Drive Baby Drive, Vol. 2: Sundry 90s Gems Please!

NOTE: Revised Edition!

I haven't heard several of the tracks since, well, the nineties! Many great tunes amongst the sixteen tracks. It's good to hear them once again.

The Gravelberrys "Wonder Where You Are Tonight" - from Toronto (Canada) lead by Paul Myers, older brother to Mike Myers (actor). Awesome tune with a play on lyrics similar to Paul Westerberg. Cornershop's "Wog" - when I first played this to my kids, they thought the backing vocalists were singing "Osh Kosh." They got the idea from a poster we have of a couple of kids wearing Osh Kosh boots. I really have no idea what those two words they're singing (a few lyric sites were no help either), and so I continue hearing Osh Kosh. LOVE that memory.

I Mother Earth's "Gargantua" is probably my fav from the band. Local H's "Bound for the Floor" - excellent rocker. They're all good. Enjoy!

Drive Baby Drive, Vol. 1: An Hour of Motorik!

Note: Revised Edition!

You gotta love Motorik-driven tunes. And what is Motorik you ask? A good to-the-point explanation from the www... The motorik beat is a distinctive rhythmic pattern characterized by a steady, propulsive pulse and a strict adherence to a consistent tempo.

10 tracks. An hour's worth. My fav is probably Trigona's "Von Graf." Dhidalah's "Neuer Typ" is another fav. Krautwerk's "VI" is another worthy addition. Carpet's "We'll Start by Helping Kids Cross the Road" is a great track to kick-off the set. All tracks are more modern but still retain the classic motorik touch. Enjoy!

Note: I rearranged tracks 2 thru 6 from the original mix. I like it better this way.

I Fart in Your General Direction! 16 Eclectic Cardinal Points

A hodge-podge of sorts. A lot of familiar tracks and nary on the rare side, save the extended version of the Dream Academy's "Life in a Northern Town." A couple of fifties tracks: Louis Prima's "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" and Charles Mingus' "East Coasting." A couple sixties: Piero Piccioni's "North Pole Penguin" and Jimmy McGriff's "South Wes." A few eighties as well including the Doobie Brothers' "South Bay Strut." 16 tracks in all. Good stuff. Enjoy!

You Tickle Me Baby! 20 Tracks of Awesome Oldies 1951-1964

NOTE: Revised Edition!

So many awesome oldies. Plenty of rare stuff too. My favs? All 20 of 'em, but if I had to choose just three... The Deep River Boys' Shake, Rattle and Roll, Charlie Gore & Louis Innis' (You Ain't Nothin' but a Female) Hound Dog, and Mabel Scott's Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train. They're all good. Enjoy!

Wash Away Your Shame with the Rain of "FUNK-A-LA!" Rare Funky Gems 1964-1976

NOTE: Revised Edition!

Awesome funky tunes! Favs? Too many. How about all 16 tracks? Okay, the biggest favs are Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul's The Way They Do My Life, The Edwards Generation's Smokin' Tidbits, and Mongo Santamaria's Yesterday's Tomorrow. Oh, can't forget one of my all-time favorite funky band, The Nite-Liters' Snap Your Twig. They're all good. Enjoy!

Awesome Downtime: More Downtempo, Smooth D&B,... You Name It!

I listen to downtime (chillhop, lofi, downtempo, etc) almost daily. I find relaxing music in all kinds of genres, and not just something you'd only hear in a spa. I have nothing against the latter (I listen to it myself), but I want the comps to be more eclectic. As previously mentioned, I find relaxing music in many genres including certain drum and bass tracks (I label them as melodic or smooth dnb).

Big favs in this collection are Keeno's "Hold Ya," Weathertunes' "Passion," Empty Spools' "Always the Best Way to Learn," Fausto Trusso Sfrazzetto's "Nascere," and probably my top fav - Nine Inch Nails' "13 Ghosts II." Yes, that NIN band but no worries, it's not an industrial or noisy track. I first heard the track in one of my all-time favorite films, 2014's "The Raid 2" aka Serbuan maut 2: Berandal.

16 tracks in all. Enjoy!

Awesome Canadian Music You Should Check Out

More Canadian = good! All 70s except Soho 69's Kiss My Boots from '93, Eye Eye's Out on a Limb & Toronto's Girls Night Out, both from the '80s. Favs? Big, BIG fan of Klaatu's Sub-Rosa Subway and Stonebolt's Don't Ya Hide It (please note: the latter is the remake version recorded about a decade later and imo, and very very rare for this to happen, but the better version). Triumph's epic "Blinding Light Show" off their debut and still one of the best (imo). Lots of goodies. Over an hours' worth. Enjoy!