STORA SKUGGAN & Dream Weapons present: HYPNAGOGIC C90

 

So here it is, as promised. Compiled about a year ago, my last mix in the foreseeable future. 

 

Join inn on a trip through the ages and various sound-spaces in gentle timbres and melodies of erratic beauty. Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep. I’ve attempted to establish a feeling of falling out of consciousness and into a dream state. Over and over again. Like fever dreams, but of the haunting, ethereal and enchanting kind. And kinda strange. But that goes without saying, doesn’t it? That was the idea. But who knows, some of you listeners might not associate medieval hymns performed on the theremin, a chorus of mice, herding calls or even musically accompanied poetry readings - with anything dreamlike at all -Moahaha  

 

1 Hekla - Heyr Himna Smiður
2 Wilson Trouvé - First Steps / Insights
3 Harpo Marx - Lullaby Doll
4 J.A. Caesar - 兄ちゃん眠れないね (I Can’t Sleep, Brother)
5 Luigi Malatesta - Laguna Fosforescente 
6 Sonny Bono - Chastity Love Theme
7 Vic Mars - Earthworks and Trackways 
8 Zdeněk Liška - Merciful Nature 
9 The Heartwood Institute - The Chalice
10 Buddy Morrow with Keith McKenna - Annabel Lee
11 Vygandas Telksnys - Sidabrinė Šviesa
12 Barbara - La Rue S'Allume
13 Sharakan Early Music Ensemble - Hreshtakayin (Hagiological Hymn)
14 Kenneth Patchen - The Lute in the Attic
15 Glåsbird - 1959
16 Stephen St Paul - Breathy
17 Henry Lowther Band - Between

18 Jean Ritchie - The Lydian Mode / The Lonesome Days of Winter
19 Tristanne - If Only
20 John Faulkner and Sandra Kerr - The Prima Ballerina
21 Slow Attack Ensemble - In Another Room
22 Tone Hulbækmo - Kåmmå No - Kulokk Frå Tolga
23 Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman - Unrepeatable Air
24 Arleta - Mia Istoria Ap' Ton Polemo
25 Giovanni Fusco - Finale 3
26 Olivia Font - Amorphic
27 ZNR - Garden Party
28 Stanley Wilson - Kandy Wedding
29 Dainuoja Liliana Ablėnaitė - Vai Pūtė Pūtė
30 Pierre Array - Blue River
31 The Sun Also Rises - Song Of Consolation
32 Heart Of Snake & Mira - Chamaerops Pt. 1
33 Brigitte Fontaine & Areski - Je t'aimerai 2
34 mastroKristo - Elegy 

 

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-Underneath is STORA SKUGGAN's alternative cover, and how they present it to their audience, I left the quote they used from my text, so half of it is just repetition:

 Our favourite clandestine music selector Mohaha, from the elusive music collective @drm-wpnz has gifted us another fascinating contribution to our mixtape series. Titled Hypnagogic, Mohaha’s second STORA SKUGGAN mix is purely based on the idea of a theme —avoiding any name dropping of artists, or genres— Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep. -“I’ve attempted to establish a feeling of falling out of consciousness and into a dream state. Over and over again. Like fever dreams, but of the haunting, ethereal and enchanting kind.” We invite you to join us on a trip through the ages and various sound-spaces in gentle timbres and melodies of erratic beauty. 

STORA SKUGGAN · 050 – Dream Weapons: Hypnagogic

Dream Weapons present: SIGHTING C90

Hello everyone! I’ve been so busy - and haven’t really the time for music nerding during the latter half of 2025. I’m afraid it’s not over yet. But I finished this mix a while ago. It’s basically all new and Ambient Music - sounding somewhere in between Berlin School and electronic movie scores. I think Sighting would work perfectly to some modern extra terrestrial mystery flick - or series. Like if Tales From the Loop was as great as it should have been. I have listened through several hundred albums within this sonic landscapes throughout the year, and these 20 tracks are among the ones that spoke strongly to both my heart and mind. Speaking of the mind: if yours is open, I’ll think you’ll discover much beauty here -Moahaha 

-Many of you might prefer me in my usual «obscure gems from the past» mode, and I’m sure I’ll get back to that. But I’m afraid I won’t have much of that to offer in the nest couple of months. What can I say… life takes its twists and turns every once in a while. I probably won't have the time to make a Xmas Delight-mix this year either. Sorry.

