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Twisted Groove Retrograde

On this week’s Twisted Groove I play old school Twisted Groove tracks. Alex Lancaster and I started the show in June of 2000. This show is depicting a mix we might have spun in those early days. I play selections from Cabaret Voltaire, LTJ Bukem, New Order, Plaid, Kraftwerk, The Grid, Spring Heal Jack and more…

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ARTIST TRACK ALBUM

Cabaret Voltaire : Baader Meinhof : Listen Up With Cabaret Voltaire

Cabaret Voltaire : Automotivation : Listen Up with Cabaret Voltaire

Ticket : Bus : Instrumentals / Staedtizism 3

Spring Hill Jack : Suspensions : 68 Million Shades

Photek : Aleph 1 : Modus Operandi

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LTJ Bukum : [The Artist Cear] The Switch : Earth Volume 7

Baby Ford : Disconoddy : Bford9

Muziq : Funky Pipecleaner : In Pine Effect

Gus Gus : Esja : Gus Gus Vs. T-World

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Cabaret Voltaire : I Want You (12” Mix) : The Original Sound of Sheffield 83/87

The Grid w/Fripp : Higher Peaks : Evolver

Moby : Digital Love : Discovery

New Order : Fine Time [Spinifex Extended Mix] : Technique

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Photek : Junk : Solaris

Plaid/Gregory Fleckner Quintet : Juicy Jazz Girls (Plaid Remix) : Plaid Remixes Parts of the Post

Nolte : How To Loose Your Head Baby : Staaedtizism 2

The Future Sound of London : Vertical Rig : Lifeforms

Kraftwerk : Computer World : Minimum-Maximum Live

The G-Man : Pure Sweet Groove [Short Edit] : Grin Groove

Robbie Shakespeare Is Dead

This week’s Twisted Groove I dedicate to Robbie Shakespeare who passed away this week. Sly and Robbie define parts of the 80’s for me so the show has that feel. The first set is all records recorded at Compass Point Studios where Sly and Robbie were the house rhythm section. The show then develops from there.

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Grace Jones w/ Sly and Robbie : Love Is The Drug : Warm Leatherette

Talking Heads : Born Under The Punches (The Heat Goes On) : Remain In Light

Robert Palmer : Pride : Pride

Tom Tom Club : Lorelei : Tom Tom Club

Grace Jones w/ Sly and Robbie : Private Life (Dub Version) : The Compass Point Sessions

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Roxy Music : Eight Miles High : Flesh and Blood

John Cale : In A Flood : blackAcetate

Phil Manzanera : Impossible Guitar : Primitive Guitar

801 : Lagrima > Tomorrow Never Knows : 801 Live

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Sly and Robbie : Bass and Trouble : Language Barrier

Bill Laswell : Dystopia : Version 2 Version A Dub Transmission

Jah Wobble : Gone To Croatan : Heaven & Earth

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Jerry Harrison : Worlds In Collision > The Red Night : The Red and The Black

King Crimson : The Sheltering Sky : Discipline

Adrian Belew :The Rail Song : Twang Bar King

Robert Fripp : Sometimes God Hides : The Youg Persons Guide To Discipline

Dreamy

This week’s Twisted Groove I play all Dreamy goodness. Tracks from Holy Other, Tyonda Braxton, Cluster, Robert Rich, Travis/Fripp, Steve Roach, Space Afrika and a whole lot more…

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Robert Rich : Haptic Incursions : Tactile Ground Part 2/Dislocation

Steve Roach : The Beauty Relentless : Bloom Ascension

Brain Eno : Delightful Universe (Seen From Above) : Music For Installations (Making Space)

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Mark Isham : Tibet Part V : Tibet

Travis/Fripp : When The Rains Fall : Between The Silence

Harold Budd : Rue Casimir Delavigne : Avalon Sutra

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Cluster : Live In Der Fabrik : Cluster II

Edgar Froese : Panorphelia : Aqua

Irmin Schmidt : Rapido De Noir : Villa Wunderbar

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Holy Other : Lieve : Lieve

Sigur Ros : Von : Heim

Tyonda Braxton : Outpost : Hive1

Alva Noto/Ryuichi Sakamoto : Mur : Revep

Space Afrika : Honest Labour feat Hfor Spirit : Honest Labour

Groove n Groovy

This week’s Twisted Groove I get Groove and Groovy. I pull a bunch from the way back machine including tracks we would play on the early 2000’s Twisted Groove. We end the show playing an all Daptone Records set. Track from Guru, Medeski Martin and Wood, Jimmy Smith, The Budos Band, The Meters, The Cinematic Orchestra, Sugarman 3, and a whole lot more

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Jimmy Smith : Watermelon Man : Damn!

