Pure Ecstasy: 7 Songs for Naturalismo Mixtape
Nate Grace of Pure Ecstasy has generously put together an awesome 7 song mix today for us here at Naturalismo. Pure Ecstasy’s most recent release, ‘Easy’ hasn’t really left my record player since I picked it up two weeks ago at his show here in Aquarius records and that’s saying a lot since it’s only a 45! It was actually during the performance of his last song Easy that I caught myself dying to know what music had caught his own ear recently. The result: a rad mixtape that should take over your playlist for the afternoon. So without further ado, here’s Pure Ecstasy’s Mixtape for Naturalismo. Thanks again to Nate for putting this together, while you’re listening go grab his new 45 here.
Download: Pure Ecstasy’s Mixtape for Naturalismo
Update: Nearly forgot that Nate had sent over a 7th song for it that I think is my favorite track on the mix. You can grab the full mix above or download any of the individual songs on the mix below.
Stream:
SLEEP ∞ OVER -- World is Night
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The tracklist is as follows:
Video: SILVER PINES/AMASA GANA -- invitation to surf :
Dennis Wilson & Rumbo – "Fallin' In Love" – 1970
Love the combination of that early drum machine with some of Dennis’ best solo recorded vocals. “Fallin’ in Love” was originally intended to be released on Sunflower in 1970 with Brian on lead vocals, but was left off the album and released shortly after as one of Dennis Wilson’s first singles.
One more rad clip…
Love hearing Carls’s lead in this version of “Breakaway”
Stream: New Joanna Newsom single "81"
Holy shit-to think that I thought my expectations were lofty a bit back after seeing her play for 2+ hours and thinking it would result in a 2xLP, well head over to Drag City to pre-order the 3xLP!
Pre-order: Joanna Newsom’s 3XLP “Have one on me”
American Boogie
Videod by Dr. Elwood Snock himself, this 88 minute documentary is now available as a hand-stamped DVD in an edition of 100. It is centered around a tour Michael took with Amy Annelle and Ralph White in August of 2008. Here is the ten minute trailer, retitled “The Shortwave Stall”
Michael has also released a new 7″ through Mississippi Records with Betsy Nichols joining in on vocals.
To buy this stuff straight from the Doctor go to-> Snocko News
Up here in the downpour of beautiful rain in Arcata, I’ve been playin this on repeat.
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Bill Fay Acetate Demos / Outtakes
Sometimes I could take or leave Bill Fay’s somewhat overproduced debut 1971 self titled album. I think a lot of people promptly dismiss it after hearing its oddly baroque instrumentation and I can’t blame them. The overproduced instrumentation just sounds out of place set against his unfairly maligned as Dylan tinged tunes. However, he has that distinctly British knack for effortlessly and seamlessly wandering between an upbeat and cheerful melody while half a minute later in the same song dragging you through the gutter. Like Ray Davies drinking cold Tea with Dylan with plenty of Cohen and Lennon thrown in the mix as well. I guess I’d plead with those who have formerly dismissed him to listen to the collection of Bill Fay acetate demos, my favorite of which is from 2007′s easily overlooked and mostly mediocre Fading Yellow 9 comp. The song, simply titled “Unknown Track” is pretty hauntingly brilliant and I don’t think appears on any other album or outtake collection. When I first heard the acetates awhile back I was surprised at how much better they were than anything I’d ever heard by him. Finally here was the Bill Fay promised to me in that beautifully bedraggled photo of him sitting solo at the piano. Stripped of the, in my opinion, unneeded flourishes found on his later albums, I’m a bigger fan of the stripped down sound on these early recordings. Trying to wake up too early, drinking coffee, staring out the window and seeing rain-these songs have made so much sense again lately. Maybe if I get over this cold I’ve had going on two weeks they’ll get put back up on the shelf for a bit, but until then Fay is better than any over the counter…
Bill Fay - Unknown Song (196- Acetate Demo / Unreleased)
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Download the 4 acetate songs here. While you’re at it, grab the other set of 20+ his 60′s demos/outtakes From the Bottom of an Old Grandfather Clock…and save the 100+ bones that it’s now going for. There’s some overlap between the two, but the unknown track is only in the acetate roundup.
And two more songs for the road…
Bill Fay – Garden Song (Unreleased Version – London, 1969)
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Probably Fay at his most optimistic:
Bill Fay – We want you to stay
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Also, just last week he released a new double album that he recorded in 2009 that includes and extra disc of rarities and unreleased tracks from this same 60′s period. I’d say start with the above then head over and buy his new double cd set here:
Buy: Bill Fay – Still Some Light 2 CD Set
Naturalismo on Arthur Radio
Our dear friends over at Arthur Magazine invited me to guest DJ their inaugural radio show on Brooklyn’s Newtown Radio this past Sunday afternoon. They’re going to be spinning some pretty amazing music every Sunday from 4 – 6pm EST, so tune in if you get a chance!
