Karate - In Place of Real Insight (1997)

Slowly, lazily twirling the cigarette finger against the headwind just outside of the driver's side window.

This is a document of the great post-rock sound that was abuzz in the latter half of the last decade. The first song always gets me on every listen.

I have some other similar stuff that I will upload in the weeks to come.

This is the perfect album to welcome the greenery, sweeter air and storms that come with the advent of the spring season.

Speaking of which, I need to go fetch the Zyrtec!

Album info (courtesy of Discogs):

Label:	Southern Records
Catalog#:	18543-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	US
Released:	1997
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Alternative Rock, Post Rock
Credits:	Artwork By - Geoffrey Farina , Jodi Buonanno Mastered By - John Loder Photography - Curtis Harvey , Geoffrey Farina Recorded By, Mixed By - John Williams (6) Written-By - Eamonn Vitt , Gavin McCarthy , Geoffrey Farina* , Jeff Goddard
Notes:	Recorded and Mixed @ Fort Apache, Cambridge. Mastered @ Abbey Road, London.
Rating:	5.0/5 (1 vote) Rate It
Submitted by:	hux-lee
2 for sale in the Discogs Marketplace

Tracklisting:

1		This, Plus Slow Song (2:25)
2		New Martini (3:37)
3		Wake Up, Decide (3:05)
4		It's 98 Stop (4:31)
5		New New (2:47)
6		The New Hangout Condition (5:05)
7		On Cutting (4:25)
8		Die Die (2:41)
9		Today Or Tomorrow (2:00)

FORMAT: MP3 (LAME v3.97 beta 2, -apx -vbr 0)

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Bill Cosby Talks to the Kids About Drugs

Yes, I'm dead serious. Listen for the Cos as he sets these kids straight. Better to sit on a stoop with Dr. Huxtable then robbing his kids out in front of their palatial-yet-subtle Brooklyn dwelling.

Hit up Wikipedia for more info:

Track listing

1. Introduction - Downers And Uppers
2. Questions and Answers
3. Dope Pusher
4. Bill Talks About Hard Drugs
5. I Found a Way Out
6. Order In The Classroom
7. People Make Mistakes
8. I Know I Can Handle It
9. Bill Talks About Pushers
10. Captain Junkie
11. Bill and the Kids Sing / Closing

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DJ /Rupture - Low Income Tomorrowland

I can't even begin to express how much I am enamored with Jace Clayton's ability to take pretty much every sound in the world and put it together in concrete. This is a mix in an amazing line of others (Gold Teeth Thief, Minesweeper Suite, 58:46, Bidoun Sessions, Secret Google Cheat Codes) that take a stack of records, shoot them diagonally at close range and then pile the pieces into a vat that turns out something beyond words.

That was the best run-on sentence ever!

Give love to Mr. Clayton and read his brainpickin' blogs. Tell him I'd show him my things, but I'm not a woman, not even in the pre-op sort of sense.

Mudd Up: http://www.negrophonic.com

The album has hidden mp3 tracks of a live mix for BTTB FM (Germany). Just shoot me an email if you want these.

Tracklisting (courtesy of Discogs):

Label:	Applecore Records
Catalog#:	Applecore 01
Format:	CD, Enhanced, Mixed
Country:	US
Released:	31 Dec 2005
Genre:	Electronic, Hip Hop, Reggae
Style:	Reggae, Grime, Breakcore, Hip Hop, Ragga
Credits:	DJ Mix - DJ /rupture
Notes:	Low Income Tomorrowland inaugurated Lemon-Red's mix series. Artwork by Manydolls.com, age 4. Plus bonus data "BTTB" live 4 german radio mix (90 minutes, 6 mp3s), and there is also an image of “Kopying Kills Kapitalism” called kopy.jpg. Track 1b is incorrectly listed with the title "Hip-hop" Track 7a is incorrectly listed with the title "Old Skool Armageddon"
Rating:	5.0/5 (1 vote) Rate It
Submitted by:	wiredforsound
2 for sale in the Discogs Marketplace

Tracklisting:

1a	Filastine	Judas Goat (3:46)
1b	dead prez	It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop
2a	M.I.A. (2)	Pull Up The People (D'Explicit Remix) (2:18)
		Remix - D'Explicit
2b	East Connection	We're Ready (Devil Mix)
		Remix - Wiley (2)
2c	Lewi White	1 & All
3a	Crime Mob	Stilettos (3:42)
3b	Pandoras Box	Unknown
4a	DJ Class	Tear The Club Up (2:20)
4b	Bone Crusher (2)	Never Scared
5	Sister Nancy	Bam Bam (2:05)
6	Sizzla	Got It Right Here (50 Cent Blend) (2:15)
7a	Bong-Ra	Murder You (Ruff Inna Jungle Rmx) (4:19)
7b	Junior Byles	Fade Away (Version)
8a	Jahba	Bush Is A Pussycloth (1:55)
8b	Krumble	Backward Country Boy Explosion
9a	Malica	Special Request (3:06)
9b	Rotator	Dissident Sound Maniak
10a	DJ Technics	Jungle Joint (2:51)
10b	David Banner	Crank It Up
10c	Team Shadetek	Two & A Half Months
11	Tracy Chapman	Behind The Wall (3:11)

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Capcom - Street Fighter Game Soundtrack

I was kicked rather low when I tried to use the original CD insert scan for this album. In return, of course, you'll find some scary fan art instead.

Get the CD jewel liner scan here.

This album has all of the sound samples: character quotes, kicks, punches, the nationality-neutral guy who lists out the countries, even the coin insert and countdown timer sounds.

For the true nerd, which is probably you, if you're reading this. It sure as hell is he.

Download HERE (mp3 format)

Tim Hecker and Fennesz Album Pack

This pack will surely whet your tastes for electronic, ambient music, experimental combinations of each as well as some humor to show the artists aren't crazily serious or stuck on their work.

Tim Hecker and Fennesz have an affinity for drowning in ether, having lived in your visual periphery just prior to jumping in. Tim Hecker's sound is purely airy, living above the surface of ambient textures, samples of faraway spirits of voice, ominous percussion intrusion and Van Halen interview snippets to boot! Fennesz, like Hecker, creates albums that follow a pattern. His compositions tend to be grounded, but they wonder through Earth's elements and the bounds of human emotion and memory.

Included are:

Fenessz - Endless Summer (discogs)
Fenessz - Venice (discogs)
Tim Hecker - Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Do It Again (discogs)
Tim Hecker - Radio Amor (discogs)
Tim Hecker - Mirages (discogs)
Tim Hecker - My Love Is Rotten To The Core (discogs)

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Circle Takes The Square - As The Roots Undo

This album is truly deserving of the term amazing. Loud/quiet dynamics, tight bursts of faithful emo intensity, alternate male/female singing and lyrics that are as great over the mic as they are to read. These folks are from Savannah, GA. For fans of Indian Summer, Ampere, Native Nod, Funeral Diner and anything like this that you love.

Band Home Page: http://www.circletakesthesquare.com

(From discogs.org)

Label:	Robotic Empire
Catalog#:	robo 031
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	US
Released:	06 Jan 2004
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Hardcore, Punk, Emo
Notes:
Rating:	5.0/5 (2 votes) Rate It
Submitted by:	grammarcore

Tracklisting:

1		Intro
2		Same Shade As Concrete
3		Crowquill
4		In The Nervous Light
5		Interview At The Ruins
6		Non-Objective Portrait Of Karma
7		Kill The Switch
8		A Crater To Cough In

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Various Artists - Nothing's Quiet on the Eastern Front [Compilation] (Reservoir RSVR-016)

In support men who served in the Assfactor 4th Regiment for Her Majesty's Palmetto Flag Calvary, Division 1996, we recently unearthed a digital document capturing a piece of life during their brave time in battle. The Battle of Stars & Bars brought many casualties, but those lost were reaffirmed once the battle was won. Colonel Bickel, one of the few survivors of the 1996 Hardcore Insurrection, recalls the turning point of the Battle:

"We had just taken a hit of right-wing mortars and stained glass. My two best men were trying to pull away shards of candelabrum from their upper torso. Our frontline seemed grim, but then we suddenly gained momentum on sheer luck of reverting to our second battle strategy: emoviolence."

