Naked Light - a mix of rock, alt rock and prog rock for your weekend

As mentioned in my post yesterday - the long hot summer we've been having has limited my computer time and so I haven't been putting mixes together or posting very much.  However, I was enjoying my Naked Light mix last night and thought it was about time I shared something.  I particularly like this mix as it draws down music from rock, alt rock and progressive rock genres and then blends them together.  As with some of my mixes, I try to include some homegrown Kiwi music and so on this mix I've added a local Auckland band called Villainy with a track titled "Paradise Lost".  I finished with a cover of Sounds of Silence by Phyllotaxis.  I know this is a much covered track but they are a favorite band of mine and I particularly like their rendition of this classic. 

Feedback always welcome....

Tracklist:

01 - The Natural Heart - Miracle Of Sound

02 - Clear - Echo 2 Locate

03 - In A State - Unkle

04 - Mekong - The Refreshments

05 - More Or Less - Screaming Trees

06 - Paradise Lost - Villainy

07 - The Phone Booth - The Editors

08 - Rain - The Luka State

09 - Lovely - Visionary

10 - Long Time Coming - Delays

11 - Ghost - Traceless

12 - Sound Of Silence - Phyllotaxis

Naked Light

Edge Of Space - a mix to take you on a stratospheric journey

Happy New Year!  Here's a mix that I made to listen to on short hop flights but thanks to Covid -  I haven't yet had a chance to fly and to listen to this at altitude....  This is a bit different to a lot of my other mixes and I found it quite challenging to sequence.  However, having listened to it again yesterday, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. 

It opens with an ethereal track from Clinton Shorter that I used to segue into "Zeit Maschine" from A Silent Noise.  I've combined a few instrumentals in this mix as the effect I was trying to create was a flow of music that would accompany the turbulence bumps and movement of the aircraft and to drown out the cabin sounds. I tend not to listen to lyrics but rather focus in on the music and so there is nothing lyrically connected with flying or space in any of the tracks with vocals in case you were wondering......

Hope you like it.

Track List:

01 - The Expanse - Clinton Shorter

02 - Zeit Maschine (Voyage Version) - A Silent Noise

03 - The Trip - Still Corners 

04 - Amerimacka - Thievery Corporation

05 - Red Rain (2012 Remaster) - Peter Gabriel

06 - Flight 420 - Astronaut Ape

07 - Nightcall (feat. Lovefoxx) - Kavinsky

08 - High Hopes (Radio Edit) - Pink Floyd

09 - Stratosphere - Starset

10 - Superdub - Supermax

11 - Ballrooms Of Mars - T-Rex

12 - Cries Of A Dead World - Miracle Of Sound

Edge Of Space

I'm Back.....here's a new compilation for your listening pleasure

Well I'm back.  Finally got ourselves a new home and have finally moved in......well mostly.  I'm slowly getting things back to normal so thought I'd go through my archives and see if I could find a mix to share.  This one's titled "Keep It Real", which is kinda appropriate for me given the state of transition we are in by moving cities. It's got a nice prog-rock feel to it and has a some of my favourite artists on it like RPWL, Starset and Geoff Tate.  Hope you enjoy it.

Tracklist:

01 - I Walk Beside You - Dream Theater

02 - In Your Dreams - RPWL

03 - The Mystic Technocracy - Dockers Guild

04 - Versions Of The Truth - The Pineapple Thief

05 - Uprising - Muse

06 - The Space On The Wall - Dead Letter Circus

07 - Put Down The Gun - This Oceanic Feeling

08 - Faith Healer - Fish

09 - Hurricane - 30 Seconds To Mars

10 - Bullits Dominae - Pure Reason Revolution

11 - Let It Die - Starset

12 - Change - Geoff Tate

Keep It Real

Change The Past - a mix of progressive rock / rock music for your weekend

Change The Past is a new mix I put together a couple of weeks ago.  It's predominately progressive rock tracks from artists of that genre but I've also included a couple of other tracks that have a prog rock feel to them but from artists whose normal sound would not normally be associated with that genre such as Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons (hard rock) and Johnossi (indie rock).  You'll hear what I mean when you listen to their tracks as part of the overall mix and where I've sequenced them in the compilation. 

Tracklist:

01 - Change The Past - Russian Wives

02 - Fool - RPWL

03 - Thin Air - Anathema

04 - So Long And Thanks For The Fish - A Perfect Circle

05 - Colostrom (Acoustic) - Phyllotaxis

06 - For The Music - Blackfield

07 - Bullitts Domin - Pure Reason Revolution

08 - Wait For Better Days - Ray Wilson

09 - Waves - Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons

10 - Here Come The Men (Violin Mix) - Antimatter

11 - Worried Ground - Johnossi

12 - Delusional Rain - Mystery

Change The Past

Cinematic - Prog Rock, Rock, Instrumental, Electronic compilation

I was playing this compilation this afternoon while we were sitting out on the deck enjoying another hot day and my wife said "this is pretty cruisy".  It's mostly prog rock tracks but I've thrown in a couple of other tracks from different genres that seem to fit rather well with the overall mix.  It's pretty laid back but definitely one for the late afternoon while sitting out on the deck knocking back a few coldies....

