Alien Pop Monday 00.12 - Sing für mich in gelb

Another Alien Pop Monday...

This mix builds off the Twelfth track from Rampen (apm: alien pop music), "Aus den Zeiten." 

“In another solar system, Einstürzende Neubauten would be as famous as The Beatles are in ours,” says Blixa Bargeld

Wesley Doyle. “Loving The Alien: Einstürzende Neubauten Interviewed.” The Quietus, https://thequietus.com/interviews/einsturzende-neubauten-blixa-bargeld-interview-2/ 

#	Artist	Track
1	Einstürzende Neubauten	Aus den Zeiten
2	Karen O	Sing Along
3	Dead Luke	Yellow Sunshine Superstition
4	Dawn Ray’d	Strike Again the Hammer Sings
5	Wolven Daughter	Sing to Me the Gospel
6	Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter	HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING
7	Th Da Freak	Sun King (The Beatles cover)
8	Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld	Nerissimo (Italian)
9	Lake	Sing 99 90
10	Baker / Coloccia / Mueller	Yellow
11	Stereolab	Fiery Yellow
12	Azar Swan	Sing Me Back
13	Einstürzende Neubauten	MoDiMiDoFrSaSo

Music and colo(u)r are constants in Blixa's lyrics, and though there are songs that more directly quote the Beatles (e.g. "Headcleaner."), I decided instead go with "MoDiMiDoFrSaSo" for the final cap of this mix to contrast with "Aus den Zeiten."

Bargeld: Listening to mindless music on the tour bus radio. I developed a simplified version of an upbeat, stupid pop song made up of "MonTuesWedThursFriSatSun", with "FriSatSun" sung enthusiastically every time. That was the idea for this piece, with various quotes from other songs and regulations in the lyrics. It's a little bit like a comic strip.

Bargeld, B., Zinfert, M., & Partridge, M. (1997). Headcleaner: Text für Einstürzende neubauten = text for collapsing new buildings. Die Gestalten Verlag. Pg. 256

Alien Pop Monday 00.11 - I try to drag myself out

Another Alien Pop Monday...

This mix builds off the Eleventh track from Rampen (apm: alien pop music), "Planet Umbra." Of course after remarking that the last mix was one of the longer ones, this mix ended up exceeding it in length.

I had an unexpectedly busy Memorial Day weekend, so I decided to delay posting this mix for a week, but I plan to go back on schedule next week, so instead of the every other Monday, everyone will get two Alien Pop Monday's back to back. Then after that, I'll go back to the every other week schedule mostly because it means the final mix will post on my birthday.

#	Artist	Track
1	Einstürzende Neubauten	Tar & Feathers
2	Boris	D.O.W.N -Domination of Waiting Noise-
3	Fever Ray	What They Call Us
4	Fragile Self	This Is My Existence
5	Zamilska	Fragile
6	Cold Specks	Let Loose the Dogs
7	The High Confessions	Along Come the Dogs
8	Zola Jesus	Run Me Out
9	ANOHNI & the Johnsons	Scapegoat
10	GGGOLDDD	This Shame Should Not Be Mine
11	Chris Randall	Wait 03
12	David Bowie	Lazarus
13	Einstürzende Neubauten	Seven Screws

This was one of the hardest mixes to put together, because it's built from the same improvisational rampen as "The Pit of Language," but I think it turned out well in the end and feels poignant for this moment in time. Only four more mixes remain, and while that means there are two months of this project left, it does feel a little odd to be in sight of the end.