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PLAYLIST
Dominic Valvona




Cool shit that the Monolith Cocktail founder and instigator Dominic Valvona has pulled together, the Social playlist is a themeless selection of eclectic tracks from across the globe and ages. Representing not only his tastes but the blogs, these regular playlists can be viewed as an imaginary radio show, a taste of Dominic’s DJ sets over 25 plus years. Placed in a way as to ape a listening journey, though feel free to listen to it as you wish, each playlist bridges a myriad of musical treasures to enjoy and also explore – and of course, to dance away the hours to.

Volume XXXVIII includes tracks from two albums enjoying anniversaries this year; The Monkees 1969 cult trip, Head, and Boogie Down Productions marker, Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip Hop. There’s also a nod to the recent airing (via Netflix) of Bob Dylan‘s Rolling Thunder Revue with the inclusion of a mean version of the ‘Isis’ saga. Elsewhere there’s peregrinations, ruminations, sauntered rhythms, acid rock, garage land bluster and firey revelations from bands as diverse as Agitation Free and The Zipps.

Tracks:

Pazop  ‘Swaying Fire’
Agitation Free  ‘You Play For Us Today’
Abstract Truth  ‘In A Space’
Ornette Coleman  ‘Desert Players’
SwamiMillion & Fawda Trio  ‘Baccio’
Bob Dylan  ‘Isis (Live At Montreal Forum)’
David Blue  ‘True To You’
Fresh Maggots  ‘Dole Song’
Nancy Priddy  ‘Mystic Lady’
Fifty Foot Hose  ‘The Things That Concern You’
Beggar’s Opera  ‘Memory’
Bonnie Dobson  ‘Good Morning Rain’
The Monkees  ‘As We Go ALong’
Laurence Vanay  ‘Juste Te Revoir’
Ivor Cutler  ‘The Man With The Trembly Nose’
The Monkees  ‘Superstitious’
The Adult Net  ‘Take Me’
Ballroom  ‘Silent Singers’
The Long Blondes  ‘Big Infatuation’
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn  ‘Sorry To Be So Long’
The Zipps  ‘Kicks And Chicks’
“Blue” Gene Tyranny  ‘Leading A Double Life’
John Phillips  ‘Wilderness Of Love’
The Black Neon  ‘TX81Z’
Boogie Down Productions  ‘You Must Learn (Live From Caucus Mountain Remix)’
Three Times Dope  ‘Believe Dat’
Stezo  ‘It’s My Turn’
Sol Monk (ft. Shuzin)  ‘The Navigator’
Felt  ‘Look At The Sun’
Yes  ‘Sweet Dreams’