We here at Dancefloornumerology would like you to take a moment of silence to remember those in this digital artifact. Their sonic outlay, silent in our moment-to-moment world, remains comfortably contained within the diameter of this silver cicle.

Courtesy of Discogs.Com :

**

Label:	Reservoir
Catalog#:	RSVR-016
Format:	Vinyl, LP
Country:	US
Released:	1996
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Hardcore, Grindcore
Notes:	This LP is a compilation of varous East Coast hardcore punk bands from 1996. Only A Few Bands Provided Production Info: (A4 & A5) - Produced by Max Henkel & Eucharist. Engineered by Max Henkel. Recorded & Mixed at Neptune Studios, Occoquan, VA - Febuary 12, 1996. (B5 & B6) - Recorded by Erika Noize at Loho, New York City - Spring 1996. (A10) - Is one continuous song consisting of a undetermined number of tracks. Each band has one page in the booklet insert but on the Dissasociate page their is just a bunch of random phrases, that may or may not be song titles. So their is no clear track listing provided for the Dissasociate tracks on this compilation. *edit by disassociate* "Random phrases" = song titles"
Rating:	No ratings yet. Rate It
Submitted by:	nelone

Tracklisting:

A1	C.R.	Nein
A2	C.R.	Melting Hopeful
A3	Devoid Of Faith	Maintain
A4	Eucharist (2)	Poison The Supply
		Producer - Maxwell Henkel
A5	Eucharist (2)	Employed
		Producer - Maxwell Henkel
A6	Halfman	Flog
A7	Halfman	In Control
A8	Coercion (2)	Child's Play
A9	Coercion (2)	Hooverville
A10	Disassociate	Ode To The Bowery / Wake Up In The Morning Dead...
		Producer - Klaus X Member
B1	Assfactor 4	Bonkee Number Three
B2	Assfactor 4	Cleenkee
B3	Dropdead	Mindless Icon
B4	Dropdead	Part Two
B5	Black Army Jacket	Snort
		Recorded By - Erika Noize
B6	Black Army Jacket	Dog Teeth
		Recorded By - Erika Noize
B7	Brutal Truth	Postulate, Then Liberate
B8	Judas Iscariot (2)	Bugs Will Run The World
B9	Judas Iscariot (2)	Gospel Scholars
B10	Monster X	Frustrated Existence
B11	Monster X	Take A Walk
B12	Suppression	Flies On Shit
B13	Suppression	Unabomber
B14	Suppression	System Upheaval

**

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Team Shadetek - WSHT Radio Mix

Here's an album to mix it up, well, quite a damned bit. I am a huge fan of Team Shadetek, and this mix literally blows my mind. It comes close to DJ /Rupture's amazing mixes, but it does its own thing. Company Flow over Squarepusher. M.O.P. over Timeblind. Autechre and Ghostface in a hazy, harried and crackling background racing backwards with Ghost's steady flow.

Even if it's not your normal food for the ears, give it a try.

More Shadetek to come in the next few days!




** From Crucial Systems :

Released: October 31,2003

The first publicly available mixtape from SHADETEk label operators Soze and Zats1 WSHT: Radio Mix catalogs the rotation sheet for WSHT, an imaginary radio station with an outernational footprint. Originating in Team SHADETEk's own SHTBox studios on Manhattan Island and being relayed via New Zealand WSHT is BLAZING Hiphop, Noise and R+B although due to sketchy broadcasting techniques lord knows what else might seep through the cracks. The tracks chosen for heavy rotation at WSHT, unlike other competing Manhattan based radio stations, are not chosen by fat briefcases of cash. Instead they reflect a selection of musics from like-minded spirits distributed throughout different geographic time-zones and eras selected with an ear towards illustrating links between artists who didn't know that they were connected. There are also a number of exclusive original SHADETEk productions as well as tunes from SHT affiliates which you will have a very difficult time finding anywhere else.

