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DJ Nobody presents his 2011 Winter 60's and 70's Psychedelic Mix with SCV

We are very happy to launch the 2011 Winter Mix from Low End Theory resident DJ Nobody. Based in 60′s and 70′s psychedelia, this is my favorite mix of the year. DJ nobody blows minds weekly at Low End Theory with modern electronica as the foundation. It’s a beautiful treat to see him dive back into the past and pull some gems out of his collections for all of us to enjoy. Happy Holidays from Sound Colour Vibration and DJ Nobody.

-Erik Otis

“Here is a brand new mix of 60′s and 70′s psychedelia that I did for the upcoming winter!  Hope you enjoy it!  Happy holidays and hope all is well!” - DJ Nobody

Image is from Max Ernst

SCV Online Radio Volume 106
(DJ) Nobody presents
Winter Mix 2011

1. Blair Smith – Echoes
2. Wild Silk – Toymaker
3. Vashti Bunyan & Twice as Much – The Coldest Night of the Year
4. Mark Wirtz – Dear Mr. Weatherman
5. Kiss Inc. – Hey Mr. Holy Man
6. Episode Six – Mr. Universe
7. Portabello Explosion – We Can Fly
8. The Smoke – Like A Good Man Should
9. The Lords – Blue Horizon
10. King Crimson – Prince Ruppert Awakes
11. The Bee Gees – Sweet Song of Summer
12. Idle Race – A Better Life (The Weatherman Knows)
13. Holy Mackerel – Wildflowers
14. Allan Clarke – Walpurgis Night
15. Mike Hanopol – Circuit Rider
16. Sweet Feeling – Charles Brown
17. Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera – Raga

Deep Space . Volume 2 . Supernaturalist

Volume 2 in Sound Colour Vibration family member Kenn Deaton’s ongoing collection of beautifully mixed and orchestrated sequences of audible bliss under the Deep Space moniker. This mix is part of a vast collection of archives in the hands of Kenn Deaton. Lucky doesn’t even begin to describe how we feel about having Kenn as one of our cosmic brothers in this ship we call Sound Colour Vibration. Activate yourself, become the supernaturalist the elite in society doesn’t want you to be…

-Erik Otis

Deep Space Volume 2
Supernaturalist
SCV Podcast 105

Mixed and Compiled by Kenn Deaton

Track Listing

1. Venetian Snares – Room 379
2. Brookhaven – When The Chorus Walks (Reprise)
3. Earth – The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
4. Tristeza – When No Men Spoke
5. Blanck Mass – Sifted Gold
6. Bootblacks – Bells
7. Igor Boxx – Nightwatch
8. Hammock – The Longest Year
9. Jessica Pavone – Cast of Characters
10. Nihiti – No Angel Came
11. Ele – Pulse Tajato
12. Noveller – Blue
13. Southerly – Ascend
14. Ruth White – Evening Harmony
15. Tartar Lamb – Polyimage of Known Exits: 3rd Movement
16. Black Pig Liberation Front – Shaman Trip

The life of Jimi Hendrix began in the rainy washed out west coast scene of Seattle, Washington and was a life that created one of the most timeless legacies ever seen in modern music. Innovative guitar techniques gave way to an entirely new way to approach the guitar and music in general. He plays with complete feeling and grace, everything he touched was undeniably transformed under his sound. When analyzing the sheer amount of musical ideas he had developed into various stages of completion and variation is overwhelming when considering the amount of years he was actually recording. Everyone in music during the late 60′s and 70′s was influenced by this guy, and when he departed from this world it left a deep wound in the psyche of the world. Every single human who owned a record player in September of 1970 felt the devastating affects of hearing about the passing of Jimi Hendrix. A true advocate of peace and harmony, the weight carried forward from his body of works will always influence generations after us.