1 CCTemple, Chapelier Fou & Ocoeur - Reaching Out (Ocoeur rework)
2 MJ Guider - Primavera (Ritmo Joven)
3 Ai Yamamoto - Playful Pinky Clouds
4 The Black Dog - Park Hill Forever
5 Dapper Blob - A Lingering Sense of Longing
6 Christian Fiesel - Dwelling In Digial Shadows
7 Trollslottet - Där Trollet Har Sitt Hjärta
8 Egil Kalman - Sets At Dawn (7th)
9 Yearns - Mariana Radar
10 Marc Neys - Fossick

11 Hainbach & Ensemble Recherche - The Cold Settles In    
12 Paw Paw - Auana
13 Evigt - Time We Have
14 Loula Yorke - Let a Sound Complete its Life
15 Sabled Sun - Nebula
16 Six Missing - Laboratory
17 Rasmus Nyboe - Den Levende
18 Joachim Spieth & Andrew Thomas  - Nocturna
19 zYklen - Aniakchak Caldera
20 sohme - These Are All My Thoughts

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The Flying Zoo & Dream Weapons present: GATTO NERO DI NOTTE C90

It’s my great honor and pleasure to introduce Crazy Monkey - who runs two excellent music blogs: The Flying Zoo and Distorted Cortex - with this, our first (but not the last) collaboration together. As I had learned about his current musical passions, I suggested we compiled a Library-mix together. It made for a perfect starting point that got even better when we allowed ourselves a more inclusive approach. The end result is the best imagined Giallo/Horror soundtrack ever made! Beauty and grooves that glow in the dark.

-Welcome to these almost forgotten worlds of mystery and suspense where you can explore the secret passages that lead to the unknown, walking the fine line that separates life from transmutation. A journey into the past that leads us to accept the ephemeral nature of human existence, transformed into sounds that will never return -Crazy Monkey (♒︎)  & Moahaha (♌︎)

 

1 Paul Piot - Vertueuse Rêveuse ♒︎
2 Alan Parker - Black Pearl ♌︎
3 Cat Collins - Le Grisbi ♒︎
4 Guy Pedersen - Pretexte Pour un Indicatif ♌︎
5 Janko Nilovic, JJ Whitefield & Igor Zhukovsky - Inner Space ♒︎
6 Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans - Akegarasu (Miss Tojin Okichi)
7 Giuliano Sorgini - Telecinesi (Full Version) ♒︎
8 Franco Micalizzi - Sequenza 10 ♌︎
9 Michelini - Il Volto Nascosto Di Luna ♒︎
10 Orkest Ruud Bos - The Ravens ♌︎
11 Mirot - Privacy ♒︎
12 J.P Massiera & Armando Torrelli  - Special Night ♌︎
13 Silvano D'Auria - Sortilegio ♒︎
14 Jacky Giordano - Betelgueuze in the Sky ♌︎
15 Toomorrow - Spaceport ♒︎
16 Di Jarrell - Mondo Industriale ♌︎

17 Teo Usuelli - Alla Ricerca del Piacere Seq. 4 ♒︎
18 Claudio Tallino - Journey To Nowhere PT II ♌︎
19 Jannick Top - Theme Hypnose N°3 ♒︎
20 Nico Fidenco - Fuggendo Via - Willy Brezza ♌︎
21 Daniela Casa - Giochi Perduti ♒︎
22 Philippe Sarde - Le Bal Des Ferrailleurs ♌︎
23 Armando Sciascia - Dielettrico ♒︎
24 Piero Montanari - Likewise ♌︎
25 Romolo Grano & Paolo Renosto - Civiltá Futura ♒︎
26 Bruno Nicolai - Analogie ♌︎
27 Angelo Michajlov & The Karel Vlach Orchestra - Petramorphosis ♒︎
28 Giacomo Dell'Orso  - Impeachment ♌︎
29 Pasquale Castiglione - Nightmare ♌︎
30 Achantus - Le Frisson Des Vampires ♒︎
31 Sandro Brugnolini - Reiteratòico ♌︎
32 Milos Krkoska - Singing Nymphs ♒︎

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Dream Weapons present: BREEZING UP C90

It’s just a lighthearted, summer mix for you all to enjoy in the warm breeze. Gorgeous songs and melodies that sometimes has a slight edge (like a guitarist using a fuzz pedal O:), but not enough to ruin the generally pleasant mood. Unheard songs that feel somewhat familiar, I think. My "Feel Good Mix of the Summer" (but not about drugs), perhaps  -Moahaha   

1 John G. Perry - I Wait My Friend
2 Suzi Jane Hokom - Little War
3 Toi et Moi - The Sound of My Lover Coming
4 Piotr Figiel Ensemble - To An Unfaithful Girl
5 Poppy Family - For Running Wild
6 Peter Tessier - Try With Your Heart
7 Brian Bennett and Alan Hawkshaw - Mermaid
8 Mary Hopkin - A Leaf Must Fall
9 The Ashes - Roses Gone
10 Steve Allen & The Gentle Players - Green
11 Barry Benson - Cousin Jane
12 Cyrus Faryar - Evergreen (Earth Anthem)
13 Charles Dumont - Trafic - Maria
14 Lisa Gastoni - Una Stanza Vuota
15 Annie Girardot - La Femme Faux Cils
16 Royaltones - Our Faded love

