Welcome to Show-off #16!
Show-off is a mixtape to showcase tracks from post-punk, coldwave, darkwave, synthpop, new wave, or other related styles.
Hope that you’ll love these songs as much as we do. Stay safe, be kind, and play this mix loud!
The songs:
01. The Cure - Play for Today
https://www.thecure.com/
02. Spectres - Years of Lead
https://spectresvancouver.bandcamp.com/
03. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Verlieb Dich In Mich
RIP Gabi Delgado-López.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/12830-Deutsch-Amerikanische-Freundschaft
04. Fearing - Sherbert
SERAMMMM.
https://fearing.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-2
05. The Midnight Computers - Tears
https://themidnightcomputers.bandcamp.com/releases
06. Sexores - Volantia
https://sexores.bandcamp.com/album/salamanca
07. Aurat - Nasha
Novan's monthly recommendation #1.
https://aurat.bandcamp.com/album/zeher
08. Police des moeurs - Diagramme
What a track! What a band.
https://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-143-police-des-moeurs-pe-ril
09. The Tacks - One Last Goodbye
https://thetacksband.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
10. Boy Harsher - R.O.V (New Beat Edit PTP Session)
https://boyharsher.bandcamp.com/track/r-o-v-new-beat-edit-part-time-punks-session
11. Las Kellies - Rid of You
Novan's monthly recommendation #2.
https://laskelliesmusic.bandcamp.com/
12. Sixth June - We Are All the Same
https://sixthjune.bandcamp.com/track/we-are-all-the-same
13. Nite Fields - Chase It
https://nitefields.bandcamp.com/album/a-voyeur-makes-no-mark
14. Zanias - Limerence
https://zanias.bandcamp.com/album/harmaline
15. Zarkoff - Getting Away (feat. Salmonella Fitzgerald)
https://dearsoil.bandcamp.com/album/zarkoff-testosteronia-ep
16. Neutrals - NO 82
https://neutrals.bandcamp.com/album/rent-your-house-e-p
17. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
One of my most favourite air-drumming track. RIP Nigel Preston.
http://thecult.us/SONICTEMPLE/
18. Isolated Youth - 1984
Novan's monthly recommendation #3.
https://isolatedyouth.bandcamp.com/album/iris
19. True Body - Spirit City
https://truebody.bandcamp.com/album/heavenly-rhythms-for-the-uninitiated-2
20. Dock Hellis - Feed
https://dockhellis.bandcamp.com/
21. ADULT. - Why Always Why
https://adultmusic.bandcamp.com/album/perception-is-as-of-deception
22. Gold Cage - Shadows
https://goldcage.bandcamp.com/releases
23. Mother Juno - Hey, Little Child
https://popnihil.bandcamp.com/album/mother-juno
24. Low Life - Catholic Guilt
Novan's monthly recommendation #4.
https://lowlife.bandcamp.com/
25. The Column - Tastes the Same
https://funeralparty.bandcamp.com/album/sparrows-tongue
26. The Sound - Total Recall
Remembering Adrian Borland, 04/26/1999. One of the greatest tracks from one of the great.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/171148-The-Sound-2?limit=500&page=1
27. Motorama - The New Era
https://mmmotoramaaa.bandcamp.com/track/the-new-era-single
28. Forever Grey - Nothing
https://forevergrey.bandcamp.com/album/departed
29. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
RIP Matthew Seligman. Great bass player.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/263829-The-Soft-Boys
30. Throbbing Gristle - United
RIP Genesis P-Orridge.
http://www.throbbing-gristle.com/
Saturday, 2 May 2020
Sunday, 29 March 2020
Show-off #15 - John McGeoch's Wizardry
On Show-off #15, let's cherish the musical brilliance of John McGeoch, a Scottish musician, most well-known for his works as a guitar player/multi-instrumentalist for Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Public Image Ltd.
Play this mix loud. Respect the wizard.
