Dream Weapons present: OBSERVANCE C60

Observance is actually our 150th mix (yay) ever, but it seems I'm not really in a much of a celeboratory mood. Time to get somewhat serious again. I always find it easier to describe my inner imagined scenery rather than the actual musical content. A remembrance or maybe a burial is how I picture this. More like a modern version of a boat set on fire and set adrift than a «regular funeral» though. A darkly tinted meditation contemplating a closure, an ending or loss. But my ideal soundtrack to a customary practice, rite, or ceremony is not devoid of light - or life. -Moahaha

1 Irmin Schmidt & Kumo - Etrurian Waltz
2 Klaus Morlock - Opening Titles/Forest Chase
3 Mac Prindy - Eliza 1
4 Iraklis - Magiki Apoklisi - Chor
5 Trembling Strain - What The Bird Told Me
6 J.A. Caesar - 鏡の国のスパイ (The Mysterious Mandarin)
7 Daniele Sepe - Auschwitz

8 Pierre Bastien - Never Even
9 Takami - Tatoeba....to Anata wa Iu
10 Ryo Kawasaki - Tane's Dream Part 2
11 Blacklight Braille - The Fountain Falling From The Ace Of Cups
12 Sebastian Gandera - Les Sanglots Du Locataire
13 Philip Sanderson - Weird & Gilly Ride Again
14 Ensemble Economique - I Can See the Light, The Edge of Forever
15 Hills - Claras Vaggvisa

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Dream Weapons present: XMAS DELIGHTS VOL. IX C60

 

 

This year it took Pete Seeger’s banjo plucking whilst whistling the chorale from Beethoven's Ninth to seriously get me into the right kind of seasonal mood. No wonder «An die Freude» for a choir of 10 000 voices is Japan's most popular Christmas tradition. Other than that, Moahaha’s Ninth (Xmas Delights) is the usual nostalgia-drenched hour stuffed with the uttermost folk, latin and lightly jazzy Yuletide oldies. Yeah still mostly vintage tunes because hardly anyone knows how to properly sing or arrange carols anymore. As always there’s Santa vs Jesus battling out whether 'Tis the season to be mainly jolly or thankful - and if the Christmas spirit is something you’re supposed to drink or not. Happy holidays y’all! -and take care, Moahaha

1 Pete Seeger - Chorale from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
   -Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824
2 Lanny Ross - Sleigh-Bell Serenade
   -Lanny Ross, 1941
3 Les Peters Sisters - Berceuse Noire
   -J.Larue & J.H.Rys, 1950
4 Jackie Gleason - By the Fireside
   -Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly & Ray Noble, 1932
5 Rosemary Standley & Dom La Nena - El Cant dels Ocells
   -traditional Catalan
6 Portland Cello Project - Riu Chiu
   -traditional catalan, 15th century
7 Johnny Pearson - Cantate Domino
   -Westmore & Hughes, 1972
8 John Klein - Gesu Bambino
   -Pietro Yon, 1917, Italia
9 Rod McKuen - Bethlehem B.C.
   -Rod McKuen, 1970
10 Roy Smeck and His Island Quartet  - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
    -Tommy Connor, 1952

11 Tapio Rautavaara - Tonttujen Jouluyö
    -Vilhelm Sefve & Alfred Smedberg, 1898. Sweden
12 Bonnemere And His Piano - White Christmas
    -Irving Berlin, 1942
13 Leroy Holmes, voc. Johnny Corvo - This Is The Time of The Year
    -Lisbona & Sigler, 1951
14 Gustav Winckler - Landsbykirkens Klokkeklang
    -Gustav Winckler & Sven Bueman, 1951
15 Shoji Suzuki and Rhythm Ace - Adeste Fideles
    -John Francis Wade, 1743
16 Mickey Carter And The Riff-Tones - Underneath The Mistletoe
    -Lewis Simpkins, 1950
17 The Sportsmen - The Sleigh (A La Russe)
    -Richard Kountz & Ivor Tchervanow, 1926
18 Freddy Martin & Murray Arnold - Toy Piano Boogie
    -Murray Arnold & Bob Ballard, 1951
19 Jean Sablon - Chemineau Noël
    -André Sablon & Jean Franc, 1909?
20 Connee Boswell - When Christmas is Gone
    -Connie Boswell & Nat Schwartz, 1939
21 Keith Mansfield - The First Christmas
     -traditional English/Cornish

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Link to all our Delights & XD-V (where you’ll also find Vol. I-IV) + here's the streams for 2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016:

-Every December I visit my favorite Christmas-place on the internet: Ernie (Not Bert) on a daily basis.  Most, if not all of my Xmas-mixes includes a few tunes first discovered there. This year I think it has to be at least five of them.

Dream Weapons present: THE WILD ONES C60

This time I wanted to compile the ultimate soundtrack for a non-existing B-movie. Let's say its an unnecessarily violent, mildly entertaining Bonnie & Clydeish cash-in flick with a killer score and a moderately large cult following. Something like that.

-Gorgeous themes, groovin’ tunes, hip chansons, soul bangers, occult psych, far out exotica… its got a little bit of everything. And the action seemingly takes place on several continents. Yeah this one was mostly put together to entertain myself - and you. It almost qualifies as a "party mix" -Moahaha

1 Codreanu Maria Petrovna/ Мария Кодриану - У одиноких тополей
2 Aut'Chose - Une Saison En Enfer
3 Thomas Elerth - Beatin’ It
4 A Gethsémani - Primavera Cha Cha
5 Puccio Roelens - Leewards
6 Soul Brothers Inc. - I Don't Think We Are Going Back Again
7 Rino De Filippi - Calcolatore Elettronico
8 Sophie's Dream - Walpurgis
9 Afro-Blues Quintet Plus One - Victims Of Change

10 Idris Muhammad - New Orleans
11 Orquestra CBD - Tema da Zorra
12 Nahid Akhtar - Saturday Night
13 Maurice Jarre - Roxanne
14 Yma Sumac - Sansa
15 Spectre - Elephant, Mosquito
16 Barney Wilen - Zombizar Reloaded
17 Masami Kawahara & The Exotic Sounds - Taboo

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Dream Weapons present: REMONTANT C60

Seems we’ve all withered away for the most of this year and everyone's in need of a reblooming. But spring is nowhere near and all we can do is dream.