17 Ill Wind - Dark World
18 Heaven & Earth - Sixty Years On
19 Armando Trovajoli - Black Pearl Necklace
20 Pamela - Une Autre Autoroute
21 The Inner Space & Rosy Rosy - Kamera Song
22 Stony Starr And His Musical Saw - Theme For Moongazers, Part I
23 Isabelle - Jusqu'à La Tombée Du Jour
24 Amelinha - Santa Fé
25 Sandy Mosse - My Man's Gone Now
26 Louis Lane - When Love Disappears
27 Nara Leão - Linha 12
28 Luis Bacalov - A Qualsiasi Prezzo #10
29 Dulcimer - Starlight
30 Mormos - Cows in My Colorbook
31 Dave Grusin - Can I Have Sunday?
32 Kate Green - Why? (The Child's Song)

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Btw, for some reason this one got blocked on Audius - which has to be a first. So I opened another free Mixcloud account. It only allows ten uploads though.

Dream Weapons present: NOTHING TO FEAR C60

… but fear itself. But apart from the title, Nothing to Fear isn’t inspired by this famous quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inauguration speech. I undertook the task of compiling an hour of tunes that could resemble a collection of horror/giallo score music - while using tracks that aren’t from such films. In fact only two of the songs are lifted from a soundtrack at all. 

The eerie beauty of themes composed for vintage horror movies has always held a special place in my music loving heart. While taken out of their visual context, the melodies tend to radiate dreamy melancholy and sadness, rather than something truly sinister. Contemporary scores rarely give me anything, but music seemingly inspired by the aforementioned «golden age» is still being made. So the lion’s share of bands and artists featured, are actually from today’s era. 

In a nutshell, my Halloween-mix comes a little early this year -Moahaha 

1 Scoen & Cicci Santucci  - Condizionamento
2 Bruce Smeaton - Ascent Music (Reprise)
3 Randy M. Salo - Victor Wants Out
4 André Popp - The Chant Of Mystery
5 Kinetoscope Ensemble - A Boy's Best Friend
6 L'Albero Del Veleno - Postlude - Moros
7 Gino Peguri - Il Ricercato
8 Giadar - 1977
9 Laura Masotto - The Body Is a Tree

10 Non Credo - Gumption
11 Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Across the Jubilee Bridge
12 Masaaki Yoshida - There Will Come Soft Rains
13 Klaus Morlock - Ephemera
14 Sean Wolcott - Sisters of the Endless Abyss
15 The Night Monitor - Ripperston Farm
16 Stomu Yamashta - Mountain Pass
17 Romance - End Titles 

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Btw: I'll probably allow myself a little summer vacation from music nerding for a month or so. But I'll be back:)

Dream Weapons present: LITTLE DITTIES C60

Nothing deep or conceptual about this one:). It's just an enjoyable mix filled to the brim with charming melodies and sweet sounds originating from both the eastern and the western hemispheres. 23 instrumental tunes with some wordless vocal here and there. I enjoy them all immensely and think they fit each other well. Good, clean, quirky fun for the whole family! -Moahaha

1 Rahbani Brothers - Quaseedat Hube, Pt. 2
2 David Michael & Chorale - Wow!
3 Tsai Young-Ji - On the Sedan Chair / 上花轿
4 The Black Fire - Magnum
5 Bob Kojima and his Orchestra - Jusan-Ya
6 Roger Davy - En Jouant Au Cerceau Sur Neptune
7 Braen's Machine - Ritmica Sportiva
8 J. Nilovic, C. Sauvage, D. Sucky - Shepherd’s Song
9 The Phantoms - Walk On the Wild Side  
10 Artie Barsamian - Sweet Spring
11 Tong Aik Super Five - Don't Be Afraid Shanshan
12 Eyes of Blue - Extra Hour

13 Arnie Derksen & Chisé - Similou
14 Ihsan Al Munzer - Greenfield / السهل الأخضر
15 Lothlorien - Solfeggietto
16 Oscar Young Electone Band / 奧斯卡電子琴音樂
 - The Bright Moon Sends My Love From a Thousand Miles / 明月千里寄相思
17 Cindy & Sue - Temple Love
18 Charles Bernstein - White Salt
19 Neli - Ki Bood (instrumental version)
20 Takeshi Kobayashi and his Blue Hawaiians - Man-Churian Girl
21 Liu Chia-Chang / 劉家昌 - Jumping Ash Theme /《跳灰
22 Hotel Hilton Electone Band / 希爾頓大飯店電子樂隊演奏
 - White Plum Blossom / 白梅之恋
23 Anders Koppel - Budbringeren

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Dream Weapons present: ILHA FORMOSA C60

