This is What I Call Minimal 80s! Vol. 03

Another mix of 80s obscure minimal/synth songs. Sometimes when I am listening to these mixes at home, my wife suspects my sanity! lol but who cares, real cool stuff, I am a huge fan of minimanl synth!


01 Nasmak - Silhouette
02 Car Crash Test - Outsider
03 Sudeten Geche - Are Kisses Out of Fashion
04 Pluta Connextion - Modern Lo
05 Far - Lights in The Deepve
06 The Royal Family And The Poor - I Love You
07 The Fritz - Hostiches
08 Chain of Command - Some Aspects
09 Out Of Data - 1985
10 1000 Mexicans - The Art Of Love
11 Naked Lunch - Slipping Again
12 Coldreams - Morning Rain
13 Tones On Tail - Burning Skies
14 Pseudo Echo - Life In Motion
15 Psychic Youth - The Future Now
16 End Of Your Garden - Celebration
17 Invisible Zoo - Nighttime
18 Rive Gauche - Friends And Friends
19 Cinema - Bad Boys in Chinatown
20 Click Click - Rotor Babe

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Vibrato 12

Going Abroad

Taking a break from touring the U.S., these ten songs are all from other countries. Three of the middle songs are by members of what could be considered the first family of Shoegazing. Here's a hint: in February 2008, Rhino will release a 4CD Box Set called "The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities"--a collection of songs from a seminal Shoegazing band which has featured the talents of these three siblings.
--NWshoegazer


1. Pia Fraus - Pretend to be Here (Seksound) from the 2006 release "Nature Heart Software"
2. The Morning After Girls - Shadows Evolve (Best Before) from the 2005 release "Shadows Evolve"
3. The Ecstacy of Saint Theresa - Alpha Centauri (Rev-Ola) from the 2004 compilation "Thirteen Years in Noises"
4. Lazycame - Mcintoshlost (Hall of Records) from the 2001 release "Finbegin"
5. Sister Vanilla - K to be Last (Chemikal Underground) from the 2007 re-issue of "Little Pop Rock"
6. Freeheat - Shine On Little Star (Outafocus) from the out of print 2001 "Retox" EP
7. Malory - Wake Up (Supermodern) from the 2006 release "The Third Face"
8. The Lovetones - Alone (Tee Pee) from the 2007 release "Axiom"
9. Rumskib - Springtime (Darla) from the self-titled 2007 release
10. Resplandor - Driade (Ninfa Version) (ToneVendor) from the 2005 re-issue of "Elipse"


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This is What I Call Minimal 80s! Vol. 02

It's been a while since I put together a minimal synth mix and I think it's the time to do so! Some of my fav. minimal synth songs for those who are into this genre. enjoy and seed!


Tracklisting:

01 Stigmata - Exxon.
02 Perfect Vision - Scratch And Howl
03 Fatal Impact - Mindless Puppet
04 Secret Cervix - Tear Me Apart
05 Human League - Black Hit of Space
06 Telepathic - We Are Telepathique
07 100 Names - Inside
08 Stress - The Pulse Thickens
09 Pleasure Zone - All The Kings Horses.m
10 Snowy Red - Never Alive
11 The Shining Part - The Jazz.mp
12 Cinema Strange - Greensward Grey
13 Subject - I See You
14 Neon - My Blues Is You
15 Hysterica Passio - Alone
16 Experimental products - New Project
17 Iron Curtain - The Condos
18 Walter Christian Rothe - Robots
19 Xynn - Computed Man
20 Alice in Nightmare - Shelter in My Dreams
20 Transparent Illusions - Vortex
22 Loss of Head - Isolation
23 Schleimer K - Hope Deep Inside
24 Martin Dupont - Hunted
25 Camera Obscura - Race In Athens
26 Proxies - Let The Radio Play

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Vibrato 11

Son of Psyclones or Twister the Night Away

Fifteen more songs from the Mid-West. Enjoy. --NWshoegazer


1. Early Day Miners - All Harm (Secretly Canadian) from the 2005 release "All Harm Ends Here"
2. Airiel - Peoria (Highwheel) from the 2007 release "The Battle of Sealand"
3. Hostage Juliet - Kills the Mind (unreleased)
4. Shallow - I Wonder [Sonicwonderglyde Mix] (Zero Hour) from the out of print 1996 "CD Laser Lens Cleaner" EP
5. The Appleseed Cast - Signal (Deep Elm) from the out of print 2001 release "Low Level Owl: Volume 1"
6. Ester Drang - All the Feeling (Jade Tree) from the 2003 release "Infinite Keys"
7. L'altra - Better Than Bleeding (Hefty) from the 2005 release "Different Days"
8. Billy Corgan - Walking Shade (Reprise) from the 2005 release "TheFutureEmbrace"
9. Velour 100 - Bittersweet (Tooth & Nail) from the 1997 release "Of Color Bright"
10. Polara - Can't Get Over You (Susstones) from the 2002 release "Jetpack Blues"
11. Dykehouse - Lost Holiday (Ghostly International) from the 2004 release "Midrange"
12. Mahogany - Soleil Redieux (Darla) from the 2001 release "The Dream of a Modern Day"
13. The Greenhornes - I'm Going Away (V2) from the 2005 "East Grand Blues" EP
14. E for Explosion - Antarctica (self-released) from the 2007 "Paper Flowers" EP --apparently, the EP is only available for purchase at their shows; they come to Portland on the 23rd
15. Azure Ray - No Signs of Pain (Saddle Creek) from the 2002 "November" EP


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This is What I Call Minimal 80s! Vol. 01

A compilation of minimal/ghotic/darkwave tunes from the 80s.


