Mining the Audio Motherlode, Vol. 8 (MP3s)

Give the Drummer Some's
10 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere
(see Comments, below, for helpful info about downloading)

The inspiring, exhausting, gratifying WFMU Marathon is now over, but the dizzying pistons of Beware of the Blog's downloadatron keep right on pumping. Plonk! Here comes a liver-quivering set from a French radical ballad belter. Plonk! Here comes a gaggle of "blue" material from some raunchy Western swingsters. Plonk! Here comes the transcendental clangety-clanging of Bali's legendary gamelan maestro—still going strong well into his eighties. Yes, the assembly line of astounding recordings continues to roll out gem after gem. Grab them before they hit the floor. Plonk!

A Chanteuse? In Your Ear!
Colette Magny  ~  "Feu et Rythme"
From the album: U.S.A. Doudou
(Blog: France Musik)
[Check out Scott Williams's previous post on Madame Magny]



Long-Lost Highlife Classic
Dan Satch & the Professional Atomic '8' Dance Band
From the album: Ikoro's 70 Special
(Blog: Likembe)




Snarly Anti-war Folk, with Organ
Bob Edmund  ~  "I See No Colors"
(Blog: Mutant Sounds)
 


[7 more industrial-strength audio thrill rides after the jump]

Swanky Swinging Brazilian Instrumentals
Paulo Moura Hepteto  ~  "Mensagem"
(Blog: Loronix)





Crackling Salsa Gems
Various  ~  "Oye Listen!"
From the album: Como Se Baila el Son
(Blog: Global Groove)




Don Cherry in a Kentucky Cave!
Various  ~  "Hell's Kitchen"
(Blog: Nothing Is V2.0)



Knotty and Naughty Western Swing
Various  ~  "Woodchips & Heartbreakers"
From the album: A Night in Carolina
(Blog: El Diablo Tun Tun)
[password = eldiablotuntun.blogspot.com]




Big Baby Gets Psyched Out
Baby Huey  ~  "The Living Legend"
(Blog: The Heat Warps)





Gamelan and On and On
Wayan Lotring  ~  "Hommage à Wayan Lotring"
(Blog: Different Waters)

 

Hip Armenian Gets His Oud On
John Berberian  ~  "Middle Eastern Rock"
(Blog: Miloramona)

Listen for music from these and other incredible finds on
Give the Drummer Some, Fridays on WFMU, 9 to Noon (ET).

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Comments

[Doug Schulkind]

A brief note about Mining the Audio Motherlode: The main focus here will be on posts of rare and out-of-print recordings, but the blogs themselves are responsible for the content they are providing.

A few helpful words about the downloads:
Follow the links provided to blog pages offering the downloads. Look for the download link on the page. (Occasionally, the link is listed in the Comments section. Also, if the original download link is no longer active, check further down in the string of comments; a new download link may be posted there.)

Some downloads deposit a folder on your desktop; others leave an rar. file, which needs to be opened using special software. This software is FREE and available online. (If you use a Mac, I highly recommend UnRarx.)

Some blogs provide passwords, which then must be entered when opening the rar. file. The password is typically listed right next to the original download link.

Be sure to search the archived pages at each individual blogs to find more musical gems. Also, check the blog rolls at each blog for leads to other great blogs.

Searching for a specific artist or album? Use Google's BlogSearch or try Captain Crawl.

[icastico]

You always find the good one.
Cool stuff as usual.

Here's some I've found recently.

Some experimental
http://i-llreadyouastory.blogspot.com/2009/03/omit-quad-corpus-hermeticum-1992-1997.html

Korean Zither
http://endofworldmusic.blogspot.com/2009/03/byungki-hwang-labyrinth.html

[Julie.S]

Thanks for the link to the Baby Huey album. I've been looking for it for years.