Ilha Formosa means Beautiful Island. Portuguese sailors gave the island now known as Taiwan its former name in 1542. Formosa was actually the commonly used name for Taiwan up until the 1960-1970’s. Anyway here’s a collection of female singers and male instrumentalists - all originating from this beautiful island. At least according to my information. My selection contains music spanning over 15 years, from 1968 to 1983. I recognize plenty of both Chinese and Japanese material and influences. Some (or quite a few) of these melodies are based on well known South East Asian traditional songs, but presented with an «updated» westernized approach. Which was typical for this era of Asian popular music practically everywhere, except for in North Korea. This hour of 21 tunes still feature a few peculiar surprises. For instance Taiwan had their own «moogsploitation»-like scene named after Yamaha’s electronic organ series «Electone»*. A pretty amazing discovery for me personally. Full of life, lovely and charming. Enjoy! -Moahaha

*The song in the video underneath is a perfect example of that "scene"

 

1 Hua Xuanxuan / 華萱萱 - Today is Tomorrow / 今天過去是明天
2 Jenny Tseng / 甄妮 - First Meeting / 第一次見面
3 Chen Yingjie / 陳盈潔 - I'll Never Love You Again / 永遠不再愛你
4 Lam Mei-Man & Yang Zhaorong / 林美滿 & 楊昭榮  - Rain of Love / 慕情时雨
5 Yang Yan / 楊燕 - Apple Flower / 蘋果花 (song edit)
6 Di Si Nai Band / 年 狄斯奈大乐队 - 4 (unknown title)
7 Huang Shu Fen / 黃淑芬 - Manli / 蔓莉
8 The Telstar Combo / 電星樂隊 - Cherry Blossom Moon / 月桃花
9 Lin You Mei / 林友梅 - The Swallows Fly Apart / 燕分飛
10 Chan Ming Yang / 杨灿明主 - The Moon Over the Ruined Castle / 廢堡上的月亮
11 Zhao Bei Yu / 趙倍譽 - Cultivate / 耕耘

12 The Devil's Fantasy Band / 魔鬼奇幻樂隊演奏
 - Blues (from Seashore) / 藍調 (斯從 海邊)
13 Lily Chao / 趙曉君  -  Why Are You Hiding / 你何必躲避
14 Dreamy Music / 昨夜夢中  -  White Sun / 白色太陽
15 Bao Na Na / 包娜娜  -  Wedding Wishes / 婚禮祝福
16 Tsui Wing Siu Music Team / 徐永兆樂隊  -  Crimson Lotus / 紅睡蓮
17 Little White Rabbit and Little Yingge /  小白兔 & 小莺歌
 - Pinky Finger Memories / 小指の想い出
18 Wong Ngok Sang / 王粵生 - Song of the Fisherman / 漁夫之歌
19 Jin Jing / 金晶 - Taipei Nights / 臺北之夜
20 Yeung Chan Ming / 楊燦明  -  Kaworu / 川流
21 Chen Fen Lan / 陳芬蘭 - Tears of Flowers / 淚的小花

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Anyone who enjoys this, or any kind of vintage Asian music, has got to check out the one of a kind and truly amazing madrotter-treasure-hunt blog. 

+ if you prefer your mp3 cover art with a correctly spelled title, just download this image and replace the file (I originally wrote "ihla"):

 

Dream Weapons present: THE WELCOME PUNCH C60:

I threw a party for my birthday not long ago, and on the cover you can see me eagerly awaiting the arrival of my first guests. The idea was to compile music for that first hour at a party - or any kind of festive gathering. There’s a lot of considerations to be taken. It’s basically background music for conversing, but it needs to be fun and hold a semi-danceable beat - although no one’s gonna dance just yet. If you don’t have a party planned sometime in the near future, pour yourself a drink, play this  - and pretend. That’s the magic of music -Moahaha 

-For the four of you that downloaded the mix shortly after I posted it: I had to take down and re-upload everything, as there was a strange "skip-issue" with song no. 4 (White Salt) - now replaced with Sahara

1 Franco Micalizzi - L'ultimo Cacciatore (Seq. 5)
2 Jef Gilson feat. Célia - Le Blanc Coton
3 Jackie DeShannon - Effervescent Blue
4 Hans Stockhold - Sahara
5 Kirsti Sparboe - Hvem Har Sagt Jeg Savner Deg
6 Catherine Spaak - Sogni E Niente Più
7 Jacques Loussier  - Clara's Jerk
8 Ellie Greenwich - You Don't Know
9 Retta Young & The Devotions - The Dawning of Love
10 Orkest Ruud Bos - Sexy Music
11 Maria Creuza - Amor de Mae
12 Etienne Cap and his Orchestra - Luna Di Miele

