DANGEROUS ORANGE Aversion (2008)

Today I want to introduce you to the electronica project from Dave Younger called DANGEROUS ORANGE.
He runs a studio called The Control Centre and you can find and download lots of sound samples of analog synths and drum loops.
And now guess what DANGEROUS ORANGE sounds like. I really love this stuff as it is pretty relaxed and decent.
This here is the album from 2008. Find more on bandcamp here.

ANDY PAWLAK Shoebox Full Of Secrets (30th Anniversary Bonus Tracks) 2018

Dear Readers,
great ANDY PAWLAK is planning to release the Bonus Tracks from the Single releases of "Shoebox" PLUS (with a little luck) truly lost (and recently found) tracks from the pre-Shoebox era.
Andy will go through the new old tracks and see what fits and is ready to be released.
The bundle will hopefully be available on CD and a Double-Vinyl set from Firestation Records ! Ain't that brilliant news?
Hope you all are fine out there.
Cheers, the monomod

COUNTING CROWS August And Everything After (1993)

Today 25 years ago,  Frisco Band COUNTING CROWS released the wonderful "August And Everything After".
Usually I am neither a big fan of the U.S., nor Americana or American Bands but there are some Artists or records in particular that I really like, like Johnny Cash or... "August And Everything After" when it comes to great albums.
My favourite song is "Anna begins"...

COUTNING CROWS August And Everything After (1993)
01 Round Here
02 Omaha
03 Mr. Jones
04 Perfect Blue Buildings
05 Anna Begins
06 Time And Time Again
07 Rain King
08 Sullivan Street
09 Ghost Train
10 Raining In Baltimore
11 A Murder Of One

THE SCIENCE OF WORDS In A Space (2018)

THE SCIENCE OF WORDS recently contacted me to introduce me to their new single "In A Space". I haven't heard of them before but I really like this song. What came to my mind is some kind of Surf-Punk with some Spiritualized sort of mad guitars and a catchy chorus.
And I love the ambient mix. Very spheric...
Support them. Buy the single...

Bandcamp

Squirrel Records

BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN MAN Out Of Season (2002)

Beth Gibbons, of PORTISHEAD of course, with former TALK TALK member Paul Webb in a typical PORTISHEAD manner.
Wonderfully mellow and fitting for the "wee small hours" - if you don't prefer Ole Blue Eyes' long player of this name.

BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN MAN Out Of Season (2002)
01 Mysteries
02 Tom The Model
03 Show
04 Romance
05 Sand River
06 Spider Monkey
07 Resolve
08 Drake
09 Funny Time Of Year
10 Rustin Man

CHET BAKER The Last Great Concert (1990)

CHET BAKER recorded his last great concert with the NDR Big band (the NDR is a local radio station in Northern Germany) on April, 28th 1988 only about two weeks before his fatal accident.
He died in Amsterdam 30 years ago.

You were one of the big ones, Chet.

CHET BAKER The Last Great Concert Vol.1&2 (1990)
CD1
01 All Blues
02 My Funny Valentine
03 Well You Needn't
04 Summertime
05 In Your Own Sweet Way
06 Django
07 I Fall In Love Too Easily
CD2
01 Look For the Silver Lining
02 I Get Along Without You Very Well
03 Conception
04 There's A Small Hotel
05 Sippin' At Bells
06 Tenderly
07 My Funny Valentine (Reprise)

KRAFTWERK Man-Nature-Technology (2013)

This is not an official release but a nice Best-Of Mixed.
It has the well known quality sound of Kraftwerk.
No rubbish, only great mixes.
This is for hardcore collectors.

KRAFTWERK Man-Nature-Technology.
01 The Hall Of Mirrors (Black Sand 7" Edit)
02 Aero Dynamik (The Portal Mix)
03 Radioactivity (Half-Life Lix)
04 Pocket Calculator (Black Sand Mix)
05 Home Computer (Disc Error Remix)
06 The Robots (Deprogrammed Edit)
07 Music Non Stop (Colorless Sand Mix)
08 Electric Café (Carbo-Hydrate Mix)
09 The Model (Stretched Mix)
10 Computer Love (The3rdMan Mix)
11 The Man Machine (Black Sand 7" Remix)
12 Metal Abzug Metal (A Mash Mix)
13 Tour De France (La Grande Boucle Mix)
14 Expo 2000 (Virus 13 Mix)

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SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS Epic Garden Music (1982)

Here you have the first album of SAD LOVERS & GIANTS from 1982.