From the late 70s to the early 90s, McGeoch's style and tone; his use of textures rather than his solos, but able to dream up dramatic riffs and chord changes and blistering fills, set as one of the most important foundations of post-punk (or other related styles) guitar playing. Key characteristics of his playing style include inventive arpeggio, flange effect pedal, string harmonics and occasional disregard for conventional scales.
There are hundreds of things on the internet about his musical brilliance, some must-read archives/stories for you who are into guitar playing or just a general music fan. Search it, read it, and hear him play.
Here are some of the very best acknowledgements about his guitar wizardry.
Johnny Marr: (1) "Really my generation was all about a guy called John McGeoch, from Siouxsie and the Banshees". (2) "When I was in my teens, there weren't many new guitar players who were interesting and of their time.[...] John McGeoch. [His work] was really innovative guitar music which was pretty hard to find back then. To a young guitar player like myself, those early Banshees singles were just class". (3) "It's so clever. He's got this really good picking thing going on which is very un-rock'n'roll and this actual tune he's playing is really quite mysterious."
Budgie: "Without any disrespect to all the other guitarists we have worked with, none had the relaxed mastery and such a depth of expression as John McGeoch. No amount of scrutiny of filmed 'Live' performance tapes could reveal the subtle economy of technique that made an apparently complex phrase look so deceptively simple. Exasperated guitarists would often comment, "But his hands don’t even move!".
Siouxsie Sioux: "John McGeoch was my favourite guitarist of all time. He was into sound in an almost abstract way. I loved the fact that I could say, "I want this to sound like a horse falling off a cliff", and he would know exactly what I meant. He was easily, without a shadow of a doubt, the most creative guitarist the Banshees ever had".
The songs:
01. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
One of the most amazing songs in history. It has everything: the drumming, the basslines, the vocals, and, of course, McGeoch's guitar. Taken from "Juju" (1981), an album which put Sioux-Severin-Budgie-McGeoch quartet as my personal S and the B favourite line-up. Just listen to that guitar intro, man.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/80501-Siouxsie-The-Banshees
02. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Fireworks
Same with the previous, this song is a pure class.
03. Magazine - Shot by Both Sides
McGeoch's first appearance in an album. Post-punk prog? Punk-prog? Err, whatever. Great song (and band), tho.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/26054-Magazine
04. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween
Listen to that shrieking but perfectly toned guitar, man. It really adds the haunting energy.
05. Public Image Ltd. - The Body
McGeoch joined PiL in 1986. One of the most fascinating things about John McGeoch is his ability to adjust his playing to any kind of bands he's in, without losing his own characteristic.
http://www.pilofficial.com/info.html
06. Public Image Ltd. - Disappointed
From virtuoso-style to amazing jangly to an exploding chorus. McGeoch makes this John Lydon's sakit-hati-song incredible.
07. Magazine - A Song from Under the Floorboards
One of my favourite Magazine's tracks. Great basslines.
08. The Sugarcubes - Gold
They invited McGeoch to play the guitar on this song. Taken from their final LP, "Stick Around for Joy" (1992).
https://www.discogs.com/artist/9452-The-Sugarcubes
09. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House
Taken from "Kaleidoscope" (1980), McGeoch's first LP with the Banshees (after they persuaded him to leave Magazine).
10. Peter Murphy - The Light Pours Out of Me
The Bauhaus frontman decided to do Magazine's song on one of his solos. Is there any better guitar player to play it than the original one? Of course not.
https://www.petermurphy.info/
11. Visage - Tar
You heard that great sax? Yes, John McGeoch also played the saxophone!
http://www.therealvisage.com/
12. Public Image Ltd. - Open and Revolving
Amazing guitar playing. Successfully make me air-guitaring, all the time.
13. Zzzang Tumb - Dans
Apart from his legendary guitar career, John McGeoch also produced this Swedish punk-funk band's LP. Good stuff.
https://www.discogs.com/Zzzang-Tumb-Zzzang-Tumb/release/1045095
14. Public Image Ltd. - Warrior
Dancey industrial-style guitar playing, anyone?
15. Magazine - Because You're Frightened
Perfect guitar tone (as always).
