Episode 188: 2015 Retrospective

Rolling since 2005, enjoy the look back at 2015.

"Bad Route (Instrumental)" by Tobacco from The Exorcise Tape Instrumentals. Courtesy of the artist.

"No Medicine for Regret (Pye Corner Audio Remix)" by Mogwai from Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1. Courtesy of Rock Action.

"Made Flesh" by Lilacs and Champagne from Midnight Features Vol 2. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.

"Metamorphosis" by Pinkshinyultrablast from Everything Else Matters. Courtesy of Club AC30.

"Free" by Dam-Funk from STFU. Free download courtesy of Stones Throw.

"Sun Tower" by Natural Snow Buildings from Terrors Horns. Courtesy of Badabing.

"Bus Ride" by Monster Rally from Psychic. Available as a name your price download.

"Rennsimulator Marke Eigenbau" by Vintage Cucumber from The Holy Cosmos-Vintage Cucumber Split. Available as a name your price download.

"Physis" by Majeure from Union of Worlds. Available as a name your price download.

"Dying All the Time" by Helen from The Original Faces. Courtesy of Kranky.

"Retta" by Alessandro Cortini from Forse 3. Courtesy of Important Records.

Thanks for tolerating me another year.

Episode 187: Breaking the Seal

The last all new show before the 2015 Retrospective. Listen for some upcoming changes on Social Media.

"Loops" by Kneebody & Daedelus from Kneedelus. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.

"Quiet Earth" by Andre Bratten from Gode. Courtesy of Smalltown Supersound.

"Rehumanizer II" by Maserati from Rehumanizer. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.

"Vincinities" by Steve Hauschildt from Where All is Fled. Courtesy of Kranky.

"Free" by Dam-Funk from STFU. Free download courtesy of Stones Throw.

"Back at Belle's" by Small Black from Best Blues. Courtesy of Jagjaguwar.

"BHMTH" by Stara Rzeka from Zamknely sie oczy ziemi. Courtesy of the artist.

"Unscheduled VR" by Sasha Conda from Bronco. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.

"Ghost of Red Hook" by Gowanus Drifts from Dialect. Courtesy of 1080p.

"Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light!'" by Godspeed! You Blank Emperor from Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress. Courtesy of Constellation.

The Spartacus Roosevelt classic album of the month is Atom Infant Incubator's Copula.

Episode 186: Every Single Day

Autumn has fallen and as this show releases it is Hallow's Eve. It isn't a very dark and morbid show though. At least, no more than usual.

"Life (Pt. 1)" by Dan Friel  from Life. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.

The title track from Anoxia by L A N D. Courtesy of Important Records.

"Dayz Up North" by Yung H33m from Abundance, Vol 6. Available as a name your price download.

"Physis" by Majeure from Union of Worlds. Available as a name your price download.

"Barrow in Furness (Open Thy Hand Wide)" by Philip Jeck from Cardinal. Courtesy of Touch.

The title track from Glass Ceiling Universe by Apprentice Destroyer. Courtesy of Castle Face.

"Shadow Hand" by Zombi from Shape Shift. Courtesy of Relapse.

"A Wind from All Directions" by Inventions from Maze of Woods. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.

"Loving of Leaving (Instrumental)" by King Midas Sound and Fennesz from Edition 1. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.

"Each Surface of Night" by Drew McDowall from Collapse. Courtesy of Dias Records.

"Repletion" by Berber Ox from Lye. Available as a name your price download.

The Spartacus Classic album of the month is Tangerine Dream's kraut-psych classic Phaedra.

Episode 185: Dark Rituals in Phone Retail

Summer ends, Fall begins and things start to fall apart. I think this show sounds like interference and degradation of signal and I hope you enjoy the melodies buried in the fuzz.

"Kollektiv" by Hills from Frid. Courtesy of Rocket Recordings.

"itsforyou" by brainorchestra from art.of.progress. Available as a name your price download.

