Saturday, June 21, 2008

Stupid Nation Radio Podcast #1


Stupid Nation Radio Podcast is live!!
There is no agenda behind Stupid Nation Radio, just fine music, both old and new, from the experimental to more popular club tracks. Think of our radio as nice chunks of music to wack onto your ipod, play once and then destroy.

Stupid Nation Radio Podcast #1 tracklist :
Gino Soccio - Remember - LSB edit
Venus Gang - Evil Ways
Jo Jo - Mind Games
Morton Subotnick - The Wild Bull Part 1
Love Machine - Coming Down
Ennio Morricone - One Upon A Time In America
Goblin - Tenebre
Berlin Express - To Paris
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Winter In June
Late Of The Pier - The Bears Are Coming - Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Remix
Moebius Plank Neumayer - Pitch Control
TC - Hello I Love You
Edwards & Armani - Acid Drill
Manic Street Preachers - Rose In The Hospital - Filet O-gang Mix
Fabio Frizzi - Voci Dal Nulla
Radiohead - The Gloaming - DJ Shadow Would You Buy A War From This Man Mix
Radiohead - Skttrbrain - Four Tet Mix
Don Cash - Hey There
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - Hardkiss mix
69 - My Machines
Craig Armstrong Feat Bono - Stay
Zombie Zombie - Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free
Venus Gang - Space Woman
Space Art - Axus
Thomas Anderson - Washing Up - Tiga Mix
Trevor Loveys - Organ grinder
Fingerprintz - Wet job
Quiet Village - Cant be Beat
Chemical Brothers - Battle Scars - Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation
The Flirts - Passion - Special remix
Dogs Of War - Le Stress

Please subscribe to Stupid Nation Radio as we will have many more shows coming soon.

Get the first podcast here
New podcasts with tracklistings will be available on the Stupid Nation Radio blog at http://stupidnation.blogspot.com/

Thursday, June 5, 2008

New items in stock

We have a couple of new items in stock now in our online shop, first up the Peskimo designed toys : Bamboozoo figures. 17 different designs to collect


Also in store now are the second series of Kid Robots Fatcaps
Featuring designs from Sket one, MAD, Shok1, Reach, Flying Fortress, Dalek and Doma amongst others


Fatcaps series 2 HERE
Peskimo Bamboozoo HERE

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Ebola : Formaldehyde Blunts Vol 1


Well worth checking out and completely free too, a new mix from Ebola entitled Formaldehyde Blunts Vol 1. With cuts from Ed DMX, Soft Pink Truth, Duranduranduran and Hard Off amongst others

Get yours here

Funckarma : Dubstoned EP1


The Highpoint Lowlife Label are set to drop a brand new EP from Funckarma in the latter part of this month. Made up of two Dutch brothers, Don and Roel Funcken, Funckarma released their first EP in 1999 on the Djak-Up Bitch (DUB) label. Since then they have unleashed a fury of releases on labels from Neo Ouija, n5MD, U-Cover, to Hymen, not including their work under other guises such as Cane, Quench, and their hip hop project with a trio of US MC’s under the name Shadow Huntaz, released on Skam records. We recently heard its five tracks and can confirm that the Funcken brothers have produced a cracking EP, imagine the Funckarma of old with their crunchy electronic wall of sound styled beats, abstract but accessible electronic rhythms and then throw some Dubstep influences into the mix.

