Mixtape - This Mortal Coil Original Versions

Top quality collection of tracks that were reborn across This Mortal Coil's classic albums.

Having recently forked for the ridiculously beautiful This Mortal Coil boxset (beautiful except for the price, actually) I've been reminded what a wonderful thing This Mortal Coil was. A combination of exquisite covers and original material, TMC leads the listener to some great albums from Gene Clark, Big Star, The Byrds, Chris Bell and, more recently, Gary Ogan and Bill Lamb.

It's inspired me to collect together some of the This Mortal Coil original versions into a mix. And quite a mix it is too.

Melancholy Country, psychedlic-tinged Folk Rock, decimated post-Powerpop melancholy and New Wave. All these were put through the TMC mixer and assimilated into Ivo Watts-Russell's vision (with the help of John Fryer and a cast of diverse musicians, of course). As a consequence, it's sometimes quite a shock to hear the originals which can be somewhat less ethereral. All these songs are beautiful though.

Enjoy.

'This Mortal Coil Original Versions - A Mixtape' tracklist:
1. Song To The Siren / Tim Buckley
2. Alone On Piano / Colin Newman
3. The Jeweller / Pearls Before Swine
4. I Am The Cosmos / Chris Bell
5. Strength Of Strings / Gene Clark
6. Drugs / Talking Heads
7. You And Your Sister / Chris Bell
8. With Tomorrow / Gene Clark
9. I Must Have Been Blind / Tim Buckley
10. Holocaust / Big Star
11. Kangaroo / Big Star
12. Til I Gain Control Again / Emmylou Harris
13. I Come And Stand At Every Door / The Byrds
14. Help Me Lift You Up / Mary Margaret O'Hara
15. Morning Glory / Tim Buckley
16. I Wanna Live / Gary Ogan & Bill Lamb

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#Bestof2011 - Baubles 2011: The TRNWRD Annual Round-up

My round-up of the best of 2011. Hope you enjoy. 

It's always a good year for music, you just have to look harder some years than others IMHO. The overall mood is quite subdued/thoughtful but some banging tunes supplied by SBTRKT, Jamie xx and Friendly Fires to balance the more introspective mood of Bon Iver, Neverest Songs and James Blake.

Amazed that Bombay Bicycle Club managed to make my favourite single of the year. Despite the xx seemingly having a year off to recuperate, two of their number still managed to be involved in great records.

SBTRKT became the first artist to have more than one track on my year-end compilation thanks to the stupendous live drumming of 'Heatwave' and the frantic 'Living Like I Do'. A great album too.

A couple of tunes weren't released in 2011 - Hatchback's Krautrocktronics and, I believe, Karl Hector and the Malcouns' haunting Sun-Ra-channelling breakbeat jazz.

Anyway, hope you find something enjoy in the mix. Comment if you do! (Comment if you don't if you like - that would seem a bit mean though...)

Tracklist: 
01. Bon Iver 'Perth' (4AD/Jagjaguwar)
02. Jamie xx 'Far Nearer' (Nmbrs)
03. Creep 'Days (ft. Romy xx)' (Young Turks)
04. Big Deal 'Homework (Original 7" Version)' (Records Records Records Records)
05. Neverest Songs 'Paper Trumpets' (Tea At Yours)
06. Trophy Wife 'Microlite' (Moshi Moshi)
07. Karl Hector and the Malcouns 'Girma's Lament' (Now-Again)
08. SBTRKT ft Sampha 'Heatwave (Live at Abbey Road' (Young Turks)
09. Bombay Bicycle Club 'Shuffle' (Island)
10. Class Actress 'Keep You' (Carpark)
11. Wild Beasts 'Lion's Share' (Domino)
12. SBTRKT ft Sampha 'Living Like I Do' (Young Turks)
13. Friendly Fires 'Live Those Days Tonight' (XL)
14. When Saints Go Machine 'Fail Forever (Nicolas Jaar Remix)' (K7)
15. The Leisure Society 'The Hungry Years' (Full Time Hobby)
16. Joe Goddard ft Valentina 'Gabriel' (Greco Roman)
17. I Break Horses 'Winter Beats' (Bella Union)
18. British Sea Power 'Who's In Control?' (Rough Trade)
19. James Blake 'The Wilhelm Scream' (Atlas)
20. Hatchback 'Everything Is Neu' (Lo Recordings)
21. Patrick Wolf 'The City' (Hideout)

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Constellation Records 2011 Sampler (13 Tracks inc Tindersticks)

Generous sampler of 2011 releases from the mighty Constellation label.

Constellation has evolved from just being Godspeed You! Black Emporer's label with a few (admittedly awesome) postrock luminaries alongside - Fly Pan Am, Do Make Say Think, Sofa...

This showcase of 13 tracks from their 2011 releases includes tracks from Tindersticks Claire Denis soundtrack box, former Godspeed/Silver Mt Zion man Efrim Manuel Menuck, delight chamber music of Esmerine, Colin Stetson's twisted jazz and more besides.

Happy christmas.

Tracklisting:
01 SANDRO PERRI - Love & Light
02 PAT JORDACHE - Phantom Limb
03 SISKIYOU - Twigs and Stones
04 COLIN STETSON - The Stars in His Head (Dark Lights Remix)
05 EVANGELISTA - Artificial Lamb
06 EFRIM MANUEL MENUCK - Our Lady Of Parc Extension...
07 MATANA ROBERTS - Pov Piti
08 ESMERINE - Walking Through Mist
09 TINDERSTICKS - Children's Theme (White Material)
10 SISKIYOU - Always Awake *
11 SANDRO PERRI - Love & Light (Max Gross Remix) *
12 EFRIM MANUEL MENUCK - Carpenter's Orphan *
13 TINDERSTICKS - Le Rallye (Vendredi Soir)

Download Constellation 2011 sampler (alternative, post rock, soundtrack mp3 downloads) (via cstrecords.com)