Just remembered how fun it was to make my Bonkwave track and got really excited for Volume 2 from Bonk Knob Records.
I’m so pumped to be a part of it and to hear everyone’s tracks.
One of the first real new wave rock albums that opened my eyes to new bands and music exploration beyond what was on the radio or popular at school.
The film is all live performances recorded around 1980, mainly in London, Portsmouth, San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Monica and New York. My buddy had the video (VHS!) so we’d watch it regularly throughout the early 80s.
The soundtrack came out a year before the film and was packaged as a double album gatefold. It’s got some great performances, and the sound quality is solid.
It’s where I first heard Klaus Nomi, Pere Ubu, and Magazine.
It’s got my favorite version of The Police doing "Driven to Tears", and an amazing performance by The Cramps, doing their version of “Tear It Up”.
I'm very happy with this track. It has an early 90s Warp vibe. I've been told it sounds like early LFO with hints of Autechre and Aphex Twin, and I can live with that. Does that make it #NotBonkwave?
Various – More Coffee For The Politicians (Phoenix Underground Music Compilation #3)
Placebo Records, 1985
Regionally focused comps were super helpful back before the internet. Best way to focus on a specific scene.
This one has a nice variety of musical styles. It's #3 in a series from Placebo spotlighting the Phoenix Scene (e.g. "This Is Phoenix, Not The Circle Jerks" and "Amuck").
There's a white paper insert with some Placebo Records and their respective prices listed. It's an order form you'd mail in.
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Compilation “Afro Baby – The Evolution of the Afro-Sound in Nigeria 1970-1979”
Nigeria in the 1970s had one of the biggest recording industries on the continent as well as one of the most diverse. The fusion of African rhythms and culture with jazz, funk, soul and rock was an Africa wide phenomenon but nowhere was […]