There's a preview MP3 sample for those wishing to hear this EP available here

As well as releasing the EP, Funckarma will also be promoting the release of the record with two rare UK appearances, one at Plastic People in London on June 25th and another at Bristol's The Cube Cinema on June 27th. Support from Hyperdub's Ikonika, and Highpoint Lowlife's Fisk Industries.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Mr Scruff Podcast for Bodytonic Music



Interesting Podcast hosted this week on Bodytonic Music from the one and only Mr Scruff.
  • Salah ragab ‘Ole’ (Honest Jons 12”)
  • Vanessa ??? ‘Better place’ (Map Music 12”)
  • Mark V ‘Gone’ (sagport 7”)
  • Dennis Mobley & Fresh Taste ‘Superstition’ (P&P 12”)
  • Ron Blake ‘Tom Blake (Osunlade Mix)’ (Freestyle 12”)
  • Theo Parrish ‘Soul Control’ (Sound Signature LP)
  • War ‘Flying Machine’ (MCA LP)
  • Sleepwalker ‘Shine (Piranhahead edit)’ (Especial 12”)
  • Napihedz ‘Jah Bless’ (Prime Numbers 12”)
  • Hughie Isachaar ‘Fever (Mr Scruff Edit)’ (CDR)
  • Junior Delgado ‘Herb Eye’ (Big Cat LP)
  • Bim Sherman ‘Ghetto Dub’ (Century 900 LP)
  • Mulatu Astatke ‘Yegelle Tezeta’ (Ethiopiques CD)
Download Mr Scruff Bodytonic Podcast here

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Stivs : Pirate Cutz 2LP


Any ragga jungle lovers would do well to check out the latest release on Death$ucker records from Stivs. Eight cuts spread over two slabs of good old vinyl.

(From Death$ucker) : Stivs is kicking off the summer with his new album "Pirate Cutz" on Death$ucker!!! Packed full of the fattest, heaviest, nitrous-fuelled beats you've ever heard! Guaranteed to get any party stomping! Limited to 300 copies worldwide!
Check out sound samples and grab yourself a copy on DSWAT here

Monday, May 26, 2008

Wild Willy Barrett : Moose Loose Kicking

RA 104 : Quiet Village


Resident Advisor #104 : Quiet Village
Joel Martin and Matt "Radio Slave" Edwards are the two men that make up Quiet Village, but it might be more accurate to say that the records that Martin and Edwards own are Quiet Village. Silent Movie, their debut full-length, is about as sample-heavy as any hip-hop offering, utilizing obscure and not-so-obscure sources to create up 21st century update on loungey exotica. Martin and Edwards aren't so much beat merchants, though, as much as they're interested in vibes. Silent Movie is a voyage into Balearic territory, where '50s eccentricity sits alongside the Chi-Lites and dub matches well with Italian film soundtracks.
The same can be said for the duo's RA podcast. An hour-long home-listening mix, the duo floats along with some of their favourite records in tow, including a healthy dose of dub (Rhythm & Sound, Jackie Mittoo), ambient, downtempo and even a little bit of Led Zeppelin.

Tracklist

01 Quiet Village - Victoria's Secret - !K7
02 Rhythm & Sound - Jah Version - Burial Mix
03 Jackie Mittoo - After Xmas - Soul Jazz
04 Warp 69 - Natural High (Global Communication remix) - Dedicated
05 Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Atlantic Records
06 Stelvio Cipriani - Main Theme from Blindman - Digitmovies
07 Quiet Village - Gold Rush - !K7
08 Sergio Mendes - Crystal Illusions - A&M
09 Celestine Okwu - Okwukwe Na Nchekwube - Soundway
10 US69 - On My Way - Buddah

Quiet Village RA podcast available here

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Captain Zorro : Phantasm


Picked up this lil beauty yesterday, its from 1979 from someone called Captain Zorro on the Gem label. Pressed on Blood stained yellow vinyl, its a disco remake of the 1979 movie Phantasm theme.

Download : Captain Zorro - Phantasm

Monday, May 19, 2008

BTWS Live At The Zodiac



Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Live At The Zodiac podcast now added to the Erol Alkan podcast list, choicey!!

