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#13: 'Bout Soul with Tony
Oh my Lord!!!! I thought I had soul and then I heard this. Wear a helmet with a chin strap because this is jaw droppingly ill yo!!!!
Hello. Allow myself to introduce... myself. I'm Tony and I run a little blog on the Interwebs called Tonegents. But more importantly, I've been lucky enough to know Mustafa for some time now, and he's always been one of my favorite friends to talk music with... you know, just geek the heck out. Dude knows his stuff inside and out, up and down... you get the idea. So when he asked me to do a podcast for this site, well... I knew I had to bring the "A"-game. Of course, Moose gave me free reign to do whatever I wanted... which is problematic. There are so many ways to go, which one do I choose? I decided... when in doubt, go with your current obsession...
And my current obsession is '70s Spiritual/Soul Jazz. You want to know where all those "hip," "cutting edge" acts Gilles Peterson plays got their inspiration from? Quantic, Cinematic Orchestra, Nostalgia 77, the Broken Beat scene... you'll hear it all right here. But many of these records are way, way out of print despite their huge influence, which is quite frankly crazy talk considering how these are the folks who shaped the dance music of today. Latin rhythms, African rhythms, tough-as-nails breaks, even a little proto-Disco await in this 68 minutes... Low-down, deep and dirty to transcendent, joyous and uplifting... vintage sounds that are more current than ever... let these folks take you on a journey to a place called Soul...
Playlist Information:
- Jackie McLean - Soul - ('Bout Soul, 1967 - Blue Note)
- Billy Parker's Fourth World - Get With It - (Freedom of Speech, 1975 - Strata East)
- Larry Ridley - Changa Chikuyo - (Sum of the Parts, 1975 - Strata East)
- Shamek Farrah - Umoja Suite - (First Impressions, 1974 - Strata East)
- Randy Weston - 3rd Movement: Bantu - (Uhuru Afrika, 1960 - Capitol)
- Michael White - The Blessing Song - (Pneuma, 1972 - Impulse)
- Doug Carn - Western Sunrise - (Adam's Apple, 1974 - Black Jazz)
- Detroit Jazz Composers Ltd. - Yes Lord - (Hastings Street Jazz Experience, 1976 - Midnite)
- Phil Ranelin - Vibes From the Tribe - (Vibes from the Tribe, 1976 - Tribe)
- Sabu Martinez - My Christina - (Afro Temple, 1973 - Gramm)
- Okyerema Asante - Asante Sana - (Drum Message, 1977 - Black Fire)
- Gary Bartz - Music Is My Sanctuary - (Music Is My Sanctuary, 1977 - Capitol)
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#12: We're Now with Chinita
Students pull out your pencils and note pads, you are about to get schooled in some international goodness. Check out the newest podcast from Chinita.
"Goodbye, goodbye, to one place or another,
to every mouth, to every sorrow,
to the insolent moon, to weeks
which wound in the days and disappeared,
goodbye to this voice and that one stained
with amaranth, and goodbye
to the usual bed and plate,
to the twilight setting of all goodbyes,
to the chair that is part of the same twilight,
to the way made by my shoes.
I spread myself, no question;
I turned over whole lives,
changed skin, lamps, and hates,
it was something I had to do,
not by law or whim,
more of a chain reaction;
each new journey enchained me;
I took pleasure in place, in all places...."
-An excerpt from "Goodbyes" by Pablo Neruda
I was fortunate enough to be asked to do this lovely podcast, one that has influenced my eccentric passion and excessive need for creative expression. This playlist is so dear to my heart ---what a perfect time for me to have compiled these tracks! Coming from such a traditional Asian upbringing has not been easy, but I'm thankful for the cultural appreciation and influences that have unexpectedly enriched my life. These two and a half years, moving from the suburbs of Los Angeles to San Francisco, was quite a journey. From the 562 to the 415.....Long Beach, Cerritos, & Los Angeles to San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley...all these places will forever leave a lasting impression. This music selection is my thanks, to all the people, places, dreams, and intricate moments that have filled in the blanks of my epic two and a half decades of life.
After my attempt to complete my fashion degree in the Yay Area, and realizing that it was just not working out, I decided to seek out other realms of creativity and exploration,---- hunting for everythings and anythings, painting, curating, reading, going to shows, and of course having to conform to our working class society. Leaving my home of 22 years for the first time, was definitely a bigger deal than I thought it was. I now realize that this transition was ultimately for the betterment of my being, and self discovery working its magic upon me.