01 Black Fantasy - Evil Places
02 Norma Loy - Ghost Parasites
03 Jeff & Jane Hudson - Pound Pound
04 Subject - I See You
05 Hidden Pleasure - Beautiful Lady
06 Marcies Still Waiting - Unique World
07 3 Miles From Here - Until Then
08 Blood and Roses - Enough is Never Enough
09 A Sudden Way - Jane's Third Party
10 Alan Burnham - Science Fiction
11 Moral - Lady Happiness
12 Michael Garrison - Take A Chance
13 Design - Premonition
14 Alice in Nightmare - Shelter in My Dreams
15 Camera Obscura - Destitution
16 Peppermint Lounge - Perfect High
17 Schleimer K - The Stay
18 The Radiance - What Goes On
19 Ice The Falling Rain - Life's Illusion
20 Kuruki - Such A Liar


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Vibrato 10

Psyclones of Sound

Music from the Great Plains and Greats Lakes areas of the US. That's a lot of territory, so I'm sure to have missed some good stuff. Coming from what is often called the Heartland, it is not surprising that some of the songs have a distinctly American feel to them. --NWshoegazer

1. Jessica Bailiff - If We Could (Kranky) from the 2006 release "Feels Like Home"
2. The Violettes - Blue Hearted Fool (self-released) from the self-titled 2004 release
3. For Against - Stranded in Greenland (Words on Music) from the 2005 re-issue (with bonus videos) of the 1988 release "December"
4. Stella Mora - Daguerreotype (not yet released) --Someone needs to sign this band
5. Oblisk - Ancestors (not yet released)
6. STAR - Blonde Sound (not yet released) from something to be released soon, hopefully. In the meantime, if you don't own "Devastator", you should; it is one of my favorite CDs from 2007 --The way that Shannon Roberts' solo projects remind me of Lori Carson makes me wonder if STAR might not be the answer to the question: what might The Golden Palominos have sounded like had they dabbled in Shoegazing?
7. Rainer Maria - Burn (Grunion) from the 2006 release "Catastrophe Keeps Us Together" --I am sorry to hear that these guys are no longer together, especially since I missed their last show in Portland because the venue that booked them has a crap reputation
8. Lab Partners - Tidal Wave (Reverb) from the 2005 release "Wicked Branches"
9. Ether Aura - I Wasn't Her (not yet released) from the forthcoming "Semblance" EP --They seem to be moving away from Shoegazing, but still sound great; plenty of Goth-tinged Shoegazing on the 2005 and 2007 releases "Crash" and "Before We Could Sing"
10. The Emerald Down - Sometimes the Sun Shines (Honest in Secret) from the criminially out of print 2002 "Aquarium" EP --How a band this good could spend their days toiling in obscurity before sinking into oblivion is beyond me.


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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 43

Ladies and gents, here is vol. 43 of these very popular series featuring some ultra obscure 80s bands! Special thanks to mikeytan and digitpress for their contribution to this volume (although they are not actually aware lol). Enjoy and seed. Let this sadly forgotten music live on.

Tracklisting:

01 Those French Girls - Sorry Sorry
02 Voice - Lime
03 Ignatius Jones - Whispering Your Name
04 I Start Counting - Million Headed Monster
05 Asylum Party - Julia
06 Shooting Party - Trick Of The Light
07 Kevin Kitchen - The Way Out
08 President Reagan is Clever - Ostrich
09 Seeing Red - Ice
10 La Danza Moderna - Nightflight For Asia
11 The Hitmen - Bates Motel
12 Hoi Polloi - When it's History
13 November Group - Ahoy Ivan
14 Passionate Friends - Passionate Friends
15 West End Dance Project - 92 In The Shade
16 Fatal Charm - Paris
17 Shooting Party - I Go to Pieces
18 Paris Black - Black & White
19 The Rain Kings - A Kind Of Cruelty
20 Scarlet Party - Another World
21 Bogart Co - See The Light
22 Secret Sanity - Life In The Clouds
23 Candidate - Strange Girl
24 The Act - Too Late At 20
25 Foreign Press - The Great Divide
26 Cry Of The Innocent - Winter
27 Those French Girls - Punching Windows
28 Perfect Strangers - My Kind Of Love
29 Discipline - Borderline
30 Class Action - Out Of Time
31 President Reagan is Clever - The Wheel
32 Spencer Spencer - I Think It’s Raining

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Vibrato 09

Again, no theme, just the usual disclaimer: in most cases, better songs are to be found on the CDs from which each song was taken. --NWshoegazer

