Black Impulse Mix Tape 22: Ivona Behalova

The first contributor mix of 2012 comes courtesy of Pettybone guitarist Ivona Behalova. Pettybone have been blowing minds at shows over Europe for the past year and a half. The first time we saw them was when we put them on at one of our Terminal Cheesesteak nights supporting Off! here in London, and they blew us away, bringing a completely fresh approach to DIY punk that we haven’t seen in ages. If you get the chance, see Pettybone as they are currently our favourite band in London hands down. They are touring the UK in February and Europe in April.

Ivona has put together a great mix for us, we hope you enjoy it!

http://pettybone.blogspot.com/
http://conspiracyofwomen-cow.blogspot.com/

Track Listing:

1. Opal – empty box blues

2. Mark Lanegan/PJ Harvey – hit the city

3. Gallon Drunk – Down at the harbour

4. Spanish bombs – Brief Update-Old Ghosts

5. Katastrophy Wife – Sweetheart

6. Gemma Ray – Deathroll

7. She and Him – Gonna get along without you now

8. Cable – Do the tube

9. Harum Scarum – Where did you go wrong?

Black Impulse Mix Tape 22: Ivona Behalova, posted with vodpod

Black Impulse Mix Tape 21: Jimmy Martin

Here’s this Wednesday’s Black Impulse Mix Tape, this time contributed by Jimmy Martin.

Jimmy Martin is the guitarist of the metropolitan psych-rock dreamachine Teeth Of The Sea, who’re currently working on their third album for Rocket Recordings, to be released in 2012. As yet untitled, it looks likely to create dark alchemy by the fusing the mystical forces of Focus, Foetus and Frankie Knuckles.

He’s also written for Terrorizer amongst many others, talked at the ICA, baffled many a DJ audience, won many a pop quiz, attained the dubious honour of being perhaps the only musician to have toured on a bill with both Faster Pussycat and The Dillinger Escape Plan. and wasted hours debating burning issues like which non-Ozzy-or-Dio Sabbath album is the greatest (It’s ‘Born Again’, in case you’re wondering.)

2011 was a monstrous year for Teeth Of The Sea, and they’re rounding it off by headlining the Lexington on December 28th, and also performing REAPER (their soundtrack re-imagining of Neil Marshall’s Doomsday) in the New Year. You can check them out here (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teeth-Of-The-Sea/115594505139423) and here (http://www.myspace.com/thewrongjaws) (plus here’s some visual aggression: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBjs-9u158k and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QZbE8qdE3o&feature=related )

Track Listing:

1. Alan Moore and Tim Perkins-Terrae – A Skeleton Horse
2. Pain Teens – Voluptus
3. Tweet feat. Fabolous & Missy Elliot – Oops (Oh My)
4. Heldon – Perspective III (Baader Meinhof Blues)
5. Linda Perhacs – Parallelograms
6. Delia Derbyshire – Blue Veils and Golden Sands (Inferno)
7. Voivod – Tribal Convictions
8. Zolar X – Message Transmitting
9. Killdozer – The Pig Was Cool

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Black Impulse Mix Tape 20: Rory Mackie

Here’s this weeks mix tape, contributed this time by Rory Mackie. Former twee music club impresario and current chief drinks procurer at the Buffalo Bar, Rory has given us nine wonderful tracks that he has chosen to dub his “Skree and Folk playlist by Jude Georges”. Listen and enjoy!

Track Listing:

1. Alice Coltrane – Journey in Satchidinanda
2. Nina Simone – My Man’s Goe Now
3. This Mortal Coil – Song to the Siren
4. Suicide – Cheree
5. Faust – Krautrock
6. Glenn Branca – Lesson No 1
7. The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes
8. Vashti Bunyan – Rose Hip November
9. Trader Horne – Morning Way

 

Black Impulse Mix Tape 20: Rory Mackie, posted with vodpod

Black Impulse Mix Tape 19: Frank Kimenai

This week’s contributor mix comes from Frank Kimenai, one of the organisers of the Incubate Festival, held each year in the lovely town of Tilburg in the Netherlands.