Now, as I move forth to my next chapter, I return to my roots. I have been given a second chance to finish my fashion degree at Long Beach State & do the damn thang! I've discovered that I find my inspiration in people--- from the ones you encounter randomly, to your closest friends and loved ones...basically the beauty of all humanity. The formation of relationships are just so fascinating to me. And in the end, you will realize that those relationships formed, will matter most in life. The world may be difficult to place to swallow during these hard times.....but we have to help each other in keeping our hearts and minds faithful. Taking these opportunities that are given to us, remaining hopeful, loving, appreciative, and giving. All these tests that are thrown at us, whether they be failures or successes, all create more meaningful testimonies. This collection of music goes out to all the nomads, spiritual beings, givers, thinkers, and politikers in the world, constantly inspired by change and all of life's beautiful gifts!
Playlist Information:
- Por el Suelo - Manu Chao
- Crosses - José González
- Dolencias - Inti-Illimani
- Aca - Fidel Nadal
- Waan Back - Anthony B
- The Life - Mystic
- Nantes - Beirut
- Milk & Honey - Dennis Brown
- Carinito - Los Hijos Del Sol
- The Limit to Your Love - Feist
- Lost Mi Love - Yellowman
- Hey Baby - Stephen Marley ft. Mos Def
- En Alantchi Alnorem - Mulatu Astatke
- Wierd Fishes / Arpeggio - Radiohead
- Un Deseo - Cultura Profetica
- Flip Ya Lid - Nightmares on Wax
- A Brighter Day (Remix) - Ronny Jordan & Mos Def
- Crap Kraft Dinner - Hot Chip
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#11: In Session with DJ Giangstarr
This is the first of what we hope will be many DJ mixes. We have been talking about creating a series on our podcast that features some of our favorite DJs. We hope you enjoy the first in our "in session series". Without further ado, lets get In Session with DJ Giangstarr!
For the last year I've been spinning a lot of electro house. The inspiration of this mix was returning to my roots of funky-deep-dancy house. Out of all my mixes, I feel like this one sums up who I am as a DJ, the most.
Looking back I realized the mix is full of artists/producers I love to spin and have been following since day one: Joshua Heath, Colette, Chuck Love, Lisa Shaw, Miguel Migs, Miles Maeda, etc. I find it funny that this was not done on purpose and the mix came to be purely from following my heart.
The mix starts off really funky and fun. I wanted to play tracks that would really get peeps up and dancing, or at least tapping their feet and bobbing their head in their seats. I couldn't resist throwing in a remix of Al Green's classic: "Love and Happiness." That song is just so easy-going and always puts a smile on my face. And then the mix really starts to move and you start hearing hip hop samples from Timbaland and Janet Jackson. (I have been so hooked on "hip-hop-house" lately.) And then the mix ends with a remix of a Feist track that is so smooth. It has a little bit of a disco, old-school feel, and you couldn't go on a trip through house genres without throwing in some disco. So I hope you enjoy it!
Playlist Information:
- Colette - About Us (Chuck Love Remix)
- Joshua Heath - Monday Blues (Yogi & Husky Tech Wash Mix)
- Miguel Migs feat. Lisa Shaw and Sadat X - Shake It Up (Nathan G Booty Rub Mix)
- Mr. Patron - Happy Endings
- Little Man Big - Wait A Minute
- Mikkael - Blackswann
- Miles Maeda - Hallow
- Style of Eye - Whizkid (Larry Fives Whiz Bang Pop Mix)
- Mr. Patron vs. Barely Regal - Give It Up (Inside Out)
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#10: Vader's Love Lounge: A Prelude to Beats from the Death Star
Dayv here. I've got to say that this is the tightest Valentine's Day mix ever.
Too bad I didn't get it up before Valentine's Day.
But enough about my tardiness. Hit the right-pointing triangle in the player below and read more from Mustafa about the source of this latest installment.
Space Cadets, strap-on your helmets and zip up your space suits! We are about to embark on a cosmic adventure. Dayv and I have been talking about working on a few podcasts that stretch the normal boundaries of genres in a galactic, cosmic, and spacey way. We had first announced this idea to all of you over the summer, mentioning the hopes of putting up a podcast that is called "Beats from the Death Star", which was going to be hip-hop oriented underground beats that were spacey. This is finally coming to fruition! We have decided to present 1 or 2 podcasts that introduce the "Beats from the Death Star" series, and more specifically, the sounds that inspired this idea.
The newest podcast was originally intended to be up during the week of valentines because it focuses on R & B and soul oriented sounds within this cosmic theme, but with both of our super busy schedules we have only found time to put it up now. I want to give those that are into r&b/soul music something that is a little bit out of the norm of the mainstream of this genre, while giving beat heads a new and fresh look into r&b/soul--since many of them reject the genre for its often predictable musical arrangement, and often cheesey lyrical content.
