Curious Bedfellows

A short mix of selections drawn exclusively from the two wonderful blogs Closet of Curiosities and Basement of Curiosities. Thanks to all their hard work compiling the odd,amusing and often beautiful pieces of delicious audio.

The Hydrus Is Crossing The Susquehanna River Bridge

I posted this on Mog a while back... I figured I would try and start up my "Bestiary Series" here, however I don't think I will limit it strictly to musical interpretations.

The hydrus is an animal that lives in the Nile River. It is the enemy of the crocodile. When it sees a crocodile sleeping with its mouth open, the hydrus first rolls in mud to make itself slippery, then enters the crocodile's mouth and is swallowed. It then eats its way out of the crocodile's belly, killing it.

There are three parts to this beautiful song by David Daniell which you can find on The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration....


Tripartite journey ... The Belly of the Beast


Crossing the Susquehanna River Bridge

Dzendcast II - The Drowsy Sleeper

Tried some beat matching on this one.... plus guitar fingerpicking to techno. Enjoy!




Track Listing:

Ballad - The Lounge Lizards
Kathinkas Gesang - Karlheinz Stockhausen - Samstag
Paddle - Moskitoo - Drape
Full On Scientist - Flanger - Nuclear Jazz
Miss You (Pole rmx) - Trentemoller - Miss You (Promo)
Ribbons (Dzend's Acoustic Touch Rework) - Four Tet - Ringer (Promo)
Where He At - Raz Ohara And The Odd Orchestra
Bestiaire - Urkuma - Rebuilding Pantaleone's Tree
The Drowsy Sleeper - Mary Lomax - Art Of Field Recording Vol. 1

30:10

Dzendcast I

My first attempt at mixing some tunes together....many of the songs I reworked a bit, some I just used portions ... hopefully this will get a bit easier and smoother if I keep at it. Enjoy!



Tracklisting:

Heliocentric - Sun Ra - The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra, Vol. 1
Modul - Pole - 1
Descending Moonshine Dervishes - Terry Riley
Acorn Child - Plants - The Mind is a Bird in the Hand
Toninas (Villalobos Remix) - Sun Electric
Saba - Haytham Safia - U'D
Perquisizione - Stelvio Cipriani - Mark Il Poliziotto
Walkin in the Arizona Sun - Link Wray - Wrays Three Track Shack
Bye Bye Butterfly - Pauline Oliveros
No Witnesses - Quincy Jones - Original Soundtrack: In Cold Blood
Party Time - Sugar Minott