themeforgreatcities

WE MOVED!

2009-11-22T14:49:00.000-08:00

HI.

With the Launching of the new Record Label Themes for great Cities, This Blog changed the URL to:

themesforgreatcities.blogspot.com

Change your Bookmarks and enjoy the Ride!

Yeehaaa.

rearview radio - original silver mode

2009-05-06T13:37:00.000-07:00

Aloha.
its may.
the first sunny days are behind us.
lets hope summer rewards us.
ive cooked up a new mixtape for all ya.
this time i got supported by my man mexer.
thanks for the dope cover.
check out his stuff. Huge!

Ive got big plans for the summer.
More info about to come.
Mogul crew, lets do this!

but in the meantime.

rearview radio - original silver mode (may09)

peace and love.

no excuses !

2009-04-07T16:31:00.000-07:00

i want candy!

2009-03-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

new edition - candy girl

super fresh.
nyc.
83.

rearview radio - raining cats and dogs

2009-03-13T08:26:00.000-07:00

long time no see.
i found time to record a new mixtape.
bunch of new music.
recorded during some heavy rain over düsseldorf.
looking forward to sunshine.

rearviewradio - mixtape march 09

peace.

zwischen den tagen

2008-12-26T07:44:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone.
Hope you got to rest inbetween all the family-actions around these days.
heres some mix flying around for some weeks.
enjoy it zwischen den tagen.
try to remember whats really important in life.
recharge your batteries.
and get ready for 2009.

things will happen.

rearview radio - dezember mix

rearview radio - its all happening right now

2008-11-16T11:03:00.000-08:00

November.
New mix.
Its all happening right now.
Daam. I really like when the air is getting colder.
Really need to get to the sea in the near future.
Prolly North-Sea.
Really dont know why im speakin on this. Lol.
Anyway.
Enjoy the new Mixtape.
Recorded in shorts.
and without cigarettes.
too daam lazy to go to the store.

Rearview Radio - Its all happening right now ( november 08)

peace.

tracklist in comments.

rearview radio - futuristic journey

2008-10-08T13:29:00.000-07:00

Oktober.
New Mixtape.
Happened to be called "Futuristic Journey".

Today is the shadow of tomorrow
Today is the present future of yesterday
Yesterday is the shadow of today
Lord Quas

Rearview Radio - Futuristic Journey ( September Mixtape )

alternative Link ( since zshare acts mad crazy latlely)

Peace.

tracklist in comments.

Staying Power

2008-10-07T03:00:00.001-07:00

Vivid Underscores for Playboys & Things.

Keith Mansfield - Staying Power

Keith Mansfield - Crash Course

Keith Mansfield - High Velocity

groovy.

Listening Pleasure 1984

2008-10-01T00:50:00.000-07:00

These two soulful jewels between electro, disco, soul & kitsch were in my recordbag for last saturday, but time wasn't right to kick them. So here they are:

RAH Band - Messages From The Stars

Shopping mall classic.

Willie Hutch - In And Out

Don't miss the second half!

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 10/09/08

2008-09-10T09:46:00.000-07:00

back with some music from "einem Land for unserer Zeit".
this time it gets faster.
some funkyfresh pre-club electronic music.
or whatever you wanna call it.
great stuff from the early eighties.
enjoy.

moebius+plank - conditionierer

roboterwerke - high on tech

arthur lauber - verfolgung

oh. and if your around düsseldorf for the weekend.
be sure to check this out.
my man jantronix an me are playing fresh music throughout the day.
come by and have a drink, check out art and fashion or just hang around.

peace.

rearview radio - August 08 mixtape

2008-08-28T12:51:00.000-07:00

there you have it.
4 cigarettes and 2 glass of red wine later.
the august mixtape.
get your corkscrew ready and press play.

rearview radio - mixtape august 08

tracklist in comments.
and one other thing. feel free to link. but leave feedback.that would be nice.

peace to jan and fedor on that swiss-trip. bring home that good music.

