Linus Pauling Quartet

Part of the Texas Psychedelic scene this American group makes full on Stoner Jamzzz in an Electric Wizard meets Grateful Dead type way, loe the fan video on this one too... closest thing to it is the EHG vid for Anxiety Hangover which i posted before & is equally epic.

WaGawAgA

Hertfordshire based Dubstep artist who's sound is totally pushing things forward, the mrepsican album [which is available for free @ archive.org] is amazing, this is some of the best Dubstep i've ever heard.

BIGUP to Mark for thissun

Obsidian Pond

Manchester based Experimental group, their music is  a sort of Lo-Fi Psychedelic but with a very tribal repetition and overall Tropical/Calypso feel, they're seemingly associated with Deathbomb Arc.

Pungo

Bluesy Experimental Jazz from Japan, their 'Waltz' album is like Gypsy Blues/Jazz & the whole thing is amazing.

Diane Cluck

American coffee shop Anti-Folk artist, she's done collaborations with Jeffrey Lewis & Toby Goodshank amongst others  and all six of her current lp's are essential listening, she's got the pleasant beauty of counterpart Joanna Newsom, but the delivery of a female Leonard Cohen/Jason Molina, very melon collie.

 

DJ Psylage

Much like 'Master' another UK Wrong Music associated act with little to no info & only appearing a few times scattered across some WM cdr's... i think he's also associated with the Countryside Alliance Crew, whatever the case anything that mixes the Wurzels with propa rudebwoy Junglism is awesome.

Topaz Rags

Amanda from Pocahaunted + Robedoor = Topaz Rags, American freaky/Drone/Psych-Folk [but really neither], haunting Rock... ballads, like most Not Not Fun releases, impossibly hard to classify, which is the reason so many flock to the label. They're total 'strung-out on heroin blues' type stuff & easily one of the top 5 acts on NNF

Ingrid Schroeder

One of the shorter lived artists to come from the mid 90's UK Trip Hop scene, she managed to release a full length lp & two 12''s 'Bee Charmer' & 'Paint it Blue' both of which i like, but it's this remix by Peshay from the Paint it Blue single that stands out best, to me it sounds like Air sat down and decided to make DnB, totally chilled.

Metaform

American Instrumental Hip Hop/Trip Hop/Soulful & funky Breakbeat with a hint of experimentation artist who's up there with similar people like RJD2 or Foolk, check out his killer Standing On the Shoulders of Giants lp.

Bruno Pronsato

Ex-Drummer for the Punk/Speed Metal band 'Voice Of Reason' turned Micro/Minimal Techno producer, his stuff is dark, sexy, hypnotic, tribal, glitchy, futuristic & so much more... highly recommend his Why Cant We Be Like Us? lp & other Hello? Repeat  releases.

Antischism

Late 80's/Early 90's American Crust Punk, youthful, energetic, brutal and screechy but at the same time chock full of headbanger riffs & totally melodic, one of the best.

DJ Scotch Egg

More Wrong Music, Scotch Egg is a Japanese Chiptune/Experimental/Gabbacore [just made that up] artist from the UK, his music is Chiptune to the hardcore end of the spectrum, screaming through megaphones and abusing Nintendo beats into spazzy rave stuff. While getting notorious through the festival circuit over the last few years & hitting it big on the underground with his KFC Core album, it's this track from a cdr i grabbed from Glade a few years back that blows me away everytime.

Willie and the Bumblebees

Willie and the Bumblebees is a Minnesota Funk/Blues/Jam group, this track features on a private press record from 1976, this is seriously Funky Jammin' stuff.

DJ Sprinkles

American Deep House from his recent Sisters, I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To 12''... spacey/hypnotic in a sort of Claude Von Stroke like way & great sexy dancefloor filler.

Shag 'n' Skoob

UK Breakbeat Hardcore act who's sole release was 'Skooby Chewnz Vol. 1' on the short lived Wintermute label, apparently made using an old Amiga this four track 12'' deserves appreciation... there's a lot goin' on here.

Master

I know for sure they're from the UK & they're related to Wrong Music, anymore information than that seems to be impossible to locate. From the first time i heard this track yearsss ago i knew i loved it, so free & utterly silly... lacking in any want or need to display musical ability and instead just fucking GOING FOR IT, it's like free jazz or improvisational poetry done by our generations drug abusing youth, i love absolutely everything about it and wish i could find more songs than just this & the equally as silly/brilliant track 'Skills' featuring on Now Thats What i Call Wrong Music Vol.4

Glass Candy

American Electronic group, their earlier work is very Electro/Disco Punky... but their later stuff is straight up nu-skool Italo-Disco & i love it, you may be familiar with their work through the 2008 film 'Bronson' but regardless this comes highly recommended, they have one of the most vintage sounds around at the moment and are currently releasing through the awesome Italians Do It Better label.

