Spiderman Tribute Wednesday December 22, 2010 7PM - Midnight

Tributes along with a ripper from Luke Sick @ 45:00

my Spidey sense is emerging

i finally got around to archiving this past year's tribute right. one link at a time. so in no particular order, luke sick n megabusive get fresh.

Naomi Elizabeth - “Naomi” - [Self Release]

Naomi Elizabeth has produced and written some gems for the ever lasting bass booming dance party scene. Seemingly, not intended for dance clubs, I doubt she’d shy away from the success of their plays. However, her strength lies in the conviction found beyond the music. She is not shy about her body and one could categorize the sound as porno-electro. It’s not like Peaches in vulgarity, but there is a bit of Peaches in the mix. You can lay this down with Jahcoozi, Adult, and the in between. She’s on her own tip, stepping outside her girlish cuteness bringing a raw lo-fi sound to the table. The lyrics are sexy cute with the sounds reaching for comfort in the low end noise. With “Naomi” you can dig back into the vault of electro and fill the gaps, while not missing a beat. Mix and mash to your hearts delight!

Naomi Elizabeth / Tik///Tik [coll] - [Entropictarot]

It’s no surprise that Naomi Elizabeth has teamed up with Tik///Tik. There is an element to Naomi’s sound that lends to the rough and lo-fi elements of Tik///Tik. Tik///Tik is SR Cano out of So Cal (Whittier,CA to be exact) and a self proclaimed self indulging artist prone to tantrums and and plasticization of emotions. He makes experimental noise made with synths, samplers, and drum machines, falling in line along with artists like Health & the Mae Shi. Naomi Elizabeth beckons you into her badness with sparkling synths and her vocal coos.

I can't wait for tomorrow

It has been a record weekend.
FIRST - The Architects + Heroes collided at KFJC this past saturday. If you missed it, you can listen or save the interview and performance on our broadcast archives thru March 19th twamp11

Architects + Heroes live at KFJC
part I
part II
part III

when these drop off the DL, I'll get some links to vid & sound archives in rotation.

SECOND - MANY THANKS to DOMINIC TRIX, NUMBER 6, MAYBELLINE, MOODKILLER, & MORRIS MINOR (and anyone forgotten) WORMROT (Singapore) showed up by word on the street [they had heard KFJC is legendary] and performed live last minute!

WORMROT Live @ KFJC
PGM:
there's a transition from Spliff Skankin's Jah's Music to the Performance in the first few miuntes
listen HERE

THIRD - Listen to Groove Therapy EVERY Monday from 2-6 pm(PST) on KFJC 89.7fm

ps. heard Paul of Godstomper showed up during the Wormrot set..!

live mix of Leslie Keffer & Latyrx on Soundcloud

click above or paste this link - http://soundcloud.com/mstiza/leslie-keffer-latyrx-mix

Mira Calix - One On One -[Warp 2000]

Chantal Passamonte aka Mira Calix, moved to London in the 90's. Both she and her husband have worked with Warp, she as a press officer and he, Sean Booth, as one-half of Autechre. As a DJ she played with Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Aphex Twin, and Radiohead. In 2009, she received a British composer Award & the Royal Philharmonic Society Award. This album was released six ways and this is the CD release on Warp in 2000.

The minimalism is driven by noise/field/foley recordings. Tracks include slow building beats with her vocals sparse and drowned in velvet. Each track transforms and makes use of it's essence. Some are built around glitch & beats touching on ambient neo-classical. Others are awash in ethereal, bass heavy, and sample layered vox. Definitely for fans of Aphex Twin, Richard Devine, and the like.

P.s. the release includes two bonus tracks. Track 17 is a Boards of Canada of 'Sandsings' and the original is featured on track 18. The two vary quite a bit; with more glitch and beat in the remix & the original has a field recording ambience of static, bells, and looping vox.

3WR: lady cinder donna

Fool for Love

^^ CLICK THE TITLE FOR PLAYLIST ^^

It's not every year I do a Valentine's Day show, but since my show happened to land on the holiday, I thought I'd give love a chance. So here's just an hour of the show at soundcloud. You can always grab the airchecks for two weeks at kfjc.org/broadcast_archives.

for your listening pleasure, download or listen to the whole show in four parts:
pt. 1



pt.2



pt. 3



pt 4.

FM - BX Tape Society 001

FM-BX Society Tape 001
S.S. Records

This was originally released in a 200 copy run on tape for radio promotion out of Belgium. This vinyl issuing is limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Isolation Ward and Unit 4 are from Belgium and the Scottish band the Topplers are the three bands featured. Alan Henry of the Topplers runs Toppler Records now, but during the time of this recording played some straight forward garage punk. They might not Topple(r) you over, but if it weren’t one of the band memebers, Alan Henry, we may not have seen this release. Both Isolation Ward and Unit 4 feature females and similar sounds. Isolation Ward releases cold wave post punk and continued to record and release after this comp. As the notes read, the Topplers thought that they were the cutting edge band on this comp, but as you listen it is obvious that Unit 4 is the stand outs. Four females who have seemed to disappear made post punk no wave sounds that were far ahead of it’s time, at least in Belgium. This begs the question that is printed on the note from Alan Henry, WHERE ARE YOU UNIT FOUR???

Garden of Morming

Click the link above for the complete list of tracks. check out the show here

Yole Boys - “Megakut #1″ - [Megakut Records]

This cassette release is limited to 250 copies. It’s a mega mix from your faves DJ Quest(SF) on cuts and “records” alongside Fatees(OAK) with his “Bay”ami Bass style. These two hold it down with samples and beats that make you want to whip your hair back and forth. Keep a lookout for Megakut Records. They are taking back cassette culture by releasing mixtapes and local side projects from Hip Hop greats; including a slice of pulp fiction. Don’t sleep on this!