Jimi Hendrix was covering so many ideas of music and had access to the best recording studios to capture every moment. It is to the benefit of the music community in large that many of these recordings have been remastered from the 1000′s of hours of raw session tapes Hendrix accumulated in just 4 years. In honor of the 69th birthday of Jimi Hendrix, we are proud to present this mixed bag of various musical ideas Hendrix was bringing to the world in his short lifetime. These songs represent a much larger body of musical excellence and creative achievement in the highest degree. Hendrix is hands down one of most important cultural icons of the last 100 years. This mix is titled after one of my favorite poems from Hendrix, The Story of Life which we have included below. Enjoy!

- Erik Otis

Sound Colour Vibration Online Radio Volume 104
The Story of Life

Compiled and Mixed by Erik Otis
Photo by Sjöfn Andersdóttir

Track Listing

1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – If 6 Was 9
2. The Icemen – (My Girl) She’s A Fox
3. Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Youngblood – Georgia Blues
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – House Burning Down
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Ships Passing Through The Night
6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Bolero
7. Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Train Comin’
8. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Beginnings
9. Gypsy, Sun and Rainbows – Message to the Universe (Message of Love)
10. Band of Gypsys – Country Blues
11. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Pali Gap
12. Band of Gypsys – Power of Soul
13. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – May This Be Love
14. Band of Gypsys – Born Under A Bad Sign
15. Jimi Hendrix – Belly Button Window

This mix features the talents of Juma Sultan, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding, Buddy Miles, Billy Cox, Jerry Velez, Larry Lee, The Icemen and Lonnie Youngblood.

“The Story of Life” by Jimi Hendrix
September 1970

The story of jesus
So easy to explain
After they crucified him,
A woman, she claimed his name
The story of jesus
The whole Bible knows
Went all across the desert
And in the middle, he found a rose

There should be no questions
There should be no lies
He was married ever happily after
All the tears we cry
No use in arguing
All the use to the man that moans
When each man falls in battle
His soul it has to roam
Angles of heaven
Flying saucers to some,
Made easter sunday
The name of the rising sun

The story is written
By so many people who dared,
To lay down the truth
To so very many who cared
To carry the cross
Of jesus and beyond
We will guide the light
This time with a woman in our arms
We as men
Can’t explain the reason why
The woman’s always mentioned
At the moment that we die
All we know
Is God is by our side,
And he says the word
So easy yet so hard

I wish not to be alone,
So I must respect my other heart
Oh, the story
Of jesus is the story
Of you and me
No use in feeling lonely,
I am searching to be free

The story
Of life is quicker
Than the wink of an eye
The story of love
Is hello and goodbye
Until we meet again

Gaby Hernandez is a Los Angeles singer, songwriter and musician who was raised in the land she lives in now. Vocally, her talents are as serene and beautiful as they come with many of her vocal additions creating some of the most blissful collaborations. The part she adds to the song ‘Long Distance‘ from Ardour, the first full length by Teebs, is incredible and stands out very distinctly from the entire set of songs that make the album. There is a nostalgia to the music that sucks you back into your memories, she has an uncanny approach to very dreamy and surreal vocals. The 2006 collaboration she did with Dimlite for the song ‘Outernational‘ is another presentation of the heavenly, angelic and powerful vocals she brings to all of her works. Her work with Mia Doi Todd on her latest full length Cosmic Ocean Ship has resulted in an official music video for Canto de Iemanjá which was originally written by Vinícius de Moraes and Baden Powell de Aquino. Gaby Hernandez has also completed and released works with her latest full length album Sweet Starry Night on Disques Corde USA/Porter Records. I caught wind of this release from Porter Records as the labels have merged. We contacted Gaby Hernandez for an exclusive mix on our online radio channel with Mixcloud and she agreed right away. This is the results of that contact, we hope you enjoy this mix as much as we do.