13 Hagood Hardy & the Montage - I'll Take Love
14 Gino Marinacci - Ostinato
15 Neptunes Empire - Wichita Falls
16 Ian & The Zodiacs - It Ain't Necessarily So
17 Hiroshi Wada - Suzukane No Michi
18 The Darlettes - Lost
19 Ziad Rahbani - Kyrie Eleison (version 2)
20 Silvia Telles - Chora Tua Tristeza
21 Roberto Menescal - Amazonas
22 Caterina Valente - Franqueza
23 George Cates - Chant of the Jungle

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... and if you'd like some more easy listening like this, simply press the Easy Listening-tag (but if it's in combination with say tags such as Experimental or Avantgarde, it't probably not all easy on the ears:)

Dream Weapons present: THE FIRST FLUTTERINGS OF THE WING C60

Twenty-one pretty melodies. Every once in a while I need gentle music that’s not out to challenge me - or anyone else. Don’t you? I think you do -Moahaha

1 Massimo e Massimo - L'istituto Al Tramonto
2 Louise Cordet - In a Matter of Moments
3 Horst Wende - Ya Laure Houbbouki
4 Jeannine Otis & Heikki Sarmanto - Flowers In The Water
5 Jan Lindblad - Kojo No Tsuki
6 Catherine Spaak - Penso A Te
7 Stanley Wilson - Zulu Love Magic
8 April Stevens - And So To Sleep Again
9 Keith Mansfield - Swingle Song
10 Tina & David Meltzer  - I’ll Forget You

11 Johnny Eaton - Quite Early One Morning
12 이미자 - 아직은 멀었는데
13 Yoshiki Kinjoh - Sendo Kouta
14 백설희 - 봄날은 간다
15 Mario Robbiani - Grazie Amore Mio
16 Sarah Brightman - On The Nile
17 Arti & Mestieri - Young Man’s Tale
18 Jack Lesmana - Iramaku
19 Lilis Suryani & Orkes Baju - Gendjer Gendjer
20 David Carroll - Dance of the Slave Maidens
21 Mantovani & Tipica Orchestra - I Wished On the Moon

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Press the Easy Listening tag, and discover all my nicest shares.

Dream Weapons present: SILENT AS THE GRAVE C60

 

 

What do you know it seems I had time for one more mix this month after all! While collecting songs for Sounds in the Night I sort of made an additional soundtrack-like mix without really noticing. These 23 tunes are selected from a long list of instrumentals that were too moody to fit in between the songs on my slightly more festive Halloween mix, posted earlier this month. Silent as the Grave is filled with the wonderfully eerie melodies that has made me fall in love with 1960-1980’s horror/giallo moviescores moreso than the actual horror/giallo movies of the era (sorry moviebuffs). To me music doesn’t get more beautiful than this. At least not right now while typing and listening through before posting  -Moahaha

 

Btw: Half the selection is actually Library/Production Music. And as long as the mood felt right, I haven’t taken into consideration what kind of movie genre the films these tracks were lifted from. But as you can see just by looking at the titles, they are primarily from the correct genres anyway. 

 

1 Renato Anselmi - Oracolo
2 Enrico Simonetti - Arance Amare
3 Franco Piana - Magician
4 Nico Fidenco - The Dark Side of the Soul II
5 Alessandro Alessandroni - Ritratto
6 Achanthus - La Château
7 Gino Peguri - Odhilia
8 Pierre Porte - Theme 1
9 Giovanni Cristiani - The Blue Mountain
10 Brian Bennett - Blueprint for Murder
11 Lacerenza Michele - Fuga Notturna

12 Stelvio Cipriani - Mary's Theme
13 Manfred Hubler & Sigfried Schwab - Necronomania
14 José Pharos - Ghost March
15 Bruno Nicolai - Circle
16 Jean Bouchety - Pumping Heart I
17 Frank Reidy & Eric Allen - Distant Horizon
18 Oronzo De Filippi - Magia
19 Hermann Kopp - Drunk
20 Nino Nardini - Strange Motion
21 Pulsar Music Ltd. - Fixed Idea
22 Eddie Warner - Zone Y
23 Franco Bixio - Where They Reform You

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Dream Weapons present: SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT C60

Well hello darkness, my old friend. A spooky All Hallow’s Eve-mix that doesn’t set out to actually scare you. Haunting in a comforting sort of way, and more like watching a vintage horror movie that’s not genuinely frightening to us anymore. Quite a few truly wonderful songs here. A little doom and gloom for the whole family to enjoy -Moahaha

Btw: This mix will have to do for all of October, I’m afraid. There will just be a lot of stuff going on in my life in the next couple of weeks and months. Mostly good stuff though:)

