This is the archive of gabba.cc, one of the first mp3 blogs.
Roaring proto funk, before Funkadelic there where The Parliaments, its the horns on this that get me..

Mix chunk, not so much bootleg as a bit of a mess, theres lots of bootleg mixes around, even the misery of sound started releasing them last year, and if i hear another Missy Elliot accapela over some crap house track... but for some reason this stands out, messy, surprising and its got Neneh Cherry and Telev ision on it. For more like this go buy the  moving in stereo album, or go to the on fire Lemon Red blog and get there mp3 mix.

Minor key New Wave, I'm working on a vague theme for these last 3 posts, and it almost makes sense to follow with this, I'm a big fan of Television, and i've only just come across the Neon Boys, Tom Verlaine and Richard Hells band before Television, music about music, lovely.

Digital pop, To follow the ahsennadeem's Germanic upload, here's something NEW! A very digital track, autobahns, international travel, days of sick, I can almost imagine Mr scissors knocking it together on his laptop in a German airport lounge..

The best track of the new compilation Kitsuné Maison from Kitsuné records http:// www.kitsune.fr/ With Ed Bangers Rec and Institubes, one of the most innovative french "dance" label.

Nick Cave sidekick, Mick Harvey reconstruct the song "Inceste Du Citron" by svengali Serge Gainsbourg, a duet recorded with his then 13 year old daughter. Quel scandale! Arrangement courtesy of Bertrand Burgalat. From the album Intoxicated Man, 1995.

dodgy mancunian electro rap. included on the completley dissed street sounds electro UK lp (1984). but i'm really lovin the phase on the female vocal sample and scratches.
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26/09/2005 - If i add that this is remixed by Greg Wilson does that make it any better?

A rare funk-soul burner from Dee Edwards, recorded in 1968 by Sonny Sanders for Pete Hall's Premium Stuffs label. The promotional effort was lax, so the song failed to find the market it should have.It's featured on the Rare Detroit Soul from the Vault vol. 1 album, which seems to be out of print. The best "buy it" link I could find was for a dodgy Australian eBay sale. Still, it's a great song and one that is guaranteed to lively up about any occassion.

Happy, laid-back Italo-Disco gold. Can't believe Morgan Geist missed this one when he was putting together last year's excellent Unclassics set.((Nope, this has nothing to do with the rapper Kano featured on gabba before.)

I'm posting this mainly for it's video, but as it's a Plaid track it's brillaint anyway. A couple of years ago Creative Review organised a competition inviting people to create videos for various warp artists. Pleix, a french firm, chose this unreleased Plaid track and made a video. http://www.pleix.net/films.html James: it's pink but it's definately not fluffy... (I'm aware that this is on the warp films dvd, but their other films at this link are amazing too. Also I think this track isn't available anywhere as audio only, so get it while you can.)

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Conrad & Gregor Schnitzler as Berlin Express on Portrait Records, 1982

Arnaud Caschera as Da Fresh Bootleg Machine from Let's Fresh To Bed 12", 2005. http://www.da-fresh.com

Scottish Magic Daddy plays gigs using stolen laptops, and makes glitch-bitch-step-pop-house. http://www.magicdaddy.tk/

i tried to put this up last night but jk hijacked my id or summfink techie. read a description at

http://www.piccadillyrecords.co.uk/ver2/genreWeekly.php?&whic hWeek=-2&genre=22

strangely intoxicating

A rare b side Funksicle for all yall-It was in the '60s and '70s that session musicians Alan Moorhouse and Keith Mansfield recorded for London's prestigious KPM music library. The music they made was never released commercially as it was only to be used for film, TV and commercials. Focusing on the innovative and contemporary sounds of the time, the music of that period has been heavily influential on the music of today, Ahead of it's time, little did anyone know then that in the late '90s big beat was to be heard in clubs around the world!

NEW RAP! From the forthcoming album "Redman Gone Wild" I think. If you dont like hip hop skip it! http://www6.defjam.com/site/artist.php?artist_id=192

Das Ist Mein Hamburger! Gabba ay, I show you Gabba Yes!