Freddy K

American Psychedelic/Punk artist, this is taken from his website [He boldly touches on love, crime, drugs, prison, alcohol, homelessness, spiritual and physical warfare from a unique angle and first-hand experience.]  i can hear this perfectly in his music, like Captain Beefheart & Iggy Pop getting together, mellowing out and having a wasted jam in the same vein as the Grateful Dead, this is some of the best music i have heard in years & highly recommend everyone indulging in everything he's done, which is equally as great.

Big thanks to nightimelady again for this!

Ned Doheny

California native Singer Songwriter/Pop artist, his 1976 lp 'Hard Candy' is full of great tracks... mellow & funky, great for chilled out sunny afternoons.

16 Bitch Pile Up

Ohio based all female Noise/Experimental group, their music is like building Soundscapes of plucks & hums & glitches & whines... the youtube comment is spot on, like Wolf Eyes but female & more chilled out, but that isn't to say it's not equally as dark at times.

Red Snapper

Don't forget the classics, one of my favorite singles from Warp Records, Trip Hop/Downtempo... Experimental... raps with epic bass, early 90's UK wikkidness.

Clint Mansell

Renown Modern Classical/Soundtrack artist Mansell made big hits with works for Aranofsky's Requiem for a Dream & The Fountain, returning again for Moon his music evokes the tension and loneliness of the equally amazing film perfectly.

Harmony & Xtreme

94 Jungle from Deep Jungle records, this ones heavy on the Amen abuse & while having a full on Ragga vibe, pulls it off perfectly.

Todd Tamanend Clark

70's/80's Pennsylvania based Psychedelic Punk stuff... i'm reminded of Iggy Pop & Richard Hell but it sounds like they had a session with the Dead or Floyd, if you love kickin' back to jam music with great blues inspired riffs then this is for you.

Big thanks to nightimelady for this!

Yura Yura Teikoku

Wiki explains it best '3-piece band from Tokyo's underground music scene centered around Kōenji. They have an eclectic sound usually described as Psychedelic Pop-Punk' i found these guys through the music they did for Shion Sono's epic film 'Love Exposure' & love this track in particular for it's insane Noise/Psych/Drone bridge halfway through... so good.

Monkey Steak

South London based Dub/Breakcore/Wonky DnB stuffz... their sounds constantly changing and their live sets [which are worth grabbing if you find any] are awesome,  but no indication of the eclectic nature of their sound. This particular track is off the 4 tracker Electric Birdland' on Death$ucker, not a bad track on it... but this is the best.

Vibravoid

Berlin Hard/Fuzzed Out Psychedelic group, their sound is typical head bob back & forth Rock/Psych but with an almost Acid Mothers Temple or Spacemen 3 feel sometimes, check out 'Void Vibration'... i think they kick ass.

Riuichi Sakamoto

80's Electro from Japan that sounds wayyy ahead of it's time, a direct influence on the Skweee genre & will appeal to glitchy electronic fans & Wonky heads.

Liquid Crystal Faith

Russian, Strictly live [no releases], Strictly hardcore DnB...

Tempa T

There's simply no way i could not post this overthetop UK Grime track, the video and song are perfect together and Westwoods little cameo at the start only adds to why it's the most amusing thing i've seen in ages.

Japanese Telecom

Warm & Sexy Detroit Techno/Electro act again associated with International Deejay Gigolo Records, think somewhat like Dopplereffekt or Actress but again really like neither.

BADBOXR

A Glasgow based Breakcore/IDM/Experimental collective consisting of OHHH!!!, Acrnym, Smile for the Cameraman Honey, Someyoungpedro, Pappygold & Sabrepulse + [from what i can see] anyone else in their area with similar ideas that fancies joining in. They have a free online compilation which is unfortunately on a currently [and has been for ages now] down server and their tracks much like the Wrong Music lot are hard to pigeon hole, but when they're good... they're really good.

Staff Benda Bilili

African Congolese street musicians. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in Rumba, with elements of old-school R&B and Reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who are all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of ex-sheges, abandoned street kids who were taken under the protection of the older members of the band. The soloist is an 18 year-old boy who plays astounding electric guitar-like solos on a one-stringed lute he designed and built himself out of a tin can.