1 Jeri Simpson - In My Black Lace (1956)
2 The New Bangs - Go Go Kitty (1966)
3 Poppy Family - Endless Sleep (1969)
4 The First Theremin Era - The Barnabas Theme from "Dark Shadows" (1969)
5 The Residents - Six More Miles (To the Graveyard) (1986)
6 The Whips - Yes Master! (1958)
7 Bob Jacobs - The Small Assassin (1969)
8 The Strangers - Castle Mood (Balladi Olavinlinnasta) (1963)
9 Ethel Ennis - Mad Monster Party (1967)
10 The Riviares - Death Of A Surfer (1960's)
11 Judy Thomas - Never Say Devil Woman (1962)

12 Lallo Gori - La Morte Scende Leggera, Seq. 4 (1972)
13 The Tables - (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space (1990)
14 Luciano Michelini - Assassino Nel Buio (1975)
15 The Occasional Word - The Evil Venus Tree (1969)
16 Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo - Maid of the Moon (1963)
17 Gaitley & Fitzgerald - Seance Day (1967)
18 Motivations - The Birds (1964)
19 John Leyton - Voodoo Woman (1961)
20 Billy Saint - Midnight Freeze (1960)
21 Guy Warren - Midnight Rain (1958)
22 Rusty Isabell - Manhunt (1959)
23 Russ Garcia - Sounds In The Night (1957)

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Dream Weapons present: 2x45 MINUTES OF MUSIC BY STELVIO CIPRIANI (C90)

Originally compiled eleven years ago. It's a little cleaned up, but 95% identical. Here's most of what I wrote in 2012:

Whenever Stelvio; the hippest cat of all the italian soundtrack composers really nailed it, his approach fits my tastes just perfectly. Lots of heavy percussion and strings, seriously groovin' cembaloriffs,  deep dark moog, lovable melodies and tons of suspense... The music is selected from 26 different albums out of the 35-36 I got. Track no. 10 is composed by Cipriani and recorded by Goblin. Track 14 and 15 are taken from Library albums, the forner of the two by Stelvio's own band: Blue Sharks -Moahaha 

The correct 2023 tracklist. Too lazy to include movie titles:

1 Marsa Matruh, 1970
2 Incontro Con Marlene (Versione 3), 1970
3 Cani Arrabbiati [Titoli], 1974
4 Love Symbol, 1969
5 Sophisticated Shake, 1969
6 The Run in the Alley, 1969
7 La Fuga, 1980
8 Too Risky A Day For A Regatta, 1977
9 Un'ombra Nell'ombra (Main Titles), 1979
10 Incubi Ricorrenti (Opening Titles), 1979
11 La Polizia ha le Mani Legate (suite), 1975
12 Venture Flight, 1979
13 Emergency Call, 1979
14 It Became Crystal, 1972
15 Accadde Una Notte, 1973
16 Interrogatorio, 1971
17 Death Watch (Alternate 2), 1979

18 Main Titles (Blindman), 1971
19 La Fine di Cobb, 1975
20 Kruber il Tedesco, 1975
21 Picnic, 1975
22 The Spawning, 1981
23 L'Attesa, 1980
24 Metropolis, 1980
25 Agguato, 1980
26 Spruzzi d'Acqua, 1970
27 L'Iguana Dalla Lingua Di Fuoco, 1971
28 Lotta & Morte Dell‚Assassino, 1971
29 Inseguita & Un Ospite Inatteso, 1971
30 Rivelazioni Di Un Assassino, 1971
31 Reazione A Catena, 1973
32 Diabolico Piano, 1971
33 Gli Ultimi Angeli, 1978
34 Il Barone E Fuga Di Eva, 1972
35 Fascinum, 1970

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(my original cover art - one added song at the end of side 1, but otherwise identical)  

Dream Weapons present: THE HOT SPACE C60

 

The concept of space in music is often associated with cold and desolate electronic soundscapes. However The Hot Space calls for far jazzier vibes. More specifically a 1970’s jazzgroove that's electrified with Moogs & stuff. By now you know I love this kind of stuff, and I will never grow tired of discovering yet another unheard gem from that time period. It feels like home somehow. La Vittima is lifted from an Italian giallo and Earl is from a Blaxploitation movie (plus a Library Music trio of tunes) - and I think the remaining tracks would have worked just as well in some movie really -Moahaha

1 Enrico Intra - Preludio in Re min. ("Stoccarda" Caduta di Varsavia)
2 The Equatics - Santana Part I
3 Arakawa Yasuo & Shiji Shiroo - Sudden Rain In Kyo
4 Luther Lane - Gorilla My Dreams
5 Piotr Figiel Ensemble - I Want To Be Your Girl
6 Ed Bogas - Earl
7 Fiorenzo Carpi - La Vittima
8 Sir Edward - Keep On Moving On

9 Katamaran - Poseidon
10 Jakie Mittoo - Groovy Spirit
11 Bobbye Hall - Voyeur
12 Stomu Yamashta - Ishi
13 Alan Hawkshaw - The Speed Of Sound
14 Group Meeting - Loose
15 Band X - Red Cloud
16 Lesiman - Derivazione