-So let your mind wander whilst listening to this bouquet of twenty reascended tunes from when the world was young. Visit our planet’s past ports and harbours, dance and drink your way through ballrooms, jazz clubs, saloons, opium dens, bars and castles. Make a stop in some small countryside village and smell its fresh, unpolluted air. Highbrow, lowbrow, in tears or laughter - a tragedy or a comedy. It doesn’t matter as long as you’re free -Moahaha

1 Julie Joy - Podes Voltar
2 The Mena Moeria Minstrels - South Sea Breeze
3 Luis Carbonell - Así Es Mi Suelo Cubano
4 Alfred Newman & Ken Darby - Whispering Wind
5 Stu Phillips & His Orchestra - Tropical Summer
6 Nora Ney - Meu Lamento
7 Bola Sete & Therezinha Bittencourt - Mulher Rendeira
8 Sonny Lester - Daughter of The Nile
9 Diahann Carroll - Love Is Just a Word
10 Linda Lawson - Never Like This

11 Werner Müller And His Orchestra - The Banquet
12 Kondo Keiko - Bulan Dagoan
13 Black Cats - Mikansei Rockambo
14 Buddy Sarkissian And His Mecca Four With Fred Elias - Desert Moods
15 Sudha Malhotra - Mere Nadeem Mere Hamsafar
16 Pratima Banerjee - Fande Poria Bhoga Kanda
17 Ara Bartevian Orchestra (feat. Kevork Yanbekian Folk Band) - Grounk
18 Kay Starr - Two Brothers
19 Cantadores di Palmira / Lina Huarte - El Asombro de Damasco: "Por esta noche"
20 Verlye Mills - Autumn Leaves

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Dream Weapons present: HYPNOTEQUE C60

 

 

November the 5th 2015 Sadhu Sadhu & Prabha Devi posted their very first DWp-mix! The five pointed pentagram inside a pentagon (within the circle) on the cover symbolizes Dream Weapons present first five years of existence. Obviously.

-Joining forces for a second time, since the previous Polyhymnia, Moahaha and I dive into the mystical tapestry of occult whispers. Illuminating dark corners, sprinkling dust in quiet antechambers, these songs are mean't to be enjoyed in the stark, bone cold of winter. Imagine the songs themselves conjuring a little spooky warmth in the coming blackness -Prabha Devi

1 Carmen Maki - Kamome 歌－かもめ ♌︎
2 Les Hou-Lops aka Les Tetes Blanches - Ebb Tide  ☾︎
3 Valdemir - Fallen Star ♌︎
4 Svitlana Nianio - Koło Lasu  ☾︎
5 Nilson - Down in the Garden ♌︎
6 招き猫カゲキ団 - 幻夜  ☾︎
7 Trio Marenich / Трио Маренич - Nese Galya Vodu / Несе Галя воду ☾︎
8 Frank Pahl & Klimperei - Melon Sorbet ♌︎

9 Clara Nunes - Canseira  ☾︎
10 Gary 'Spider' Webb - The Cave (Part II) ♌︎
11 Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra - Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel ♌︎
12 Claire Hamill - Awaken (Larkrise) ♌︎
13 Enip Sukanda - Jipang Lontang & Beber Layar ☾︎
14 Fin-Int - Jouten ♌︎
15 Waldo de Los Ríos - Amaneces Sin Evelyn  ☾︎
16 Michel Colombier - For Those Who Cannot Hear ♌︎
17 Word of Mouth Chorus - Windham ♌︎
18 Księżyc - Mijana  ☾︎

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Dream Weapons present: IT WELCOMES YOU C90

The three-day observance of Allhallowtide is upon us - which felt like the perfect excuse to locate and ever so slightly rework/improve my pre-dream weapons «horrorscore-mix». It was a pleasantly unpleasant revisitation containing one dark or dimly lit gem after the other. I think you might enjoy it too. Back in 2015 I wrote:

-I went for scores with a Fabio Frizzi/John Carpenter/Goblin sort of synthified keyboard driven approach but (largely) avoided all those themes «everyone» already knows - such as Suspiria, (the original) Halloween, The Beyond etc. There's probably just as much melancholic beauty as there is dark electrofunk here. Some of you are probably familiar with a few of these tunes already - but you never heard them presented like this -Moahaahaahaaaaa…!

 A
1 Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave - Mineshaft Chase
-Phantasm, 1979
2 Fabio Frizzi - Baby Sequenza 1
-Manhattan Baby, 1982
3 Bixio/Frizzi/Tempera - 7 Note (Film Version)
-Sette Note in Nero, 1977
4 Francesco De Masi - House In The Park
-Seven Hyden Park: La Casa Maledetta, 1985
5 Colin Towns - Full Circle (Everything's Right Now)
Full Circle: The Haunting of Julia, 1977
6 Walter Rizzati & Franco De Gemini – I Remember
-The House By The Cemetery (Quella Villa Accanto Al Cimitero), 1981
7 Gary Scott – Main Title
-Final Exam, 1981
8 John Scott – Virus
Inseminoid, 1981
9 Alessandro Alessandroni – Seq. 6
-Killer Nun, 1977
10 Giuliano Sorgini - Manchester M2 6LD
-The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue, 1974
11 Susan Justin - End Title Theme
-Forbidden World, 1982
12 Stelvio Cipriani - Main Titles
-Un' Ombra Nell' Ombra, 1979
13 Claudio Simonetti – Nichola's Death
-You'll Die At Midnight, 1986
14 Ralph Jones – End Titles
-The Slumber Party Massacre, 1982
15 Jay Chattaway - Maniac's Theme
-Maniac, 1980
16 Andrzej Korzynski - The Man With The Pink Socks
-Possession, 1981
17 Amedeo Tommasi - Pendolo Mortale
-Thomas, 1970