Electric Banana (BTWS Edit) - Electric Prunes
Battlescars (BTWS Re-Animation) - The Chemical Brothers
Be There (A BTWS Announcement)
Million Grains Of Sand - Freak Scene
Granny Takes A Trip - The Purple Gang
Mr Pleasant - The Kinks
She’s About A Mover - Sir Douglas Quartet
Kickabout - Teenage Fanclub
Beyond Space - Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve
Time Of The Season - The Zombies
Losing The Will To Survive (BTWS Re-Animation) - Findlay Brown
Happiness (BTWS Re-Animation) - Goldfrapp
Slip Inside This House - Primal Scream
The Bears Are Coming (BTWS Re-Animation) - Late Of The Pier
Hey Bulldog (BTWS Edit) - The Beatles
Paint It Black - The Love Sitars
Number 1 High (A BTWS Annoncement)
I’m A Man - Wynder K. Frog
Gemini - (A BTWS Annoncement)
Talk Talk - The Music Machine
Colour My Love - Petula Clark
Sunshine Superman - Wynder K. Frog
Aquarius - The Fifth Dimension

Details can be found here

www.myspace.com/beyondthewizardssleeve

Radioclit : Hard Working Class Vol 2


Radioclit have offered up their second compilation, Hard Working Class Volume 2, for absolutely free. Includes Radioclits remixes and edits of Mika, Shitdisco, Bonde Do Role and Brodinski amongst others

Get it here

Friday, May 16, 2008

Five Things for Friday

Next five things for Friday and this time thanks to the new Juno Player we have added some samples of the tracks below.


1. South Rakkas Crew : Mad Again Remixes EP - 12" : Mad Decent
The South Rakkas Crew return on the US Mad Decent label with a whole host of mixes of Mad Again. On remix duties are Jokers of the scene, Boy 8 Bit, Drop The Lime and our fave remix Fake Blood.
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2. Les Edits Du Golem : Volume 4
Great two tracker and the latest in the Les Golem disco edits series.
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3. Kluster : Admira CD : Important Records
Recorded in 1971, 'Admira' is sourced from the original master just discovered by Kluster member, and Tangerine Dream engineer, Klaus Freudigman. Amazing stuff, admittedly not for everyone, but for a recording from 1971 just goes to show how far ahead Kluster were in their collective thinking.
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4. DHS : The House Of God Ortin Cam mix : Missile
The pure techno classic House Of God from DHS gets yet another remix, proving once again how important the record actually is. This time its Ortin Cam aka Tom Macoye giving the track a workover, thankfully keeping the twisted cymbol sounds, heavy stomping beats and eerie vocal sample. Personally no mix will ever be as essential as the original but this is still a fine addition.
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5. LIQUID LIQUID - Slip In And Out Of Phenomenon
Liquid Liquid's first three, groundbreaking EPs re-released as part of this great retrospective on Domino, which also compiles a number of previously unreleased and live recordings. The sound of post punk NY and utterly essential

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Rough Trade East : Dan Le Sac + Ed banger



If you are in or around London next week then its well worth making trip down to Brick Lane and popping into Rough Trade East.

On Monday 12th Dan Le Sac will be signing copies of his new album and an exclusive 7" picture disc from 7pm and on Tuesday 13th from 6pm till 7 the Ed Banger boys are gracing Rough Trade East with their presence in conjunction with The Stag & Dagger gig crawl. They'll be rocking out for an hour with all the latest Ed Banger rarities & remixes.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Five Things For Friday

Five things to spend your money on this week :


1. Shitmat & Ladyscraper - Grungecore - 7"
A blend of Breakcore and Grunge meet at last on this 2 track 7" on the brand new Fukdup label. Leading things are Shitmat and Ladyscaper. For any record collector this is a real treat as this release is a limited edition of 500 with each record in an individually sewn flannel sleeve (to properly represent the Grunge!!), all hand stamped and numbered, as well as silk screened. Available from the fine folk at DSWAT
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2. Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Angles
Not out until Monday, but this had to go in as we have been eagerly anticipating the first full length release from the duo. Essential
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3. Justice DJ Mix Leur Selection CD
The mix that was rumoured to be the rejected Fabric mix gets a full release, whether this is legit or bootleg. Everything thrown into the pot on this mix, from Frankie Valli to Daft Punk to Rondo Veneziano
to Goblin. Been out a couple of weeks now but this one slipped us by until now.
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4. Radio Soulwax : Get ya yoyo's out part 3 : mix CD
Third installment of the Yoyo's mixes from Radio soulwax hits the racks. Brilliantly eclectic as per usual with tracks from Sepultura, Max Romeo & the Upsetters and even Village People. Tracklisting below

