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Relive a genius Essential Mix from 2016 by The Avalanches, a mix they described as one of the best they'd ever done.
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"Of all our DJ sets over the years, the 2016 大象传媒 Radio 1 Essential Mix is close to our hearts.

A compilation of homemade music, street recordings and long forgotten pieces of musical flotsam and jetsam, the mix celebrates every musical maverick who never gave a damn what anyone else thought. Such spirit! Such firebrand energy! Such beauty! We tried to capture it all in one mix.

Our journey begins with a 1950 home recording from somniloquist Dion McGregor, a sleep talker who would often narrate his dreams at conversational volume. As narrator of his own terrifying dream journeys, Dion adopted various personas and frequently established an insolent approach to the subject matter at hand - be it a hot air balloon trip to the moon with a group of school children, a game of culinary Russian roulette with poisoned eclairs upon a wildly spinning food wheel, or a journey through a wonderfully tiny 'midget city'. Most of McGregor's dream narratives end with him shrieking in terror as he wakes up.

Leaving Dion, we meet Moog scientist Mort Garson and his electronic 'Symphony for a Spider Plant鈥�, the Temple City Cazoo Orchestra, electronic pioneer Bruce Haack and the homemade punk-funk of 14 y/o Chandra, (who we sampled 30 years later on 鈥楽ubways鈥�). We detour via the street recordings of Moondog (鈥榯he viking of 7th avenue鈥�) and other traveller musicians; Larry 鈥榃ild Man' Fischer's riotous recordings from the streets of 1970's L.A are all-time favorite, before reuniting with better known mavericks Sun Ra, Yoko Ono and The Slits.

We wanted to celebrate the little things with this mix, the beauty in the unnoticed and overlooked, the magic and wonder from the other side of life. This mix is our love letter to that world long lost. Peace." The Avalanches

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Music Played

  • Emahoy Tsegu聜 & Maryam Gu聤brou

    The Story of the Wind

    • Buda Musique.

  • Unknown

    Hello

    • Playhour Records.

  • Dion McGregor

    Snowflakes

    • Decca Records.

  • Dion McGregor

    Midget City

    • Decca Records.

  • Ratatat

    Black Heroes

    • XL Recordings.

  • Wild Man Fischer

    The Leaves Are Falling

    • Bizarre.

  • Sun Ra

    Enlightenment

    • El Saturn Records.

  • Nancy Dupree

    James Brown

    • Asch Records, Folkway Records.

  • The Joubert Singers

    Stand On The Word

    • Next Plateau Records Inc..

  • Cindy & The Playmates

    Now That School Is Through

    • Jay Pee Records.

  • Grateful Dead

    Shakedown Street

    • Arista.

  • Edan the Humble Magnificent

    Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme

    • Lewis Recordings.

  • Nina Simone

    Ain't Got No, I Got Life Live

  • Betty Everett

    1900 Yesterday

  • Moondog

    Fog on the Hudson

    • Marz Records.

  • Wild Man Fischer

    Wild Man On The Strip Again

    • Bizarre.

  • The Temple City Cazoo Orchestra

    Stayin' Alive

    • Rhino.

  • Krak Attack CX Kidtronik & Tchaka Diallo

    Fame Rapp

    • Sound-Ink.

  • Moondog

    Up Broadway

    • Prestige.

  • The Parliaments

    What You Been Growing

    • Goldmine Soul Supply.

  • Paul and Linda McCartney

    Monkberry Moon Delight

    • Apple Records.

  • Africa

    Light My Fire

    • Ode Records.

  • Clarence Reid

    Miss Hot Stuff

    • Alston Records.

  • Edan the Humble Magnificent Ft. Insight

    Funky Voltron

    • Lewis Recordings.

  • Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop

    Dreams

    • AJP.

  • Madlib

    Rock Konducta Vol 1

    • Stones Throw Records.

  • Unknown

    The Snake

    • Unknown.

  • Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble

    Psych City

    • Aragorn.

  • Blair

    Life

    • Mercury.

  • Nancy Dupree

    What Do I Have

    • Asch Records, Folkway Records.

  • Donald Byrd and the Blackbirds

    Jazz Alphabet

    • Live.

  • Play Along At Home Rhythm Band

    Pease Porridge Hot

    • Disneyland.

  • Teac Home Recording with Dick Rosmini & the Hello People

    Experiments

    • Teac.

  • The Broads

    Sing Sing Sing

    • Hansa.

  • Shooby Taylor

    The Human Horn

    • WFMU.

  • Don Armando's 2nd Ave. Rhumba Band

    I'm An Indian Too

    • ZE Recordings.

  • The John Cacavas Golden Space Orchestra & Chorus

    Hydrogen and Helium

    • Golden Records.

  • Bruce Haack

    Lie Back

    • The Omni Recording Corporation.

  • Bruce Haack

    Sing

    • Dimension 5.

  • Frank Zappa

    Oh No

    • Zappa Records.

  • Hermeto Pascoal

    Som da Barba

    • Music From the Beard.

  • Blair

    Virgo Princess

    • Solar Sounds Records & Tapes.

  • William Onyeabor

    Better Change Your Mind

    • Wilfilms Records.

  • Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo

    The Year Punk Broke

    • Tara Films.

  • Jack Fascinato

    Music From a Surplus Store

    • Capitol.

  • Clara Mondshine

    Die Drachentrommler (Dragon Drummers)

    • Innovative Communication.

  • Frank Zappa

    Excentrifugal Forz

    • Discreet.

  • Bruce Haack

    Rubberbands

    • Dimension 5.

  • The Stooges

    L.A Blues

    • Elektra.

  • Bad Brains

    Big Take Over

    • Reachedout International Records.

  • J-Jems

    Dance

    • Optimo Music.

  • Bruce Haack

    Motorcycle Ride

    • Dimension 5.

  • Chandra

    Kate

    • GO GO Records.

  • Tony Schwartz

    Music In The Streets

    • Folkways.

  • Ata Kak

    Daa Nyinaa

    • Awesome Tapes From Africa.

  • Yoko Ono

    Walking On Thin Ice

    • Geffen Records.

  • The Slits

    I Heard It Through The Grapevine

    • Island Records.

  • William Onyeabor

    Let's Fall in Love

    • Wilfilms Records.

  • Black Dice

    Glazin'

    • Paw Tracks.

  • Univ. of Ghana Postal Works

    Cancelling Stamps At The University Of Ghana Post Office

    • James Koetting Field Recording Collection.

  • Joe Moks

    Boys and Girls

    • Afrodisia.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Don't It Drive You Crazy

    • Blue Thumb.

  • David Essex

    Rock On

    • CBS.

  • Paul McCartney

    Check My Machine

    • Parlophone.

  • Jimmy Van & Richard Hieronymous

    I Weigh With Kilos

    • Metric Records.

  • Hanny Nahmias

    Hanna's Sabbath Dress

    • Oz Theatre.

  • Sinkane

    How We Be

    • DFA.

  • Mort Garson

    The Wozard of Iz

    • A&M.

  • Uriah Heep

    Wake Up

    • Earmark.

  • Black Milk

    Wake Up

    • Fat Beats.

  • Mort Garson

    Prologue

    • A&M.

  • Frank Zappa

    Mom and Dad

    • Verve.

  • The Zombies

    Hung Up On A Dream

    • CBS.

  • Tony Schwartz

    Music In The Streets

    • Folkways.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 13 Dec 2020 01:00
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  • Tue 15 Dec 2020 19:00
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  • Sun 20 Dec 2020 21:00
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  • Boxing Day 2020 21:00
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  • Wed 30 Dec 2020 19:00
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  • Mon 11 Jan 2021 19:00
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