Nostalgia

2014 – A Quick Glance Backwards…..

across the waters

1. Lyndon Scarfe – Music For A Lost Film
2. John Harle & Marc Almond – The Tyburn Tree (Dark London)
3. Savage Republic – Aegean
4. Dieter Meier – Out Of Chaos
5. Blondie – Ghosts Of Download
6. Plastikman – EX
7. ClockDVA – Clock 2
8. Daniel Ash – Stripped
9. Boris Blank – Electrified
10. Gary Clail Sound System – Nail It To The Mast

R.I.P. Lou Reed, thanks for all that.

& of course but out of any competition : L. H. D. – Transitions EP

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Photo by the mulit talented Robin Rimbaud “Across The Waters”

DIY, Electronic

Heavy Rotation 2014 : Walt Thisney

This is just one of many fine EP’s he published throughout the year (albeit a personal favourite)……..
The musical range as described by him is “from the 80´s inspired Synth Pop / Electro / Funk tunes to Space / Cosmic / Chill Out soundscapes, with incursion in other sound territories like Smooth Jazz / Elevator Music.”

For an overview of his busy networking activity schedule check this for a start.

DIY, Post Punk

The Pop Group – Will They All Come Back ?

After the recent Reunion Tour and Rarites Collections issues & Reissue of “We Are Time” The Pop Group (i.e. Mark Stewart, Gareth Sager, Dan Catsis, Bruce Smith) announced a new Album for February 2015 recorded during the last two years and a batch of live dates in Japan, Australia and the States for the coming spring.

Pop Group 2014

The title track “Citizen Zombie” can listened to here, the pledge is already on………….

Dub, Experimental, Post Punk, RIP

Style Scott R.I.P.

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style scott

Recently and suddenly gone is the semi-legendary Dub Syndicate mainforce & long-time On-U Collaborator Style Scott. October 11th the news reached me that these gentle percussive force which actually played on 41 releases I own and 27 I want (according to discogs stats) among countless others died.

Lincoln “Style” Scott 1955 – 2014 by Freak Ass E on Mixcloud

Style Scott was maybe best know for playing with The Dub Syndicate but he was also an integral part of nearly all early On-U Bands and projects i.e. Creation Rebel, Singers & Players, New Age Steppers and Playgroup and worked with nearly everyone centred around Adrian Sherwood’s Label one way or another in a supportive and non-egocentric way which shows due to the only Album actually featuring his name upfront is a collaborative one with Bill Laswell from 1997. Needless to say I gave it another spin while realizing what a untimely loss his death means.

dub meltdown
songs of praise
threat to creation 1981
emotional hool
epic 2

DIY, Electronic, Gothic, Nostalgia, RIP

Nash The Slash “So Long and Thanks for all the Fish”

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from his homepage

Canadian born Nash The Slash retired a few years ago, on May 10th, aged 66 (!) this senior of independent category crushing left completely.

For a personal sum-up of his career visit nashtheslash.com, his documented output can be found here……………..

Honour him if in need for a great evening & don’t miss out on his 1980’s “Children Of The Night” as a solid starting point.

Children Front

lost in musick II