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18 Richard Einhorn – The Light
-Shock Waves, 1977
19 Ennio Morricone - Copkiller
-Copkiller, 1983
20 Jonathan Elias – Main Title
-Children Of The Corn, 1984
21 I Libra – The Shock
-Schock, 1977
22 Nico Fidenco – Waiting For the Cannibals
-Emanuelle e Gli Ultimi Cannibali, 1977
23 John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Chariots Of Pumpkins
-Halloween III, 1982
24 Stefano Mainetti - Zombi 3 (Sequence 8)
-Zombi 3, 1988
25 Armando Trovajoli - The Killer Is Round the Parking
-Mystère, 1983
26 John Harrison – The Creepshow Welcomes You
Creepshow, 1982
27 Riz Ortolani - Il Corpo Di Linda
-La Ragazza Dal Pigiama Giallo, 1978
28 Alessandro Blonksteiner – Target-Firing
-Cannibal Apocalypse, 1980
29 Synthe Sound Trax Corp - The Boogeyman Man Version 2
-The Boogey Man, 1980
30 Denny Zeitlin - Infiltration (Suite)
-Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, 1978
31 Pino Donaggio – Karen's Nightmare
-The Howling, 1980
32 Brian May – Hot & Ready
-Turkey Shot, 1982
33 Roberto Donati - Cannibal Ferox Theme
-Cannibal Ferox, 1981

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…Oh, the title is inspired by The Creepshow Welcomes You (opening titles) in combination with the modern day classic It Follows. The thought of a something evil that appears welcoming at first was sort of chilling.

Dream Weapons present: MONDE À PART C60

 

 

Its been quite some time since I last unleashed a multifarious around-the-globe-in-an-hour song&dance-ride* upon our listeners. Soo... I guess its time for another sprawling collection of finely aged melodies that you’ve never ever heard before - originating from somewhere either east or south of… me. My semipretentious Godard-paraphrasing title aside, I really just hope my selection of songs will lift your spirits -Moahaha 

1 Salwa - Tcharrafna
2 Elisabeth Waldo - Balsa Boat
3 Khurmo Shirinova - Didam Ingori - Дидам Ингори Худро
4 The Silvery Boys - O Amanhecer
5 Taroub - Wahawi Ya Wahawi وحوي يا وحوي
6 Suns of Arqa - World Peace A.D.?
7 Farida Parveen - Pakhi Kakhan Ure Jay
8 Ade Suparman - Marudah

9 Lilis Suryani - Tobt Gusti
10 Rita Rose - Mozo Dhir Adar
11 Giacomo Dell'Orso  - Sud-Est Asiatico
12 Toubabou - Mon Tambour
13 Naif Agby & His Orchestra - Aine El Kahla
14 Exotic Oriental Dances - Om Hasan  ام حسن
15 Sumitra Sen - Aaji Jharer Raate Tomar Abhisaar
16 Eddie "The Sheik" Kochak -  Floor Work
17 Göygöl Ensemble with Şahnaz Haşımova - Низами Душунжэлэри (Думы О Низами)

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*...my similarely themed earlier ones (but most mixes tagged with "world" are somewhat related): Sun Moon Stars, Earth’s Orbit, A Traveller’s Tale, Faraway Dances and One Last Dance. 

Dream Weapons present: A SONG IN THE BLOOD C90

 

 

So here’s another download only/revisitation of an older mix once posted elsewhere. I remade the cover (as always), removed a track that had about 5 million plays by now + a tune from a guy named Maria (whom I mistook for a woman) and a France Gall-song later used by Prabha Devi etc... The end result ended up about 80% identical to the original compilation. Probably a few songs you might have heard before and the B-side has a lot of really strange transitions, but whatever. A for Alluring lyricism and B for Beer and skittles perhaps. Here what I wrote six years ago:

-I planned to build A Song in the Blood around a couple of slow and sensuous songs by April Stevens and The Paris Sisters. You know the kind of long forgotten seemingly innocent (not really all that innocent, though) sounding pop-ditties that David Lynch could dig up, use in a scene and forever transform it into a masterpiece of melancholy, desperation and gloom. But this seductive mixtape of mine never materialised.

Instead I kept adding gently intense, ghostly folk tunes, eastern european folksy-pop on the A-side, and sweet girl groups of the far east, playful ye-ye, Bollywood, japanese vocal jazz and allsorts of stuff on the B-side... A trip through the motions and around the world presented by an all female cast. It wasn't meant to be a collection of songs sung by women excusively either. It just turned out that way -Moahaha, September 2014

1. Buffy Sainte Marie - Poppies (For Mr. Allerton)
2. Salli Terri - Estrella Do Mar
3. Eva Porubová - Jede Matúšek
4. Montreal - Infinity
5. Chimera - The Grail
6. Dana Corby/Gwydion - Spring Strathspey
7. April Stevens - That Naughty Waltz
8. Paavoharju - Kirkonväki
9. Judy Henske - Lullaby
10. Nadia Cattouse - All Around My Grandmothers Floor
11. Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - Weirdsong Of Breaking Through At Last
12. Dimitra Galani - Aspro Peristeri
13. Lyubka Rondova - Yana Maika Lyuto Kalne
14. Susan Reed - Three White Gulls

15. Janye Mansfield - Cleopatra
16. Trio Visca - Tjempaka
17. S. Noorelhuda - Chaya Tarian
18. Asha Bhosle - Honolulu
19. Jeanne Moreau - Tout Ce Que Je Veux
20. Chantal Kelly - Caribou
21. Nara Leão - Azulão
22. Agnetha Fältskog - Doktorn!
23. The Society Girls - Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Little Girls
24. Chee Sing Soo 尹飛燕 - 花落未逢君
25. Yasuko Agawa - New York Afternoon
26. Nora Orlandi - Body Fox
27. Maki Asakawa - Gogo
28. Paris Sisters - I'm Me
29. The Great Kat - Sex & Violins
30. Joan Baez - Song in the Blood

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Dream Weapons present: SOMETHING BAD IS BETTER THAN NOTHING C60

 

 

When it comes to pursuing our goals, finding a deeper sense of purpose, or mastering a skill, doing something and taking some action is always better than doing nothing.

