AFTER THE HEAT

Friends Chill May 6th 2008 Mixes

2008-05-21T19:26:00.000-07:00

For our second post we've decided to post three mixes from our May 6th edition of Friend's Chill for your downloading pleasure. Enjoy!

pt.1
Dubchops starts things off

1. him - coming of age - bubblecore
2. plaid - headspin - warp

Mark Moon Takes over

3. holy fuck - lovely allen (minotaur shock remix) - young turks
4. fun boy three - the lunatics (have taken over the asylum) - chrysalis
5. !!! - pardon my freedom - touch & go
6. hot chip - no fit state (audion remix) - EMI
7. burial mic - unknown 1
8. *severed heads - dead eyes opened - ink
9. burial mic - unknown 2
10.lcd sound system - someone great - dfa
11.syclops - where's jason's k - dfa
12. slim - it's in the mix (chateau flight remix) - crippled dick hot wax!
13.model 500 - sound of stereo - metroplex
14.hot chip - my piano - !k7
15.shit robot - lonely planet - dfa
16.impLOG - holland tunnel dive - lust/unlust music

Dubchops takes over

17.signer - dreaming about making music to dream to - carpark
18.pole - fragen - matador
19.deadbeat - white out - ~scape

Download Friends Chill May 6th pt 1

pt.2
1. deadbeat - white out
2. lusine - crossing - ghostly
3. mathew jonson - behind the mirror - sub static
4. denis rusnak - obsession - arcola
5. morton subotnick - silver apples of the moon ptI ptII - nonesuch
6. antipop consortium - human shield - warp
7. j dilla - reckless driving / nothing like this - stones throw
8. morton subotnick - silver apples of the moon ptI ptII - nonesuch
9. the timelords - doctorin the tardis (minimal) - tvt

Mark Moon takes over

10.tones on tail - there's only one - beggar's banquet
11.gino soccio - there's a woman - warner / rfc
12.tom tom club - wordy rappinghood (bmg dub) - secret mixes fixes
13.david byrne - big business - sire
14.shina williams & his african percussionists - agboju logun - earth works
15.siouxsie & the banshees - cities in dust (dmg dub) - secret mixes fixes
16.peter black/eurythmics - let's just close our eyes - pylon
17.yello - lost again (greg wilson edit) - tirk
18.morgan geist - moves - environ

Dubchops takes over

19.andreas tilliander - let booty loose - pluxemburg / resorpal
20. ... - toy10 side a - toytronic

Download Friends Chill May 6th pt 2

pt.3
1. ... - toy10 side a - toytronic
2. raumschmiere - r.rar - hefty
3. matrix - blue film #5 - chain reaction
4. t.raumschmiere - random noize musick - hefty
5. monolake - lantau - chain reaction
6. signer - night is blurred - .involve.
7. signer - post obsession - carpark

Download Friends Chill May 6th pt 3

Early Minds

2008-05-02T18:31:00.000-07:00

1979-1983: What an amazing turn-of-the-decade in music, with each year rightfully deserving its own blog (especially 1981!). So instead of trying to do the impossible, I'm going to discuss one bands' output during these 5 years. Well, I'm actually only going to discuss 3 of their songs for now. 3 lost gems of post punk-electronic rock-synth pop-ambient dub. The band is Simple Minds. I'm talking about the band before their 'Breakfast Club' breakout smash hit. They supposedly hated the song 'Don't You (forget about me)', in fact, they didn't even write the tune. Anyways, like I said, its the music before this which I'm concerned about.

'This Fear of Gods', off of 1980s, 'Empires and Dance' lp is a monster of a post punk dance tune. Clocking in at 7 minutes, the rhythm sludges slowly yet steadily along, with bass and kick drudging underneath pulsing/burbling synths (some sequenced but mostly performed) and heavily effected guitar work. Above, careens a haunted sax (played by guitarist Charlie Burchill) that sounds like James Chance at Lee Perry's Black Ark studio. Reverb drenched vocals are chant-like, minimal and low in the mix, adding more atmosphere than straight forward lyricism. And look who's at the production controls. No less then John Leckie himself (production credits on The Stone Roses debut and Radiohead's 'The Bends', amongst many other up-start bands/albums). No wonder this song/album is so good. Lp can be found at any decent used record shop, but its fast becoming (if not already) a rare find if one doesn't dig consistently.

1981 saw the Minds release the dbl lp 'Sons and Fascination/ Sister Feelings Call'. Production credits go to none other then 'Cabbage Head' Steve Hillage, guitarist of prog outfit Gong and later, 777/ System-7. The influence is obvious as many songs on this album enjoy a krautrock workout of steady rhythms, funk driven bass, with synths and guitars blurring the lines in between. This is no more apparent then on the B-side for the 'Love Song' 12", an instrumental version of 'This Earth That You Walk Upon'. A subtly dark and ominous track that creeps out over the listener and has them asking, 'What the f@#k is this? Ambient disco?'. No, its definitely not disco, but the underlying swing will get you moving. I first heard this song in 1989 during a year long immersion of Kraftwerk, The Stone Roses, and early Simple Minds, which, in the end, added up being my Acid House. Find this record!

Now, onto the Minds foray into, dare I say, proto-downtempo or ambient-dub. 1983's epic 'A Brass Band in African Chimes' can be found on various single releases, but you want the one thats a b-side to the 'Up on the Catwalk' 12". This instrumental delight comprises of 3 movements or, variations on a theme, that clocks in at over 9 min. Based around drummer Mel Gaynor's thunderously reverbed breakbeat (no doubt sampled countless times), this song could easily find its way meandering throughout any Boards of Canada release, especially if pitched down -8 at 33 rpm. (No coincidence both bands hail from Scotland.) Steve Lillywhite (of early U2 fame) scores the production cred. on this one. Lovely song indeed!

WELCOME!

2008-05-01T21:09:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the first blog post for After The Heat! We are still in the process of finding direction although we feel that you'll have a great time as we find our own identity in cyberspace. Like many music blogs that currently exist, we plan on sharing music that we deeply identify with.

First off this blog is run by two music nerds that happen to bore most people to tears with our musical enthusiasm. Some of us even have a hard time maintaining serious relationships because of this problem/blessing. So we now have turned to our only option in order to connect with those who would like to connect with us. ;-) We run and dj a Tuesday night 'club' called, for better or for worse, FRIENDS CHILL. We are devoted to ... well the thing we have the most difficultly with is trying to describe the night for fear of being pigeonholed. We feel we each bring something unique and personal to the night; Dubchops, the FRIENDS CHILL mastermind, has provided music as far ranging as Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Stereolab, & Squarepusher since the nights inception over 7 years ago. DubChops is a natural born genre bender (who goes on benders).

Mark Moon is the latest addition to the Friend's Chill resident dj roster. Even though his sounds are different from that of DUBCHOPS, his musical leanings have been a welcome addition to the night. So what are these so called sounds? Think Kraftwerk getting Larry Levan to remix their Computer World album with King Tubby sharing the controls on the mixing board. In other words Mark wholeheartedly embraces dub, classic electronic, and underground disco vibes. Not separatedly but conglomerately. The night is entering it's 8th year and to honor it's anniversary we have decided to share the vibe of the night via this blog to the world at large.

Here are some pics from FRIENDS CHILL