In June 2005, the first episode of the Spartacus Roosevelt Hour went online and stayed for two weeks. There are only about 500 downloads as an episode eight years later, but three times that every month of the back issues. The first year is not available, because at that time I just played what I wanted to play and didn't clear things. Now I only play things where I have talked to someone with the artist, band or label and they have given me the go-ahead to play one or all of their music. But thank you for sticking with me for 8 years and as a gift, here is the rebel and uncleared show number 1. (Apparently two years ago I had this same bright idea. Here is 2 and 3 also.)
Now onto this week's show.
"Kirsten" by Lust for Youth from Perfect View. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.
"Evermore" by Black Swan from Redemption. Courtesy of the artist.
"Dexedream" by Food Pyramid from Ecstasy and Refreshment. Courtesy Intercoastal Artists.
"Sultan of the Grid Plane (Saturday Swordz Part 2)" by RADicule from Humanoide. Courtesy of the artist.
"Electronic Sighs" by Bodyline from Electronic Broadcasts. Courtesy of Fortune 500.
"Machu Piccu" by Aavikko from Planet Fun-fun. Courtesy of the artist.
"Le Grand" by Lilacs and Champagne from Danish and Blue. Courtesy of Mexican Summer.
"Mondo Narcotico" by Lussuria from American Babylon. Courtesy of Hospital Productions.
"Social Studies" by ADR from Chunky Monkey. Courtesy of Hippos in Tanks.
"16" by Paco Sala from The Fog. Courtesy of Digitalis.
"Covered in Writing" by Eluvium from Nightmare Ending. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.
This month's Spartacus Roosevelt Classic album is Bill Laswell's City of Light. In the mid-90s, producer of every style of music went to Benares India and made field recordings. Coming back he kept some of the recordings and passed others to Coil, Tetsu Inoue and tabla artist Trilok Gurtu. They all remixed the found sounds and used to underscore verse read by Lori Carson, making one of my favorite albums of the mid 90s and Bill Laswell's entire catalog.
