The Monolith Cocktail Social: Volume #70: Pharoah Sanders, Ros Serey Sothea, R.E.M., J Scienide, Genesis, Nicolini…
October 14, 2022
Dominic Valvona’s Eclectic/Generational Spanning Playlist
More or less the blog’s radioshow (minus any vacuous chat and clique guests), the Social is my ‘anything goes’ playlist selection of tracks I’ve played out, accumulated, come across or been handed over the last forty years.
Reaching the 70th volume this month, the choice tracks are every bit as eclectic, sometimes fun, and intriguing. I usually pay homage or doff my cap to those we’ve lost in that time, but also to those albums celebrating special anniversaries. In the former camp I couldn’t not miss the opportunity to say farewell to astral, spiritual and freeform jazz doyen Pharoah Sanders, including a smattering of personal favourites and a snatch of interview from the In The Beginning 1963-64 album.
In the celebratory mode, I’ve picked tracks from Prince’s 1999 LP (marking its fortieth anniversary this October), R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People (thirty this month) and Genesis’ Foxtrot (unbelievably a half century).
However, we kick off volume 70 with the Cambodian chanteuse Ros Serey Sotha and the electrified, hot-footing Orchestra Baobob from Senegal – we’ve already raked up the musical air miles with just those two opening acts. Added to that there are cuts from Annie Anxiety, Stelvio Cipriani, Platonica Erotica, Magic Mixture, Ill Biskits, the Jim Black Trio and more.
That Track List In Full:
Ros Serey Sotha ‘Easy Come Easy Go’
Orchestra Baobab ‘Kelen ati leen’
Pharoah Sanders ‘High Life’
Santiago Córdoba/Bauls Of Bengal ‘Tigres En Fuga’
More Eaze/Claire Rousay ‘kyle’
Annie Anxiety ‘Closet love’ Prince ‘Delirious’
Stelvio Cipriani ‘Bersaglio altezza uomo (Titoli)’
Universal Totem Orchestra ‘Codice Y16’
Platonica Erotica ‘Holy Holy’
Romica Puceanu ‘Multă Lume Noroc Are’
David Ackles ‘Surf’s Down’
R.E.M. ‘The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite’
Nicolini ‘Snake Head Wine’
Algebra Suicide ‘Somewhat Bleeker Street’
NINA/Dean Blunt ‘grandiosee’
Paul Jacobs ‘After Dark’
Able Tasmans ‘Dileen’
Magic Mixture ‘You’
Flaming Ember ‘Livin’ High, Money Low’
’68 Comeback ‘Clean Yong 16’
Pharoah Sanders ‘Farrell Tune (Live In Paris 1975)’
Barney Wilen ‘Scorpion’
Ill Biskits ‘Let ‘Em Build’
Mic Geronimo/Murder Inc. ‘Time To Build’
J Scienide ‘Why Even Try???’
Between ‘Song For Two’
Genesis ‘Watcher Of The Skies’ Nick Garrie ‘Ink Pot Eyes’
Pharoah Sanders w/Sun Ra & Black Harold ‘The Shadow World’
Picchio dal pozzo ‘Cocomelastico’
Jim Black Trio ‘Next Razor World’
Dom Um Romao ‘Jungle Carnival’
Pharoah Sanders ‘Interview – Coming To New York’
Pharoah Sanders ‘Colors’
Monolith Cocktail Social Playlist #XLVII: Ennio Morricone, Art Decade, Voilaaa, Kahvas Jute…
July 15, 2020
PLAYLIST/Dominic Valvona
Welcome friends to another one of Dominic Valvona’s eclectic/generational spanning playlists; the Monolith Cocktail’s imaginary radio show. In practice this amounts to Dominic picking whatever he sees fit, including tributes to fallen idols and tracks from recent reissues. This month’s edition pays a small homage to the late Italian deity of soundtracks and composition, Ennio Morricone. Joining him in on this journey is Art Decade, Voilaaa, Kahvas Jute, Tono S., Pharoah Sanders, Electric Eels, Faris, VED, Abel Lima, The Staple Singers, Jerzy Milian and twenty-three other eclectic choice artists.
Listen how you choose, but each playlist is curated in a special order.
As usual, for those without Spotify (or boycotting it, pissed with it or whatever) you can find a smattering of videos from the set below the track list.
Track List:
Mike James Kirkland ‘What Have We Done’
Voilaaa ‘Manu ecoute ca…’
Pharaoh Sanders ‘Farrell Tune (live In Paris 1975)’
Tono S. & DJ Metys ‘Recept Na Uspech’
Lord Finesse with Sadat X and Large Professor ‘Actual Fatcs’
Weldon Irvine ‘Love Your Brother’
Ted Hawkins ‘Sweet Baby’
Tripsichord ‘The New World’
Kahvas Jute ‘Shes So Hard To Shake’
Country Weather ‘Boy Without A Home’
Orangutan ‘Chocolate Piano’
Jessamine ‘Inevitably’
Electric Eels ‘Sewercide’
Indianizer ‘Mazel Tov II’
Hypnotuba ‘Hubbubuzz’
Art Decade ‘Delta’
Ndikho Xaba ‘In Praise Of Women’
VED ‘Sture External’
Faris ‘Oulhawen Win Tidit’
Velvett Fogg ‘New York Mining Disaster 1941’
Group 1850 ‘Hunger’
Pisces ‘Oh Lord’
Yanti Bersaudara ‘Pohon Kenari’
DakhaBrakha ‘Vynnaya Ya’
Abel Lima ‘Aonte’
Ennio Morricone ‘Arianna’
Marva Josie ‘He Does It Better’
Gryphon ‘Mother Nature’s Son’
Robert Lester Folsom ‘Ginger’
Quiet World ‘Star’
Minami Deutsch ‘Sunrise, Sunset’
Uniting Of Opposites ‘Ancient Lights’
Jerzy Milian ‘Hausdrache’
Ennio Morricone ‘The Chase’
The Staple Singers ‘Washington We’re Watching you’
VIDEOS:
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