1. Scut - This Thinly Veiled Metaphor (Alison) from the 2007 release "This Is How It Feels When You Stumble" I bought my copy from ToneVendor, but they must be out of stock
2. Lowsunday - For a Moment [Goodbye Mix] (Projekt) from the 2007 compilation "200" which celebrates the twenty-plus year history and 199 previous releases of this important and esteemed indie label. This 3-disc collection also includes previously unreleased tracks from Tearwave and Lovespirals
3. The Brother Kite - Out of Sight (Clairecords) from the 2006 "Waiting for the Time to Be Right"
4. A Cloud Mireya - Bliss in Seclusion (Eastern Developments) from the 2006 release "Singular"
5. [The] Caseworker - Three Thousand Feet Below (Manifesto) from the 2003 release "These Weeks Should Be Remembered"
6. Jeniferever - The Sound of Beating Wings (Drowned in Sound) from the 2006 release "Choose a Bright Morning"
7. SPC ECO - See You Soon (unreleased) If you loved Curve...
8. Film School - Sick Hipster Murdered by Suicide Girl (Beggars Banquet) from the 2007 release "Hideout"
9. Ghost of the Russian Empire - Mandroid (self-released) from the self-titled 2007 EP
10. Trespassers William - More Past (self-released) from the 2007 "Noble House EP"


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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 42

Here’s mix 42 of rare 80s series, I know I just can‘t stop! Enjoy and seed. Keep these torrents alive for the others to also discover the hidden beauty of the 80s.

01 Soma Holiday - Shake Your Molecules (The Neutron Dance)
02 Hanover Fist - Razor Garden
03 La Danza Moderna - Heaven
04 Vector - Running From the Light
05 Halo James - Could Have Told You So
06 Electric Circus - Julia
07 The Sound - Iron Years
08 H2O - Sundays Are Blue
09 Rubinoos - If I Had You Back
10 After This - Fields
11 Eternal Triangle - Same Mistakes
12 Martin Human - Upside Down and Backward
13 Invisible Limits - No Tears (Big Shambles Of Broken Dreams)
14 Kan-Kan - Marching Marching
15 Spectral Display - There's A Virus Going Round
16 President President - All Good Men
17 Vivabeat - Man from China
18 Jullan - Because Of Love
19 Annabel Lamb - Rope Bridge
20 Until December - Until December
21 Rodway - Don't Stop Trying
22 Plane Of Section - The Girl
23 FM - Frozen Heart
24 Urgent - Runnin' Back (For More)
25 V Capri - Nights and Days
26 Perfect Alibi - Not At Home To Heartache
27 This Island Earth - Pearl Of Love
28 The Meteors - Stormy Seas
29 Class Action - Breakaway
30 Ian North - Romance


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Vibrato 08

No theme or bad puns this time. I can no longer reach the Internet from the comfort of my flat, which is probably just as well, as the recent purchase of both a bicycle and a new iMac has left me short of disposable income. No disposable income, no new CDs. So, my Shoegazing journey around the States is on hold for the moment, but I hope to get back to it soon, as I have some really bad titles I'm dying to use. --NWshoegazer


1. Astreal - With Child (Wallwork) from the 2006 release "Fragments of the Same Dead Star"
2. (The Sounds Of) Kaleidoscope - Suite-T (Hackshop) from the 2006 release "From Where You Were to How You Got There"
3. Sennen - Opened Up My Arms (Hungry Audio) from the 2005 release "Widows"
4. Heliconia - Loose Ends (Isolation) from the self-titled 2006 release
5. Jets Overhead - Bridges (Microgroove) from the 2005 release "Bridges"
6. Lab Partners - It's How You Feel (Reverb) from the 2005 release "Wicked Branches"
7. Twigs - Phantonemesis (Endearing) from the 2001 release "Epicure"
8. Darker My Love - Helium Heels (Dangerbird) from the self-titled 2006 release
9. Mahogany - My Bed Is My Castle (Darla) --features the voice of Lucy Belle Guthrie from the 2006 release "'Connectivity!'"
10. The Meeting Places - Sink into Stone (Words on Music) from the 2006 release "Numbered Days"
11. Viva Voce - Bent (Cadence) from the out of print 1998 release "Hooray for Now"
12. Silver Screen - Something to Prove (Clairecords) from the 2005 release "The Greatest Story Never Told"
13. The Charade - September (Skipping Stones) from the 2006 release "A Real Life Drama"
14. Swoon - Time and Time Again (Kitty Litter) from the 2006 "Everlast EP" --after putting out two excellent EPs in 2006 (both out of print), I am disappointed that this Swedish band has not released anything in 2007
15. The Year Zero - The Truth About Stars (Skipping Stones) from the 2006 release "Oceania, I Will Return" --it is worth getting this CD just for the gorgeous Moon Viewing Parties


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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 41

I know, Vol. 40 was supposed to be the last of these series, but again I thought maybe one more mix of ultra cool and rare 80’s songs would not hurt. Now there are lots of great songs here to enjoy. Don’t forget to seed.

