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VVAA - Fantástico 2

2011-01-17T17:50:00.000-08:00

40 tracks from the new batch of mexican independent bands like Ella Tiene Dos Androides, Delicado Sónico, Cuberbil and many more. Download it for free at Molécula Records.

VVAA - Melodías Belafonte Uno

2011-01-17T17:41:00.000-08:00

12 tracks by mexican projects Uvi.lov, The Mocks, Celesta en la Cesta, Piyama Party, Proceso Inútil, Alexico and Ya No Lloverá en Septiembre. Download it for free at Melodías Belafonte.

Revoltijo 2010

2011-01-14T19:05:00.000-08:00

My favorite tracks of the year: Revoltijo 2010.

C.G. Jung - The Red Book

2010-12-03T23:58:00.000-08:00

The Red Book, Carl Gustav Jung's diary and workshop.

VVAA - Sense of Beauty

2010-11-30T01:36:00.000-08:00

Ambient and minimalist music in this 1985 compilation from norwegian label Uniton: Sense of Beauty.

Work is Overrated

2010-03-03T20:37:00.000-08:00

Some days ago, Liz Gutiérrez invited her friends to create playlists with the songs they consider the most beautiful. Not pretty, or nice. She said beautiful. It was really hard to decide. I called my selection Work is Overrated.

Revoltijo 2009

2010-01-02T20:32:00.000-08:00

The best of the year according to The Nightporter: Revoltijo 2009.

Richard Thompson - 1000 Years of Popular Music

2009-05-13T13:11:00.000-07:00

Who: Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention, Richard & Linda Thompson)
What: Popular music, from medieval England to, well, Britney Spears
Where: New York
When: 2002

"The idea for this project came from Playboy magazine—I was asked to submit a list, in late 1999, of the ten greatest songs of the Millennium. Hah! I thought, hypocrites—they don't mean millennium, they mean twenty years—I'll call their bluff and do a real thousand-year selection. My list was similar to the choices here on this CD, starting in about 1068, and winding slowly up to 2001. That they failed to print my list among others submitted by rock's luminaries, is but a slight wound—it gave me the idea for this show… The idea is that Popular Music comes in many forms, through many ages, and as older forms get superseded, sometimes the baby is thrown out with the bathwater—great ideas, tunes, rhythms, styles, get left in the dust of history, so let's have a look at what's back there, and see if still does the trick". Richard Thompson.

1000 Years of Popular Music

Jewelled Antler Compilation #1 - Windswept Trees & Houses

2009-01-08T10:28:00.000-08:00

VVAA - Windswept Trees & Houses

Who: Different bands from the musical collective Jewelled Antler
What: Folk, drone, psychedelia
Where: San Francisco, USA.
When: 1968-2002

This was a 100 copies limited edition CD-R released in 2002. Learn more about Jewelled Antler here.

Track 1 from Laury's collection, 1968
Track 2 recorded in Wellington, New Zealand, 1996
Track 3 recorded in Golden Gate Park, 2001
Track 4 recorded in San Francisco, 1995
Track 5 recorded in San Francisco, 1999
Track 6 San Francisco, 1999
Track 7 recorded in North Carolina, unknown year
Track 8 recorded on Tanna, Vannuata, August 2001
Track 10 Walnut Creek, 2001
Track 11 Fair Oaks, CA, Spring 2002
Track 12 2001
Track 12 recorded in the Glass House on Bear Gulch, 2001
Track 14 Los Angeles 2001
Track 15 recorded in Aachen, Germany on the Dreamsword tour, 1999

Nona Delichas - Nona Delichas

2008-09-01T14:35:00.000-07:00

Who: Claudia Morfín (vocals), Guillermo Morfín (guitar), Sebastián Ballesteros (bass), César García Valderrama (violin, programation), Marco Pedroza (drums), Mauricio Ruiz (guitar, voice).
What: Dream Pop
Where: Tijuana, Mexico
When: 1997

All songs writen by Claudia Morfín and Nona Delichas, except "Santa" (from Vicente Huidobro's poem Altazor). Claudia and Guillermo are now known as Vía Mushgó.

Nona Delichas - Nona Delichas LP

Size: Nadie puede vivir con un monstruo

2008-07-02T08:46:00.000-07:00

Size: nadie puede vivir con un monstruo (trailer). A rock documentary directed by Mario Mendoza. Size was an influential band in the post-punk and new wave scenes in Mexico. Interviews with Guillermo Santamarina (Tin Larin), Ulalume, Ariane Pellicer, Carlos Robledo, Walter Schmidt, Illy Bleeding, Sabo Romo, Dr Fanatik, Dean Stylette y Ricardo Nicolayevsky.

Be Patient, It's a Sad Song.

2008-05-30T21:25:00.000-07:00

A listening guide to The Legendary Pink Dots is always helpful, specially for newcomers. I wish a had one when I started listening to them. After all, these guys have over 40 albums, released between 1980 and 2010.

These are the best tracks of LPD in my opinion: Be Patient, It's a Sad Song.

Toxodeth - Morbidest Reality

2008-05-19T13:27:00.000-07:00

Who: Raúl Guzmán, Jesús Guzmán, Marco Gil, Miguel Quiroga.
What: Trash Metal
Where: Monterrey, Mexico
When: 1992

Toxodeth - Morbidest Reality LP

Banda Elástica - Banda Elástica 2

2008-04-24T11:08:00.000-07:00

Who: José Navarro, Guillermo González, Sósimo Hernández, Guillermo Portillo Hoffman.
What: Rock In Opposition, jazz fusion, mexican folk.
Where: Mexico
When: 1989

La Banda Elástica ha editado 6 discos que van desde títulos originales, graciosos y autóctonos. El primero de ellos es un disco homónimo en 1986 y es su trabajo mas relacionado con el rock, específicamente el rock progresivo con influencia muy pronunciada de Frank Zappa.

En su segundo disco homónimo “Banda Elástica 2” empieza la experimentación y la libertad. Sosimo y Guillermo Portillo se integran a la banda empezando a definir el sonido propio de la banda. Sonidos prehispanicos son incorporados por primera vez en sus discos. La curiosa rola Mambop fusiona el mambo con el bebop. Rock MX

Banda Elástica - Banda Elástica 2

Banda Elástica - Banda Elástica

2008-04-10T13:16:00.000-07:00

Who: José Navarro, Guillermo González, et al.

What: Rock In Opposition, jazz fusion, mexican folk.

Where: Mexico

When: 1986

Banda Elástica - Banda Elástica

Casino Shanghai - Film LP

2008-01-16T19:54:00.000-08:00

Who: Walter Schmidt, Carlos Robledo, Ulalume, Humberto Alvarez.
What: Synthpop, New Wave
Where: México
When :1985

Qué decir de esta legendaria banda del Defectuso (D.F.) México que rompe con todos los esquemas sonoros de la musica de México en los 80. Se hace presente la virtuosa belleza que ejecutan estos seres captalinos, tal y como si realmente presenciaramos un desfile de dragones o impresionantes y arriesgadas esculturas de polvora encendida.Todo un gran acto combinado de un new wave temerario y sofisticado, a veces salvaje, con la actitud punky y sensual de Ulalume de encantadora voz. En pocas palabras, Casino Shangai le da nombre a cualquier tipo de extrañas sensaciones que pueda experimentar un ser humano, casi humano o extranjero.

http://www.myspace.com/casinoshanghai

Silueta Pálida - El paso del tiempo EP

2008-01-13T18:06:00.000-08:00

Who: Carlos García (Old Fashioned, Decada 2, Volti) y Jaime Herranz
What: Synthpop, New Wave
Where: Mexico
When: 1984

Silueta Pálida - El paso del tiempo

Syntoma - No me puedo controlar

2008-01-11T10:16:00.000-08:00

Who: Alex Eisering (aka Alex Ice and Drinks), Synthia Napalm y Bernardo Dix-Fraz.
What: Synthpop, New Wave
Where: México
When: 1983

Una de las primeras bandas exponentes del new wave en México. Synthia Napalm interpreta de manera peculiar letras que nos hablan de cosas que con el tiempo fueron dejando de ser ciencia ficción y llegaron a ser realidad. En otros casos, Alex Eisering nos cuenta sobre relaciones interpersonales chifladas ("Soy de lo peor") con un oscuro sentido del humor. Todo puesto en marcha con uno que otro requintillo estelar de guitarra, también synthes y unidades de ritmos dan vida a cada historia, haciendo parecer que todos los personajes de las canciones estan ensamblados con tornillos, tuercas y cables de electricidad.

Syntoma - No me puedo controlar

Decibel - El poeta del ruido (1979)

2008-01-10T10:15:00.000-08:00

Who: Carlos Robledo, Walter Schmidt, Jaime Castañeda, Carlos Alvarado.
What: Rock In Opposition, Prog.
Where: Mexico.
When: 1979.

Decibel - El poeta del ruido

Revoltijo 2007

2008-01-09T20:06:00.000-08:00

The best of the year according to The Nightporter: Revoltijo 2007.

Maria Bonita - Demo (1984)

2008-01-07T10:30:00.000-08:00

Who: Mario Lafontaine, Juan Carlos Gonzalez (Década 2).

What: Synthpop, cabaret.

Where: Mexico

When: 1984

Maria Bonita - Demo