John Scofield w/MMW : A Go Go : A Go Go

The Meters : Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug : Cabbage Alley

The Isley Brothers : Ohio/Machine Gun : Givin’ Back

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Medeski Martin and Wood : Satan’s Church Of Hypnotized Logic : Combustication Remix EP

Miles Davis : Rated X Jamie Myerson Remixed : Panthalassa The Remixes

The Cinematic Orchestra : Night Of The Iguana : Motion

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Guru/Lonnie Liston Smith : Down The Backstreets : Jazzmatazz Vol 1

Herbie Hancock : You’ll Know When You Get There : Mwandish

Bob Moses : Suite Bahia : Visit With The Great Spirit

Sugarman 3 : Got to Get Back To My Baby : What The World Needs Now

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Charles Bradley : Crazy For Your Love : Changes

Menahan Street Band : There Was A Man : The Exciting Sounds Of…

The Budos Band : Budonian Nights : Long In The Tooth

Cochemea : Seyewailo : All My Relations

Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens : Humble Me : Cold World

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings : Girl (You Got To Forgive Him) : Soul Of A Women

Antibalas : Hook & Crook : Where The Gods Are In Peace

Sedibus Electronic

The week’s Twisted Groove I feature the newish release The Heavens from Sedibus. Sedibus is The Orb founder Alex Patterson and original Orb member Andy Falconer. I work other likemaybelike music around tracks from this release. I play tracks from Tyondai Braxton, Ben Frost, Plaid, Tycho, Space (Jimmy Cauty), Nigel Mullaney and many more.

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Sedibus : Unknowable : The Heavens

Nigel Mullaney : Lethargy : 31 Days

Ben Frost : Trauma Theory : The Centre Cannot Hold

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Sedibus : TOI 1338b : The Heavens

Matths : Delusion : Tone Science Module No.5/Integers and Quotients

Plaid : Housework : Peel Session 2

LFO : Lost World : Peel Session

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Sedibus : Pappillons : The Heavens

Tyondai Braxton : Greencrop : Oranged Out

Tycho : Montana (Christopher Willits Remix) : Awake Remixes

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Sedibus : Afterlife Aftershave : The Heavens

d’Voxx : Akalla Soder : TÄ—lÄ—graphe

Space/Jimmy Cauty : Mercury Venus Mars Juniper : Space

Elektronisch

This week’s Twisted Groove I play a bunch of IDM reminiscent of the original days of the Twisted Groove. I play tracks from Autechre, Beacon, Pole, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, DJ Shadow and more…

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Matmos : No Concept : The Consuming Flame

Autechre : Surripere : Draft 7.30

Aphex Twin : 1st 44 : Collapse EP

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Mathew Dear : Her Fantasy : single

Gaudi/The Orb : N.O.I.A : Auntie Aubrey’s Excursions Beyond The Call Of Duty Pt 3

Pole : Traum : Fading

Squarepusher : Circular : Music Is Rotted One Note

Xeno & Oaklander : Interface : Par Avion

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Moby : Refuge : All Visible Objects

DJ Shadow : Intersectionality : Our Pathetic Age

Rone : Raverine : Room With A View

Khotin : Looping Good : Beautiful You

Khotin : Welcome : Beautiful You

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Beacon : On Ice (Elekka Remix) : Gravity Paris Remixes

Tycho : Montana (Few Nolder Remix) : Awake Remixes

Boards Of Canada : XYZ : Peel Sessions

Michaael Bundt : The Brain Of Oskar Panizza : Deutsche Elektronische Musik 3

Mother Mary

This week’s Twisted Groove I dedicate to my mother, Mary, who passed away last week. As a teenager I would drag my mom into my bedroom to listen to my most recent music infatuation. She would always listen intently and give her honest opinion on the music. One night I dragged her in to listen to a full record side of Dark Side of the Moon. She liked it! This set ends with a couple of tracks from Dark Side…

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Toshnori Kondo Bill Laswell The Dalai Lama : Death : Life Space Death