The podcast was birthed during my recovery period after my surgery, so the overall tone of the podcast can be said to be inspired by my many late evenings with the lights off, tripping off darvocet. This pharmaceutical haze combined with several weeks of overcast and/or rainy days, and the podcast's tone is a reflection of recent wintry wetness and lethargic evenings.
But don't wait for another wet night to put this podcast on! Put on some candles, get in the tub and soak in these cosmic soulful tracks that are bound to transport you to outer realms of the galaxy.
Enjoy!
Playlist Information:
- Kissey Asplund - Beam Me Up
- Morgan Spacek - Dabz Beat
- King Midas Sound - One Ting (Dabrye Remix)
- Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf Dancers
- Little Dragon - Place To Belong
- Dyno - Your Fire feat. Haider
- DJ Hen Boogie - Adore feat. Kissey
- Black Pocket - Ure a Sta (Martyn Remix)
- Harmonic 313 - Falling Away (with Steve Spacek)
- Mike Slott - Deux Three
- Skymark - Space and Time feat. Black Spade
- De Javaanse Jongens - On You
- Spacek - Motion Control
- Boom Clap Bachelors - Ring Til Mig
- Afta-1 - The Time In Between
- Flying Lotus - RobertaFlack feat. Dolly
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#9: Bitter Concrete with Erik
We here at Simple Harmonic Motion Dot Net would like to welcome our newest host, Erik Hansen.
As you can tell, our fancy music/album art player isn't showing. This is a technical difficulty that the IT staff (me) is feverishly taking care of. Until then, check out our retro player and what Erik has to say about his podcast.
I have a confession to make: this podcast was created years ago. Browse the track list below and it becomes clear that this is a compilation of songs from a time when indie hip-hop didn't make people cringe with thoughts of white backpackers trying to keep it more 'real' than music that was actually made in '94. When I created this mixtape/compilation, I had one simple goal: I wanted to create a narrative arc that would be able to sustain a commute both to and from work. This commute usually began with a walk of eight SF city blocks to the 16th/Mission BART station, followed by a BART train ride to downtown. The return trip was often at dusk or nightfall.
As you listen to this collection of songs, pay close attention to your mood as a result of the careful sequencing. This is perfect for those bitter, cold, foggy SF mornings where the sidewalk ominously awaits your footsteps (Robust - Blind Climbing) and your life will be selflessly sacrificed (Sixtoo - Caukazoid Germ) for the good of capitalism. Your cynicism can be cathartic (Robust - Pessimist Recipe). Board BART (Lovage - Strangers On A Train) remembering that you're not just in this for yourself, you're better-half is relying on your support as well.
Finishing the grind, reflect on the personal pursuits that provide for your creative well-being (Elon.Is - Outlet). Is this job slowly eating your soul (Illogic - Day By Day)? Perhaps a drink would help (Awol One & Daddy Kev - Revolution). In the end, you can't win, because the capitalistic cycle keeps spinning (Sunset Leagues [Mercury] - Perpetuation). So instead, embrace those that are closest to you (Sixtoo - Sultry), for they are fare more important than the modest monetary gains that remain the focal point of our lives and careers.
Enjoy.
Erik Hansen.
Playlist Information:
- Robust - Blind Climbing
- Sixtoo - Caukazoid Germ
- Robust - Pretty Hideous
- Robust - Pessimist Recipe
- Buck 65 - Jaws Of Life
- Meaty Ogre - Be Me, Leave
- Lovage - Strangers On A Train
- The Foreign Exchange - Let's Move
- Madvillain - Figaro
- Elon.Is - Outlet
- Qwel & Maker - Broken Wing
- Aesop Rock ft. Blockhead - Breakfast With Blockhead
- Illogic - Day By Day
- Awol One & Daddy Kev - Revolution
- Sunset Leagues ft. Mercury - Perpetuation
- DJ Signify - Peek'a Boo Part 3
- Sixtoo - Sultry
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#8: Mobile Podcaster Illyanna reporting from BFE
Well, here I am. Back again.
It's my favorite time of the year and I'm thankful that Mustafa and Dayv have allowed me to join forces with them once again to pry the masses' cold dead hands away from the Top 40 radio station dials. As hibernation for most is near, I'd like to leave an untraditionally romantic playlist for you folks who also enjoy autumn as much as I do.
