Spectral Rehab started as a DJing partnership between myself and Ian Lawrence of Barge Recordings - we both DJed independently of each other, me focusing more on rap and electronic music and Ian going more towards reggae and soul. We fancied a platform where we could really mix things up. We've been running a night in Boston for a year or so now, and while it's a strict "anything goes" policy, there's a sound that we've slowly built up over the many, many times we've played together. This mix was lovingly pieced together over plenty of American beers, local seafood, and high end Tequila. It's about 99% vinyl (we couldn't source that Actress track on wax soon enough) and it pretty much showcases exactly what we like to do when we play records.
The basic idea is that, although there's plenty of tracks that might make you scratch your head, it's supposed to be fun - experimental music can be awesome, it doesn't have to be confined to sit-down-in-silence, beard-stroking exercises in awkward boredom. We're crate diggers for sure, but that uber-exclusive "my precious" mentality is not why we're both obsessed with tunes - music's there to be shared and enjoyed, right? These are all tunes we love to play out, and more importantly love to play with a few mates over - screaming at each other "You've got to fucking hear this one!" There's nothing particularly clever about that, but it is fun.
You can download the mix right here.
Track listing:
1. The Burning Intro
2. Echoplex - Dick Mills Blues (Public Information)
3. Human Teenager - Whites (In General) (Spectrum Spools)
4. Kenny Knotts - Call Me (Dubplate Mix) (Ruddy & Redeye)
5. John Wayne - Love It A Kill Me (Version) (Firehouse)
6. Pedestrian Deposit - Drift Gently Down The Tides of Sleep (Excerpt) (Arbor)
7. Actress - Shadow From Tartarus (Honest Jon's)
8. Omar-S - Bobien Larkin (FXHE)
9. Metro - Angel of Mercy (Rush Hour)
10. SND - 15/16 (Excerpt) (PAN)
11. Ben Vida - ssseeeeiiiiii (PAN)
12. Dixie Peach - Just Worries (Jah Tubby's)
13. Cicciolina Holocaust - Zigomar (Forced Nostalgia)
14. Nelson Gastaldi - Second Movement (Rorotorio)
15. Mount Eerie - The Mouth of Sky (MIDI Strings) (Atelier Ciseaux)
16. Kink Gong - AT (Horse) (Dicrepant)
17. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Visiting This (EN/OF)
18. Akos Rosmann - 12 Stationer VI I (Ideological Organ)
19. Robert Turman - Flux (Excerpt) (Spectrum Spools)
20. Sewer Election - Bilder Av Dig (Excerpt) (Throne Heap)
21. Pye Corner Audio - Toward Light (Type)
22. KMD - What A Nigga Know? (Metal Face)
23. Philippe D'Aram - Bizarre Cult 2 (Finders Keepers)
24. FRAK - Varja Dag (Digitalis)
25. Flower Man - Lawns, Dials, Notes… (Monofonus Press)
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