- Erik Otis

From Gaby: “This mix is all about my love of a great melody! The communication of emotion in all of these songs and 2 instrumentals is exalted by a great melody! The melodies speak to my heart, the words to my mind. Together they stir my soul!!“

Gaby Hernandez

*Cancer Sun*
*Leo Moon*
*Leo Rising*

Sound Colour Vibration Podcasts Volume 103
Presented by Gaby Hernandez
Fall of 2011

Track Listing

1. Cita~Performed by:Bernarda Fink/Composed by:Carlos Guastavino
2. The Monk and His Cat from Hermit Songs~Performed by:Cheryl Studer/Composed by:Samuel Barber
3. Sun Song~Vocal Performance:Leon Thomas/Pharoah Sanders~Shakuru
4. Dust~Dorothy Ashby~The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby
5. Steam Part 1~Vocal Performance Joe Lee Wilson/Archie Shepp~Attica Blues
6. Mamata (Affection)~Ananda Shankar~Ananda Shankar
7. Morning Colors~Linda Perhacs~Parallelograms
8. Pandora~Cocteau Twins~Treasure
9. Memorias Do Porvir/part2 Visoes Do Amanhecer~Joyce with Nana Vasconcelos and Mauricio Maestro~Visions of Dawn
10. Cigarra~Simone~Cigarra
11. Steam Part 2~Vocal Performance Joe Lee Wilson/Archie Shepp~Attica Blues
12. I’ve Known Rivers~Gary Bartz NtuTroop~Live at Montreux Jazz Festival1973

The following is the official music video from Gaby Hernandez and the Life Force Trio for her newest full length record Sweet Starry Night on Disques Corde USA/Porter Records.

Gaby Hernandez & The Life Force Trio
Sweet Starry Night
2011

Directed by: Dina Juntila
Director of Photography: Part I: (Paul Boyd) Part II: Brian Cross
Stylist: Erica Krumpl
Costumes: Milly Limon
Body Art: Nadine Wells
Make-Up: (Pt I Ozzie Morales): Pt. II: Lauren Parissa Abedini
Final Editor: Eric T Butts
Shadowy Male: Emeka Simmons

Heroes of Dub is a collection of music about the art of productions. These recording masters from the 60′s , 70′s, 80′s, and up to the time, innovated techniques for mixing, recording, vocalization, and instrumentation. The focus of these masters is placed on the steady trance inducing rhythm and the bass tone vibrations that induce a soothing feeling in one’s body and mind. This music originated in Jamaica, but came from Africa. Collected and mixed together by Cosmic Blacksmith fall of 2011.

- Ryan Williams

SCV Podcasts Vol 102
Heroes of Dub
Compiled and mixed by Cosmic Blacksmith
2011

Track Listing

Eek-a-Mouse / Heroes Dead and Gone 12″
Israel Vibration / Same Dub
Mad Professor and Lee Perry / Mental War
King Tubby & Soul Syndicate / Leaving Babylon
King Tubby & Agustus Pablo / Barbwire Disaster
King Tubby / Symbolic Dub
King Tubby / Destroy Dub Style
Lee Perry & Jah Lion / Soldier and Police War
Lee Perry & Mad Professor / Mad Man Dubwise
Mad Professor & The Dub Revolutionaries / Ariwa Dub
Burning Spear / Dread River
Scientist / Kidney Punch
Scotty / Draw Your Breaks
The Abyssinians / African Dub
King Tubby & Linval Thompson / Don’t Cut Off Your Dreadlocks

Cover art by _lip

Toronto based producer and musician 9planets has been crafting beats for well over a decade. With his career starting in rapping, his production interests started to dominate his life the more equipment and experience he was afforded during the rising expansion of experimental electronic music. Anticon to Brainfeeder, the 90′s until now has shown a full circle of genre expansion and a complete cast of prolific artists to justify the label tags. Fast forward a decade from 9planets inception and the stages of musical growth he has encountered and you have a full time chef, owner of the new imprint/label FutureScience and a dedicated and very hard working producer. I caught wind of 9planets from friends recommendation through Beat Cinema. Beat Cinema is a very active event in Southern, CA held at the Hip Kitty Jazz Loungein Claremont, CA for beat producers. After initial contact was made, 9planets sent us this very exclusive mix of tracks of his that have never been released along with a very few released items. This is 9planets Synth Wars.

