Not much to do with Bass music or Global Ghettotech but this cut is just SUBLIME and I wanted to share it with you.

It’s by one of my favourite bands, TINDERSTICKS.

I stuck the full epic 14 minute version on one of my commercial releases about a year ago, CAFE PARADISO.  Some of you who watch the Soprano’s might recall it from one of the most famous eposides of that brilliant series.

You can still get it at Amazon HERE and at I-Tunes.

Here’s the rest of the tracklist:

It’s sublime, even if I say so myself.

You know sometimes I like to stray away a little from what we generally cover on this blog cause I just love music of almost every conceivable genre.

And so here’s a little mix I did a while back called “Stories For A Melancholic”, which was inspired by, dedicated to & is in tribute to my all-time favourite Mash Up Melancholic, Phil RetroSpector!

So what can you expect?

It contains many Phil Retrospector gems but also some original tracks and one or two mash up’s by other producers and showcases a more sensitive me, so it’s very laid back, moving, lush and kind of emotional down-tempo!

It’s been a small kept secret up until now and some peeps have even admitted shedding tears to it…ahhhhh!

I just hope by sharing it with you and many others HERE, you might just like it, a bit, maybe  and at the very least I hope it encourages you to find out more about PHIL RETROSPECTOR.

“No words needed when sorrow is this beautiful”

GRAB IT HERE: STORIES FOR A MELANCHOLIC

First cut & one-take on my Pioneer CDJ’s.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Sleepwalking For Hours – Morcheeba v Philip Glass v Laurie Anderson (Phil RetroSpector)
2. Mysteries of Love – Antony & Johnsons
3. Bluebird Blackout – Charles Bukowski v Harry Dean Stanton v Muse v Delibes v Bob Dylan (Phil RetroSpector)
4. Where He At – Apparat
5. Naturally Feeling Blue – Nina Simone v Vera Hall v Clint Mansell v Johnny Cash ( Phil RetroSpector)
6. Les Pleurs – Jordi Savall
7. Sleep Will Come – Bliss
8. Jude’ll Fix It – Beatles v Coldplay v Jim Sturgess
9. I’m Sorry Darling – Monica Queen
10. My Oblivion – Tindersticks
11. Exit Music For a Film – Radiohead v Scala v Madredeus by Overdub
12. Heaven’s Drive – David Lynch v Angelo Badalamenti v Miranda Sex Garden v Diamanda Galas (Phil RetroSpector)
13. Via Pajuta (Umb Edit)– Platon Andritsakis
14. The Good, Bad & Creepy – Radiohead v Hugo Montenegro & his Orchestra (Phil RetroSpector)
15. Back to Virginity – Amy Winehouse v Madonna (Phil RetroSpector)
16. Life in Mono – Life in Mono
17. Souvenir- Amiina

Must confess I’m a huge fan of both MODESELEKTOR & APPARAT and so it’s a dream come true that in these dark economic times, mergers & acquisitions are not just the work of financial conglomerates but also of music artists!

However, I’m quite sure both Modeselektor and Apparat have not been brought together due to anything to do with finance but more so because they have a common musical understanding and love for each other sounds, as well as being good friends.  To reinforce this position, it’s not the first time that they have joined forces, as they did so way back in 2002 for an EP.

They have both come together for the new album simply called ‘MODERAT’.  Man, it’s Dubstep-Techno with shades of Radiohead with emotion and feeling, like an ELECTRONIC SYMPHONY.

MODESELEKTOR have been very, very influential upon the GLOBAL GHETTOTECH & DUBSTEP scenes that we at GENERATION BASS love so much and which has infiltrated a lot of the stuff we cover on this little blog of ours.  So I suppose they are to Global Ghettotech & Dubstep, what KRAFTWERK were to Hip-Hop & Afrika Bambaataa!  Hence ‘another’ reason why we’re covering it, cause it’s influential and plus its GREAT MUSIC.

You can listen to ‘RUSTY NAILS’ which is a gorgeous and sublime track with deep melancholic overtones.  It’s like a sister companion to APPARAT’S classic “ARCADIA” track.

LISTEN TO RUSTY NAILS HERE (and look out for a Shackleton remix of it, which is coming soon).