BSWC One-a-Day: Colin Patrick - The Big Switchback

Wheels Going Nowhere

by slightlynorth

Biotic had an excellent and funky post yesterday and I'm going to try to keep the funk going here's an excellent little groove for you, off of an EP released just today on archive.org - fresh tracks!

I like every track on this release and look forward to more from Colin, who you can visit on the web at http://saintpokie.com/.

Colin Patrick - The Big Switchback

BSWC One-a-Day: Funkatron - Stoppin my Mind

Just recovering from the bump fest that was BSWC-The Show last night. Wow, I was out for a couple of weeks and the show just leapt out of control...a real bump fest.

Only appropriate then that I post something from Bump Foot, the Japanese netlabel the very next morning. Say hello to Funkatron.

Funkatron is from Slovakia. The release is called Space EP. Laying down a sort of minimal house sound with some serious bump. Just continuing on from where I was last night. (BSWC 4.28.07 should be posted today, I hope). [update 4.29.07 9:38 AM: Unfortunately, both of my recording events failed, so I have about 14 minutes of the show. I won't bother posting it. Sorry.]

Funkatron - Stoppin my Mind

BSWC 04.28.07: Dancin' with the Gods

Yep. I'm back and ready to put some creative commons licensed, netlabel music out on the table. I don't know if it is a revolution or anything (pretty exciting if it is, I have to say), but this a sure bet to be fun.

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Ganesha Message by Surbahar
Picassos Penis by Dorothy's Magic Bag
Midnight Funk by sebteix
Do Lock Money [master] by Fun
Rampant Zoo Sex Orgy by Cube
Noite de Carnaval (hbe's cinematrik soundscape) by hisboyelroy
Soixante-8 by Obsibilo
HerHeroHeroin by Mepa
dont talk - shoot by Disrupt
Naked dub by Confused Man
Hospital Dub by Finn The Giant meets Beatsquad
Black Scorpion Dub by Finn the Giant
dance of the butterfly by subatomicglue
Krausberg by Eloi Brunelle
Once You Know by Radio SSB
Darkleaves (Live Feat. Florence Chitacumbi) by Simon B
In The Ne by Rasterfahndung
Bitch City Grooves by Uniquetunes
Grey Sky by Tim and Puma Mimi
Small Bird's Got It, Yeah! by LeutOhm
Move by Pureape
Heraklion by Pete Victom
Brainsaw by October Rust

BSWC One-a-Day: Simon B - Darkleaves (Live Feat. Florence Chitacumbi)

Vintage Drum'n Bass for today's selection. Released by Bern netlabel, Realaudio.ch in 2003, this Simon B collection called Morro [rabr001] is smooth and sweet.

Darkleaves includes the vocals of Angolan, Florence Chitacumbi.

From the release notes:

...influenced by his studies of brasilian rhythms. involved in various highly respected projects as drummer and laptop-producer for more than ten years he cooperated with many worldwide respected musicians, like for instance bern's own jojo mayer and fabian kuratli. for realaudio he recorded brilliant vocal-tracks with the angolan florence chitacumbi and the portuguese liliana ferreira, a.k.a. maozinha.

Guilty Pleasure Alert: Found this one by following a Curator's Choice link from the archive.org homepage. It isn't usually that easy.

Thanks to Subsystem for grabbing a day for me when things started getting out of control this week. Back in the swing now and look for a wild playlist for tomorrow's BSWC-The Show.

Simon B - Darkleaves (Live Feat. Florence Chitacumbi)

BSWC One-a-Day: October Rust - Brainsaw

Today's choice: Brainsaw by October Rust from their EP, Breitseite. Satisfying evocative grinding techno which plays on the very fringes of trance without losing sight of its sentient nature. Definitely a Friday night time to hit the clubs selection. October Rust, Fabian and Simone, is a German/Brazilian couple based in Amsterdam. I really liked this EP, and look forward to hearing more of their work.

In Digital Diamond's Philosophy, they assert that "..we especially want to offer deep techno and trance music with soul," which is certainly true of this release, their 3rd.

View and download the entire EP on Digital Diamond

October Rust - Brainsaw

BSWC One-a-Day: Chunga Tribe - Up in The Bing

Released April 25, 2007 on archive.org Not If... But When is a "Hip-Hop commentary on life in the turn of the 21st Century." Although it was challenging to find any data on Chunga Tribe, they hail from the netlabel Black Rhombus sound system out of Brooklyn, NY.

I know this is a late in the day post, but good things come to those who wait. "For too long now, you've been a disease to the system." This is another surfing through the latest releases on archive.org, and what to my surprise should appear, but a reference to Great Barrington, the home town of WBCR-LP 97.7FM, the terrestrial mothership of Black Sweater, White Cat. Maybe GB is the Bing. Maybe not, but you'll enjoy this track.


Enjoy more hip-hop from Chunga Tribe and download the rest of the album.

Chunga Tribe - Up in The Bing

BSWC News: Internet Archive Changes The Way They Count Downloads

The Internet Archive announced today that they are shifting the way they count and report downloads of material at the site. Until today they only counted direct downloads from their site. In other words, you needed to be at archive.org to have your download count in IA's Batting Average for the item.

Now, they are going to count downloads of files that have direct links from other sites. This should have a big impact on netlabels and other independent music distributors hosted by IA.

The change certainly makes a lot of sense. It will provide a more realistic and meaningful statistic than the old Batting Average.

BSWC One-a-Day: Bob Powell - I'm So Happy

A Big Smile, by Brandon Chalk

Today's pick "I'm So Happy" is from the 2002 release by Bob Powell, Leftover Noodles. A little like a grungier violent femmes (if thats possible). Nice loud acoustic guitar, brash vocals, excellent lyrics, great mixing, attribution - sharealike

"Bob Powell's music reminds me of what punk rock would sound like if it had originated in the deep south by a bunch of drunk, redneck moonshiners." -Goos Reviews

You'll enjoy the entire album, especially if you are not easily offended. Thanks Bob!!

Bob Powell - I'm So Happy

BSWC One-a-Day: Surbahar - Genesha Message

Today's selection is from the wonderful netlabel, Ouim.net out of Sofia, Bulgaria.

Surbahar is the artist. Surbahar is Pavel Stoychev and he lives in Sofia. He has played with Band of Mad Women and has numerous projects to his credit.

Surbahar started playing drums and guitar of 12 years old. He recorded, produced and present music in multitude studios and live events with different music projects in period more of 10 years.

You can find out more at his MySpace page or by visiting his artist's page at Ouim.net.

Surbahar - Genesha Message

BSWC One-a-Day: yeah pretty boy - bunny v2

From the netlabel beatismurder.com comes this delicious pick today, bunny v2, by yeah pretty boy! (Who is nice to your mom) I just discovered this netlabel this morning and am liking it a lot. The website is beautifully illustrated and creatively put together, but unfortuinately hard to link to -- so you'll need to do your own digging around.

Fun, bouncy (maybe hoppy), like music to my ears. It reminds me of everything I always wanted carnivals to be but never found them to be. You'll enjoy this, and you'll enjoy beatismurder.com.

yeah pretty boy - bunny v2