MONDO RADIO (02/12/14)

Hiya Jammerz, beyond the jump is the playlist for this week's edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode "Radioaktivität" featuring krautrock and German prog. If you dig it, be sure to also connect with the show on Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter!

ZODIAC FREE ARTS CLUB

Alright jammerz, I'm not gonna lie, this record came out back in 2k11 but I kinda forgot about it for a while. Recently I started listening to it again and am in love with this LP. Zodiac Free Arts Club's Floating World is a collaborative project spearheaded by Greek producer Argy, whose typical musical output is more house and tech house leaning. Here we get a lot of kosmische, krautrock vibes floating around, from Neu-inspired motorik to Schulze-esque ambient wanderings. As RA writes, "The project takes its name from the Zodiak Free Arts Lab, a short-lived club in West Berlin that was a launching pad for the kosmische movement." Dig on a couple of tracks here and mellow out to some seriously groovy tunez :) :)

Axxess - Pages

So, the story goes that Patrick Mimran AKA Axxess made this record while he was the top executive at Lamborghini Motors. Novels for the Moon, the 1983 record that this track belongs to, was actually released on Lamborghini Records, the in-house record label of the Lamborghini corporation! I couldn't make this up if I tried.

Aside from that ridiculous backstory, it's a pretty excellent example of 80's synth music, somewhere between the soundtracks Goblin made with John Carpenter and classic Kraftwerk. 

Also; sprockets.