01 The Mockers - Woke Up Today
02 Vivabeat - The House Is Burning (But There's No one Home)
03 Time Bandits - Listen To The Man With The Golden Voice
04 Kan-Kan - The Informer
05 Lonely Boys - Hold Me
06 Frederick M - We Go In Threes
07 Glen Johansen - Killer On The Rampage
08 David Gibson - Look Who's Crying Now
09 The News - A World Without Love
10 B-Z Party - Yon Tree
11 Bone Symphony - Dome of Spheres
12 Sensitive - Give Me
13 Story Structure - Modern Life
14 Tent - Miles and Miles
15 Greg Vandike - Final Scene
16 Jullan - Beware Of Love
17 Clockwork Orange - Sensation Boys
18 Keep It Dark - Love Lost Forever
19 Rock And Hyde - Knocking On Closed Doors
20 The Mockers - One Black Friday
21 Naïve - One Reason
22 Beatnik Beatch - Watching The Rain
23 Vivabeat - What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love)
24 I.C. Eyes - Won't Give Up
25 Cry Before Dawn - Last Of The Sun
26 Love And Money - She Carved Her Name
27 Kan-Kan - Memories And Dreams
28 Paparazzi - Midnight In Blue
29 Style - Closer Than That
30 Mobile Homes - I Need Time


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Vibrato 07

Play on Words (Other People's)

I think cover songs are like puns in several respects. One thing the two seem to have in common is that people either appreciate and enjoy them or they hate them. I'm hoping that you are to be found in the former category, as I have put together a two CD compilation of cover songs for your listening pleasure. --NWshoegazer

DISC 1
1. Chapterhouse - Losing Touch With My Mind [Spacemen 3] from the second disc of the out of print 1996 Slumberland compilation "Rownderbowt"
2. Th' Faith Healers - Mother Sky [Can] from the out of print 1992 Elektra release "Lido"
3. Moose - Everybody's Talking [Glen Campbell] from the out of print 1992 Hut release "...xyz"
4. Drop Nineteens - Angel [Madonna] from the out of print 1992 Caroline release "Delaware"
5. Bleach - Relax [Frankie Goes to Hollywood] from the out of print 1993 Musidisc "Fast" EP
6. Spirea X - Signed D.C. [Arthur Lee] from the out of print 1992 4AD release "Fireblade Skies"
7. Loop - Rocket USA [Suicide] the first of three bonus tracks on the out of print 1987 Head release "Heaven's End"
8. The Charlottes - Venus [Frankie Avalon] from the 1991 Cherry Red release "Things Come Apart"
9. The Flatmates - If Not for You [Bob Dylan] from the 2005 Cherry Red compilation "Potpourri {Hits, Mixes and Demos '85-'89}"
10. The Dandy Warhols - Stars [The Brian Jonestown Massacre] from the second disc of the 2004 self-released "The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols"
11. The Primitives - As Tears Go By [The Rolling Stones] from the 2006 Castle Music compilation "Buzz Buzz Buzz" Buy Here --the original version of this song was playing when, for the first time, I danced with a girl of my own volition. This, in turn, led to my first kiss, so this song occupies a special place in my memory.
12. The Boo Radleys - Boo! Faith [New Order] from the 2001 Pinnacle re-issue of "Learning to Walk"
13. Curve - I Feel Love [Donna Summer] from the out of print 2004 BMG UK & Ireland release "The Way of Curve" --my alias at the time, Tao Jones, can be found near the middle of the fourth column of fan names listed in the last pages of the booklet.
14. Spacemen 3 - Any Way That You Want Me [The Troggs] from the second disc of the 2003 Space Age/Orbit release "Playing With Fire"
15. Luna - Bonnie and Clyde (The Bonnie Parker Version) [Serge Gainsbourg] a duet in French featuring the voice of Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier from the out of print 1995 Beggars Banquet "Bonnie and Clyde/Chinatown" EP

DISC 2
1. Tam - No Cars Go [Arcade Fire] from the 2006 self-titled release on Ecstatic Peace
2. Fleeting Joys - Masters of War [Bob Dylan] unreleased
3. Garlands - Being Boiled [The Human League] from the 2001 3D compilation "Reproductions: Songs of the Human League"
4. Bardo Pond - Cry Baby Cry [The Beatles] from the 2007 ATP release "Ticket Crystals"
5. Jim Reid - And Your Bird Can Sing [The Beatles] from the compilation "Revolver Reloaded" included with the July 2006 issue of Mojo magazine
6. Manual - Blue Skied An' Clear [Slowdive] from the first disc of the 2002 MORR compilation "Blue Skied An' Clear"
7. Jessica Bailiff - Down [Low] from the 2004 Fractured Disc compilation "We Could Live In Hope: A Tribute to Low"
8. Dump - Rasberry Beret [Prince] from the 2001 Shrimper release "That Skinny Motherf*cker With the High Voice?" --Yo La Tengo's bassist (most of the time) does an entire CD of Prince covers. Good luck finding a cheap copy, however; I didn't even know it existed until a friend loaned it to me--thanks Dan.
9. Lake Trout - Street Fighting Man [The Rolling Stones] from the 2005 Palm Pictures/Rx release "Not Them, You"
10. Heather Duby - Love Is a Battlefield [Pat Benatar] from the 2006 self-titled release on Sonic Boom
11. Televise - Mercy Seat [Ultra Vivid Scene] from the 2006 Club AC30 release "Songs to Sing in A & E"
12. Diesel Park West - All Come to Meet Her [Alexander "Skip" Spence] from the 1999 Birdman compilation "More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album"
13. Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane [The Velvet Underground] from the 1990 RCA release "The Trinity Session"
14. Future 3 - Alison [Slowdive] from the first disc of the 2002 MORR compilation "Blue Skied An' Clear"
15. Lotte Kestner - Leif Erikson [Interpol] an unmastered version of the song the singer from Trespassers William has promised to include on her upcoming solo release. The original is my favorite Interpol song and quite possibly the finest last song to be found on any CD.


