We have had Post Rock now the much more fun genre of Post F**K, post coital classixxxs as selected by the avuncular Maningrey......Read on
In the nuclear winter we are having what else is there to do on a freezing Sunday lie in than a pleasurable fumble with your boy, girl, fourlegged furry friend? For those non smokers amongst us we have to reach for the musical nicotine of the post coital play list.
Ismistik: Absence
Icelandic prog techno, the sound of an albatross gliding over the glaciers before being harpooned by the currently impoverished Icelanders for food. If I got my geography, natural history, economics wrong here please email the London School of Sound and I will ignore it.
Grant Green: Deep River
Classic Blue Note jazz, as soft as one of those really long strong toilet roles that give you a free puppy toy when you send the tokens, hand crafted by Thai 6 year olds for 1 pence a day.
Pharoah Sanders: Astral Traveling
Of all the beardy bead fez wearing jazz gurus Sanders is indeed the Pharoah of them all, specialises in massive glittering dirges awash with bells, whistles and dejembe topped off by his own shrieking harmolidic sax and generally some guy stoned on chick peas talking about ancient Egypt....but like in a totally mellow way...
As One: Epic
Epic indeed, this was for a long time my Sunday morning anthem after a night of illicite substances, more a come down song but now I partake of nothing stronger than Guava juice its become a humping song....Oh its jazzy techno by the way, made by people who love beats and jazz fusion but can't dance or play an instrument leading to IDM, generally horrible but the glittering synths and Headhunters bass does the trick in this case.
Fripp and Eno: Wind on Water
You got to have a bit of Eno if your talking "chillax" his best work is with demented King Crimson/Bowie guitar hero Robert Fripp who always lends a bit of edge to otherwise drippy "soundscapes". In this case the churning phalanx of trilling guitars lurk beneath the shiny synths like a giant friendly Koi Carp wanting bread. See also the excellent Eno solo track "Julie With", all charming ocean going vibe and sun baked glockenspiel....the lyrics possibly about a murder.
Dave Holland: Conference of Birds
More jazz, I realise its a jazz, techno, prog mix I'm making here but bear with me there is some Slayer further down the list...Dave Holland is a jazz hero for his excellent bass work on "In A Silent Way" with Miles Davis but mainly for wearing a bandana and over bite infront of half a million people at the Isle of Wight festival in 1969 again with Miles. Talk about white men can't jump...but white men can play some righteous bass and compose charming flutey melodies.
Donald Byrd: Places and Spaces
Got into this through a Pete Rock hip hop track that sampled the introduction, I love it when you have a favorite track and then find that the original is even better. Huge string laden philly funk master work...For more sample information check here
Judi Sill: The Donor
Majestic prog folk, I randomly bought this after reading some raves in the great book Hotel California, a hilarious read about the monsterous behavious of the 70"s "mellow mafia" of The Eagles, CSN, Joni Mitchell etc. Sill was the best of the bunch but due to an unhealthy mix of smack, prostitution and pissing off David Geffen she disappeared.
Reagenz: A
When I bought this for £25 on the excellent Discogs, the best place for rare impossible to find stuff, I was horrified, it just sounded like two oafs randomly fiddling with the oscillators, and to be fair a couple of years down the line that is exactly what this album is apart from the electronic hundreds and thousands of this track. A two chord christmas tree of electronic tingles or one of those pink and blue circular biscuits with icing everyone remembers from kids parties before they got into heroin.
Global Communications: 9.25
The Sistine Chapel of ambient techno, imagine seeing a city crushed not by the feet of a terrifying Japanese killer lizard but by one of Jeff Koons' silver bunnys (ahh the picture is finally explained!) and rather than crushing the citizens it showers them with bunny love.
Gil Scott Heron: Lady Day and John Coltrane
Groovy soul jazz from the pre crack proto rapper, it just makes ya feel goood.
