The Remix According To Ashley Beedle Volume Three (2014 Future Vintage Vaults)

Both previous volumes of remixes by Ashley Beedle were huge success, measured by the number of downloads. Volume Three will not be so lucky though. Not that the material collected is any worse than Volumes One and Two. These 22 tracks include all genres exploited by Mr. Beedle, from old school electro to trippy jazz, from funky house to electronic dub. No, it's just because the number of current Future Vintage members is so shamefully low and it don't seem to be growing anytime soon. Enjoy!

101 Abacus-Black Thanx (Black Science's Panther Style Remix)
102 Cassio-Baby Love (Black Science Orchestra Mix Edit)
103 Shara Nelson-Rough With The Smooth (Ashley Beedle's Long Island Expressway Mix)
104 Black Jazz Chronicles II-Dope Stuff (Elektrik Afrika Mix)
105 P'taah-Compressed Light (Black Science Orchestra Borg remix)
106 Adamski's Thing-One Of The People (Ashley Beedle's Dog Funk Vocal)
107 Cornershop-Sleep On The Left Side (Ashley Beedle's Right Hand Radio Edit)
108 Jhelisa-Hold My Peace (Ashley Beedle Delta Peace Dubwise)
109 Shara Nelson-Nobody (Ashley Beedle Delta House Of Funk Mix)
110 Lightning Seeds-What You Say (Psychedelic Beach Funk Vocal)
111 Mellow-Mellow (Ashley Beedle's No Jazz Mix)

201 Hercules-7 Ways To Jack (Ashley Beedle Edit)
202 Kosheen-Harder (Ashley Beedle Soultek Vocal Mix)
203 Laurent Garnier-The Man With The Red Face (Ashley Beedle Remix)
204 Adamski's Thing-One Of The People (Ashley Beedle's Electro Funk Mix)
205 Elastica-Mad Dog (Ashley Beedle Mix)
206 Deep Dish-Chocolate City (Bomb The Whitehouse Remix)
207 Jhelisa-Friendly Pressure (Release The Enemy In Dub Mix)
208 Bent-Magic Love (Ashley Beedle's Black Magic Vocal Remix)
209 Jhelisa-Hold My Peace (Ashley Beedle Delta Peace Treaty Special)
210 Cornershop-Sleep On The Left Side (Ashley Beedle's Right Hand Extended Mix)
211 Lightning Seeds-What You Say (Psychedelic Beach Trip - Part 3)

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The Future Vintage era is about to end in a week or so. All the money collected is gone and I'm 2 euros short to pay for another month of my RS account which will expire at the end of the month. Still I couldn't resist to throw in one more fine FVV compilation to go. What does it mean? I simply cannot rule out the possible Future Vintage comeback, perhaps in a different, more open way, so keep me in your blogroll  and check back frequently. Stay tuned!

Farewell to the Year of the Dog

So here I am, sitting here on this last night of the Year 13, waiting for my friends to show up, ready to hit the streets of the Old Town and have some serious fun. It's a New Year somewhere in Asia already so it seems that I have a minute or two to write some stuff out of my hair in this last post of this Year of the Dog.

I had to put my bull terrier lady to sleep two weeks ago. I'm a big bloke proud of certain emotional stability. I'm currently recovering from the worst year of my life, both personally and professionally. I've lost my best friend to cancer, and another friend hung himself for reasons known but to him. I've lost all my clients and almost wound up homeless. Still I wonder how deeply the death of a mere dog struck me.

She was a lousy dog and a great bull terrier. However confusing it may sound, those familiar with this breed know what I mean. She'd had a great life, and though she couldn't continue with her conquest of the world when a tumor on her paw effectively tied her to her chair, she'd spent the last year doing the two next best things: lying in my bed and eating all kinds of forbidden stuff she'd never dreamt of before.

