Monolith Cocktail Social Playlist #XL: Gene Clark, Game Theory, Gift Horse, Le Rita Mitsouko….
November 1, 2019
Playlist
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)’
Monolith Cocktail Social Playlist: #XXXVIII: BDP, Bob Dylan, Ornette Coleman, Laurence Vanay…
August 2, 2019
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’
Playlist:::Dominic Valvona
The Monolith Cocktail Social playlist is the blog’s imaginary eclectic radioshow, or DJ set, selection of throwbacks, missives, golden oldies and just cool shit; from across genres, timelines and borders. Expect to hear anything and everything.
Tracks:
Lalo Schifrin ‘Magnum Force Theme’
The Inmates ‘Bread & Water’
MC Duke ‘Miracles’
Tha Alkaholiks ‘Turn The Party Out’
Leaders Of The New School ‘Understanding The Inner Mind’s Eye’
Barbara Howard ‘Light My Fire’
The Move ‘Piece Of My Heart (Live At The Marquee)’
Chayns ‘Night Time’
Lotti Golden ‘Annabelle With Bells (Home Made Girl)’
Spike & Debbie ‘Seaport Town’
Alessandra Leao ‘Ai, Dende’
The Chefs ‘You Get Everywhere’
The Rakes ‘1989’
The Risin Sun ‘Pagan Bird’
Majid Soula ‘Yekker Oumenghi’
Loudon Wainwright III ‘A.M. World’
Why? ‘Into The Shadows Of My Embrace’
Chris Spedding ‘Video Life’
Esteban Copete y su Kinteto Pacifico ‘Abozaito’
Raf And O ‘Win’
Doris Day ‘Disney Girls’
Jon Tye & Ulrich Schnauss ‘Orange Cascade’
Radiohead ‘All I Need’
Daniela Casa ‘Third World Tango’
Mark Hollis ‘The Gift’
K-X-P ’18 Hours (Of Love)’
Bodkin ‘Three Days After Death (Part 1)’
Ancient Grease ‘Feedomn Train’
Parish Hall ‘Ain’t Feelin’ Too Bad’
Mayo Thompson ‘Venus In The Morning’
Pride ‘Proud Sorrow’
Rodrigo Gonzalez ‘Diva Francesa’
Fela Kuti And His Koola Lobitos ‘Ajo’
Clement Djimonge ‘Africa’
Armando Trovajoli ‘Bada Caterina’
John Compton ‘Lookout’
The Monolith Cocktail Social: Playlist #XXXI
November 22, 2017
DOMINIC VALVONA’S PLAYLIST
In danger of repeating myself forever, but for newcomers to the site here’s the premise of my playlist selections. Previously only ever shared via our Facebook profile and on Spotify our regular Monolith Cocktail Social playlists will also be posted here on the blog itself.
With no themes or demarcated reasoning we pick songs from across a wide spectrum of genres, and from all eras.Selection #31, chosen as always by me, Dominic Valvona, includes Jean-Jacques Perrey‘s charming kitsch flights of fantasy into space, L.A. Jay‘s languid, floating jazzy remix of the Californian hip-hop troupe, The Pharcyde‘s Otha Fish, Penny Goodwin‘s fluttering flute ballad turn super funk acid dancefloor blast Too Soon You’re Old, South Seas dreamy sauntered pop from the Insecure Men, Kosmische traverses from the German dream team Mythos, plus spiritual, conscious and sublime jazz from Roy Hargrove & Ronnie Matthews and Brother Ah, and troubadour psych magic from Elyse Weinberg.
Tracks:
Jean-Jacques Perrey ‘Spatial Blues’
LaVice & Company ‘Thoughs Were The Days’
Jeff Parker ‘Get Dressed’
Claudia Lennear ‘Not At All’
Penny Goodwin ‘Too Soon You’re Old’
Insecure Men ‘Subaru Nights’
The Pharcyde ‘Otha Fish (L.A. Jay Remix)’
Lords Of The Underground ‘Flow On (New Symphony)’
Murs ‘What Do You Know?’
The Move ‘Message From The Country’
Affinity ‘I Am And So Are You’
Roy Hargrove, Ronnie Matthews ‘Salima’s Dance’
Brother Ah ‘Transcendental March (Creation Song)’
Joe Harriott, Amancio D’Silva Quartet ‘Stephano’s Dance’
Famous L. Renfroe ‘Believe’
Gunn – Truscinski Duo ‘Minetta River’
Krzysztof Komeda ‘Litania’
The Monzas ‘In My Lonely Room’
Evinha ‘Que Bandeira’
Elyse Weinberg ‘City Of The Angels’
Annette Peacock ‘Love’s Out To Lunch’
Midnight Magic ‘Walking The Midnight Streets’
Raw Material ‘I’d Be Delighted’
Mythos ‘Eternity’
La Dusseldorf ‘Geld’
Jean-Jacques Perrey ‘Chicken On The Rocks’
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