That is until we set a goal that is too far out of reach or our ideals gets in the way. Then our pursuit of continued action is replaced by the realization of how far we have to go to get to where we want to be. It’s then that nothing instead of something seems justifiable.

-That’s when its time to just chill, break some eggs, make an omelette and listen to something good. Like this compilation of German rock and jazz funk, Quebecois prog, Finnish folk and soft rock, American jazz, soul, hard rock, space rock and private press pop, Brazilian boogie, Turkish psychedelic funk, British modal jazz and mod pop -Lemon Fogg

Side A
1 The Rias Orchestra – Thariah
2 Epitaph – Kind of a Man
3 L.A. King – Wad’n
4 Plume Latraverse – Adiadyll
5 Pepe Willberg & The Paradise - Toiset meistä
6 Paul Winter / Winter Consort – Sunwheel
7 Michael Andrews - Something Bad Is Better Than Nothing

Side B
8 Lincoln Olivetti & Robson Jorge - Samba E Alegria
9 Erkin Koray - Öksürük
10 Apparition - Astral Spirit
11 Nitzinger – Motherlode
12 Neil Ardley feat. Norma Winstone - Will You Walk A Little Faster?
13 Spencer Mac – Commuter
14 The George School - Persephone's Song
15 Maarit - Uudet tuulet

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20ft Radio & Dream Weapons present: WE TRAVEL THE EARTHWAYS C60

One dope hour of worldjazz/psychfolk-grooves from the glorious era of corduroy bell-bottoms and swirly paisley prints. Imagine yourself in dry, earthy, sunburned landscapes riding on camels, elephants and on horseback across sand dunes, the savannah, the steppes and praries - or in a densely moist jungle, while riverboat traveling through the backwaters etc… Something like that. If any of this resembles your daily life already - just picture yourself on a reindeer sleigh ride through northern Scandinavia instead. Either way it’s the mindtrip you sorely need right now! -Moahaha

1 Irmin Schmidt & The Inner Space - Im Orient II
2 Piirpauke - Fyssouni
3 T.K. Ramamoorthy - Rasikapriya
4 Archimedes Badkar - Fortryckets Sista Timme
5 Sadja - Improvisation IX

6 Tony Scott & The Indonesian All Stars - Djanger Bali
7 Brother Ah - Enthusiasm
8 Grup Doğuş - Modern Oyun Havası
9 Basil Kirchin & John Coleman - Mahjune
10 Frederic Rabold Crew - Indian impression
11 Gülistan - Plajda / On The Beach

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20ft Radio & Dream Weapons present: INNEROUTERSPACE C60

 «Where the mind goes, the body will follow» as that motivational Arnold Schwarzenegger-quote goes. Of course he was talking about bodybuilding, but it might as well had been about trippin’ far out into the Milky Way, surrounded by its billions of planets and stars - while accompanied by Kosmische Muzik. Here's ten mostly analogue electronic tunes lost in space and time 1979-1986 -Moahaha

1 Age - Hymalaya
2 Velvet Universe - Cycle Of Days / Watching The Bodies, Proditol, Memories   (part B, C and D from "The Black Corridor")
3 Michael Garrison - Dreams
4 Rolf Trostel - Der Prophet
5 Marco Melchiori - Luce Notte

 6 Serge Blenner - Phrase IV
 7 Michele Musser - Proteus and the Marlin
 8 Zanov - Lost Message
 9 Patrick Vasori & Caravelli - Le Grand Vide
10 Ciro Perrino - Urano / Da Nettuno Oltre Plutone

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Dream Weapons present: ARIRANG MOUNTAIN PASS (SONG SEARCH VOL. 3) C60

The story begun like this: Many moons ago a former flatmate had this wondrous 1960’s or early 70’s female fronted, South Korean Trot/folk-pop record that we used to spin all the time. In my unsuccessful search for that original album I came across hours of enchanting folk, pop and gentle trot-oldies from the same era instead…

BUT *drumwhirl* now I’ve finally located the album in question (Hurrah!) and so my song search saga ends. Turns out it was by The Queen of Elegy herself: «Lee Mija's folk song album» from 1970 (featured song «Changbu Taryeong» is taken from there). Before you check out the holy grail of Trot, immerse yourself in this final hour of 20 golden trot-delights -Moahaha

1 이난영 / Lee Nan Young - 불사조 / Phoenix
2 황금심 / Hwang Geumsim - 동백꽃 피는 섬 / Camellia Blooming Island
3 葵鳥姉妹 / Bluebird Sisters - 故郷想い / Thinking of Home
4 장세정 / Jang Seung Jeong - 三人の友 / Three Friends (japanese letters)
5 이미자 / Lee Mija - 倡夫打令 / Changbu Taryeong
6 정훈희 / Jung Hoon Hee - 빗속의 연인들 / Lovers In The Rain
7 Jigu Band - 答えてください / Answer Me
8 현인 / Hyeon In - 고향 만리 / Hometown Long Distance
9 김부자 / Kim Buja - 둥기둥기 내사랑 / My Love is the Pillar
10 권혜경 / Gwon Hyegyeong - 유성이 흘러간 곳 / Where the Meteor Flowed