Tracklist:

01 - Disillusioned - A Perfect Circle

02 - Old Love - Long Distance Calling

03 - Blackfield - Blackfield

04 - Twilight - Black Sky Research

05 - Rising Sun - White Moth Black Butterfly

06 - Cinematic - Jonathon Jackson + Enation

07 - Sepia - Jester (India)

08 - Into The Scarlet Eye - Mystery

09 - Metropolis - Schiller

10 - Show Yourself - Phyllotaxis

11 - Stranded - Red Vox

12 - Bridge Of Sighs - Steve Lukather

Cinematic

Butler - Butler (1973) - New Zealand rock music

Butler were a 4-piece Maori rock band who formed in Christchurch New Zealand in 1970.  They released their self-titled album in 1973.  The album itself was a commercial flop but their fusion of psychedelia, progressive and blues-rock excelled in a live setting and they were highly popular on the national campus circuit.

Tracklist:

01 - Bang Bang

02 - Suicide Ring

03 - We're Getting Nowhere

04 - In The Morning

05 - Especially For You

06 - Green River

07 - Reach Out

08 - Tilde Jane

09 - Mistake

10 - Southern Magic

11 - Here We Come

12 - Mirror Don't You Weep

Butler - Butler (1973)

Lutha - Earth (1973) - New Zealand Psychedelic / Prog Rock

This is the second album from Dunedin band Lutha, which was released after their self titled album in 1973 on the HMV label.  I got to see these guys at a concert in Dunedin in 1972 when I was a teenager.  

Tracklist:

01 - Earth

02 - Here And Now

03 - Empty Rooms

04 - Dandylions

05 - What Do You Do

06 - Waterfall (Pure Land)

07 - Places

08 - The Old Tree

09 - My Babe

10 - Policeman

11 - Questions

Lutha - Earth

Lutha - Lutha (1972) New Zealand psychedelic rock / prog-rock

Lutha formed in Dunedin New Zealand during the late 60's and released 2 albums before calling it a day in 1974.  This is their self titled first album, which was released in 1972.  More about Lutha can be found at AudioCulture.

Tracklist:

01 - Then I Saw A Face

02 - Sun Song (Anaximander Rambling)

03 - I Really Want To Be With You

04 - Andrianna

05 - Mountain Side

06 - Stop! The Music Is Over

07 - Why Is Gone

08 - My Turn To Cry

09 - So Many Tears

10 - I Am But All Alone

Lutha - Lutha

Ragnarok - Ragnarok

As promised, here is the first Ragnarok self-titled album that was released in New Zealand in 1975.  Lea Maalfrid appears on this album as part of the original Ragnarok lineup but left the band shortly after its release to pursue a solo career.

Tracklist:

01 - Fenris

02 - Butterfly Sky

03 - Fire In The Sky

04 - Rainbow Bridge

05 - Raga

06 - Caviar Queen

07 - Dream

08 - Dawning Horn

Ragnarok - Ragnarok

Below is the original Ragnarok lineup with Lea Maalfrid, Ramon York, Mark Jayet, Ross Muir & Andre Jayet

Black Lily Dream

This weeks compilation is in keeping with the Prog Rock theme from last week and brings together a selection of tracks that span the progressive rock / alt rock & post rock genres.  There's some wonderfully complex sounds to wrap ones ears around and always makes for a great listen if your music tastes extend beyond the normal confines of mainstream music safety.

Tracklist:

01 - Try As I Might - The Pineapple Thief

02 - Geneve - Mr. Putiferio

03 - Faster Man - Morgan Rose

04 - I Will Follow - Tammatoys

05 - An Ocean Away - White Moth Black Butterfly

06 - Thin Air - Anathema

07 - Wall Street King - Mystery

08 - You Are The One - Narayan

09 - Black Lily - Gazpacho

10 - Crystaline - Lonely

11 - Twice In A Lifetime - Jon Anderson

12 - Puppets - Marathon

Black Lily Dream

Ragnarok - Nooks

While my Blog will mostly share my compilations - I will also on occasions share some rips from my New Zealand vinyl collection.  Today, I want to share an album from one of my favorite Kiwi bands - Ragnarok.  I saw them many times playing in pubs during the 70's.

Ragnarok formed in Auckland in 1974 and their music could best be described as classic mid-70's psychedelic prog rock. This is their second album 'Nooks', which was released in 1976.  This is a very rare album here in NZ and I paid quite a lot of money for it.  The album rip hasn't had any post processing in any way so you'll hear a few nicks but it's a pretty clean copy. I also have a copy of their first album 'Ragnarok', which I'll share another day.

Tracklist

01 - Five New Years

02 - Waterfall - Captain Fagg

03 - Fourteenth Knock

04 - Paths Of Reminiscence

05 - The Volsong

06 - Semolina

07 - Nooks

Ragnarok - Nooks

From left - Ramon York, Mark Jayet, Ross Muir and Andre Jayet (deceased).

A Taste Of Pink 

I'm a big fan of the Progressive music genre and also of Pink Floyd.  I was fortunate enough to see them back in 1988 and that concert remains one of the best I've ever been to. This compilation is a selection of Pink Floyd songs covered by artists who I think do their music justice.  

Tracklist:

01 - Welcome To The Machine - Saul

02 - Cymbaline - R.P.W.L.

03 - Hey You - Mystery

04 - Wish You Were Here - Avenged Sevenfold

05 - Time - Godsmack

06 - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1) - Steve Morse

07 - Money - Magellan

08 - Great Gig In The Sky - C.C. White

09 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Steve Lukather

10 - Us And Them - Dweezil Zappa

11 - Run Like Hell - Crippled Black Phoenix

12 - Breathe (In The Air) - Rick McAuley

A Taste Of Pink