Nirvana: Heart-Shaped Box: 1993

 

Briareus: On the Schuylkill

This electronic mix by Briareus includes On the Schuylkill in its entirety. 

Here is On the Schuylkill (feat. the Schuylkill Ode) by Briareus as a single on Soundclick. 

On the Schuylkill rose to #20 on the Soundclick Electronic Overall chart and #3 on the Ambient Electronic sub-generic chart.

On the Schuylkill entered the hearthis.at Electronica chart at #9 in February 2022.

A Clangorous Din on hearthis.at

 A Clangourous Din, from Acid Dropping EP, by Speck and myself, reached #8 this week on the hearthis.at Electronica chart for the week ending November 14, 2021. Cheers. 

Feel (I saw) remix on hearthis.at

 Feel (I saw) remix reached #7 on the hearthis.at Electronica chart for the week ending October 31, 2021. Thanks again to Zenboy1955. And happy 226th, John Keats.

New Single: Feel (I saw) remix by Zenboy1955

Zenboy1955's spectacular assemblage incorporating the opening section of Feel on Soundclick. As of 12-5-21, Feel (I saw) remix reached #1 on the Soundclick Acid-Electronic sub-generic chart; it climbed to #10 on the Electronic Overall chart as well, and then #8 on EO as of July 2022. 

Soundclick charts turn over daily: as of 2-6-22, Feel (I saw) remix has spent 9 weeks occupying the #1 slot on the Acid-Electronic sub-generic chart. 

On 2-13, the Feel (I saw) remix re-entered the Acid Electronic chart; as of 4-13, it has spent seven more weeks (total) in the Top 5.

As of 6-6, the Feel (I saw) remix re-entered the Acid Electronic chart at #4; as of 6-25, it re-reached #1.  

Weeks Racket Part 2: Ardent (title track)

 As of November 12, 2021, Ardent (title track) has spent eleven consecutive weeks in the Soundclick Rock Overall Top 100. Cheers. 

Twenty Weeks

As of November 26, Hipsters, aka Ode On Jazz (3, with Falki Hoz), has spent twenty consecutive weeks in the Soundclick Electronic Overall Top 100, and in the Techno sub-generic Top 10. Cheers. 

Rowan University: Gair Marking

Worth noting: the first pressing of the Darkyr Sooner EP happened through mp3.com in 2000. It was assisted in its public release by Gair Marking (here seen on the right) of Dev79, who did several This Charming Lab shows at the time. Much of the initial work was done in computer labs at Rowan University in South Jersey. Thanks again to Gair. 

hearthis.at: Riding the Waves #7

Riding the Waves from Darkyr Sooner reached #7 on the hearthis.at Rock chart for the week ending September 12, 2021. Thanks, as ever, to Paul & all. 

hearthis.at: Ardent (title track) #9

 Many thanks to hearthis.at for making Ardent (title track) a #9 hit in their Rock chart for this week!

P.S. Thanks also, of course, to Matt, for everything. He took this picture of me downstairs at Main Street West during the Ardent EP sessions in 2004.

Astral Week

So, after a week on the charts: 4 Elliott reached #23 on the Soundclick Alternative Overall chart, #7 on the Indie sub-generic; and today stands at #35 on the Alternative, holding fast at #9 on the Indie. Sorry to hear about Charlie. Roll on. 

Is Bono Ardent?

 

When I graduated from U of Penn in 2004, the keynote speaker at my graduation was Bono Vox. And the ceremony was right in the middle of the sessions for the Ardent EP. Cosmic.

Funtime Records on Bandcamp

 

A new look and feel for Funtime Records on Bandcamp. 

The Soft People: White Elephant Sale

The Soft People, led by Zach Sulat, were elite in Aughts rock in Philly. White Elephant Sale is a rave-up from their 2007 neo-psychedelic masterpiece The Vapors. Note the late-night FM radio in the 70s vibe.

njay mix

Mix by njay (Nils Peters), Netherlands, 2021.

klote scene, nul7negen feat. Remindazz, dutch hiphop, 2005

Ode On Jazz (3, with Falki Hoz), aka Hipsters, Adam Fieled/Falki Hoz, #20 Soundclick Overall Electronic, deep tech, minimal

Insignia: nul7negen

Celebrity Endorsement!