I have no trouble rationalizing the whole situation. I know the time was right and to put an end to it was the best I could have done before things started to get really messy for her. But I still feel a need to justify myself  - to nobody else but myself. And though I know that the 30 kilograms of void beside me will eventually shrink and disappear, and soon I will be able to look in the corner where her chair used to stand without that pain in my chest, I will always miss her deep inside of me. But the dogs who were truly loved will never be forgotten anyway. Rest in peace, Kočička.

Also I seem to have lost my blog for good. Not that I'm not willing to go on with my smart remarks on times and music of my youth. It's just that sad fact that of all those thousands former Future Vintage blog readers not more than a handful have confided in me enough to jump on my new scheme, and when I say handful, I really mean it - if I invited all the new Future Vintage members in my place, we'd be all sitting comfortably. I have to admit that it was the bitterest pill of all I had to swallow this year. Perhaps I will be able to get back in the saddle and carry on. If not, I will find a way to pay back all of those who put trust and money in this blog. You know who you are and I thank you very much for keeping the faith.

Let me cut this somewhat longish post off in an unusual way. My readers know my passion for Jay Alanski and his project A Reminiscent Drive. To my greatest joy, Side Effects, my bootleg compilation of ARD rare tracks, has been one of the most downloaded titles from the Future Vintage Vaults series. If you share my passion for his works, you ought to head straight to your favourite music dealer and buy the freshly released Zoom Back Camera compilation of his works from the Mercy Street era. This double disc jewel was released on Peacelounge label as a sequel to their recent reissues of both ARD albums and when I say that these guys did a hell of a job here, it's not because they have quoted from my post twice in their Mercy Street reissue press release ;).

Gotta go. If you are a Future Vintage member, enjoy the two FVV compilations below. If not, have a great 2014 anyway.

Stay tuned!

The Remix According To DJ Cam (2013 Future Vintage Vaults)

The same as for Coldcut goes for DJ Cam. I can't get enough of this guy's early works and I'm proud that I can recognise his distinctive sound from behind the wall.

01 Air-Modulor (DJ Cam No Protection Remix)
02 Daphreephunkateerz-Dark Jazz (DJ Cam Remix)
03 Tek 9-Is It On (DJ Cam Mix)
04 DJ Vadim-Aural Prostitution (DJ Cam Remix)
05 Miki Nakatani-Aromascape (DJ Cam Rainforest Mix)
06 Elysian Fields-Rolling (DJ Cam Remix Instrumental)
07 Marius Constant & Bernard Herrmann-Twilight Zone (DJ Cam Remix)
08 Jean Michel Jarre-Oxygene 7 (DJ Cam Remix)
09 Elysian Fields-Jack In The Box (DJ Cam Remix Instrumental)
10 Minus 8-In The Spirit Of Vampiros Lesbos (DJ Cam Remix)
11 Apollo Four Forty-Lost In Space (DJ Cam Remix)
12 More-Baron Samedi (DJ Cam Remix)
13 Miles Davis-In A Silent Way (DJ Cam Remix)
14 Ekova-Sebrendita (Dark Jazz Remix)
15 Goo-The Greatest (DJ Cam Revisits Goo)
16 Koji Sekiguchi-426 Phenomenon (Camityville Remix by DJ Cam)

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The Remix According To Coldcut (2013 Future Vintage Vaults)

No need to introduce the notorious More/Black duo, they are Mr. Tall and Mr. Small of the 1990's breakbeat scene. Without them.. you know what I mean. It's a shame no one has come with the idea of collection of their remixes before. Enjoy if you are Future Vintage member, try not to cry if you ain't!

