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.