Ghost-Capital Tees!

Hello friends. My good pal Thomas Dean from Fresh Dipped & Wild Order has just cooked up a fresh t-shirt design for GC that we're about to put into production*. Check the steez - So nice!

*Will include "ghost capital" spelling correction
As I've said, donations to the vinyl ripping effort will work wonders toward keeping this humble little ship afloat. For contributions of $25 or more, I would like to send you one of these shirts. (And maybe, hopefully, I can cook up some poster prints for donations of $10-24. I'll keep you posted.)


*paypal button trouble... Go here to donate in the meantime*

And if you're interested in donating +$25, don’t forget to include:

1. Your shirt size (Sizes similar to American Apparel, *I think.)
2. Your mailing address

I’m putting in the order Friday 6/1, so I’ll need to know how many, at what sizes, to ask for before then. Hit me up at nicholab503@gmail.com if you have any questions.



Peace!

The Homestead Act - Gospel Snake (1972* Kim-Pat, KPL-1072) 320 + Flac

A lively helping of oddball private-press Americana from short-lived 70's California country combo The Homestead Act, two of whom; Elmo & Patsy, cashed-in years later and recorded the infamous downhome-styled holiday smash "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer". The cover tracks on here are dynamite, with heady swirls of killer steel guitar licks abundant throughout. And FYI, the red hot session band features the oft-revered Steve Young at the top of its marquee. Vinyl rip by yours truly.

Download: The Homestead Act - Gospel Snake (1972* Kim-Pat, KPL-1072) 320 mp3 + Flac

Side A

TRAVELING KIND 
MANY RIVERS 
GOSPEL SNAKE 
LIMEHOUSE BLUES
MY OKLAHOMA
THE WHITE TRASH SONG

Side B

LADY MADONNA 
WHEN THE SUN DON'T SHINE 

DEVIL IN DISGUISE (aka Christine's Tune)

HOG CALL RAG 

THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN  

Y'ALL COME

Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Ghost Capital III (mixtape)

Howdy folks! The new Ghost-Capital III mixtape is now up at Aquarium Drunkard, where it'll take the form of AD's Friday 5/25 Sirius/XM satellite radio programme hosted partailly by me. Spring forward kids. Hope you enjoy it...

Our mixtape series returns with our third collaboration with Nick Barbery of the Portland, OR based Ghost Capital. With an ear bent toward the obscure and out-of-print, digging globally, Ghost Capital mines the secret shafts of psych, folk, blues and beyond. Mix download, notes, and tracklisting after the jump.

Ghost Capital is my guest this Friday during the second hour of the AD show on SIRIUS/XMU.

Download: Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Ghost Capital III (186 MB)

Side A:

1. Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band – Till You Get Enough
2. Le Super Borgou de Parakou – Wegne’Nda M’Banda
3. Donnie & Joe Emerson – Give Me The Chance
4. Buck Owens & His Buckaroos – Abilene
5. El Rego – Kpon Fi La
6. Paul Ngozi – In the Ghetto
7. Unknown Artist – Kuda Lumping
8. Shocking Blue – Wild Wind
9. Royal Trux – The Spectre
10. Harry Mudie – Heavy Duty Dub
11. Jacques Dutronc – L’espace D’une Fille
12. Cleaners From Venus – Helpless
13. Francis Bebey – Savannah, Georgia
14. Khánh Ly & Trịnh Công Sơn – Goi Ten Bon Mua

Side B:

1. Amps For Christ – Lord Bateman (Child #53)
2. Count Sticky & His Calypsonians – Chico Chico
3. Ahmad Zahir – Che Kelaf Sar Zad Az Mah
4. Little Willie John – Fever
5. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Caution
6. Jorge Ben – Meus Filhos, Meu Tesouro
7. Ali Hassan Kuban – Mabrouk
8. CAN – Connection
9. Hugh Tracey (recording) – Mpenzi Wangu Umepotea Mjini
10. Luzmila Carpio – Wiñay llaqta
11. Cajun Trio – Cajun Twist “Le Tortillage”
12. Ornette Coleman – Law Years

Previously: Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Ghost Capital: I / Ghost Capital II

Sumire Yoshihara - Percussions In Colors : Takemitsu + Ichiyanagi (1978 - RCA Japan, RDCE-9)

"'Munari by Munari' [Toru Takemitsu] is a controversial piece of percussion work which attempts to obscure the fact that the performance is made by percussion. The sound world upheald by takemitsu’s aesthetic sense represents the natural sound, like a clear and limpid stream in the mountains or the stirring in the woods as the fog drifts through. It shares the same Japanese psychology of “Mu” or nothingness…



On Ichinayagi’s work, the acute contrast in sound and the repetition of sound made a symmetry with movements in the latter half of the work, thus creating a world of wonder.


