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!

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Flicking Your Switch – Ladytron / Light & Magic
Underwater Dub – Mock & Toof / EP
Walk On By – Miss Kitten / First Album
Boys Wanna Be Her – Peaches / Impeach My Bush

II
Dance To The Underground – Radio 4 / The DFA Remixes
Pardon My Freedom – !!! / EP
Tits & Acid – Simian Mobile Disco / Attack Decay Sustain Release
Go Bang (Thank You Arthur Edit) – Dinosaur L (Arthur Russell) / 24 –> 24 Music

 

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III
Que Belle Epoque 2006 – Ricardo Villalobos / Salvador
Blossom – T. Kitani / Tiger Mask EP
Alles Ist Gut – Strass / Rauschen Vol 13
Soul Stirring – Blake Baxter / Dream Sequence 3

IV
Asphalt – Age / EP
Bonus Beat (Remix) – Terrence Dixon / From The Future
Don’t Be Light (Hacker Remix) – Air / Everybody Hertz EP
Baby Oh Baby – Martin Rev / Martin Rev

V
The River Art – Research / Not Wave EP

I recently invested in a large vinyl order from Luv n Haight records.   I also have been subscribing to the Numero Groups record subscription and have received some real cool records from them recently.  Both these label release very obscure and wonderful music.  Much of it in the funk, soul and rare groove vein.  I also recently watched an amazing documentary about Ahmet Ertegun called “The House That Ahmet Built”.  A very forward thinker, Ahmet built Atlantic Records by focusing on a vision of the future of music that was rock and roll, soul and funk.  He possessed great intelligence and insight in identifying and releasing great soul music.  With all of that inspiration, this week’s Twisted Groove features a bunch of rare groove, soul and funk from all the above sources among many others.  It is a super fun show. It is outta sight and dynomite.

http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/shop/categories/Music/Label/Luv-N%27-Haight

http://www.numerogroup.com

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/ahmet-ertegun/atlantic-records/97/

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Stargazer – Ray Barretto / Can You Feel It?
She’s A Burglar – Howard Tate / Howard Tate
Crumbs From The Table – The Young Disciples / Eccentric Soul
My World Tumbles Down – The Patterson Singers / The Patterson Singers
Sinner Man – Gospel Supremes / Local Customs: Down River Revival
I’ll Be Around – The Spinners / Soul Train Super Tracks
Young, Gifted and Black – Aretha Franklin / Young, Gifted and Black
II
I’m Thankful (Part 1) – Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra / I’m Thankful
I’m So Thankful Lucky 13 Radio Spot – Eugene Blacknell/ We Can’t Take Life For Granted
Get In A Hurry – Eugene Blacknell/ We Can’t Take Life For Granted
Something’s Different (long edit) – The Propositions / Funky Disposition
Ain’t No Woman – Four Tops / Soul Train Super Tracks
Back To Funk – Robert Lowe / Searching For Soul
Lord Help Me – Amnesty / Free Your Mind
I Can Deal With That – Doc Edwards / Searching For Soul
Funky Stuff – Kool & The Gang / Soul Train Super Tracks

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III
Midnight Train To Georgia – Gladys Knight & The Pips / Soul Train Super Tracks
Sugar Daddy Part 1 – Betty Padgett / Betty Padget
In The Bamboo Grove – The Bamboos / Slip It Up
Ashamed – Black Merda / Black Merda
Let Them Knock – Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings / 100 Days, 100 Nights
Up From The South – The Budos Band / The Budos Band

IV
James Brown Medley (“I Made A Mistake/Lowdown Popcorn” edit) –The Apollo Commanders / Cold Heat
Soul Buster Pt. 1 – The Mighty Imperials / Thunder Chicken
Party On 4th Street – Black Nasty / Funky Funky Detroit
I’m Hungry – Johnny Morisette / Super Cool California Soul 2
I Am Somebody – Johnny Taylor / One Step Beyond
V
Miss Lucifer’s Love – Funkadelic / America Eats It’s Young

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

II
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 starts out with a set of music from Acidsoxx music
A cool little label releasing interesting little ditties. From there the show moves to other oddities and Indie music of sorts. It’s a real fun combo.
http://acidsoxx.com

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Downtown – Pudding Attack / Mini Skirt Cash Machine
Wakeup and Learn to Count – Don Simon, Klimpere + Telefunken / 25 Songs Looking for Ears
Satanic Man/Average Man – Perfect Vacuum / The Music of the 21st Century
Drifter – Little Bang Theory / Elementary
Stratvoltas – Crash Test Taurus / The Name is an Anagram
Vanishing Chickens – el Waxo and the Imaginary Band / Play Different Hits
Service Spécial Rejet– Falter Bramnk / Soundtrack Stories
Polyfant– Pluxus / European Onion
Skills– Add N to (X) / Avant Hard