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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 40

Here's the last volume of the rare 80s series. It was quite a trip down the memory lane and I hope you enjoyed it. Anyhow some very catchy tunes to close this chapter with............

Tracklisting:

01 The Monochrome Set - The Jet Set Junta
02 Twilight - Talk To You
03 Neo 4A - That's The Way
04 Fatal Charm - Images of Fire
05 Alone Again or - Dream Come True
06 Nomo - We Go to Sleep Believing
07 Rodway - I'd Give You Anything
08 November Group - The promise
09 The Snake Corps - Victory Parade
10 Secret Sounds - Heartbeat
11 East Wall - Eyes of Glass
12 The Mockers - Friend of a Stranger
13 Little Heroes - Modern Times
14 Tam Tam Go! - I Come For You
15 Absolute - T.V. Glare
16 Reason To Live - The Gift
17 Terri Nunn - Dancing In Isolation
18 Agent - Heartbeat
19 Frozen Ghost - Promises
20 Eye Eye - Fall To Pieces
21 Prima Volta - Fiction
22 Hollywood Beyond - What's the Colour of Money
23 Pink & Black - Sometimes I Wish
24 Alone Again Or - Drum The Beat (In My Soul)
25 Stranger Than Fiction - You Don't Turn Me On Anymore
26 The Monitors - Singing In The 80's


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Vibrato 06

L'Austin Space

Heh, heh. Sorry about that; I don't know what got into me. Perhaps it was all the tabloids I was exposed to while living in the UK (see, that's the great thing about being an American: I don't have to take responsibility for my actions--there is always someone or something else to blame).
In any case, as you may have guessed, this collection of ten songs features bands from the Austin, Texas area. The home of Psychedelia's 13th Floor Elevators, Austin seems to have been late in discovering Shoegazing--only Sixteen Deluxe were active in the 90's, but the city is rapidly catching up in terms of both quantity and quality. I did have to leave out one promising newcomer, The Linear High, because they have not yet released a CD and the poor quality of the streaming files from their MySpace page rendered their songs unusable.
As usual, better songs await the listener on CD.
--NWshoegazer

1. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Last Ride Together (Secretly Canadian) from the 2006 release "Fear is on Our Side"

2. The Black Angels - The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven (Light in the Attic) from the 2006 release "Passover"

3. For Those Who Know - Night at the Danceclub (Christmas Mountain) from the 2005 "For Those Who Know" EP

4. All in the Golden Afternoon - Tidal Wave (Mind Expansion) from a soon to be released "All in the Golden Afternoon" EP

5. The Paper South - Caught Leaving the Scene of the Accident (self-released) from their debut EP. All six songs are available for legal download or you can contact the band and request a copy of the EP be sent to you

6. Ghost of the Russian Empire - Psychomedicated (Thirty Ghosts) from the 2006 "With Fiercest Demolition" EP

7. Sixteen Deluxe - Apronstrings (Trance Syndicate) from the out of print 1995 release "Backfeed Magnetbabe" available used

8. Experimental Aircraft - Ghost Train (Graveface) from the out of print 1999 release "Experimental Aircraft" contact the band for CD-R copies

9. Sound Team - You've Never Lived a Day (Capitol) from the 2006 release "Movie Monster"

10. She, Sir - Prairie Burn (She, Sir) from the 2007 "Who Can't Say Yes"


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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 39

Here's part 39 of these compilations with some really cool songs on it! Two songs I have put here are actually written by Vince Clarke, part of his unknown projects in the 80s. Let's see if you can find these songs; of course if you don't already know! Have fun listening and seed!

Tracklisting:

01 The Gadgets - We Had No Way of Knowing
02 The Monitors - Nobody Told Me
03 Mainframe - 5 Minutes
04 Mobiles - You're Not Alone
05 Absolute - Can't You See
06 Tin Tin - Hold It
07 Rubber Rodeo - Heartbreak Highway
08 The Woodentops - Last Time
09 Gymslips - Evil Eye
10 Twilight - Just Me Alone
11 Signal - Wave Goodbye Today
12 Shoc Corridor - Holding Treasure
13 4 Out of 5 Doctors - Modern Man
14 The Fountainhead - Feel It Now
15 Vis-A-Vis - Dance With Me
16 The Parachute Club - At The Feet Of The Moon
17 Railway Children - Music Stop
18 Zero Le Creche - Last Year's Wife
19 Story Structure - I Told You
20 Mi-Sex - Only Thinking
21 Ronny - If You Want Me To Stay
22 Classix Nouveaux - Guilty
23 Cee Farrow - Wildlife Romance
24 Captain Sensible - Glad it's all over
25 Mainframe - Talk To Me
26 The Shoes - Will You Spin for Me?