As I sit in B.F.E. of the Sierra Mountains, I sit alone day after day...listening to music and creating. Days go by without speaking to anyone and I often find myself talking to the deer that stop by daily to eat apples that have fallen off the nearby tree. In the instant you can find peace, you can also find insanity. Somebody come visit me up here!
Yes, this podcast might be a little different from my past ones. For the last two, I tried to mix up a few certain genres of music into one podcast, but this time I'm sticking to the more eclectic folk-ish related stuff. Well, not all of it is folk...but it's mostly really low-key. This is not a playlist I made up in my mind while traveling, but rather I think this Playlist definitely symbolizes my mood during the colder months: darklishly optimistic and cold, folky and crafty. I know autumn is not something most people in the bay area experience, but not where I live. Imagine a Craftsman home, complete with wood floors, quilts, roaring fireplaces and a cat sleeping at the foot of the bed. Outside, the tree canopies are turning crimson, orange and golden rod...the leaves cascade through the air and onto the moist sidewalks. Old Victorians play as a backdrop, while fog lingers above asphalt. That chilly bite is in the air that makes your breath dance before you and as you walk past porches adorned with bright pumpkins, you grasp your lover's hand tighter. Or...go into the damn fetal position. Whatever works for you.
Bon Iver -- one of my favorite albums of 2008, by far. I have burnt the album, "For Emma, Forever Ago" near a hundred times. And also have sent individual tracks to various music lovers and friends. With the mixed reviews I have gotten from the public, one statement stuck with me where a friend said, "I don't care for the 'RE: Stacks' song. It's not as musical as the other tracks on the album and I like musical." Of course, that's my favorite track on the album. With the failure of his health, relationship and his band breaking up...in this song I sense Justin Vernon trying to express this feeling of loneliness. Not only a state of physical loneliness from being out in rural Wisconsin, alone for four months. But, a state of mental and emotional solitude as well. He's indirectly expressing this feeling, from the solo guitar and the haunting falsetto voice, right down to the sound of his guitar being removed from his knee and his feet shuffling on the hardwood floors at the end of the song. This is the only track that has that inviting feeling, inviting you to look into the cabin windows from the outside in. He's alone.
Thank Yous: I'd like to dedicate this playlist to my friend Michael Leahy of KDVS' "Cool As Folk," I wouldn't know about half the bands I do if it wasn't for him and his kick ass show. While other women swoon over him for his devishly handsome face, I value him for his endless knowledge of music. To all of us foolish artists who love too freely, too quickly and too often -- a layer of optimism covered under layers of pessimism.
Also, to all the boys who are rocking the folksy beards this year...call me.
Playlist Information:
- Bon Iver - Skinny Love
- The Acorn - Crooked Legs
- Beirut - Mausoleum
- Smog - Dress Sexy at My Funeral
- Chad Van Gaalen - Cries of the Dead
- Andrew Bird - Sovay
- The Decemberists - Shankill Butchers
- Iron & Wine - Resurrection Fern
- Silver Darling - Land West of the Mississippi
- Basia Bulat - Birds of Paradise
- Tyler Ramsey - Lost Girls
- Elvis Perkins - The Night and the Liquor
- Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
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#7: From the Tub to the Club
Many of you listeners, particularly my students, have asked, "When are we going to hear some uptempo, dance music?" Well, here you guys go! For the next two podcasts you are going to hear indie-popular dance and rock music. This particular podcast is focused on the neo-revival in pop dance music: disco and electro.
Now, those of you who know me, know that what's been showcased on past podcasts only encompasses a part of me--the chill, laid back, and at times dark music. You all know that when I'm standing on my two feet you won't find me standing still, but rather, erratically flailing my arms and legs about, even if music isn't playing--sometimes I just can't get a beat out of my head. As of late I have had a burning desire to get back out on the dance-floor and see if I can still hang with the best of them, but unfortunately with my busy schedule, and an inability to coordinate with the homies, I have not been able to go out dancing. So I was thinking, how can I get this need to dance and hear dance music out of me? It dawned on me that I can partially satisfy this need through the podcast. From that point, things were easy. I decided just to play those tracks that I couldn't get out of my head.
Now, when I go out dancing I'm pretty ritualistic about the whole process from getting ready to getting to the club. There has to be a certain ebb and flow in what I listen to throughout that whole process from showering and shaving in the bathroom to entering the club. So, I decided I would take you guys through that process of me going out. What you can expect to hear in this particular podcast is the neo-revival in pop dance music; namely disco and electro. So here a brief description of the process:
Songs 1-2: Shower, stretching, and getting dressed (yeah...that's right stretching...nude...soak in that mental image!!!!)