 

The Ardent EP has received precisely one celebrity endorsement: from these guys on social media in 2011. I went down to South Street & bought a Clash shirt. Why not?

Original Recording: Ode On Jazz

The original PennSound mp3 of the Ode On Jazz. 

Deep Sht Mix

 Deep Sht: A Soundclick playlist by Nikko (Nigg0) featuring Ode On Jazz (3, with Falki Hoz). And another inclusion, on a playlist from njay.

Deep Sht Mix on Google Drive.

Acid Dropping EP

 

A keepsake of a time and a place, and of possibilities.

Acid Dropping EP is:

I. A Clangorous Din— Speck

II. Stone the Devil— Speck

III. Viaje entre las luces— Vince El Mejor

IV. Driving Home— MalreDeszik

V. Hipsters— Falki Hoz

VI. Feel (I saw) remix— Zenboy1955

Various Positions:

On the Soundclick Jazz Overall chart, A Clangorous Din reached #15, Stone the Devil #12, Viaje entre las luces #18, and Driving Home #29.

On the Soundclick Electronic Overall chart, Hipsters, a.k.a. Ode On Jazz (3, with Falki Hoz), reached #20. Feel (I saw) remix reached #8. 

Featured on Things You Heard When You Were Dead (shane p).

All tracks feature spoken word by Adam Fieled, from (respectively) Opera Bufa, This Charming Lab, When You Bit..., Ode On Jazz, and Curiosities. 

From Funtime Records. 

Produced/engineered by respective artists, Eris Temple, and the Kelly Writers House. 

Veruca Mix 1

 Veruca Mix 1: Deep tech, Minimal, Acid-Jazz, Spoken. Speck, Falki Hoz, Adam Fieled.  

Falki Hoz: Hipsters (includes the Ode On Jazz)

 

Hipsters falls under the aegis of deep tech, deep house, techno, and minimal. The version of the Ode On Jazz used is the one taped at the Live at the Writers House reading at KWH on April 5, 2004, which was broadcast on WXPN and published on PennSound.

Hipsters, as Ode On Jazz (3, with Falki Hoz), hit #20 on the Soundclick Electronic Overall chart in 2021, #4 in Techno (sub-genre).

Re-Speck

For better or whatever, these two Speck tracks started the Twenties off for me, as a series of possibilities, past the deprivations of the Teens. 

On the Soundclick Jazz Overall chart: Stone the Devil hit #12, A Clangorous Din #15. 

Sleep

 

Sleep is another standout Slowdive tune from the early 90s. When I listen, I hear Psychocandy turned into something other than Psycho, strong rooting in shoe-gazer protocols, but other things, unexpectedly, too. Like Alex Chilton: something of the madcap primitivism of Third/Sister Lovers is just, as they say, around here. And, Rachel Goswell: did I really see you, standing outside a cafe near Trafalgar Square, in 1990? 

Rachel Goswell: Slowdive

 

 

The weird, slow-burn emergence of Slowdive from the general rock morass is one of the bigger rock stories of 2021; including the magnetic appeal of Rachel Goswell, lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist, as a rock goddess or icon. In this number, Rachel shares the lead vocals. So: during their heyday in the UK in the late 80s to early-to-mid 90s, Slowdive did the useful task and performed the useful function of adding melodic richness, and solid song structures, to what was then sweeping England as "shoe-gazer." Ride and the rest didn't find a wide audience in the States (nor did the bands born from Ride and the rest, like Spiritualized), but they were dominant where they were. Rachel Goswell and Slowdive became a cult band within the movement, but got lost in the shuffle somehow, and never made it to the States. Now, they have: and the shoe-gazer with sharply written, catchy tunes approach is set to resonate with those looking for something new and exciting, or, as is the case here, something they missed.  

A helpful hint for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, from a Penn guy who lived through the 90s the right way...

 

 

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