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Vibrato 05

Rocky Mountain High-Tops

With the exception of mid-90's Arizona and present-day Colorado, the Rocky Mountain states don't seem to be a hot-bed of Shoegazing. This compilation features songs by four Phoenix, Arizona Beautiful Noise Festival alumni, three Colorado bands, two more from Utah, and one from New Mexico. A fourth Colorado band, A Shoreline Dream, has been featured in previous Tremelo and Vibrato compilations, while New Mexico's Henry's Dress enjoyed their fifteen minutes in California's Bay Area. Built to Spill was the closest I got to finding a Shoegazing band from Idaho; Montana, on the other hand, seems almost to be bereft of music of any kind.

1. Henry's Dress - All This Time For Nothing (Slumberland)
from the out of print 1995 release "Bust 'em Green"

2. Half String - Momentum (Independant Project)
from the out of print 1996 release "A Fascination with Heights"

3. Supra-Argo - Die Aphrodite (Tantalus)
from the out of print 1997 release "Silveresque"

4. Bright Channel - Howler (Flight Approved)
from the 2006 release "Self-Propelled"

5. The Echo People - Incapacitating (self-released)
from the 2006 "Inside" EP

6. Moccasin - Ezra's Ghost (self-released)
from the 2006 release "Last Leaf"

7. Allison's Halo - Sunshy (Burnt Hair)
from the out of print 1997 compilation "Eyedazzler 1992-1996"

8. Dulce Sky - I Dreamt of You (Eden's Watchtower)
from the 2006 release "Lands"

9. Volplane - Mirror (Flight Approved)
from the 2006 compilation "Volplane 1997-1999"

10. Lovesliescrushing - Youreyesimmaculate (Projekt)
from the 1994 release "Bloweyelashwish"


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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 38

Part 38 of these compilations includes a wide variety of rare and non-mainstream songs from the 80s, from post-punk to power pop, from new wave to new romantic. I hope you’d like a few tracks as it’s so diverse that it just does not happen one can like them all. Enjoy and seed!

Tracklisting:

Richard Strange & The Engine Room - Damascus
Malaria! - You You
Bruce Foxton - It Makes Me Wonder
Ohama - Julie Is A TV Set
Poesie Noire - Starvation of a Mind
Identity Crisis - Whispering Castles
Gymslips - Evil Eye
Perfect Zebras - Fascination
Naked Eyes - No Flowers Please
The Holy Sisters Of The Gaga Dada - Neighbor's Scream
Cold Phoenix - Stonehenge
The Elektrics - Go Now
Slow Children - President Am I
Winston Tong - Big Brother
Microdisney - Town to Town
Eddie & Sunshine - There's Someone Following Me
The Fountainhead - Feel It Now
The Defectors - Forever And Never
Fingerprintz - Bulletproof Heart
Cowboys International - Today
Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind at All
The Snake Corps - In Flux
The Ward Brothers - Madness Of It All
Millions Like Us - In Love With Yourself
Hurrah! - If Love Could Kill
This Scarlet Train - Picture Frame
Sad Lovers and Giants - Sleep (Is For Everyone)
Gardening by Moonlight - Methods in the Madness

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Vibrato 04

'Gazing Up and Down the Pacific Coast Highway

This week, we take a virtual trip up and down the western shore of the United States and sample five songs each from Seattle as well as Northern and Southern California. All songs were taken from the artists' MySpace pages.
One band, The Slow Club, apparently disbanded without releasing any CDs (if anyone has news to the contrary, please let me know; I'd like to buy something from these guys).
--NWshoegazer


1. Sky Cries Mary - Rainfall (HoodooH)
from the 2007 release "Small Town"

2. The Otherside - Dirty Devil (self-released)
from the out of print "Something Else Right Now" EP. Their self-titled full-length can be had for $6 (shipping included)

3. Sky Parade - Free My Love (Sky Parade)
from the 2007 release "Love is Forever"

4. Black Nite Crash - Soft Focus
not yet released

5. the Stars Misplaced - Prophets and Kings
not yet released

6. The Slow Club - Keep It Cool
never released?

7. Blue Light Curtain - Sleeping (BLCMusic)
from the 2006 "EP" EP

8. August Bodies - Golden Dream
not yet released

9. Tears Run Rings - Beautiful Stranger [demo] (Disaster Club)
not yet released, but the 2007 "A Question and an Answer" EP is available

10. Voyager One - The Future is Obsolete
from the soon to be released "Afterhours in the Afterlife". A new single, "Bed Of Sound", is available

11. Fleeting Joys - LightsUnderground (Only Forever)
not yet released, but make sure you own a copy of "Despondent Transponder"

12. The Warlocks - Isolation (Bomp)
from the vinyl-only "Isolation / Red Camera" single

13. C'est la Mort - Stand Fast
not yet released

14. Halcyon High - Close Your Eyes, See the Light (Vibraphone)
not yet released

15. In Waves - A Walk [demo] (Henry)
not yet released


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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 37

The vol. 37 of these compilations consists of a few songs requested here as well as those that did not make it to the past rare hits of the 80s torrents; mostly got kicked out in the last moment. But I realized there are couple of really cool songs among them and deserve posting. Some of the ultra obscure bands that are featured here are Natural Scientist, Shadows As Tall As Trees, Standing Waves, Allez Allez, Whizz For Atoms and Richard Strange. Hope you enjoy it.