Until next time
Maningrey
In the nuclear winter we are having what else is there to do on a freezing Sunday lie in than a pleasurable fumble with your boy, girl, fourlegged furry friend? For those non smokers amongst us we have to reach for the musical nicotine of the post coital play list.
Ismistik: Absence
Icelandic prog techno, the sound of an albatross gliding over the glaciers before being harpooned by the currently impoverished Icelanders for food. If I got my geography, natural history, economics wrong here please email the London School of Sound and I will ignore it.
Grant Green: Deep River
Classic Blue Note jazz, as soft as one of those really long strong toilet roles that give you a free puppy toy when you send the tokens, hand crafted by Thai 6 year olds for 1 pence a day.
Pharoah Sanders: Astral Traveling
Of all the beardy bead fez wearing jazz gurus Sanders is indeed the Pharoah of them all, specialises in massive glittering dirges awash with bells, whistles and dejembe topped off by his own shrieking harmolidic sax and generally some guy stoned on chick peas talking about ancient Egypt....but like in a totally mellow way...
As One: Epic
Epic indeed, this was for a long time my Sunday morning anthem after a night of illicite substances, more a come down song but now I partake of nothing stronger than Guava juice its become a humping song....Oh its jazzy techno by the way, made by people who love beats and jazz fusion but can't dance or play an instrument leading to IDM, generally horrible but the glittering synths and Headhunters bass does the trick in this case.
Fripp and Eno: Wind on Water
You got to have a bit of Eno if your talking "chillax" his best work is with demented King Crimson/Bowie guitar hero Robert Fripp who always lends a bit of edge to otherwise drippy "soundscapes". In this case the churning phalanx of trilling guitars lurk beneath the shiny synths like a giant friendly Koi Carp wanting bread. See also the excellent Eno solo track "Julie With", all charming ocean going vibe and sun baked glockenspiel....the lyrics possibly about a murder.
Dave Holland: Conference of Birds
More jazz, I realise its a jazz, techno, prog mix I'm making here but bear with me there is some Slayer further down the list...Dave Holland is a jazz hero for his excellent bass work on "In A Silent Way" with Miles Davis but mainly for wearing a bandana and over bite infront of half a million people at the Isle of Wight festival in 1969 again with Miles. Talk about white men can't jump...but white men can play some righteous bass and compose charming flutey melodies.
Donald Byrd: Places and Spaces
Got into this through a Pete Rock hip hop track that sampled the introduction, I love it when you have a favorite track and then find that the original is even better. Huge string laden philly funk master work...For more sample information check here
Judi Sill: The Donor
Majestic prog folk, I randomly bought this after reading some raves in the great book Hotel California, a hilarious read about the monsterous behavious of the 70"s "mellow mafia" of The Eagles, CSN, Joni Mitchell etc. Sill was the best of the bunch but due to an unhealthy mix of smack, prostitution and pissing off David Geffen she disappeared.
Reagenz: A
When I bought this for £25 on the excellent Discogs, the best place for rare impossible to find stuff, I was horrified, it just sounded like two oafs randomly fiddling with the oscillators, and to be fair a couple of years down the line that is exactly what this album is apart from the electronic hundreds and thousands of this track. A two chord christmas tree of electronic tingles or one of those pink and blue circular biscuits with icing everyone remembers from kids parties before they got into heroin.
Global Communications: 9.25
The Sistine Chapel of ambient techno, imagine seeing a city crushed not by the feet of a terrifying Japanese killer lizard but by one of Jeff Koons' silver bunnys (ahh the picture is finally explained!) and rather than crushing the citizens it showers them with bunny love.
Gil Scott Heron: Lady Day and John Coltrane
Groovy soul jazz from the pre crack proto rapper, it just makes ya feel goood.
Until next time
Maningrey
this is quite hot... you should also do one of tunes NOT to put on a sexy time tape (eg rocks by primal scream. speaking from personal experience)
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