11 도미 / DoMi - 인도의 향불 / India's Burning Incense
12 은방울자매 / Silverdrop Sisters - 길잃은 황포선 / Straying(?)
13 펄 시스터즈 / Pearl Sisters - 渡り鳥 / Birds of Passage
14 남국인 / South - 누가 울어 / Who's Crying
15 최희준 / Huijun Choe  - 사랑이 지기전에 / Before Love
16 박재란 / Park Jaeran - 그대는 나의 넋 / You Are My Soul
17 이영숙 / Lee Young-suk - 고향서 만난 사람 / A Man Who Met Someone in His Hometown
18 이해연 / Gwon Lee - 단장의 미아리 고개 / Chief Mori's Head
19 에보니스 / Ebonys - 정든배 / A Steady Ship
20 정영아 / Jung Young A - 사랑이여 안녕 / Goodbye to Love

Links to Arirang Song Search 1 and 2

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20 ft Radio Present & Dream Weapons present - Alone Together by Dj Lemon Fogg

 

Let us move beyond our pasts, the present and travel alone together with disco funk and progressive sounds from Sweden, psychedelia and yé-yé pop from France, jazz rock from Spain and Japan, Brazilian MPB, soul funk from Morocco, garage rock from Hong Kong, electronic psychedelia, country and christian rock from USA, baroque pop from Denmark and much more. You'll definitely find something to enjoy, either alone or together -DJ Lemon Fogg

Side A
1.Lasse Samuelson – Sunnysound
2.Julian Jay Savarin – Cycles
3.Catharsis – 32 Mars (edit)
4.Boatz – It Was Only The Radio
5.Crash Coffin – Alone Together
6.Fusioon – Farsa del Buen Vivir
7.Blåkulla – Idealet
8.Tninho Horta E Orquestra Fantasma – Aquelas Coisas Todas

Side B
9.Golden Hands – Al Harka
10.Jake H. Concepcion & His Orchestra – Scarborough Fair
11.Zoé – Zoé
12.Johnny Walsh – The End
13.The Artchis – In A Gadda-Da-Vida
14.Far Out – The Hip Sound
15.Patmos – Suicide Mission
16.Kræn Bysteds – Slotte Af Sand
17.John Stuckey – Without You
18.Maple Leaf - Tanjō
19.Curt o Roland – Estou Alegro

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Dream Weapons present: ANEMOIA C60

 «Nostalgia for a time you've never known». These tunes will make you long for those carefree summers long before you were born. Yes its truly gorgeous stuff. Some of you may recognize the cover art’s resemblance to Drawn From Memory. That’s because this is its fraternal twin. So I might as well re-use what I wrote then.

-Some music transcends you to outer space or other dimensions - while Anemoia is like a time machine that transports you backwards to a deceitfully wondrous past that never was. Twenty-one dusty old gems that time forgot from all over most of the world -Moahaha

1 Katyna Ranieri - La Contessa Scalza
2 Dalva de Oliveira - Sem Ele
3 Piero Piccioni - Haway
4 Marti Barris - Ahbe Casabe
5 El dúo Marfil-Morales - Canto Guajiro
6 Svend Nicolaisen - Suerte
7 Arturo Gatica - Frente a Frente
8 Dark Ducks - 越後獅子 / Echigojishi
9 Bianchi & The Jungle Sex-Tet - Lonely Flute
10 Nella Colombo & La Orquesta Maravella - Xipna Aghapi Mou

11 Edmundo P. Zaldivar - Mañana al Alba
12 Pacita Tomás - Escenas Andaluzas - Reflejos
13 Volta Sêca - Escuta Donzela
14 Yaseen & Party - Nna-Kiliyo
15 Hal Mooney - Maria
16 Pearl Bailey - I Got Rhythm
17 Lale Andersen - Gold'ner Ohrring
18 Jack Medell and His Orchestra - Umbe’
19 Gilda Lopes - A Hora Do Amor (Les Files De Cadix)
20 Nakano Tadaharu - Yamadera no Oshou
21 Mandolin' Club de Paris & Jeanne Ricada-Mathorez - Je Crois Entendre Encore

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20ft Radio & Dream Weapons Present: PER ASPERA AD ASTRA C60

«Through hardships to the stars». Gorgeously warm and earthy jazz grooves in a soulful & easy-going oriental/spiritual, latin, psych and all that jazz-fusion kind of way. Lotsa flute and nice vibes throughout. My favorite jam for the summer, and for the rest of the year -Moahaha

Btw: If you're in the mood for a similarly themed mixtape-jazzbonanza just spin these earlier comps of mine after you've finished this one: Sun Sprites, Music of the Spheres, The High Priestess and Fourth World (+ most of Spirits Unknown).

1 François Rabbath - Requiem Pour Goa
2 Manu Dibango - Walking To Waza
3 Bobby Hutcherson - Zuri Dance
4 Ahmad Jamal - Children Of The Night
5 The 360 Degree Music Experience - Tradewinds
6 Harold Alexander - Sandy's Love

7 I.P. Son Group - Raggio Di Sole
8 Jorge Lopez Ruiz 5 - Mirosbass
9 Manfred Mann Chapter Three - Jump Before You Think
10 Toru Takemitsu - Searching for Fantasy
11 Toshiaki Yokota And The Beat Generation - Reza
12 Rafiq Babayev - Azerbaijan Etude - 2

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DJ Lemon Fogg & Dream Weapons Present: HAVE YOU BEEN SLEEPING? C60

 How have you been sleeping over the past few days? Have you had trouble falling asleep at the beginning of the day? Have you been waking up in the middle of the day? If yes: What do you do? Do you get up? Do you go out? Do you get lost? If so, put on this mixtape. You’ll get Indonesian Garage Rock, Polish Soul Jazz, Italian Twist, Turkish Funk, Lebanese Surf, Icelandic and Norwegian Prog, Venezuelan fusion, French Synth-pop, Cuban Psychedelia and much more, to help you find your way home in 60 mins  -Lemon Fogg

