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the chaotisch days #7. full of motion

We can see the center (that is motionless). And we can see the world (various and full of motion).

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Coloured Clocks bandcamp
Way Yes site
The Orange Peels site
Beat Radio bandcamp
Milk Teddy facebook
South Ambulance facebook
Kids On A Crime Spree facebook
Boyish bandcamp
Palms On Fire bandcamp
John Scofield Band site
Manel site
Slow Down Tallahassee myspace
By The Sea bandcamp
Daisyblue bandcamp

the chaotisch days #6. vast and wild

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In the beginning, it was vast and wild. It was the promise of an entire summer.

Featuring:

• Barnabys from Philadelphia and their incredible, vibrant guitars. 'Global Teen' is part of the EP Delightful Browns, released in 1992 via spinART.

• French Films, from Finland, just released White Orchid (2013) , their second album and it is gooooood. Out via GAEA Records.

• Daniel Johnston and Yo La Tengo with an awesome version of Johnston's 'Speeding Motorcycle', released as a single in 1990.

• Gentlemen Marry Brunettes is a dreampop group from the Philipines. Their music is inspired by "airline crashes and space poetry".

• Möscow Çlub is a band from Japan. 'Bikinikill' is a lovely piece of summery guitar indiepop with reverbed vocals.

• Holiday is a band formed in Yale and active between 1992-1997. 'Candy' is part of Cafe Reggio (1997), released via spinART and Siesta Records.

• Tullycraft's back after 5 years. New album out via FortunaPOP!

• Adam and Darcie's version of The Very Most is part of an EP released via Village Collective (formed also by Canoe and The Very Most). Recently, I wrote about these release. Check the blog.

• Archaster is an artists from Valenzuela City, Philipines. 'Kissing Ballade' could've been recorded by Stephin Merritt.

• Northern Portrait's 'Happy Nice Day' is part of their EP Pretty Decent Swimmers (2013), out via Matinée Records.

• Fear Of Men is definitely one of the most hyped independent bands from 2013. 'Born' is part of their compilation/album Early Fragments.

•Velcro is from Melbourne, Australia. A mystery, actually.

•La Ola Que Quería Ser Chau is a band from Argentina. Fun, bright and loud indiepop.

• The Sweets' dreamy psychedelia is part of a free download, out via Bleeding Gold Records.

• The Snowdrops is a group (supergroup, an indiepop kid could say) formed by members of Lovejoy and Blueboy with Pam Berry (The Pines, The Shapiros, Black Tambourine and many other groups).

the chaotisch days. 5

Today is this little boy's birthday.
He turned 29 today.
He runs this blog and wants to share 29 songs with you.

A little boy in 29 dreams by Chaotisch Und Charmant Blog on Mixcloud

the chaotisch days 3

Here's a collection of songs to celebrate teenagery feelings, angst, hopes and dreams.

The idea came while I was watching a (great!) british comedy show from the early 80's of the same name.

The opening track is the actual song from the opening credits of the series; an addictive short version of Cliff Richards' 'The Young Ones', sang by the cast of the series.

You'll find lots of independent artists... new stuff, old stuff, obscure stuff and classic stuff.

'Young' is a state of mind and spirit. I solemnly believe that music plays a big part on keeping things new, fresh and... well... young; always looking to the horizon for what's to come; fearless and sometimes ignoring risks and consequences.
STAY YOUNG! AND ENJOY!

FEATURED ARTISTS

The Young Ones Cast The Vandelles We Can't Enjoy Ourselves Sleep Good Seafoam Songs For Walter Cassolette San Cisco Yoyoyo Acapulco Ezra Furman French Kissing Modern Rivals Fembots Die Friedberger Jungs Long Walks On The Beach M. Ward The Mynabirds Mate Post Modern Team Slowdance Graham Fellows South Ambulance

the chaotisch days 2

In our 2nd edition of The Chaotisch Days we have lots of Firestation Records (totally unconscious) with Men Of Westenesse, Hey Paulette and The Soulboy Collective, a C86 vibe permeating the songs, some obscure bands like the Australian girls from The Foots, the Hungarian one man band Evil Men Have No Songs and Du Nord (from Paris), and the warm happiness of the summer to be.

FEATURED ARTISTS

The Foots Men Of Westenesse My Teenage Stride Hey Paulette Pololeo Du Nord

The Panduhs The Spanish Amanda The Soulboy Collective Semifinalists Talulah Gosh

Aztec Camera Bidê ou Balde Evil Men Have No Songs The Ocean Blue Tramway

the chaotisch days 1

THE CHAOTISCH DAYS 1 IF THE RAVENS LEAVE (PODCAST)

When I first started the blog, back in 2008, one of the things that I was most excited about was to create mixtapes. As a frustrated musician - since I don't play anything - and a frustrated DJ - since I don't really go out much, mixtapes are all I have left. And mixtapes keep it satisfied. By now.

