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RADIO THITH Maximum Mutant Rn’B & Avant Pop mixtape #1

Here’s a summertime mixtape we made.
The Hundred In The Hands – Power Hour Mix by thehundredinthehands

Tracklist:

Depeche Mode – New Life
Suicide – Ghost Rider
The Comix – Touche Pas Mon Sexe
Giorgio Moroder – Utopia Me Giorgio
Madonna – Get Into The Groove
The Crystals – Then He Kissed Me
The Stooges – 1969
The Animals – Bright Lights , Big City
Beat Happening – Angel Gone
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears
J Dilla – Two Can Win
De La Soul – 3 The Magic Number
Ultramagnetic Mcs – Funky
Highlighters Band – The Funky 16 Corners
Mfsb – Love Is The Message
X Ray Spex – Identity
The Misfits – Skulls
Warren Smith – Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache
Majestic Arrows – If I Had A Little Love ( Rehearsal Tape)


DEPECHE MODE – NEW LIFE This might be a plastic advert for a brave new world, but Depeche Mode and a lot of the first wave of synth pop bands still remind us of a Blade Runner dystopia. The songs are skeletal and anemic, it’s the end of the world and the machines have run riot. New life, new life.


SUICIDE – GHOST RIDER Oh, yeah, M.I.A. used this didn’t she? I guess if you’re going to steal, steal from the best? We’re stealing it back.


THE COMIX – TOUCHE PAS MON SEXE …It might be a dystopia but it’s a spastic and sexy one.


GIORGIO MORODER – UTOPIA ME GIORGIO The name of this Dystopia will be Gorgio. First there was Kraftwerk and then came Moroder and everything was different.


MADONNA – GET INTO THE GROOVE Guilty pleasure maybe, but it’s good. admit it. And she’s another who learned (and stole) from the best.


THE CRYSTALS – THEN HE KISSED ME Romance, tears, and a wall of sound.


THE STOOGES – 1969 Broken glass, sex and a wall of sound.


THE ANIMALS – BRIGHT LIGHTS , BIG CITY Eric Burdon had one of those voices that could stop traffic. Gets us every time.


BEAT HAPPENING – ANGEL GONE the original DIY post punk bedroom pop. Simultaneously dysfunctional and proactive, Calvin Johnson and Beat Happening founded K records and defined the sound of the indie troubadour


SMOKEY ROBINSON + THE MIRACLES – THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS If this song doesn’t melt you, there’s something wrong with you.


J DILLA – TWO CAN WIN when the Donuts LP came out you could feel a shift. the story of it’s making is tragic and the sound is redemptive and nostalgic. Like lying in the living room listening to 45′s in a patch of sun on a Saturday morning.


DE LA SOUL – 3 THE MAGIC NUMBER We just love this record. the skits, the vibe, 1989 was a high water mark for the fun side of hip hop. On the other side of the year money and posturing would have their way and hip hop would never be the same,


Sample of field recording of girls in Washington D.C. playing double dutch. Off this old folk LP called, ‘Old Mother Hippletoe: Rural and Urban Children’s songs’


ULTRAMAGNETIC MCS – FUNKY Ultramagnetic never seems to get their due. They were mighty and their sound both tough and fun. It’s also from that bit of hip hop from the late 80′s, like golden oldies. Someone should really start a golden oldies hip hop radio station.


HIGHLIGHTERS BAND – THE FUNKY 16 CORNERS This song is so banging it’s criminal. That’s funky four to the right, funky four to the left, funky four to the back and funky for to the front. 16.


MFSB – LOVE IS THE MESSAGE It would be nice if we could just burn down the memory of Studio 54 and all the tacky pop culture references to disco and just get into it.


X RAY SPEX – IDENTITY No one ever screamed it quite so well.


THE MISFITS – SKULLS Okay, the lyrics are extremely ugly and more than a bit misogynistic but the man had a way with a hook. Combining the best of 50′s B movies with an adrenaline kick of 50′s pop. It’s always Halloween.


WARREN SMITH – RED CADILLAC AND A BLACK MUSTACHE Recorded at Sun around 1956 this is perfect, simple, 4 chords proto-punk. Jonathan Richmond in a ducktail.


MAJESTIC ARROWS – IF I HAD A LITTLE LOVE ( REHEARSAL TAPE)Closing it down with a final slow dance. This comes on a Numero Label soul comp. Excellent.

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