noisefromthevoid

one of my favorite bands - The Chromatics - did a cover of this track a lil’ while ago, but the original is a masterpiece all of it’s own..

almost 30 years old, but what genius..

1979 going on 2009..?

yes it’s Tuesday..

so why not tune in your listening apparatus tonight..

for some aural re-stimulation..

from the heart of the eternal VOID..

9pm Tues July 29th @ 90hz.org

join us this Tuesday night for another 4 hours of heartfelt musical bliss, out in the eternal VOID, somewhere between love and death..

9pm pst Tues July 22nd @ 90hz.org

[another selection from the vaults of my misspent musical youth]

Sex Gang Children - Beasts

[more musical amusement from the dark depths of my record collection]

the acid generation.mp3

“chicago our inspiration, acid our destination……..”

Chicago may have the claim to fame as the birthplace of acid-house, but it was London where it really hit, and came to life. It’s arrival in the late 80s, hopelessly unprepared for, was like the perfect storm, swallowing up everything that had come before it, laying waste to the dregs of that self-centred decade and redrawing the city’s music and cultural map forever..

Of course fashion-conscious London was as eager to see the back of acid-house, as it was to welcome it when it first arrived. To many it was just a fad. One to be cashed in on, and then demonized & discarded as the next variation/mutation in style and music began to emerge. Fair enough - we all got sick of the ubiquitous acid smiley t-shirts that briefly became all the rage. But truth is I was never one for that trendy side of big city life, or for the addictive potential of the drugs and alcohol so easily available on every street corner. However, for some reason I let my guard down long enough to get hooked on this new sound, with it’s snake like rhythms of pulsing 303 bliss, tempting me into a new vivid world of chromatic excess, psychedelic abandon and acid madness..

Maybe it was a throw back to my mother’s own ‘experimental’ youth and my desire to relive it, but differently, or maybe I was simply in the mood to be metaphorically hung upside down by my skinny ankles and watch as my whole world fell out of my pockets and into the swirling musical abyss awaiting below. Either way I was down for the ride, and while London was predictably moving on to new sounds, I was instead digging deeper. In fact if it hadn’t been for acid-house I don’t think I’d ever made it out to San Francisco. London had acid-house, San Francisco the acid-tests. It didn’t take long for the parallels to become obvious, and there was no where else for my friends and I to go, but to get on the plane and make the 5000 mile intercontinental connection. And I’m glad we did, though the myths of course turned out to be bigger than real life. All that was really left to see of SF’s 60’s psychedelic revolution was the greying Grateful Dead scene, and a few touristy tye-dye stores on Haight St. What goes up must come down? It didn’t really matter though - we brought our own flavor of musical revolution with us from the UK, one that went on to dominate locally for a big chunk the 90’s. Sure we’ve all moved on from that time too, and thank-god, but I’ll always have a moment or two to stop and reminisce on the magical journeys the music back then helped provide, upwards and outwards to the farthest perimeters of the body, soul and mind. True, coming back/down from such euphoric abandon wasn’t always easy, but being away makes you appreciate what you’ve been away from all the more, and helped us all (I hope) appreciate the realities of real life for what they are - a struggle, a pleasure, but above all a gift..

to be cherished… : )

acid is dead, but long live the acid generation.

what can i say, but welcome to the retro future

got 4 for ya -

Alona (lovenoodles) on the Teardrop Explosions show April 15th

Alona.mp3

Conor on the Trailblazer show - June 10th

Conor.mp3

Kelley B (beat electric) on the Electric Juice show - July 8th

KelleyB.mp3

myself on the Obsession show - July 15th

Obsession-part1.mp3

Obsession-part2.mp3

I split the obsession show in half as it’s nearly 4 and 1/2 hours. And have included the playlist below..

hopefully I’ll get a few more archives up soon..

enjoy..

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Obsession playlist

I’m Sorry - Inflatable Boy Clams
Beetle Crawls - Nurse With Wound
A Dark Place - Synchro
Tell Them Josie (Brad Vachal edit) - ?
Let Me Go - Heaven 17
Delayer (Quiet Village Project remix) - Cosmo Vitelli
It Ain’t Necessarily Evil - Mari Boine vs Mungolian Jetset
Body and Soul (Scientist remix) - William Onyeabor
Peel Speed (Skinny Joey edit) - Mindless Boogie
We’re Through - James Pants
New Life - Matias Aguayo
Beyond The Congo - Legowelt
Summer Salt (40 Thieves remix) - Ollo
Let’s Practise (Wade Nichols dub) - Lindstrom
Jessie’s Theme (Tusk 45minuseight edit) - The Congosound Feat Jessie
Lonely Dancer - Van McCoy
Emotional Rescue (meat m) - The Stones
Magic - Five Sinners
I Feel Your Love - Morton Soransen
Your Silent Face - New Order
It’s A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl - We’re Late For Class
Maculae - The Fibbonaccis
Skin Scraped Back - Workforce
Dream Six-0 - X-Ref
I Was Raised By Snakes - Telex
What Use? (version) - Central Unit
The Bears Are Coming (Joakim Remix) - Late of the Pier
Oceans (Hardway Bros Life Aquatic edit) -Pierro Fidelfatti
Moon Unit Pt.1 - Paul Mogg
Bloodstream (Pilooski edit) - Stateless
Soundcity - Max Mohr
Friday the 13th part 3 - Harry Manfredini
The Devil In Us - Black Devil Disco Club
Telephone Operator (scratch banded) - Pete Shelley
Time For Changes - Faxe
Vicious Games - Yello
The Man Who Dies Everyday - Ultravox
A Walk In The Dark - Whitey
La Sirena - Andrew Weatherall
Breathe Me (Fourtet remix) - Sia
No, Nothing, Never - Dark Day
Arp’s Carpet - Dark Day
Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free (Joakim remix) - Zombie Zombie
Guilty (dub) - Honey Bane
Elephant Talk (dance mix) - King Crimson
Slide (Richard Fearless remix) - Scala
Cruel - The Liars
According To Plan - I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness
Fatal Flaw - The Sound
Sex Bomb - Flipper
Deja-vu - CSN&Y
Tomorrow Never Knows - Junior Parker
Paranoia Prima - Ennio Morricone
Cat Casanova - Reverberi
Play With Fire - Barbara & Ernie

Join us this week as we face off with obsession and the obsessed…

9pm Tues July 15th @

Travis (TK Disco) hit me up today in his eternal quest for vinyl treasures, asking about a track on an old dusty Scott Hardkiss tape..

Turns out it’s a track I used to (over)play at my Thursday night residency ‘Osmosis’ all the way back in ‘91.

Someone stole the actual vinyl from me long ago, but thanks to the wonders of youtube we can relive those mindblowing days of nightclub raving where, to quote the Examiner’s review of Osmosis - “the level of sexuality was so high, you didn’t know if someone was gay, straight, transsexual, bisexual — it didn’t matter.” How often can you say something like that? Was also a time when it seemed ecstacy was gonna change the world, and wearing too much shiny silver clothing was hella kuel…….

Which reminds me, if you’re curious and wanna know more about those crazy times you should get out and read Mireille Silcott’s Rave America which covers the history of SF in the early nineties including Osmosis, the Harkiss Brothers, the Wicked full moons and a whole lot more. It’s a damn good read..

Join me this week along with local San Francisco crate digging junkie - Kelley B.

A former late night radio show host, she spins everything from disco to electro to rock, as well as contributing to the fabulous BEAT ELECTRIC blog.

She’ll be kicking off this week’s colorful trip into the electrified Void @ 9pm sharp. See you then : )

9pm Tues July 8th @ 90hz.org

the 3 yr celebration is officially over..

I may have done 2 consecutive b-days shows but I still barely touched on all the music I played over the last 3 years..

so much fun though. Wow…..

back next week w/special guest Kelli (Beat Electric)..

see you then : )

and here’s tonight playlist -

Ocean of Tenderness - Ashra Temple
Strange Voyage - Francis Ford Coppola
Osten Wahrt Am Langsten - D.A.F.
Map of Africa (instrumental) - Map of Africa
Egyptian Sunset - Sorcerer
Pressure Drop - Material
music (in my mind) - lindstrøm & christabelle
Hide Me (Al Usher remix) - GrandadBob
Mojave - International Music System
Cargo - Axel Bauer
Woman of the World - Double
The Warehouse - Woolfy
Saving Grace - Thomas Leer
witness the change - pete shelley
Rocket Ride - White Light Circus
bad pulse (padded cell remix) - sly mongoose
dance to the music - Junior Byron
Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire
countdown - armand duchien
The Twilight Clone - Herbie Hancock
musicforchameleons - tubeway army + gary numan
Your Other Man (Secret Frequency Crew Remix) - Jandek
commuter fantasy - Pedestrians
unlimited capacity of love - grace jones
love endeavour (maurice fulton inst remix) - alice smith
Inside & Out - (Pearson & Elektronischer Dub) - Feist
Explorer - Daniele Baldelli
Elektra - Zdenka Kova
Data Italia - Skatebård
ElleEtMoi (joakim edit) - MaxBerlin
Night Drive - Chromatics
Vicious Game - Yello
Saturn Drive - Alan Vega
Night Out - Under Electric Light
Lover’s Rock - Love Trio in Dub
In the trees - faze action
Pegaso (Silver & Kane’s Roma Mix) - Professor Genius
Windowlicker (X-Rated Lick) - Run Jeremy
Arrest Yourself - Hot Chip
Cosmica (lindstrom & prins thomas remix) - Nemesi
The Silver Gun - Robert Palmer
Euros vs dollars (pilooski re-edit) - 0ctet
If I Ever Feel Better - Phoenix
I Want More - Can
Don’t Stop - Asso
Coming Up (re-edit) - Wings
Alright - Vivien Lee
Don’t Stop The Dance - Masha Qrella
Bakerman - Laidback
groovin in love - inner circle
Lurlun - Mikkel Metal
Chimney - The Yellow Moon Band
Swamp - Talking Heads
Cannonball - Sky
Winter Song - The Heliocentrics (nico)
Black Gold Of The Sun - Rotary Connection
I Want Your Love - James Mason
Fire on the Mountain - Grateful Dead
Traffic - Adventures In Stereo
Sweet Green Fields (lexx edit) - Seals & Crofts
Sweet Surprise - Chris Cosey & The Eurythmics