@ joe. hit me up via myspace or googlemail.

drums galore - just nuts

2008-08-27T11:52:00.002-07:00

almost 40 minutes of funk

2008-08-21T10:50:00.000-07:00

hy there,
like almost every year it´s end of august and the
weather is not gettin´ better, so i decided to present
you my actual summer mix that i recorded just a few
weeks ago.

by the way,
i´m always remembering the nice sessions that we had
two years ago when me and mr. axiom were spending
the whole sunday chillin on the meadows near the rhine
river drinkin beer, smokin´ herbs and listening to some
funky mixtapes on his oldfashioned boombox.
sorry, but from time to time i´m gettin a bit sentimental,

have fun and share it with your friends and buddies.

i can see the sun

feedback welcome

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 21/08/2008

2008-08-21T10:16:00.000-07:00

or germany is in fact kraut but not only wurst

here we go with my 2nd post. this time i´m
presentin you some rare and almost unknown
german break records from my collection. all
in all five tracks, the first two were taken from
a record by a german folk singer. the third was
taken from a budget lp on "musik für alle"
records. i guess this track was sampled by some-
body, but i got no idea who, so please feel free
to drop me a comment. the fourth was taken from
a late 70´s disco lp released on the label that has
the same name like a famous rock group from
duesseldorf. the fifth and last one is just the intro
of a german schlager which is just waiting to get
sampled.

sorry, but i´m not so into droppin names,
i think it´s much more fun to support your local thrift
store and try to find these babies on your own.
by the way at least one of them should be very easy to find!

ich will es eben manchmal wissen

freundin

das lied vom tod

funky jungle

bonus

good luck on you record hunt.

2008-08-20T12:32:00.000-07:00

dutch flute funk

this is my first post, and i decided to present you
a gemm that i bought just a few hours ago in my
local record store.

this is the self titled lp by dutch flutist
sigurd cochius. recorded 1982 in hilversum
and released on the klaverblad label.

the most outstanding tune "indian enmars"
features a deep and moody hiphop beat with
an amazing bass and flute workout. the rest of
the lp is more folky music with a light jazz flavour.
from my point of view the music is more 70´s than
early 80´s.

i think this is a musthave for all you beatheads.

enjoy

2008-08-20T10:42:00.000-07:00

Just introducing myself

Hello there, my name is Sebo, some of you may know as my alter ego Sellout or Sellout-Industries, I'm 28 and I'm actually down in boring nuremberg to work as a graphic designer for a german sports company. This is my first post and i hope it won´t be my last. i´m diggin for funk, soul, jazz, rock and all other kinds of obscure records. the reason why i´m here is, that i´d like to share some nuggets of my collection with you and the rest of the world. thanks to my man "axiom" for the nice invitation, stay tuned. peace

dark beats

2008-08-16T04:27:00.000-07:00

sunshine outside.
but there are coming beats out of the dark.
can you hear 'em?

orphèe - orphèe ( the way through hades)

jc's project - andromedia

charles de goal - synchro

photo courtesy of AKL.
check him out. great stuff.

rearview radio - july 2008 mixtape

2008-07-23T13:55:00.000-07:00

hi folks.
hopefully summer starts today.
and so i thought, new mixtape for all y'all.
im heading for berlin this weekend.
if i dont get stuck in no traffic jam im getting there right in time for obama.
and maybe this or that. but definetly this.
man. programm for weeks.
gotta love this town.
need to pack my siebensachen.

im out.

rearview radio - july 2008
had no time to come up with a name. sigh!

tracklist in comments.

Listening Pleasure 1979

2008-07-22T04:30:00.000-07:00

I didn't know this one.
My brother showed it to me yesterday, and those are the moments when you just feel like spending every spare minute searching for the perfect track (that's what i do mostly) is the right thing.
Hans Peter Ströer seemed to be a gifted session-musician, appearing on several Jazzrock/Fusion productions with Volker Kriegel, before he produced this with the help of our old friend Harry Thumann & a (female?) singer called Dagmar Hellberg.
This is the best pop song I've heard in a long time, maybe on one level with Jan Hammer's incredible "Don't you know".
And don't keep on telling me it was produced in 1979.