16. The Armoury Show - We Can Be Brave Again
The press sometimes cited McGeoch as "New wave's Jimmy Page" lol. Yeah, we can say this band/album/song invigorated that claim.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/92991-The-Armoury-Show
17. Magazine - My Tulpa
Listen to that distinctive 'mosquito larvae' sound.
Further hearing from John McGeoch's wizardry: The Wise Men - Knowledge, Generation X - What Do You Want?, Matthew Sweet - Brotherhood, Heaven 17 - Red.
Play this mix loud. Respect the wizard.
From the late 70s to the early 90s, McGeoch's style and tone; his use of textures rather than his solos, but able to dream up dramatic riffs and chord changes and blistering fills, set as one of the most important foundations of post-punk (or other related styles) guitar playing. Key characteristics of his playing style include inventive arpeggio, flange effect pedal, string harmonics and occasional disregard for conventional scales.
There are hundreds of things on the internet about his musical brilliance, some must-read archives/stories for you who are into guitar playing or just a general music fan. Search it, read it, and hear him play.
Here are some of the very best acknowledgements about his guitar wizardry.
Johnny Marr: (1) "Really my generation was all about a guy called John McGeoch, from Siouxsie and the Banshees". (2) "When I was in my teens, there weren't many new guitar players who were interesting and of their time.[...] John McGeoch. [His work] was really innovative guitar music which was pretty hard to find back then. To a young guitar player like myself, those early Banshees singles were just class". (3) "It's so clever. He's got this really good picking thing going on which is very un-rock'n'roll and this actual tune he's playing is really quite mysterious."
Budgie: "Without any disrespect to all the other guitarists we have worked with, none had the relaxed mastery and such a depth of expression as John McGeoch. No amount of scrutiny of filmed 'Live' performance tapes could reveal the subtle economy of technique that made an apparently complex phrase look so deceptively simple. Exasperated guitarists would often comment, "But his hands don’t even move!".
Siouxsie Sioux: "John McGeoch was my favourite guitarist of all time. He was into sound in an almost abstract way. I loved the fact that I could say, "I want this to sound like a horse falling off a cliff", and he would know exactly what I meant. He was easily, without a shadow of a doubt, the most creative guitarist the Banshees ever had".
The songs:
01. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
One of the most amazing songs in history. It has everything: the drumming, the basslines, the vocals, and, of course, McGeoch's guitar. Taken from "Juju" (1981), an album which put Sioux-Severin-Budgie-McGeoch quartet as my personal S and the B favourite line-up. Just listen to that guitar intro, man.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/80501-Siouxsie-The-Banshees
02. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Fireworks
Same with the previous, this song is a pure class.
03. Magazine - Shot by Both Sides
McGeoch's first appearance in an album. Post-punk prog? Punk-prog? Err, whatever. Great song (and band), tho.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/26054-Magazine
04. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween
Listen to that shrieking but perfectly toned guitar, man. It really adds the haunting energy.
05. Public Image Ltd. - The Body
McGeoch joined PiL in 1986. One of the most fascinating things about John McGeoch is his ability to adjust his playing to any kind of bands he's in, without losing his own characteristic.
http://www.pilofficial.com/info.html
06. Public Image Ltd. - Disappointed
From virtuoso-style to amazing jangly to an exploding chorus. McGeoch makes this John Lydon's sakit-hati-song incredible.
07. Magazine - A Song from Under the Floorboards
One of my favourite Magazine's tracks. Great basslines.
08. The Sugarcubes - Gold
They invited McGeoch to play the guitar on this song. Taken from their final LP, "Stick Around for Joy" (1992).
https://www.discogs.com/artist/9452-The-Sugarcubes
09. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House
Taken from "Kaleidoscope" (1980), McGeoch's first LP with the Banshees (after they persuaded him to leave Magazine).
