Cosmic Soukous

Esa was a danceband from Cameroon who blended electronic sounds and disco bass into their soukous (African rumba) sounds. 14 musicians participated in the creation of this first record, released in 1986. Stephan Dayas Nguea, who produced and provided vocals on this album, is still carrying on as a solo act and still using the Esa id. This is my favorite from the Esa discography and a hard one to find, so a good one to share. Hope you enjoy.

Vangelis - The Tegos Tapes

Microneurosurgery with video tapes - Spinal Space-Occupying Lesions, by dr. Stergios Tegos

(Medical Publications, Konstandaras, Athens 1998)

This publication by dr. Tegos is divided into three sections, the first giving a general review of the commonest pathology of the spinal cord, the second detailed descriptions of 35 representative patients, and the third contains video recordings of the operations of these patients. The tapes contain no less than 12 hours of video, and as dr. Tegos puts it; "To provide a more pleasant, relaxing and less monotonous experience even for established neurosurgeons, Vangelis Papathanasiou has composed music for each of the operations separately." Be sure to check out the enclosed pages for a description of Vangelis' technique of "immediateness" for composing this massive amount of tunage. Our providing friend, who wants to remain anonymous, spent the christmas chopping up the 12 hours of tape for us to enjoy. Thank you for the effort! Here's a vid of case 24 to "enjoy", and check out the comments for links to the entire lot.

Norskwave

The Cut were a Norwegian New Wave/Synthpop group with a German singer/keyboardist who also wrote most of the songs. Volker Zibell also did the album artwork. Shadow Talks was their first album released in 1981 in Norway and, in this case, 1982 in Germany.
Zeroy has had a nice long vacation from Blogsville, but I'm back with a fresh batch of new jams. More to come . . .

Bag it

Snag it . . .

Savant Wings

view from the deck

Happy new year folks!

The growing bin PROUDLY presents a wonderful, deep and eclectic mix by L.A. based musician, hobby gardener, cat & dog friend and music lover Wolfgang a.k.a. Zuckerzeit a.k.a. Zucker Chimney.
Being a big fan of his mixes I am correspondingly VERY happy to host one of these beauties now .

Please spread your "Savant Wings" and take an hour long trip around the music world starting in Wolfgang's garden in California (see pics). Fly over to Germany, or to Japan, Spain and Brasil. From Norway over Hungary to the Netherlands, Mexico or Africa and back to Japan - then listen again : )

TAUSEND DANK WOLFGANG!

In the garden

Finale - Calender

Finally some japanese music again. Deep, spiritual, percussive and highly organic - no synthesizers needed. It might be perfect for this time of the year.... More info on the release here.
Happy new year folks!

Herb Pilhofer - Spaces

Herb Pilhofer - Spaces (Sound 80, 1979)

Having heard some of Pilhofer's fine librarymusic in the classical vein, I was curious about this jazzy album. It has its moments, and do check out Pilhofer's liner notes.

Side A

1 - South Dakota Strut

2 - Where Is One?

3 - One Day At A Time

4 - No Two Trees Are Alike

Side B

1 - Snake Pit

2 - Ballad S. Miguel

3 - Pipe Dreams

http://www.multiupload.com/7NJFR1X0NJ

-Ptrond

the joy of baking cookies

in winter i stay next to the stove where it's warm and cozy and i live from cookies only.....

direct link to the show
the joy cooking  download and streams
best web radio ever

Tracklist:

Snowfall
Quiet Storm
Christo Retendor
Douar Nevez
Über Dem Berg
The Cavern
Isle Royal
For The Rest Of My Life (Thank you, Chee!)
Hangover In Hannover
Christmas In Spain (Edit for Afro & Tako)
Take My Number
Pane Caldo
Transylvanian Countess
Il Nostro Caro Angelo
Standing Together
Il Vendedor De Promesas (also for this one!!!)

Don't forget the sunglasses

Michael Bundt is a well known name among fans of obscure electronics. Here's his third solo album released in 1980 on Blubber Lips . It's a good bit more experimental than the predecessor, the lovely cosmic ether-pop record "Neon" - in fact even weirder than his first. Be prepared and grab your shades....

PS. maybe someone remembers the c64 game "Maniac Mansion"? I have always thought "The Tower Of Osc" would have been a nice addition to the soundtrack of that game. The tentacle song maybe? Chow chow!

our new mascot

followers of the blog may have realized that things slowed down a bit at the bin. i hope you don't mind if we give you a little more time to digest the music posted here from now on. what counts for food counts for music as well. and the other way around. if you're interested in enjoying not only music with relish -  here's likeminded folks: SLOW FOOD. more info. 

PS. Don't worry! We'll have some nice Xmas gifts for you.....

Mingus on the phone talking to you!

Mingus sez: "aaaaah by the way, it'd be really nice if you'd support this"

Heaven

 have you ever wondered how heaven might sound?

