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Heavy Friends
Saturday February 6th, 2016 with Bill
Towering Rhythm, Artificially Enhanced

Starting with a few songs about towers: construction on the CN Tower began in earnest on this day in 1973.
Towers
Baltic Fleet - Towers - Blow Up (2012)
Watchtower
Krokofant - Krokofant II - Rune Grammofon (2015) New
The Tower
Nomeansno - Wrong - Alternative Tentacles (1989) Canadian
Jon Spencer (he of the Blues Explosion/Heavy Trash/ex-Pussy Galore) celebrated a birthday a couple of days ago. I like that guys' stuff.
Orange
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange - Matador (1996)
Venus (music bed)
Moe Koffman - Solar Explorations - GRT (1974) Canadian
Bob Marley, born on this day in 1945. King Tubby dies on this day in 1989. Pretty heavy day for reggae. Seems like there's only one thing to do...
Just the Other Day (recorded 1973)
Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken in Town - Keyman (1978)
Croaking Lizard
Upsetters - Super Ape - Island (1976)
Sit and Wonder
Singers and Players - War of Words - On U Sound (reissue, orig1981)
Man Next Door (1980)
The Slits - Sherwood At The Controls Volume 1: 1979 - 1984 - On U Sound (2015)
Concrete Sunrise
Roots Tonic - Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell - ROIR (2006)
Giving the drummer a little more...
Venus (music bed)
Moe Koffman - Solar Explorations - GRT (1974) Canadian New
Walking on a Road with Some Bells Around Your Neck
Jerry Granelli - 1313 - Divorce Records (2010 Canadian
Lettere di Pezza
Tomaga - Familiar Obstacles - Hand in the Dark/Negative Days (2015)
...and the drummers take a break
Holycow
Kas Product - Des Jeunes Gens Modernes Vol II - Born Bad Records (2015)
(A Proverbial Explanation For) Why No Action is Taken
Algebra Suicide - Feminine Squared - Dark Entries (2015)
Arabia
Sleaford Mods - Key Markets - Harbinger Sound (2015)
Green Blue Fields
Josefin Ohrn & the Liberation - Horse Dance - Rocket Recordings (2015)
More songs with little/no trace of acoustic percussion. Because drummers need time off, too.
Arcade
Chris and Cosey - Exotica - 1987 (reissue, orig. 1987)
Profondeurs emouvantes
Police des Moeurs - Ceux Qui Restent - Manniquin Records (2015) Canadian
TXL
Automat - Automat - Bureau B (2014)
And one more,
Venus (Music bed)
Moe Koffman - Solar Explorations - GRT (1974) Canadian
Stoney Street
Amon Tobin - Bricolage - Ninja Tune (1997)
Interactive CKCU
Jason Skilz
cool show! love the reissue stuff on Mannequin, Bureau B and Dark Entries!

2:23 AM, February 17th, 2016