This JohnnyBoy-scale wall of poptrash is like going to the heart of downtown Tokyo for four minutes of sensory overload. Think crossing a crowded street in a dayglo canyon of bladerunner t.v.s. (and some robot birds somewhere)

From the man who gave us the finest psychedelic disco record ever in 'Underwater' a more obscure nugget - Knightrider-esque bassline and big guitar solos over that tight disco rhythm.

unreleased remix rip of the graftin track by chad hugo of N.E.R.D.

Psychedelic folk muisic from Susan Jacks (wife of Terry Jacks) with distorted spoken word intro, lamenting vocals and cracking drums.

Bonus remix from the new Dsico that no-talent hack Maxi EP. "Fool". glitchy/ hyper/ pop. Blastcorp has a release coming out on City Centre Offices. The Ep is coming out in October on Spasticated Records.

A hypnotic midtempo number that slowly picks up steam. On Luomo's part, it's a juxtaposition of flatness and depth, repetition and subtle rythmic variation (well duh its like electronic music isn't it) that makes me think of recent some of the recent plastikman. For the Dice, the culmination of the psychedelic/dance direction they've been heading in the last few albums. Top notch and great for repeat listening.

gabba has made me smile a lot during the last couple of months. here's a first upload in an effort to give back. i don't know how this stands with respect to other things chiptune (old, new, retro or retrofuturist) but i downloaded it last week and i'm still listening to it.

Most people already know about Funkstörung, but the more I listen to their bouncy acid bass lines and glichy big beat stylings the more I like it. I got this off http://www.tonspion.de/mp3_index.php which is a pretty good source for free mp3's you can hear their new stuff on their site http://www.funkstorung.com

Forgotten cover by The Slits (girlfriends of the Psychedelic Furs) circa '81, dubbed up and punked up just the way it should be by Dennis Bovell. "I heard it through the bassline..."

This one is for all microphone entertainersYou have the tool, have the talent to be an educatorStop the slackness and come an tell them properEncourage the massive to become their own creatorBecause in this time you have to understandThat the government man is gonna try and mash up man planSo direct the crowd and give them navigationBelieve me you’ll get a wicked reaction.

Indie music made by American boys, and its lovely, though the guys voice maybe a bit of an acquired taste.

Originally released on Laurent Garnier’s F-Communications label in 2003, the Revisited package was released some 3 months later with some beefy remixes courtesy of Tiga and Brett Johnson.  The best of the bunch, though, is Llorca’s acid-bass leviathan.  Split by only a beat from the Dubindaclub, Cumindaclub’s groove can only be described as infectious.  When coupled with the suggestive vocal, the track is elevated (or lowered, depending on your point of view) to a lustful level few achieve.  The orgasm at the 3min mark doesn’t hurt, either.

This is from the lead single for a Roy Ayers remix album. The drums are great. The other 12"s have Kenny Dope, Nicolay, Platinum Pied Pipers, Osunlade

This is my first post on here. Telefon Tel Aviv is two dudes and a lot of computers. I first heard this song and Telefon Tel Aviv at the tail-end of STS9's New Year's show, I was hooked on the first note. Spacy it may be, but you can still bump'n'grind. I have no idea what will please the masses. You can never tell on here. Enjoy

Starts quiet, then kicks in. Like being attacked about the face by with a clawhammer. Fierce, relentless, brilliant.

I was late coming to the album Matki Wandalki but its one of a kind. Felix makes all his music on analogue equipment. The song may sound familiar. Its originally by the father of the girl from the simple life that's not Paris Hilton.

Only current release of French based dub collective whom cover that well known classic in a beautiful way 

Only current release of French based dub collective whom cover that well known classic in a beautiful way 

Only current release of French based dub collective whom cover that well known classic in a beautiful way 

Okay, this one's going to polarize the gang here. I f*cking hate The Doobies, especially the Michael MacDonald years and I despised this song growing up. But now, I must bow to its excellence... that chord progression, the chirpy synth lead, that atmospheric guitar counter melody buried deep in the chorus, the lyrical non-sequiters and of course the ridiculous soul falsetto of the bearded one. I think this won the Grammy for best song back in '79 or '80. It probably deserved it.