John Parish : How Animals Move : How Animals Move

Barbara Gogan with Hector Zazou : Home Again : Made on Earth

Lisa Gerrard : Towards the Tower : The Silver Tree

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Mari Boine : Ahc Cai (Mix by Future Prophecies) :

FFWD : Hidden : FFWD

The Cinematic Orchestra : Night of the Iguana : Motion

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David Sylvian : Upon This Earth : Gone to Earth

John Hassell : Timeless : Seeing Through Sound

Ben Frost : All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated : The Centre Cannot Hold

Steve Tibbetts : Full Moon Dogs : The Fall of Us All

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Dead Can Dance : Persephone (The Gathering Of Flowers) : Within The Realm Of A dying Sun

Cocteau Twins : Shallow Then Halo : Garlands

Steve Reich : Proverb (Noburkazu Takemura Remix) : Reich Remixed

Pink Floyd : Breath In The Air → The Great Gig In The Sky : Dark Side Of The Moon

Dream Night

Tonight’s Twisted Groove I play dreamy sounds. It is a short playlist but packs a lot of sound into two hours. Tracks from the new Nigel Mullaney release, Sonar w/ David Torn, Air, Richie Hawtin & Pete Namlook and more

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Klaus Schulze : Ludwig II Von Bayern : X

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Cluster : Live In Der Fabrik : Cluster II

Sonar with David Torn : Labyrinth : Tranceportation Vol 1

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Sigur Rós : Hafsol : Hvarf

Edgar Froese : NGC 891 : Aqua

Air : J’ai dormi sous l’eau : Premiers Symptômes

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Nigel Mullaney : Alison : The Turning

Richie Hawtin and Pete Namlook : Future Surfacing (What Lies Ahead) : From Within II

Fun and More Fun

Tonight’s Twisted Groove I play a bunch of fun and funky music. Tracks from Menahan Street Band, Femi Kuti, Bosq, The Last Poets, Funkadelic, Pop Staples, Cassowary, and a whole lot more.

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Arnie Love & The Lovettes : Stop and Make Up Your Mind : Eccentric Disco (Numero Group)

The Screaming Gypsy Bandits : Junior : In The Eye (Numero Group)

Menahan Street Band : Devils Respite : The Exciting Sound Of (Daptone Records)

Femi Kuti : Young Boy/Young Girl : Stop The Hate

Sabata : Man For My Lady : Eccentric Disco

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Budos Band : Mierda De Toro : Long In Th e Tooth Daptone Records)

Jon Batiste : We Are feat. St. Augustine High School Marching 100

Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra : French Connexion : Pulsion (Ubiquity)

Bosq : Bad For Me : Celestial Strut (Ubiquity)

The Last Poets For The Millions : Transcending

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The Five Solids (Lucky Brown) : Argon : Mystery Road (Tramp Records)

Herb Crawford Jazz Ensemble : Title Town : Movements Vol 10 (Tramp Records)

L.A.B. : All I Know : L.A.B. III

Funkadelic : A Joyful Process : American Eats It’s Young

Parliament Funkadelic : Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On : Hanger East Newburg NJ 1976

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Mavis Staples : Slippery People : Live In London

Pop Staples : No News Is Good News : Don’t Lose This

Executive Suite : Why In The World Do They Keep On (Funk’in With Me) : Disco Demands

Antibalas : The Ratcatcher : Antibalas (Daptone Records)

Weeland and The Urban Soul Collective : Push You Back : The Soul Revolution

Cassowary : Price Went Up : Cassowary

Gary Lucas and Captain Beefheart

Tonight’s Twisted Groove I celebrate the music of Gary Lucas and Captain Beefheart. I will feature the soon to be released Gary Lucas compilation Essential Gary Lucas released on Knitting Factory Records. I will also play a load of Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band.

