Sonic Sunset

Part 1: Right-click to download (83 min = 92 mb)
Part 2: Right-click to download (68 min = 78 mb)

Part 1> Alternate soundtrack to a 1983 film about a spaceman stranded in Harlem, expressed with soul, electronic funk & boogie, and winds up with a few beautifully synthesized italo disco anthems from the same era.

Part 2> A melding of 80s styles with current Chicago/Detroit-influenced goodness floats away into lush ambience and two cello-based moods, followed by a late-summer house wind-down into dubbed-out sounds and 90s hypnotic minimalism. Notable new slabs from Pan Sonic, Sven Weisemann, and a hot re-issue of extra-rare old-school Chicago deepness from Joe Lewis.

Part 1 > Matt MacQueen

[theme]
The New Birth – It’s Been A Long Time (BMG) 1972
Loggins and Messina – Pathway to Glory – Full Sail (Columbia) 1973
Sylvia – Lay It On Me (Vibrations) 1977
MCL – New York [Dancefloor Cut] @ halfspeed (West Side) 1987
Aleem – Confusion [Dub] (NIA) 1985
Bombers – Don’t Stop the Music (West End) 1979
The Love Unlimited Orchestra (presents Webster Lewis) – Welcome Aboard (Unlimited Gold) 1981
Fonda Rae – HEYOBAH [vocal] (Posse Records) 1983
Venise – Play Boy (Superradio Records) 1984
Daniel Wang – Warped – Look Ma, No Drum Machine (Balihu) 1993
Boris Midney – D-D-D-Dance [vocal] – (Mi Sound) 1983
Baby Oliver – Primetime [Uptown Express] – (Environ) 2007
Mr. Master – A Dog In The Night [Instr. ] – (Radius) 1983/2006
Melba Moore – Standing Right Here (Buddah Records) 1977

Part 2 > David Siska

Propaganda – Frozen Faces (ZTT) 1985
Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence [Ricki Tik Tik Mix] (Mute) 1990
Propaganda – And Dance – Historical Archives Vol 2 (Members Only) 2006 unofficial re-edit
Liaisons Dangereuses – Dias Cortas (D.I.R.T.Y) 2005 unofficial release of video-only track
Joe Lewis – Love of My Own [Album Version] (Booton) 2007 reissue
J.M. Silk – Music Is the Key [Basement Key] (Rams Horn) 1985
Aroy Dee – Dark Day (M>O>S) 2006
Sven Weisemann – Acquittal – Vivid Memento (Styrax Leaves) 2007
Cluster & Eno – Wermut – Cluster & Eno (Gyroscope) 1977/1996
Pan Sonic – Katodivaihe – Virta 1./ Current 1. (Blast First Petite) 2007
Arthur Russell – See-through – World of Echo (Audika) 1986/2005
Ulf Lohmann – On Frozen Fields – On Frozen Fields (Kompakt) 2005
Detalles – Move On – Hello Donee (Kupei Musika) 2006
Herbert – Deeper – Parts One Two and Three (Phono) 1996
Drain Pipe – Low Life (Driftwood) 2001
Smyglyssna – Insvept I Papper – Dold ep (Plug Research) 1997
Echologist – Dreadscapes (Mule Musiq) 2005
Kim Rapatti – A2 – Mood EP (Plug Research) 1996
Detroit Diesel – Railway – Moto-R EP (DUM) 1995
Robert Hood – Wandering Endlessly (M-Plant) 1996