The Twisted Groove is a weekly radio show on KSFR fm 101.1 Santa Fe airing Saturday eves 10pm to midnight (MT). Spinifex plays a groove-based exploration of the past, present and future of Electronic, Indie, Rare Groove, Funk, Soul, Experimental, and Afro Funk propelling your music pleasures into futurity!

I recently picked up the newest Nortec Collective disc which is over a year old now. It reminds me of seeing the exhibit of the de la Torre Brothers at the Hispanic Cultural Center some time back. Those guys are amazing artists blending new and old, fine art and folk art into a new fine art they call Meso-Americhanics. One of their pieces included the music of the Nortec Collective as part of the piece. Both the Nortec Collective and the de la Torre Brothers seem to be working from a similar artistic place evoking a comparable sensory response. This week’s Twisted Groove starts off with the blend of Latin and electronic music and moves from there.

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Shake It Up – Nortec Collective / Tijuana Sound Machine
Autobahn – Senor Coconut / El Baile Aleman
Shake Your Coconut – Junior Senior / D. D. Don’t Stop the Beat
Salta Lenin El Atlas – Kinky / Atlas
Otra Vez – Los Amiggos Invisibles / Los Amigos Invisibles
Dandy del Sure – Nortec Collective / Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3
Trans Europe Express – Senor Coconut / El Baile Aleman

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Electrolatino – Ricardo Villalobos (remix by Senior Coconut) / Salvador
Mexican Drugstore – Panoptica (remixing David J) / Ahora yo a Ti
Casino Soul – Nortec Collective / The Tijuana Sessions Vol 1

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Kinky Bisturi – Panoptica / Panoptica (EP collection)
Sign – Nobukazu Takemura / Hoshi No Koe
Don’t Be Light – Air / 10,000 Hz
Turn it On – Ladytron / Light and Magic
Running – Stereo MC’s / Deep down and Dirty

IV
Little Bighorn – Thomas Fehlmann / Honigpumpe
Disk_Dusk – Mouse on Mars / Mium Miggung
300ml (milk) – Rei Harakami / Opa*q

V
Yungle – The Orb / The Orb Sessions Vol. 1
Don’t Be Light – Air / 10,000 Hz

This weeks Twisted Groove was sparked by the most recent tour of Dean & Britta (of Luna fame). They have composed music for and are touring with Screen Tests films of Andy Warhol. Someone once called Luna’s music Dream Pop which I think is a fitting description. So this weeks show tries to blend other artist that might fall into the Dream Pop category. Regrettably the second set recording was stopped short by yet another computer glitch. When I can find the time I would like to recreate the second set.

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Disc 1
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Slash Your Tires – Luna / Luna Park
Butterfly – Hector Zazou & Katie James / Garside
Deama Vinora – Savath + Savales / Manana
A Chapter In The Life of Mathiew – The Gentle Waves / The Green Fields of Foreverland
Melody Nelson – Serge Gainsbourgh / “Remix”
TSOM – Bertrand / The Sssound of Mmmusic
Péché D’envie – Carla Bruni / Comme Si De Rien N’etait
Sound? – Stereolab / O Scillious From The Anti Sun

II
Opus 40 – Mercury Rev / Deserter’s Songs
23 Minutes In Brussels – Luna / Penthouse
Tugboat – Galaxie 500 / Today
Pretty Bird – Jenny Lewis / Acid Tongue
A Year Without Light – Arcade Fire / Funeral
Your Baby – Dean & Britta / L’avventura
Painbirds – Sparklehorse / Good Morning Spider

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III
Bonnie and Clyde – Luna (featuring Laetitia Sadler of Stereolab) / Penthouse
No Difference – Everything But The Girl / Temperatmental
Kovin Lentaen Kotiin Kaipllan – (Gilles Peterson) Kuusumum Profeeta / Broken Folk Funk Latin Soul
You and I – Wilco (with Leslie Feist) / (The Album)

IV
Guadalupe – Combustible Edison / Combustible Edison
St. Equistie’s Confessions – Of Montreal / Skeletal Lamping
Wordless Cocus – My Morning Jacket / My Morning Jacket
Nightly Cares – Mum / Summer Make Good
Freakin’ and Peakin’ – Luna / Penthouse

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Skyway – Skynet (Juan Atkins) / Infiniti