101 Eric B. & Rakim-Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Music)
102 The Fall-Telephone Thing (Coldcut Mix)
103 The Orb-Little Fluffy Clouds (Heavyweight dub)
104 INXS-What You Need (Coldcut 'Force' Mix)
105 Youssou N'Dour-Toxiques (Coldcut Album Mix)
106 Eurythmics-Love Is A Stranger (Coldcut Remix)
107 Bassomatic-Funky Love Vibrations (Concrete Mix)
108 They Might Be Giants-The Guitar (Outer Planet mix)
109 Bob Holroyd-African Drug (Coldcut Dagger Mix)
110 Real Life-Shark Dance (Coldcut Remix)
111 The Fall-Telephone Dub
112 The Orb-Little Fluffy Clouds (Inner Master mix)
113 They Might Be Giants-The Guitar (Even Further Outer Planet mix)

201 RHC Featuring Plavka-Move Ya (Born Free Mix)
202 Nobukazu Takemura-Crescent (Cold Cut Remix)
203 Red Snapper-Last One (Red Snapper coldcutted and gutted by DJ Food)
204 The Illuminati Of Hedfuk-Miasma (Coldcut Mix)
205 Cibo Matto-Sugar Water (Coldcut Remix)
206 Pierre Henry-Psyche Rock (Chopped Up By Coldcut's Computer + Hex)
207 Koji Futaba-Border (Coldcut Remix)
208 Steve Reich-Music For 18 Musicians (Coldcut remix)
209 Laub-Flotsam (Coldcut Remix)
210 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five-Scorpio (Coldcut Remix)
211 Pierre Henry-Psyche Rock (Psyched Out By Coldcut)

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The future ain't what it used to be

Once upon a time there was a blog called Future Vintage. Since its birth in the summer of 2009 it was spreading joy and good time among the numerous crowd of its readers... until it was crashed and smashed by an evil giant called Gugol. Even though Future Vintage did little or no harm to Gugol and his equally evil brethren, the sniffers, one sunny morning it was no more. The saddenned readers were looking here, there and everywhere, but all they have found was an empty screen where Future Vintage used to be. They went to ask Gugol but he claimed there never was such place as Future Vintage. Gugol was so evil that he had killed not only the blog, but attempted to erase any sign of its father, 70's Baby Early 80's Child.

Several weeks later the joy and good time returned - the Future Vintage was back again. Happy were the readers until they realized there was something different, something odd about this new blog. To trick and befool the vigilant and watchful Gugol, the Future Vintage was not as friendly and open as it used to be. Remembering how incredibly laborious was to raise from the dead, the reborn Future Vintage now had to choose new friends cautiously lest he let the sniffers in and let them wreak havoc again. Where there was wide open gate once, a tiny door was left for the readers to get inside. But that was not enough - every reader had to pass the test to prove his good will and commitment.

Not many of the 500.000 readers were willing or able to pass that test, but once they did, a whole new world opened in front of them. The new Future Vintage was now safer and better for that brave bunch. There were new posts showing up every couple of days, the links were appearing in their email miraculously and did not expire or vanish anymore. Since the sniffers were not able to find anything to report to Gugol, the blog was safe, and everyone was downloading and enjoying the music happily ever after. The end.

Yes, Future Vintage is finally back but it's not what it used to be. As you see, major changes have been made. The powers that be forced me to abandon the open house scheme and turn the Future Vintage into an exclusive club. For obvious reasons, there are no more links in the comments section. All you will find there is a documents that will give you answers to all your FAQs.

Read it carefully and consider the pluses and minuses of my offer. It's no secret to me that a massive majority of the original fan base were here just because there was free music up for grabs. But I firmly believe that at least 1% of you readers are not just takers, otherwise I wouldn't burn my precious time in attempt to put Future Vintage back on track. With you on my side, I'm sure the fairytale would eventually come true.

Today happens to be my birthday and the Future Vintage relaunch is the best present I could give myself. As a little push for you, here comes my special b-day offer: Every new BASIC member will get the REGULAR membership benefits. PLUS all BASIC memberships start with The Remix According To Peshay post. The offer is valid until September 30th.

Stay tuned!

