I am speechless. I truly, truly have no speech. Just watch this damn thing and remember that Serge Gainsbourg is the guy who not only recorded “Striptease” with Nico, but also had all that sex with Jane Birkin. Do you think he was wishing he were somewhere else during all this? Like on a movie set helping some 20-something starlet remove her chanteuse outfit? Oh, how the mighty have wobbled. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Serge Gainsbourg and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins dueting on CONSTIPATION BLUES.
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Suspiria Soundtrack
It’s easy to understand why some people in the 90s thought that Skinny Puppy frontman Nivek Ogre was involved in the recording of this amazingly loud, creepy and ahead-of-its time soundtrack for Dario Argento’s Suspiria.
The fact of the matter is, this was Goblin and Dario Argento working together after a fashion–no 80s industrial names were attached to this project even if it DOES sound a lot like what Ogre would be doing in Skinny Puppy on tracks like Dig It, Testure, and others.
Suspiria is an amazing, demented fairy tale. The soundtrack, like the film itself, must be taken on its own terms…and what a soundtrack it is! Still sought after, some editions like the Cinevox import CD are surprisingly pricey–especially in the age of digital downloads. Still, the most obsessed of us are willing to shell out, especially if the LP is available. Believe it or not, you can score a re-issue of this for around $25 on vinyl from…are you ready? BEST BUY. It’s currently listed as backordered, but still available.
Check out the American drive-in movie trailer for Suspiria and ask yourself if you can really live without experiencing this at top volume.
DJ Paisley Babylon: Spacesuit Sounds Vol. 1 Download
Our newest feature is a delicious list of sonic ingredients blended into a heady cocktail by DJ Paisley Babylon. Switch on the lava lamps, fire up the hookah, and enjoy this exclusive apertif made of equal parts Morricone, Stereolab, Riz Ortolani, Pizzicato Five, and Dust Brothers, with a dash of Japanese funk, groovy German horns, and two splashes of superfly soul. This DJ mix of mod, retro, lounge, funk and funky electronica is the first in a series brought to you from the velvet-lined walls of the Turntabling.net studio. Take a trip beyond Earth’s orbit with Spacesuit Sounds.
–Enjoy DJ Paisley Babylon’s latest concoction: Spacesuit Sounds Vol. 1
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Blacula Soundtrack: Awesome 70s Funk
You can laugh all you want, but I am totally digging the Blacula soundtrack. It’s been on the speakers practically non-stop since I found it. This is a hell of an album–massively funky, and totally 70s. It features some outstanding work by Gene Page, but also has three tracks by a pre “Rock the Boat” Hues Corporation. Another group called 21st Century Ltd. also makes a showing. Gene Page absolutely tears it up with “Stalkwalk”, check the YouTube clip below to hear this…fantastic.
Blacula as a movie was a hell of a lot of fun. This movie wanted very badly to be a corny piece of crap at times, but William Marshall stole the movie back as the head vampire. Marshall, a Shakeaspear vet with huge screen presence, managed to inject some actual humanity into the part. Thalmus Rasulala is great as a reluctant, the inner-city Van Helsing-type. But back to the music. There aren’t many clinkers on this album–only one, really. That’s saying a lot for a soundtrack album. If you have Tarantino-retro damage or genuinely love the old 60s and 70s styles, grab this one and fast. It’s hard to find on vinyl, but you can still score it on a big round platter if you look hard enough.