Today’s select is in honor of the birth of my daughter, Onjali Marie! Welcoming her into the world is Isao Tomita‘s synthtastic version of the timeless,”Claire De Lune”. French for “moonlight”, Claire De Lune is the title of  the third movement of Claude Debussy‘s piano suite, Suite bergamasque and a depiction of  the poem by [...]

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In 1983 the dream team consisting of Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, and Mani Neumeier of the Cluster, Harmonia and Guru Guru fame released their third album entitled ‘Zero Set’ on Sky Records, a German indie label specializing in Krautrock and early electronics. The combination of electronic elements, African and somewhat angular (called it German, hah!) [...]

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Sorry for the lack of posts last week, been super busy lately. At the request of The Pharmacist, here’s a house meets broken beat record that caused a sensation in San Francisco when it came out, 3rd Face’s “Canto Della Liberta”. This track is built around a sample from “Secondo Coro Delle Lavandaie” off of [...]

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Thanks to my brother Andy for tipping me off to this Houston, Texas band, Indian Jewelry. from Monitor Records band bio: INDIAN JEWELRY, a band from Houston, TX, were formerly known as SWARM of ANGELS, NTX + ELECTRIC, TURQUOISE DIAMONDS, CORPSES of WACO, PERPETUAL WAR PARTY BAND. At the core INDIAN JEWELRY is a threesome [...]

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Jamie Lidell-”Planet Rick”, Penalty (2000) (link expired) Today’s pick is off Sative’s electro sub-label: Penalty. Penalty was an outlet for artists mainly known for their techno work to release electro. Each release was also a mini compilation too, with each track being by a diffrent artist. Back at the turn of the millenium, who would’ve [...]

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