1 Village People / Y.M.C.A
2 Crookers / Love To Edit
3 LCD Soundsystem / Get Innocuous (Soulwax remix)
4 Solaris / High Times
5 Prince / Head (Soulwax re edit)
6 Laurent Wolf / The Crow
7 Roxy Music / Love Is The Re Edit.(Soulwax Re Edit)
8 Gloria Gaynor / I Will survive
9 909 D1SCO / Alien Attack
10 Outlander / Vamp
11 Adam Sky feat Marc Stewart / We Are Aall Prostitutes (Crookers remix)
12 Justice / D.A.N.C.E.
13 Daft Punk / Digital Love
14 In Flagranti / Paroli
15 Simian Mobile Disco / It's the Beat
16 Technotronic / Pump Up the Jam
17 Walter Murphy / A Fifth Of Beethoven
18 Midnight Juggernauts / Road to Recovery (D.I.M. remix)
19 Sebastien Tellier / Sexual Sportswear (SebastiAn remix)
20 MC Miker G & DJ Sven / Holiday Rap
21 Switch / A Bit Patchy
22 Led Zeppelin / Trampled Under Foot
23 Brodinski / Bad Runner
24 Eurythmics / Sweet Dreams (Erol Alkan Edit)
25 Bodyrox / Yeah Yeah
26 Mr. Oizo / Flat Beat
27 Frederico Franchi / Cream
28 Led Zeppelin Feat Green Velvet / Green Immigrant
29 Human Recource / Dominato
30 808 State / Cubik
31 DJ Debonair Samir / Samir's Theme
32 Sepultura / Bloody Roots
33 Max Romeo & the Upsetters / I Chase the Devil
34 Prodigy / Out Of Space
35 Fischerspooner / Emerge (Junkie XL remix)
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5. Disco Exotique volume 2
The Disco Exotique team return with five spaced out cosmic disco edits. Available from Juno

1 Escape From New York - "Save Your Love" (DITS dub)
2 The Clash - "The Cool Out" (DITS Taking The Fifth edit)
3 World Famous Lobster All Stars - "Working For Love Again" (DITS dub)
4 Spaceman 3 - "Big City" (DITS edit)
5 No One Is Receiving - "Brian Eno" (DITS edit)

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Jouwe



Heres a look at a new figure design from Marine Ramdhani with his creation Jouwe, a rhino with an ant head shape (a rhant??)



Heres the info from Marine himself :

Name of product: Jouwe
Basic Concept & Idea By : Marine Ramdhani
Size measures: 25 CM tall
Condition : Prototype
Material : Decoratif Resin

Brief story behind character:
Jouwe is a Rhino with ant head shape, and he always say "JOUWE LOVE YOU ALL" and wanna spread Love and peace in the whole world…

Growing concept :
It's a story based character called the Rhino's project, and it will be growth like a comics books, caused Jouwe now already had a parents (Plum and Bismarck/this two figure will come soon), the concept is taken from One Cone Rhino, who live in Ujung Kulon Jungle, Banten West Java Indonesia, The concept for this figure is always growth like a comics books, we also can't predict when the concept is end. This story will growth together with the figure.