- Erik Otis

Sound Colour Vibration Podcasts Volume 101
9 Planets presents “Synth Wars”
Mixed and compiled by 9planets Fall 2011

Track Listing

1. 9planets – Bong Brothers
2. 9planets – Future Generations
3. Infinite Potentials – Neon Paper Planes
4. Culprit – The Boot D
5. 9planets – Barbershop Quartet
6. 9planets – Mixed Messages
7. 9planets – Synth Wars
8. _lip – Trashface
9. Lil Pluto – Blue Moon
10. 9planets – Power Base
11. _lip – Swimming
12. Samiyam – Where Am I
13. Prof.Logik – Comet Surfer
14. Repeat Pattern – Piano and Bass
15. Ackryte/AL_PD – bawlz
16. 9planets – Thank You Debbie Gibson

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SCV Podcasts Volume 100

Sound Colour Vibration is very happy to present the 100th release in our music podcast series. With the release of our mixes through the online radio streaming outlet Mixcloud, we have now embarked on a path to present high end exclusive mixes full of all the goodies we cover and more. You will hear all types of genres here, something we have dedicated ourselves to presenting with these online radio podcasts. This mix is dedicated to Oliver Walker, Erick R. Wilczynski, Sandra Barrera and Pouya G. Asadi for making SCV run smooth. This is just the beginning everyone, welcome aboard if this is the first mix you are hearing from us. – Erik Otis

SCV Podcasts Vol 100
Mixed and Compiled by Erik Otis
44:27

Track Listing

1. Teebs and Jack High – Rains (Reversed)
2. Kawabata Makoto – White Summer of Love Dreamer
3. Henry Grimes – The Arch Stairwells
4. Vladislav Delay Quartet – Presentiment
5. The Caretaker – All You Are Going To Want To Do Is Get Back There
6. Efrim Manuel Munick – 7 Chickadees’ Roar pt. 2
7. Saravah Soul – Da Ne Mim
8. Ash Black Bufflo – Violent People
9. Riddlore – Ghetto Voodoo
10. Kevin Greenspon – It Might Take Me A Few Years
11. Robin Hannibal – Amends
12. MDM – Sol Sobre a Cabeça
13. Austin Peralta – Capricornus
14. Sandro Perri – Love And Light
15. Daedelus – The Open Hand Avows
16. Jaga Jazzist – Touch of Evil (Reverse)
17. Glenn Jones – Of Its Own Kind
18. Julian Lynch – Water Wheel One
19. Dub Trio – Thousand Mile Stare
20. Julian Lynch – Water Wheel One (Reverse)
21. Omar Rordriguez-Lopez – Desarraigo
22. Idepthz & Son of a Bricklayer – Esoteric Tone Poem Pt​.​1
23. Clutchy Hopkins – Light as a Feather
24. Moholy-Nagy – Nightjar
25. Wadada Leo Smith’s Organic – The Shaykh, as far as Humaythira
26. Gaby Hernandez – Healing Vibrations
27. Steve Reid and Keiban Hebden – People Be Happy
28. Brian Eno – Dow
29. Prefuse 73 – The Only Lillies And Lilacs Pt. 2 feat. Faidherbe
30. Bjork – Virus

Giovanni Marks also known as Subtitle has been cross merging hip hop with different genres since the beginning of his career as an MC and producer in the 90′s. Never holding himself to one spot but always dedicated to the culture of hip hop that is his primary influence, his talents, creativity and diversity led him to be one of the few hip hop acts signed to independent label Gold Standard Laboratories. With connections from everyone in the indie and hip hop worlds, Subtitle has always blurred the genres together unlike anyone else. His time has been fruitful in the music community over the last 15 years and his new organization Brief Case Rockers is a collective that shows the results of all of this hard work. Comprised of like minded musicians, artists, film makers and so much more, Briefcase Rockers will surely be around for a long time to come.

