Tag Archives: Richard Swift

Paul 11:09 PM on April 11, 2012
Tags: 1000 Ohms, 39 Clocks, Agitation Free, , Danniel Radall, Deutscher Wertarbeit, Faceplant, Kosmonautentraum, Lower Dens, Megazord, Richard Swift, Secret Circuit, Sensual Harassment, Steve More, Sudenten Creche, , ,   

Nuggets 203 – Krautrock 3

Nuggets 203 - Krautrock 3

 

Nuggets 203 – Krautrock 3 by Paul on Grooveshark

More Kosmische than krautrock. Love the Kraftwerk cover by Jurado and Swift.

The songs towards the middle are pretty straight forward lockstep sequencers with the beats getting more chaotic towards the end.

I used to play around with electronic components and I recall setting up a series of oscillators and then linking them randomly. Sounded similar, looked like this (except there were more of them).

DIY ring oscillators

I fancy that these tracks were generated using old school ring modulators that look like this…

Conrad Schnitzler & friend

BTW, that’s  Conrad Schnitzler (from Kluster / Cluster) and he sounds like this…

I included tracks from two bands I saw at SXSW with Kosmische tendencies –  Lower Dens and The Men. The Men track is quite unlike their guitar shredding live set, whilst the Lower Dens sounded pretty similar live.

Lower Dens

Which reminds me, I have a day and a half of SXSW left to document. Next blog posting I promise…

Hype Machine HQ

Finally, here’s some Faust (because I can )

Paul 1:19 PM on March 6, 2012
Tags: , , , , Dry Bread, , , Little Junior Parker, Merlin Monroe, Mississippi John Hurt, Mustangs, Richard Swift, The Newday, , Y Niwi, , ,   

Nuggets 197 – morning (flight)

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Flying used to be more fun. No worrying about whether your shampoo was in a 100 ml bottle and whether there was a pocket knife lost in the bottom of your bag and I am sure there was more room.

Anywayz, here is a morning mix for my travelling pleasure.

The Y Niwl are a fab surf guitar band from Wales, I have included live sessions from Laneways’ best, Yuck, Girls and Cult and some old blues and soul. 2 of the bluesy tracks are by Jamaican artists – Bread and the Mustangs.

Two covers, Emily Reo with a dreamy Neil Young cover, Damien Jurado & Richard Swift from their covers release Other People’s Songs Vol. 1 – with a Chubby Checker song.

First up Merlin Monroe with an excellent guitar piece – sex.

Nuggets 197 – Morning Flight by Paul on Grooveshark 

 

Y Niwl – Tri (live)

 

Girls – Vomit (live)

 

Wye Oak – Civilian (live)