Penthouse Dance Hall Hits vol 5

1)		Buju Banton - Champion
2)		Tony Rebel - Good People
3)		Juilet - Show And Tell
4)		Wayne Wonder & Spragga Benz - Never Keeping Secrets
5)		General Degree - Pee Pee Cluck Cluck
6)		Twiggy & Buju Banton - Want It
7)		Terry Ganzie - Once Bitten
8)		Richie Stephens & Diana King - Close The Door
9)		eres Hammond - My Wish
10)		General Degree - Bodyguard

Naomi Campbell: Hear Her Roar

Givenchy Fall/Winter 2011 Campaign

Ph. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott

Images and video courtesy of Style.com

In the newest campaign of the renowned Givenchy house, Naomi plays the part of ferocious feline perfectly as she is lensed by the team of Mert & Marcus in London. One may not have expected Riccardo Tisci's floral-esque collection to be marketed with such an intense image, but this is exactly the kind of photo that stops even the worst of chronic page-turners and window shoppers in their tracks. Memorable, significant, iconic - those are the words that will forever accompany this campaign.

Mikro - Restart "2007"

Hace la nada os presentaba su último trabajo, y ahora toca daros a conocer el disco que les habrió las puertas a lo grande por decirlo de alguna forma. Aunque ellos llevan mucho en activo (2004) no fué hasta este Lp cuando empezaron a sonar fuerte.

No está de más decir que el nombre que da vida a la banda se refiere a una unidad de medida y fue adoptada por los chicos porque simboliza la evolución tecnológica, algo que representa perfectamente el grupo debido a su sonido electrónico. Si os gustó el disco del 2011 este no os dejará indiferentes.

 01 - Opou Kai Na'Me

02 - Auti H Poli
03 - Restart
04 - Lullabies
05 - Skotwse Me
06 - Fashion Everywhere
07 - Treasure In Your Heart
08 - Kalinyxta
09 - Tokio-Pomi
10 - Danger Zone
11 - Na Gelas
12 - Koita Psila
13 - Sfaira Ston Oyrano
14 - Apogeiwnomai

Pais: Grecia
Estilo: Synthpop, Electronic
Calidad: VBR
Peso: 79MB

Mikro - Restart

Erin Heatherton: Carpet Ride

Images courtesy of Daylife

On Tuesday night, Erin looked radiant on the red carpet of the Transformers: Dark of the Moon premiere in New York City. Stunning everyone in her coral Prabal Gurung dress and Nicholas Kirkwood by Prabal Gurung stilettos, she was a soft beauty standing out in a crowd  hungry for the next installment in the successful franchise. Will you be headed to the theater this weekend yourself to check out this latest Blockbuster (Sorry, but Erin won't be around then)?

Nitzer Ebb + Die Krupps - Join In The Rhythm Of Machines (EP) "2011"

Esto de las colaboraciones últimamente parece que funciona a la perfección, y más si se trata de dos grandes bandas en la historia del EBM y electrónica más durita. La idea es bien simple, dos grupazos haciendose covers uno al otro. Será o no original la cosa, pero este pequeño EP les salió resultón y más que agradable. Recordando viejos tiempos...

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01. Die Krupps - On The Road (Nitzer Ebb cover)
02. Nitzer Ebb - High Tech Low Life (Die Krupps cover)
03. Die Krupps - Blood Money (Nitzer Ebb cover)
04. Nitzer Ebb - To The Hilt (Die Krupps cover)

Pais: Alemania/UK
Estilo: EBM
Calidad: 320 kbps
Peso: 32,5 MB

Nitzer Ebb + Die Krupps - Join In The Rhythm Of Machines

Two for Tuesday, 6/28/11

The Big Sweet-Ultraviolet Rain. It was almost a year to the date we looked at this Ohio band's debut album, Shot of Bliss, and they haven't wasted any time with the followup. Once again, these (now) 17-year-olds have produced a confident, assured mix of power pop and indie rock that belies their age. Whereas last time they covered Big Star's "September Gurls", here they assimilate their sound in "Laces" (while the skittish "In and Out of Style" recalls solo Alex Chilton). Also of note are the pop/rocker "N-O", which doesn't quite go where you expect it to, and the jangle of both "As You Wake" and "Ancient Psych". With enough winding turns and crooked alleys, Ultraviolet Rain isn't cookie-cutter power pop - but in this case, the journey is a much fun as the destination.

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Justin Nault-It's Just Me. This Nashville piano popper has styled an impressive debut that should appeal to fans of Josh Fix and Ben Folds. "I Would" and "Addicted" are a killer one-two punch of upbeat melodic piano pop, and the kinetic title track ain't no slouch either. "Smile" is another standout, with its anthemic chorus, and the piano pyrotechnics of "Puppet" recalls Folds' debut as the Ben Folds Five. Have a listen for yourself:



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Katlin Aas

Forever the cool Estonian we know and love.
Katlin is wearing shirts by Rag & Bone and American Apparel

NEWS... Cosaquitos en Globo - Out of Presence - European Tour (Video) "2011"

Recientemente os publicaba un pequeñito EP pero gran banda electro de Argentina, para mi una sorpresa muy grata desde que los descubrí. Es hora de que veais un poquito más de ellos. A los nostalgicos de formaciones como  NEW ORDER o THE HUMAN LEAGUE os sabrá a gloria, fabuloso tema.