"Qala Li Kafa Kafa Kafa Kafa Kafa Kafa" by Jerusalem in My Heart from If He Dies, If If If If If If. Courtesy of Constellation Records.

"Lower Order" by Wand from 1000 Days. Courtesy of Drag City.

"Doodlebag" by Bastien Keb from Dinking in the Shadows of Zizou. Available as a name your price download.

"Summer Simmer" by Battles from La Di Da Di. Courtesy of Warp.

"Dying All the Time" by Helen from The Original Faces. Courtesy of Kranky.

"Lost in Space" by Magic Castles from Starflower. Courtesy of the artist.

"Re201" by Automat from Plusminus. Courtesy of Bureau B.

"Lands of Kush" by Ramzi from Houti Kush. Courtesy of 1080p.

"Earth" by Follakazoid from III. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.

The Spartacus Classic Album of the episode is Who Can I Turn to Stereo by Nurse with Wound.

Episode 184: Miffleslew

Another month and another show of really disparate kraut stuff. I think this show is pretty traditional in a lot of ways and sounds like a show I would have made in 2008. Throwback August.

"Cold Lemon Door and Side Table" by Ashtray Navigations from Shimmering Replica. Courtesy of VHF.

"Return to White Mountain" by Master Musicians of Bukkake from Further West Quad Cult. Courtesy of Important.

"The Ride" by Cave from Release. Courtesy of Drag City.

"Sun Tower" by Natural Snow Buildings from Terrors Horns. Courtesy of Badabing.

"Just Wanted to Watch Television" by Girls with Blank Stares from Fresh Face. Available as a name your price download.

"Night Court" by Night Court from Law and Order. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.

"Everywhere and Forever" by Best Ghosts from Hereafter. Available as a name your price download.

"2" by Memory Leaks on the Rug from EEEEEEEEE. Available as a free download.

The title track from Mirror Woods by Creeping Pink. Courtesy of Castle Face.

"Protein Lush" by Suryummy from Prismatic Elevator. Available as a name your price download.

The Spartacus Classic Album of the month is the krautrock obscurity "2nd" by Agitation Free.

Episode 183: An Endless Skirmish Between Angles and Emptiness

The summer progresses and another Kraut-y show hits the feed. Come October, I am going to strip down the feed a little, and remove all the shows before episode 100. I get 4 times the number of downloads of old shows each month than I do of new downloads, so if this is an issue for you and you like them in the feed, email me.

The title track from Collapsed View by Bugskull. Courtesy of Digitalis.

"Broken Window" by BEAK from the BEAL/KEAB Split. Courtesy of Invada.

"Rennsimulator Marke Eigenbau" by Vintage Cucumber from The Holy Cosmos-Vintage Cucumber Split. Available as a name your price download.

"Cemetery Arena" by VHS Glitch from Demons with Shotguns. Available as a name your price download.

"La Guardia" by Alessandro Cortini from Risveglio. Courtesy of Hospital Productions.

"Austerlitz" from the self titled album by Die Wilde Jagd. Courtesy of Bureau B.

"Atlantic Postcard" by The Holydrug Couple from Moonlust. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.

"Bullet Hell Abstraction III" by Oneohtrix Point Never from Commissions II. Courtesy of Warp.

The title track from Empty Airport by Chra. Courtesy of Editions Mego.

"Dream of TV" by Circuit des Yeux from In Plain Speech. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.

With the passing of Dieter Moebius, the Spartacus Classic album is the collaboration between his band Cluster and Brian Eno.

Episode 182: Dancing Demons

"Into the void," I say. Busy summer for me so forgive the lack of pithy commentary.

"Mega Structure" by Damaged Bug from Cold Hot Plumbs. Courtesy of Castle Face.

"Kpelle" by German Army from Tokodede. Courtesy of the artist.

"Mercury" by Evan Caminiti from Meridian. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.

