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2 posts tagged ananda shankar

Jacqui’s awesome compilation for designers.mx, an unlikely mix of Krautrock, Ethiopian Jazz, Cambodian Pop, Surf Rock, Exotica & Louisiana-swamp-voodoo-chants, combine to conjure rhythms of a primal journey – sometimes fragile, sometimes violent.
One Thousand Tears Of A Tarantula - Dengue Fever
Dancing Drums - Ananda Shankar
Love Dance - Les Baxter
Yègellé Tezeta - Mulatu Astatqé
Oh Yeah - Can
Misiriou - Martin Denny
Sleepwalk - The Ventures
Danse Kalinda Ba Doom - Dr. John
The Three - Secret Chiefs 3
I Put A Spell On You - Screaming Jay Hawkins

Jamie’s second mix for designers.mx. Some quieter & prettier tunes here, but still alien, psychedelic & cinematic* enough to keep your brain kindled. Lots of strings, twangs, la-la-las & ooo-ooo-ooos. Was looking to get some of that weird dreaminess across in the art too – apologies if anyone was expecting something a little more proggy…
*Les Fusées by Alain Goraguer is from the awesome animated movie Fantastic Planet (La Planete Sauvage), Come Maddalena by Sun City Girls is a cover of Ennio Morricone’s Come Un Madrigale from the soundtrack to Dario Argento’s Four Flies on Grey Velvet (Quattro Mosche Di Velluto Grigio) and J.G. Thirlwell (Foetus) is the dude who scores the cartoon masterpiece The Venture Bros.
Black Shabbis: The Trail of Libels - Jamie Saft
The River - Ananda Shankar
Les Fusées - Alain Goraguer
The Yelm Sessions - Eyvind Kang
Daily Living - Kaada
The End Times - Secret Chiefs 3
Marcha De La Santa Sangre - Orthodox
Habibaty (My Beloved) - Omar Khorshid
Come Maddalena - Sun City Girls
O Putrid Sun (For Yuko) - Foetus
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