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Gary Lucas & Jeff Buckley : Grace demo : The Essential Gary Lucas

Fonó Budai Zenehaz : Two Roads : Pearly Clouds

Gary Lucas with Alan Vega : Life Kills : The Essential

Gary Lucas : Don’t Take My Boop-oop-doop-away : Music For Max Fleischer Cartoons

Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters : One Man’s Meat feat. David Johansen : Coming Clean

Nona Hendryx & Gary Lucas : Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles : The World Of Captain Beefheart

Captain Beefheart : Best Batch Yet : Doc At The Radar Station

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Gary Lucas feat Feifei Yang : All Along The Watchtower : The Essential

Gary Lucas : Let’s Go Swimming : Bad Boys Of The Arctic

Gary Lucas : Poison Tree : Gods and Monsters

Gary Lucas : Music For The Golem : Skeleton At The Feast

Captain Beefheart : Ice Cream For Crow : Ice Cream For Crow

Captain Beefheart : Electricity : Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart : Flavor Bud Living extended : Doc At The Radar Station

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Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters : Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro : The Ordeal Of Civility

Gary Lucas : Will ‘O The Wisp : The Essential

Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters : Coming Clean : Coming Clean

Gary Lucas feat Haydee and Suylen Milanes : Out From Under : The Essential

Gary Lucas : The Wall : The Edge Of Heaven

Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters: Evangeline : Coming Clean

Gary Lucas : King Strong : Gods and Monsters

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Captain Beefheart : My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains : Clear Spot

Captain Beefheart : Moonlight In Vermont : Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart : Dirty Blue Gene : Doc At The Radar Station

Captain Beefheart : Abba Zaba : Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart : Lick My Decals Off, Baby : Lick My Decals Off, Baby

Captain Beefheart : Alice In Blunderland The Spotlight Kid

Captain Beefheart : Woe-is-uh-Me-Bop : Lick My Decals Off, Baby

Captain Beefheart : Old Fart At Play : Grow Fins/Rarities 1965-1982

The Thrill Jock

Tonight’s Twisted Groove I play new and old tracks from the great label Thrill Jockey. I also throw in a few tracks by non Thrill Jockey artists that blend well. Tracks from Colleen, Trans Am, Plankton Wat, OOIOO, Eternal Tapestry, Pysh, Sunil Sharpe, Silvie Loto and of course Tortoise.

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Colleen : Gazing At Taurus Night Sky Rumba : The Tunnel And The Clearing

Pysh : Foreign Land (Hunter Game Remix) : Foreign Land

Sunil Sharpe : Ukkin : Etaci EP

Maxime Iko : Words : Pray For Us

Silvie Loto : Flow : Crying Love EP

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Plankton Wat : Modern Ruins : Future Times

Inclusion Principle : Ornament Of Light Pt 2 : The 4 The 8 The 10

Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company : Waterwheel : Like A Duck To Water

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Tortoise : Gescaep : The Catastrophist

Eternal Tapestry : Wild Strawberries : Wild Strawberries

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Trans Am : Reevaluations : Volume X

Tortoise : Gigantes : Beacons Of Ancestorship

OOIOO : Uda Hah : Arminico Hewa

The Amazing : Pull : In Transit

Colleen : Revelation : The Tunnel And The Clearing

under_score

Digital music can get real messy! I was cleaning up folders and files on my hard drive and decided tonight’s Twisted Groove I would use the digital music I was correcting. I randomly went through and corrected underscore etc. and then played them. I play tracks from Jon Hopkins, Gwenno, Fort Romeau, Polly Scattergood, Menace Beats, Ladytron, Kilo, Jose’ Gonzalez and a whole lot more.

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ARTIST : TRACK : ALBUM

Jon Hopkins : Luminous Beings : Singularity

José Gonzalez : Let It Carry You : Vestiges & Claws

Kruse & Nuernberg : Yokohama Nights Feat. Brolin : single

Do Shaska! :Herzliyya : El Tafkeera Re-Mixs In Remembrance Of Muslimgauze

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Kilo : Back To You : single

Ladytron : The Animals (Vince Clarke Remix) : single

Lemonade : Watercolor Visions : Minus Tide

Leatherette : Silhouette : Last Night On The Planet

Mark E : Molyneaux : Avion EP

Menace Beats : Art Of War : Menace Beats Tape Vol 1

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Polly Scattergood : Silver Lining : Arrow!

Aquaserge : L’ire est au rendez-vous : Déjá Vous? Live

Bill King : Star Planet : single

Fort Romeau : All I Want : Inside

Gurumiran : Dreamer : Aberrance

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Gwenno : Calon Peiriant : Y Dydd Olaf

Is Tropical : Cruise Control : Black Anything Pt 2

JTC : Surging On Chapinero Edge : Indigo, Flesh and Fire

Kiki : Supermoon Revisited : single

Guyana Son : Listen Different feat. Tshaka Campbell : single

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