It's brilliant and although it's more than 35 years old it absolutely stood the test of time.

The sound is still stile-forming and up to date.

The band still exists. They didn't release a record for decades but still perform live.

SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS Epic Garden Music  (1982)

01 Imagination

02 Landslide

03 When I see you

04 Colourless Dream

05 Things we never did

06 Lost in a Moment

07 The Tightrope Touch

08 Echoplay

09 Clocktower Lodge

10 Clint

11 Lope

12 Cloud 9

13 ART (By me)

14 Alice (isn't playing)

15 Far from the Sea

THE CRANBERRIES

This is a re-post in memory of DOLORES O'RIORDAN who died yesterday.

I once mentioned in a post that I compiled my personal Best Of CRANBERRIES. And that I never ever would have released "Zombie" as a single, how ever big the success might have been.
And this is my
Best Of THE CRANBERRIES:

01 I Still Do
02 Dreams
03 Sunday
04 Pretty
05 Not Sorry
06 Linger
07 Wanted
08 I Will Always
09 Put Me Down
10 Ode to My Family
11 Twenty One
12 Empty
13 Disappointment
14 Dreaming My Dreams
15 No Need to Argue
16 Away
17 When You're Gone
18 War Child
19 I'm Still Remembering
20 Joe
21 Cordell
22 Never grow old
23 Analyse
24 Dying inside
25 The Concept
26 Pretty eyes
27 I really hope
28 Every morning
29 Do you know
30 Carry on
31 Chocolate brown
32 Animal Instinct
33 You And Me
34 Just My Imagination
35 Shattered
36 Saving Grace
37 What's On My Mind
38 Fee Fi Fo
39 Dying In The Sun
Without "Zombie" and without "Salvation"!Finally!

ANNE CLARK I'll Walk Out Into Tomorrow (2018)

This month will witness the release of a documentary about ANNE CLARK called "I'll Walk Out Into Tomorrow" on 28th January.
I bet there are some out there who will go and watch with me... Somewhere out there...
I will keep you updated.

CURIOSITY Hang On In There Baby (1992)

Another one off topic. CURIOSITY f.k.a. CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT with a brilliant cover version of Johnny Bristol's "Hang On In There Baby".
I like both versions but CURIOSITY did a fuckin' good job here. Probably their best single, even I really like their first long player. (To be posted here as well one day.)

CURIOSITY Hang On In There Baby (1992)
01 Hang On In There Baby (7" version)
02 Hang On In There Baby (Extended ClubMix)
03 MeaningOf Dreaming

JOHNNY HATES JAZZ Turn Back The Clock (1987)

 

 

OK, a bit off topic, as this is NOT INDIE at all... It's simply wonderful mainstream pop and made my days back in the 80s.

I still love the singles and my preferred local radio station plays them frequently - just like a few minutes ago.

 

JOHNNY HATES JAZZ Turn Back The Clock (1987)

01 Shattered Dreams

02 Heart of Gold

03 Turn Back the Clock

04 Don't Say It's Love

05 What Other Reason

06 I Don't Want to Be a Hero

07 Listen

08 Different Seasons

09 Don't Let It End This Way

10 Foolish Heart

11 Heart of Gold (J. Mendelsohn Mix)

12 Turn Back the Clock (J. Mendelsohn Mix)

13 I Don't Want to Be a Hero (Extended Mix)

 

I wish you all the best for 2018! Stay safe, stay cool! And peace!

CHILDHOOD Universal High (2017)

Today I stumbled over CHILDHOOD by pure accident and it got me in a minute.
Good god... The voice reminds me of young Paddy McAloon, the music is in parts as well Prefab Sprout, The Dream Academy and Funk influenced Northern Soul.
I hear Paul Weller, Lenny Kravitz, The James Taylor Quartet... Brilliant!