The first two tracks are indicative of the tempo that I like when I'm getting cleaned up and ready. I don't like to just jump into super heavy dance music, rather I like to get myself gradually acclimated to it.
Songs 3-6: Getting in the car and making the drive.
When I first get into the car I want an absolute club banger and the Black Ghosts track does the job for me. Afterwards, I like to take the tempo down for a few tracks, particularly as I nearing the exit of the bay bridge. So, tracks 4 and 5 take the temperature down just a little bit.
Song 7: Parking.
Since I don't live in S.F. I get a little aggro about the parking situation in the city. So, to relax me a bit, I tend to play something a little bit more chill in order to keep my cool. If I was to go out the Santogold track lights out would be that song that relaxes me and actually always puts me in a good mood.
Song 8-9: Walking to the club/standing in line
This part of the process I really don't have control over, since the music that is being played in the club is what I have to listen to while waiting to get in, but in an ideal world I would hear the these two tracks.
Song 10-12: In the club
Once I'm in the club, and I want to dance, I need my 4/4 beats that is indicative of disco and house music, and a splash of soul in the house never hurts!!!!
Playlist Information:
- Chesca - What You Wanna Do to Me
- Otic Angst - Need That Love
- The Black Ghosts - Anyway You Choose to Give It
- Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
- Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor
- Ratatat - Shempi
- Santogold - Lights Out
- Hollertronix - TV on the Radio vs. Afrikaa Bambataataa - Staring at the Sun
- M.I.A. - Bamboo Banga
- Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
- Plantlife - Tear the House Down
- MSTRKRFT - Work On You
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#6: Future Psychedelics - Session 1
The idea of doing a podcast called future psychedelics first came about as a result of a trip Dayv and I took to S.F. in the fall of 2007. We were crossing the bay bridge from S.F. back to the east bay and we were listening to some tracks for a possible podcast. Prefuse 73's track "Class of 73 Bells" (featuring School of Seven Bells) really caught our attention. In this track, Prefuse 73's usual production of heavy-hitting beats and glitchy percussion shared the soundstage with sitars, flutes, and orchestrated strings -- elements of psychedelic music.
Psychedelic music, as most know it today, was birthed by musicians under the influence, but limited to instruments we consider primitive. As decades have passed, modern artists have used new musical technology to take the feel of 60s psychedelia and include it into their music, making cameos in genres such as hip-hop and electronica. Prefuse 73's track is but one of many tracks that have married the past with the present to create a new future of psychedelic music: future psychedelics.
We instantly saw the potential of the idea and I started shopping the idea to other friends who I thought might be interested in doing the podcast along with me, but finding time to connect and collaborate proved difficult. The idea continued to brew in our heads and we soon found that each of us had enough music in mind to have our own complete podcasts, each with our own takes on "future psychedelics" and how we heard it in our lives.
For me psych music seems to go well with warm spring and/or summer days, so for the rest of the fall and winter it sat in my head teasing me with its potential. Finally spring hit and I knew exactly what I wanted and needed to do--especially since I spent much of the winter working on a podcast called winter in three acts, which we never posted because I could never finalize the playlist. By now I couldn't listen to any music and not demand some psychedelic influence--I was obsessed.
The first order of business was defining what "future psychedelic" meant to me. I was looking for music that had psychedelic influences from the 60's and 70's era, while being packaged in forward-looking beats--primarily hip-hop and electronica. I spent much of the early part of the spring compiling tracks, and it was during this process that I realized how difficult this podcast could be since the label of psych is so broad. What did I want it to sound like? Dark, grimy psych? Folky psych? Psych rock? Psych Jazz, soul and Funk? Pop psych? Should it be up-tempo, downtempo, or some mix of both? I was drowning in tracks. I went to bed almost every night with a different idea of what I wanted it to sound like, but it was not till I was faced with my grandmothers ills that the podcast finally found what would be come its final shape. I started gravitating to more mellow 60's sounding pop psych and psychedelic rock tracks, mildly dipped in melancholy. Finally on May 24th I finalized the tracklisting and was gearing up to record it in the following days to come.
Unfortunately, on May 25th my family suffered a tremendous loss when my grandmother--the matriarch, the backbone of our family-- passed away at 5:30pm. In accordance with Afghan culture we observed a 40 day mourning process, which kept me away from recording the podcast. Accordingly, this podcast is dedicated to the loving memory of my grandmother, who has been so instrumental in who I have become. She taught me how to love, how to smile, and she taught me the value of having close family and friends. There are two tracks that I have specifically put in the podcast in dedication to my grandmother: Blank Blue's "Up" and Free Moral Agents' "Six Degrees".
