Cuttin' Out

Professor Longhair released this great blues-rocker in 1959 on the local New Orleans label Ron. It is just beautiful.

The Sound of New York

I went to N.Y. for a one week holiday, and with me I brought loads of ideas about the place. Pieces picked from film and music – different stories. Nevertheless I eventually made it my own city by walking it, up and down for six days. Of course some crate digging too, and those moments made a strong distinction between the city sounds, like traffic and people, and the tracks I heard in the records stores. But these are the songs that I fell for – hope you like them – I do!

In Dub

A couple of weeks ago i posted a tribute mix to Scientist and this week i continue in a dub related fashion. This time in a Techno-Dubstep-Bass-Dub kinda way,all new, fresh, heavy and trippy. Hope you enjoy it!

...thinking of 2010

This is some of my favorites from last year, which was a great music year for me. I ended up in a new social context with new influences and I realized that so much good music is still being made. And this year looks very bright as well, the new Low Anthem record is fantastic and I have of course high expectations on the second Timber Timbre album, which will be released in April. If you're in Stockholm and need a little musical input I would highly recommend that you pass by Fönstret, one of my favorite record stores in town.

Psychedelic Party

Passing clouds presents Psychedelic Party at Högkvarteret in Stockholm, an evening with music and images from the colourful history of psychedelia. Join us at Thursday 10/3 at 6 pm till midnight.

Also playing live for us: The Birds of Speech, a mix of folk and jazz, starting at 19.30.

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Ten minute mix, a psychedelic appetizer for the happening.

Scientist A Deh Dub Specialist

It´s not everyday that you get a new Scientist album in the post. Today was that day though and what a record. Scientist "Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space" is much better than i could have ever hoped for. I like Dubstep, but the main problem with it and all other modern bass music from the UK is that it´s for the most part not dubby enough. I never understood why you wanna call something Dub and then forget to dub it? With Scientist behind the desk this is not the case here. Modern style rhythms with one of Dubs living legends = super niceness.

I was meaning to do a midtempo disco mix for this week but instead i chose to do a tribute mix to the man called Scientist. This mix contains tracks from way back when he landed on earth, won the world cup, became heavyweight champion of the world and encountered Pac-man. Feel free to download, put it in your player, walk down to the shop and get the above mentioned album and while your at it don´t forget the latest Barry Brown re-issues on digikiller which also holds some heavyweight Scientist dubs.

these moments now

This is a mellow folk-pop mix but it also contains more rockier moments. It has a lot of Californian vibes but it also returns to Colorado and Tumbleweed records on one track. Many of the songs are on albums I have had for years but not paid any attention to, and it turned out that these albums had some great moments too.

John Martyn

The Glasgow raised singer and songwriter John Martyn and his album from 1971 released on Island and produced together with John Wood is recommended. Also on the list of credits is his wife Beverley Martyn playing guitar and singing. All through laid back melancholic sounds with few weak parts. If you like the early 70´s British folk scene this is a record to look in to.

On the recordings Martyn experiments with a tape echo called Echoplex, giving him possibilities to stretch out and add things to the stripped down recording.

"The predecessor of the Echoplex was a tape echo designed by Ray Butts in the 1950s, who built it into guitar amplifiers, including those of Chet Atkins and Carl Perkins. Tape echos work by recording sound on a magnetic tape which is then played back; the tape speed or distance between heads determine the delay, while a feedback variable (where the delayed sound is delayed again) allows for a repetitive effect.”

Excerpt from Wikipedia on the subject Echoplex.



Head and Heart - John Martyn

C.S. Gusten

Passing Clouds Music proudly presents C.S. Gusten straight from Berlin with five smoking tracks on this exclusively released Ep. Deep shugging grooves from the man with the furry hat.

A Passing Clouds favourite.

Sweet Memories

Laid back Hip Hop mix from DJ Jay 2 Slow aka Jonas bakom disken. Main focus is on the golden years in the 90´s when we were still young. Sweet memories.......