Stroer - Don't Stay Till Breakfast

Real Editing

2008-07-18T07:00:00.001-07:00

Early In The Morning

2008-07-09T10:58:00.000-07:00

Just three random finds from last sunday, found between 6am and 8am.

Los Microwaves - TV In The Eye

crazy disharmonic chords, brought to you with a lot of coolness.

Los Microwaves - What's That Got To Do

synth-pop-punk-break-beat-action-funk.

Ennio Morricone - Le Marginal

The master.

rearview radio - natürlich.frisch.anders. mix

2008-06-19T09:28:00.000-07:00

new mixtape.
natürlich.frisch.anders.
you know me like that.
listen to it now!
or later.
because its only one hour till germany is beating portugal.
hopefully.

tracklist tomorrow.
gotta go.

rearview radio - natürlich.frisch.anders.

edit:
yeah. 3:2. great game. i even did the tipping right and won 6€.
now schland cant be stopped. haha.
tracklist is now in the comments.

"graffiti is where i got my fame"

2008-06-15T11:17:00.000-07:00

YO.
on our way back home from the salondesamateurs.
my man jantronix showed us a gallery where they got an original futura2000 canvas for sale.
from 1983.
BOOM.
we stood like 10 min before the window and where flashed.
people walking by coudnt share our euphorism.
stoopid idiots.

and so is todays post non other than the great futura2000.

futura2000 - the escapades of futura 2000

enjoy.

rearview radio - clear blue sky mix

2008-06-05T12:46:00.000-07:00

mixtape.
hope the sultry (yes, i looked that one up in the dictionary) weather goes away and the sun comes up again.
especially with the soccer EM 2008 on the horizon.
we gonna kick everyones ass. and their mothers. hope zidane is not listening.
anyway.
heres some fine music to get you in the weekend mode.

rearview radio - clear blue sky mix

peace out.

not on vinyl.

2008-06-03T13:29:00.000-07:00

quick post.
because things are slowing down over here.
i repeat : do not write us off.
haha.

three random tracks not available on vinyl.
unfortunatly.
if i got it wrong please correct me.
all three tracks are not that old, so maybe they press them up in the near future.

glass candy - candy castle

peterbjörnandjohn - the chills

cut copy - hearts on fire (joakim remix)

1984

2008-05-26T12:06:00.000-07:00

Watch it........... now!

rearview radio - beach party mixtape

2008-05-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

saturday was once again another great night at salon des amateurs.
thx to tako and ... (sorry i forgot).
inspiration enough for me to ´carpe diem` the sunday afternoon and make a new mixtape for all you music-lovers.

rearview radio - beach party

tracklist in the comments.
feedback would be nice too.
peace.

mixtape - half an hour of nstrmtls

2008-05-22T07:12:00.000-07:00

yo.
lazy day.
no work today because of fronleichnam.
like one mate back in school used to say.
happy cadaver day.
hm.
maybe these wordplays arent as funny as in 8th grade anymore.
anyway.

i got you a good half an hour of instrumentals.
to rock either through your pc-speakers or one fine boombox on the street.

rearview radio - half an hour of nstrmtls

out.
like watching tv.

Reminder

2008-05-15T04:00:00.000-07:00

...and for those who are new, here is the link to our first post, a 45min rhythm-machine-adventure.

Theme For Great Cities Vol.1

Listening Pleasure 1980

2008-05-15T03:44:00.001-07:00

Take your time for these two electronic tunes, both released in 1980.