Mikro - Upload "2009"

Lo cierto es que Grecia electrónicamente hablando no ha sido un pais a aportar mucha electrónica, pero desde hace unos años atras, grandes proyectos han asomado por la ventana.

Uno de ellos es la de los ya un poco veteranos MIKRO, banda que dedica su repertorio a synthpop ochentero y baile pegajoso. La formula funciona bastante bien, aunque con algun altibajo de vez en cuando. Aun asi muy aconsejable, recuerda a TransX.

1 My Friends 4:15

2 People 4:20
3 Robonation 4:32
4 War 5:00
5 Multiverse 4:57
6 Paradise 3:58
7 The Sun In My Face 3:56
8 Work It 3:58
9 No Hero 4:18
10 Stop Fuckin The World 4:23

Pais: Grecia
Estilo: Synthpop
Calidad: vbr kbps
Peso: 60 mb

Mikro - Upload

Gloria Gaynor – Experience [Expanded Edition]

1 Casanova Brown
2 (If You Want It) Do It Yourself
3 How High The Moon
4 The Prettiest Face I've Ever Seen
5 What'll I Do
6 Tell Me How
7 I'm Still Yours
8 Walk On By
Bonus Tracks
9 Casanova Brown (Promotional Single Version)
10 (If You Want It) Do It Yourself (Single version)
11 How High The Moon (Single version)
12 Walk On By (Single version)
13 My Man's Gone (b-side)

Format:CD

Lie Detector - Летать (Сборник) "2010"

Sin duda no me gusta dejar en el tintero a distintas bandas significativas de la escena synthpop de Rusia, en este caso a unos miticos como son "Lie Detector", grandes con letras mayusculas, sonadas sus colaboraciones con los alemanes De Vision, (de los cuales teneis una remezcla en este recopilatorio) o el señor de la oscuridad "Marilyn Manson".

Un recopilatorio extenso y sensacional por su contenido de lo más variado. Significativo si los sigues de hace tiempo.

De Vision - Life is Suffering (Lie Detector Remix)

Lie Detector - Angel
Lie Detector - Pray
Lie Detector - Present for Angel
Lie Detector - Some Words
Lie Detector - Аусвайс на небо
Lie Detector - Взгляд опусти
Lie Detector - Внутри
Lie Detector - Гетеросексуалист
Lie Detector - Дышать (Remix)
Lie Detector - Иди ко мне
Lie Detector - Ко мне (Radio Mix)
Lie Detector - Ко мне (Если расслабился Mix)
Lie Detector - На заре (Intricate MonWeek Crumpled Times Delusions Remix)
Lie Detector - На заре (M. Pravda Short Mix)
Lie Detector - На заре (M. Pravda Trance Remix)
Lie Detector - Последний язычник
Lie Detector - Торжество разума (Trance Album Full Version)
Lie Detector - Уроки рисования
Lie Detector - Хочу летать
Lie Detector - Я не хочу (Remix)
Marilyn Manson - Count to Six and Die (Lie Detector Remix)
Marilyn Manson - Cryptochild (Lie Detector Remix)
Marilyn Manson - God Eat God (Lie Detector Remix)
Saul B vs. Leo Girardi - Manga (Lie Detector Remix)
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Lie Detector Synth Remix)
Воробьёв Алексей - Shout It Out (Lie Detector Remix)

Pais: Rusia
Estilo: Synthpop
Calidad: 128-320 kbps

Lie Detector - Летать (Сборник)

Constance Jablonski: Post-Nuptial

Estee Lauder "Beautiful" Fragrance Campaign
Ph. Peter Lindbergh // Stylist: Tabitha Simmons

Photo courtesy of 2B Management

In the latest campaign for the renowned "Beautiful" fragrance, Constance is a joyful, confident bride who accepts a gift from a young admirer. Every detail of the photo, from the background design to the brightly-lit ambiance, illustrate just what a wonderful moment it has been for all involved in the nuptials. It is said that many women are at their most beautiful on their wedding day, but of course, we beg to differ as Constance is gorgeous everyday.

Floyd Smith – I Just Can't Give You Up

A I Just Can't Give You Up 3:12
B I Just Can't Give You Up (Instrumental) 3:23

C remix alex Missry aka DJ Misery1 6:22

Remixes produced on Traktor S4 Software

very great remix (discosoul cargo)

Edwin Starr – There You Go

A There You Go 3:02
B There You Go (Instrumental) 3:02

c There You Go (remix alex Missry aka DJ Misery1)
time:6:14

Remixes produced on Traktor S4 Software

Tonight At The Discotheque 15 - selected by Alex Missry aka DJ Misery1

it's a lucky dip, 49 tracks. with maxi versions and 7'inch. some are ultra rare.

Belgian DJ's will love this track (Dawn Robertson – With All My Heart)
not easy to find

five stars for this superb choice (Discosoul Cargo)

Record(Disk) of the collection /Alex Missry aka DJ Misery1

Swedish push to abolish sex distinctions hits mainstream media

I know I've been pushing this theme lately, but I thought it worthwhile noting that the mainstream media is starting to pick up on the efforts to abolish sex distinctions in Swedish schools.

Yahoo news is running a story on the "Egalia" preschool in Stockholm. At this preschool students are not addressed as boys and girls, nor are there books which show a traditional family with a father, mother and children. The staff don't use words like "him" and "her", having invented a gender neutral pronoun to refer to both sexes.

