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Gramomania

Posted by homoludo on Aug 29 2008 Posted by homoludo on August 29th, 2008 filed in 78's, gramomania, gramophone disco, music, writing
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“In 1924 the British magazine Gramophone playfully warned of ‘gramomania’ alerting readers to its ‘insidious approach, its baneful effects, its ability to destroy human delights’. Two years later, on the other side of the Atlantic, the Phonography Monthly Review asked readers to recount their most dire sacrifices in the name of grooved shellac.”

From Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music by Mark Katz, p10.

I’m starting a new section of this blog/site called gramomania, I’ll try to put up a 78 gramophone record every week. It will also be a place for posts about old stuff, the history of the future, time machine schematics, automata etc.

So to start off here’s a US top ten tune from 1950

Hank Penny with String Band- Blood Shot Eyes

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This tune being something of an anthem at a Gramophone disco thing I do with some pals.

Gramophone disco being an all night bar with a 78’s , normal records and a pre sixties music policy. The Gramophone disco has a nice carny feel with various diversions including-

Smash hits gramophone disco.

This is where the crowd listen to a record and vote whether to smash it or whether it’s a hit and a keepy. It’s fun for a various reasons

1. Smashing records(particularly brittle shellac) is very satisfying fun.

2. It has the added bonus of being a kind of anarchist history smashing theatre.

3. When I have a enough smashed 78’s, I’m going to make a time machine out of them.

4. It’s good to crate dig in public and share the pleasure of finding an unknown great record- makes a surprisingly good entertainment.

5. It’s a way of getting people to actually listen and pay attention to old 78’s.

6. It’s a good antidote to the whole po-faced worship of the past, old records etc.

We’re doing the Electric picnic this weekend so drop in if your around and here’s another 78/tune to listen to on the drive there.

[audio:/Strawberry_Fair%20_The_Beverly_Sisters.mp3]

Folkcore 2

Posted by homoludo on Aug 14 2008 Posted by homoludo on August 14th, 2008 filed in flyers, gigs, music, old school
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Postmantuaism

Posted by homoludo on Aug 07 2008 Posted by homoludo on August 7th, 2008 filed in Bassline, calypso, festies, music
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Just back/recovered from Mantua – shouts to everybody- crew and punters who made it good diy vibes from begining to end. The Gramophone disco went well and same props. And cheers to everybody for enjoying my bassline/4×4 set in the low end tent and letting me know. I’ll post some pics etc soon.

Not a million miles from that set – this is everywhere the last week or so and well worth checkin’- nice bit of a work out on the buy out riddim near the end(Notch – Nuttin’ Nuh Go So (RCola Remix), one of my fav riddims.

Immediate sounds vol01

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1. Beenie Man & So Solid Crew – Yagga Yo
2. Ms Dynamite & Menta – Ramp
3. El-B – Shorty (Steppas Remix)
4. Glamour Murphy – What The Woman Want (Acapella)
5. QQ – Screechie
6. Stacy – Let Meh Know
7. Kyla & Paleface – Do You Mind (Crazy Cousins Remix)
8. Geeneus & Zinc – I Try (Instrumental)
9. Vybz Kartel – Stop Gwaan Stush (Acapella)
10. Top Cat & Double 99 – Ripgroove
11. Durrty Goodz – Pum Pum Stealer
12. Tubby – Turbo Shandy
13. Destra & Dizzee Rascal – Flex (Tim Turbo Refix)
14. Plastic Gangsters – Rock To The Rhythm
15. Shabba Ranks – Love Punaany Bad (Baby G Remix)
16. Elephant Man – Nobody Nobody
17. Notch – Nuttin’ Nuh Go So (RCola Remix)
18. Soundclash feat Red Fox & Screechie Dan – Pum Pum Shorts

PCPRadio Where’s Kev?

Posted by homoludo on Jul 22 2008 Posted by homoludo on July 22nd, 2008 filed in balkan, brass, music, radio shows
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Just spent a few days in Berlin after coming from Croatia. Had some great pictures of all the baldy pigeons there but my camera got scrambled.