Confession – James Rushkin / Into Submission

Untitled – Terrence Dixon / From the Far Future

Esquina del Sol – Cristian Vogel / Rescate 137

A lot Like U – Blake Baxter / Dream Sequence 3 The Collective

Freelancer – Pacou / Tresor 2000 Comp Vol 8

II

Agent Wood [Original Mix] – Robert Hood, UK Gold / Robert Hood Fabric 39

Still Here [los Hermanos Remix] – Robert Hood / Robert Hood Fabric 39

Pulp Funktion 2 – Robert Hood, , John Thomas / Robert Hood Fabric 39

Greatest Dancer – Robert Hood / Robert Hood Fabric 39

Exclamantion – Robert Hood, Low Life / Robert Hood Fabric 39

And Then We Planned Our Escape – Robert Hood / Robert Hood Fabric 39

Element 12 – Robert Hood / Robert Hood Fabric 39

Bounce Your Body To The Box– Kevin Saunderson (Reese + Santonio) / Faces + Phases

Merciless Pt. 1 – Geoff White + Stewart Walker / Discord

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III

Electrotino – Ricardo Villalobos (Senor Coconut Remix) / Salvador

Tijuana Fro Dummies – Nortec Collective (Hiperboreal) / The Tijuana Sessions

Pacific – Jeff Mills / The Art of Connecting

Drool String Espresso – Mike Shannon / Slight of Hand

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True To Myself – Ricardo Villalobos / The Au Harem D’Archimede

Nobody Respects a Softie – The Rip Off Artist / Pump

Kitchen Implements – The Rip Off Artist / Pump

Downhole – The Rip Off Artist / Pump

Gas Release – The Rip Off Artist / Pump

Ten Gallon Hat – The Rip Off Artist / Pump

Duh Duh Duh Duh – The Rip Off Artist / Pump

V

Tapr – Autechre / Draft 7:30

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You Can’t Have It Both Ways – The Juan Maclean / DFA Comp #1
Soundtrack Of Now – Miss Kitten / I COM
Stick It To The Pimp – Peaches / Impeach My Bush
Relax – Frankie Goes To Hollywood / EP: Relax
True Faith (Side B) – New Order / EP: True Faith/1963

II
Life After Sundown– Glass Candy / B/E/A/T/B/O/X
Freak Out/Starry Eyes – LCD Sound System / 45:33

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III
It’s Her Factory – Gang Of Four / Gang Of Four Special Edition Four Track EP
Pardon My Freedom – Gang Of Four / Gang Of Four Special Edition Four Track EP
Orange Alert – Metro Area / The DFA Remixes
War – Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Two Tribes EP
Louis XIV – The Wolfgang Press / Queer
Stock Exchange – Miss Kitten / First Album

IV
A Man Could Get Lost – Soft Cell/ Nonstop Ecstatic Dancing
Running– Stereo MC’s / Deep Down and Dirty
Sweetheart – Suicide/ The Second Album
Officer Of Hearts – The Handsome Furs / Face Control
My Time Is Running Out – The Juan Maclean / Less Than Human

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Temptation – Martin Rev / Martin Rev

This weeks Twisted Groove show consist of a variety of music styles. The show starts out with some real fun Electro and Tech House and moves into Minimal Techno. Fun Fun show…..

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Sweet Caress – A Navi / Sing 6
Bring It On Home (Mexicans With Guns Re-mix) – Diego Bernal / Corners
Beat Machine (Sharp & Smooth Burning Asses Mix) – Touvan / Single
Hazel – Junior Boy / Begone Drill Care
Show – Don Rimini / Kick + Run EP

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Your Only Man – Neon Black / The Black Compilation
Bringin On Home Reprise – Diego Bernal / Corners
Notzucht – Null / EP
Erso – Richard Villalobos / Achso

Contentment Bison – Christian Vogel / All Music Has Come to an End

III
Autobenda – Bostich (panoptica) / Ahora yo
Cariño – Pulse / (Darren Emerson) Textures
Glitch – Moody Boys / (Darren Emerson) Textures
Rockerfella – Pluto / (Darren Emerson) Textures
Desic – System 7 / (Darren Emerson) Textures

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Three For King’s Club – Thomas Fehlman / One To Three Overflow
Press Your Body – James T Cotton / The Dancing Box
Make It Easy – Lusine / Serial Hodgepodge Ghostly

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Spanish Castles in Space (Castles in Goa Mix) – The Orb / Aubrey Mixes

I felt like mixing it up this week so this weeks Twisted Groove show is quit varied. While I was in San Francisco a while back I bought the then newest Muslimgauze release Armsbazzar. Recordings of his from 1994-1997. His sound is raw and powerful. I then moved to some smoother electronic music like M83, Plaid and DNTEL. Then I get all euro with some French feeling music like Bertrand and Alif Tree. Then I move into some experimental sounds of Nick Forte. Then into some Kriedler, KJ Sawka and then back to Muslimgauze. Ending out the eve with Aphex Twin, Mouse on Mars and Future Sound of London. Quite a varied tour around the electronic music genre.

