HIPSWAY Smoke & Dreams (2018)

On 3rd December HIPSWAY released a new album called "Smoke & Dreams".

It's a wonderful album - cool and funky... With a touch of Friends Again.

Well done, Skin.

Video "New York Nights New York Daze"

They also rerecorded an old songs from one of Skin's former bands THE PLEASURELORDS.

HIPSWAY's homepage here.

For Spotify try here.

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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