Each year Frank and his team of cohorts curate a weeks worth of art, film, music and all manner of entertainment across a number of venues in the town. It truly is quite a brilliant experience: as the festival crosses all manner of genres there is none of the one-dimensional feel or tribalism that you would usually associate with European festivals. Want to watch a metal band, then go see a folk act, then see a jazz quartet, and finish up with some dubstep? Then Incubate is probably right up your street. This eclectic and non-homogenous approach seems all the more impressive when you are realise that Incubate has a policy of not booking anyone that has previously played the festival. Which obviously creates a herculanean task of organizing for the Incubate team, but ensures that the festival is always fresh and, perhaps most importantly. gives opportunities to new artists.

Enjoy the mix and go check out Incubate in September!

Track Listing:

1. Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo
2. The Wipers – Over the Edge
3. Roky Erickson and the Aliens – Splash One
4. Flamin Groovies – Shake Some Action
5. Allman Brothers – In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
6. Six Organs of Admittance – Shelter from the Ash
7. Danzig – How The Gods Kill
8. Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
9. Burzum – Dunkelheit

 

Black Impulse Mix Tape 19: Frank Kimenai, posted with vodpod

Black Impulse Mix Tape 18: Andrew Smith

That time of the week again, and this Wednesday’s playlist comes from Andrew Smith of the heavyweight UK noise-rock record label Riot Season. Home to the likes of Todd, Hey Colossus, Shit & Shine, Mainliner, and Acid Mothers Temple, to name just a few of their impressive back catalogue, Riot Season has been representing great new British music for some time now. Andy’s great playlist for us includes the likes of Karp, ZZ Top, AC/DC and an exclusive track from the new Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso UFO album “The Ripper at the Heaven’s Gates of Dark” which will be released on October 31st.

To support their new release, Acid Mothers Temple are currently touring in Europe, go check them out at one of the following dates:

4 NOVEMBER – CAMBRIDGE The Portland
5 NOVEMBER – BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds
6 NOVEMBER – NOTTINGHAM Bodega
7 NOVEMBER – MANCHESTER Ruby Lounge
8 NOVEMBER – HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club
9 NOVEMBER – GLASGOW Nice N Sleazy
10 NOVEMBER – BELFAST Auntie Annies
11 NOVEMBER – DUBLIN Crawdaddy
12 NOVEMBER – CORK Crane Lane Theatre (Early Show)
13 NOVEMBER – DAY OFF
14 NOVEMBER – BRIDGEND Hobos
15 NOVEMBER – BRISTOL Thekla
16 NOVEMBER – OXFORD Jericho
17 NOVEMBER – LONDON Corsica Studios
18 NOVEMBER – BRIGHTON Hectors House

Enjoy the playlist!

Track Listing:

1. Harvey Milk – Death Goes to the Winner
2. Melvins – Civilized Worm
3. Drunkdriver – Quality of My Life
4. AC/DC – Down Payment Blues
5. Turbonegro – Prince of the Rodeo
6. Karp – Forget the Minions
7. ZZ Top – Master of Sparks
8. Unsane – Line on the Wall
9. Acid Mothers Temple – Electric Death Mantra

 

Black Impulse Mix Tape 18: Andrew Smith, posted with vodpod

Black Impulse Mix Tape 17: Årabrot

This weeks Wednesday Mix Tape comes courtesy of the brilliant Norwegian noise-rock band Årabrot. They have put together a fine collection of tunes for your winter wednesday listening, including tracks from Chrome, Nancy and Lee, Rocket From the Tombs, and the Snivelling Shits.

Årabrot have just released their fifth album, the Steve Albini engineered ‘Solar Anus’ on Fysisk Format records. The album has already notched up an impressive list of kudos: our good friends at The Quietus have said “It’s been a while coming, but Årabrot have finally earned their reputation as one of Europe’s best heavy rock bands.” to cite but one example. For those in the UK, Årabrot will be undertaking a week-long tour starting next Wednesday, October 26th, you can see them at the following dates:

Årabrot UK Tour October 2011 (all dates with Dethscalator)
Facebook Tour Page

26th Bristol County Sports Club
27th Cardiff Undertone
28th Liverpool Mello Mello
29th Manchester The Whitworth
30th Durham The Fishtank
31st London Shacklewell Arms

http://www.arabrot.com/

Track Listing:

1. Chrome – In A Dream
2. Liars – It Fit When I Was A Kid
3. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Sand
4. Zeni Geva – I Want You
5. Rocket From the Tombs – Ain’t It Fun
6. Captain Beefheart – Lick My Decals Off, Baby
7. Arthur Brown – Fire
8. The Modern Lovers – Hospital
9. The Snivelling Shits – I Can’t Come