Peanut Butter Wolf - Straight to Tape (the 4-track years 1990-1992)

These recordings were made during a 3 year period when PB Wolf was living with his mom in the east foothills of San Jose. It was between 1990-1992 that PB Wolf made these tracks with the vocals recorded straight into headphones ran through a mixer and into the 4-track. All tracks are produced by PB Wolf but feature several emcees. There is a distinct rap style from this era. that one must be mindful of when indulging into this release. This is post Lyrical Prophecy and you hear Quiz One and Deshee on this release. Charizma makes a few appearances here and transcends the style he was to become known for, as these tracks are a bit rougher. Or maybe it's just that this whole release is a bit rougher. In the east coast New Jack swing was the style of the moment that was making it's way to the west. You can hear that on Quiz One's & Charizma's tracks. There is a bit of early gangster rap styles on N.O.T.U.'s tracks. Peace Maker has a ragga style that also came to the forefront in the early 90s rap scene. PB Wolf made beats from samples and loops and he details this in the liner notes. That said, PB Wolf didn't remix or taint these tracks for this release. There is a trajectory that PB Wolf and all west coast hip hop is affected by after these recordings. In 1993, Charizma was murdered while stopped at a light in East Palo Alto. Shortly after, PB Wolf started Stones Throw and put out "My World Premier" honoring Charizma. After Charizma's passing, PBW had no intention of working with any other emcees. Consider this an archive of an era that had little national attention and spawned the direction of what was to become of Peanut Butter Wolf.

Rakaa - Crown Of Thorns [Decon]

Rakaa (Taylor) aka Iriscience is one third of Dilated Peoples. This is his debut solo album. Although this is his debut solo attempt, it is full of guest producers and vocalists. The tracks themes and styles are equally diverse yet cohesive. Rakaa is not only an emcee, but a graff artist and advertising student. He shows his roots sharing the mic with Hip Hop's finest. He keeps his cadence solid and forceful, "calling it how he sees it". He touches on subjects like big business, love, survival, art, & hip hop subculture.



Producers include King Jahzzy[2], Evidence[3], Exile[4], DJ Babu[5,8], Oh No[6], DJ Honda [7], Eric Bobo & DJ Rhettmatic [10], the Alchemist [11,13], El-P [12]. Vocal guests include Aloe Blacc [1], Mad Lion[2], KRS-One [4], Krondon [8], Noelle Scaggs [10], Evidence, Fshawn, Defari [11], Chali 2na[12], and a whole lineup of players on track 7.

Lang 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11

The Psychadelic Aliens

This Academy release is bound to please fans of blues, funk, and garage. It's less psychadelic but to the Lebanese and Ghanian's that made up the band and the time they emerged, it was this era of music that impacted their sound and success. In Accra, Ghana; they played with visiting bands and solo gigs as often as they could. They shared bills with big players, but early in their it was the Heartbeats who would change their path when they shared their equipment with the band. The Psychadelic Aliens began to purchase their amps and PA from touring bands whose contracts had ended and this is how they acquired their Vox Continental organ which you hear throughout this release. The booklet enlightens you to the depth of this equipment endeavor (fuzz and wah wah pedals) as well as their influences. Tracks 2 & 8 are instrumental, and track 3 is heavily influenced by Jimmy Hendrix vox. Enjoy this one with a bit of nostalgia for the times and you will not be let down.

Fat Worm of Error - Broods [ecstatic peace/open mouth]

What else would you expect from the instrumentalists who are Fat Worm of Error? Compost? Compositions, more likely. On 'Broods', FWoE work with additional players including Bhob Rainey (Nmperign) on soprano saxaphone , Jeremy Starpoli on trombone, Victore Signore on tenor sax, and Peter Bonos on Trumpet. Tracks are free and disjointed, like getting your shoulder dislocated by the bully who was doing you a favor, he could have punched your lights out. It will hurt, you may hear shrieks, black out and wake up to the angelic chants & the clanging of what you thought was pots and pans, but alas is simply FWoE and your shoulder is still attached. Bass, guitar, and drums fence in this zoo of roaming horns, samples, and sounds-which includes affected vocals thrown about. Things may be crawling and climbing along when suddenly the ground shifts and shards of glass rain down. Be warned, Fat Worm of Error will entice those who like the minimal with the unbearable.

ARCHITECTS + HEROES Sampler Vol.1

Architects + Heroes is a label & collective comprised of like minded musicians, producers, and sound artists based in CA. DJ Stephen R[uiz], William Rosario , & H.A. Eugene play many roles in this project. DJ Stephen R is part of the duo Zygote(not to be confused with the UK crust-punk or Czech noise-ambient oufits of the same name) and the Summer of Flux. Ruiz hails from the post bubble pop (internet and music) era of SF electronic music producers. Burbank International & Business 80 is SF's H.A. Eugene of the Electronic/DJ group, the Luxury Tax. Burbank Int'l has recently garnered some attention locally for his full length release, City of Burbank. Another main player is William Rosario aka Asymmetrical Head (IDM, ambient, electronic) and Quiliuq (his techno house project). The pairing of the singer-songwriter elements of Eugene along side Ruiz and Rosario's electronic based production works well, producing a collection languid and lush ambiance. In my opinion, too many artists, when merging genres (electronic, neo/electro folk, ambient, IDM) have fallen short with under produced-over production or macro minimalism; ultimately leaving my ears in want of more. In this case the A+H collective have a cross genre cohesion within the individual projects and the sampler as a whole.

You can check out the A+H V.1 Sampler on bandcamp.

Visit their blog for all the updates on Architects & Heroes