The idea behind 'The Chaotisch Days' is to bring back to the blog (and ultimately my life) the lovely art of putting songs together. And also there's the 'documenting' factor: the new mixing with the old and the layers of memories and feelings being accessed again and rearranged. Anyway...
I'm not sure if this will be a monthly or weekly segment. All I know is that there'll be more.

FEATURED ARTISTS:
The Wake Little Name Two Wounded Birds Holograms Cats On Fire Everyday Mistakes
Joel Alme Magenta Skycode The Deddingtons Fint Tillsammans Entre Ríos
The Holiday Crowd Crocodiles Fossil Collective Doble Pletina

la historia de un artista (homenaje a daniel johnston)

V.A. COLOREANDO A DANIEL JOHNSTON (LA HISTORIA DE UN ARTISTA)

We have the awful habit of labeling as crazy people that see things differently (ok, now I'm practically plagiarizing Apple's ad). What I mean is, we are unable to deal, as a society, with the outspoken, original and sensitive ones. The path we chose that led to our current social state has no space for meaningful, and multi-perspective exchanges. And that's our fault.

And from time to time, a particular crazy, misunderstood and lonely voice stands out and produce waves throughout a generation. The 80's and early 90's seemed to be Daniel Johnston's moment. Or maybe Johnston was the voice that better translated the young modern angsts of the 80's-90's kids. And let's be honest: few people embody the unadjusted, troubled and sensitive modern man as good as Johnston.

Last month, a compilation featuring bands from Spain and Latin America was released.

The project (free and non-profitable) was started by two guys from Granada (Spain) with an obvious admiration for Mr. Johnston. Throughout the 18 songs, we get unexpected covers and versions in spanish from an important - and quite underrated - group of contemporary artists from the spanish indie scene (or the indie scene in spanish).

COLOREANDO A DANIEL JOHNSTON (or Coloring Daniel Johnston) features consolidated indie darlings like Los Punsetes, Odio París, Alondra Bentley, Barcelona's greatest La Estrella de David and last year's latin sensation Las Robertas.
(Highlights to underground acts like Varaverde, Capitán Sunrise and Nine Stories).

The compilation is a fuzzy combination of guitar distortion and some pretty interesting and creative takes on Johnston's body of work. The album is part of a zine and is available for free on bandcamp.

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MIXTAPE gone for the summer

GONE FOR THE SUMMER A CHAOTISCH UND CHARMANT MIXTAPE

HERE'S TO THE TROPICAL, SUNNY AND BRIGHT ONES.
SUMMER IS A STATE OF MIND.

MIXTAPE. 2011 IN 45 SONGS

(or roughly 2.30 hours).

Here's a collection of great songs from 2011. Lots were left out.
(tracklist inside the player)

Chaotisch und charmant's Cloudcasts on Mixcloud

the good times we shared at the marina

a catalan compilation - the good times we shared at the marina. mixtape #12

spain has – in my opinion – the most exciting music scene nowadays. it has a great sense of originality and freshness that are always welcome when we are talking about forms of expression. in our 12^th mixtape, we land on spanish lands, more specifically, catalonia and even more specifically: barcelona (which has been called the brooklyn of europe for its lively and prolific scene).

the artists sing in spanish and catalan and - in common - they have an awesome approach on how to develop music being universal without forgetting hints of regional tradition.

notes
a. some artists are well known for the regulars here. la estrella de david, la bien querida and joe crepúsculo are big favourites here and work a lot among themselves (in fact junco y diamante is a side project from david and joe and the song 'alt penedès' is in collaboration with la bien querida)------------------------------------
b. we tried to keep a balance between different styles. there's contemporary indie pop, indie rock, folk, eletronic, and groups experimenting with music and other forms of expression (like verdcel with their attempt of combining music and other medias, like theatre)... there's also a wide range of singers/songwriters, since the last years were quite prolific and in some way a revival to the golden age of catalan singer/songwriter scene---
c. queta & teo is a rarity. sister and brother singing songs produced by their father during the 60's on the island of mallorca. little is known about them and there's almost no information available. a big thanks for tweeranosaurus for this amazing discovery. ------------------------------------------------------------------

I hope you like it. It was a great experience to create a compilation based on a scene more than in a theme.