Black Impulse Mix Tape 17: Årabrot, posted with vodpod

Black Impulse Sonics Reduced 16: Hits From Bong

We are taking a moment out from the usual playlist business to give you a special mix from the band Bong. They gave us this exclusive four-track mix and it is pretty fantastic to say the least. For the uninitiated, Bong are a quite remarkable drone/doom/space rock band hailing from Newcastle. Have a listen to their excellent selection and go check them out at one of the following dates if you can:

October 29th Glasgow 13th Note w/ CSB + Cosmic Dead + more
October 30th Durham Fishtank w/ Monarch + Arabrot + Dethscalator
November 5th Birmingham Hare and Hounds w/ Acid Mothers Temple

http://www.ritualproductions.net/

Track Listing:

1. In the Shadow of the Towers
2. Wizards of Krull
3. Asleep
4. Starlit Grotto

Black Impulse Sonics Reduced 16: Hits From Bong, posted with vodpod

Black Impulse Mix Tape 16: Ren Rox

This week’s Wednesday mix sees the return of one of our earliest contributors, Ren Rox. This time she returns with an excellent collection of tunes for your midweek listening, all loosely linked together by the theme of ‘nocturnal driving’.

Catch Ren Rox dj’ing at the Lexington in Islington, London, each Friday. This Friday will also see last weeks mix tape contributor Joe Cardamone playing with his band Icarus Line upstairs, so it will be an all Black Impulse affair. Enjoy the mix!

Track Listing:

1. Paul McCartney & Wings – Let Me Roll It
2. Serge Gainsbourg – Melody
3. Screamin Jay Hawkins – Night and Day
4. Charlie Parker and Miles Davis – A Night in Tunisia
5. The Doors – Indian Summer
6. Moondog – Viking 1
7. It’s A Beautiful Day – Bombay Calling
8. Larry Williams and Johnny Guitar Watson with the Kaleidoscope – Nobody
9. Caetano Veloso – Maria Bethania

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Black Impulse Mix Tape 15: Joe Cardamone

This weeks Wednesday mix tape contributor is the Los Angeles-based vocalist of the Icarus Line, Joe Cardamone. Joe has provided us a great selection of tunes for your midweek listening, including tracks from Suicide, Charles Mingus, Pretty Things, Nolan Porter and the wonderfully out-there Monte Cazzaza.

Icarus Line are currently driving around Europe on tour, full details can be found in this event from facebook. So while you are enjoying his mix make sure you spare a thought for Joe, cramped into a splitter van somewhere on the Autobahn. Enjoy!

http://theicarusline.org/

Track Listing:

1. The Pretty Things – Cries From The Midnight Circus
2. Suicide – Dream Baby Dream
3. The Cramps – I Can’t Hardly Stand It
4. John Cale – Momamma Scuba
5. Charles Mingus – Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
6. Monte Cazzaza – Tiny Tears
7. Nick Lowe – Big Kick, Plain Scrap
8. Nolan Porter – Keep On Keepin On
9. Neil Young – Motion Pictures

Black Impulse Mix Tape 15: Joe Cardamone, posted with vodpod

Black Impulse Mix Tape 14: Christos Fanaras

This weeks Mix Tape contributor is multi-instrumentalist resident of North London, Christos Fanaras. Since arriving in the UK from his native Greece, Christos has been busy building up an impressive musical resume. Projects he has been involved in include Agaskodo Teliverek, Temper Temper, Jack Shirt, Mothlite, and most recently Masters. There are probably many more on top of that but we only have so much space here…

Christos has assembled a great selection of tracks for your Wednesday listening, including one of Porter Wagoners more out-there country offerings and San Francisco’s enigmatic Space Lady amongst others.

http://www.thejackshirt.com/

Purchase Masters amazing leather bound debut ‘Acid Witch Mountain’ from Rough Trade here: http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=340096

Track Listing:

1. Porter Wagoner – The Rubber Room
2. Arvo Part – Summa for Strings
3. John Maus – We Can Breakthrough
4. Syzygys – Badol Bashimu
5. Masters – Hahkethomemah
6. The Space Lady – Synthesize Me
7. Z&R – Unknown
8. Kostas Bezos – Ta Aspra Poulia sta Vouna
9. Peter Grudzien – What Have I Done

 

Black Impulse Mix Tape 14: Christos Fanaras, posted with vodpod