Yer Mam!'s Guide To Essential Summer Listening Part II: Mixing it up.

Okay, let's get back into it. The sun is really out today, so here are three great summery mixes for you to pump out of your car stereos when the sun is blazing...


Friends of the blog and all-round top blokes, Canyons (aka Leo and Ryan from the Hole In The Sky label) are used to sunshine and barbecues, I guess, being Aussies. Lazy geographical stereotyping aside, they've put together a terrifically sunkissed mix exclusively for you guys. Readers of Yer Mam! rejoice as it's a doozy. Don't forget to pick yourself up a copy of their recent 12", The Lovemore EP, on vinyl at Juno or, if you prefer mp3s, get the digital release at Play.com...

Canyons Mix (click through to download)

1. Aqua Bassino - Too Hard to Try and Find (F Communication)
2. Her Bad Habit - Lock me up (Citinite)
3. Arthur Russell - Pocketknife's continual Cornfield remix (Flagrant Fowl)
4. Late of the Pier - The Bears are Coming - The Emperor Machine remix (Vote)
5. 40 Thieves - Theme from nutrider (Permanent Vacation)
6. Escort - Karawane (Escort Records)
7. The Juan Maclean - Happy House (DFA)
8. Virgo - Free Yourself - (Eskimo)
9. E.V.I.A.N and the Atlantis Posse - Robo Tech (Techno Kut Records)
10. Lone Ranger Dub - Bingo mix (Kaos)
11. Syclops - Monkeypuss (DFA)
12. Tyree - I'm Free (Clone)
13. Martyn - Velvet (3024)
14. Luis Gasca - Spanish Gypsy (Universal)
15. Kathy Diamond - Over (Permanent Vacation)
16. Tame Impala - Half Full Glass of Wine - Canyons Drunken Rage Mix (Hole in the Sky)
17. The Emperor Machine - Slap On (DC Recordings)
18. Hercules and Love Affair - This is my love (DFA)
19. Only Fools and Horses - Spectacle Wins - Holy Ghost! remix (Permanent Vacation)
20. Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing (Reprise)

Two more mixes to clue you in on now from a couple other friends of Yer Mam! First up, Peter Jay, who did an exclusive mix for this blog a couple of months ago, has a new mix over at the Nish Nash Nosh podcast. Here's the tracklisting, which should be all the convincing you need to go over there and get downloading...

1. Prince - Musicology
2. Pure P - Fonky President
3. Busta Rhymes - Touch It (pee wee's incorrect funk mix)
4. The Rebirth - Shake It (j-boogie remix)
5. Tangoterje - I Get Lifted
6. Kraak & Smaack feat Ben Westbeech- Squeeze Me
6. Alessi Brothers - Savin' The Day (the revenge rework)
7. Jermaine Jackson - Lets Get Serious
8. Gwen Guthrie - Peanut Butter (u-tern edit)
9. Popular Peoples Front - Bits 'N' Pieces
10. Neighbour - Robo Dick
11. Parov Stelar - The Flame
12. Wolf Myer Orchestra & Parov Stelar - Next To Me
13. Hydroponic Sound System - El Narco
14. Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Guajira '78
15. Alex Wilson - Ain't Nobody

Finally, Freddy Flaggermus has cooked up another winner in the form of the 'Summer Whoreoff Volume II' mix he has up for download over at twentyfourhours. Go git it! Any mix that has The Bangles and Grace Jones is a blinder in my book.

Back real soon,

JMx

Today's post is brought to you by the letter 'C'.

I'm back after a bout of blogging fatigue, with a bitty, fractured post about some things, in the hope that it will get me back on the horse, so to speak....


As a blogger, I get some right shit flung my way via MySpace and the like. Not to go all biting the hand that feeds on you lot, as I do want people to send me stuff. I like it. It's nice. It's just that most of the time, it isn't really worth the solicitation. There are reasons why some people aren't signed, you know?

Anyway, I digress. Leo from Hole In The Sky Records (hope you don't mind me using your name, Leo) got in touch to let me know about the forthcoming release of Canyons' Lovemore EP. Having heard the last thing HITS put out (the Fred Cherry/The Templates 10" last year) and having loved it, I literally begged him to send me this. That's a lie, actually. He offered and I accepted, graciously.

Canyons are a two-piece from Australia (also home to HITS) and despite the fact that Australia's contribution to dance music can be summed up in two words - The Avalanches - Lovemore more than marks Canyons out as ones to keep an eye out for. They share The Avalanches cut-and-paste attitude but rather than going down the hip-hop route, Canyons prefer a more soulful, discoid approach, with elements of jackin' Chicago house thrown in for good measure. They call it "pineapple club music", whatever the hell that is, but I know I'm hungry for more. Lovemore is out later this month and there's an album in the pipeline. Whatever they release from here on in, I'm sure it'll be grand. See what I did there?! Clever aren't I?

Canyons - Apples And Pears (mp3) (link removed)


I've been listening to this thing a lot lately. It's a Carl Craig mix album, but here's the twist, all the tracks are Carl Craig productions! Imagine that! It's a C2-fest, mixed with crowdpleasing fluidity and energy by the man himself, but - and it's a big one - I can't really see the point in it, other than to act as a primer for Craig's considerable output.

The man has a recognisable style that he seems to have honed almost to the point of muscle memory these days, but he's never boring, which makes this a really good two-disc mix. It feels like a bit of a cash-in though for a man who seemingly thrives on integrity and credibility. That said though, if you want an easy introduction to the legend, Sessions could well be the album for you. Would it have killed them to have thrown on an unmixed disc though?

Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl Craig Sessions Remix) (mp3)

Some other stuff I'm liking lately...

Get behind France for this year's Eurovision, as this is their entry...

Sebastien Tellier - Divine (mp3)

Adem covers Aphex Twin and doesn't fuck it up...

Adem - To Cure A Weakling Child/Boy Girl Song (mp3)

"AGGGHHHH! C'MON FUCK A GUY!"

In other news, I recorded a segment on Trus'me's Working Nights LP on Blog Fresh Radio. I say that 'At The Disco' starts with a sample from the film, Jackie Brown. I lied. It doesn't. A couple other tracks on that album do, but not that one. Sorry Trus'me. Am I still allowed to come to Prime Numbers?

Also, there's some reviews wot I done up on High Voltage; Spektrum live and Les Savy Fav and Hercules And Love Affair singles. Read them if you dare!

I'll be back soon - honest - with more stuff about music.

JMx