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Dominic Valvona







Where else are you going to find as many idiots as enlightened saviours of glorious sounds in one place? Or, find as many mismatched genres somehow gelling and making such sense on one inspired musical journey. Nowhere that’s where.

Dominic Valvona‘s Social is the playlist from the Monolith Cocktail’s imaginary radio show. A collection of finds, favourites and oddities from across all time and from across the globe. Volume 40 is no different in scope; gathering together Fall-like wry asides on the idiosyncrasies of gentrified cosmopolitian living (Gift Horse), sun wilted and lilted African lazer soul (Gyedu-Blay Ambolley), space rock homages (The Warlocks), gospel consciousness jazz (Ray Harris), fucked-up futurist Hip-Hop (The Analog Brothers) and sulking garage blues (The Caravelles).

Tracks:

The Lightmen, Bubbha Thomas  ‘Herbs (Of Life)’
Master Plan Inc.  ‘Something To Be Done’
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley  ‘Control’
Ray Harris, The Fusion Experience  ‘Freedom’
Pat Thomas, Marijata  ‘My Love Will Shine’
Grand Puba  ‘Check The Resume’
Double XX Posse  ‘The Headcracker’
Analog Brothers, Odd Oberheim  ‘2005’
Steady B  ‘Let The Hustlers Play’
Fire  ‘Flight To Cuba’
Bonnie & Sheila  ‘You Keep Me Hanging On’
Earl English, The Apaches  ‘Trying To Make Ends Meet’
The Preachers  ‘Moanin”
The Caravelles  ‘Lovin’ Just My Style’
The Electric Prunes  ‘Try Me On For Size’
The Blue Magoos  ‘I Can Hear The Grass Grow’
Bobby Williams  ‘Lost My Job’
Alice Dona  ‘Je N’sais Pas’
Delta 5  ‘Triangle’
The Screamers  ‘The Beat Goes On’
Gift Horse  ‘Custard Tart (Live)’
The Exploding Budgies  ‘Kenneth Anger’
Adult Books  ‘Casual Wrecks’
Les Rita Mitsouko  ‘Reinforcements’
The Watzloves  ‘Girl Called Trouble’
Gene Clark  ‘Silver Raven’
Don & Stevie  ‘American Lullaby’
England’s Glory  ‘The Wide Waterway’
Dr. Strangely Strange  ‘Ballad Of The Wasps’
Wolfgang Dauner  ‘Kabul’
Etran Finatawa  ‘Kel Tamascheck’
Manu Dibango  ‘Ceddo’
Derrick Morgan  ‘Seven Letters’
Bobby Jackson  ‘Kika’s Delight’
The Warlocks  ‘Tribute To Hawkwind’
Game Theory  ‘Drive-In Saturday (Radio Session)’