Crude. And I love it.

This band/song/music label is my new favorite. It had me at the line "She sucks Barry Gibb dick. But she's still my girl." Check out Number One Girl by Le Le -- in all of its various carnations.

Le Le - Number One Girl by Gomma

I also suggest streaming all of Le Le's tunes on their MySpace page for some groovy background noise.

Sauerkraut Saturdays

My mindgrapes are still churning out some funky German music wine. To make the mix even tastier I headed over to Gomma Record's website, which is thankfully chockfull of sweet, sweet jams. For free.

Case in point:

Telonius Charts Mix April 2010 by Gomma

Tracklist:
1) Telonius – Hit Me (Cassian Rmx)
2) Poni Hoax – Bankers (Mustang Rmx)
3) Le Le – Number One Girl (Anthony Mansfield Rmx)
4) Arthur Baker feat Nona Hendrix & Ladonna – Tear Down The Walls
5) Cassius – 1999 (Tim Green Rmx)
6) Munk – La Musica (Audiojack Rmx)
7) Barbara Tucker – Stop Playing With My Mind (Full Intention Dub)
8) Acid Washed – Acid Washed (Daniel Haaksmann Rmx)
9) Junkie XL – Heart Of Darkness
10) The Juan McLean – Feel So Good

Posted on April 28, 2010: "Here’s the Telonius‘ Mix Charts for the month of April, this week you get some unreleased and / or brand new gomma stuff like the Cassian remix of Hit Me, the Audiojack remix of Munk and Le Le’s Number One Girl. Also check out Daniel Haakman’s massive remix for Acid Washed.. have fun."

And god did I have fun.

And again.
Le Le - Le Radioshow by Gomma

And again.
Telonius - Winter Wipeout Mix by Gomma

What's on my mindgrapes?! (Part II)

Today while looking at my favorite Spanish language music blog - No Naci en Manchester (translation: I wasn't born in Manchester) I stumbled upon a feature article on Munk from Gomma Records. Included were two tracks from the Gomma Dance Tracks record - Munk – La Musica (Radio Edit) and Munk – La Musica (Mercury Remix).

Now I'd never heard of Munk and, of course, wanted to know more. I clicked on the first song and was blasted with intense bass and a garbled/warped voice. My co-worker (yes, I am a terrible employee and was playing music while I should be doing real work), Sean Peoples of Fatback and Socket Records fame, quipped "it sounds like German new wave from 1989." With further investigation, I found out that Munk was, in fact, from Germany.

(Side note: I prefered the music on Munk's MySpace page over the two tracks offered on NNM - particularly Back Down (Cut Copy remix))

Sean then suggested I check out "Teutonik Disaster," an obscure German New Wave sampler from Gomma Records from 2002, featuring tracks from 1977 to 1983. His favorites being Carmen - Schlaraffenland and Ampilla's Delight - Lover's Walkman.

Carmen - Schlaraffenland by electrobitches

You can download the entire album here.

So let's recap my thought process: No Naci en Manchester -> Munk -> Munk's MySpace page -> Sean Peoples -> Teutonik Disaster -> Electrobitches.

Phew.

If you enjoyed this cerebral journey, check out What's on my mindgrapes?! (Part I)