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KynyNasty Favorites #2

Trans-X, Italo-Disco from Canada. Their single “Living On Video” was released 1983 and it was a massive hit worldwide at the time. Now Trans-X is “celebrating 25 years of living on video” and touring world. The track is auspicious material for remixing and so it has spawned (unfortunately) many Euro Trance versions. Maybe it wasn’t Giorgio who invented the evil music called Trance after all?

There is one exception though. Fidget’s cover is actually quite nice synth-pop/indierock version. Especially when comparing to other versions. It preserves the same spirit as the original and has Kraftwerk-esque robots!

Trans-X – Living On Video (320kbit)

Dam-Funk album promo

Dam-Funk (pronounced Dame) is heatening up teh internet. Particularly record collectors/djs are impressed with his dj sets that consists unreleased Roger Troutman waxes and impossible to find rare 80s electro-funk, soul and boogie plates. HOT!

Burgundy City/Galactic Fun 12″ is his first single on Stones Throw. This is what you get when you sum up the best parts of 80s funk a la Prince, Slave, Roger Troutman. Debut album will be HOT when it hits. I hereby promise you that. Instant love. More detailed review of the 12″.

Glide (128kbit)
Baron Zen – Burn Rubber (Dam-Funk vocal remix) (320kbit)
I Wanna Thank You (256kbit)
Sidewayz (320kbit) Taken from “2K8 B-Ball Zombie War” compilation, soundtrack to the videogame NBA 2K8.

Dam-Funk – Boogie Funk Mix (128kbit) (Stones Throw podcast)
Tracklist:
1.THE ANTILLES – “I’ve Got To Have You” :: Creole / ‘83
2.GODMOMA – “Godmoma Here” :: Elektra / ‘81
3.CIRCLE CITY BAND – “Magic” (instr ver.) :: Circle City / ‘83
4.UNO – “Boogie Beat” :: Tryon Park / ‘80
5.RAH BAND – “Messages From The Stars” :: TMT / ‘83
6.SIDE ON – “Magic” :: Beggars Banquet / ‘83
7.SAVANNA – “Never Let You Go” :: R&B / ‘82
8.ZALMAC – “I Get Down” :: TSOB / ‘82
9.VAUGHAN MASON featuring BUTCH DAYO – “You Can Do It” (instr. ver.) :: Salsoul / ‘83
10.WIZARD – “It’s On” :: Chocolate Cholly’s / ‘82
11.GASTON – “Everywhere a Funk, Funk” :: Chocolate Cholly’s / ‘81
12.CAROL CHINNETE w/ The Concrete Band – “Cyanide Love” :: Zilco / ‘84
13.AARON BROOMFIELD – “Polyphase (Instrumental Poly Rythums) :: Mountain / ‘83
14.*WYND CHYMES – “Baby You’re The One” :: Shakin’ / ‘80 (*’D-F’; The 1st selector on the west-coast, maybe all of the U.S., to play this particular ‘original press’ rare 45″ out!)
15.INDEX – “Starlight (The Break)” :: Record Shack of London / ‘81
16.FIREFLY – “Show Me Tonight” :: Emergency / ‘82
17.NEXUS – “Stand Up” (instr. ver) :: Mr. Disc / ‘83
18.JAMES PANTS – “Ka$h” (instr. ver.) :: Stones Throw / ‘07
19.THE VERDICT – “That’s Where I Come In” :: Nuance / ‘8?
20.PEE WEE – “Be My Girl” :: Streetwise / ‘82
21.BARON ZEN – “Burn Rubber” (dãm-funk Remix / instr. ver.) :: Stones Throw / ‘07

More hotness at Dam-Funk myspace.

Source: arab-music.com

June Chiki Chikuma or Jun Chikuma has created original music for Bomberman games since the first one came out in 1985. The one that holds special place in my heart is Japan-only release of Super Bomberman 5 released in 1997 for SNES. It has many memorable melodies and cheerful tunes. All in all, fabulous stuff.

Whole soundtrack is available e.g. at Zophar’s Domain in .spc format. I’m using SNESamp input plug-in for Winamp. Any other player will do as well.

KynyNasty Super Bomberman 5 top picks (160kbit):
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 5A-Electro
Zone 5D-Magnets

SPC Players & SNES music

Couldn’t recommend this mix enough. This is house at it’s best. Period.

Daft Punk – Essential Mix (BBC Radio 1, 02.03.1997)

Via Masala

Tracklisting
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There’s lot of new electronic music terms/genres/themes over the past few years. Dubstep is quite self-evident and justified, Skweee is ultimately just distinguishable style of electro, Baltimore is solely partymusic and “blog house” just futile term (imo New House would be better). This summer we have yet another theme for music that have existed pretty long time.

Martin Clark calls it “Wonky”, Sasha Frere-Jones “lazer bass”, Megasoid calls the music “psychedelic robo crunk remix action” , Ghislain Poirier uses the phrase “bastard bass”, edIT offered the phrase “digital crunk shit.” and the list goes on. This music has been going on since EL-P  and Def Jux (which strangely no one mentions when talking about this new generation of futuristic hip hop shit), Dabrye and Prefuse 73.

I’ve been referring this music just “off-beat” hip hop or lately “Electronic Beats” (which refers closely to Eliot Lipp’s blog of the same name). All I know that I’ve liked it all the time never mind the term. If it’s good. So this is loosely the theme for this months KynyNasty party. Off-beats, Skweee, New House and yes, some Chiptunes too. The Return of the Boom Bap? Perhaps.

More about “Wonky”:
Martin Clark’s Pitchfork article
“Lazer-guided” article at The New Yorker
“Wonk Fonk”, free mix for download
Hudson Mohawke – Hudson’s Heeters, beat tape (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

Off-topic:
What is Wonky techno? Phew, you could spend hours and hours researching all the genres and styles.