The Remix According To Fila Brazillia (2013 Future Vintage Vaults)

There can hardly be a better artist to start a new era of Future Vintage than Fila Brazillia. Don't expect anything like those two classic smooth flowing collections released years ago. These 25 remixes by messrs Cobby and McSherry show that there's a stray dog underneath all that shiny fur. Surely there's a reason why some of these tracks were left behind, but listen to the Rhodes-fuelled home studio sessions, furious hip hop breaks, crazy sambadrome drumming, and you'll see there's gold to be found on this scrapheap. Some of the tracks, long forgotten or just slept-on, were truly surprising to me - different version of Sven Väth's Fusion, the Cornershop space funk disco and both Lypid mixes, to name a few. I wish I had those two remixes for The Twilight Singers to make this collection even more comprehensive. Sadly, this compilation is also a swan song for the Pork Recordings blog that is no more.

101 Ultramarine-Urf (Fila Brazillia Remix)
102 Snooze-The Chase (Revisited by Fila Brazillia)
103 Fluke-Josh (Remixed by Fila Brazillia)
104 Ruby-The Whole Is Equal To The Sum Of Its Parts (Fila Brazilia Remix)
105 Sneaker Pimps-6 Underground (In The Jungle Mix)
106 Busta Rhymes-Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check (Fila Mix 3)
107 Collapsed Lung-London Tonight (Fila Brazilla Mix)
108 Arakatuba-Josimar (Fila Brazillia Mix)
109 James-Tomorrow (File Brazillia Full On Vibe Mix)
110 Sneaker Pimps-6 Underground (Fila Brazillias Samba)
111 Black Uhuru-Boof n Baff n Biff (Fila Brazillia Remix #1)
112 Busta Rhymes-Do My Thing (Fila Brazillia Mix 1)
113 Lypid-The Sign's Alive (Fila Brazillia Dub Mix)

201 Sven Väth-Fusion (Fila Brazillia Remix I)
202 Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi-Maco (Fila Brazillia Remix)
203 Busta Rhymes-Do My Thing (Fila Brazillia Mix 2)
204 Snooze-Killer With A Gun (Revisited by Fila Brazillia)
205 Baaba Maal-Souka Nayo (I Will Follow You) (Fila Brazillia Mix)
206 Busta Rhymes-Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check (Fila Mix 4)
207 Mellow-Mellow (Fila Brazilia Mix #1)
208 Cornershop-Buttoned Down Disco (Fila Brazillia Disco Frisco Mix)
209 Lypid-The Sign's Alive (Fila Brazillia Vocal Mix)
210 Yoko Kanno-Forever Broke (File Brazillia Remix)
211 Busta Rhymes-Do My Thing (Fila Brazillia Mix 3)
212 Sneaker Pimps-6 Underground (Fila Brazillia Remix #1)

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Dead Labels Society launches today

Originally posted on June 28, 2013 

When I mentioned Dead Labels Society some two months ago, it was a figure of speech more than a real concept. But the number of your ideas and suggestions that followed, and also the relative success of Pork Recordings blog (expecting 100.000th reader any day now) convinced me to give it a try. Plus I'm no longer satisfied with dropping random albums and need a new challenge from time to time. So Dead Labels Society it is. I took a deep dive into the vaults and came back with material for about a dozen Dead Labels Society posts, ranging from ambient thru breakbeat and IDM to techno. Please don't expect labels like Moving Shadow (which would deserve a blog of its own though I'm pretty sure it would be swept away pretty soon) or labels that formed the sound of 1990s underground but are still active or relaunched, like Peacefrog or Hydrogen Dukebox. But I'm sure we can have a lot of fun while preserving music that wouldn't stand the test of commercial pressure otherwise.

Though my posting frequency was somewhat frozen by the time-consuming Dead Labels Society research, the many fans of Future Vintage Vaults series should not feel threatened by this new toy of mine. New FVV posts are ready and will appear regularly. Perhaps you may want to consider using the Donate button, every donation gives me a wake-up slap and points me in the right direction;)