St.Vitus Dance

UNSIGNED [just captalizing incase any label people read this] Trip Hop/IDM/Experimental artist from the UK, considering the fact he's one of my closest friends i can know without guessing that a lot of his influences are along the lines of the things posted in this blog so far [ie: you will like this]. Somewhat like a blend of Four Tet & later Bonobo without quite being either, i wouldn't be surprised if i found out it was released through a label like Neo Ouija, seriously top stuff... also props to Si for the awesome video.

Bendaly Family

Lebanon Rock/Alt Pop group, while i cant find much information on the group i do know that this song has come out in multiple versions, this being my favorite though.

Choking Victim

New York 'C-Squat' related Punk act... their sound walks the line between Ska & Punk often being neither & both at the same time, their lyrics deal with anarchy, suicide, drug addiction & depression in the most positive/happy way possible, i highly recommend getting your hands on all the few releases they had.

Origin Unknown

Two of DnB's heavweights Andy C & Ant Miles under their old Breakbeat Hardcore alias, this was the second release for the notorious RAM Records, as you'll see from this the labels sound was a lot more 92/93 Rave before moving into the more jump up styled DnB that they're famous for now, while their biggest hit was the classic 'Valley of Shadows' this is my personal fave.

Evelyn King

Disco/R&B artist from America, this particular track is way more Pimp Funk [yeah i'm using that as a genre, sue me] & features on her 1983 album Get Loose, it's typically 80's, very funky & dancefloor friendly.

Emil Beaulieau

Harsh/Melodic [questionable] Noise from the American legend... his discography is Merzbow'esque expansive, my favorite being 'Dedicated to Charlie Ward', he's an experimentalist of the truest form, constantly changing styles/adding more/making mistakes. He is also the owner of the notorious RRRecords, aka: one of the best Noise labels ever. If you want to see true expression coming through intense sound and visual aggression, this is exactly that.

Gershwin

At a guess... 94 Jungle, released on the very short lived Suntribe Records & packed full of ethereal samples & all out Amen abuse, classic.

Hype Williams

This review explains it best: Hype Williams, from East London by way of three continents, make lo-fi electronic music whose experience is ethereal, primordial, and quasi-religious. It is not dance music. Not sure if it’s even listening music. It’s made with machines but it sounds like it came from 50,000 years in the past, from some animist or ancestor-worship ritual.

Kemialliset Ystävät

Avant-Garde, Psych-Folk, Electronic freak out stuff from Finland... nice & childish/trippy and utilizing tons of instruments.

Angra Mainyu

Raw German Black Metal, found em' through their split with one of my favorite BM acts Xasthur, their sound is progressive, melodic, stripped down & depressive... Krieg!

Flint Glass

French Experimental/Illbient/IDM/Soundscape & so much more artist, his 3 albums on Brume Records are great.

Exillon

Darkside German Acid on Ad Noiseam, check out 'It's OK To Dance' & his other more IDM releases, love when the snares kick in on this.

Mikro Orchestra

Polish Gameboy/Tech by the former Gameboyzz Orchestra act, their sound is hypnotic & progressive like Techno but still using everything familiar with Chiptune/8-bit, but in a new way.

Bingo Gazingo

Bingo Gazingo is an elderly poet and former postal worker from NYC, his sole album was released through WFMU & his music is frantically poetic, pop culture, senility raps about J-lo & Madonna... i think he's awesome.

Hydroponic Sound System

Eclectic Downtempo/Hip Hop group, their sound is seriously laid back, like Bonobo or Lee Perry... you just instantly space out into smoke screened atmospheres.

Pepe Bradock

Super floaty Parisian Deep House, sampling just the intro to Freddie Hubbard's 'Little Sunflower' and looping over and over, slowly adding the tiniest bits at a time, perfect comedown House full of warm/rich sounds.

Dennis Coffey

70's American Multi-instrumentalist Funk/Soundtrack artist, best known probably for either his soundtrack to Black Belt Jones or his hit instrumental track Scorpio, which is what i'm posting now... but dont think i'm posting his best, it's reallllllly hard to call what his best stuff is, my personal fave is the main theme from BBJ but i've posted Scorpio because it's a great introduction to his work & the video is Soul Train, so like... yeah

The D-Coys

60's Australian Garage Rock/Beat duo mostly known for this track & another named 'Bad Times' both of which have featured on multiple rarities comps, Upbeat sixties Pop vibes.

Akino Arai

Japanese female soloist track taken from the anime Macross Plus, the whole soundtrack is pretty good but this track stands out to me, a sort of Trip Hop/Jazzy ballad, smooth.

Giant Squid

Post Metal, their 'Metridium Fields' album is absolutely amazing, imagine TOOL, System of a Down & Russian Circles all getting together for a jam & you're close, highly recommended.