II
Wind On Small Paws – Cevin Key / Muisc for Cats
Stomp – Ben Frost / Theory of Machine
Social Studies – David Byrne / The Knee Plays
Spinning Away – Eno, Cale / Wrong Way Up

 

 

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My Unusual Friend– Fruit Bats / Ruminant Band
Let It Go– The Thermals / Now We Can See
Officer of The Heart– Hansom Furs / Face Control
It’s Written In The Stars– Paul Weller / Illumination
Paradise– Clinic / Visitations
Zoloft– Ween / Quebec
Poppy– TV On The Radio / Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babies

IV
Needle In The Camel’s Eye– Brian Eno / Here Come the Warm Jets
Over and Over Again– Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Mine’s Not A High Horse– Shins / Chutes Too Narrows
Inni’ Me’r Syngur Vitley Singer– Sigur Ros / Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
I Have Loved You Into Oblivion– Amorphous Androgynous / The Peppermint Tree and the Seeds of Superconsciousness

V
Being A Firefighter…– Hafler Trio / Being A Firefighter Isn’t Just About Squirting Water

This weeks Twisted Groove starts out with a John Doran interview with Tortoise. Tortoise released a new album the other month which I previewed here in June. The Interview is a cool piece of art in it’s self. The show then moves into Indie territory with quite a few new tracks and some old classics.

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Equator – Tortoise / TNT
Tortoise Interview – John Doran (The Quietus) / Thrilljockey Interview Disc
Gigantes – Tortoise / Beacons of Ancestorship
Yinzianghechengqi – Tortoise / Beacons of Ancestorship

II
Play Hurt – The American Analog Set / Set Free
Three Women – Stereolab / Chemical Chords
Focal Point – Valgeir Sigurdsson / Equilivibrium
String Bean Jean – Belle & Sebastion / Dog on Wheels
Perfection As A Hipster – God Help The Girl / God Help The Girl
Tonight’s Decision (And Hereafter) – Palace – Will Oldham / Viva Las Blues

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III
Spaceball Richochet – T. Rex / Acoustic Warrior
Old Soul Song (For The New World Order) – Bright Eyes / I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
Pony’s OG – Akron Family / Love Is Simple
Plastic Wafers – Of Montreal / Skeletal Lamping
Metal School – Spoon / A Series Of Sneaks
Awake – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / B.R.M.C.
Time Is Honey – Brian Jonestown / We Are Radio

IV
Losing Touch With My Mind – Spaceman 3 / Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To
Welcome To The Skin-up Remix – The Dandy Warhols / Earth To The Remix EP
49 Percent – Röyksopp / The Understanding

I was hanging out with some friends the other week and we came up with the idea of a French style Twisted Groove show. This show contains classic old and very modern contemporary French artist. I think it blends together nicely.

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Disc 1
La foule– Edith Piaf / La Vie En Rose (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
When I’m 64 – Claudine Longet / Claudine
Good Day Sunshine – Claudine Longet / Claudine
La Mer – Charles Trenet / 100 Classic French Songs
Melody – Serge Gainsbourg / Histoire de Melody Nelson
Jardin d’Hiver – Keren Ann / Nolita
L’Amoureuse – Carla Bruni / Comme Si De Rien N’Etait
The Man In The Raincoat – Claudine Longet / The Look Of Love

II
La Vie En Rose – Grace Jones / Island Life
Aux Enfants De La Chance – Serge Gainsbourg / You’re Under Arrest
Hey That’s No Way To Say Goodbye – Claudine Longet / Let’s Spend The Night Together
Dirty Trip – Air / The Virgin Suicides
I Love You (Me Either) – Cat Power & Karen Elson / Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited

III
Ma Rencontre – Bertrand / The Sssound of Mmmusic

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III cont.
Sweet Mercy – (Bugge Wesseltoft) Erik Truffaz / Revisited
Love Like a Sunset Part 1 – Phoenix / Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Love Like a Sunset Part 2 – Phoenix / Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Ralph & Kathy – Alex Gopher / You, My Baby and I
Muro Han-Tome – Cam / Honeymoon

IV
Gris Metal – Bertrand / The Sssound Of Mmmusic
With U – Alex Gopher / You, My Baby and I
Don’t Be Light – Air (The Hacker Remix) / Everybody Hertz EP
1982 – Miss Kitten & The Hacker / 1st Album
Soundtrack of Now – Miss Kitten / I Com

V
Around The World – Daft Punk / Alive

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

IV

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

V
Temptation – Martin Rev / Martin Rev

This weeks Twisted Groove is a soul filled show inspired by the passing of Michael Jackson. Sadly only the second half of the show survived…. technology eat the first half.