Appropriately enough recorded this show of balkan/eastern high energy with Keven Culhane before I left. The first record is mine – Nathan Szpiro met his wife after being part of a Jewish regiment that liberated the concentration camp she was in. He’s a Klezmer Vaudevillian -I’ll post the record cover when I get home, it’s hilarious. The rest are Kev’s selections, he’ll be Dj’ing with us at the Gramophone Disco at Mantua next week and the electric picnic at the end of August.

1. Nathan Szpiro- Rumenye, Rumenye
2. A Little Marching Band – Alarm
3. Extra Action Marching Band – ?
4. ?? Unknown Russian Groop?
5. Nayekhovichi – Borsht
6. Volga Volga – Belyar Rosy
7. Golem – Odessa
8. Mahala Rai Banda – Kibori
9. Kal – Dvojka
10. Bregovic – Sex
11. Fanfare Savale – Luteala Caprii
12. Fanfare Ciocarlia – ?
13. Zdravko Colic – Merak Mi Ja
14. ?? Makedonian Superstar?
15. Youngblood Brass Band – Brooklyn
16. Slavic Soul Party – Cocek Nirvana
17. ??Ex-Yugo Lads – Majicki
18. Mojakka – ?
19. Gogol Bordello – East Infection
20. Red Elvises – Cosmaunaut Petrov
21. The Ukrainians – Batyar
22. Leningrad – ?
23. ?? Russian Punk?
24. Russaja – Dobro Abend
25. O’Djila – Bil Bul
26. Fulgerica Mahala Gypsies
27. Korcani Orkestar – Siki Siki Baba
28. Claude Cannes – Mao Mao

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PCPRadio_Dutty stay out

Posted by homoludo on Jul 13 2008 Posted by homoludo on July 13th, 2008 filed in music, radio shows
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Here’s a few A-force and I threw down. Starts of the with the massive ‘This is why I’m hot’ from Junior Reid, into a couple from the unstoppable Lil Wayne and into a selection of bassy hip hop and various styles of steppas.

1. Junior Reid – This is Why I’m Hot

2. Esso Trinidad steel band – I want back

3. Lil Wayne – La la la la

4. lil wayne – lollipop – The kingdom remix

Available free here. The mixtapes very good also

5. Rustie – Spliff dub

6. Rusite- Just for kicks

7. lewi white – sideline

8. jazzsteppa – american b

9. starkey – dementia

10. More fire crew – Oi

11. lewi white and smasher -baxkin the day

12. Luck and Neat – Irie

13. Rustie- Pendulum

14. Stareky – kick push

15. Southern – fully loaded

16. Taz buck faster – Bumba

17. Forsaken – Boat Noodles

18. Optimuz and droid -area

19. super man mash with emalky

20. legalize it -??

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PCPradio – On me hols

Posted by homoludo on Jul 04 2008 Posted by homoludo on July 4th, 2008 filed in music, radio shows
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Excuse the radio silence over the last few weeks. I’ve been traveling/doing some pesky college work etc. Also had some probs getting some of my recent shows off the system in the radio show. But all sorted now and while I’m still away alot over the next few weeks, have a few stored up for you like…

This one, starts out with a few tunes on the amazing buy out riddim, and is generally on a ragga/reggae mash tip. Check T-woc’s/Brother cultures -The warning. To my knowledge the best Eire reggae seven inch ever! (maybe the only one). It’s mixed up a bit with the excellent Jahtari’s Brand new second hand. Other treats include Lexus’ versioning over Billie Jean…

Away from my tunes so will fix up the track list later. The Dj takes no responsibility for any slight skips/distortion and is running gigs to get new decks.

1. Beenie man – Row like a boat

2. Sean paul – Like glue

3. ashanti – Rock with me

4. what’s love?

5. Dj xela/ General levy

6. General levy

7. Brother Culture/twoc -The warning

8. Jahtari – Second Hand man (Ft Mikey Murka)

both of these kind of worked for a bit.

