Slowcore

Picture the scene. You're flying back to Earth from the war on Venus that's still raging behind you. It's 6am. You've got 2 days off and then it's back to Venus for another bombing raid. All you want to do is smoke some of that Venetian bud and sleep for 2 days. This would be the first track you'd stick on as you flew into the sunrise to get galactically stoned.

Supermax - Ain't Gonna Feel

In 1981 Supermax toured as the first mixed-race band through South-Africa and Venda. Despite warnings and death threats, Supermax finished the tour, but this made some countries refuse permits for entry and consequently the group was black-listed by some political organizations. Crazy scenes for an Austrian disco band. Check the flip of this record for slightly larger BPM counts and the ace 'African Blood'.

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Yacht Rocking

There comes a time in a businessman's life when all he wants to do is buy some primo cocaine and some Laurent Perrier and retreat to the yacht and kick back to some rock music, preferably the kind recorded in a studio that had plenty of primo cocaine and Laurent Perrier lying around.

The kind of records that kept a lot of session guys in work for around 10 years from the late 70s. A lot of them went on to purchase yachts of their own.

Imagine the studio environment. Giant Neve desks, all 60 channels heaving with complicated guitar lines. 14 different kinds of reverb unit. Those Parker Fly guitars. Cocaine. Laurent Perrier. Books on musical theory. Cocaine.

Anyway, if you're planning on sailing this weekend this mix from the guys over at the Potionlords blog should see you in good stead. It'll take you away. To where you're going. Doo di doo.

Yacht 2 Nowhere: Live from Key West 1986

Tracklist:

The Sanford Townsend Band- Smoke From A Distant Fire
Christopher Cross- Never Be The Same
Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina- Nobody But You
Toto- Rosanna
Michael McDonald- Sweet Freedom
Steely Dan- Old School
Rupert Holmes- Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
America- Magic
Christopher Cross- Ride Like The Wind
Glenn Fry- Smugglers Blues
Hall & Oates- I Can't Go For That (Live)
Orleans- Reach
Mike Post Featuring Larry Carlton- Theme From Hill Street Blues
Jan Hammer- Theme from Miami Vice
Vangelis- Chariots of Fire Titles

Stop Bajon

The most infectious Balearic-Italo-pop record ever. Which isn't even a genre.

Best listened to in a dayglo Fiorucci top and shorts and a pair of those shades with the lights in them. In Rimini. This appearance on German TV featured a sitar player for no other reason than there was one lying around in the studio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5XtSItFQ3E

Tullio De Piscopo - Stop Bajon