Giovanni Marks spent a lot of time in Europe the last few years and has come back to live in his native region of Los Angeles this year. It was only right that Low End Theory welcomed him back home with a headlining performance. You always get something a little new at Low End and it was no different for Subtitles performance. If you don’t own any records from Subtitle, I highly recommend checking out Terrain To Roam (Alpha Pup Records). The 2006 full length release has production from Madlib, Dntel, Daddy Kev, Paris Zax, Nobody, Omid, Thavius Beck, Daedelus, Small Is Beautiful, Crunc Tesla and others. Owning a copy is a must.

We contacted Giovanni earlier this year right before he came back to the the States to take part in our music podcast series. He graciously accepted and got us this very extensive and heavily edited digital mixtape with speed. We decided to wait on this release as we wanted to schedule it around the time our other guests who have agreed started to submit their mixes. This mix covers the full range of sound, from ambient/noise to super pop. Music cultures are bridging more and more in these times and this mix shows how this new age is fostering a different approach to breaking down walls that existed in large before the 21st century. Now Madonna can be on a mix with Sun Ra; a merge we welcome with open arms. Giovanni is a musician who is as seasoned, creative and talented as any producer or MC out today, so please enjoy this mix that he has given the world to enjoy for free.

- Erik Otis

SCV Podcasts Vol 99
Compiled and mixed by Giovanni Marks aka Subtitle

Track Listing

1. Eliot Lipp – Sentinel (Deathface Remix)
2. Storms – Wolves and Bells (My Dry Wet Mess Remix)
3. Madonna – Physical Attraction
4. Carol Shinnete – Cyanide Love
5. Dam Funk – Virtuous Progression x John Trudell
6. Common – Star69 Outro
7. Killer Mike – Swimming
8. Uncle Imani – Vibrate
9. Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives
10. Discodiene – Relaps
11. Taylor Mcferrin – Awake To You
12. Metronomy – Do The Right Thing
13. Ron Hardy – The Italo Side Of Ron
14. DJ Quik – Poppin
15. Lorn – Jammer Remix (Instrumental)
16. Death Grips – Face Melter
17. SebastiAn – Cartoon x Carl Jung
18. Curren$y & Alchemist – Full Metal
19. Cut Copy – Need You Now (Blackbird Blackbird Remix)
20. Mayer Hawthorne – Work To Do
21. Volume 10 – Sho Is Hype
22. Willie Green – Stirring The Pot
23. Elzhi – Detroit State Of Mind
24. Toro Y Moi – Eden
25. Tracy And The Llastics – Arcade Suicide
26. Val D’ Isere – Pinpoint
27. The Weeknd – Coming Down
28. Young Montana – Bad.Day
29. Sun Ra – Lanquidity x Manly P. Hall
30. Virgin Mega Whore – Suck It And See
31. The Wascals – Dream And Imaginate
32. VOLES. – Untitled
33. Zeroh – High And Pondering
34. Zackey Force Funk – Numbers
35. VerBS – UKPDS
36. Yaggfu Front – Where’d You Get Your Bo-Bo’s
37. The Nonce - WKAC outro

Astrobal West Lake Travel Guide – Part I 
Compiled and Mixed by Astrobal 
Artwork by Aarvo Lakus
Mixed Fall 2011 

Astrobal was born in France in the 70′s in a very diverse and rich musical setting that his parents put him in. It was an honor that Astrobal agreed to do a mix with us knowing about his diverse interests and tastes in music as it fits right at home with the way we present our art, music and film. Astrobal recently signed with the prestigious Plug Research Records and has released his first EP “Poetry and Science-Fiction” which he attributes to representing the first phase of Plug Research that influenced him so heavily and the new foundations of sounds he will become known for. Astrobal was sent the request to do this mix and sent us this immediately. We have some very nice artists who will be presented in our Mixcloud series, please enjoy this mix and spread around if you enjoyed the listen. – Erik Otis

http://www.astrobal.com/
http://www.plugresearch.com/

Sound Colour Vibration presents Volume 40 and 44 in our music pdocast series as streaming online cloudcasts with Mixcloud. We are very excited to present some of the older mixes that were never uploaded into our Mixcloud page, expect many more goodies from the vaults.

