Cabaret Voltaire - The Crackdown

Although somehow sounds tamed, and for some fans it is a selling of their favorite band, this is really just another logical step in the development of the band, in accordance with the then music flows. After all, a million years away from commercial sound, this excellent album, with its twisted logic, constantly make my brain pulsing in rhythm :)

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Year : 1983                                                                                             Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Virgin
TT : 1:03:50

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Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak

Although the words are her favorite toy, Ms. Anderson also successfully handle with music and with visual art .. Basically performer and multimedia artist, during its long career, she published several very interesting albums. One of them, maybe little bit more accessible, is precisely this album. Sonically weird, with strange verses, and supported with more than great guests, it represent adventure that does not make sense to miss :)

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Year : 1984                                                                                              Ex - yu verzija
Label : Warner Bros.
TT : 40:19
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Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove

I will be on the road about 20 minutes, so, I will not and i can't spend much time on words .... After all, why should I, this is one of the best albums of all time.
Now, you judge for yourself :)

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Year : 1978                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Priority Records
TT : 42:10
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Faust - So Far...

Well, I wandered around a bit, last three days and I must say that it was enough for me :) It's nice to wander, but you can't only do that in life. As a result, I'm not not even comply with my own blogging deadlines, what I will immediately try to rectify with this great and timeless album ...
So, turn up the amplifier, do not worry about the neighbors, Christmas time is gone, it is a time to again socialize with our loyal friend, Mr. Faust :)

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Year : 1972                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Revisited / Polydor
TT : 40:16
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Gong - Acid Motherhood

If by any chance, aesthetics was the most important criterion of this blog, I doubt that this album would have ended up here. If criteria is humor, it would have some chance .... And since the only criterion is the quality of the music, then I think there is no problems :)

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Year : 2004                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Mister E
TT : 48:52

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Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm

 

Although not very oriented towards jazz, some of my favorite records belong, tentatively said, to this direction. How, you ask? The answer lies in the authors themselves, the individual musicians who understand music as something without a limitations. And Don Cherry, he is certainly one of them :)

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Year : 1968                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : MPS Records
TT : 41:30

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Jarboe - Mahakali

If we take for truth the idea that people listen to the kind of music how they feel at that moment, the question is how  I feel  listening to this album? Certainly not a very calm :) Although, it's also true, that, after this i will listen, for example, Parliament, gently wiggling hips ... Now, that says more about my personality, stable in perpetual variations ... and this is precisely what can be said for Mahakali :)

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Year : 2008                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : End Records
TT : 70:28

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Bark Psychosis - Hex

The best music is that which is not defined, unencumbered by the rules of the game. Also, we can say that any definition steal part of our freedom and, somehow semi-consciously, I'm trying to get away from them.. And excellent collaborator in this escape, proved to be, are Bark Psychosis.
But, is this true, it depends on you  :)

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Year : 1994                                                                                             Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Caroline Distribution
TT : 51:11
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Fred Frith - Allies

I have to say, my brain only works on half power ..I slept barely four hours, so, i'm little bit lost right now :) And somehow, this detachment from reality makes me very susceptible to this fine and imaginative soundtrack made by my old companion Fred Frith :)

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Year : 2005                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : ReR
TT : 40:40

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Bill Callahan - Apocalypse

Back at home after nearly twenty days trip, I realized that I rarely listened to music, perhaps for the first time in my life. You know what, this is possible :) And yet, in rare lonely moments, with a fervor, I threw myself on this album, losing myself in it, in the mysterious and not always understandable Callahan's mind, still, feeling very strong affiliation to this strange world ... .
And what about you? Maybe you also belong there? Here's a great opportunity to check it  :)

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Year : 2011                                                                                               Ex - Yu vezija
Label : Drag City
TT : 40:23
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Keith & Julie Tippett - Couple in Spirit

A man and a woman, a piano and voice, these are the frames of this great album. Does it seem too general and potentially boring?
Believe me, precisely this reaction you will not have  :)

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Year : 1975                                                                                                  Ex - Yu verzija
Label : EG Records
TT : 37:08

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Tomahawk - Anonymous

Patton's legacy is huge by now, almost can't remember the genre that didn't touched. Although, by itself, this doesn't mean anything, what means is a fact that there is no decline in quality. Patton's muse is endless and it's hard to even imagine where it will lead. Perhaps, you might say jokingly, he will try to play, for example, Indian folklore. Or something crazy like that. 
What you say? Already did that? Hm ...

