Always on the hunt for some decent ear pleasure in the world of podcasts, i would like to recommend Cloudcast. Especially as the latest edition features a compilation by one of my favourite artists – Milieu. Cloudcast doesnt come along too often (only 7 in the last 2 years), but its worth the wait if you are into all things downtempo, shoegaze, and ambient.
Be sure to download all the past episodes featuring tracks from BOC, Freescha, FSOL, Vangelis, Helios, Autechre, Burial and Air to name just a few.
Cloudcast 007 Milieu – Orange Popsicles and Lemonade.
“Milieu’s passion has always been the music. He’s been recording since 2004, now that 5 years has passed, Milieu’s collection has a huge discography. To us we think he is a drone specialist, psychedelic master, haunting melody professor so we are happy that we got him to do this project for us. In this mixtape, he has somehow manage to crush 20 tracks into this one hour mix.”
01. Igor Stravinsky – Ritual Of The Ancestors
//. Jandek – The Clothes
02. The Beatles – It’s All Too Much
03. Hot Chocolate – Every 1’s A Winner
04. Bochum Welt – Arnos Park
05. The B-52’s – Dirty Back Road
06. Casino Versus Japan – Durusey
07. The Dandy Warhols – Ride
08. Ten And Tracer – East Glacr
09. CiM – Disk Three
10. Yasunori Mitsuda – Time Circuits
11. Roy Montgomery – Gang Of Four Vs. Peter Frampton
12. Sagor & Swing – Mjuk Skog
13. Lee Hazlewood – The Night Before
14. Angelo Badalamenti – The Pink Room
15. Igor Stravinsky – The Spring Divinations
16. Hovercraft – Transmitter Down
17. Schema – Echolalia…Curvilinear
18. Freescha – Abominable Love
19. Rob Montejo – Dear Donna
20. Spiritualized – Shine A Light
21. The B-52’s – Follow Your Bliss
Rob Da Bank followed up his release on Soma - ‘Shoegazing 1985′, with a similar set on Proton Radio:
01 School Of Seven Bells – Half Asleep
02 Lush – Sweetness And Light
03 M83 – Teen Angst
04 Passion Pit – Smile Upon Me
05 Animal Collective – In The Flowers
06 My Bloody Valentine – Soon (Andrew Weatherall Mix)
07 Ride – Vapour Trail
08 Jesus And The Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
09 Dinosaur Jr – Freak Scene
10 Ulrich Schnauss – On My Own
11 Spiritualized – If I Were With Her Now
12 Maps – You Don’t Know Her Name
13 Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll
The Sunday Best head honcho is curating a special Soma release: Shoegazing – 1985 – 2007. After listening to Rob’s Sunday Best Podcasts and Blue Room Sessions, its no surprise he is a big admirer of the Shoegaze genre, evident within his spectrum of respected Shoegaze tracks. Ulrich, M83, Boards of Canada and Shoegaze pioneers, the Cocteau Twins all feature along with some lesser known artists.
Sci-Fi-Lo-Fi: Compiled By Rob Da Bank (Shoegazing 1985 – 2007).
1. Jesus & Mary Chain “Just Like Honey”
2. Ultra Vivid Scene “Mercy Seat”
3. Dinosaur Jr. “Freak Scene”
4. Pale Saints “Sight of You”
5. Ride “Nowhere”
6. Spiritualized “If I Were With Her Now”
7. Chapterhouse “Pearl”
8. Slowdive “When The Sun Hits (Album Version)”
9. Lush “Sweetness & Light”
10. Boards Of Canada “Zoetrope”
11. Ulrich Schnauss “On My Own”
12. M83 “Teen Angst”
13. Cocteau Twins “Cherry Coloured Funk (Seefeel Mix)”
14. Maps “You Don’t Know Her Name”
15. Dean & Britta “White Horses”
If you are not 100% familiar with the Shoegaze genre and need somewhere to start, then this could be the ideal CD. The mix is due to be released March 16th. See more at Exclaim.ca and the Soma Website.
Always on the hunt for some decent ear pleasure in the world of podcasts, i would like to recommend Cloudcast. Especially as the latest edition features a compilation by one of my favourite artists – Milieu. Cloudcast doesnt come along too often (only 7 in the last 2 years), but its worth the wait if you are into all things downtempo, shoegaze, and ambient.
1. Jesus & Mary Chain “Just Like Honey”