"Universal High" is the second long player from the boys from Nottingham and I just mailed them to get their permission to offer something as a download. So stay tuned.
I will keep you updated here.

ANDY PAWLAK Sasquatches And Synthesizers (2017)

ANDY PAWLAK finished his new album and it will be available as a download on
iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and other download services from
1st December 2017!!!
Buy it here!!!!!
It's influenced by Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm.

There is a YouTube channel to promote the album here.

Check Andy's website here.

I know, a lot of you waited very patiently and now it's time for your reward.
I already wrote a bit about the album in an earlier post.
The album is calm and very emotional. Stories being told and full of love.
I took the cover picture in February this year. No photo shopping or else. Just cropping and labeling. The colours are like the cold winter morning actually was.

ANDY PAWLAK Sasquatches And Synthesizers (2017)
01 Stoneridge
02 Here for a reason
03 Between breaths
04 Lublin
05 Son
06 Sasquatches and Synthesizers
07 Clover
08 September

MORRISSEY Spent The Day In Bed (2017)

...from his forthcoming album "Low In High School" out November,17

THE JAZZ BUTCHER Big Questions - The Gift Of Music Vol.2 (1987)

This is a request from Marc Pop.
The Butcher is a very nice guy and he supported us on our record and on our tour years ago.
You better enjoy this or Mr.Fish comes visiting you.

THE JAZZ BUTCHER Big Questions - The Gift Of Music (1987)
01 The Human Jungle
02 Hard
03 Death Dentist
04 South America
05 Groovin' In The Bus Lane
06 Mersey
07 Conspiracy
08 Thing
09 Peter Lorre
10 Vienna Song
11 Olof Palme
12 Rebecca Wants Her Bike Back
13 City Of Night
14 The Hairbrush And The Tank
15 Big Old Wind
16 Forever

THE BLOW MONKEYS Crying For The Moon (2017)

My song of the day...
from their forthcoming album "The Wild River" to be released on 06OCT2017.
Download here.

NICK HEYWARD Best Of 1983-1998 Part Two

...and part two...
A bit more 90's and mature and self confident... Simply wonderful.

NICK HEYWARD Best Of 1983-1998 CD2
01 He doesn't love you like I do
02 Into your Life
03 Caravan
04 Ordinary People
05 How do you live without Sunshine
06 All I want you to know
07 Woman in Love
08 The World
09 I love the thing you know I don't know
10 Rollerblade
11 London
12 In every Place
13 My heavy Head
14 The Chelsea Sky
15 The Man you used to be

...and now support NICK HEYWARD and buy his wonderful album.

NICK HEYWARD Best Of 1983-1998 Part One

Two days ago I received my limited and signed copy of NICK HEYWARD's "Woodland Echoes" 2CD edition.
I was one of the pledgers and my number is 115 / 1500.
And as a little retrospect I offer my Best Of NICK HEYWARD to you now...

NICK HEYWARD Best Of 1983-1998 CD1
01 When it started to begin
02 Whistle down the wind
03 Take that situation
04 The day it rained forever
05 Atlantic Monday
06 Over the weekend
07 Again in my heart
08 Now you've gone
09 Teach till you reach
10 Love all day
11 You're my world
12 Traffic in Fleet Street
13 Tell me why
14 August in the morning
15 Kite

GARY CLARK of DANNY WILSON Freefloating (1993)

After the split of DANNY WILSON, the singer GARY CLARK recorded a wonderful CD.
One single release was "Freefloating" which was available a a double CD set.
For you part one and two here:

GARY CLARK Freefloating CD1 (1993)
01 Freefloating
02 A Red Rickenbacker GuitarGuitar/Where Will I Live (Demo)
03 Jesus, Do You Wonder Why? (Rough Mix)
04 House Of Joy (Demo)

GARY CLARK Freefloating CD2 (1993)
01 Freefloating
02 Stay Crazy
03 The Minute You Let Him Down
04 Guran-Damn-Tee

Summer holidays ahead!!!!!!!