"Bad Route (Instrumental)" by Tobacco from The Exorcise Tape Instrumentals. Courtesy of the artist.

"Demon Self" by Seth from This True (Sunseth). Courtesy of 1080p.

"Earnings" by Sugar Cane Davis from f l y o u t s. Courtesy of the artist.

"Benghazi Affair" by I-LP-O In Dub from Communist Dub. Courtesy of Editions Mego.

"Scud Books" by Hudson Mohawke from Lantern. Courtesy of Warp.

"Midnight Sun" by White Poppy from Natural Phenomenon. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.

"Mercy (Fieldhead Remix)" by Benoit Pioulard from Hymnal Remixes. Courtesy of Lost Tribe.

"Prungen" by Jaga Jazzist from Starfire. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.

"Vestige" by Six Organs of Admittance from Hexadic. Courtesy of Drag City.

"Something Unknown You Need to Know" by Death and Vanilla from To Where the Wild Things Are. Courtesy of the artist.

The Spartacus Classic Album this month is 3 & 4 by the Wire side project of the early 80s, Dome.

Episode 181: Young Men, the Weight on Their Shoulders

In 2005, I heard about this thing called podcasting. I had been making mix CDs for total strangers as part of the MefiSwap on Metafilter. This seemed like a great way to mass release my kind of mayhem on an unsuspecting public. Well after 10 years of growth, I still only get about 500 downloads of every new show each month and about 2000 from the archives every month. And I still love doing it despite there only being a few hundred people in the world liking what I am doing. About half of you are from the US, with about a quarter of my downloads coming from Germany and the UK. Besides the isolated download or two from Down Under, Japan, and coastal China, most of the remaining quarter is from Eastern Europe. Over the decade I have had downloads from six of seven continents (McMurdo, where are you?) and made friends with some amazing listeners. Thank you for not letting me be alone in this.

"Surrender" by Boris from Urban Dance. Courtesy of the artist.

"Dirt and Humbug" by Oil Theif from Obsolescence and Monality. Courtesy of Chondritic.

"Please... Help..." by datfootdive from Maya. Available as a name your price download.

"Living Out Your Dreams" by Filibusta from Honeycomb Eyes. Available as a name your price download.

"Tyreu" by Cankun from Only the Sun is Full of Gold. Courtesy of Hands in the Dark.

"Dead Format" by Blanck Mass from Dumb Flesh. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.

"Springtime Linn" by Clark from Flame Rave. Courtesy of Warp.

"500 Cells" by Heroin in Tahiti from Sun and Violence. Courtesy of Boring Machines.

"He Evil" by Black Zone Myth Chant from Mane Thecel Phares. Courtesy of Editions Gravats.

"Retta" by Alessandro Cortini from Forse 3. Courtesy of Important Records.

This 10th Anniversary show's Spartacus Classic Album is only barely older than the show, Ectopia by the Jim Thirlwell project Steroid Maximus from 2002.

Episode 180: Thankpiece

One episode short of the tin anniversary. That seems strange.

"Bus Ride" by Monster Rally from Psychic. Available as a name your price download.

"Holding Horses" by Colleen from Captain of None. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.

"The Very Edge of Its Flame" by Benoit Pioulard from Sonnet. Courtesy of Kranky.

"Desarroi, Pt 2 Grundsturzend" by Kammerflimmer Kollektief from Desarroi. Courtesy of Staubgold.

"Park Eyes" by BLVCK CEILING from Rogue. Courtesy of the artist.

The title track from Deeper from the Soft Moon. Courtesy of Captured Tracks.

"We've Come So Far" by A Place to Bury Strangers from Transfixiation. Courtesy of Dead Oceans.

"Arriviste" by U-V Light from Cenotaph. Courtesy of Medical Records.

"Drowning Demons" by Helena Hauff from Lex Tertia. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.

"Can't You See It" by White Noise Sound from Like a Pyramid of Fire. Courtesy of Rocket Girl.