Side A

1. Maple Leaf - Purorōgu
2. Zoo – Have You Been Sleeping?
3. Ugo Busoni – Rullio
4. Zdzisława Sośnicka - Dobranocka, Moje Kochanie
5. Spilverk þjóðanna - Skáldið
6. Richard Hayman - Don't Rain on my Parade
7. 13th Power - I See A Change Is Gonna Come
8. Gianni Morandi - Go-Kart Twist
9. Koes Plus – Kelelawar
10. Figen Han - Haydi Bastır
11. Assa'd Khoury - Al Ghaba
12. The Berkeley Kites - Alice In Wonderland

Side B

13. Alex Rodríguez – Quetepe
14. Denny Fast - This May Be The End
15. Joanne Grauer - Mystical Lady
16. Dominique Guiot - Wind Surf Ballad
17. Eddy Zoltan - Mjuke Dråpar
18. Omar Khorshid - Rakset El Fadaa
19. Juan Almeida - Decide tu
20. Larry and Myra - Silver Rings

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Dream Weapons present: ON ICE C60

An off season open air ballet for figure skaters, musically accompanied by dreamy analogue electronics. Although ideal for letting your mind drift away on a frozen lake (or into outer space), I think icy instrumentals are perfectly suitable for the summertime. I give you the more athletic side to cosmic tunesmithery. My made up concept aside, its basically Tveklang Part II -Moahaha 

1 Simon Boswell - Gioia Outside In The Rain
2 Miha Kralj - Andromeda
3 Paul Nagle - Bedenke Ich Bin
4 Niala Effen - Catherine
5 Jannick Top - Roland Romanelli - Helium 112
6 Busser, C.B. - Happy Faces
7 Osiris - Staring at Nothingness

8 Mark Shreeve - Dream Sequence
9 Franco Tamponi - ARIA
10 Shigenori Kamiya - First Step
11 Dennis Wize - Light As Air
12 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch - Mysterious Forest
13 A Place To Pray - Thelema 9
14 K. Yoshimatu - Part 2 I&II

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20ft Radio & Dream Weapons present: SOUTH OF SAHEL C60

Culturally and historically, the Sahel is a shoreline between the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. So this mix contains music originating from the latter part of the continent - that has generally been less influenced by arab culture. Which means more Afrobeat, Qaraami, Highlife,  Bikutsi, Mande+Yoruba Music, and no belly dance grooves. Full of beauty, life, joy and intense emotions - and perfect for the summer. Cheers! -Moahaha

(Intro: BBC Field recording - Kenya, Amboeseli National Park)
1 Matata - Beautiful Burra
2 Dur-Dur Band - Caashaqa Maxaa ii Baray
3 Yusef A. Lateef - O Blues Revisited
4 The Apostles - Oshi Onwu
5 Francis Bebey - Ganvié
6 Christie Azumah & The Uppers International - Naam
7 Franklin Boukaka - Kue Tu Kuenda
8 Miriam Makeba - Shihibolet

9 Super Boiro Band - Samba
10 Eboni Band - Mogofingeou-Sopeunte
11 Assagai - Sanga
12 Birigwa - Obugumba
13 Quintette Guinéenne - Massane Cissé
14 Saka Acquaye & His African Ensemble - Echoes of the African Forest
(Outro: BBC Field recording - Cameroon, tropical forest)

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Dream Weapons Present: DANSE MORTELLE C60

The way I see it any kind of musical expression that speaks to me is a positive experience. Now I think its time for some darkness again. The beautiful, weird and wicked sort of dark. I often pretend I’m directing a movie when I compile mixes. And the open ended, artsy but unintentionally comical straight to VHS film d’horreur érotique; Danse Mortelle revolves around a Bubonic Plague. It includes quite a few scenes of seduction and witchcraft plus dancing and singing around mountainous bonfires - which is why I’m posting it in time for Walpurgis Night. After all I named myself after the maniacal laugh of a fictional villain -Moahaha!

1 Philippe D'Aram - Fascination
2 Inner Dialogue - Look at Me
3 Palo Alto (feat. Norscq, Emiko Ota & Régis Codur) - Like a Mouse
4 Stratis - St. Petersburg
5 Minny Pops - The Sea
6 When - The Black Death (Excerpts)
7 Thick Pigeon - Crime
8 Mac Gayden - The Minstrel Is Free At Last - end

9 Mieux - Slow Walks
10 Janus (Jason Treuting) - i
11 Peter Thomas - Dance Ninotschka (Schwarze Augen)
12 Dunkelziffer - Arche Noah
13 Nytt Land - Frysta
14 Barbara, The Gray Witch - Witch's Love Song
15 J.A. Caesar (& Tenjo Sajiki theater company) - 出帆 - エンディング
16 Steve Shehan - Shogun (edit)

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Dream Weapons present: BIEN BIEN BIEN C90 by DJ Lemon Fogg

Whenever in need of a real good time, do like Dream Weapons and call DJ Lemon Fogg:

-I have a 90 min. mixed bag of salty, sweet and sour candy for you. Here’s German Future Jazz, Glam and Space Rock, Polish Funk/Fusion, Icelandic Children Folk, Venezuelan Acid Rock, Japanese City Pop and Acid Folk, Spanish, Italian and British Mod Soul, Brazilian Bossa Nova and Samba, Hawaiian Pacific, French Chanson, AOR and much more. If you can’t finish it all on your own, I recommend sharing it with others – DJ Lemon Fogg

+if you haven't already, check out his previous mixes for DWp:  Whatever Happened to Happy? & My Dear Life
 
 A

1.         Andrzej Marko - Dhamma
2.         Björgvin Halldórsson – Heiðlóarkvæði
3.         Kati Kovacs – Sehnsucht
4.         Raúl Porchetto - Canción II
5.         Guru Guru – It’s Your Turn
6.         Mari Rottrová & Flamingo – Zvon lásky
7.         Veronika Fischer & Band – Philodendron
8.         Jin Kirigaya – Let’s Go Back To The Sea
9.         William Lyall – Playing In The Sand
10.       Los Ros - Cuéntame cosas tuyas
11.       Tania Maria – Transamazonic
12.       Chucky Boy Chock – Walking In The Jungle
13.       Eumir Deodato Os Catedraticos – Ataque