Well, let's hear it .... :)

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Year : 2007                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Ipecac
TT : 43:32
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Jim O'Rourke - Eureka

I'm not so sure about this album's reputation today, somehow i lost connection with people with whom i listened this, nor have I run into it outside of my world a long time........but, i'm sitting here, day was fast, i'm pretty tired and last song is just finished. And you know what? Even through today's fog, it's status is very clear to me...
Beyond all categories and very seductive   :)

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Year : 1999                                                                                                 Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Drag City
TT : 42:08
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Holger Czukay - On the Way to the Peak of Normal

Two days ago was my birthday, so, all in all, it wasn't bad day :) Now, the concept of birthdays is inevitably tied to the end of one and for the start of a new life cycle. And somehow our civilized way of thinking imposed to us this new beginning, to try to rein us, to become better, and that "better" is in close connection with our alignment with standards that we are currently offering. Now, how is that consistent with ourselves, the question is ...
Therefore, taking into account the above, I found a suitable choice for today's post with its Holy Grail title "On the Way to the Peak of Normal". With title, as something that is required of us, and with the music, which with its peculiarities says : " Yes, yes, maybe next year ".   :P

Czukay, master of irony  :)

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Year : 1982                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Grönland Records
TT : 33:29

Ode To Parfume (YouTube)

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Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn - Cubist Blues

This is one very unusual rock record. Why? First, mostly because is unusual and second, because it rocks :) After all, what can you expect from record called "Cubist Blues"? Although, not an easy bite, stained with various synth noises, repetitive rhythms and expressive Vega interpretation, this record manages almost impossible. In the same time, it has cold electronic feel and, also, sounds like a dirty Rock 'n' Roll.
Great joy, if you ask me.
But, this is one of the records that you love or you hate. You'll probably hate it, but it's good for your mental health, I read somewhere :P

Review
Year : 1996                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : 2.13.61. / Thirsty Ear
TT : 60:30

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Mark Stewart - Edit

What a nice piece of music! I always liked raw sounds. Today, music is too pure. This is not natural, man. And, in that case, Mark Stewart is my counterpart, that's for sure. In whole, this is tipical 21st century album, samples, hip - hop beats, little bit reggae. But, from the other side, everything here is wild, dirty, unpredictable, rich in sounds, he doesen't respect rules at all.  So, where is the catch? Well, Stewart knows what he wants and does it very well.

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Year : 2008                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label: Crippled Dick
TT : 42:43

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O'Rang - Herd of Instinct

In the beggining, there was pop band. Once, when they discovered that pop form is too narrow for them, they rearrange their minds and recorded a number of ingenious albums. This is a continuation of that story, very exciting and free of rules, great pulsing experience.

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Year : 1995                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : HitIt!
TT : 54:46

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Jon Hassell - City: Works of Fiction

Do you like to travel and explore? Well, this is exact description of today’s post. Mysterious, very dark and strange, this record is traveling ticket straight to the Fourth World. And it is very cheap for what you get, completely new way of looking. Or maybe it’s old way? Because this sound come directly from human subconscious, which is, you must agree, much older from today’s "civilized" way of thinking. Let's go backwards little, future is coming certainly, you will not miss it.

Review
Year : 1990                                                                                                Ex - Yu version
Label : United States of Distribution
TT : 56:06

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Parliament - Motor Booty Affair

You have a bad day? Or it's too cold, maybe? I have simple solution. Play this album and move your hips, because you are ear to ear with one of all time greatest dance albums. And if  you think this is all, you are terrible wrong. Also, every songs is a hit, but approach to music is highly experimental, production is up to date and the year is 1978, not to mention underwater concept as leitmotif.....Take a breath and go deep...

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Year : 1978                                                                                                Ex  -Yu verzija

Label : Casablanca
TT : 46:24
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David Sylvian - Blemish

When I started this blog I didn’t thinking about its nature. Now, spontaneously, everything is clear. It will be expression of my many moods. And what can I say about this album? Do you like pop music? Then don’t listen to it. But, it is one of the best pop album I ever heard…There is no borders here, just open space. Play it loud...

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Year : 2003                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija

Label : Um3
TT : 43:41
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