Long ''Cleve'' Reed & Little Harvey Hull

Possibly as old as 1920's Blues music, taken from the Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78''s compilation on Old Hat Records [great label], story goes that the only existing copy of this 78 is the one in Bussard's collection, so we're privy to hear this. The song [like a lot of other Blues tracks] is based on the tale of Stagger Lee.

Fingathing

Hip Hop/Nu Jazz act from Ninja Tune, in the same vein as Mr. Scruff their music is hard to label, it's often Hip Hop, but then it also isn't... this track in specific is a terrible inticator of what their music is like, but at the same time is my favorite tune by them & a brilliantly uplifting/floaty one at that.

Pax

Heavy Psychedelic Rock from Peru, this very short lived [2 years to my knowledge] band only released one self titled album [again to my knowledge] but it's full of kickass Psych grooves.

Edge of Darkness

93'' UK Oldskool Rave/Breakbeat Hardcore from After Dark Recordings, this is my favorite track from this label or any of it's affiliates, it's like over the top Jungle with a sort of ethereal/fantasy element to it, total rave up bizznezz. 

Twodeadsluts Onegoodfuck

Harsh Noise/Retarded Punkism [i just invented that word, whatever] IMO... Punk is dead, at least in the form it used to be, the new Punk is Noise, it's angry & chaotic, it has a 'fuck you' attitude more so than any other genre of 'music' which is something a lot of people aren't even willing to see it as, but even more so the stage [well they play in the crowd] presence of bands like is what Punk is all about, all over the place, frantic, improvisational, fun & in this instance naked. They're from Boston USA & their live shows are more impressive than their releases, but thats only because this is very energetic Noise, you see/hear a mess of movement and sounds all meshing together. This set really kicks in at about 1:20

enormous O'clock

Japanese Electronic Soundscapes of IDM... like oldskool Autechre, this guy is mysterious & i cant find a lot of information on him, but i can tell you his Information Warfare is amazing.

Jeff Alexander

This song composed by Alexander & sung by Bonnie Beecher originally featured in an episode of The Twilight Zone, it was later used again in the 2003 film by Vincent Gallo 'The Brown Bunny', it's a soft spoken/acoustic classic.

Dopplereffekt

Detroit Techno/Electro duo who for some strange reason mask themselves behind German pseudonyms, their music is Minimal/Cold/Dark/Funky/Sexy... the whole bag, like Kraftwerk meets Johannes Heil, this is also another one of those acts where if you like this, you'll love all of it.

MSBR & Government Alpha

Covering two legendary Noise artists with one post [because this video is a feature of the two of them + more contributing to an in-store set] simply put, if you enjoy Harsh Noise 'emphasis on harsh' then you'll love this, both artists are from Japan & both work with the more Punk approach to Noise, like Hanatarash, Dilloway, Masonna, more so than say Merzbow or Maurizio Bianchi... a beautiful exploration of sounds most people prefer not to hear.

La Revolucion de Emiliano Zapata

70's Psychedelic Rock from Mexico... they remind me somewhat of the Moody Blues, switching between catchy riff based Psych to more Folk/Psych Ballads [see: Again con Angelica Maria], nice and catchy/feel good stuff.

The Third Eye Foundation

Alias of Bristol based producer Matt Elliott, who's music spans Experimental Jungle/DnB to Trip Hop & further... a lot of it is creepy/melon collie, but then you have full on rave style Jungle layered over heartbreakingly beautiful piano solo's and moans/drones, i recommend everything he's ever done, the Ici d'ailleurs releases triloy may be an easier starter for some, but grabbing all of TEF's stuff is essential too.

Gromov

Super heavy Breakcore from Russia, POUNDING chaotic amen breaks & Public Enemy samples... this is intense, if you like this grab his album of the same title, it kills.

Unsane

Noise Rock from New York, their first 4 album are all worth digesting... screeching guitars, feedback, strained vocals, a classic 'destroy the fuck out of something' Punk angst group. On another note my reason for posting this is also that my last few posts haven't had videos, whereas this has a great one.

Hot Chocolate

70's Pop/Disco/Funk act mostly known for their hit single 'You Sexy Thing', i know most people already know the group, but this track deserves posting, smooth Funk Pop.

Robad Pills

Florida based Breakcore from SickMode, the whole 'Put Down That Clove And Get A Fucking Life ep' is worth checking, for fans of Enduser/Snares etc...

