A growing collection of audio mixes, each featuring a different look in to East Bay musical scenes of the present and past...
EASTBAY PUNK ROCK
The cooperative run Berkeley venue 'Gilman Street' was the epicenter of the Bay Area's thriving punk scene. On any given night
there in the late 80's you could see a multitude of influential & energetic young bands, many of whom would later
go on to become international rock stars. This mix is a snap shot of those early days, when spirited local kids recreated punk in their own image.
Featuring: Isocracy, Fang, Kwikway, East Bay Mud, Crimpshrine, Operation Ivy, The Mr. T Experience, and The Transplants.
20 minute mp3 - download or stream
EASTBAY THRASH METAL
In the 80's Heavy Metal music began to get harder & faster, as local bands were inspired by their punk compatriots. The all ages night club 'Ruthie's Inn' was
a breeding ground for this musical fusion, dubbed ''Thrash Metal'. At this time the members of Metallica lived together in a house in El Cerrito, and were
an integral part of this East Bay scene. The bands in this mix all played together at Ruthie's, and shared a similar morbid sensibility. (Footnote: the El Sobrante
band 'Possessed' are cited as the godfathers of the sub-genre called "Death Metal", the name of which came from the title of their 1983 demo tape).
Featuring: Exodus, Laaz Rockit, Death Angel, Testament, Possessed, Vio-lence, Metallica, Heathen, and Y&T.
43 minute mp3 - download or stream
OAKLAND RAP TRACKS - Vol 1.
More well documented is Oakland's contribution to Hip Hop. These tracks were unavoidable during the golden age, when these
beats were heard booming out of car trunks city wide. (Before the early 90's no-cruising laws were passed). There are way too
many influential artists to fit in one mix, so here we just started with the fundementals. Featuring: Too Short, Digital Underground,
E-40 and the Click, The Luniz, Dru Down, and the Souls of Mischief.
30 minute mp3 - download or stream
OAKLAND's NU-JACK SWINGLES
New Jack Swing is defined as R&B or Soul style vocals produced with Hip-Hop style rhythms. It was popularized by
a wave of radio friendly pop artists in the late 80's, including most notably Oakland's Tony!Toni!Tone! The follwing mix
honors that era & style, while including some acts that predated the scene altogether. With Timex Social Club, Club Nuveau,
Tony!Toni!Tone!, En Vogue, and Sheila E.
22 minute mp3 - download or stream
ART ROCK: THE WAREHOUSE PARTY
Around 2001 you began to see a thriving arts based West Oakland warehouse scene, where noise experimentalism reigned.
These bands defy easy summary, but are tied together by electronic influences, a progressive rock mentality, and an anything-goes aesthetic.
Featuring: Numbers, Erase Errata, Deerhoof, Experimantal Dental School, Gravytrain!!!, Paris King, and Drunk Horse.
25 minute mp3 - download or stream
OTHER MUSICAL DIVERSIONS
Bobby Peru's Eclectro/Magnetic: JERKMUSIC brings Brazilian, Afro-Beat, No-Wave, Post-Punk, Glitch-Pop and Esoterica in high quality 60 minute stereo doses, monthly from Oakland, CA.
Uptempo Episode 1: Hot Juice, Agitfunk and Antiphonix download / stream
Uptempo Episode 2: More Hot Juice, Agitfunk and Antiphonix download / stream
Relaxed Atmosphere 1: Contemporary Tenderness with Frayed Edges, a glitchpop odyssey download / stream
Relaxed Atmosphere 2: "Yacht-Pop" - Ubersmooth Coastal Jazz/Pop/RnB circa '80 download / stream
Planet Cinematic: Chill Soundtracks and Scores to Oddball International Film and TV download / stream
Return of the Hotjuice: Hyperextendsive Bastard Racket download / stream
Paranoid Love: a Nu Wave / Nu Year: Synth Blitz '06 download / stream
Global Ops and Cosmotropix: International Jazz Babe download / stream
AfRO*Electric: Black 2 The Future :: download / stream
