana Ross most certainly knew how to confront zee cold with fearless abandon! Fanged creatures off zee ice are but off no match for a diva of theese magnitude!

And we mustn’t not forget off Freeez! For their chilly namesake gives way to a bounty of crazy hot steps and fiery rhythms! Wees keytars theese heavy, you can not barely weestand zee urges you haff to burst wees sweat!

So eet ees settled. Een but merely two days, we will go boldly een to zee white off night, laughing at zee cold as we pay no mind! Instead, we shall heat the dancefloor as we twirl een deelite, igniting zee midnite fellowship wees zee fires eenside off hour hearts!

Goddamn, that man could sing. This is EASILY one of my favorite songs of all-time – any era, any genre. The Thelma Houston version was a bigger hit apparently, but the Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes version is just untouchable: so huge and uplifting, yet filled with heartbreak.

Rest easy, Teddy, and thank you for the music.

BONUS: Extended Tom Moulton version + killer edit of “The Love I Lost” . Do the world a favor and play one of these at the end of the night this weekend.

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Don’t Leave Me This Way (Tom Moulton Mix)

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (Dj Asparagus Copycat Re-Edit)