Studio G Beat Group

Library labels like KPM, De Wolfe Studio, April Orchestra have been recognized for a long while now, only recently have Studio G got any real 'outside the scene' attention having had a compilation release on Trunk Records. This specific record is hard to come by, full of Psych Rock awesomeness... i spent years looking for a copy after hearing some of the tracks feature in the sexploitation film 'Deadly Weapons'  if you ever see this record buy it.

Punch

Female fronted Powerviolence from San Francisco, California... heavy breakdowns, intelligent song structures & raw/aggressive vocals, grab the self titled release & the eyeless 7''.

Nurse With Wound

Steven Stapleton aka NWW is the king of Drone/Industrial/Dark Soundscape/Creepiness... my biggest recommendation is to his Soliloquy for Lilith series... full of spacey, atmospheric drone worlds. This video acts a perfect introduction to his work, disturbed visions of bizarre worlds.

Sunburned Hand of the Man

Associated with the New Weird America Psych Folk movement going on [Espers/Animal Collective/CocoRosie etc...] this Boston group have an ever adapting lineup & create music of such vast difference that they are again impossible to pidegon hole, Psychedelic Experimentation is the usual game, but done in ways reminiscent of everyone from the Grateful Dead to NWW.

Anti Cimex

80's Swedish D-Beat/Hardcore Punk, this reeks of angst & aggression... if you like your Punk raw & fast, you'll love this.

ESG

Called Art-Funk probably due to the fact that while Funk... this group sounds nothingggg like anything else within that category, formed by 3 sisters from the South Bronx & a close friend they released an awesome self titled album back in the early 80's, this specific track has been sampled by everyone from Afrika Bambaataa & 2Pac to Dilla... classic

EYヨ

Tetsurō Yamatsuka, also known as Yamantaka Eye, Yamatsuka Eye, eYe etc... is hands down one of my favorite musicians, i've not heard a project by him that i haven't liked, starting with the notorious Hanatarash [one of the most extreme & influential Noise acts EVER] & going through all forms of Experimentalism in acts such as Noise Ramones, Puzzle Punks, MC Hellshit & DJ Carhouse, Nani Nani [with John Zorn] & Destroy 2, not to mention all the even smaller side projects with Sonic Youth or his Turntablism madness under DJ Pica Pica Pica & DJ Chaos X and his most renown role as the percussionist/singer/trickster of Psych-Rock group Boredoms, to say he's eclectic is an understatement. Tetsurō has always abide by a Punk aesthetic no matter what project he's in & his stance on making music is a very childish one, making sounds from anything at hand/using instruments in non conventional manners and using unconventional things AS instruments. This is a rare 2 part video interview showing how he does what he does... it's in Japanese, but you really don't need to understand to enjoy it.

Stina Nordenstam

Soft spoken Experimental Pop melodies from Sweden... this is my favorite track by her, a cover of The Doors, which i personally feel far surpasses the original [of which i'm not a fan] the original is so upbeat & jangly, this is how i want the track to sound... melodic, heartfelt, depressing, beautiful.

Groove Chronicles

More UK Garage, released on the artists self titled Label, both this & the b-side are amazing, but this is the standout classic... Dark & mellow 2-step intro cut up with Aaliyah & Sax samples, all dropping into deep moody basslines... this tune is rudeeee

Maryanne Amacher

Fascinating American Experimental Noise artist, her work focuses mainly on otoacoustic emission [sound which is generated from within the inner ear] & when played at the right sound level, which is quite high and exciting, the tones in her music will cause your ears to act as neurophonic instruments that emit sounds that will seem to be issuing directly from your head. This is a clip from a 30 min docu of her being visited by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.

R.A.W.

One of the many aliases of Erick Morillo, Club Classic House music... hypnotic & deep, from the epic label Strictly Rhythm.

Sun Araw

Part of the whole NNF underground scene going on at the moment, modern Psychedelic classics... i love the boomkat & lastfm descriptions of 'echo-erased vocals and all manner of jangly, smudged out percussion' & 'Creepster tropical psychedelic drone' both are SPOT ON... this is light up/drop in/zone out type business from Long Beach USA.

Naked City

One of John Zorns best projects, Experimental/Free-Jazz/Grind...Rock!?! another one of those impossible to classify acts, their self titled album & Torture Garden are amazing, packed full of ideas that were way ahead of their time. I chose one of their most deranged [but awesome] songs here, mainly because it's got cut up scenes from Mathew Barneys Cremaster Cycle over it... and they fit soooo well.

Premature Ejaculation

Dark/Creepy/Experimental... Soundscape Noise? this is my favorite project from Rozz Williams of Christian Death... in their short lived and extreme existence they created nightmarish collages of voice samples/wailing drones/screeches/machine sounds... it's very world creating, but it isn't a world many people would want to live in, Throbbing Gristle fans will love this.

