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Ok, this is a tough one to classify. So i limited it to the brits and to the 1980’s – and came up with a mix that skims the surface of some of the more inspirational artists to emerge from this often unreconizedly furtile period for psychedelia, what started w/ post-jangle dream pop, splinted out rapidly into various club sounds, goth-rock, Madchester, and later into shoegaze and modern brit-pop, but those are podcasts for another day.

Summer’s coming to an end, with what we hope is the beginning of a long and glorious fall season. I can’t think of a better mix to usher in a new season than this emotive mix by Britains favorite melecholic romantics. So download it, Ipod it, and take it with you for your next cool evening walk.

The Cure – Plainsong / Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll / Echo & The Bunnymen – The Yo-Yo Man / The Chameleons UK – P.S. Goodbye / The Stone Roses – I wanna be adored / The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty in Pink / New Order – Perfect Kiss / Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine / The Chameleons UK – Perfume Garden / Kate Bush – The Big Sky (Meteorogical Mix) / The Cure – Pornography

 

 Ae #9: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This weeks episode of the Ae radioshow consisted of another mega-mix, but this time not of a particular band as we did last time with Stereolab, but instead with the illustrious and prolific Kompakt Label. Started by GAS’s Wolfgang Voigt and couple fellow compatriots with a love of, and desire to marry gaussy drifting ambience to 4×4 german techno. Kompakt has grown exponentially in the 10 years since it’s creation thanks to it’s incredible standard of quality, and as the last couple years has managed to break through to listeners not as comfortable on the late night dancefloors as they are in headphones.

Infact as per-usual with the knee jerking indie-critics, many are saying Kompakt has reached some percieved “saturation point” and many of these critics have been claiming a “Kompakt backlash” is in order or underway – which given the last years amazing and varied output by label artists such as The Field, Pluxus, and Gui Boratto, would seem to us to be absolute hogwash and bandwagon jumping.

It’s our opinion that Kompakt remain supremely relevent, engaged and still on the forefront of a genre they themselves pioneered more than a decade ago. Regardless, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to compile a seemless two hour mixtape of some of Kompakts more recent triumphs to let you decide. Enjoy.

Transient – Pluxus / Beautiful Life – Gui Boratto / Intershop 6 – Dettinger / Brutalga Square – DJ Koze / Der Westenplanet – Markus Guentner / Heroes – Hug / Nitsa Is 11 – Ferenc / Closer Dance – Closer Musik / Align – Mikkel Metal / Estella – DJ Koze / Sandia – Ferenc / Phanto & ghost – Michael Mayer / Gate 7 – Gui Boratto / Tactic without Practice – Hug / Chromophobia – Gui Boratto / Kinoton – Pluxus / Wenn Musik der Liebe Nahrung Ist – Markus Guentner / Kappsta 2 – The Field

 

 Aether Everywhere #17: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Due to the request of our attendance at a recent Snake in the Garden show this week Aether Everywhere Radio show (and subsequent podcast) has been delayed for two more weeks. But thanks to a healthy back stock of unreleased AE Podcasts from previous shows along with a personal request from a regular reader I’ve decided to go back to the vault and pull out our show from Last winter focusing on one of my favorite genres – Japanese Psych. What follows is a reprinting of the original post as it appeared on highgatecenter.blogspot.com, enjoy.

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Hey everyone. Sorry that it’s taken until now to post the latest Aether Everywhere set and download (Jenny’s been checking her computer every couple of hours, folding her arms, and stomping away), but both Tanner and I had pretty hectic weekends. OK, so mine wasn’t really all that hectic, but since I was recently informed by my supervisor that, no, a hot pink Marc Bolan t-shirt (and the like) is not acceptable attire for work, I had to go get me some new threads.

