Cumbia!

Been on a Cumbia fix lately. Must have gotten the urge after checking out a cumbia mix at

kicktokill

, which by the way, is a great, fun filled blog on metal, hip-hop, punk, random as hell videos that keep degenerates like you and I entertained.

 This video is of an artist by the name of Chacalon. His band was called La Nueva Crema and I believe he also split his duties with another band by the name of Grupo Celeste. Although Chacalon has passed away, fans of Chicha music, which is a Peruvian derivative of Cumbia, have not let his young death be in vain. His music continue to inspire the poor working class of South America.

The guitars are a work of art. Chicha seems to incorporate the pulsating rhythm of cumbia, mix in andean chord structures, and throw in fuzz with reverb ala American surf rock for a sound music explorers will enjoy.

This is a treat. If you want to download a really dope comp, Go here,

here

and give it a spin.

Los orientales de Paramonga are another highlight in the compilation. Heavy hitting dance tracks. I'm so glad to see this stuff on the web.

Mary Goes Round

French 80's band. Darkwave? You decide. One thing is certain, the sound is melancholy and colorful at the same time. Must be the Casio tones that keep this song straddling that goth line instead of crossing over to the complete and utter dismay of that horrific genre. They toured with Sonic Youth at one point, that probably being their biggest success as a band. This song can be found on their album, 70 suns in the sky but for some reason, the shitty quality of the sound uploaded on youtube sounds much better.

Someone brought the black acid

Sardine V

The term post-punk gets thrown around like the local pub drunk who's had a few too many ales but it doesn't matter in this case. Call it what you will. Sardine V were from Australia and have a couple of releases under their belt; a 7" and a 12" lp labelled, I hate you. From this 12" is a track that no doubt cannot be topped in terms of simplicity and beauty called 'stuck on you'. A little synth, a Phil Spector influenced Ronettes beat, some chorus and reverb on the axe, and voila, audio jizm. Phoenix Hairpins' blog has it posted, so get your ass over there.

Terminal Cheesecake

Terminal Cheesecake were a British band from the late 80's that were ex-members of a band called the vibe. Noisy, Hypnotic in terms of their rhythmic patterns on drums, and, you guessed it, distorted guitars with massive amounts of delay on vocals. And with the notion that even a twelve year old in Zanzibar has access to the internet, it's no surprise websites and so called music experts can give boatloads of recommendations of bands at the whim of a so called sound but don't kid yourselves, they always get it wrong, don't they? That being said, I'm no so called expert but I do know what I like and this is the real deal. Terminal Cheesecakes' magnum opus is V.C.L which I thankfully got from discogs for a tolerable amount of money. (Upload coming soon!)

Fans of Godflesh, take notice!

Get it, you want it, you

need

it!

Simply incredible

The background music throughout this scene is by a Japanese band by the name of The Black, which, as far as I'm concerned, never had an official release nor recording. What has happened to the world? How has such transcendental and inspiring rock music like this died? I'm so glad to have access to these lost gems even if it's via digital means. The third eye is a beautiful thing. Psychedelic fuzz rock!



Anyone with extra info on this trance inducing auditory gem GET AT ME!

Tokyo Flashback Comps

I don't know about you but I am a HUGE fan of what Japan's psychedelic bands have to give to the rest and especially to our Americentric ideals and culture. It's thanks to Japan that psychedelia is alive and well but to just call it psychedelic seems to rob them of the credit they're due. When that word comes to mind, the cheese comes a tumblin' over with thoughts of farfisa organs, paisley everything, and advocates of the psychedelic movement like Timothy Leary educating squares on acid. The Japanese seem to have incorporated not only the "brown acid" feel to it but with an overwhelming, destructive sound of feedback, reverb, and let's not forget, NOISE!!!
Keiji Haino, The Jacks, Les Rallizes, Flower Travellin' Band, the list goes on and on. Today, great bands like LSD March will seriously fuck you up inside if you sit down and let the music go on cruise control. So without further a do, all the credit and love in the world to the giving people at wehavenozen.blogspot.com for putting up these ultra lovely compilations of that sound, ya dig?

BROWN ACID