B

14.       Orlane Paquin – Bien Bien Bien
15.       I Sagittari - Sulla spiaggia di Pesaro
16.       The Brady Bunch – I Just Want To Be Your Friend
17.       Halina Frąckowiak - Śnij tylko szczęście
18.       Clease – Naturally
19.       Vincent Bell – Nikki
20.       Golem – Godhead Dance
21.       J.C. Heavy – Mr. Deal
22.       Friends Of Distinction - When A Little Love Began To Die
23.       Dwight Duck – Voudou
24.       Fukamachi Jun – Omae
25.       Victorians - C'mon Dream
26.       Patterson's People - Shake Hands With The Devil

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20ft Radio & Dream Weapons present: COSMIC CARPET RIDE C60

All neatly wrapped up and luxuriously presented on a red carpet in outer space - here’s an hour of east/west & space/earth slow-to mid tempo trippin’ grooves customized for your kitchen, bath, bed or living room dance floor. Forget about real life for awhile and float along to these mostly uhh… chill vibes.

Now unwrap and join inn on our semi-relaxed cosmic ride! -Moahaha

1 Love Live Life - 安来節／島根県民謡
2 The Mystic Moods Orchestra - Midnight Snack
3 Cengiz Coşkuner - Aydın Roman Havası
4 Bobbye Hall - Copula
5 The Mothmen - Afghan Farmer Driving Cattle
6 The Mystery Kindalchi Band - 悪魔の手毬歌
7 Yves Hyatt - Path To Ascension

8 Arşivplak (Afacan Sound System) - Sabir, Ya Sabir
9 Remigio Ducros - Sgambetto
10 Caramel Mou - Caramel Mou (Stéréologue-edit)
11 Fernando Falcão - Ladeira Dos Inocentes
12 Preston Epps - Afro-Mania
13 Azar Habib - Miin Ma Kenti
14 Hysear Don Walker - Love You're Mine Today

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Dream Weapons present: TRAVELIN’ IN THE DARK C60

Largely a collection of 40-50 year old (fashioned) haunting folk songs that were crafted somewhere in the Anglosphere. Gentle melodies of eras past filled with forlorn longing, unrequited love, hopes & fears, war, death and God. To me these tunes belongs to the woods, the lakes, the mountains... not the concrete buildings of the crowded cities - or its artificial lighting. Rural music that'll take you away on overgrown paths and dusty dirt roads. Like a singular road movie on foot -Moahaha

1. Tom Pohlmann - A Prayer For John - Theme
2. John Renbourn - O Death
3. December's Children - Jane's Song (The Slow One)
4. Bo Grumpus - Travelin´ In the Dark
5. Sounds ov Earth - Bottle Marbles
6. Dell Dudenhoeffer - One Year Behind
7. Mormos - St. Ives
8. Karen Jones - Portrait of you
9. The Jumpleads - Greenwood Laddie
10. Cloud (Uk) - Watered Garden

11. Turner And Kirwan of Wexford - Sunshower
12. Shawn Phillips - Wailing Wall
13. Hendrickson Road House - Theatre King
14. Phyl Lobl - Seasons of War
15. Paul Esslinger - Ancora
16. Loudest Whisper - Pied Piper
17. Sandy Robison - True Believers
18. 11.59 - By The Waters Of Babylon
19. Bobo Bates - And Even the Horses Had Wings

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Dream Weapons present: SING IT, SISTER C60

Seriously - I simply forgot to post an earlier version of this at March 8 last year. Anyway I figured eighteen female fronted 1970-1980’s tunes you’ve probably never heard - that would have been big hits in a fairer world - was the appropriate mix to share on this day. Easily my most lighthearted mix ever containing gorgeous City Pop, Mandopop, Synth Pop, Latin Pop, + just plain Pop, Enka, Soul/Funk, New Wave, Blue Beat/Reggae and Vocal Jazz. Yes its Happy Hour. Well mostly… especially if you don’t too pay close attention to some of the lyrics. Cheers! -Moahaha

1 Palmeira - Telephone
2 Romie Singh - Dancing To Forget
3 Véronique Vincent - I'm Always Crying
4 Yumi Arai - Afurika he Ikitai
5 Collage - Halb Sirp
6 La Vice & Co. - Satan Baby
7 Sister Janet Mead - Father, I Put My Life In Your Hands
8 Haruko Wanibuchi - ジプシー占い
9 Jennifer Lara - Close to You

10 Christine Harwood - Never Knew What Love Was
11 Lin Cuiping - 愛情一陣風
12 Suzy Andrews - Born to Bleed
13 Renée - Can't Live My Life
14 Juicy Fruits - オ・シ・エ・テ・ア・ゲ・ル
15 Hazel O'Connor - Dawn Chorus
16 Millie - Poor Little Willie
17 Carita Holmström - Joki
18 Susan Jacks - Beyond The Clouds

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Dream Weapons present: MY HEART TREMBLES C60

Eurasian world/folk music connected to ancient civilizations and old traditions originating from Armenia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Georgia, Poland, Bulgaria, Moldavia and probably elsewhere too. Sometimes with a slightly updated approach - occasionally several styles in symbiosis but always authentic, deep, profound and painstakingly beautiful -Moahaha

1 State Merited Company of Georgia Folk Songs and Dances -  Лети, черна птицо (Fly, Black Swallow)
2 Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble Pirin & Kiril Stefanov - Zapey Zemya
3 Victoria Darvai - Prin Pădure Trece-Mi-Oi
4 Мирза Тоиров (Mirza Toirov) - Дилбарим (Dilbarim)
5 Muzsikás - Elment a Madárka
6 Gurgen Mirzoyan with Ensemble of Folk Instruments - Mi Lar Bulbul
7 Sharakan Early Music Ensemble - Sirt Im Sasani (My Heart Trembles With Fear)
8 compiled by G. Tchaikovsky-Mereshanu & K. Rusnak - Malovat Syrba
9 Armenian Song and Dance Ensemble - Yaman Yar (Oh, Darling Mine)