Straight outta Sweden. Dungen is real groovy. In fact it's quite the perfect word for them. This song starts out all jazzy and crazy and flows into a 60's groove like it's the summer of love in Scandinavia. That chorus gets me monkeying maniacally. I had trouble deciding which of the many, many awesome Dungen songs to put up. So check them out.

I never would have discovered James Kirby if it wasn't for John Peel. For some reason I always relate music to The Shining so the Caretaker's experiments with ambience and british dance-band era vinyl felt like it was made just for me. It was a toss up between this and Weeping On The Dancefloor. Thought that this might be a little more obscure. Anyways, thanks John! Hope you're having a blast up there...

I grew up with very little exposure to reggae beyond a bit of Bob Marley and subsequently it never really grabbed me. Then I started listening to Peel and he always seemed to squeeze one or two complete reggae gems into just about every show. I can't be sure if he played this track or not but I am certain he would have loved it.

Proper uplifting hail to Selassie.

This is the track Peel dedicated to his wife on valentines day. Haunting, atmospheric and hilarious in equal measure. Forget Sinatra or Ella, this is *THE* funny valentine.

Peel ***LOVED*** this track. In fact I think I heard him go on about this record more than any other, including Teenage Kicks. He mentioned a couple of times how he would drive through Ess3x, this playing full volume, singing along at the top of his voice, close to tears if not actually crying because he loved it so much. What a great bloke he was.

Apart from Cantrall's beautiful voice and a classic country music narrative this track also has lashings of Peel's favourite peddle steel guitar.

I really can't think of the first or most definative artist or track that John introduced me to (his influence was so fundamental that it's akin to asking me what's my single favorite peice of music) so by way of avoiding the sentementality he would probably be embarassed by, I'll just post the last thing he turned me on to. This track is by no means brilliant and it actually annoys me a bit now! But it just serves to illustrate the risks and sense of adventure that he would encourarge us to take. His unblinkered view of the world was an inspiration, and on a personal level, the one time I met him and although only spoke to him for a couple of minutes he treated me like a friend... Thank you John, YOU ARE A HERO.

Rather than post a song that Peel turned me on to, I thought I'd post the track that turned me on to Peel. I found this, er, song at the tender age of 14, tucked away in the middle of some questionable bootleg along with a few other Fall covers that Sonic Youth did for Peel. Definitely not a classic by any stretch of the imagination, if nothing else, the track does show off the playful goofiness that doesn't always come through when the band is less relaxed (or drunk, based on the quality of the other covers.) Anyway, it's Sonic Youth doing an ungodly messy version of an already messy Fall song, it goes on for eight minutes, and it will probably earn me more negative feedback than I could ever recover from, but more than any other tune, it will always remind me of the peculiar genius of John Peel, who willingly allowed his good name be sullied by this kind of glorious nonsense. So here's to John, then: forever the coolest purveyor of good (and bad) taste.

When Doseone, Why? And Odd Nosdam were asked to do a session for John Peel they did not immediately grasp the significance. After finding out that Mr. Peel was a champion for strangeness, limit-pushing, and discord, and that having a 'Peel Session' was an honor bestowed on only the most groundbreaking musical artists, they began to understand. Over a marathon three day weekend in the studio, cLOUDdEAD pieced together their session - a miniature epic full of Pythonesque screaming, Blair Witch interludes, bicycles with cardboard syncopating the spokes, and electro-nonsense. Short, shockingly odd, funny and affecting, 'The Peel Session' confirms cLOUDDEAD as a group willing to color outside of hip-hop's traditional boundaries.http://www.dirtyloop.com/MH230.htmlThe session went as followsPeel IntroDead DogCold LunchGreyPhysics Of A BicycleAlthough 'Rifle Eyes' wasn't featured in the original session, it's definitely one of the best off the album.Enjoy!

Ok, it's "Teenage Kicks". But done in a sub-Happy Hardcore fashion with a handful of samples from the original and some 303's to boot...
 

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Here is an unreleassed BOC track from their Peel session made all that more special/thoughtful by having the Great Man Himself introduce it. I couldn't link directly to the CD but do a search for "Japan001" on warpmart for an excellent and cheap compilation of warpy peel sessions. Enjoy.