tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43818437050135910022024-03-05T21:41:57.508-08:00Weight of a nickelOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.comBlogger634125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-86700091068754673232012-01-01T09:13:00.000-08:002012-01-01T00:07:15.411-08:00Soundtrack of New Years DayCan’t believe Swervedriver’s tracks Duel or Blowin’ Cool (above) or Planes Over The Skyline or Never Lose That Feeling or the entire Mezcal Head were not mentioned in the 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die or 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die books. Mezcal Head is an amazing album of some of the fiercest, you only get one life, coolest rock I’ve ever heard, yet I only know two other OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-6350394694135045822011-11-23T21:15:00.000-08:002011-11-25T18:02:51.325-08:00Time for another one of theseOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-2760188563283410922011-11-14T21:52:00.000-08:002011-11-14T22:13:53.981-08:00Soundtrack of nowNewish remix of Sydney based Toni Toni Lee's track from Western Australia's Shazam (via You Tube) that defies belief, takes you out of this world, something special indeed.You can get it at all the usual digital music outlets (Ala Juno Download, iTunes, Traxsource, etc).OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-77604287590389714812011-08-29T18:33:00.000-07:002011-11-07T14:57:56.406-08:00Everybody wants to be a DJNew compilation for 8tracks:Last week some time, I did another one of these.I think it was like two, three years since my first and only compilation for this 8tracks site.Went on a bit in the description for this one, see what you think of the selects.There's some Fleetwood Mac, FS Green, Lone and a bunch of similar kind of music.Plan to do a lot more of these, but you know actions always speak OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-28658380161212721922011-08-21T22:50:00.000-07:002011-08-22T06:36:56.187-07:00Found on Gods Playlist?
(Source: You Tube)
A soaring, glorious, phenomenal tune that never gets old.
(Source: You Tube)
Here is where I first heard it ages ago, I was watching it and thought damn, what is that song?
OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-75574929182758032632011-07-19T17:42:00.000-07:002011-07-21T02:45:58.176-07:00Thinking of a master planSalt of the Earth is an album you need to hear. I reposted "Ashley's Roach Clip" because it's The Soul Searchers best known, most sampled record. Obviously it is a beast of a track, that hopefully many of you would already know.Related Links:Funky 16 Corners on The Soul Searchers "Ashley's Roachclip.Chuck Brown - WikipediaOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-60393185162000691312011-06-29T18:34:00.000-07:002011-06-29T18:47:15.892-07:00Far from overShout out to NZ - UK's Mickey Beam 75. This is definitely a favorite early 90’s hardcore track.Massive tuneOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-90308188928466682002011-06-08T17:36:00.000-07:002011-07-31T01:28:36.700-07:00Music: the best drug knownThis Machinedrum track "Fantastix" is such a big, mad, monster of a tune. Taken from this EP. It is the jump off track of a roller coaster ride of my current soundtrack for June 2011.By the way, here is a killer mix of low end heavy, wall rumbling, chaos from Machinedrum for Fact magazine, from not too long ago.OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-75206034133606708192011-05-29T21:49:00.000-07:002011-05-29T22:00:36.770-07:00One of those tunesThat is on repeat and helping to keep me sane, as the world gets colder, crazier and more bizarre daily. That's how it looks through these eyes right now.OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-86592972042102581042011-04-13T17:37:00.000-07:002011-05-29T00:28:39.809-07:00Underwater musicThese internal computer speakers are doing this new 2562 monster no justice. It should be played on a stereo, preferably loud, for maximum impact.You can listen to samples from 2562's recently released Fever LP there.OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-48144801074006156572011-04-11T18:40:00.000-07:002011-04-11T18:47:10.177-07:00Time stops when shuffle falls upon this blinding jewel, as it just did now:OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-4078068872193544962011-04-10T04:49:00.000-07:002011-04-10T05:43:50.272-07:00Listening