Verte (SCV Podcasts Volume 40)
Compiled and Mixed by Erik Otis

Track Listing:

1. The Greg Foat Group – Dark Is The Sun (Harpsichord Waltz)
2. MRR-ADM feat Gonjasufi- 5ive
3. Medeski, Martin & Wood – Padirecto
4. Fela Kuti – Ako
5. Nick Kuepfer – Tierra Santa Con Montaña Rusa
6. Gary Bartz – Libra
7. Therapies Son – Touching Down
8. Radio Citizen – Isarwellen
9. Austin Peralta – Introduction: The Lotus Flower
10. The Eternals – The Forbidden Zone
11. Idris Ackamoor – Lalibela
12. Explosions in the Sky – Postcard From 1952
13. Voice on Tape – Marry You When Yr Sleeping

Sequence Driver (SCV Podcasts Volume 44)
Compiled and Mixed by Erik Otis

Track Listing:

1. Hailu Mergia and the Walias with Mulatu Astatqé – Musical Silt
2. Sonic Youth – Jean-Baptiste à la fenêtre
3. Don – Sunshine Day
4. Boris with Merzbow – Jane
5. Usha Khanna – Hotel Incidental Music
6. Paul Semama – Mon Petit Garcon
7. Dizzy Gillespie – Chege De Saudade
8. Soft Machine – Down The Road
9. Gong – Mother Long Shanks (Oh Mother I Am Your Fantasy)
10. Hailu Mergia and the Walias with Mulatu Astatqé – Yikirta Lemminalehu

The beginning of a series that will touch on all sides, shapes and forms of recorded music culture. This will be a true experimentally kaleidoscopic experience from beginning to end. All of our eclectic mixes will now be presented in this sub series through our music podcast releases.

Sound Colour Vibration Podcasts Volume 97
Experimentally Kaleidoscopic Volume 1
Compiled and mixed by Erik Otis

This mix is dedicated to everyone at Sound Colour Vibration for making this a family of individuals with their own vision, individuality and contributions, much like connections between the artists we are presenting for you today at SCV with this new mix.

Track Listing

1. Prefuse 73 – The Only Hand To Hold (feat. Shara Worden)
2. David Vorhaus’ White Noise – Heavy Breathing
3. Wolfgang Dauner’s Et Cetera – Yin
4. Nick Kuepfer – Tierra Santa Con Montaña Rusa
5. Adrian Terrazas-Gonzales – Cu Taan Theme
6. Tangerine Dream – Wahn
7. Bill Laswell, Raoul Björkenheim, Morgan Ågren: Blixt – Ghost Strokes
8. Plaid – 35 Summers
9. Vladislav Delay Quartet – Killing the Water Bed
10. Ilyas Ahmed – As Another
11. Omar Rodriguez Lopez – Sabado
12. Popol Vuh – Mit Haenden, Mit Fuessen
13. Black Eagle Child – The Bee’s Nest
14. Linda Perhacs – Moons and Cattails
15. Teebs – You’ve Changed
16. The Animals – We Love You Li

For a hummingbird…

Compiled and mixed by Kenn Deaton of Future Static.

Track Listing

1. Sigur Ros – Meo Bloonasir
2. M83 – Birds
3. M83 – Unrecorded
4. I Break Horses – Winter Beats
5. Michael Andrews – Mirror
6. Parallax Scroll – Sleep Paralysis
7. Twin Sister – Milk and Honey
8. Broadcast – Come On Let’s Go
9. School of Seven Bells – Babylonia
10. Clue to Kalo – Ignore the Forest Floor
11. Magical Mistakes – I Feel It
12. Crystal Castles – Celestica (Thurston Moore Remix)
13. Lali Puna – 40 Days
14. Stereolab – Captain Easychord
15. Max Richter – Untitled (Figures)