Tracklisting:

01 Natural Scientist - See Through You
02 Bolland & Bolland - Images
03 Fiction Factory - Everyone But You
04 Breakfast Club - Right On Track
05 Vision - Tears Idle Tears
06 Silent Running - Heartland
07 Geisha - Part Time Love Affair
08 One to One - Hold Me Now
09 Cutting Crew - (Another one of my) Big Ideas
10 Paradox - One Look
11 Shadows As Tall As Trees - Now Don't Cry
12 Standing Waves - Vertigo
13 Academy - Stranded
14 Music For Pleasure - Fuel To The Fire
15 Thomas Lang - The Happy Man
16 Bone Symphony - Everything I Say is a Lie
17 Zerra One - Ten Thousand Voices
18 Hollywood Beyond - Save Me
19 Strange Advance - Love Becomes Electric
20 Paparazzi - Tell Me
21 Allez Allez - Valley Of The Kings
22 Dugites - Cut the Talking
23 Whizz For Atoms - That Sinking Feeling
24 Animotion - Let Him Go
25 Bolland & Bolland - Night of The Shooting Stars
26 Mood Six - Hanging Around
27 Richard Strange - International Language
28 Vision - Breakdown
29 Box of Toys - Time Takes Me Back
30 Red Box - Heart Of The Sun

80zforever

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Vibrato 03

Shoegazing on the Willamette

I am not a Portland native and do not pretend to know the history or full scope of the local Shoegazing scene, but in this compilation, I have included ten slices of what I have discovered since moving here.
I do know that Portland is home to several indie labels, one of which is particularly worth noting. Reverb Records currently has only four bands signed: Drakes Hotel, The High Violets, Lab Partners, and The Upsidedown, but all four are very good. Lab Partners are not present on this compilation only because they are neither from nor currently residing in Portland, but I do recommend checking them out. If you order from Reverb, be sure to pick up the three, free compilation CDs from the sadly defunct NW Shoegazers Ball: NW SHOEGAZERBLISS, IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, and THE FUZZY BALL.
Portland also has a music mail-order establishment of some renown. At CD Baby, one can find--among many others--CDs by Charmparticles, Nordic, The Prids, and Saturna.
Once again, I have, in most cases, deliberately avoided using the best songs from the sampled artists and CDs. So, if you find a song here that you like, chances are you will also like the CD from which it was taken.

-- NWshoegazer


1. Swoon 23 - Pussycat Fingertips (Tim Kerr) from the out of print 1995 release "Famous Swan Song"

2. Saturna - Just for Thrills (self-released) from the 2006 "...All Night" EP. The recently released "Some Delicious Enemy" is also available

3. The Upsidedown - Drag Race (Reverb) from the 2004 release "Trust Electricity". New CD coming soon

4. Nordic - Polare (self-released) from the 2004 "The Transatlantic" EP. Nordic release CDs at a rate only marginally faster than post-"Loveless" My Bloody Valentine

5. The Dandy Warhols - Best Friend (Tim Kerr) from the 1996 release "Dandy's Rule OK"

6. The Prids - Lienzencages (Death Tech) from the out of print 2000 "Duracraft" EP. Two full-lengths are available: "Love Zero" and "...Until the World is Beautiful"

7. Stars of Track and Field - Say Hello (Wind-up) from the 2007 release "Centuries Before Love and War"

8. The High Violets - Ballad (Comet Rock) from the 2000 "Dream Away" EP. This one is out of print, but, if you don't already own them, you can and should buy "44 Down" and "To Where You Are"

9. Charmparticles - Moving On (Chris Gragg) from the 2004 compilation "Deep Roots 7"--which is not about Shoegazing

10. Drakes Hotel - Here's to the Days (Reverb) from the 2007 release "Tell Me Everything"

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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 36

Here's another mix of some rare 80s tracks. Enjoy and seed! let this cool but obscure music stay alive....

Tracklisting:

01 Hohokam - Don't you know
02 Bone Symphony - It's A Jungle Out There
03 Howard Devoto - Cold Imagination
04 Paparazzi - Don't Stay All Night
05 éVoid - Shadows
06 Vision - Lucifer's Friend
07 Fools Dance - They'll Never Know
08 Manikins - What Are You On
09 Foluntear - In My Minds Eye
10 The Kane Gang - Closest Thing to Heaven
11 Pefect Zebras - Touching My Heart Again
12 So - Are You Sure
13 Pookah Makes 3 - Time After Time
14 The Mockers - New Day Dawning
15 The Lucy Show - New Message
16 Chakk - Stare Me Out
17 Malcolm Burn - House of Glass
18 Seance - My Room
19 Digney Fignus - The Girl With The Curious Hand
20 Vision - Don't Stop
21 Circuit 7 - Video Boys
22 Paparazzi - Stop
23 Paul King - Follow My Heart
24 M - The Bridge
25 éVoid - Taximan
26 Colour Code - Dance With The Times
27 Tim Scott - The Rules I Broke
28 Code Blue - Where I Am
29 The Visitor - The Eye of Madness
30 Sam Harris - Sugar Don't Bite
31 Furniture - One Step Behind You
32 The Ward Brothers - Cross That Bridge