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Dream Weapons present: SORCERER C60

Soft focus aside, here at Dream Weapons we love the strange and eerie just as much. Sometimes even more. A mysterious and seductive kind of strange filled with beauty and suspense that is. The music presented on Sorcerer isn’t really as far out as that crazy-ass shaman featured on the cover suggests. I simply had to make use that one-of-a-kind-painting at some point. I'm trying to recapture the feel and mode of a hauntingly surreal ghost story that I only vaguely remember. Or maybe it actually happened. I'm not certain -Moahaha

1 Osiris - Fioretti
2 The Ilk - Cosmic Revenge
3 Bruno Battisti D'Amario - Invocazione
4 Alex Serra - Suez
5 The Braen's Machine - Murder
6 Vedurlög - Regn
7 James Clarke - Empty Streets

8 Tullio De Piscopo - 'O Miracolo Adda' Veni'
9 Li Zhih-Kung - A Music Stretch on Plum Flowers
10 Kenyon Hopkins - Chamber of Horrors
11 Orkiestra Ósmego Dnia - Brzeg
12 Carlos Ferreira - Childhood's End
13 Nash the Slash - Lost Lenore
14 Lydia Kavina / Elizabeth Parcells - In Whims of the Wind (edit)
15 Sandro Brugnolini - Under Funeral

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Dream Weapons present: BITE THE DUST C60

I was sick for about half of March, and in that period I’ve almost finished eight mixtapes (including Mothers & Daughters and The Shrine). So that’s the reason why I’ve been on a roll here lately. 

-Anyway I wanted to collect some songs for you that grooves really deep and hard. The cover kind of look a like a silly disaster movie poster or something like that, doesn’t it? Bite the Dust does have a soundtrack-feel, but perhaps in a more biker movie way. Mainly just tons of left field semi-psychedelic bops and bangers - that sometimes even rocks! A fun and entertaining mix I think. Like Cosmic Carpet Ride or The Wild Ones on steroids -Moahaha

Brw: I noticed I've titled this mix (Bite the Dust) in the "album artist" section and not "album". Hopefully you can easily add the title in the correct place yourself.

1 Czerwone Gitary - Coda
2 Ravi Harris and The Prophets - Thunderbird
3 Eddie the Sheik Kochak - Phaedra Pharonica
4 Hal Blaine & The Young Cougars - The Phantom Driver
5 Franz Auffray - Salted Popcorn
6 Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans - Yakkosan
7 Baris Manco - Anadolu
8 Think - California (Is Getting So Heavy)
9 Bill Plummer and the Cosmic Brotherhood - Yentra II
10 Jacky Chalard - L'Agonie

11 Sault - Fields
12 Romano Rizzati - Shake 5B
13 21. Peron - Köy Dügünü
14 J.A. Caesar - 人間様の唄
15 H. Caiage ‎ - Desert Parkway
16 Mike Rozakis - Mystical Experience
17 Pure Jade Green  - Purple Grass Growing
18 The Phantoms - Progression Riff
19 The Ceyleib People - Changes (Tygstl)

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Dream Weapons present: CANDLE-LIGHTIN' TIME C60

Hey! I used an old playlist full of beautiful, melancholic jazz and some soundtrack-like tunes to compile this one for you. I've never made coverart and compiled a C60 in one short afternoon before (I kept the title of the book, so that saved me hours of work - and thinking). While this is obviously meant to be a pleasant listen, it's still emotional and deep stuff. It's the sort of music I reach for to warm my soul on cold winter days. I'm sure it'll warm you up as well -Moahaha  

1 Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos - Sunrise
2 Galapagos Duck - What Am I Doing Here
3 Emil Viklický - Píseň Pro Jana Hammra
4 Simon Park - Wedgewood Blue
5 Tortilla Flat - Fatimorgani
6 Takeshi Inomata & The Third - Alone
7 John Graas - Land Of Broken Toys

8 Lalo Schifrin - Felicity
9 Berndt Egerbladh - Glädjens Blomster
10 John Hébert Trio - Billy No Mates
11 Herbie Mann - Flying
12 Khan Jamal Percussion and Strings Quartet - Innosence
13 Marco Antonio Araujo - Adágio
14 Ronnie Aldrich and His Two Pianos - Love Theme [From the Valachi Papers]

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I was curious to try out Logamp as a free alternative to Mixcloud but now it's been down for weeks, and doesn't look very promising anymore. So I'm checking out this Audius-thing. Let me know if it works for you (or rather if it doesn't). At least it appears to be a lot more popular.