My wish now is to make a comprehensive compilation of Japanese percussion works with Sumire Yoshihara" (Hiroshi Isaka, producer- from the liner notes)

 
An adventerous and, at turns, meditative outing from Japanese avant-garde percussionist Sumire Yoshihara. 320 vinyl rip by yours truly. Enjoy.
 




Sumire Yoshihara - Percussions In Colors : Takemitsu + Ichiyanagi (1978 - RCA Japan, RDCE-9)

Side A: Munari by Munari (1967) - Toru Takemitsu, composer
Side B: Arrangements (for percussion player) - Toshi Ichinayagi, composer

LUZMILA CARPIO Cantos Quechua y Aymaras (Bolivia, 1999)

Luzmila Carpio: "I use the language and music of my people, that of the Indian land, of our mountains, of our lakes, of the air we breathe. I sing my love for the land which witnessed my birth, the land of my ancestors. I speak of Pachamama, Mother Earth, of harmony and love, of the role of women in our civilization, of coexistence between man and nature within a cosmic order, of our traditions, which must not be lost."


I love this like crazy. Luzmila Carpio rings out like an authentic madwoman, channelling free-spirited Andean comtemporary (avant?) folk with the self-assured, inspired strangeness of a near-shaman. Hers is an incredible sound. And for me to call her mad is just the loftiest, most admiring praise of her creative character that I can possibly seems to muster. It would seems that our fair blogosphere has thusfar yielded only a 128kbps version of this disc, but I can say its sounds plenty good to me. Heavenly music. Highly recommended, friends.

Blog DL Source: DÍAS DE SOL (thank you!)

Album Stream:


01 sumaq papa puquchinsun (buena papa produciremos)
02 ch'uwa yaku kawsaypuni (el agua cristalina es vida)
03 riqsiqakasunchik (seremos reconcidos)
04 yanapariwayku (ayudennos)
05 tunupan samiripa (inspiración de tunupa)
06 kutimpuchkani (estoy regresando)
07 achamamata t'ikanchasun (adoremos a la madre tierra)
08 qalay qalay (piedra sobre piedra)
09 jach'a tatala (gran señor)
10 arawi
11 warmikuna yupay-chasqapuni kasunchik (las mujeres debemos ser respetadas)
12 warmip kawsaynin (la vida de las mujeres)
13 sumaj awaq karmi (buena tejedora)
14 jula jula wanku
15 ayllunchik kawsachun (que vivan nuestras comunidades)
16 unkumanta (profundamente)
17 kuntur mallku (señor condor)
18 wawa tusuchinapaq phatitan (melodias de danzas para bebés)


*Not an above album track, but an old favorite, and essential viewing:

Re-Up Gang - First Batch

Ghost-Capital Re-Up Gang, Batch #1 

320 kbps mp3

*Falcons - You're So Fine

*Jermain Tamraz - Memory Lane

*Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun

*Paul Ngozi - The Ghetto

*Miki Jaga & His Dance Band
*Cajun Stomps

*Hits From Telugu Films, Vol. 5

*Edmundo P. Zaldivar - Carnavalitos

*Shajariyan-Payvar Ensemble : Dashti

*Les 4 Guaranis - Musique Folklorique d'Amerique Latine

*Les 4 Guaranis- 2ème Récital 
*Mahmoud Ahmed – Jeguol Naw Betwa

*Roland Douatte and Orchestre de la Radio Suisse Italienne - Debussy & Satie

*Celeste Rodrigues - Lisbon's Great Celeste Rodrigues 
*Guitar Mood Vol. 2

*Rythmes et Chants du Niger, recorded by Charles Duvelle 

*Khánh Ly + Trịnh Công Sơn ~ Sơn Ca 7

Courtesy of Mediafire

Francis Bebey – Un Petit Ivoirien (1979 - Ozileka, OZIL 3307 *France)

Dig this charming French-pressed synthesizer workout from the one-and-only Francis Bebey of Cameroon;  righteous instrumental virtuoso & prolific elder of contemporary recorded Afropop. And what a beautiful album cover! Here's a nice handful of breezily upbeat and stripped-down, drum machine-driven tracks somehow not included on Born Bad's highly enjoyable Bebey synth comp; African Electronic Music. (In fact, a knowing little bird recently hipped me to the fact that the aforementioned BB comp was sourced largely in-part from Bebey's Pygmy Love Song LP, upped way back when by Nauma at Freedom Blues (RIP), and heartily endorsed by Doug Schulkind of the Audio Motherlode way back in Oct. 2010. But I digress...)

Un Petite Ivoirien is yet another great Afro-synth record borrowed here from the collection of one Mr. Jason Urick; musician, comrade, and internet blogger-type. Go give that dude a shout, somewhere, friends. 320 vinyl rip by yours truly. Enjoy!