10. Peter Murphy - The Light Pours Out of Me
The Bauhaus frontman decided to do Magazine's song on one of his solos. Is there any better guitar player to play it than the original one? Of course not.
https://www.petermurphy.info/
11. Visage - Tar
You heard that great sax? Yes, John McGeoch also played the saxophone!
http://www.therealvisage.com/
12. Public Image Ltd. - Open and Revolving
Amazing guitar playing. Successfully make me air-guitaring, all the time.
13. Zzzang Tumb - Dans
Apart from his legendary guitar career, John McGeoch also produced this Swedish punk-funk band's LP. Good stuff.
https://www.discogs.com/Zzzang-Tumb-Zzzang-Tumb/release/1045095
14. Public Image Ltd. - Warrior
Dancey industrial-style guitar playing, anyone?
15. Magazine - Because You're Frightened
Perfect guitar tone (as always).
16. The Armoury Show - We Can Be Brave Again
The press sometimes cited McGeoch as "New wave's Jimmy Page" lol. Yeah, we can say this band/album/song invigorated that claim.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/92991-The-Armoury-Show
17. Magazine - My Tulpa
Listen to that distinctive 'mosquito larvae' sound.
Further hearing from John McGeoch's wizardry: The Wise Men - Knowledge, Generation X - What Do You Want?, Matthew Sweet - Brotherhood, Heaven 17 - Red.
Sunday, 1 March 2020
Show-off #14
Doing the best I can as a fan.
Welcome to Show-off #14. Hope that you’ll love these songs as much as I do. Play it loud!
1. Nightmare - Overreaction
Novan's monthly recommendation #1. Achtung ADK, what a great compilation!
https://billotontraeger.bandcamp.com/album/achtung-adk
2. Set-Top Box - Alien Game
https://erstetheketontraeger.bandcamp.com/album/ett-077-set-top-box-tv-guide-test-lp
3. Gang of Four - We Live As We Dream, Alone
A list of (so-called) "best guitarists" without mentioning Andy Gill in it is a total bullshit kind of list. Andy Gill forever. RIP.
https://gangoffour.uk/
4. Die Letzten Ecken - Der Wind
Another amazing track from Achtung ADK! See link no. 1.
5. Liiek - Consent
Achtung ADK! See link no. 1.
6. Choir Boy - Complainer
Beautiful melody (as always). Taken from their upcoming debut!
https://choirboy.bandcamp.com/album/gathering-swans
7. Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
One of my fave duos of all time. The song (and the LP) is 35 years already!
https://tearsforfears.com/
8. Dead Cells - Cognition
What. A. Great. Track. Excellent artwork, too. Goes way beyond "when punks playing post-punk" term indeed.
https://deadcells.bandcamp.com/album/i
9. June - Behind the Walls
https://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-134-june-silver-demon-lp
10. Sally Dige - It's You I'm Thinking Of
We love Sally and you should too.
https://sallydige.bandcamp.com/track/its-you-im-thinking-of
11. Palissade - L’hiver
https://palissade.bandcamp.com/
12. SDH - Suffer
https://semioticsdepartmentofheteronyms.bandcamp.com/
13. Analytica - Submission
Love the basslines. Early New Order-esque without sounding like the early New Order-esque.
https://analytica.bandcamp.com/album/analytica
14. Solo Ansamblis - Piligrimai II
Lithuania!
https://soloansamblis.bandcamp.com/
15. Working Men's Club - Bad Blood
Leeds? Who cares, let's dance.
https://workingmensclubb.bandcamp.com/
16. Shopping - Trust in Us
The shopping deals you can trust. No T&C needed for that nice basslines.
https://shoppingfc.bandcamp.com/album/all-or-nothing
17. iamnoone - Aggressive
https://iamnoone1.bandcamp.com/album/a-primitive-trinitas
18. Television - See No Evil
The only TV we should believe. Marquee Moon is turning 43!
https://www.discogs.com/artist/254494-Television
19. Karen Marks - Cold Cafe
NGAFE. Great track btw. Oh, I love the name Efficient Space. Sounds so, well, efficient.
https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/album/cold-caf
Welcome to Show-off #14. Hope that you’ll love these songs as much as I do. Play it loud!