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Working Day and Night – Michael Jackson/ Off The Wall
Dancing Machine – The Jackson 5 / The Motown Story The First 25 Years
Papa Was A Rolling Stone – The Temptations / The Motown Story
Love Machine – The Miracless / The Motown Story
Keep On Truckin – Eddie Kendricks / The Motown Story

II
The Rumble – Dolemite / The Soundtrack
Stop Look Listen – Primevil / Bay Area Funk 2
The Same Old Song – Lomont Dozier / The Same Old Song
Let It Flow – Glass House / The Same Old Song
Ain’t That Peculier – Jim Gilstrap / The Same Old Song
Love And Affection – Ike White / California Soul
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Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Michael Jackson / Off The Wall

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I’ve Been Born Again – Johnnie Taylor / Super Taylor
Trying To Make Ends Meet – Earl English & The Apaches / Midwest Funk Funk 45 From Tornado Alley
Sweet Lucy – The Propositions / Funky Disposition
Sing A Simple Song – Tomorrow’s Children / Messin’ With Sly
Your Momma Wants You Back – Betty Davis / They Say I’m Different
The Sound of Taurus – The Turner Brothers / Act I

IV
Woman Woman – Johnny Bristol / Hang On In There Baby
Big Bird – Eddie Floyd / The Complete Stax Singles Volume 9
Take Me To The River – Al Green / Explores Your Mind
Bump and Hustle Music – Tommy Stewart / Tommy Stewart
Be – The Last Poets / Delights of The Garden
Highland Street Hustle – Stiff (Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby) / The New Mixes

Tortoise

This weeks Twisted Groove consists of a bunch of Post-Rock and Neu Jazz.  I was prompted to do this show after receiving an advanced copy of the new Tortoise record Beacons of Anestorship.  For your listening pleasure I have sneak previews of multiple tracks from Beacons as well as a bunch of other Postrock and Neu Jazz

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High Class Slim Came Floatin In – Tortoise / Beacons Of Ancestorship

Cool Kids Keep – The American Analog Set / Set Free

Motherfucker = Redeemer (1) – Godspeed You Black Emperor / Yanqui U.X.O.

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Gigantes – Tortoise / Beacons Of Ancestorship

Pete Standing Alone – Boards of Canada /  Music Has the Right to Children

Bloody Mary – We Drew Lightning / Swimming With Orange

Moss Braker – Broken Social; Scene / Feelgood Lost

Yinxianghechengqi – Tortoise / Beacons Of Ancestorship

Bugge Wesseltoft

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III

Hi Is? – Bugge Wesseltoft / The New Concept In Jazz Filming

First There Was Jazz – Wibutee / Eight Domestic Challenges

Moving – Bugge Wesseltoft / Moving

IV

Gamera – Tortoise / A Lazarus Taxon

Sticks – Friedman and Liebezeit / Secret Rhythms Vol 2

V

Ratts Of The Capital – Mogwai / Happy Songs Or Happy People

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I
Nyet Spasiba – Handsome Furs / Face Control
Mars, Arizona – Blues Explosion (DFA Remix) / The DFA Remixes Chapter One
Heart of Hearts – !!! / Myth Takes
Rise – Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom (DFA Remix) / DFA Comp Vol 2

II
Legal Tender – Handsome Furs / Face Control
Boys Wanna Be Her – Peaches / Impeach My Bush
Deception – La Tigre / The DFA Remixes Chapter One
Beatific – Glass Candy / Beat Box
Etheric Device – Glass Candy / Beat Box
Candy Castle – Glass Candy / Beat Box
Talking Hotel Arobat Blues – Handsome Furs / Face Control
L’Homme Dans L’Ombre – Miss Kitten / First Album

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III
Losing My edge – LCD Soundsystem / LCD Soundsystem
Und Wer Wird Sich Um Mich Kummern? – Stereo Total / Monokini
Allergic – Miss Kitten / Icom
Beginning of the Heartbreak – Peter Gordon, Love of Life Orchestra / James Murphy and Pat Mahoney Fabric Live 36
Primetime (Uptown Express) – Baby Oliver / James Murphy and Pat Mahoney Fabric Live 36
Love Has Come Around – Donald Byrd & 125th St., NYC / James Murphy and Pat Mahoney Fabric Live 36

IV
Touch Me – Suicide / Second Album
Lake Song/New Ceremonial Music For Moms – Akron Family / Love is Simple
I Love You (Me Either) (Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus) – Cat Power, Karen Elson / Monsieur Gainsbourg: Revisited

V
Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger, A – Of Montreal / Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?