KynyNasty

(Mix of the Week is our not-so-weekly section where we present good mixtapes: either our own or found on the internets)

This time a mix from Randy Barracuda of Imatran Voima. No tracklist but a rather rare selection and I mean that literally. Didn’t recognize any of songs. Yeah, and I just realized I’ve yet to check his self-titled solo album. Like to read his columns too which are released every other week on Fridays.

Discussion here

Randy Barracuda’s Electro Funk Rarities Vol. 1 (320k, 95MB, 41:24 min)

Pierre Akendengue is one of the great masters of contemporary African music, and has been that for nearly four decades.

Vigego is a song written by Akendengue and it is on the b-side of Epuguzu 12″. I think this could be defined as Zouk music (and a fusion of many other styles), which means “party” or “festival”. In Africa, it is very popular style of rhythm music in francophone countries.

A-side (Epuguzu) is what could be described as “afro cosmic”. Very suitable material for cosmic remix/edit. But more of that later…

It seems that Epuguzu 12″ is quite highpriced at discogs marketplace. How did the record end up here, the Arctic Circle, that I don’t know. I was just damn lucky to get it for 1€ from local flea market.

Akendengue – Vigego (1983)

Lesser known production by legendary Francesco Bontempi!
The vocals are an integral part of the song! Unlike some people seem to think. Ah ja mitkä sankaristabit!

Lee Marrow – Cannibals (Baa-Boù – Baa Boù) (5:55) (320) (13,5 mb)

I was going to post tracks by mysterious spanish synth-pop group Vam Cyborg but Mutant Sounds did that (still available) already a year ago.

Instead we have here pretty much similar group called Vocoder, which is also from Spain. Italo-Disco from Spain? Yes, perhaps a little more towards electro/synth-pop. Not much more information available besides what is said in their myspace profile. They did couple of songs and disappeared as did many other italo/electro acts in the 80s. (The songs in their myspace are available for download if you log in! Tip.)
Re-press needed. Clone Classic Cuts perhaps?

This video is fun. Ingenuous and naive fun.

More Vocoder at Youtube:

directo en ZGZ (Vocoder live at Zaragoza, Spain) (youtube)
Hacker (youtube)
(maqueta La Radio)
Radiotelescope

Vocoder (myspace)

MP3
Vocoder – Amor de Robot (192 kbit MP3)
Vocoder – Mindanao (rapidshare) (192 kbit MP3)

edit: Someone did this one too. Couple of years ago. Nothing in teh internet is rare nowadays!

“Vanha Hippi” (old hippie) is a song by Top Ranking Eric & The Revolutionaries. It isn’t the the first reggae song in Finland but among the first ones, yes. It appears on the first volume of “Suomi Rock ‘80″ compilations released by Poko Records.
Most of the older Finnish reggae stuff aren’t any good (e.g. Avaruuslintu – Kesä Reggae) but this “Vanha Hippi” is a great success mostly because of the controversial and amusing lyrics! Definitely a good source for vocal samples (tip!).

As said before, the easiest way to get it is to acquire a copy of Suomi Rock ‘80 compilation but we’re here @ KynyNasty so nice people that we offer you the opportunity to get it right here.

Top Ranking Eric & The Revolutionaries – Vanha Hippi (Johanna JHNS 128)

If you’re the owner of the song/the artist performing it/don’t want it to be put online, please message us and we’ll remove it as soon as possible.

A brief history of Finnish reggae (published in Ylioppilas-lehti 09/2001, in Finnish)