1. Nightmare - Overreaction
Novan's monthly recommendation #1. Achtung ADK, what a great compilation!
https://billotontraeger.bandcamp.com/album/achtung-adk
2. Set-Top Box - Alien Game
https://erstetheketontraeger.bandcamp.com/album/ett-077-set-top-box-tv-guide-test-lp
3. Gang of Four - We Live As We Dream, Alone
A list of (so-called) "best guitarists" without mentioning Andy Gill in it is a total bullshit kind of list. Andy Gill forever. RIP.
https://gangoffour.uk/
4. Die Letzten Ecken - Der Wind
Another amazing track from Achtung ADK! See link no. 1.
5. Liiek - Consent
Achtung ADK! See link no. 1.
6. Choir Boy - Complainer
Beautiful melody (as always). Taken from their upcoming debut!
https://choirboy.bandcamp.com/album/gathering-swans
7. Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
One of my fave duos of all time. The song (and the LP) is 35 years already!
https://tearsforfears.com/
8. Dead Cells - Cognition
What. A. Great. Track. Excellent artwork, too. Goes way beyond "when punks playing post-punk" term indeed.
https://deadcells.bandcamp.com/album/i
9. June - Behind the Walls
https://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-134-june-silver-demon-lp
10. Sally Dige - It's You I'm Thinking Of
We love Sally and you should too.
https://sallydige.bandcamp.com/track/its-you-im-thinking-of
11. Palissade - L’hiver
https://palissade.bandcamp.com/
12. SDH - Suffer
https://semioticsdepartmentofheteronyms.bandcamp.com/
13. Analytica - Submission
Love the basslines. Early New Order-esque without sounding like the early New Order-esque.
https://analytica.bandcamp.com/album/analytica
14. Solo Ansamblis - Piligrimai II
Lithuania!
https://soloansamblis.bandcamp.com/
15. Working Men's Club - Bad Blood
Leeds? Who cares, let's dance.
https://workingmensclubb.bandcamp.com/
16. Shopping - Trust in Us
The shopping deals you can trust. No T&C needed for that nice basslines.
https://shoppingfc.bandcamp.com/album/all-or-nothing
17. iamnoone - Aggressive
https://iamnoone1.bandcamp.com/album/a-primitive-trinitas
18. Television - See No Evil
The only TV we should believe. Marquee Moon is turning 43!
https://www.discogs.com/artist/254494-Television
19. Karen Marks - Cold Cafe
NGAFE. Great track btw. Oh, I love the name Efficient Space. Sounds so, well, efficient.
https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/album/cold-caf
Friday, 31 January 2020
Show-off #13
Happy New Year!
First Show-off of 2020.
Doing the best I can as a fan. Hope that you’ll love these songs as much as I do. Play this mix loud and have a nice day!
The songs:
First Show-off of 2020.
Doing the best I can as a fan. Hope that you’ll love these songs as much as I do. Play this mix loud and have a nice day!
The songs:
1. Martin Dupont - Inside Out
Such an icon. French legend.
2. Riki - Bose Lugen (Body Mix)
We love Niff Nawor and you should too.
3. Un Hombre Solo - Aferrado
4. M!R!M - Another Life Another Time (feat. Kat Day)
Solid songwriting craft.
5. Haende - Armia
6. Blind Seagull - Hunt
7. Twin Tribes - Fantasmas
One of the best LPs of 2020? You bet.
8. Fearing - Good Talks
Fearing is believing. Seram.
9. Lovers Guilt - Let Love Flow
Putting this track after Fearing? Why not? :)
10. The Serfs - Ringing the Changes
11. Deserta - Monica
12. The Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair
Billy MacKenzie! RIP.
13. The Ire - The Adventitious
Novan’s monthly recommendation #1.
14. Double Echo - Automatic Doors
15. Succubus - Incubus
Bandung, Indonesia. Novan’s monthly recommendation #2.
16. Cold Beat - Flat Earth
Novan’s monthly recommendation #3.
17. Turquoise Days - Grey Skies
Classic.
18. Public Memory - Before I Forget
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