Aaanyway, this past Thursday, we featured Ghost’s Snuffbox Immanence from 1999. A lot of people consider this to be their “classic” album, and I’d agree with that (although depending on the day, Lama Rabi Rabi gives it a run). We then spun a bunch of like-minded Japanese psych tracks, ranging from Ghost’s side work with Damon and Naomi (the rhythm section of Galaxie 500) to Nobuzaku Takemura, whose Steve Reich-meets-Markus Popp “Kepler” is reminiscent of Snuffbox’s “Daggma.” Hope you enjoy, and tune in Aether Everywhere this Thursday at 10 for some Elephant 6 action! – JOSH

(ps. This is one of my favorite setlists, i love all of these songs, and some of the artists are some of my all time favorite players, do yourself a favor, download this one, pop it into your ipod for that ride on the train, walk in the winter woods, or drive down the coast – also check out my mad photoshop p0Wnage! -tanner)

1) Damon & Naomi w/ Ghost – “I Dreamed of the Caucasus”
2) Keiji Haino – “I Don’t Want To Know”
3) L – “Troll”
4) LSD March – “Kimi Wa Tengoku”
5) Maher Salal Hash Baz – “What’s Your Business Here Elijah?”
6) Susumu Yokota – “Sleepy Eye”
7) Nagisa Ni Te – “Me On The Beach”
8 ) Boredoms – “(two circles)”
9) Nobukazu Takemura – “Kepler”
10) Boris w/ Michio Kurihara – “Fuzzy Reactor”
11) Masaki Batoh – “Spooky”
12) High Rise – “Outside Gentiles”

 

 AE Podcast #4 - Jap-Psych: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Due to the request of our attendance at a recent Snake in the Garden show this week Aether Everywhere Radio show (and subsequent podcast) has been delayed for two more weeks. But thanks to a healthy back stock of unreleased AE Podcasts from previous shows along with a personal request from a regular reader I’ve decided to go back to the vault and pull out our show from Last winter focusing on one of my favorite genres – Japanese Psych. What follows is a reprinting of the original post as it appeared on highgatecenter.blogspot.com, enjoy.

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Hey everyone. Sorry that it’s taken until now to post the latest Aether Everywhere set and download (Jenny’s been checking her computer every couple of hours, folding her arms, and stomping away), but both Tanner and I had pretty hectic weekends. OK, so mine wasn’t really all that hectic, but since I was recently informed by my supervisor that, no, a hot pink Marc Bolan t-shirt (and the like) is not acceptable attire for work, I had to go get me some new threads.

Aaanyway, this past Thursday, we featured Ghost’s Snuffbox Immanence from 1999. A lot of people consider this to be their “classic” album, and I’d agree with that (although depending on the day, Lama Rabi Rabi gives it a run). We then spun a bunch of like-minded Japanese psych tracks, ranging from Ghost’s side work with Damon and Naomi (the rhythm section of Galaxie 500) to Nobuzaku Takemura, whose Steve Reich-meets-Markus Popp “Kepler” is reminiscent of Snuffbox’s “Daggma.” Hope you enjoy, and tune in Aether Everywhere this Thursday at 10 for some Elephant 6 action! – JOSH

(ps. This is one of my favorite setlists, i love all of these songs, and some of the artists are some of my all time favorite players, do yourself a favor, download this one, pop it into your ipod for that ride on the train, walk in the winter woods, or drive down the coast – also check out my mad photoshop p0Wnage! -tanner)

1) Damon & Naomi w/ Ghost – “I Dreamed of the Caucasus”
2) Keiji Haino – “I Don’t Want To Know”
3) L – “Troll”
4) LSD March – “Kimi Wa Tengoku”
5) Maher Salal Hash Baz – “What’s Your Business Here Elijah?”
6) Susumu Yokota – “Sleepy Eye”
7) Nagisa Ni Te – “Me On The Beach”
Boredoms – “(two circles)”
9) Nobukazu Takemura – “Kepler”
10) Boris w/ Michio Kurihara – “Fuzzy Reactor”
11) Masaki Batoh – “Spooky”
12) High Rise – “Outside Gentiles”

 

 AE Podcast #4 - Jap-Psych: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download