01. la estrella de david - tú lo tiene que saber
02. maria coma - gat
03. conxita - al darrera la nevera
04. la brigada - una imatge més
05. la bien querida - actitudes espectrales
06. el fill del mestre - omaita
07. aias - aias
08. whiskyn's - cada cop (sixpence none the richer cover)
09. queta & teo - es martellet
10. gasca - vacaciones
11. junco y diamante - alt penedès
12. sedaiós - els vells
13. oliva trencada - no-ni-nó
14.manel - la en que el bernat se't troba
15. albaialeix - koala
16. narcís perich i la caravana de la bona sort! - cou quan plou
17. cesk freixas - díes i nits d'amor i de guerra
18. anna roig i l'ombre de ton chien - punt de creu
19. joe crepúsculo - canción del adiós
20. verdcel - la costera

you are waiting. your friend is coming.

you are waiting. your friend is coming. mixtape #11

01. naivepop or petitfool - saturday pops for her
02. el robot bajo el agua - la moto
03. plavi pepermint - usamljenost kao navika
04. kissamatic lovebubbles - total hangover
05. mockingbird, wish me luck - pictures (to big to fit in a sight)
06. die fahrraddiebe - sommerlied
07. de agtige - if you kiss me
08. chris zabriskie - i can be your love
09. megamoog - love, love!
10. el oso goloso - espantoso
11. joe crepúsculo - el día de la sardina
12. desmond reed - who i'd like to meet
13. dallas - come on david
14. princeton - korean war memorial
15. herr nilsson - i don't know how to be sad
16. giraff på engelska - falling in love
17. yani como - supermercados
18. the proctors - not so far away (original version)
19. young michelin - obscene
20. replicant - non troppo

my heart is high everytime you're by my side

my heart is high everytime you're by my side. mixtape #10

it's monthly mixtape time again! this month's inspiration was fernanda. "who's fernanda?" one might ask. well, fernanda is the birthday girl of the day and for 8 years she's been one of my greatest friends... we went to college together, spent endless afternoons together listening music... making music, plans... i see her as the sister-of-my-age i never had.
nowadays we live together and that's a dream of mine that came true.
because of her, my music taste was saved. she exposed me (and still does) to great music findings, and i feel that my need of looking for new music comes from her. so, thank you, babe!
on the mixtape you'll find: declarations of love and admiration; songs i think you might like and songs i know you like.

01. tender forever. happy birthday
02. the hidden cameras. underage
03. allo, darlin'. dreaming
04. red cloud carter. cucko
05. the escargo-go's. the radio
06. moto boy. when my heart was high
07. the señors of marseille. grace
08. eternal summers. safe at home
09. cats on fire. your treasure and my pleasure
10. razorcuts. summer in your heart
11. kikí d'akí. es tan fácil
12. the kensingtons. intercity baby '94
13. la bien querida. corpus christi (demo)
14. my first keyboard. the you i created
15. sweet sweet concorde. the picnic
16. facto delafé y las flores azules. el indio
17. palpitation. love again
18. manel. la gent normal (pulp cover)
19. the raveonettes. dead sound
20. two wounded birds. keep dreaming baby (demo)

not afraid of falling down

not afraid of falling down. mixtape #09

01. sweet sweet concorde. balloon
02. my darling you!. flaming dead
03. palpitation. what if
04. bella vista. i'd rather be here
05. silly kissers. halloween summer
06. bidê ou balde. cores bonitas
07. evil men have no songs. no you no me
08. paddington dc. you're next
09. east river pipe. bernie shaw
10. kickstand. slingshot
11. silicon teens. red river rock
12. polack. romería
13. the groovy little numbers. you make my head explode
14. ed wood lovers. el día que conoci a ewan mcgregor
15. half-handed cloud. ezekiel bread
16. when i was 12. s is for subway
17. the popinjays. thinking about the weather
18. rational youth. i've got a sister in the navy
19. almedal. vi forlorar alltid allt vi alltid haft
20. la rainbow toy orchestra. dance with me little bear

a fine young age

mixtape #08

so it's time for our monthly mixtape! and it is being posted today because it's my birthday. yeah, 26 years old... i decided to celebrate the date just like last year: compiling songs and building a mixtape with 26 musics, one for each year i've lived. not that they have some relation with a specific year.
actually the mixtape has this first songs with a positive and romantic view on life - just like when you're a kid and think that life will last forever; then we go through some songs that i feel represent me in some way (well, i think everyone has at least 1,000 songs in that category...) and the end has this tunes with a look on life that is a bit less naive and accepting that everything ends (baby, that's a fact!). so the idea was to build this 'years/life passing' mood, from birth until death.