80zforever

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Vibrato 02

Here's a bunch of cover songs for you. About a third of the source CDs are out of print, but most can be picked up used from Amazon re-sellers, eBay, and the like.
-- NWshoegazer


1. The Raveonettes - My Boyfriend's Back (Angels)
from the 2005 release "Pretty in Black" (Columbia)

2. The December Sound - Reverence (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
from the 2006 "Kill Me" EP (self-released)

3. Lush - Outdoor Miner (Wire)
from the 1992 "For Love" EP (4AD)

4. Spacemen 3 - Mary Anne (13th Floor Elevators)
from the 2003 re-issue of "Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To" (Space Age)

5. Trespassers William - Vapour Trail (Ride)
from the 2004 release "Different Stars" (Nettwerk)

6. Ride - Sight of You (Pale Saints)
from the 2003 release "Waves" (BBC)

7. Pale Saints - Blue Flower (Mazzy Star)
from the 1992 release "In Ribbons" (4AD)

8. Loop - Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
from the 1989 compilation "The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young" (Number Six)

9. Anne McCue - Machine Gun (Jimi Hendrix)
from the 2004 release "Roll" (Messenger) Makes me wonder: had Jimi Hendrix lived long enough, would he have tried his hand at Shoegazing?

10. The Upsidedown - Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
from the 2004 release "Trust Electricity" (Reverb)

11. Morella's Forest - Voices Carry ('Til Tuesday)
from the 1995 "Hang-Out" EP (Tooth & Nail)

12. The Boo Radleys - Alone Again Or (Bryan MacLean)
from the 2003 re-issue of "Learining to Walk" (Pinnacle)

13. The Manhattan Love Suicides - Indian Summer (Beat Happening)
from the 2006 self-titled release (Magic Marker)

14. Galaxie 500 - Ceremony (Joy Division)
from the 1996 box-set re-issue of "On Fire" (Ryko)

15. Lunasect - How To Disappear Completely (Radiohead)
from the 2001 compilation "Anyone Can Play Radiohead" (Cleopatra) While some of the songs clearly demonstrate that the claim made in the CD's title is false, I really do like this cover of my favorite Radiohead song.

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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 35

So what would you do if you see your retirement saving is turning to smoke due to economic and stock market uncertainty? That's totally right! you put together another mix of underground 80's and forget about the rest! Hope you guys enjoy it!

Tracklisting:

01 Charlie - It's Inevitable
02 White and Torch - Who's Asking You
03 Positive Noise - Change Of Heart
04 Dole - The Dream
05 Birch & Hallam - What You Say
06 The Heart Throbs - I Wonder Why
07 FM - Magic (In Your Eyes)
08 Polyrock - Chains Of Iron
09 Metros - Am I The One
10 This Final Frame - Stories
11 The Big Dish - European Rain
12 Cha Boom Cha - Dancing Brave
13 Adult Net - It's The Way
14 Wagner - Dust
15 Sam Harris - Hearts on Fire
16 Play - You Don't Look The Same
17 Radio Heart Feat. Gary Numan - All Across The Nation
18 The Pool - Where Did We Go Wrong
19 Bim - Romance
20 Vienna - Talking With the Heart
21 Blue in Heaven - She is Everything
22 Eleven Pond - Watching Trees
23 Swans Way - Soul Train
24 Boom Boom Mancini - Red Skies
25 Lives of Angels - After Dark
26 Boys Brigade - Into The Flow
27 A Popular History Of Signs - If She Was A Car
28 Ruefrex - The Wild Colonial Boy
29 Larry Day - Fashion Girl
30 Orchestre Rouge - Soon Come Violence

80zforever

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Vibrato 01

With few exceptions, I have deliberately chosen not to use what I feel are the best songs from the sampled CDs. I did, however, try to include songs that give an accurate representation of the CD's content while keeping the quality high enough to pique the listener's interest. So basically, if you want to hear the best songs from any of these CDs, buy the CD. -- NWshoegazer

1. The Molecules - DNA Forever (self-released)
from the 2006 debut full-length "23 Factory Slaves" If you can figure out how to obtain a copy of this CD, please let me know; following the link on their MySpace page doesn't work.

2. All In the Golden Afternoon - All In the Golden Afternoon (self-released)
from the 2007, limited edition (50 copies), self-titled EP.

3. Afraid of Stairs - Let Me (Lavender)
from the 2006 "Afraid of Stairs" EP.

4. A Hundred Times Beloved - Ella (Alison)
from the 2007 full-length "Antarctic Sunrise". .

5. A Shoreline Dream - New York (Latenight Weeknight)
from the 2007 "Coastal" EP.

6. Ghost of the Russian Empire - The Sovereign and a Sword (Thrifty Ghosts)
from the 2006 "With Fiercest Demolition" EP.

7. Elika - We Stay the Same (This Quiet Army)
from the 2006 "Elika" EP.

8. Sway - Opentillate (Sillas Famosas)
from the 2003 "The Millia Pink And Green" EP.

9. Model Morning - The Worst of the Three (Club AC30)
from the 2006 "Your Worst Enemy" EP.

10. Anilore - World Ends (self-released)
from the 1997 full-length "Still Awake" re-issued in 2006.

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