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Zaffaran – Muslimgauze / Armsbazaar
Birds – M83 / Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Unrecorded – M83 / Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
America – M83 / Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Silversum – Plaid / Double Figure
(This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan – Dntel / Life Is Full of Possibilities

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Escape Pad – Decoder Ring / Fractions
Light 3000 (Smiths – there is a light that never goes out) – Schneider TM / 6 Peace EP
My Soul – Alif Tree / French Cuisine
Ma Rencontie – Bertrand / The Sssssssound of Mmmmmmusic
Ile de Beton – Bertrand / The Sssssssound of Mmmmmmusic
My French Brother – The Thievery Corp (Bobby Hughes Experience) / The Outernational Sound

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Blender Dance – Nick Forte / Pasted Lakes
Sans Soleil – Kreidler / Kreidler
Move On – KJ Sawka / Cyclonic Steel
Hebron Massacre – Muslimgauze / Armsbazaar

IV
Reunion 2 – Aphex Twin / Chosen Lords
Düül – Mouse on Mars / Varcharz

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Environments Part 2 (Excerpt) – Future Sound of London / Environments

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Disc 1
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Mindphaser – Klaus Schulze / Moondawn
Radioland – Kraftwerk / Radio-Activity

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Aumgn – Can / Tago Mago
Nervos – Eno, Moebius, Roedelius, Plank / Begenegnvngen
Helden (Heroes) – David Bowie / Rare

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Disc 2
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Rubycon Part Two – Tangerine Dream / Rubycon
Hero – Neu! / 75
99 Luftballons – Nena / 99 Luftballons

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No Harm – Faust / So Far
Oh Lord, Give Us More Money – Holger Czukay (Can)/ Movies 77-79

III
Last Village – Popol Vuh / City Raga 94

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Tortoise, Bundy K Brown, Sea and Cake, Dianogah, Jim O’Rourke, Thomas Fehlmann, Thomas Fehlmann, Mouse on Mars, beanfield, Nobukazu Takemura

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Matthew Dear, Chap, School of Seven Bells, Milosh, Michna, Tycho, Cepia, Reflecting Skin, Calexico (Nortec Remix), Tre/Molo (Como Madrearia El mix), Dave Pike, Los Amigos Invisibles, Panoptica

This show consists of some of my more favorite minimal techno artist

Robert Hood, John Thomas, DJ Skull, Scorp, Pacou, Phase, UK Gold, Solid Decay, Element 7, Robert Hood, Mion, Scorp, UK Gold, Robert Hood, Richardo Villalobos

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Mike Shannon, Jeff Mills, Steve Stoll, Christian Vogel, Kevin Saunderson, Surgeon, James Rushkin, K-Led, Holy Ghost

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I have been playing so much old school recently I decided to do a whole show on new music mostly from the last 6 months or so. The music is varying in styles…

Lemonade, The Emergency, Michna, Muto, Monareta, Lotus, Belleruche, Lone, Howie B vs. Casino Royale, Grampall Jookabox, Deerhunter, DZ and XI

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The Ritz, Kenny Galactic of Walmart, Nudge, Skew, Benoit Pioulard, Grouper, White Rainbow, AU, Radioactive Man, Daedelus, Math Head, Munk, Truckasauras, Studio, Sao Paulo Underground

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Because I was unable to create a new show for this week I am uploading a special show from the past. This show was done just after attending and Djing my friend Alex Lancaster’s wedding. Alex and I started the Twisted Groove radio show together sometime in 2000. Without meeting Alex and us brainstorming together the Twisted Groove may never have happened. The first set is built around the early electronic dance music Alex turned me onto in the early days of the Twisted Groove. The second set is built on my love of Kraut or Berlin School electronic, a style of electronic music I have always been attracted to. Originally aired October 4, 2008.

Cabaret Voltaire, Clock DVA, Jerry Harrison, Richard A Kirk, Severed Heads, Add N to (X), Neu!, Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra, Throbbing Gristle, Soft Cell

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Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, Electroniom, Silver Apples, Stereo Lab, Can, Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, Pink Floyd

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