CRC Retro Mix #11
1. Living on the Ceiling (12" Mix) - Blancmange
2. This Time of Night - New Order
3. The Magnificent Seven - The Clash
4. 17 Pens - I Start Counting
5. Humunkulus (Razormaid! Mix) - Mysterious Art
6. Machines (Metal Shop Extended) - Red Flag
7. All Saints Day - Severed Heads
8. World Control - Manufacture
9. White Horse - Laid Back
10. Living in Oblivion - Anything Box
11. Flexible - Depeche Mode
12. Hurt - Re-Flex
13. Cities in Dust (Extended Version) - Siouxsie and the Banshees
14. Wonderland - Xymox
15. Boy '90 - Soho
Notes and other random things: I actually did two mixes this week. I assembled one and was ready to record when I took a moment to mix two other songs that were in my head. An hour or so later I had this mix cobbled together. It's funny how some weeks are a struggle and others are rather prolific. One thing you'll notice here is that there are very few remixes. Most of the tracks are album versions. It just turned out that way; it wasn't by design. Album versions of songs always present a challenge because there are usually shorter intros and fewer instrumental parts where mixing can take place. Sometimes I wish I had more knowledge of the current house music scene, but as "they" say: Go with what you know. All the songs you hear in my podcast I have played or recorded a million times over the years. That's an exaggeration, of course, it's more like two million. But, when you do what you know and love it shines through, even across wires and servers. Digital emotion. Now, as for the songs, a couple of these fall into the "I didn't know they had more than one song" category. Well, feast your ears on Re-Flex and Soho of "Politics of Dancing" and "Hippychick" fame, respectively. Try your ear at the always interesting I Start Counting with "17 Pens", a song that mashes up JFK quotes to sound like he's pitching Cold War ideology. Mysterious Art and lead singer Nicole Boeuf touch on dystopian themes of a synthetic ruling class in their song "Humunkulus". Listen carefully to the lyrics; what was at the end of the 80s just a pipe dream is closer than ever to reality. Despite the band's unfortunate name, Severed Heads created a dance floor beauty with their great track "All Saints Day". I also tossed in Nettwerk label mates Manufacture with "World Control". And what mix would be complete without one of the creepiest retro tunes ever written, "White Horse" by Danish pop group Laid Back. As a kid, I used to hear this track on the radio in the wee hours of the morning sometimes, having been awakened by a vicious thunderstorm. The song frightened me at the time moreso than the thunder. Now you can hear it anytime you want. I'd advise not doing it in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm.
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