a lot toThrough journalist, music enthusiast, dj Kris Needs and his compilations Dirty Water: The Birth of Punk Attitude and Dirty Water 2: More Birth of Punk Attitude on Year Zero records, I found out about this pioneering black punk group born in Detroit called Death.Such a powerful, energetic, raw masterpiece, that Freakin Out trackHere's a Mike Rubin written NY Times article on Death just after OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-22147402709789328582010-12-28T19:56:00.000-08:002011-01-05T21:23:06.366-08:00Guest post from DrewHere is a list from good friend and past contributor to this space, Drew Donikian’s favourite (2010 discovered) tunes, with explanations as to why he chose the following:Cane - Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson (Album: Secrets) 1978 - A track I've given some spin to over the year. I look at it as a 78 classic based on a poem by Jean Toomer "Cane". The track is self-explanatory. Nothing is addressedOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-66981153900959063082010-12-25T03:10:00.000-08:002010-12-25T04:44:37.719-08:00Namsto Lake – Tibet – National Geographic Photo of the DayMerry Christmas to all! Check Jeremy Nielsen's photo (as noted above), linked here, yet another example… in the words of the past SBS promo that "The world is an amazing place".OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-72248558699381559372010-11-04T17:13:00.000-07:002010-12-23T00:39:45.136-08:00On repeat"...It's In The Groove..."Get up and live music. A track (originally) from '82 that is just grand, awesome, and timeless. MT were also known (as) : OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-36994594878069435452010-09-27T19:53:00.000-07:002010-09-27T20:06:01.889-07:00Tune of nowWhen first heard in A-Trak's Do-Over set, my reaction was: Damn - what's that remix? No doubt, a lot of others felt the same way, given the popularity of this record right now amongst DJ's and music lovers.OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-46485148937117631612010-09-27T19:39:00.000-07:002010-09-27T19:51:02.619-07:00And you say New York CityDuck Sauce "Barbra Streisand" from Mr Goldbar on Vimeo.Duck Sauce, the eminent producer duo comprised of A-Trak and Armand Van Helden, are primed to drop their second official single, “Barbra Streisand” on October 12th. If 3 million YouTube views of last year’s debut “aNYway” are any indicator, the official release of “Barbra Streisand” will be met with rabid anticipation as fan-recorded bootlegsOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-9589300719556667302010-09-19T20:02:00.000-07:002010-09-19T20:03:48.310-07:00OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-17661503738360051812010-08-30T21:05:00.000-07:002010-09-02T19:48:13.697-07:00A favorite of recent times. This is all I wanted to hear for a couple of hours the other day.OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-74055189490707992962010-08-29T17:59:00.001-07:002010-08-30T21:15:34.978-07:00They never played this version on Australian radio.Well not that I can rememberOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-5553586502847007282010-08-18T18:23:00.001-07:002010-08-26T21:21:22.128-07:00SoundtrackBetween a ridiculous internet bill, recently cracked screen phone, looming election, job applications, my addiction to Jules Verne's ....80 Days, lots of films, consuming assorted classics like they're going out of style, here's a list of tunes that are keeping me sane right now. I may do this daily from now on, we'll wait and see. Comments, suggestions, opinions, questions welcome.Super Soaker -OLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-33604380770371723782010-07-26T22:33:00.000-07:002010-07-26T23:05:10.245-07:00(On band camp)Shout to Pattern AwarenessOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-66379761887007388892010-07-24T07:31:00.000-07:002010-07-24T07:48:00.776-07:00Bit of Sydney history thereOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-52442258109098853662010-07-08T19:40:00.000-07:002010-07-08T19:43:19.930-07:00About themOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381843705013591002.post-41560340674376159342010-06-19T18:12:00.000-07:002010-06-19T18:17:19.369-07:00Marc Mac (4 Hero) circa '93Killer TuneOLIVER EIGHTY ONEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03914660136433704499noreply@blogger.com0