Wookie

One of UK Garage's biggest producers released this classic remix of the R&B/House hit 'Little Man' under the alias Exemen, it's one of my favorite garage tracks... there's a real Tropical/Dubstep vibe going on here... i cant see how anyone can dislike this.

Jan Jelinek

IDM/Minimal Electronic music from Germany, his music is often relaxing, glitchy & atmospheric... the video also really helps this one. 

DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer

Oldskool Rave/Breakbeat Hardcore from the UK, i had to post these guys... everything they touched was gold, their entire Slammin' Vinyl discog, everything on the 6 volume Question Mark series, their few tunes under DJ Red Alert & Pepsi & notably the Original Bad Boy ep, which while still on Slammin' Vinyl was released under the alias D-Force. I cant begin to describe how many moments of my life have been soundtracked by these guys since my friend Alex hooked me up way back in my teens. CLASSIC!

Tom Zé

Brazilian Tropicália artist often noted alongside Beefheart & Zappa, his music has everything from easy going grooves to seriously bizarre experimentation, i've posted one of his more conventional tracks, for something more strange check out 'TAKA-TÁ'... it's pretty hard to want to disagree with all the comments calling this guy a genius.

Pierre Bastien

French Experimental instrument constructor... In 1986 he formed his own orchestra, Mecanium, composed of Meccano machines which play various instruments, such as Chinese lute, Morrocan bendir, Javanese saron, koto, and violin. These machines were often driven by the rotation of old turntables. His music is impossible to classify & because of this i'll just say Experimental, but it's also highly intellectual, playfully childish &  strangely easy to digest. 

Genghis Tron

Experimental Metal at it's finest, often labelled Cybergrind due to their Grindcore'esque fast/short song nature and their incorporation of computers... there simply isn't another act out there at the moment making stuff quite like this [that i've heard anyway].

Roy Davis Jr.

Garage classic from America, probably wont be an introduction to most... even if you dont recognize the title, you should know the melody, i'm posting this purely because Garage on a whole is a shunned genre, seen as simple and short lived for a good reason... but it's tunes like this that force people to re-evaluate that stance & keep digging before dismissing, blissful sunrise anthem.

Cappuccino

80's Disco classic from Canada, sexy mirrored dancefloor grooves... everything about these guys self titled album reeks of sex, one of my all time favorite Disco tracks & off an equally stunning album full of sampling possibility.

Jungle Bunnies

94 Jungle from South London label Ard Kickin' Toonz, which only ever released this 12''... ethereal vocals, spacey synth's & amens galore from deep in the jungle, ere dis.

Datassette

Often filed in with Chiptune/8-bit, this UK producers stuff is definitely transcendent of that... Electro/Minimal DnB/Glitch... simply put Computer Music, like Kraftwerk for the hipster rave era... his self titled album and a lot of the work done under his Datashat alias are awesome.

Bobby Caldwell

70's Soul/Slow Groove/Crooner material from this American multi-instrumentalist, kept hearing this at work & couldn't get it out of my head... classic, this was Caldwell's top ranking single and gained him a lot of notoriety in Japan apparently, while i cant vouch for his other material, this track & the self titled album it's off are amazing.



Bigup to the friday night DJ @ Deco

The Wiseguys

Known by most for their hit single 'Ooh la la' which featured on the Budweiser commerical back in the day... i'm fairly sure that the success of that track 'basically making them a 1 hit wonder' overshadowed the rest of ther body of work, much like Mr. Oizo after Flat Beat, but these guys are seriously worth checking into... Funkyyyy ass Breakbeats, proper b-boy jamz.

Betty Davis

70's Funk legend & Miles Davis's second wife, seriously cool.

Balance Inc

93' Oldskool Breakbeat Hardcore/Jungle act from the short lived UK label Marshall Gold, i'm finding it impossible to locate a copy of this, if you have it, help a brotha out.

Our Sleepless Forest

Ambient, but also strangely Post Rock like at times... walls of blissful sounds... birds, murmers, pitches and chimes from this South London trio, beautiful stuff.

Franck Vigroux

Avant-Garde, Soundscape from France, very moody, dark & atmospheric... music to wander through futuristic empty cities at night.

Mu

Leftfield Dance, so much so that no 1 track can give you any idea of the body of this UK chicks work... which is 2 killer albums 'Out of Breach' & 'Afro Finger And Gel', if i were to try and describe the amount of things/sounds/genres covered in her music, i'd be here a long while, so simply put... this is a female Captain Beefheart for modern dancefloors. 