9. Matt shadatek – Girlfriend rmx

10. South rakkas crew-mad again

11. slick rick – Mona lisa

12. kid sister – damn girl

13. lexus – Billie medley

14. The french house one with a euro symbol on it….can’t remember

15. Francois k feat u roy -rootsman

16. dre skull – sweat

17. atrak feat- mia

18. rouge state

19. marley dubstep

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Calypso Steel

Posted by homoludo on Jun 06 2008 Posted by homoludo on June 6th, 2008 filed in calypso, music, old school
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Here’s an old one to enjoy in the sun (which keeps on giving this summer in Ol’Éire).

I’ve been playing this a various gigs over the last few weeks and am really feeling it again.

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PCPRadio Bassline Bits

Posted by homoludo on May 23 2008 Posted by homoludo on May 23rd, 2008 filed in Bassline, music, radio shows
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Here’s ya go, some Bassline bits for you , check particularly Resistance it’s monster.

And dubs- Ghislain Poirier tonight.

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1. Rustie – Response
2. Dexplicit – Resistance
3. T Camp – Bad Breed
4. Dexplicit – Lollipop bass
5. Mr B – Game over
6. Dj Panther-Bully Boys
7. Dexplicit – Juicy Fruit
8. Dexplicit – White(the one with the kung fu sample)

9. Trc Feat Teresa – Burgastyle
10. Bass Boy – Fried Macrul
11. Adotr Vs Dopestalla – Run U
12. Ds1 ft Mint – u like it don’t ya ?
13. Dre – Now wasup?
14. Hey-o-Hansen- Fly away
15. Various Productions – Where I belong
16. Crystal Distortion – ??
17. Neil Landstrumm – Assasin Master
18. DZ- Strong on ya
19. Neil Landstrumm – Give them Fire
20. Santogold – Creator
21. Various Production – Monster
22. ?????
23. Dre – Motherfucker Dance
24. Kode 9 –
25. Burial –

Folkcore

Posted by homoludo on May 01 2008 Posted by homoludo on May 1st, 2008 filed in gigs, Irish bands, music
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  Homoludo playing at this gig on Sunday evening. Promises to be interesting, with folk and psychedelic folk band upstairs: Dj’s and electronic artists downstairs, giving their interpretations. Homoguitar and I are bringing bagpipe drones, a big sitar and a distortion peddle.

PCPRadio Richie K

Posted by homoludo on May 01 2008 Posted by homoludo on May 1st, 2008 filed in music, radio shows
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This weeks guest is Richie Kaboogie, in for a couple of scoops and an aul mix.

The set starts of with Cork’s Stump and their tribute the recently deceased libertarian hero Charlton Heston. Going from there into a breaky, somewhat psychedelic mix(I will fix up the track list later, am in an airport).The second section is me and Richie Mixing up some dubs

1. Stump – Lights, Camera, Action!
2. Booka shade City nights (Neon Dub)
3. Cardo pusher
4. Mouse on mars
5. thingy
6. mouse on mars
7. pete

Me and Richie
8. Oris jay – megatection
9. Distance – v
10. Emalkay – reaggae one
11. Dubchild – heavy artillery
12. orien
13. heavy Artillery Flip
14. Dz – Slum dub
15. Drop the lime-Mandeer hunted
16. Dexorcist- Propulsion151
17. Rum dog – roddell
18. Taz buckfaster – Bumba
19. Phokus ft. Tinchy & Dirty Danger – Dem all shot
20. Scottie B – Midnight request line refix
21. Zomby – spliff dub (rustie remix)
22. Emalkay – Crunk inspace
23. jackyl and hyde this is the underground
24. Skream – Tek a pill
25. Hot cakes
26. Warrior queen – Almighty father
27. Benga and walsh – Addicts
28. Flamin’ hotz -Juggernaut
29. Kromestart feat leebra – Curuption
30. Skream – Ringo

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