Francis Bebey – Un Petit Ivoirien (1979 - Ozileka, OZIL 3307 *France) 


Discogs:

A1		Le Troisième Bureau
A2		Agatha (Nouvelle Version)
A3		Tiers-Monde
A4		Un Petit Ivoirien
A5		Il N'y A Pas De Crocodiles À Cocody
A6		Versatile
B1		On Les Aime Bien
B2		Berceuse Bantou
B3		Afrique Secours
B4		Motema
B5

Abdel Karim el Kably -- Sudan : The Music and Songs of... (Afrotone STLP-500, 196x)

Transcendent and haunting Nubian melodies & folksongs, exquisitely performed by Abdel Karim el Kably in mid-1960s Sudan. Afrotone STLP-500. Recordings and explanatory notes by Roxanne Connick Carlisle. Recorded at Omdurman, Republic of Sudan in 1963, 1966 and 1967, with a Nagra III B tape recorder. - A rare & lovely record. Full scans & notes included in this post (above & below). 320 vinyl rip by yours truly. Enjoy. *** Download: Abdel Karim el Kably -- Sudan : The Music and Songs of... (Afrotone STLP-500, 196x)

Lennie Hibbert – More Creation (Studio One, 1971)

Hibbert was born in Mavis Bank, Jamaica in 1928. At the age of eight he began attending the Alpha School, where he joined the school band as a drummer. He left the school in 1944 and played in several small orchestras before joining the Military Band in 1946. While with the Military Band he taught himself to play the vibraphone. In 1955 he returned to Alpha as bandmaster,[2] his students including Floyd Lloyd and Vin Gordon. He worked as a live musician in jazz groups in the 1960s, and frequently worked with the Sound Dimension band, recording some of the best-known riddims for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. (Wikipedia)

Lennie Hibbert is one smooth operator. Dude is a weekend bbq favorite, and then some, around my way. More Creation is his second long-player outing for Studio One in 1971. Here's the first. 320 vinyl rip by yours truly. Dig it!



Lennie Hibbert – More Creation (Studio One, 1971)

SOL 1119

A1 Chinese Beauty
A2 Tumble Down
A3 Don't Blame Me
A4 Gaiety
A5 Snow Bird
A6 More Creation
B1 Moonlight Becomes You
B2 Go For Yourself
B3 Reggae Rub A Dub
B4 Bigger Bredda
B5 Can't Take My Mind Off You
B6 Montego Rock

Photodementia - Fig. 3 (1997 -- Photodementia, 2012 Reissue) *320 + Flac

"Recently unearthed by the good folk at Rephlex, 'Photodementia' is an outstanding nugget of eight succinct and kinetic machine moves from late '90s Washington. Apparently a few white labels were distributed to Black Market in London and New York's Sonic Groove way back when, but they're that far off the radar even discogs hasn't heard of them. However, the press release reliably informs us that it's the work of Canadian-born Victor Beaudet "one time collaborator with Richard Davis of legendary band Cybertron" (sic) "and his partner, New Orleans' born Bernard Davies (R.I.P.)", so unless someone is telling porkies, this is quite a find. Essentially their sound is very similar to a number of classic projects from Drexciya to earlier AFX and the like - composed and structured with a free-flowing intuition and feel for that melancholic funk which is prized by so many nerds like you and I. Sterling stuff..."(Boomkat)

Dope reissue. I'm a bit of sucker for the electro. Has that Detroit sound, by way of mid-90's DC. This post is dedicated to my old friend Faso in BK. Thanks for the words, man! 320 vinyl rip by yours truly. FLAC is on the way, as soon as mediafire allows it. Enjoy.



mp3: Photodementia - Fig. 3 (Photodementia, 2012)

Flac: Side 1 & Side 2

1. Mysophilia
2. Synovium
3. Ethnog
4. Gyrectomy
5. Fotografische
6. Anhydrosis
7. Sporobolus
8. Nitromersol
9. Hypercatharsis
10. Astrography

Phil Yost -- Bent City (Takoma Records, C-1016 **1967)

One of the more obscure and mysterious releases in the classic Takoma cannon. Out there, Bay Area hippie-improv jazz canoodlings. Woodwind, bass and echo-driven. All instruments played by Mr. Yost. Biographically, I've found next to nothing about him, online. 320 Vinyl rip by yours truly. Big thanks to D.

Phil Yost -- Bent City (Takoma Records, C-1016 **1967)


A1 Ellipse For Bluejay
A2 Solace Stone Somewhere
A3 Bent City I
A4 Ethan Dreams Two People
A5 Ever Surprised Blue Eyes
B1 Bent City II
B2 Vision At 1000 Centigrade
B3 Lizard-Watcher's Theme
B4 Wave Your Moonlight Hat For The Snowfall Train

Carnival Dragons

Took my kid to the carnival last night. It was fun, and I did this with my phone.