Dubkasm

Dutty Bass from this UK/Brazil based Dub duo, atmospheric/deep/smoking material, their last album 'Transform I' kicks ass.

TOKiMONSTA

!NSiDE affiliated artist from California, mostly Post-Dilla sounding again, Wonky heads will love this chick.

DJ Donna Summer

Party Time, Rave/Bass/Club/Breakcore? on Cock Rock Disco

!NSiDE

South Korean DJ collective consisting of ASP, Simo, Flyherro, TokiMonsta, Mood Schula, Kay Shin, !NS, Esspee, Bygone Tomorrow & Pandaponics... they produce butter smooth, Post-Dilla Hip Hop & given the current love for this kind of stuff, i'd imagine them getting some notice over here within the year.



Big love to Luna again for this <3

Dan Boadi & the African Internationals

Funky Afrobeat/Disco/Jazz from this Ghana based multi-instrumentalist, serious dancefloor jam & a long player at 10 mins, theres MAW style grooves all over this classic, taken from the 2 track album of the same title.

Bong Messages

Experimental DnB/Jungle duo that released their only album in 97 on TP9 Records, very forward thinking stuff.

Jackie Mittoo

Reggae pioneer & one of the founders of The Skatalites, Mittoo's solo work contain serioussss groovin' material, 2 step/skank type business bwoyyy.

Hudson Mohawke

Glasgow based Wonky Beat producer & recent Warp signee, his album 'Butter' is ready to drop any day now & i'm pretty excited considering the quality of everything he's released already [which notably is A LOT], Hud Mo's sound is broken up/wonky/glitched out Hip Hip melodies for scenesters & true heads alike.

Tuu

Tuu was an ambient group from the late 1980s to 1999. Led by Martin Franklin, the band emerged from the post acid house chill out scene of early 1990s in the UK, blending electronica and the emerging sampling technology with traditional and invented global instrumentation. [taken from wiki] My take on this track specifically though is that it's world creating, deep & meditative stuff.

Graves At Sea

Sludge Metal act who's 2004 feature length Documents of Grief was my primary metal album for a longgg time, if you dig EHG, Fistula, Botch etc... you'll love this, raw/progressive/brutal.

Marco Passarani

Experimental Techno, sometimes sounding like both Aphex & Autechre, but also just quite it's own thing... pleasantly complex, electronic soundscapes.

Matias Aguayo

Sexy/Tribal/Exotic/Experimental House/Tech/Something... no idea, such a fresh sound, his whole Ay Ay Ay album is imo essential listening & the fact he's signed up to sexy new label Cómeme pretty much seals how awesome he is... my favorite thing about this guys music is how much he plays around with natural sounds/childish melodies made with a type of 'la la la' technique, but crafted so elegantly.

Vaski

There's so much Dubstep around at the moment that it's hard to filter through, but everyone's a fan of the truly FILTHY stuff... this Canadian producer is up there with Borgore/Cookie Monsta and the like as being in the 'bass abusing, vomit inducing, speaker testing warfare' category, you pretty much already know if you're gonna like this.

Takahiro Kido

Japanese Modern Classical/Minimal Electronic... like Max Richter, GYBE & Ryoji Ikeda all morphed into something new.

Chevron & Karl Marx Stadt

Individually awesome producers, Chevron having released classics on both Planet Mu & Wrong Music and Stadt releasing intricate IDM/Breakcore/Hard Jungle, most recently my favorite being 'Top Sound Killer' on Ulan Bator Records, but this track features on the Lord Harvestman’s Trackx unreleased mini album that came out to celebrate the Lovely Time Tour... it's insane that this hasn't had a proper release considering it's quality.

Erik Sumo

The influence of multiple areas of 'World' music/Film Soundtracks/Trip Hop are all apparent in this Budapest producers work, discogs labels this guy Gypsy Jazz, Abstract, Downtempo, Broken Beat... whatever the case, it's really good.

Big Love to Luna again for this <3

Kitty Winter Gypsy Nova

Bossa Nova/Jazz sounds from Germany

Impedance

Only putting out 2 records in the late 80's on Jumpin' & Pumpin', this somewhat Oldskool House act released the best version of this tune that i've heard.

Danton Eeprom

Progressive UK Club music with awesomely vicious theremin sounds, sucks you in like a vortex.. DEEP

Sphene

Unsigned London based IDM artist, if you like Datach'i & Aphex Twin's lighter stuff... you'll like this

Bibio

Recent signee to Warp Records, this UK producer crafts IDM/Folktronica, but really just a mix of both IDM [sometimes a bit Ambient] + Folk tracks... but it's all killer, he has a perfect understanding of how to layer his sounds, beautiful folkish stuff.