This podcast takes on another significance because it is also our 1 year anniversary podcast. Though our podcasts have been infrequent, we are truly working on it in every spare moment we can find. We hope you guys have enjoyed everything we've put up thus far. We hope to continue to hear from you guys and as always, we welcome any feedback you may have for us. Please shoot us an email at talk-at-simpleharmonicmotion.net with any comments you might have.
Thank you for staying with us and please enjoy Future Psychedelics Session 1.
Playlist Information:
- Allá - Es Tiempo
- Mellow - Kites Are Fun
- Blank Blue - Up
- Black Moth Super Rainbow - The Fields Are Breathing (Tobacco's wispy version)
- Free Moral Agents - Six Degrees
- Interlude (from the New Design compilation)
- Nobody - Images of April (ft. Languis)
- P-Love - Palisades (Extendomix)
- Koushik - One In A Day
- Caribou - Kid, You'll Move Mountains
- School of Seven Bells - Silent Grips
- TV On The Radio - Don't Love You
- Common - Aquarius
- Look Daggers - Shades Of Orange
- Blank Blue - Sea Roars Lead
- The Heliocentrics - Sounds of the East
- Four Tet - Charm
- Deejay Om - Passing Eternal Time with Adventure
- Gaslamp Killer - Show Stopper
- Interlude (from Heliocentrics' "Out There")
- DJ Frane - A Story I heard
- Caribou - Mellow Day (ft Luke LaLonde, Adem & One Little Plane) (Four Tet Remix)
- Architecture in Helskinki - Maybe You Can Owe Me (Qua's Wait and See Remix)
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#5: Spring Is For Rabbits To Procreate!
Illyanna is back to rock out another podcast. Keep checking her art out at her myspace page: http://myspace.com/siyaclothing
So without futher ado, here's Illyanna's story behind this podcast.
I find Summer to be a very hot and sexy kind of soundtrack, a solemn and old world romantic soundtrack for Autumn, and for Winter a laid back chill, cold, downtempo playlist. But I am a firm believer that Spring calls for something very fresh, breezy and airy. It also happens to be my birthday season, but oddly enough, I wouldn't classify my personality as airy...but definitely fresh.
Most of spring's fair weather, I spend traveling across California collecting vintage garments from various thrift shops. I try to stray away from the coast, where everyone seems to think the only bit of California can be found. The coast of Northern California is quite beautiful and I appreciate it as much as the next person, but with beautiful views of the ocean can also come distractions from swarms of tourists, surfers, bombshells in bikinis and abundant cries of micro sized rugrats.
The hills, woods and forests are where I find most of my inspiration for spring painting and clothing design. These are some of the places you can find complete isolation, temporary or permanent, in California. Where there is no noise pollution, you can hear birds singing. And where there's no filthy screens caked on with smog, you can view vibrant colours in nature's version of High Definition.
I would hope that while listening to this playlist, it would be an apparent soundtrack to the blue skies and blue waters that run into each other endlessly in the background. Or the Kelly green hillsides that seem to envelope the light aqua up above with an occasional white cotton ball cruising by. A deer in the distance munching on it's veggie fare would complete this stereotypical California dream.
P.S.
I threw in W.A.R.'s "All Day Music" for good measure. Nothing says spring in my hometown of Sacramento more than lowriders cruising through the park listening to old school. And well, my spring wouldn't be complete with at least one old school song.
Thank You:
Thanks to Tim Williams' Manager, Robert, for sending me an MP3 of one of my favorite singles, "Novel." For more info you can visit: www.tim-williams.net or www.myspace.com/timwilliams
Also, much props to one of my favorite hometown bands, Agent Ribbons: www.myspace.com/agentribbons
Playlist Information:
- Bonnie Prince Billy - I'm Loving The Street 2:38
- Tim Williams - Novel 4:20
- Agent Ribbons - Obiturary 3:59
- Franz Ferdinand - 40' 3:24
- Felt - Morris Day 3:50
- Basia Bulat - I Was A Daughter 2:53
- Caribou - She's The One 3:59
- A History Of Lovers - Calexico; Iron & Wine 3:09
- The Sea And Cake - Jacking The Ball 3:52
- Le Volume Courbe - I Shall Skip Your Judgment 2:44
- Stereolab - Refractions In The Plastic Pulse 17:32
- WAR - All Day Music
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#4: Illyanna
This episode's compilation has been assembled by Illyanna. Illyanna is an artist based out of San Francisco and Sacramento. Her recent work has involved creating fine art on vintage clothing, some of which you can check out at her myspace page: http://myspace.com/siyaclothing
As with all of our future contributors, we'll be handing over the "floor" of the blog to talk about who they are, what they do, and their introductions to their podcast. So without further ado, please welcome Illyanna to the Simple Harmonic Motion family.
