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Hey Dissensians--been a while. But I've got an album that's very likely going to create a strong dissensus--but which has absolutely shocked me by being laser-guided-missile brilliant, to my tastes. The Flaming Lips, acid-washed weirdos from the definitive hinterland who had a string of...

http://musicophilia.wordpress.com Possibly of interest to a very few people. Posting new mixes every couple weeks, old mixes in between, including the '1981' discs. Love to have co-bloggers or guest-mixers, if anyone were interested. Thanks!

Various Artists - 'Le Tour du Monde, Volume 5' (2xLP, Musique du Monde, France - 1971) [92:00 total] Side A: 01 [00'00"] Nino NARDINI - "Tropical" (1971, France) 02 [02'38"] Geraldo PINO - "Heavy Heavy Heavy" (1970, Kenya) 03 [05'56"] Joe HARRIOTT & John MAYER - "Gana" (1967, India...

Various Artists - 'Le Tour du Monde, Volume 7' (2xLP, Musique du Monde, France - 1973) Download here

Anyone familiar with this album? Absolute madness--truly end-of-history type stuff, for better or worse. Easy to want to say a 'Switched-On Bach' duly updated--but to my ears there's a lot more going on. In moments, one wants to dismiss it as a gimmick for tackling simply. . . everything...

CHBB (Liaisons Dangereuses) - 4 Cass. Eps 1981 (now with '85 demos download) Somewhere I once heard a really shoddy quality mp3 rip of the cassette series from 1981 by CHBB (aka Liaisons Dangereuses). Four cassettes, one track per side, all called "untitled," all running 5:00 (if you believe...

I'm hardly an audiophile, though I do generally find "lo-fi" as an aesthetic/intentional recording method (via boombox mic or whatever) to be a bit put on. I listen to plenty of recordings released on 78 (or even wax cylinder) and can certainly accept the flaws added by the ravages of time--but...

Various - 'The Somnambulist' (1908-2007) [41:50] Download at this page 01 [00:00 - 01:20] Reich, Steve - New York Counterpoint: Fast (1985) 02 [00:05 - 05:00] Hayward, Charles - Lopside (1990) 03 [00:05 - 06:35] Oliveros, Pauline - Big Mother is Watching You (1966) 04 [01:20 - 08:30]...

If it seems to tired, then we won't bother. . . But I'd wager Dissensians might be a contentious lot with regards to the question at hand, so. . . I'll nominate a few for discussion: David Byrne/Talking Heads Paul Simon Fela Kuti Adam Ant/Adam & The Ants Joni Mitchell Bjork Antena Bow Wow Wow...

Play it with this link-- "Ready for the Wave" I'm curious what you'd think--any thoughts at all.

Anyone picked this up? Remasters good/too compressed? Bonus tracks any good? It seems to be selling for such a low price I'm not sure I can resist picking it up, even though I have five of the seven albums. . . (For those who hadn't heard--it's a remaster/reissue jobber of the first 7 albums...

Anyone seen this? Any opinions? I'm pretty keen to pick up a copy. Anyone know anything equivalently thorough for European cinema? http://www.unseen-cinema.com Not sure the curator's thesis is persuasive, but I don't really care--looks like loads of interesting film.

Holy hell--finally got around to picking up the recent twofer reissue of Nico's 'Marble Index' and 'Desertshore,' entitled 'The Frozen Borderline 1968-1970'. These albums have been near and dear to my heart/ears for a long time, having deeply perverted my sense of what vocal pop music...

Any Dissensians keeping up with the noise about this record? Anyone heard it? Sounds potentially quite exciting to me, potentially a lot of fun. She's collaborating with some really interesting folk--Timbaland, Toumani Diabate, Konono No. 1, Antony (of & the Johnsons), the drummer from that...

"Vocal pop music" in the broadest sense--anything that qualifies as a song, with sung/spoken lyrics. I myself find that I pay almost no attention to lyrics whatsoever in almost any form of vocal pop. And even when I've apparently heard the lyrics well enough that I can/do sing along, I can't...

Inspired by the last two tracks I've heard: Led Zeppelin - "When the Levee Breaks" (just can't really fuck with that beat, and I have to say the production is pretty ace, hearing it for the first time in, oh, ten+ years--not undubby, though a rock version of) The Clash - "This is Radio...

Download mp3 This is just a quick sketch I did, skittery stuff and atmospherics, from a few-second clip of an acoustic guitar piece I did a while back. It reminds me of something, but I'm not sure what. Maybe just soundtrack music?

Various - '1971' (1971) [80:00] (Tracklist in approximate sequence. Tracks are often segued/overlapped) Download at this link 01 Kraftwerk - Ruckzuck 02 Yoko Ono - Mindtrain 03 Curtis Mayfield - Get Down 04 Leonard Cohen - Avalanche 05 Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks 06 Mogul...

Doubtful whether Low is a concern Dissensians follow, but in case anyone felt like giving them a chance--this new record may be the time to do so. As far as "indie rock" acts go, they've always seemed pretty unique to me, flying in the face of the flacid laziness I associate with the...

Probably not a very Dissensian mix, tailored to the tastes of more mainstream-listening friends of mine (to whom the little blurb was directed). But, I've upped a Sendspace link, so it might as well get used. . . Various - 'Electromance' (1969-2006) [77:10] download at this page 01. Silver...