Last Sunday’s MBM offerings don’t seem to have been especially popular, but a few of you downloaded all of them. I’m offering you a special treat this Sunday: the 1993 “Peel Session” EP (Strange Fruit Records CD DEI8356-2), in its entirety. These tracks were performed on BBC Radio One on 13 December 1992. 1. Fire [...]
We’re approaching the end of the month, and I’ve got bandwidth to burn, baby. That means more MP3s for you, readers! Here’s some Meat Beat Manifesto for you. This is the four-part version of “Reanimator,” from the amazing 1989 LP “Storm the Studio” (available on CD: TVT 7266). “Storm the Studio” kicks so much butt [...]
Joey Beltram makes simple techno music. His tracks are a staple of many a set list. There’s nothing fancy or convoluted about this stuff; this is the basics. It’s not “deep house” or “gloomcore” or “hard acid.” This is what people are talking about when they’re talking about “techno.” Here are four tracks from “Joey [...]
Here, readers, are two nice techno tracks by Space DJ’z for you to download and enjoy: 1. AK47 (4.97 MB, 05:25) — From the 1998 album “Novamute Kompilation” (NovaMute 3040-2). How could such a combination of discordant sounds be combined into such an amazing track? It’s the beat, baby. 2. Hornsey Rise (4.33 MB, 04:44) [...]
Polygon Window is one of the many aliases used by Richard James, aka Aphex Twin. I can’t call myself a fan of Aphex Twin, but Polygon Window is some extremely good stuff. There is one Polygon Window LP, “Surfing on Sine Waves” (1993, re-released in 2001). One track from that album, “Quoth,” was released as [...]
You haven’t gotten any MP3s lately, readers. It’s high time I rectified that situation. Here are four tracks by Vapourspace, a favorite of mine. Vapourspace is the brainchild of Mark Gage, a man of considerable talent, who collaborates with various remix specialists to produce electronic music of the highest quality. I’m offering you the contents [...]
I went out of town last Friday, readers, and you didn’t get any Friday MP3s. I’ve been neglecting Dum Pendebat Filius lately, that’s for sure. I’ll make up for last week’s lapse with some good music now. This week I’m focusing on the fabled industrial label Wax Trax! Records, a longtime favorite of mine. Wax [...]
Today’s Friday, and this time you’re actually getting the Friday MP3s on a Friday, readers. Do I have my shit together now, or what? This week, the featured artist is Front 242, the Belgian industrial pioneers, a particular favorite of mine, part of my personal musical pantheon. Front 242 was basically synonymous with “industrial” during [...]
Last week, readers, you got the Friday MP3s a day early. This week, you’re getting them a day late. Isn’t that symmetrical? It’s reggae this week. You’re getting three tracks from Big Youth’s 1982 album “The Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style.” 1. Dread Inna Babylon (2.73 MB, 02:58) 2. Jah Jah Golden Jubilee (3.75 MB, [...]
I’m pretty fond of The Doors, although I’m nowhere near the kind of Doors fan I was when I was in my early twenties. While I was in Reno last month, I saw a billboard on the highway announcing that “The Doors of the 21st Century” were going to be playing at one of the [...]
