Thursday, July 21, 2016

Dream Weapons present: SOUNDSTORMS C90



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Although you can't tell by listening to my mixtapes shared here so far, I've always loved heavy, hypnotic riffs and pounding percussion - but it seems every kraut-or spacerock obscurity of the golden era is already dug up, ressurected and compiled to death. Which is why it was more inspirational to present some fuzzed & far out cosmic rock from the last couple of decades instead. A lot more fun for you and me both. Sixteen more or less contemporary bands mostly (but not all) sounding much like they're some long lost and overlooked 70's discovery - but why hold that against them as long as the ideas and tunes are groovy and fresh?

-Moahaha


1. Polska Radio One - Последняя Мантра
2. Squadra Omega - The Mystery of the Deep Blue Sea
3. Lay Llamas – Archaic Revival
4. Electric Orange – Perpetuum Mobiliar
5. Hills – Death 1
6. Sula Bassana – Lost in Space
7. Al Doum & the Faryds – Sinai
8. Unknown/Mike? - Paternoster Remix

9. Melting Euphoria – Harbour of Infinity
10. Electric Moon – Kleiner Knaller
11. Christine 23 Onna – Fantastico
12. Gr – Bradtenehend
13. Lumerians – Untitled 3
14. Arcana – The Earth Below
15. Golem – Stellar Launch
16. Pyramidal – Kosmik Blizzard

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Dream Weapons present: DISTANT DRUMS C90


Distant Drums is my attempt at compiling an exotica or rather just an exotic-sounding mix - or maybe a few tunes here simply remind me of the sun and the ocean. Anyway I decided not to allow myself to include any of the usual suspects. I've loved the sound of this criminally underrated genre ever since I got Martin Denny's A Taste of Honey for free at a flea market a little over 20 years ago (hardly exotica and far from being among his best, but it did the trick). So here's a light, gentle and deliciously inauthentic 90-minute tour around everywhere in the world westerners consider east or south -Moahaha

 
1. Helen Merrill - Mountain High, Valley Low
2. The Surfmen - Tahiti Sunrise
3. Herbie Mann - Incense
4. Korla Pandit - Kumar (1958 vers.)
5. Dilip Roy - Camel Rider
6. Leo Addeo - Blue Hawaii
7. Dion Ralke – Black Panther
8. Sam Cooke - Bali H'ai
9. Ron Goodwin - Farewell to Lebanon
10. April Stevens - I'll Wait For Your Love
11. Lalo Schifrin - The Wave
12. Secret Chiefs 3 - Ship of Fools
13. Katsuhisa Hattori - Kaze (2024 reupload bonus/replacement)

14. Dinah Shore - My Isle of Golden Dreams
15. The Polynesians - Marcelle-A-Vahini
16. Yonca Stüdyo Orkestrası - Yunus
17. Annette Hanshaw - Pagan Love Song
18. Sun Ra - Tiny Pyramids
19. Cal Tjader - The Fakir
20. Alan Lorber - Hang on to a Dream
21. Hugo Montenegro - Mongolian Horsemen
22. Ida Brun - Tu Jouais La Comedie
23. John Zorn - Po'o'uli
24. The Melody Mates - Enchantement
25. Hugo Blanco - Orquidea Arabe
26. Walter Wanderlay - Canto de Ossanha
27. Kitty Daisey - Swingin Hawaii
28. Frank & Jo Byers - Polynesian Fantasy Theme Song Bubbles & Waterfall (2024 reupload-bonus)
 

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