Fennesz - Shisheido

[2001]

Absolutely gorgeous tune.

Nobody was expecting this at the time. His previous two cds had been non melodic, cold, pretty noisy affairs, so Endless Summer was quite a surprise. 

A place where the sonic aesthetics of glitch, shoegaze noise and Boards Of Canada's brand of idyllic electronica meet was unusual and unexpected too. 

Shisheido is the most blissfully pastoral tune on the cd evoking all sorts of nostalgia for romance and long lost summers at the beach. 

Lovely.

Endless Summer [2001]

It's hard to go past the hazy and aquatic electroacoustic mesmerizing magic of Endless Summer. 

All glitchy and haunted with psychedelic/folk/baroque pop elements. 

Dream-a-delic! 

Gas - The fifteen minute track from Königsforst

C aka Untitled #5 aka Königsforst 5 aka the 15 minute track from Königsforst [1998]

Now for a walk in the Black Forest.

Because some people have not heard this, here it is.

Worth checking out even if you were never that enamoured with techno. Fans of classical, ambient, minimalism and rock's outer reaches or anyone should be able to get into this splendid track as it's transcendent... undeniably great.

Where the ancient meets modern, putting the ye olde into the futuristic 90s.

Bringing the bucolic to the urban.

The swirling changing sameness will have you hypnotised.

Silicon Chip - Basil Kirchin

[1979]

Speaking of strange electronic novelty pop. What about this futuristic slice of state of the art disco pop made by Avant-guard composer Basil Kirchin. A somewhat positive ode to the silicon chip, I think... maybe. I guess old Basil wasn't to know the silicon chip would be instrumental in psy-ops, mind control and ultimately community division. Progress...

*This wasn't released in 1979. It languished in some vault for over 35 years until Jonny Trunk got his oven mitts on it and issued it on seven inch in 2016. Silicon Chip really coulda been in the same gang as the game changing futuristic chartbusting number one singles of 1979 like Are 'Friends' Electric?, Pop Musik, Video Killed The Radio Star, Cars etc.

Lothar And The Hand People - Machines

[1968]

Futuristic psych that pre-empts all the arty post-punk, shambling Beefheartian new wave, 80s Tom Waits etc.

Back then I guess this woulda just been an electronic novelty...

...albeit a prescient anomaly of the psychedelic era. 

Pretty weird kinda normal, know what I mean.

THE PURPLE CANTEEN - Brains In My Feet

[1969]

A fuzz monster.

Fuzzed up drone-y garage psychedelia. 

Lysergical fun for all the family..

Insane haunting intensity.

Heavy man.

Hey Monstruo - Los Monstruos

[1966]

A Mexican garage classico. 

We all know because La Flama Blanca: Kenny Fucking Powers!

Psycho swagger, mesmerising bass, mucho twangery and a groovy beat baby.

Rewind.

The Feelies - Moscow Nights

[1980]

The supreme jittery janglers from New Jersey doin their trembling thin and dry repetitive thing with frenetic intricacy. Their maniacal insistent instrumental build-ups, from silence to ominously slow burning evolving into frantically explosive, are legendary. These guys were tight.

Those that know, know that every tune's a winner on their toppermost debut LP Crazy Rhythms. The outstanding Moscow Nights has all the tense jangles and suspenseful strums along with a sharp focused intense and twitchy percussive track. All done with The Feelies signature youthful nervous urgency. 

The best!

Blue Velvet ost

Blue Velvet/Blue Star Montage - Isabella Rossillini and Angel Badalamenti [1986]

Speaking of Blue Velvet which is still kinda my favourite all time movie like The Pixies' Doolittle is my all time favourite record because I experienced these at the age of 16 and 17 and they were my favourites then and apparently this is how brains work...

Perhaps everything Lynch did after this was better but this was the seed from whereth it all groweth. 

Here we have the deliciously aberrant nightclub singer Dorothy Vallens played to perfection by Isabella Rossillini having a a bit of a sing. Accompanied by Angelo Badalamenti's stylish arrangements (he even appeared in the film as the cocktail lounge pianist). 

...so dark...

Lumberton U.S.A. / Going Down to Lincoln Sound Effects Suite - Angelo Badalamenti [1986]

Disorientating jazzy nightmares with unnerving creepy dark ambient and sound effects.

Akron Meets The Blues - Angelo Badalamenti [1986]

Further disorientating jazzy dreams, noir blues and quirky lounge-core.

Honky Tonk Part 1 - Bill Doggett 

I mean the title says it all. This is a supreme honky tonk instrumental jam perfect for the cinematic vision of David Lynch. What a groove, mesmerising guitar and rock'n'roll sax-a-muh-phone baby! Originally a hit single back in 1956.

Ricky Dean - Blue Tears

Ricky Dean - Blue Tears [1963]

The lovelorn dreamy teen sound of Ricky Dean's Blue Tears was on the label Del-fi who had previously brought the talents of Richie Valens to the world. 

This is the sorta thing you could imagine being in either a cheesy nostalgia movie or a David Lynch film.

Larry & The Loafers - Let's Go to the Beach

[1966]

Come on all you over 40 teenage delinquents let's go to the beach! Get your board shorts and beers, bikini girls await! 

Sometimes I think this crude lo-fi beach party banger is the greatest fun beach tune of all.