About me:
I'm a pistol shootin' Boricua (Bord-ee-qua). Contradicting combination of my mother's tree hugging ways and my pop's militant beliefs. I have romanticized ideals about the Chicano Art Movement, the Autumn season and traveling. I'm obsessed with book fairs, Amoeba Records, frolicking to thrift stores, getting lost in dimly lit antique stores, sniffing coffee grinders in grocery stores, used book stores and riding my bike through the mean streets of SF like a maniac. I read too much, have issues with biting my tongue, laugh obnoxiously loud, drink good rum, like to argue, fancy wandering around aimlessly and staring into windows of shops on Valencia street in SF.
About the podcast:
I had this whole idea to make a playlist containing various songs from various genres of music. Tracks that matched my anger, passions and tickled my fancies. But, that was in the summer.
Now that it's winter, I wanted to make a chiller album that would match the way it looks outside my window of my art studio. The colourful fall foliage has left most of the trees and now everything is bare and is some shade of gray or blue, bleak and depressing. This album can be listened to if you're a laid back kind of person, if you're depressed, lying next to someone and just talking in the dark or humping. Or like me, sitting in my art studio staring out the window with a bottle of Tequila blanco in hand, listening to Chavela Vargas. Even the upbeat songs still have an underlining chill quality to them.
It was hard as hell to edit a playlist from 3 hours, down to just an hour. Rummaging through numerous cds, computer playlists and cassettes. Some of these songs and artists I'm sure people will recognize, but hopefully I've thrown a few in the mix that are under the radar.
I just want to personally thank Two Sheds and Mostly Bears for going out of their busy ways to email me the tracks I requested. They were very kind and accommodating. You rock the Casbah. Also, The Album Leaf for being so damn charismatic when I dressed them up like dolls and made them sit pretty in a photo shoot at last year's show at Slim's in SF. Drew Andrews, you rocked my shirt on stage the same night and I can't be more appreciative. To you, I am eternally grateful.
illyanna
http://www.myspace.com/siyaclothing
Two Sheds
http://www.ilovetwosheds.com
http://www.myspace.com/twosheds
Mostly Bears
http://www.myspace.com/mostlybears
The Album Leaf
http://www.myspace.com/thealbumleaf
http://www.thealbumleaf.com
Playlist Information:
- Gym Class Heroes - To Bob Ross With Love 2:38
- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Nobody's Baby 2:27
- Love is All - Felt Tip 4:12
- Mostly Bears - Leda Atomica 4:24
- Grizzly Bear - Little Brother [Electric] 6:29
- Writings on the Wall - The Album Leaf 4:54
- The Sea and Cake - The Ravine 3:18
- Sonic Youth - Unmade Bed 3:53
- Andrew Bird - Measuring Cups 2:51
- Ferraby Lionheart - The Octopus and the Ambulance 4:07
- Palace Music - Horses 4:28
- Chavela Vargas - Paloma Negra 3:17
- Ozomatli - Cuando Canto 5:15
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#3: Summertime Compo 2
It took a while, but here is the second part of our summer compilation series. It may very well be the middle of September, but since the autumnal equinox hasn't happened yet, Almighty Science maintains that it's still summer. Just make sure you listen to this thing before September 21st.
It strikes me, after having recorded this podcast, that I could have relegated my 6 minute long diatriabe in the beginning of the podcast to this entry. Oh well, bonus ear candy for all of you lucky listeners. If, for some strange reason, you want to skip all my jive talkin' at the beginning of the podcast, you can skip ahead to around 6:30 in the player.
For all of you out there who've been wanting to directly download the podcasts as mp3s, today is your lucky day, as this and the entries below now have direct links, placed below the embeded media player. Just right/option click on those links and save them to your hard disk and/or iTunes for your portable listening pleasure. But you better download them while you can, because downloadable files will be removed a set period of time from the date of posting.
Both Mustafa's and my schedules have gotten pretty busy, but that won't stop us from pumping out more podcasts and bringing this page out of "beta" status. For now, please enjoy our podcasts and this page as they come out. For now, please keep checking back for more podcasts.
Oh, and it's come to my attention that this site's email isn't working. So you can email us at simpleharmonicpodcast@gmail.com with any questions or comments you may have.