"Spalt" by Shampoo Boy from Crack. Courtesy of Blackest Ever Black.

The Spartacus Classic album is Goat by the Jesus Lizard, a screechy piece of guitar weirdness.

Episode 179: Freefall-Corrected

Nine and three quarters years in and the podcast is still cranking. This episode seems a little more electro than most.

"Made Flesh" by Lilacs and Champagne from Midnight Features Vol 2. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.

"A Geometric" by Sam Prekop from The Republic. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.

"Washed Out" by cola from Cathay Bagroom. Available as a name your price download.

"Attica" by Vessels from Dilate. Courtesy of the artist.

"Traumzeuge" by Claude Speeed from Sun Czar Temple. Courtesy of Planet Mu.

"Diane" by Paper Dollhouse from Aeonflower. Courtesy of Night School.

"This Land Is Yours" by Matana Roberts from Coin Coin Chapter III. Courtesy of Constellation.

"Cormoran" by Turzi from C. Courtesy of Record Makers.

"Grapevine" by Jackson Wilson from Retrograde. Available as a name your price download.

"Pilgrim (Paula Temple Remix)" by Fink from the Pilgrim EP. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.

"Ice" by Moon Duo from Shadow of the Sun. Courtesy of Mexican Summer.

The Spartacus Roosevelt Classic album of the month is Randy Grief's 5 CD masterpiece of found sound and psychedelic story telling, Alice.

Episode 178: Control N

Three months to the tenth anniversary. I am glad to still have everyone on board.

"Life Can Be Pain" by The Audible Doctor from The Spread. Available as a free download.

"Race to the Lake" by Wax Stag from II. Courtesy of Old Habits.

"Gas Effect (Taking Care of the World)" by Mumuy from TV Was My Daddy. Available as a name your price download.

"Metamorphosis" by Pinkshinyultrablast from Everything Else Matters. Courtesy of Club AC30.

"At the End of Spring" by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma from A Year with 13 Moons. Courtesy of Mexican Summer.

"Abyss (JG Thirlwell Remix)" by John Carpenter from the deluxe edition of Lost Themes. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.

"Infected" by HELLO AGAIN from 24ever. Available as a Name Your Price Download.

"Strange(r) Work" by Mind Over Mirrors from The Voice Calling. Courtesy of the artist.

"White Noise - Dys" by John T. Gast from Excerpts. Courtesy of Planet Mu.

"2010fx86" by Antoni Maiovvi from Avrokosm. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.

"Pulse Point" by Noveller from Fantastic Planet. Courtesy of Fire Records.

"Maidenhair Spleenwort" by Eternal Tapestry from Wild Strawberries. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.

The Spartacus Classic Album of the month is the self titled release by The United States of America.

Episode 177: Filling Negative Space

First show of 2015, headed to the tenth anniversary in June.

"Diskhat1" by Aphex Twin from Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments, Pt. 2. Courtesy of Warp.

"Brush" by Bitchin Bajas from the self-titled release. Courtesy of Drag City.

"Episode 2-Passing the Nebula When the Attack Began" by Kevin Bryce from Star Cop. Available as a name your price download.

"Megafauna" by The Night Terrors from Pavor Nocturnus. Courtesy of the artist.

The title track from Cold by The Bug vs. Earth. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.

"Drittes Buch: Graevann Grewen" by Oake from Auferstehung. Courtesy of the artists.

"Ash" by Lorn from Certain Limbs. Available freely.

"Topkapi" by Rhyton from Kykeon. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.

"No Medicine for Regret (Pye Corner Audio Remix)" by Mogwai from Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1. Courtesy of Rock Action.

"Squeegee Anthem #2" by Astral Social Club from Fountain Transmitter Medications. Courtesy of VHF.

"NK012B01" by B-B-S from NK012. Courtesy of Aidan Baker.

The Spartacus Classic album of the month is Dead Can Dance's Within the Realm of a Dying Sun.