The reason for this social engineering? Predictably it's based on two aspects of liberalism. One of the preschool teachers says that Egalia allows students to 'be whoever they want to be'. That's the liberal idea that we should, as the highest aim in life, be autonomous and determine our own self. Our sex is not something we get to self-determine so it's looked on negatively as a limitation or a restriction on what we can choose.

But why then did sex distinctions exist in the past? Left-liberals answer that it was because one group in society, men, wanted to get an unearned privilege (more autonomy) at the expense of an oppressed group (women). Therefore, left-liberals also assume that sex distinctions are based on inequality and should be redistributed more evenly amongst girls and boys. Tanja Bergqvist, a Swedish blogger critical of the preschool policy, believes that,

Those bent on shattering gender roles "say there's a hierarchy where everything that boys do is given higher value"

The Swedish policy does allow for the idea that boys and girls have different anatomies. But that's it. For everything else, they are held to be the same. The director of the preschool believes that to be equal the sexes must be held to be the same:

What matters is that children understand that their biological differences "don't mean boys and girls have different interests and abilities," Rajalin says. "This is about democracy. About human equality."

A few observations. First, I'm not suggesting that ordinary Swedes are as committed to these ideas as the political class. The fault in Sweden is with the state ideology that is being imposed on children.

Second, note how radical the state ideology of liberalism is. In a previous post, I compared it to indoctrination with Marxism-Leninism during the communist period in Russia. But a reader who had been brought up in a communist school thought that indoctrination in Russia was not quite as extreme:

I have gone to school in Soviet Union in the 1980s and we had less indoctrination than that. At least ... they did not try to convince us that there were no sexual distinctions.

Third, note the importance of political ideas. Whatever the political class of a society adopts as the highest good is going to be gradually implemented as social policy. So political theories like liberalism need to be fiercely contested.

Fourth, Tanja Bergqvist shows what can be done with the independent media. She's an intelligent Swedish woman who runs a blog criticising Swedish gender policy. She's become something like the official opposition within Sweden and now she's even being quoted in the foreign media. Well done Tanja!

Here's the text of the yahoo article:

STOCKHOLM – At the "Egalia" preschool, staff avoid using words like "him" or "her" and address the 33 kids as "friends" rather than girls and boys.

From the color and placement of toys to the choice of books, every detail has been carefully planned to make sure the children don't fall into gender stereotypes.

"Society expects girls to be girlie, nice and pretty and boys to be manly, rough and outgoing," says Jenny Johnsson, a 31-year-old teacher. "Egalia gives them a fantastic opportunity to be whoever they want to be."

The taxpayer-funded preschool which opened last year in the liberal Sodermalm district of Stockholm for kids aged 1 to 6 is among the most radical examples of Sweden's efforts to engineer equality between the sexes from childhood onward.

Breaking down gender roles is a core mission in the national curriculum for preschools, underpinned by the theory that even in highly egalitarian-minded Sweden, society gives boys an unfair edge.

To even things out, many preschools have hired "gender pedagogues" to help staff identify language and behavior that risk reinforcing stereotypes.

Some parents worry things have gone too far. An obsession with obliterating gender roles, they say, could make the children confused and ill-prepared to face the world outside kindergarten.

"Different gender roles aren't problematic as long as they are equally valued," says Tanja Bergkvist, a 37-year-old blogger and a leading voice against what she calls "gender madness" in Sweden.

Those bent on shattering gender roles "say there's a hierarchy where everything that boys do is given higher value, but I wonder who decides that it has higher value," she says. "Why is there higher value in playing with cars?"

At Egalia — the title connotes "equality" — boys and girls play together with a toy kitchen, waving plastic utensils and pretending to cook. One boy hides inside the toy stove, his head popping out through a hole.

Lego bricks and other building blocks are intentionally placed next to the kitchen, to make sure the children draw no mental barriers between cooking and construction.

Director Lotta Rajalin notes that Egalia places a special emphasis on fostering an environment tolerant of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. From a bookcase, she pulls out a story about two male giraffes who are sad to be childless — until they come across an abandoned crocodile egg.

Nearly all the children's books deal with homosexual couples, single parents or adopted children. There are no "Snow White," "Cinderella" or other classic fairy tales seen as cementing stereotypes.

Rajalin, 52, says the staff also try to help the children discover new ideas when they play.

"A concrete example could be when they're playing 'house' and the role of the mom already is taken and they start to squabble," she says. "Then we suggest two moms or three moms and so on."

Egalia's methods are controversial; some say they amount to mind control. Rajalin says the staff have received threats from racists apparently upset about the preschool's use of black dolls.

But she says that there's a long waiting list for admission to Egalia, and that only one couple has pulled a child out of the school.

Jukka Korpi, 44, says he and his wife chose Egalia "to give our children all the possibilities based on who they are and not on their gender."

Sweden has promoted women's rights for decades, and more recently was a pioneer among European countries in allowing gay and lesbian couples to legalize their partnerships and adopt children.

Gender studies permeate academic life in Sweden. Bergkvist noted on her blog that the state-funded Swedish Science Council had granted $80,000 for a postdoctoral fellowship aimed at analyzing "the trumpet as a symbol of gender."

Jay Belsky, a child psychologist at the University of California, Davis, said he's not aware of any other school like Egalia, and he questioned whether it was the right way to go.

"The kind of things that boys like to do — run around and turn sticks into swords — will soon be disapproved of," he said. "So gender neutrality at its worst is emasculating maleness."