Prototype By : Tummy Toys Co.
Website: www.jouwe.com (still undermaintenance)
Myspace :www.myspace.com/jouwe


Good luck with this Marine, its shaping up nicely and we look forward to seeing more

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Juno Player

UK's Juno records have a nifty new attachment called the Juno player, which allows users to create a playlist of artists, labels, genres etc and use the code on their web pages by simply pasting the HTML

Friday, May 2, 2008

Five Things For Friday : Five fave cosmic, disco and spacey rock releases

Five of our fave cosmic disco and spacey rock releases from the past couple of weeks


1. Pocketknife & Cousin Cole : Tamborine Dream
Unmixed version Just released over in the US and soon to drop at select stores in Europe and the UK, this is a special edition of the Tamborine Dream mix, which features unmixed versions of most of the tracks originally used on Tamborine Dream with a few previous only available on a LTD picture disc 12"
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2. Quiet Village : Silent Movie
The CD was out last week so get yours now! Personally we are saving our pennies for the 2LP version which is due for release in a couple of weeks from now, but whatever way make sure you have this future classic LP in your collection!
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3. Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi : Cosmic Disco? Cosmic Rock

This is a superb seamlessly mixed 18 track mix featuring loads of exclusive edits, stuff played backwards and at the wrong speed! It's full of tough early 1980s new wave chuggers and rocky disco pounders. The 'Cosmic Rock' in the title refers to the number of tracks featuring guitars - this is a hard pounding dancefloor mix from beginning to end with nary a hint of spacey ambience! Available on CD and two separate 12's
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4. Commodity Place : No Ordinary Day : Coclea 12"

Excellent 12" featuring two superb Ash Ra/Tangerine Dream-inspired trippy cosmic masterpieces from Italy! A limited edition of only 300 copies and marks the first release of the new Coclea label - keep your eyes peeled for more great music from these guys!
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5. Q / Needa : The Voice Of Q : Rustys Dusty Disco 12"
Massively sought after track with original copies from back in 1982 changing hands for a few £'s, Q : Voice of Q has had a naughty bootleg released on Rustys Dusty Disco. 500 copies pressed

Friday, April 25, 2008

Simian Mobile Disco x Kate Moross : New T's

SMD have just released a stylish, strictly limited edition T-shirt line with designer Kate Moross. Available for sale through the below widget. The widget has also been updated since our last post with new tour dates and also link to check out the new merch.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Future Plastik : Muxtape



Our first Muxtape : http://futureplastik.muxtape.com/
  • Philip Glass - Opening
  • Aphex Twin - avril 14th
  • Goblin - Tenebre
  • Julian Fane - Special Forces
  • Diskjokke - Flott Flyt
  • Les Rythmes Digitales - Sometimes
  • Alphaville - Forever young (hamel album mix)
  • BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Dr. Who Theme [Unreleased U.N.K.L.E. Reconstruction]
  • Stunt Rock - Ive really lost it because this shit is starting to sound like washed-up half-assed Fatboy Slim ripoff with a twelve year olds sense of humor.
  • Heartthrob - Baby Kate
  • Bright Spark - Take A Look At Your Life
  • The Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man
We want to hear your Muxtape's so please drop the links to yours in the comments box

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Captain Arsehole



Mash up records are by no means a rare occurrence, however well constructed original ones are harder to find. Occasionally though things pop up that do offer something new, so step up Captain Arsehole with his first EP on his own Cobblers records label.
A six track 12" EP which offers up a good choice of non standard blends with amongst others Bloc Party going up against Genesis on the track Phil's Bloc Party, the mighty Public Enemy rubbing shoulders with Curtis Mayfield on Public Mayfield and Amy Winehouse Vs (another batty lass) Britney Spears on Toxic Rehab.

We urge you to support the good Captain, so he can continue his mission of choice blends. The EP can be brought direct from Capt. Arsehole here or online and in store through Rough Trade and Juno records
You can also find samples of the tracks and catch up with what the good Captain is up to on his myspace page

WIN A COPY OF CAPTAIN ARSEHOLE : MASH UP EP
We have one copy of the 12" to give away to one lucky winner, all you need do is drop us an email at info(at)futureplastik(dot)co(dot)uk with the answer to this Q :

What Captain is a fine purveyor of frozen foods

A winner will be plucked from a virtual hat on the 1st May