01. lollipop train - strawberry?

02. nils folke valdemar sings: - welcome to the world

03. the april skies - a lifetime in the sun
04. scaresthedaylights - lionchair
05. plastic bertrand - major tom
06. punky's dilemma - shooting stars
07. princess niko - the comic renaissance of luv
08. south ambulance - hanging in a tie
09. the love letter band - let's go drinking
10. my darling you! - a teenager told me: be careful
11. vitesse - a fine young age
12. moto boy - when my heart was high
13. chapi chapo & les petites musiques de pluie - bourgeon tardif
14. oliver north boy choir - generation gap
15. my teenage stride - happy mondays
16. the smiths - you just haven't earned it yet, baby
17. the ocean blue - between something and nothing
18. mono taxi - must be the weather (live)
19. tillmanns - twist (spaced out)
20. par avion - modem love
21. zola - mi cumpleaños
22. death valley sleepers - she's in control
23. mirafiori - cosas que es mejor no hacer
24. vitesse - a way to my redemption
25. the deddingtons - last day

26. soda fountain rag - everything ends (baby, that's a fact)

you know, that's the kind of thing that causes accidents

mixtape#7

here's our monthly mixtape. i tried to gather a few songs that i've been listening since the year started. after my last year's musical retrospective, i discovered a lot of things that could easily be among the best songs and albums of the year. unfortunately, it's impossible to catch up with everything in the short period of time that is a year (very subjective, i know, but as the music goes 'days go by so slowly and years go by too fast').
the name of the compilation was taken from the opening track 'beautifulgirlsunnyledges' by money can't buy music, a side project from gordon mcintyre (ballboy). a moving spoken chronicle, trademark of gordon's writing style.
the other 20 tracks are a mixture of happy/gloomy tunes. it is more melancholic than i imagined it would be, but there are some moments that all you'll want to do is jump and jump and jump. so enjoy (!) and be careful, accidents* happen(!).

01. money can't buy music - beautifulgirlsunnyledges
02. le sport - love in stereo
03. the olive shoots - prostitution is gone from the streets
04. the bilinda butchers - this love is fucking right (the pains of being pure art heart cover)
05. we swim you jump - 1234
06. jj - voi parlate, lo gioco
07. strawberry whiplash - hay in a needlestack
08. my laundry life - the harbour lights
09. symfoniorkestern - tänd eld på dig själv (för det du tror på)
10. the magnetic fields - interlude
11. the berndt - walked for the future
12. solander - st michael
13. sambassadeur - i can try
14. the wind whistles - good friends won't rip you off
15. the electric pop group - in the back of my mind
16. paisley - icicle hands
17. desire - under your spell
18. biggles flys again - spring
19. horse shoes - i can't decide
20. joel alme - you remember the good times but the good times don't remember you
21. the crêpes - what else

* accidents are not always bad things happening to you.

2009. a chaotisch und charmant melodic retrospective

here's my top 50 songs of the year...
among them, you'll find:
- best guitar solo of the year: 'everything with you' from the pains of being pure at heart. from 1'59'' until 2'18'' you'll hear pure pure pure perfection.
- best song twist of the year: 'i don't want to dream' from the city and horses. from country-ish, pop-ish mood to twee-ish, rock-ish feeling.
- best song name of the year: 'it only takes one night to make a balloon your friend' from lunch money, that makes indie pop for kids.
- best anthem of the year: 'we're all the pirate bay' from montt mardié. (well, judging only the anthem, not its efficiency).
- and the best song of the year, of course, according chaotisch und charmant: 'je suis fatigue' a perfect pop song from the french group young michelin.
(perfect songs of the year that also should be mentioned: 'i lost my colour vision' from burning hearts and 'swans' from camera obscura).