Egalia is unusual even for Sweden. Staff try to shed masculine and feminine references from their speech, including the pronouns him or her — "han" or "hon" in Swedish. Instead, they've have adopted the genderless "hen," a word that doesn't exist in Swedish but is used in some feminist and gay circles.

"We use the word "Hen" for example when a doctor, police, electrician or plumber or such is coming to the kindergarten," Rajalin says. "We don't know if it's a he or a she so we just say 'Hen is coming around 2 p.m.' Then the children can imagine both a man or a woman. This widens their view."

Egalia doesn't deny the biological differences between boys and girls — the dolls the children play with are anatomically correct.

What matters is that children understand that their biological differences "don't mean boys and girls have different interests and abilities," Rajalin says. "This is about democracy. About human equality."

Erotic Elk - Rest In Pieces "2011"

Hace nada os presentaba su maravillo primer disco allá por el 2010, y ahora gracias a tan buenas criticas recibidas los chicos de Erotic Elk pisa fuerte en el 2011 con un nuevo sencillo que sigue la estela de su glorioso trabajo anterior.
Se antoja corto pero necesario para seguir su enorme progresión.

Rest In Pieces
Released From Chains (Beatmix)
Rest In Pieces (Bossfight Remix)

Pais: Alemania
Estilo: Electro, Synth-pop
Calidad: VBR
Peso: 20 MB

Erotic Elk - Rest In Pieces

Erotic Elk - Design With Circuitry "2010"

He de reconocer mi devoción por este disco, un trabajo mimado a la perfección aunque su sonido a veces no lo parezca o el exceso de agudos roce el limite en muchas ocasiones.

Aun asi no deja de ser un disco Synthpop de esos que uno escuchaba a finales de los 90, ritmo a medio tiempo y un estilo renovado a lo Depeche Mode de antaño. Se incluye los singles no incluidos en el disco original "Chains y Plain Living".

Fabuloso.

1 New Hope 4:40
2 Hate Your Love 5:38
3 Syrinx 4:59
4 Released (from chains) 4:46
5 Suffer In Silence 4:41
6 Hate 3:27
7 Plain Living 5:22
8 Reality 5:18
9 Change 4:05
10 Room Of Hearts 5:02
11 Memories Fade Songwriter – Roland Orzabal

Pais: Alemania
Estilo: Electro, Synthpop
Calidad: VBR
Peso: 110 MB

Erotic Elk - Design With Circuitry

Let's not get too nostalgic for Rudd

It's a year since Julia Gillard replaced Kevin Rudd as Australian PM. Gillard has very low popularity ratings and the press is beginning to talk about a Rudd comeback:

Voters in key marginal seats have forgiven Kevin Rudd and are clamouring for him to return to the Labor leadership.

I do understand Gillard's unpopularity. She is proposing a carbon tax at a time when many families are already having to cope with rising costs. But Rudd? He was the guy who sent immigration levels to a record high.

In 2008 under Kevin Rudd net migration hit 316,000. Given that there are usually around 80,000 departures, that means that even on official figures there were about 400,000 arrivals. That's an enormous number of arrivals for a country with Australia's population: it would be the equivalent of about 5,500,000 arrivals in the USA in single year.

It led to a welcome backlash with both the Labor and Liberal parties backing away from Rudd's commitment to a "big Australia". And the Labor Party under Gillard does seem to have drawn the figures back down a little, with net migration being cut to 171,000 in 2010 - which, if I remember correctly, is exactly the figure Tony Abbott promised the Liberal Party would cut the number to.

So whatever Gillard's failings, I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry to turn back to Kevin Rudd.

A Swedish school wants to make conception gender neutral

Sweden has embarked on an effort to abolish sex distinctions. I reported this week on preschools in Sweden which proudly offer princess costumes for the boys to wear. And now comes the news that there are youngsters in Sweden who are getting "gender neutral" sex ed lessons:

"The teaching of sex and relationships has fallen behind. This fall a new curriculum was introduced requiring the topic be included in more subject areas. But Freya School in Gnesta is one step ahead. "Activities in this school are likely to constitute a model for other schools in the country that must operate in accordance with the curriculum that takes effect in autumn 2011 and that "includes clearer descriptions of how sex education should be integrated in the different subjects in school." Both municipal strategists and math and science teachers are engaged in the work:

"The important thing is that students can see how it all fits together, says Maja (math and science teacher) and Karina (Municipal equality strategist). How sexuality is often influenced by others' standards and values. Therefore, teaching is also done in a neutral manner. In the anatomical teaching, they try to be as clear as possible.

"We want to get away from metaphors that sperm are active and eggs passive in the fertilization process, or that men's and women's genitalia are described as complementary. Such descriptions serve only to reinforce traditional gender norms and heteronormativity", they say.

Several things spring to mind. First, at the same time that they are ramming a political ideology down the throats of youngsters, they are telling themselves that they are teaching "in a neutral manner". Swedes have to start calling them out on this. It has to be openly recognised that Sweden has a state ideology into which students are being involuntarily indoctrinated.

Second, regardless of how active the sperm and the egg are in the fertilisation process, it shows how far things have gone in Sweden that this is all a politically sensitive subject. In other words, it shows how radical and far reaching the Swedish authorities intend to be in carrying out their programme of abolishing traditional sex distinctions.

Third, how would you like to live in a place which has a "municipal equality strategist" wanting to mainstream such ideas not just in sex ed classes but throughout the curriculum, even in maths classes? It would be like living in the Soviet Union and having every subject area taught within a Marxist-Leninist perspective.

Anyway, this is how one Swede suggests that the gender equality people would prefer to imagine the process of fertilisation:

The idea that sperm actually swim to the egg is a social construction produced in the mind of the patriarchy. The egg is not only there, but it actually swim into the penis, where it immediately "takes its share" of life by grabbing the nearest confused sperm, abducts it, runs over everything in its path and then returns with the passive sperm to the womb where it locks into it, and then drills into it, causing a fusion, if the sperm does not die during the egg's wild rampage. If so the egg goes back into the penis and takes a more capable passive sperm that can withstand some beating - it's so evolution favored the swift eggs and rugged sperm that do not dare move a muscle.  

Mr Jones Machine - De Månbleka Tingen "2011"

La gente de Mr Jones Machine presenta nuevo sencillo y sus respectivas remezclas realizadas para todos los gustos y colores, sonido potente, electrónica de antaño y cantado en su idioma, en su buena linea. 

01 De Manbleka Tingen (Single Edit)
02 De Manbleka Tingen (Helm Remix)
03 De Manbleka Tingen (Endless Shame Remix)
04 De Manbleka Tingen (Remixed By ACCXess And Carell)
05 De Manbleka Tingen (Future Romantic Remix By TraKKtor)

Pais: Suecia
Estilo: Synthpop
Calidad: kpbs
Peso: 47 Mb

Mr Jones Machine - De Månbleka Tingen

Nyasha Matonhodze: Arcane LOVE Song

LOVE Magazine // Issue #6 (Cover)
Ph. Mert & Marcus // Stylist: Katie Grand

80s Dun 90s Come

Pocoman style outa Britain
Cover someone?

01. Crucial Robbie - Dem No Bad
02. Culture T - 80s Dun 90s Come
03. James Bond - Mi Can't Tek It
04. Mikey Tuff - Black Skin Girl
05. Wayne Fire - New
06. Milo Gun - Rail Up
07. Papa San - Battyman
08. Horseman - Horse Move Part 2
09. Nico Junior - No Ready Fi Wi Yet
10. Horseman & Don Recordo - Can't Tes Wi
11. Dezzie Ranks & Corporal - Gi Dem Dat A'ready
12. Mikey Chin - Version

Buyaka

Contributed by SUNNYSIDEUP

01. Sister Nancy - Bam Bam
02. Beres Hammond - Putting Up A Resistance
03. Terry Ganzie - Welcome The Outlaw
04. Panhead - Punny Printer
05. Don T And Fargo Voice - Bwoy A Bwoy
06. Baby Wayne - Can't Live So
07. Cutty Ranks - Open Up
08. Terror Fabulous And Nadine Sutherland - Action
09. Little Meeie And Daddy Meekie - Move Like You Should
10. Lady Shabba - Stick To The Man
11. Lloyd Fagan - What A Go Down
12. Inner Circle And Don T - Bad Boys Reply
13. Garnett Silk - Hello Mama Africa
14. Sister Nancy - Big Beat Bam
15. Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me No, No, No Original MIX

VA - The Robots Riot: Poltron Invaders "2011"

La rebelión de las máquinas es como podriamos definir a este pequeño homenaje de sonidos analógicos por doquier. Temas en su mayoria instrumentales y rico en ritmos y soniquetes ochenteros y analógicos bailando por tus oidos.

Una muestra de lo todo lo que una máquina puede dar.

Curioso e imprescindible por salirse de la rutina y aportar algo diferente.

01 Mehatronik – 8-Bit Comp Machine 4:19

02 Cody Commando – Corporation Collar 3:38
03 Edemski – Arno 5:44
04 Q600 – Red Matter 5:28
05 Eightball – Machine 3:40
06 Robodrum – Straight From The Future 6:42
07 DJ M@R – Soulless Machines 5:31
08 DJ Nail – They All Dead 4:52
09 Resmover – Apoplexy Yell 5:58
10 Modul Eve – Pale Blue Dot 4:54

Estilo: Electro, Electronic
Calidad: 320 kbps
Peso: 116 Mb

VA - The Robots Riot: Poltron Invaders

Shadow Meets Nanny Goat

01. Chaka Demus & Pliers - Ruff This Year
02. Junior Osbourne - Nah Flex Right
03. Fragga Ranks & Anthony Red Rose - One More Dead
04. Daddy Woody - Big Baby
05. Skullman - Girl Hawk
06. Sister Nancy - Lyrics Inna Me
07. Brent Dowe - I Want Your Love
08. Candy Man - I'm Not Leaving
09. Linval Thompson - Ghetto Girl
10. Mackie Ranks - Acre Of Land

Reggae Bam Bam

01. Pad Anthony - Mr. Want All
02. Philip Frazer - When I Run Out
03. Bobby Zarro - All Fruits Ripe
04. George Faith - Daddy's Home
05. Jolly Steward & Kid Flash - Festive Island
06. Howie Smart - Life Is Just A Dream
07. Tammy - Bam Bam
08. Carl Dryden - Dream, Dream
09. Andrew Ranks - Man A Grudge Man
10. Cassey Man - I Remember
11. Nathan Skyers - Baby I'm For Real
12. Japanese - Bank
13. Smurfy Don - Big Up

Corduroy Celebration

Mega mix of one of the most popular rhythms from Shocking Vibes. The Various Artists album you can find here

Talking Meekle - Don't Bow Down

Oh yes, one of the nicest Gyasi albums! Enjoy this rare one!
Show some good manners and big up SUNNYSIDEUP for this share!

01. Talking Meekle - Don't Bow Down
02. Talking Meekle - What A Bam Bam
03. Talking Meekle - Talkin' Meekle
04. Talking Meekle - Life Is A Big Road
05. Talking Meekle - Sweet Belly Gal
06. Talking Meekle - Nice Up The Spot
07. Talking Meekle - Get A Belly
08. Talking Meekle - Big Money Man

Dancehall Reggae A New Beginning

Thanks for the link SUNNYSIDEUP!

01. Yellowman And Chaka Demus - Love Me Mommy And Daddy
02. General Trees - Rough Gilbert
03. Lady G - Fit In A Body
04. Mickey Melody - Do You Want To Hurt Me
05. Thriller U - Cecelia
06. Mark Wonder - We Rule
07. Screwdriver - Bat And No Score
08. Cata Ranking - Money Make The Girl Them Ah Ga
09. Sanchez - Out Of My Mind
10. Al Campbell - Young Girl Skank
11. Sanchez - Let Me Love You Down
12. Johnnie Osbourne - In The Rain

The Greek crisis

The Melbourne Age has run as its main opinion piece today a column on the Greek crisis. Unusually for The Age the piece, by Simon Jenkins, has a hint of traditionalism about it. Jenkins's argument is that closer European union is a mistake because it is an attempt to force uniformity on significantly different cultures:

Closer European union, so called, was a bad idea for precisely the reason now seen on the streets of Athens. It was an attempt by a supranational economic authority to supersede national democracy. Bluntly, it assumed the commercial culture of ''greater Germany'' could be imposed on a wide variety of cultures by virtue of geographical propinquity. Countries with a high propensity to work and save would discipline those with a lower one. Banks would finance it all. It was fantasy born of utopia, the perfect precondition for a sovereign credit bubble

He writes too:

The lesson is clear. Sovereign states with distinct political cultures should never surrender control over internal affairs to foreign agencies

Federation can make sense when people share a common tradition, as was the case when the Australian states federated. But that's not so much the case in Europe. The English have a long history together distinct from the Russians who are again distinct from the Spanish. The European project ought to have been one of co-operation between sovereign nations rather than an imposed, top down, bureaucratic move toward federation.

Mayholes and Swedish boy princesses

I don't know how seriously we're meant to take this story. But even if it is meant humorously, it says something about the modern world.

Swedes have traditionally danced around a maypole during midsummer festivals. But now a feminist group wants them to dance around a "mayhole" instead. Why? Because they regard the maypole as a phallic symbol, and because other aspects of the festival are too heteronormative and patriarchal:

Chamberland ... who launched the group on Facebook in 2008, believes the traditional Midsummer maypole is a sexist phallic symbol that should be replaced by something of a more feminine flavour.

Rather than erecting a maypole, he and other members in the group want Swedes to spend time fashioning 'mayholes' by digging a hole in the ground or arranging tree branches in the shape of a vagina.

“It could be all different sizes, laid on the ground, or erected into the sky. It could be built from flowers, fabric, leafs, stones or glass," says Chamberland, who believes Sweden's current Midsummer tradition is too "heteronormative".

“It’s not just the pole," he explains.

"The tradition of girls picking seven different flowers to put under their pillow to dream about their future man is also very heteronormative and patriarchal."

Some Swedes have responded that men and women are represented equally in the maypole tradition because the earth represents the woman, but:

such explanations fail to convince Chamberland, who has just finished his master degree in gender studies, that Midsummer celebrations don’t need changing.

“That still reflects the different gender roles and the view that there are only two genders and that sex should only be vaginal and between a man and a woman when in fact there are lots of different ways to have sex,” he argues.

Stina Svensson, a spokesperson for the feminist political party Feminist Initiative welcomes Chamberland's efforts.

“I think it seems like a creative new way to celebrate Midsummer and I think it’s good when people celebrate the way they want to instead of how they should,” she says.

Another story from Sweden concerns the efforts to deconstruct gender roles in Swedish preschools. A reporter from the Dagens Nyheter went to a preschool and spoke to the boys about wearing princess costumes. The reporter then interviewed the staff about their efforts to break down the sex distinctions between the children:

Sanna Karlsson and Mia Smith's preschool teacher at Årstaberg. Mia is in charge of operations and works in a young group, True is working with slightly older children.

In the pre-school curriculum, it is clear such that we will offer boys and girls the same opportunities and that we should discourage children from being confined by gender stereotypes. An awareness of gender is part of the pedagogue mission, says Sanna Karlsson.

The assumption is that all children should have access to the same material regardless of sex, says Mia Svensson.

Often, it is about offering princess costumes to the boys and building materials to the girls. Although the response of individual children is something you think about.

How do the staff work?

We are in constant discussion, says Mia.

The boys in young departments will be happy about being in a skirt, coming to preschool in nail polish and want to make themselves beautiful. But somewhere along the way something happens.

The older the children begin to comment on each other, become more aware of what they and others are wearing. Just the clothes are clear markers of status as they get older.

Yet there is a lot of experimentation with different roles among the boys.

A good example is that when they dress up as Batman or in very masculine attributes, but it does not seem to control the game. Maybe they stand there in the Spiderman costume and prepare food or walk around with dolls, says Mia Svensson.

The staff works consciously so that the boys should dare to speak freely outside of gender conventions. But much is also about the attitudes they encounter at home. Both she and Sanna Karlsson face sometimes bad parents.

Even if they think it's OK that the boys dress as a princess, they are worried that they will be teased or about the negative response of other adults and children.

Awareness of gender is a fair question, and gives tremendous gains in the environment among children, says Sanna. We notice it becomes a more tolerant atmosphere in which children signal to each other that you can be who you are.

For the staff at Årstaberg it's not about trying to get kids to do something they do not want, but about individual freedom.

This is liberal autonomy theory in action (Dagens Nyheter describes its editorial stance as "independently liberal"). If the highest good is autonomy - a freedom to self-determine - and our sex is something we don't get to self-determine, then sex roles will be thought of negatively as something that limit us. That's why the article talks about children being "confined by gender stereotypes", whereas boys dressing as princesses is held to signal an "individual freedom" to "be who you are".

Swedish preschool teachers are bound to follow this view of the world:

Preschool curriculum developed in 1998 is a guiding document with legal bearing capacity as all the staff at the country's pre-schools must consider.

It says: "The pre-school is to counteract traditional gender patterns and gender roles.

As I've noted before, the Swedish state is not neutral. Liberalism is the state ideology.

The Jacksons - Living Together - remixed

The Jacksons - Living Together(LP version) 4:26
The Jacksons - Living Together (Ron Hardy Tribute Edit) 7:10
The Jacksons - Living Together [A Dimitri From Paris Disco Re-Edit] 7:55

jean gabin - but now i know (Maintenant Je Sais)

Jean Gabin - but now i know
Jean Gabin - Maintenant Je Sais

Format:Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Released:1974
Style:Slow Spoken Word

Slows Français - sélection Discosoul Cargo

Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg - je t'aime moi non plus
Claude Baylet - Pour Notre Amour
France Ariel - Je T'Aime Mon Amour
Gerald et Stephanie - La Melodie De Notre Amour (face b)
Guy Bedos - Le Tube De L'hiver
Guy Bedos & Sophie Daumier - La Drague
Jean Francois Maurice - 28 A L'ombre
Jean Francois Maurice - Pas De Slow Pour Moi
Jean François Maurice – Maeva
Jean Gabin - Maintenant Je Sais
Maryse – Mal De Toi (sur une musique d'Ennio Morricone)
Maryse - La Rencontre
Morton - Lovamour
Pierre Bachelet - L'Atlantique (première version)
Saint Tropez - Belle De Jour
Saint Tropez - Femmes Fatales
serge gainsbourg & jane birkin - la decadanse

Style:Slows Parlé
Style:slows Spoken Word in french

Stone Love Dance Hall Hits Vol 1

01. Sanchez - Fallin Love
02. Tony Curtis - Love Should Have
03. Cornell Campbell - Walk Right In
04. Fodde Irie - Ready
05. Tony & Jigsy King - My Sound A Murder
06. Rickey General - My Sound
07. Mega Banton - Champion
08. Stone Love - Real Rock Version
09. Power Man - Broke Buddy
10. Saba Tooth - Good Hood
11. Ninja Kid - Long Thing
12. Ricky General - Excuse Me
13. Stone Love - Punany Version
14. Spragga Benz - Jump Up & Swear
15. Squidly Ranks & Queen Paula - Magga Man
16. Ninja Kid - Boom By By
17. Stone Love - Boom By By Dub

Stone Love Go Go Wine

01. Captian Barkey - Go Go Wine
02. Queen Paula & Major Mackrel - Hot Girls
03. Tony Curtis - Do You Wanna
04. Merciless - Gizzada
05. Captian Barkey - Funny Man
06. Frisco Kid - Hustle
07. Louie Culture - Domino
08. Jigsky King - Sexy Body
09. Lukie D & Tony Curtis - Memory Lane
10. Little Hero - Real Love
11. Gringo - Me A Man
12. Jigsky King - Wantie Wantie
13. Rickey General - Ricky General - Stamp
14. Action Fire - Nuff Man A Come

One Man One Vote

01. Big Youth - Free South Africa
02. Bunny Rugs - One Man One Vote
03. Bunny Rugs - Warning
04. Cocoa Tea - Reach Out Speak Out
05. Dean Fraser - New Page In History
06. Dennis Brown - No More Walls
07. Hopeton Lindo - The Word
08. Leroy Gibbon - Stand Up
09. Mikey Melody - We No Want It
10. Pad Anthony - It Nah Go So
11. Shabba Ranks - Build Bridges Ins

Kangaroo Hop

01. Richie Stephens - Should I
02. Kojack And Liza - How Could I
03. Glen Ricketts - Loving You
04. Richard Kimble - Big Up The Woman
05. Lady Ann - Man Move
06. Beres Hammond - Step Aside
07. Lady Shabba - Move Aside
08. Candyman - One More Chance
09. Papa Biggy - Get Up Stand Up
10. General Trees & Beres Hammond - My Time Fe Ride

AutoKratz - Self Help For Beginners "2011"

Uno de los duos más talentosos de la electrónica del Reino Unido regresan al panorama con un segundo trabajo de autentico lujo. Mucho ha llovido ya desde que David y Russell se dieran a conocer realizando unas fabulosas remezclas a los mismisimos Underworld.

