Time for a single....

Here's a 45 single from 1967 by Dutch garage band Q 65. Raw and heavy psychedelic garage rock ripped at 320 Kbps from vinyl. Includes cover scan. Enjoy this quick one!

Side A: World of Birds
Side B: It Came To Me

Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?mbdowddnidg

VA - Vere Languores Nostros: A Mix Tape By Metal (2009)

Now back to the mix tapes! This one was put together over the past few months by my band mate Aaron and I. This is the first mix tape by Metal. This one is all over the place musically speaking. Everything from Boards of Canada to Ennio Morricone (plenty of mood-setters!). Just a bunch of stuff that we both love. 20 tracks running about 78 minutes (ripped at 320 kbps naturally). Enjoy zoning out! Comments are appreciated!

Track List:
01 Roger Wagner Chorale/Vere Languores
02 Blonde Redhead/Misery Is A Butterfly
03 Serge Gainsbourg/Ah! Melody
04 Meiko Kaji/Urami Bushi
05 Scott Walker/Such A Small Love
06 Ennio Morricone/Angel Face
07 Nora Orlandi/Dies Irae
08 Boris With Michio Kurihara/Rainbow
09 Ciccone Youth/Macbeth
10 Valet/Kehaar
11 Ólöf Arnalds/Í Nýju Húsi
12 Boards Of Canada/In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
13 Air/Venus
14 Freescha/Whales Wave Goodbye
15 Caetano Veloso & Gal Costa/Nenhuma Dor
16 Sébastien Tellier/Universe
17 Vincent Gallo/So Sad
18 Ô Paon/Les Cerfs-Volants
19 Yo La Tengo/Everyday
20 Ennio Morricone/The Demise Of Barbara

Download Links:
Part One: http://www.mediafire.com/?jmgq4ztamdy
Part Two: http://www.mediafire.com/?gjzwdtgxzzz

Kittenz - Live At Apotheke 05/04/06

And last but not least in the Apotheke series is Kittenz. Kittenz are two dudes (Matt and Myron) from Portland. The band was formerly known as Specifics and I believe that they are no longer making music together do to one of them moving away. This show was special to me because I specifically requested them to play that night at my art show opening (Apotheke had regular rotating art shows each month). So since I was feeling nostalgic about the show, I decided to include a photo taken that night in the bar. This will be the last post of these shows. I have a recording of my band Metal playing at Apotheke, but since we use live instruments, the recording has a lot of room noise. So, I'll hold off on that one. I hope you all enjoy these live sets. Feedback is alway nice. Thanks.

One track, 75 minutes...

Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nw4ztmnl05z

PS. Apotheke is now closed (RIP).

Rrine - Live At Apotheke 08/19/05

Here is the Rrine set from the same night as Arovane. Just as strong in my opinion. I had forgotten until doing a little research that Mori also had a set that night. Unfortunately it was not recorded. Rrine is from Portland, Oregon. You can find his wesite here (which includes a generous amount of free songs!):

http://www.rrine.com/

This recording is one seamless 42 minute track.
I've included a very cool visual I found on his site for your viewing pleasure...

Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mjgzqzj4jjm

Arovane - Live At Apotheke 08/19/05

Here is another one of the early shows at Apotheke, this time all the way from Germany. This was Arovane's debut performance in the united states and a strong one at that! Arovane (Uwe Zahn) brought it much harder and faster than we were expecting. Apparently his live sets play out much more like an Autechre record than the usual chilled out Arovane sound. ...But the melodies were still there. Check it out.

2 tracks, 56 minutes

Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?5zj2wzmnyye

Kim Hiorthøy - Live At Apotheke 05/27/05

A few years back my friend Caleb opened a bar in Portland called Apotheke. It was kind of a conceptual project. The bar featured an entirely white interior, designer food and drinks and almost exclusively electronic music. There were Djs and live groups on a pretty regular basis there. My buddy (and band mate) Aaron did sound there a lot, so we plugged in the old minidisc occasionally and captured some great performances straight from the sound board. I wanted to post a few of these live IDM sets here. Sort of a "Live at Apotheke" mini series. I hope you enjoy them. Here is the first performance. For the opening night Caleb flew in Kim Hiorthøy all the way from Norway to perform for us. I was stoked because I was already a huge fan of his (both his music and graphic design work). So here it is, the first installation. Keep in mind that these are direct from the board, so there is none of that pesky crowd noise on these recordings. None of the tracks are titled and most of them are just one continuous track.

Kim Hiorthøy - Live At Apotheke 05/27/05 (5 tracks, 50 minutes)

Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?tzmztjztnyj

Piero Piccioni - Scacco Alla Regina (1969)

Spaced out percussion, Light and breezy bossa novas and deep moody atmospheres, featuring the always lovely Edda Dell 'Orso on vocals!

Tracks:
01 Capriccio
02 Aspetto Ancora Un Giorno
03 The Redcoat
04 Sognando La Tua Voce
05 Con O Senza Sole
06 Da Soli In Vacanza
07 E'vero, Ogni Mondo E' Felice
08 Scacco Alla Regina
09 L'alfiere
10 La Torre
11 Nero Piu' Bianco
12 Poche Mosse Alla Fine
13 I Cavalli
14 The Redcoat N.2

Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?z2nmzyodygt

Repost: Dream 3: A Fall Mix By The Cowboys From Sweden

I know a few of you asked me to repost this due to file hosting problems, so here you go... Ripped at 256 Kbps (two parts). The mix runs just under 70 minutes and includes a front and back cover. Feedback is appreciated! Feel free to repost any of my stuff on your own blogs, then maybe the links wouldn't die so fast.

Tracks:
01 The Kinks/I Go To Sleep
02 The Zombies/Girl Help Me
03 The Left Banke/Pretty Ballerina
04 Wendy & Bonnie/Children Laughing
05 Dusty Springfield/Summer Is Over
06 Os Mutantes/Fuga No. II
07 Andrew Oldham Orchestra/The Last time
08 Margo Guryan/Under My Umbrella
09 Harry Nilsson/I Said Goodbye To Me
10 Glen Campbell/Guess I'm Dumb
11 The Rolling Stones/Ruby Tuesday
12 Small Faces/Show Me The Way
13 The Zombies/I'll Call You Mine
14 The Kinks/So Long
15 The Who/The Kids Are Alright
16 The Seeds/Can't Seem To Make You Mine
17 Easybeats/Friday On My Mind
18 The Pretty Things/Midnight To Six Man
19 13th Floor Elevators/You're Gonna Miss Me
20 The Music Machine/Some Other Drum
21 The Beatles/Girl
22 Love/Always See Your Face
23 Margo Guryan/Someone I Know
24 The Rolling Stones/She Smiled Sweetly
25 Big Star/Morpha Too
26 Harry Nilsson/Snow

Links:
Part One: http://www.mediafire.com/?y3zylmqmjdd
Part Two: http://www.mediafire.com/?ie4dyox2nzt