PiRatE BrOAdcAsT #007 (Bond....James Bond)

Thought I'd have a little fun with this one. Since this is number "007". I decided to make it a spy-themed set.

Tracklist:
1. Tape Five - A New Mission/ Tango For A Spy/ A View To A Kill (feat. Iain Mackenzie) - Tape Five are one of the many nulounge/nujazz bands with a retro based sound, influenced by the 60's spy film soundtracks, amongst other things. I couldn't resist putting these three together. They just work so well.

4. Laika and The Cosmonauts - James Bond Theme - Hailing from Finland, the band have been doing their brand of surf rock for over 20 years. As you can tell, they too are obviously influenced by many of the same sounds as Tape Five, (not to mention the obvious sounds of The Ventures) but with a slightly different output. On this track, guitarist Mikko Lankinen nails that famous guitar riff with just the right amount of fuzz and reverb......a truly excellent version.

5. Vicki Carr - The Silencers - A staple in Las Vegas, Vicki was a part of that 60's lounge sound. Here she sings the theme to one of Dean Martin's Matt Helm movies.

6. Matt Bianco - Whose Side Are You On? - We go back to the 80's for this one. The band pokes a little fun at the genre.

7. Nancy Sinatra - The Last of The Secret Agents - The theme from the spy spoof film, from 1966. The highlight was this "Boots"-inspired song....very tongue-in-cheek.

RaDIo zAzOo PiRatE BrOAdcAsT #006

Here's the playlist for the next set of Radio Zazoo broadcasts,

1. Hannah Georgas - Bang, Bang You're Dead (2010) Taken from her This Is Good CD, Hannah was the darling of CBC Radio 3 this year. A lover of 80's music, as witnessed on her website blog, she continues to write interesting pop songs with a retro influence.

2. The Cure - Just Like Heaven (1987) Formed in 1976, The Cure are still going strong, touring and releasing new material in 2009.

3. Angelique Kidjo - Voodoo Child (Slight Version) (1998) African-born, Parisian-raised, Angelique Kidjo's jazz training and Dark Continent culture infuses a different take on popular music. This cover of Jimi Hendrix is a perfect example.

4. Andy Bell - Call On Me - Erasure's vocalist releases another solo CD, this initial single undoubtedly inherits the Erasure sound for this highly infectious dance track. Click on the link to Andy's website to hear more from Non Stop, including a duet with Jane's Addiction's Perry Ferrell!

Radiojive.com? ......there's an app for that

Bored in the car with the FM stations available? Heard all the songs on your iPod a dozen times? Own an iPhone/iTouch, iPad? Well now it's possible to listen to Radiojive.com (or any station for that matter), all with the help of a $5 app called Tuner, available from the iTunes store.

Listen to your iPhone in the car, play it through your car stereo via an FM transmitter, and enjoy streaming radio.

To receive radiojive.com on Tuner, place this URL - http://71.109.148.92:8000/listen.m3u - in the SEARCH box of your iPhone or iTouch.

For more information, go to the Nullriver Software website.

RaDIo zAzOo PiRatE BrOAdcAsT #005

I know it's been a while, and I'm keeping the "interruption" to Radiojive.com to a minumum. No more 60 minute broadcasts....so here's the playlist for #004:

1. Hurts - Better Than Love (2009) Peaking at No. 50 in the UK charts, Paul Lester of The Guardian put it so succinctly - "This electro-pop boy-duo look as though they've been styled by Helmut Newton, directed by Anton Corbijn and produced by Trevor Horn on a Martin Hannett tip". Touché.....

2. Syrinx - Tillicum (1971) To Canadian TV viewers, this was better known as the theme to "Here Come The Seventies", a show looking at what the future was bringing.

3. O.Children - Dead Disco Dance (The Golden Filter Remix)  (2009) The return of Goth Rock.....influenced by Nick Cave & The Birthday Party, Bauhaus, and The Mission, to name a few, be on the lookout for their first US single, "Ruins".

4. The Blue Van - There Goes My Love (2008) Just one of many singles taken from their "Man Up" CD, this Danish band's 70's influence is evident on the entire album. Click on the link to go to their webpage for samples from all four of their albums. You may also recognize this track from an iPad commercial.

Propellerheads - History Repeating Anti-War Remix

As the quote goes, "necessity is the mother of invention", and to properly segue a track in a show you'll be hearing soon, I decided to play around with the Knee Length Mix of the song. The result of my efforts is offered up here for you.

I hope I have successfully managed to change the fashion angle to an anti-war one.

Not really a straight remix, I incorporated the intro of Country Joe & The Fish's famous Woodstock performance and the battle FX outro of the studio version of the same song. That's why I decided to call it a "mashmix".

Whatever you want to call it, I hope you enjoy it.

mp3 - Propellerheads - History Repeating (DJ Zazoo's Knee Length "It's all the [war] rage" Mashmix)