Playlist Information:
- Opening Bed Music: Cinematic Orchestra - The Awakening of a Woman (Burnout)
- Beck - The Golden Age
- Iron & Wine - Sunset Soon Forgotten
- Beulah - What Will You Do When Your Suntan Fades
- Minimum Chips - Know You Too Well
- David Byrne - Finite=Alright
- Kings of Convenience - Love is No Big Truth
- Tin Hat Trio - Helium
- Django Reinhardt - After You've Gone
- Seu Jorge - Tive Razao
- Celso Fonseca - Bela
- Curtis Mayfield - So In Love
- Metric - Parkdale
- Closing Bed Music: Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny - Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme)
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#2: Summertime Compo 1
Dayv and I were sitting around and trying to figure out what should be the theme for the second podcast. We went back and forth for a couple of weeks and then Dayv asked a simple question, "What are we listening to right now."
It was then when I realized I was listening to a lot of summertime music...imagine that! Specifically I was making trips to Oakland and San Francisco, which meant I had to take highway 24 to get there. Well, for those who are not familiar with the drive during the summer, semi-scenic drive, with a whole lot of summer sun. I found myself scanning my ipod and playing songs with a similar feelójazzy, soulful hip-hop. It seemed to capture the vibe of what I was seeing on the drive. Furthermore, I found myself playing songs that not only captured the vibe of the drive but also expressing some of the different ideas and emotions I was having and going through.
Excited about the new potential theme I went over to Dayv's- who is a trained jazz musician- and we began to listen to a butt load of hip-hop songs with this theme. After a long time of listening, compiling, arranging, recording and re-recording we narrowed it down to the following playlist. The compilation here is layered with laid back daytime summertime gems to relax to, and lyrical content that explores topics ranging from the state of hip-hop music to relationships to socio-political issues. If I had to recommend one label that captures this vibe I would have to say it is the Jazzy Sport label, which is a label from Japan.
Playlist Information:
- Cesar Comanche ft. Edgar Allen Floe - Miss You
- Sound Providers ft. Little Brother - Bagging & Boasting
- Kero One - In all the Wrong Places
- Pete Phily & Prequsite ft. Talib Kweli - Hope (Dj Mitsu Remix)
- Dave Ghetto ft. Sista Mystery, 9th Wonder, Phonte - Hey Young World Pt. 2
- DJ Day ft. Aloe Blacc - Closer
- Grooveman Spot ft. U-Zipplain, Raythought, and Chillset Two - Levitation (ver 2.0)
- DJ Tonk ft. Asiah, Bo Retta - Butterfly
- 20syl - Keep it Movin
- Jazz Liberatorz ft. Tre Hardson, Fat Lip, and Omni - Ease My Mind
- Blu & Exile - Dancing in the Rain
- The Procussions ft. Strange Fruit Project - Changes
- Asheru & Blue Black - Elevator Music
- Diverse - Just Biz
- Robust - Do it for the Love
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#1: Introductions
Welcome to the test run of the Simple Harmonic Motion podcast webpage. We're new to this whole podcasting thing, so we're doing a trial run of this web page to work out all the bugs before we go live.
Right now, this site is very much like a half-completed Death Star. Operational, but not exactly the monumental icon to proclaim the power of our Empire. In the following weeks, features will be added or moved, but the podcasts will still be made as regularly as possible, about once every two weeks.
I am very excited to be putting together these podcasts with Mustafa. If this first podcast is any indication of things to come, I forsee much great music and interesting discussion in our future.
Without further ado, please enjoy the first installment streaming live over the web in the player below:
Playlist Information:
- Cast of Science of Sleep - If you Rescue Me
- Feist - Now at Last
- Psapp - Make Up
- Kings of Convenience - Misread
- Bebel Gilberto - Momento
- Juana Molina - Rio Seco
- Grizzly Bear - Marla
- Nobody and Mystic Chords of Memory - Floating
- Donna Regina - Make a Move
- Susan Christie - No One Can Hear You Cry
- Minimum Chips - Hong Kong
- The Bird and the Bee - Birds and the Bees
- Matinee Orchestra - Thank You For Listening
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In case you're wondering, the video screen is going to be black, because we currently only have audio capabilities. One of our ideas is to set up a system of syncing pictures to the audio to better provide information on the music you're listening to, or the ideas we're talking about.
And eventually, we'll also make our installments available on as many mediums as possible: streaming, downloading, iTunes, and RSS as well. For now, you'll have to enjoy our podcasts streaming from this website.
Keep in mind that this is a test page, and things will get broken from time to time. You can help us out a great deal by being patient. If you have for us any suggestions, critique, or even a word of encouragement, you are welcome to email us at:
