DavidIf you started your Bowie introduction with this record, that would be a bit unfortunate but palatable at least. It was definitely the beginning of the slide into his own level of mediocrity that lasted the next 10 years.
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DavidThis is a slightly bonkers, completely trippy, alien mantra by ex Spaceman 3 co-founder Pete Kemper aka Sonic Boom. Just a warning if you are thinking of ever listening to this.
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DavidIt this It? I really think it is! While not just about the best debut in musical history, it’s also one of it’s greatest records.
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DavidAnother fun-and-fan-filled and somewhat obscure Bowie-related compilation - this time courtesy of Mojo Magazine. (Uncut Magazine released a couple of Bowie cover compilations back in 2003 and 2008).
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DavidMore dirgey psychedelia from the Wooden Shjips’ trippy guitarist and leader Erik Johnson et al. While it gets a bit samey across several albums, (this is my forth Moon Duo record), it’s exactly the samey that I really like!
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DavidI just can’t stop raving about ACE Records. The latest compilation, show casing the mid-70s, is another brilliant sampler of the music of the time.
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DavidMore “Jazz Club”! Madlib invades Blue Note. With unfettered access to the Blue Note catalogue, this record is a mangle of classic jazz that’s completely reinterpreted and re-flavoured.
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DavidAlong with Cabaret Voltaire, who had taken a bit of a right turn mixing menacing electronic textures with funky dance rhythms in the early to mid 80’s, I was totally hooked on the electronic/hip hop mashups of Mantronix.
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DavidThere’s some truly gut-busting, funky minimalism going on here! It’s dance-punk if you really want to label it. The Scroggin sisters, which hail from The Bronx, which now include a new generation of daughters playing in the group, have been around since the late 70’s.
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DavidI give Elton’s “Your Song” the same respect as I do for Bowie’s “Space Oddity”. Both fantastic songs released within 6 months of each other, but the albums from which these songs originated were never on my radar until much later.
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