Crystal Thoughts

just received a note from Spiros telling me about his new release
and what I heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R-sGAEqWY4
made me a believer. totally!!!

info and order here


Cheers!

the joy of cooking another tea

sorry to disturb the download feast but it's tea time, folks.
prepare for the winter and get some woolen socks.
when you come back in turn up the heating, get the water boiling and listen to this  if you please.
Cheers, Basso

Playlist:
Stereolab - The Incredible He Woman ( you're missed!)
Hector Zazou's La Perversita - I Love You S... (Stefanie of course)
Nick Drake - River Man
Bora Rokovic - Soft Hands Had The Rain
Carla Bley - Dining Alone
Allaudin WIlliam Matthieu - Scales Of Scales
Fairouz - Habaitak Bil Saif Version I
Heat Brothers - Maimoun
Archaische Klangfarben - Schlangentanz (as deep as it gets ; )
Rava - Verde Que Eu Te Quero Ver
The Crusaders - Serenity
Fila Brazillia - Soft Music Under Stars



you can also download these shows when joining the deepfrequency family here....... no tons of spam mails to be expected when doing so, just a few invitations to df parties (4 times a year, it's not fucking facebook!!!)

dutch train

Basic Train - Basic Train LP Basart Records International B.V. [LBP 3052] (1975) Flute, Saxophone [Soprano], Composer - Herman Schoonderwalt; Fender Piano, Arp Synthesizer, Composer - Jan Huydts; Drums, Percussions - Leo de Ruiter; Bass, Fender Bass, Composer - Koos Serierse; Sound Engineer - Jan Audier; Design [Cover] - Ton van Zwol; Photography - Mattin Bismeyer. Buy it here.

Mort Garson - Signs Of The Zodiac

Mort Garson - Signs Of The Zodiac (A&M Records, SP 4211-4222)

Moog-wizard, Mort Garson contributed some fine tunes for this peculiar set of twelve records, one for each sign of the zodiac. If only the narrators could give it a rest from time to time, to enjoy the moog-noodling, but no.. Here's the lot, enjoy!

Links in comments

Cybotron Live!!!

 

Our friend Michael from NOISE IN MY HEAD offered to share a wonderful piece of OZ Electronics. How could we resist? May I pass the mic to Michael:

"Recorded in the same year as their landmark debut, Sunday Night at the Total Theatre sees Cybotron's core Steve Braund and Geoff Green hypnotise a theatre of attentive space cadets with otherworldly drones and a chugging beat. I feel a rather romantic connection with this private press given that it was performed on a Sunday eve in Melbourne, just like our weekly radio show 30+ years later. Parallel worlds converge when transmitted on the FM airwaves. Unfortunately not the easiest piece to find from the Cybotron catalogue, the LP was apparently given away at a subsequent concert. Those were the days. Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Ian MacFarlane who played in a later incarnation of the live Cybotron experience and also made three brilliant long playing tapestries of kooky solo synth miniatures. He shared some interesting insight into why the band were such pioneers of their era. You can hear that here: http://www.noiseinmyhead.com.au/index.php?/archive-2011/161011-w-ron-morelliian-macfarlane/"

Thanks a lot Michael!

some new edits

 

Been using the scalpel again lately and upped some of them cuts to soundcloud.

Some of them are asking for a bit of more attention by the doctor, but now there's other things on the plate. Here's a preview

  Imagination

the joy of cooking #14

Before I forget: Last weeks Joy of cooking has been archived some days ago and is including some amazing edits by Jantronix Schulte and Abel as well as a couple of recent faves by yours truly.

Best web radio ever

the ever hungry host

direct access to some ham'n eggs

Playlist:
Tarney Spencer -  It's Really You Jan Schulte Edit
Hiroshi Sato - Say Goodbye Edit
Abel - Aegean Sea
Ken Elliot - Are You Ready
Jörg Reiter - A New Surprise
Merge - Back In Style
Norbert Gottschalk - Turnaround Bossa
Jean Pierre Thanes - La Course De Jeune Homme
Five Pipes - Red Clay
ARtful - Waiting
Andreas Schifferdecker - Vertigo
Macky Feary Band - You're Young

Cheers, Basso

Back to the Oasis

Hugest thanks to ONEDOTZERO.COM.PT who sent me on a trip to the beautiful shores of Portugal and made it possible to see some of Porto's record stores after a long night of incredible short films, nicest people, wonderful white wine (Douro!!!) and lots of music....
Back to the record shop: My wrecked eyes hoped to see some Rão Kyao LPs there and to my deepest pleasure they did.
Now here's the first one that I found last summer already and kept enjoying it ever since. It's a beautiful mix of oriental melodies and fado inspired jazz. A very unique sound and that's what I love it for. Check it out! Cheers, Basso

Plus Minus Null

I have just received a note about the relaunch of the good old Force Inc. label and it's "first" release being the MARROW - PLUS MINUS NULL lp. I haven't been paying proper attention to minimal for quite some time and now this one made me wake up. Probably because there's some melody and that lovely bit of melancholy in it... If you too like it deep and crystal clear check it out here. 

(sorry for the youtube teaser, the guys are very precautious with their material, even their promo.mp3s are cut (!!!) and there's no soundcloud as well....)