Einsturzende Neubauten- Tanz Debil Their name stands for Collapsing New Buildings, maybe another strain of Situationist Architecture’s revolt against modernism. But they are not intellectuals, or at least not of the usual sort… (slight detour) The child starts striking the walls of the building closer to him, the walls of society, with his red hot…
Moebius,Plank,Neumeier- Pitch Control I have no idea how to describe this track. It is from the album Zero Set. I could tell you this track is !!!s latest remix by Maurice Fulton, released next week and most of you would believe me. I could tell you this track was recorded in 1982 by Juan Atkins,…
Eon is usually Ian Beta (who used to do stuff for Rhythm King Records), J Saul Kane of Depth Charge and some other luminaries. An Idiot’s Guide to Dreaming have some Eon mp3s for you, and a nice little story too In this case they blow the whole cool thing off using the name Ignition…
Today I bought a couple of records from the budget section of a record shop in my town, they were ‘Paradiso’ by Kamerakino and ‘Calling Out of Context’ by Arthur Russell, less than 8 quid altogether. So… Kamerakino- Metall Auf Eis These guys are another of those wonderfully weird/weirdly wonderful bands that tend to come…
Yeah, it was geek heaven Madrid, they even had robots running around the hallways! not security dogs as Stuart was wondering, but little white plastic dogs (the size of half a big cat more or less) that will compete in this rather remarkable event (apparently the rest of the members of the Telematics team in…
As Juan is in Spain being a nerd, we have a guest and honorary nerd the one and only kicking_k of It Came From The Sea fame and Plan b magazine. Life Without Buildings – The Leanover “If I lose you, if I lose you, if I lose you, if I lose you, the huh…
Selfish Cunt blow me away live. Martin has the whole Lydon/Osterberg “I’m on stage and I’m gonna show get me as much attention as possible” thing going on, while Patrick kills his guitar with so much passion it gives me the fear. Intensity is at a max. This is for real. I don’t know how…
20JazzFunkgreatsNite IV, a New Hope, was great actually, and the drinks were cheap and did their job and our guest Verity was amazing. Thanks to her and to those who were there and to those who feel the whole thing! Juan’s playlist (as far as he can remember: drinks were cheap) The Emperor Machine- Emperor…
We not men we are 20 Jazz Funk Greats. Using the name of something cool to appear cool ourselves. (association, implication) It’s not Jazz Funk it’s not Great and there are not 20 of us. Naughty school boy humour from Throbbing Gristle. Throbbing Gristle – Something came over me Also… minimal mystery song with a…
The Emperor Machine- The Emperor Machine After releasing a string of 12′ which come close to perfection, a classy yet utterly alive (or undead?) collection of disco-dub informed by moroderian dynamics and replete of eerie electronic droning (think of The Carpenter), The Emperor machine (Andy Meecham of Chicken Lips) doesn’t disappoint with his formidable debut…
Let’s talk about Glenn Branca’s Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar. I can’t say much, I know next to nothing about modern composition. Of course this is a void I hope to fill at some point in the future, but for now I can’t really get into the theoretical aspects of this song, the classical/minimal…
As anyone who reads this blog regularly knows, we are suckers for inappropriate drumming. This track has a tiny little girl with a tiny little music box in it too. Vitalic – Fanfares Much the same concept as Jeremy Deller’s acid brass meets The Battle of Orgreave in one, Vitalic take the massed marching bands…
(Our reporter from the spiritual front, Matt, sends another chronicle, as brilliant as always, but in this case tinged with the sadness of another untimely departure) The Monks: A shamanic appreciation. What possessed them? The first thought that comes into your head when you see a picture of The Monks. What possessed them? What possesses…
Every Black Strobe release or remix is held up by young whippersnappers and old dj farts with great elation as the saviour of dance music. I keep falling for it too, and looking though my collection I see I have shit loads of remixes and tracks by them. I don’t think they live up to…
The Barcelona Pavillion- New Materiology Let me quote Derrida at some length (my translation), after all, in 20JazzFunkGreats we’re all about Monster Music… ‘…they nick the start of the song from the Fall (Rowche, Rumble, Rowche, Rumble, it’s Valium XS XSS, Valium XS XSSSS…doesn’t get any better than this eh my friend?), the infectious videogame…
Want to know about Italo? Ask Woebot here and here, and Jahsonic. My knowledge pales in significance to this thesis like research on the subject. Fonteyn and Marika at computer blue are so hot on it at the moment, and don’t cringe at some of the more MOR moments and cliched production style. Computer Blue…
So in this review I can’t say much about the band themselves, but I can tell a story… Some time ago my friend Mark and me ended our Hunter.S.Thompsonian night at 6.00AM in his house drinking coffee (don’t ask!)…he asked me to play something off my 20JazzFunkGreats record box (we had held our night a…
I hope you were where you had to be, doing what you had to do, I’m sorry it wasn’t enough, their tide is rising and everything looks ugly. Just one song, anger, some hope maybe. Sonic Youth-Youth Against Fascism It’s a shame we have to post our first Sonic Youth song in these circumstances, but…
DFA Compilation #2, is an indispensable artifact for anyone interested in modern electronic music and classy dancefloor mayhem. It includes two CDs of great stuff ranging from the crazy post-punk adventures of J.O.Y. to Black Dice’s blissful ambient noise (in between, amongst others, Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom’s synthetic odisseys, the Robotic Psychedelic Funk of…
Iain and Pete are members of the amazing Shark and great music conoisseurs, as the setlist they played when guest djing for 20JazzFunkGreats last month demonstrates… Tracks Iain played: Art Ensemble of Chicago- Rock Out Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- When Big Joan Sets Up 5 Amp Fuse- Power To The People Whirlwind Heat-…