01. young michelin - je suis fatigue
02. la bien querida - corpus christi
03. burning hearts - i lost my colour vision
04. camera obscura - swans
05. victory viii - i want to see everything
06. tada tátà - the brigade
07. joe crepúsculo - todo lo bello es gratis
08. moofish catfish - two of a kind
09. the city and horses - i love the girls
10. tada tátà - sticky dumb gum
11. the sound of arrows - m.a.g.i.c.
12. jj - from africa to málaga
13. the panduhs - county fair
14. la patère rose - decapote
15. lunch money - it only takes one night to make a balloon your friend
16. the pains of being pure at heart - the tenure itch
17. jonathan johansson - en hand i himlen
18. avner - bed för mig
19. afternoon naps - catholic school
20. south ambulance - davy crockett
21. dead man's bones - my body's a zombie for you
22. my robot friend - failure
23. the mary onettes - god knows i had plans
24. montt mardié - we're all the pirate bay
25. acorn boys - we'll always have each other
26. my teenage stride - weirder nightmare
27. hari and aino - on my usual catch up with cecilia
28. money can't buy music - we are all asphyxiate
29. moofish catfish - yours to share
30. the city and horses - i don't want to dream
31. tellus about the moon - hate
32. the panduhs - summer time
33. la patère rose - pacemaker
34. the pains of being pure at heart - higher than stars
35. hiawata! - that's the spirit
36. fun. - at least i'm not as sad (as i used to be)
37. jónsy & alex - boy 1904
38. washed out - new theory
39. delay trees - tarantula
40. my sad captains - great expectations
41. the pains of being pure at heart - everything with you
42. girl alliance - i wish i could tell you
43. oppressed by the line - one thousand red stars
44. the legends - over and over
45. knight school - you are the key
46. winterlish - greifswald
47. so cow - shackleton
48. syntaks - blue sunshine
49. the tremulance - we'll settle this on the dancefloor
50. victory xviii - on a plane at night

it's berlin. and it's winter.

it's berlin. and it's winter (mixtape #5)

my favorite historical event definitely is the fall of the berlin wall... i get really emotional when i see images of the people celebrating by the wall, crossing the border between east and west...
so for this month's mixtape i made a selection of songs inspired by that. i mean, the selection is a combination of songs from some of my favorite german bands, songs that i was listening when i went to berlin (most of them were listened while taking walks through the tiergarten) and songs recently discovered that i think that go well with berlin.
the opening track is the german hit (almost hymn?) from the cold-war era '99 luftballons' (yeah, i'm that obvious) and closing the mix is the german version of david bowie's 'heroes' (in my opinion, way better than the english version).
hope you enjoy!

01. nena - 99 luftballons
02. candyaudioline - pretend we're smart
03. my lily of the valley - precious moments
04. the bright and shiny - hasta la victoria siempre
05. the marshmallow kisses - i wonder why my favorite boy leaves me in the rain
06. pumuky - la hoguera más grande del mundo
07. locas in love - comandante
08. cessna - we can still be friends
09. c'est tout martine - den første smøg
10. princess niko - miss pixel and all her stupid daisies
11. oppressed by the line - sunset from the 16th floor
12. seaside stars - if you think
13. handsome train - i want you to know
14. familiar trees - discreet robots
15. subterfuge - i will never ever
16. space kelly - kleine taschenlampe brenn'
17. the psychedelic furs - heaven
18. we & lisa - too close for comfort
19. tramway - technical college
20. number 4 joystreet - the flowers are calling
21. david bowie - heroes / helden

[if any song fail to be unzipped, just click and drag it into the destiny folder]

on my own, i feel the season's changing

on my own, i feel the season's changing (mixtape #4)

01. jj - my love
02. dead man's bones - my body's a zombie for you
03. palpitation - next stop tennessee
04. the autumn teen sound - telegraph
05. don lennon - where is the new adventure?
06. everyday sensations - helen love
07. my sad captains - great expectations
08. 800 cherries - through
09. la habitación roja - polideportivo
10. the pines - marie claire
11. fantasy lights - you're my september
12. den baron - simplicity kills sometimes
13.julian nation - all the capital cities' names
14. fun. - at least i'm not as sad (as i used to be)
15. future conditional - we don't just disappear
16. the pains of being pure at heart - 103
17. washed out - new theory
18. the señors of marseille - davey
19. razorcuts - i heard you the first time
20. joe crepúsculo - todo lo bello es grátis

swimming pools are not that crowded anymore (mixtape #03)

1. the slowdowns - l'ignorance
2. young michelin - je suis fatigue
3. je t'aime mon amour - happy lovetrain
4. victoria mil - bien equivocado
5. cajón de sastre - hellsse
6. we & lisa - anna
7. envelopes - heaven
8. faunts - feel.love.thinking.of
9. avner - bed for mig
10. winterlish - greifswald
11. afternoon naps - winter olympics (summer version)
12. hey paulette - our immeasurable differences
13. couer de pirate - pour un infidèle
14. cake on cake - kokomo love song
15. cellophane rain - good morning light
16. tellus about the moon - hate
17. huma - waking up
18. sunny summer day - me, myself and the empty soul
19. nils folke valdemar sings - a song you could dance to
20. violeta gómez - vacaciones eternas
21. aitänna77 - la última tormenta de agosto