Harald Grosskopf - So Weit, So Gut

Walter Chrisian Rothe - Robots

fresh off the hard drive

2008-04-28T13:46:00.000-07:00

fresh of the hard drive.
like dj eli said: bedroom mixes are back!
where they ever gone?
idont know.
but nowadays they are easier to spread.
have fun.
take care.
out.

rearviewradio - fresh delivery

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 21/04/2008

2008-04-21T12:46:00.000-07:00

in einem land vor unserer zeit.
90s special.
no time to rip vinyl.
so.

first up we got
die goldenen zitronen - muss ja - 1996
great tune. even greater lyrics.
funky.

next one is by
the legendary stieber twins - doppelt nicht stereo - 1996
what an album.
all time favourite.

third one is something special for all you music nerds.
marius no 1 - chiefrocka no1 mixtape vol1 - 1998
tape-rip from my own copy.
marius no1 had the no1 radioshow back then.
it ran every thursday from 22-23h on ndr4.
man.
the trainride to school the next day was gerettet.

last one for today is off the pop2000 compilation
westbam - computerstaat - 1999
a cover version of the same track originally performed by abwärts.
there was also a video to this track feat. nils ruf of viva2Kamikaze fame.
coudnt find it on youtube.

lass mal haven a guck mal

2008-04-12T10:25:00.000-07:00

haha.
check this out.
german "unverkäufliche musterplatte" von motown.
richtig gute old-fashioned music mit ein beat!

go to the nearest plattengeschäft and get yourselfs a copy.

peter mc donogh - motown means music - 1974

Three Days Of The Condor

2008-04-10T11:08:00.001-07:00

Personal Favourite. If anyone has another version of this, please let me know.

Dave Grusin - Condor! (Theme From Three Days Of the Condor)

Geoff Love & His Orchestra - Theme From Three Days Of The Condor

Rhythm Heritage - Theme From Three Days Of the Condor

Lee Ritenour - Theme From Three Days Of The Condor

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 08/04/2008

2008-04-08T12:48:00.000-07:00

Germany.
Disko.
check out how that went down.

we got
su kramer - magic dance 1978
i bet you know who sampled this one.
"deine eltern sind auf einem tennisturnier, du feierst eine party wie nett von dir"

2nd one
the spliff - disco-kaine 1980
after nina went solo.
and crazy.
oh, and dont do drugs!

last one is
curt cress - sundance 1983
little bit far out.
nonetheless relevant today.
great solo-track by long time doldingers passport drummer.

Seven Inch of Rap! Part 2

2008-04-02T12:01:00.000-07:00

back up on the block.
rap on 7" part 2.

first up we got
Little Brother - Mr. Dream Merchant
this extra niiice 7inch came out the same time their first LP was released.
limited edition 7-inch promo. not intended for resale!!!!!
although i had to buy it at my favourite record store.
thank god they got it anyway.
peep the hilarious b-side.
"fuck your playstation2 - play frogger!!"

second one is by
textor+sirpositive - pure luck
released on bomb mitte records.
somebody might recognize the mc speakin.

third and last one for today.
edan - sagittarius rapp
off the excellent Now-Again RE:SOUNDS 7x7inch box.
a big tune.
accompanied by the original sample source.

see yall on friday.

Exhibition/Advanced Listening Vernissage

2008-03-31T09:19:00.000-07:00

Vernissage 04.04.2008. ThemeForGreatCities-Discjockeys. Drinks.

Untitled - Red Vinyl

2008-03-26T12:11:00.001-07:00

This one came out last week. It's good.

Featuring Malcolm Catto - Untitled

KPM Music Recorded Library

2008-03-24T12:56:00.000-07:00

KPM 1161 "Industry - Volume 01"

This album is one of the "KPM 1000 Series" twelve inch long playing transcription discs produced especially for the film, television and radio industries, to the highest professional standards.

Brian Bennett - In Motion

Clive Hicks - Power Point

Duncan Lamont - The Journey

Steve Gray - Pulp

in search of....

2008-03-23T07:51:00.000-07:00

YO.
its eastern 2008.
time to search for an easteregg.

o

peace!

2008-03-21T16:58:00.000-07:00

post about african - themed music.
jazz music.

first up is
fela kuti and afrika70 - zombie
grossartiger track. 12:27 min.

next one is
mombasa - masai
off their second album.
now reissued on sonorama records.

third one is
mulatu asteke - yekerme sew
oh man. this track is so brilliant.
and if you didnt watched this movie yet, do it now!

last one for today
george duke - nigerian numberuma

oh. and check this out.
hope they record it.

Psychedelic-Prog-Rock-shocK

2008-03-18T15:31:00.000-07:00

feature presentation.

my man chebinsky cooked up some german rockProgpsychedelic mixtape.

Psychedelic-Prog-Rock-shocK Mixtape

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 18/03/2008

2008-03-17T17:17:00.000-07:00

its late. no quick idea for a post.
enjoy.

bonus

ahead of their time

2008-03-13T14:48:00.001-07:00

chebinsky X rearview radio collabo.

3 hypermagic tracks from yesterdays. but could also be released yesterday.
think dj shadow or air .... 40 years ago these guys created an amazing sound!
get crazy with it...

silver apples - lovefingers 1967

the white noise - love without sound 1968

can - oh yeah 1968

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 11/03/2008

2008-03-11T13:51:00.000-07:00

funky females from germany.
your weekly dose of music from the land of tagesschau und wetten daß..?.
before our time.

sandra haas - kleiner mann 1972

dagmar deckers - indian machine part2 1975

angelika mann - kutte 1981

One Blue Morning

2008-03-10T15:10:00.000-07:00

Made up this edit. Just for You.

Amon Düül II - One Blue Morning (Edit)

somewhere sometime

2008-03-09T10:57:00.001-07:00

lazy sunday afternoon.

rearview radio - somewhere/sometime mix

samples for free

2008-03-07T08:59:00.000-08:00

everyone likes a free sample.
i hit you up with three tons of them.

tommy tee - aerosoul

from the return of the dj vol 2.
a great graffiti homage. i remember taping the track off the marius no 1 radioshow back in the day.

pablo - the story of sampling

fantastic vocal cut-up track. you need to check this one.

world trade center tribute track - ?

ripped off the cmfam - radioshow with bobbito and lord sear
also on tape. back in 2002

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 05/03/2008

2008-03-04T11:46:00.000-08:00

im just in the mood for postin.
so heres the weekly "in a land before our time post"

this time it gets electronic.

kraftwerk - tanzmusik 1973
this track is from the 3rd kraftwerk album. actually its just ralf und florian this time around. i think this is the first time kraftwerk went straight elektronisch.

cluster - caramel 1974
man. i love this track!

pyrolator - true love 1981

the psychedelic pop song

2008-03-04T10:37:00.000-08:00

its one month since we launched this blog.
ok. 29 days. since febuary only has 29 days (at least this year).
nevertheless.
time to come up with something special.

check out "Beyond the Wizards Sleeve"
two fine men coming from London, UK.
one of them "keeps kids dancing" they say.

these are vinyl rips from my own collection. none of them shitty rips floating around the net. still only 192kps, though.

beyond the wizards sleeve - s/t

beyond the wizards sleeve - spring

special bonus. some radio show rip. from the time they released the spring ep.

bbc one - sean rowly . guests: beyond the wizards sleeve

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 26/02/2008

2008-02-25T12:31:00.000-08:00

Germany in the 70s.
Fusion Jazz.
Enjoy!

Passport - Get yourself a second Passport - 1972

Missus Beastly - Geisha - 1974

Release Music Orchestra - Sundance - 1976

Seven Inch of Rap!

2008-02-23T17:14:00.000-08:00

Rap on seven Inch Records.

first in line. Madlib aka Quasimoto.

madlib - kilmarnock fan club 45 ep

this first one i dont know much about. Kilmarock is the label of Galt MacDermot. no discogs entry either. do the math.

quasimoto - hittin hooks ep

this is the first Quasimoto release. Stones Throw Records.
got one for sale? Get at me!

quasimoto - the front ep

this ones a Stones Throw fanclub 45. did come with the Further Adventures of Lord Quas LP.

Enjoy!

Roland Kovac New Set - Nymphe

2008-02-20T09:05:00.000-08:00

Great start, great synth, great bass sound, great drums & awesome disco guitar.

The Roland Kovac New Set - Nymphe

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 19/02/2008

2008-02-18T12:03:00.000-08:00

todays topic.
Kassettentäter.
1979-1983 hometaped synth minimal pop.
file under Neue Deutsche Welle.

Soundspezifisch bildeten Synthesizer, die in jenen Jahren zu erschwinglichen Preisen auf den Markt kamen, die klangliche Basis für viele Werke, etwa elektronische Instrumente wie die Korg-Modelle „MS-10“ und „MS-20“.

ewig + 3 tage - keine angst vor 84

hessen ganz gross - unter der achsel

silvia - zuerst ich

die radierer - angriff aufs schlaraffenland

further information about underground NDW

jazz cover versions

2008-02-16T11:56:00.001-08:00

Shifted my records.
found these two 7".
thought great post.
here we go.
more cover versions coming up.

jamie cullum - frontin (original by N.E.R.D.)

maria kannegaard trio - hey ya (original by outcast)

Bonus

the simpsons end credit - jazz version

nina gordon - straight outta compton

The Dave Pike Set - 1970 - Infra Red

2008-02-14T09:16:00.001-08:00

Groovy psychedelic jazz experience.

The Dave Pike Set - Send Me The Yellow Guys

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 12/02/2008

2008-02-11T12:37:00.000-08:00

Its tuesday again. guess what. time for that germanische post der woche.
this time back behind the iron curtain. the place where everybody had a job. and some people had to go to jail because for instance they listended to punk music (really the lightest sad episode out of many).
but not everything was bad. they had good music too.
too, you might ask. yeah. some times better than in the brd.
just three random tracks i like very much.

orchester walter kubiczeck - tentakel (of the "unsichtbare visier" OST)

gerd-michaelis-chor - es bleibt die sonne

uschi brüning - welch ein zufall

also be sure to check out this promotional site of a documentary about Breakdance in the GDR
looks pretty fresh. havent seen it either.

bonusrunde
pw: masscorporation

(Nina Hagen) Band - Edit

2008-02-10T08:35:00.000-08:00

This one is for fans of this trendy french label. Has been collecting dust on my harddrive for half a year now, thought somebody would like to hear it.

Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo

Klaus Weiss Rhythm & Sounds 1977

2008-02-08T04:37:00.000-08:00

Manually operated electronic funk jazz. Who needs a sequencer?

Klaus Weiss Rhythm Sounds - Join In

Music for Supermarkets

2008-02-07T12:41:00.001-08:00

1983 entstand das seltenste Jarre-Album überhaupt – Music For Supermarkets . Als Reaktion auf die Kommerzialisierung der Musikszene nahm Jarre dieses Album auf, ließ genau eine LP pressen und diese dann am 6.Juli 1983im Hotel Drouot in Paris für 10.000 GBP versteigern. Das ganze Werk wurde einmal im französischsprachigen Radiosender RTLgespielt, anschließend wurden die Mastertapes vernichtet. Da Jarre damals seine Fans zum Mitschneiden der Übertragung aufrief (Pirate it!), kann man heute im Internet MP3-Versionen des Albums finden.

Jean Michel Jarre - Music for Supermarkets

Tony Silver R.I.P.

2008-02-06T11:29:00.000-08:00

Stylewars, 1982

Software Creations Ltd - 1991 - Wolverine

2008-02-06T02:51:00.000-08:00

It may look like I only passed the first level, but the other scores are just not that good.

Wolverine Theme

Wolverine Level 01

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit 05/02/08

2008-02-05T11:55:00.000-08:00

The "in einem Land vor unserer Zeit" will be a weekly post, focusing on german -whatever type of genre- music. in a land before our time, that is.
cut the talking.
straight to the music.

udo lindenberg - biochemon
neu - hallo gallo
ton steine scherben - samstag nachmittag

all three some kind of quiet. but funky in their own german way.

-Volume 01-

2008-02-05T10:28:00.000-08:00

We finally did it. We made up 45 minutes of Rhythmic Machine Adventures. You can get it here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/89418518/themeforgreatcities_-_volume01.mp3.html