The Ice Cream Headaches

Experimental UK group, really impossibe to classify because their stuff is all over the place... this was one of my two favorite tracks off of the 'Etc..' comp from Wrong Music, an atmospheric interlude at only a minute and a half.

Converge

Another group i cant see being an introduction to many, but i'm posting for two very specific reasons, firstly that their new album is here & it kicks ass and secondly that i'd never checked into their videos before and found out how amazing they were, one of Hardcore's finest acts.

Posting 2 for awesomeness

Mestizo & Mike Gao

California Hip Hop, their album Blind Faith is full of drum break/Jazz samplin' goodness, dope ass jamz for hot summer nights.

Big Love to Luna again for this <3

Erik Truffaz

Blue Note Jazz Fusion/Acid Jazz trumpeter Truffaz is often linked to Dnb/Jungle with his beat heavy compositions... while i'm not a huge fan of Nya's rapping on this, the track behind it is so amazing... this is one artist where if you like this, you'll probably dig a lot of his stuff.

pRecycle

Another one of my super gems... IDM/Jungle/Experimental/genre splicing computer music from Israel, his albums 'Mist' & 'Sealed' are both easily locatable from a google search & worth downloading [they're free too], this though is from a small batch of tracks seemingly not on any release  [information is sparse on this guy] so to my knowledge, this may be the only place you're going to hear this, even lastfm doesn't confirm it's existence.

BBC Radiophonic Workshop

To some this group of musicians goes without saying, nothing short of pioneers to multiple areas of music/sound. Two artists of this 'collective' of sorts have been getting a lot more recognition recently, John Baker... who's recordings have been released through Trunk Records & Delia Derbyshire, who's been recognized as one of the innovators of electronic music. This is a fascinating documentary & a brilliant introduction to these sound magicians. The links to the other parts are all in the sidebar of the first video.

Gus n' Fin

Two friends from the UK who like to do quirky cover versions for youtube, often involving a ukulele in some way, this is my personal favorite... the best Gary Numan cover i've heard, really upbeat & poppy.

Their Youtube Channel

Elli Kokkinou

Greek Pop music... much in the same way that i want to kick myself for enjoying Sugababes/JT/Britney backing tracks, i'm the same with this... but there is the plus fact that i cant understand what she's saying & the Greek language flows along nicely.

Big Thanks to Zweo for this :]

Aggroman

Nasty Darkside DnB, not falling into the vast amount of samey hardcore DnB out there at the moment [of which i find there is a lot] this track uses a somewhat ethereal film score to get you floating along before it smacks you in the face with a fist of nasty breaks, top stuff off of the consistently great Aural Carnage Recordings.

Robert Logan

IDM is the easiest way to classify this guy, but his stuff melds together instruments, electronics, field recordings, natural voices... quite literally everything & is influenced by anything from Krautrock to Chamber music... one of the finest artists producing these kind of sounds at the moment.

Fukkk Offf

Filthy/Sexy Electro... like Miss Kittin & Ellen Allien strippin' off & gettin' it on in the Club.

Skanna

As far as Oldskool Rave/Breakbeat Hardcore go... there is no questioning that John Graham was one of it's greatest producers, everything he did for White House & his own Skanna label [aside from Skanna 11 which i've never found/heard] is amazing, not just good, nor great, but amazing... he perfectly blends together heavy breakbeats and lushious instruments/samples, which would explain why his records now go for so much.

Martin Circus

I was going to upload 'Barbe-Bleue' off of their phenomenal En Direct du Rock'n Roll Circus album, but i decided the wacky video to this equally awesome track would lure people in just as well. My favorite French band by a long shot, psychedelic jamz.

Czeslaw Niemen

One of the most important Singer Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalists from Poland... at times, somewhat like a Polish Stones/Who... [open to argument]

The New Dance Show

The New Dance Show was a television show in Detroit which ran in the late-1980s to mid-1990s on WGPR-TV 62 (now a CBS affiliate known as WWJ-TV). Hosted by R.J. Watkins, The New Dance Show was a low-budget local version of Soul Train and featured regular dancers including a man who dressed like a vampire and wore a cape and a woman who dressed as a boxer. I LOVE stuff like this...

Chic-A-Go-Go

American Public Access TV show... i've included this on nuggetz because of it's awesome scope of experimental and trashy bands that have featured on it, everything from Acid Mothers Temple to GZA, Lightning Bolt to Sonic Youth. Chic-A-Go-Go is the perfect blend of experimental music & little kids/bizarre adults trying to dance along to it.

two of the my faves...