10 Yane Sandanski Ensemble - Aida, Yano (Come on, Yano)
11 Taraful din Mavrodin - Ciuleandra
12 Kolinda - Szerelem II
13 Habil Aliyev - Bayat-e Shiraz Part 1
14 Warsaw Village Band - Babas Ride
15 Merlin Virtuosi - Karoun
16 Laboratorium Pieśni - Oj Pomostu
17 Dennis Boxell - Posla si Rada
18 Vladimir Smbatyan, Edurad Papyan, Levon Hayrapetyan - Le Le, Aman, Yeghnik

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Dream Weapons present: SUN SPRITES C90

 

Another oriental/spiritual, latin, psych-fusion and all that jazz in the vein of Music of the Spheres, The High Priestess and Fourth World (+ most of Spirits Unknown). The sort of post-Coltrane «world jazz» musical language that developed seemingly everywhere in combination with electric Miles, is an endless source for compilable gems yet to be discovered. Fifteen gorgeously warm and earthy grooves combined with some darkly tinted mysticism. And out of everything I listen to These are a few of my favorite things within The Sound of Music -Moahaha

1 Hal Singer & Jef Gilson - Libertarian
2 Dieter Bihlmaier Selection - Gertuschka
3 Lloyd McNeill Quartet - Just 71% Moor
4 Fabriano Fuzion - Kosmos 1&2
5 Peter Trunk - Cheops
6 John Lee & Gerry Brown - Jua
7 Stanton Davis' Ghetto Mysticism - Play Sleep

8 Frederic Rabold Crew - Januschka
9 Kathryn Moses  - Midnight
10 The Afro Soul-Tet - Torrid Zone
11 Second Direction - Peace
12 Wasama Quartet - Super Slug
13 Ed Thigpen - Action Re Action
14 Buddy Terry - Kamili
15 Chico Hamilton - Space For Stacy

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20ft Radio & Dream Weapons present: DRAWN FROM MEMORY C60

Some music transcends you to outer space or other dimensions - while Drawn From Memory is like a time machine that transports you backwards to a deceitfully wondrous past that never was. Twenty-one dusty old gems that time forgot from all over most of the world -Moahaha

1 Bernard Hilda feat. Jane Morgan - Comme On Est Bien Dans Tes Bras
2 José Betancourt And His Orchestra - Cha-Cha-Cha Flamenco
3 Armenian-Caucasian Folk Ensemble - Kiz Neman
4 René Carol, Kammertanzorchester Hans Busch - Ukraine
5 Ara Bartevian Orchestra (feat. Kevork Yanbekian Folk Band) - Nazani
6 Carol Bruce - My Shawl
7 The Fontane Sisters - I Had a Talk With the Wind and the Rain
8 Fabre Duroseau - Pourquoi Ces Larmes
9 Pan Wan Ching - Tower of Gold
10 Yukiji Asaoka 朝丘雪路 - 死ぬほど愛して

11 David Carroll - Orientale
12 Champ Butler - Dry Land
13 Ana Maria - Cachito
14 Dreamy Music - 今夕何夕
15 Patrice & Mario - Boléro d'Islam
16 Akemi Misawa - Anata Honto Ni Mono Tannai  
17 Ida Brun y su Guitarra Hawaiana - Pagan Love Song
18 Uncredited Tahiti band recorded by Gaston Guilbert - Vairota
19 Dorothy Masuka - Zono Zam
20 Nelson Waikiki - Slack Key
21 Baeg Ilhui / 백일희 - China Mambo / 챠이나 맘보

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Dream Weapons present: WOMEN OF THE WORLD, TAKE OVER! C60

 Because if you don´t the world will come to an end

And we haven´t got long

Men have had their shot and look at where we´ve got

-Regardless of gender I generally don’t have much faith in Homo sapiens, but Ivor Cutler has a point - doesn’t he? Also I simply needed a title for yet another enchanting and life-enchancing, female fronted, around the globe kind of mixtape. Old songs for a new decade -Moahaha

1 G. Tumendemberel - Туулын урсгал (1976-version)
2 Aïda Aznavour - Aravodian ! Archalouissin'
3 Rika Zarai & Yohanan Zarai et Son Orchestre - Erev Chel Chochanim
4 Margot Loyola - Mamiña
5 Isabel Parra - Amores Bailando
6 Nuccia Bongiovanni - Valzer di Mezzanotte
7 Tova Ben-Zvi (טובה בן צבי) - Di Beryozke (די בעריאזקע)
8 Field recording - Bowed Harp (Uganda)
9 Fang Ntumu-women from Nkong Meyos - Shells of 'Snail
10 Mme Mong Trung Tran Van Khé - Qua Cau Gio Bay
11 Choh Ying & Maurice Patton and the Melodians -  往事一傷空

12 Yang Hee-Eun (양희은) - 저 부는 바람
13 Tilly Tizzoni, Gruppo Folk Italiano - La Playa
14 Helen Robinson Youth Choir - Sit Down Children
15 Duo Lauterburg / Margot - Gruss Aus Adelboden
16 Nita Lopez - Fado
17 Maria Paris - Maruzzella
18 Kazuko Matsuo - Misa yo, Tango o Odoro yo
19 Lena Pamela (Nikos Mamagakis) - Ω! Χαμηλώστε Αυτό Το Φως
20 Kevser Selimova - Urosevich Ensemble - Jano, Jano
21 Laurice Peters & The Derbecki Ensemble ‎ - Saifeyeh
22 Waldjinah - Djoko Tarub

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