Tracklisting:
01 King Honey - Trinity (Shadetek Remix) (4:12)Â featuring Hez And Gos., featuring Kamachi, remix by Team Shadetek
02 Organized Konfusion - Hate (3:06)
03.2 Autechre - Gantz Graf
03.1 M.O.P. - Cold As Ice (3:09)
04.1 Timeblind - Doubt (3:54)
04.2 Tribeca (2) - ESPN Theme featuring Pharoahe Monch
05.1 High Priest - Stimulus Stimulator (2:48)
05.2 M. Sayyid - Good Friday
06 M.O.P. - Ante Up.Rmx (1:35)Â featuring Busta Rhymes
07.1 Killa Mike - Akshon (3:33)
07.2 Modeselektor - In Loving Memory
08.2 Company Flow - Patriotism
08.1 Squarepusher - Big Loada (5:03)
09.1 Cormega - Killers Theme (4:18)
09.2 Team Shadetek - Play This. Inst.
09.1 - Killers Theme (4:18)Â featuring Mobb Deep
10.1 Dr. Dooom - I Run Rap (4:29)
10.2 Ed Rush & Optical - Sick Note
11 Tame One - Crazy (3:42)Â featuring Xing & Fox
12.1 Autechre - Netlon Sentinel (3:28)
12.2 Ghostface Killah - Stroke Of Death
13 Micranots - Balance (3:48)
14 Cyne - African Elephants (Danny L Remix) (3:11)Â remix by Danny L
15 Non Phixion - Black Helicopters (2:21)
16 Dp'Z - We Need A Revolution (2:23)
17 DJ /rupture - High Resolution (4:09)
18 North Manc Beds - Bugaboo (3:19)
19.1 Cee-Lo - Big Ole Words. (Damn). (2:45)
19.2 L'usine - Upcgriqr

**

Team Shadetek - WSHT Radio Mix (FLAC LOSSLESS)

Crimson Curse - Greatest Hits (Three One G 10)

From Last.FM

**
As Crimson Curse frontman Justin Pearson said in an interview with Skatepunk.net, “Jimmy LaValle and myself wanted to start a shitty band with no seriousness, no real message, just rock ‘n’ roll. Just to be shitty, start shit with stupid kids, try to play with bands that were assholes, jocks, straight edge, whatever, just as long as we didn’t fit in. Make punk threatening. Push people’s buttons. Get beat up. I think that whole seriousness in punk that we experienced from bands like Struggle or Downcast started this whole thing. At first it was important. People were saying interesting stuff, being informative, and so on. Then it went in some weird direction where it was so white-middle-upper-class, so safe and contrived. It was boring and nothing real was happening. I guess we just wanted to see something cool, something with fire and anger. But at the same time, test people. I think we set out to do something like the Dead Boys, or something along those lines. We got all these fucked-up kids together, made some punk music. That was it.”

The Crimson Curse had the sort of dark, swirling lava people that like Chuck Berry and Little Richard had in their veins. That edgy, wide-eyed angst, and that quaking, uneasy suspicion that all is not right in the world and maybe, just maybe, you (as that outta-step boy/girl with guitar/piano/voice) are the one to change things. (note: we’re talkin’ about rock ‘n’ roll in its purest form .
**

I remember the day I bought this album. It was the Tuesday that it came out. I was obsessed with Three.One.G and the musicians in and around this scene. I always seem to find the greats posthumously.

The Crimson Curse - Greatest Hits (FLAC LOSSLESS)

Constatine Sankathi - Discography (Council Records 12)

From Council Records:
** [Constatine Sankathi CD] CONSTATINE SANKATHI DISCOGRAPHY CD Council Records No. 12 Winter 1998 - Currently Out of Print Husniyah, I'm an Android, Esoteric, Canoe, Classical, Skies Are Home, Thanks for the Candy, In December, Listening Palms, Paint My Entire Body Black, Day, Rising Sun , Classical, Thanks for the Candy, Some Kind of Wonderful, Cold Air Falls , Forget Everything I Told You, Fully, Husniyah, Waxing the Boat Pressing Info: First Press - 1044 with Handscreened envelope covers with 32-page booklet (200 with handscreened CD sleeve, 100 with silver Cormac in lower right corner on front cover). Final 100 or so were CDR reproductions with all the original packaging.
**

I picked up the limited edition CDR with all the fancy trimmings. This band helped drive more of the discordant side of emo, not afraid to let the structure slip and fall into a chaotic release of human energy. It's different to listen to it now, but it represents a time of my life much different than now: a memory more detailed than a picture.

Constatine Sankathi - Discography (FLAC LOSSLESS)