Fiel a su estilo electrónico ochentero y vanguardista demuestran que tiene mucho que decir, y por cierto un disco lleno de colaboraciones exquisitas.

MySpace

01. Opposite Of Love [4:14]
02. Becoming The Wraith [Ft. Peter Hook] [3:15]
03. Fireflies [3:33]
04. Last Light [3:23]
05. The Seventh Seal [4:03]
06. Skin Machine [4:18]
07. Kick [Ft. Andrew Innes] [3:32]
08. The Fallen [3:17]
09. My Own Black Heart [3:17]
10. R.I.S.E. [5:56]
11. Their Gun [4:00]
12. Every Little Scar [2:51]
13. A-Train [6:00]

Pais: UK
Estilo: Synthpop, Electro
Calidad: 320 kbps CBR
Peso: 134.1 MB

AutoKratz - Self Help For Beginners

Disco Pa-r-r-r-ty - the first continuous disco mix lp ever released.

A1 Lyn Collins – Think (About It) 2:25
A2 Millie Jackson – Love Doctor 2:03
A3 Fred Wesley & The JB's – Doing It To Death 2:21
A4 The Mainstreeters – It's My Life 2:52
A5 Maceo And The Macks – Parrty 2:17
A6 Joe Simon – Drowning In The Sea Of Love 3:16
A7 Act 1 – Tom The Peeper

B1 The Chakachas – Jungle Fever 2:43
B2 Mandrill – Fence Walk 2:36
B3 The Peppers – Pepper Box 2:06
B4 James Brown – Sex Machine 2:11
B5 Hank Ballard And The Midnight Lighters – From The Love Side 2:37
B6 Timmy Thomas – Why Can't We Live Together 2:08
B7 Barry White – I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More 4:03

Format:Vinyl, LP, Mixed
Country:US
Released:1974
Style:Funk, Disco


According to a 1974 Billboard magazine article, this was the first continuous disco mix lp ever released.
Complied at Media Sound, N.Y., N.Y.

Selon un article de 1974 le magazine Billboard, ce fut le premier LP continue Disco Mix jamais sorti.
Conforme à Media Sound, NY, NY

Two for Tuesday, 6/21/11

Dropkick-Time Cuts the Ties. I've been listening to this prolific (9 full-lengths plus a handful of EPs in the last 10 years) Scottish band for several years now, had their records in my top 100 lists, but until now had not featured them on this site. I'm remedying this oversight with their latest, Time Cuts the Ties, as it's emblematic of their body of work and a damn good listen. Dropkick specialize in the melodic pop of bands like Teenage Fanclub and Daniel Wylie-era Cosmic Rough Riders with a touch of alt-country, suffused with Pernice Brothers-like harmonies. The standouts here are "Bad Line", an uptempo number augmented by piano that wouldn't have been out of place on the Pernices' Overcome by Happiness album, the stately power balladry of "Home", and the lovely, waltzing title track. Have a listen below, but set aside some time - once you introduce yourself to them, you're going to want to delve into that deep back catalog.

Official site (with lots of downloads) | iTunes



The Janglemen-5 by The Janglemen. Hey, sometimes the reviews write themselves. In this case, the band name and the title do a great job of summing things up. If you like this NYC band's full-length debut in 2007 or just like jangly power pop, this EP is for you. "Missin' Kissin' Kristen" is worth the price of admission alone, all Rickenbackers and catchy melodies. Also of note is the merseybeat of "XO XO", and the almost Knack-like "Weather Girl". Jangle on!

CD Baby | MySpace | iTunes

Jens Bader - Compensation For Pain And Suffering (The Best Of Jens Bader 1991-2004) "2008"

Uno de los artistas alemanes de culto por excelencia y que mejor reputación tiene en la escena electrónica, no podiamos dejar en el tintero sin repasar algo de material suyo.

Este recopilatorio incluye parte del mejor repertorio de su carrera desde 1991 al 2004 y que inicialmente no estaba pensado para editarse. Más tarde en el 2008 quiso compartirlo con nosotros dando lugar así a su tercer disco oficial en diez meses. 

Como siempre un lujo de los indispensables.

MySpace

01.Love Me in My Song

02.Hold Me

03.Compensate

04.Can't Make You Feel

05.Stumble and Fall

06.Until I Met You

07.My Heart Has Been Sold

08.Unkissed

09.Mama was Right

10.Somebodys Touch

11.In the Arms of Love

12.Stop Falling Apart

13.Impatient

14.Chaos

15.Save Me from My Sins

Pais: Alemania
Estilo: Synthpop, Electronic
Calidad: VBR
Peso: 70.2 MB

Jens Bader - Compensation For Pain And Suffering

Constance Jablonski & Liu Wen: Gender Bender

Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2011 Campaign

Ph. Steven Klein // Stylist: Tabitha Simmons

Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, but in Dolce & Gabbana's latest campaign, shot in Brooklyn, the gender divide is murky at best. Androgyny is a dominating force in each photo, and when combined with the free-form, hectic design of the backdrops, the prestige brand presents a expressive message of freedom & individuality to the public. Whether you feel like donning a glittery green dress like Constance or a tomboy suit-vest combo like Liu Wen for the day, this collection probably has the right pieces for you!

Captain Sky – The Adventures Of Captain Sky

Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:US
Released:1978
Style:Funk, Disco

nice break (Discosoul Cargo)