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PLAYLIST/Dominic Valvona

An intergenerational, eclectic playlist vision, the Monolith Cocktail Social is the blog’s imaginary radio show; a smattering of music from my personal collection, my DJ sets and a lot of music I just wished I owned. Devoid of themes, restraints, or trends, expect to hear anything and everything; including some tributes to album that celebrate their 50^th, 30^th and 10^th anniversaries: The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (represented by The 5^th Dimension’s diaphanous honed chorus take on ‘Moonlight Mile’), The Doors L.A. Woman (represented by the under-the-counterculture Gary Tucker and his version of ‘Hyacinth House’), Panda Bear’s Tomboy (the man himself in this instance) and The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (again, the men themselves).

Tracks:

Erkin Koray  ‘Öksürük’
Lotti Golden  ‘Motor-Cycle Michael’
Jode  ‘When I Was A Younger Man’
The Croissants  ‘It’s A Day As Real As Today’
The Weirdos  ‘Happy People’
Steel Mill  ‘Zang Will’
Gary Tucker  ‘Hyacinth House’
The Makers  ‘Don’t Challenge Me’
Demon Boyz  ‘With a Z’
Showbiz & A.G.  ‘Fat Pockets’
Blahzay Blahzay  ‘Style And Grace’
Wilma Vritra  ‘Shallow Grave (Radio Edit)’
Would-Be-Goods  ‘Fruit Paradise’
Spike & Debbie  ‘Rushing Nowhere’
Panda Bear  ‘Surfer’s Hymn’
B Boys  ‘Sound Frequency’
The Wake  ‘Joke Shop’
Shark?  ‘Let’s Roll’
Dogfeet  ‘Armageddon’
Daevid Allen  ‘Boperactico’
Locomotive GT  ‘Képzeit Ripot: Arra Születtem’
Bread, Love And Dreams  ‘Masquerade’
The 5^th Dimension  ‘Moonlight Mile’
Francis Lai  ‘Main Titles (The Games)’
Etron Fou Leloublan  ‘Face À L’Extravagante Montée Des Ascenseurs, Nous Resterons Fidèles À Notre Calme Détermination’
Nello Ciangherotti  ‘Metallo E Cemento’
Neel Murgai Ensemble  ‘Ngong’
Anjo Gabriel  ‘Mantra II’
Calvin Keys  ‘B. E.’
Trio Madjesi  ‘Moussa Photo Na Yo’
Ill Wind  ‘High Flying Birds’
Chupame El Dedo  ‘Me Duele’
Fawda Trio & SwamiMillion  ‘Money Beat’
The Orb  ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’ Air Liquide  ‘Seamwave’
Samla Mammas Manna  ‘Manna Jamma’

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