Dream Weapons present: EASTERN EMBROIDERIES & MURDEROUS GROOVES C90X2 (reworkings)

 -I revisit all our old C90’s while making streams to upload for Radio AlHara. However these two mixtapes compiled in spring 2016, were originially C120’s(!). Not long after I posted them I’ve thought them both to be overlong and hard to sit through. You know, a little bloated. Our ninety minute radio slot twice a month was a perfect excuse to trim them down to three-fourths of its original size (plus improve on the flow, the sound and the cover art). To me they feel brand new and I finally enjoy them from start to finish. Well here they are (again):

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Ever since my childhood I've had an affinity for a certain timbre that could mainly be found in the music from behind the Iron Curtain and in the regions of the former Sovietunion. Wether it’s armenian tetrachords, persian shashmaqam-modes from the central asian regions, klezmer, balkan or gypsy tunes... melancholic,  joyous (or both simultaniously) - it always seem to go straight to my heart -Moahaha

1 Ensemble de Shavkat Mirzaev - Gulruch / Soul of Flower (Uzbekistan)
2 Zeynəb Xanlarova - Ек-ёк (Azerbaijan)
3 Munadjat Yulchieva & Ensemble Shavkat Mirzaev - Ranolan Mansun (Uzbekistan)
4 Georgian Voices - Aba Darujan (Georgia)
5 Sirajoddin Juraev - Masq-e Javanan (Tajikistan)
6 Vanja Lazarova Dimitrovska - Doko, Doko Mori Crno Oko (Macedonia)
7 Abdukvaki Abdulrashidov - Tanavar-E-Farghaneh (Tajikistan)
8 Agapi Kazarian - Hikou Ghimeten Tchim Gidi (Armenia)
9 Turgun Alimatov - Chorgoh (Uzbekistan)
10 Esma Redžepova - Caje Sukarije (Macedonia)
11 Toni Iordache - Cantec de Ascultare si Breaza (Romania)
12 Vladimir Smbatian - Armyanskie Narodnye Melodii (Armenia)
13 Vanja Lazarova Dimitrovska - Ej Gugutka Guka U Gora (Macedonia)

14 Verka Siderova - Zhunala e Radka (Bulgaria)
15 Mira Vasiljevic - Oj Javore (Serbia)
16 Kairat Boibosynov - Ashilim (Kazakhstan)
17 Kanklių Trio - Preliudija Ir Fuga C-Dur (Lithuania)
18 Usnija Jasarova - Me Suneste Aljan (Macedonia)
19 Pauls Dambis - Jūras Dziesmas (Sea Songs): I. Pūti, Pūti, Vēja Māte (Latvia)
20 Ozoda Ashurova & Abduvali Abdurashidov - Yor Gulsumane (Tajikistan)
21 Salamat Sadikova – Kirgiz Jeri / Kygryz Land (Kyrgyzstan)
22 100 Kaba Bagpipes Choir and Orchestra - Bela Sum, Bela, Yunache (Bulgaria)
23 Valentinas Kaplūnas - Paltanavičius / Rapsodija (Lithuania)
24 Nezaket Memmedova - Nece Unudum Seni (Azerbaijan)
25 Istvan Nyul - Mélodie Csángó et Danse Hajduk (Hungary)
26 Hasmik Harutyunyan & The Shoghaken Ensemble – Kessabi Oror (Armenia)
27 Georgi Cholev - Melodia Na Tambura (Bulgaria)

 

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Jazz can be and mean a great many different things - spiritual, intellectual, political, relaxing, painful... you name it. Its also potentially full of suspense, tension, action and horror which is why jazz has been used to a great extent in film noir, thrillers, crime, giallo, cop-movies to name a few genres. I don't know why film-makers abandoned the perfect soundpalette to go along with moving images in favour of pompous orchestral scores and seemingly random pop-songs, but I know that they shouldn't have.

There's much greatness hidden in mostly obscure soundtracks and even more obscure production/library records - and from countless hours of excellence I've compiled 90 minutes of tunes in all kinds of moods, approaches and genres really, but still pretty much jazz in one way or another -Moahaha

1 Raymond Le Sénéchal – Generique
2 Farlocco - Stadio
3 Raymond Guiot – Primitive Spirit
4 Pippo Caruso – Discosession
5 Ziad Rahbani - Variation 2
6 Art Blakey - No Hay Problema Pt. 2
7 Orkest Ruud Bos - Dat Verhaal Van Jou
8 Fiorenzo Carpi - Pelle Di Luna
9 Guy Pedersen - Chasse À L'homme
10 Janko Nilovic – Flemish Suite
11 Barney Wilen - Poursuite et Metro 

12 Keith Papworth – Wheel Man
13 Stefano Liberati - Shark Jazz Band
14 Giuliano Sorgini - Ingranaggi Pesanti
15 Bruno Nicolai – Immaginativa
16 Michel Bernholc – Articulation
17 Giovanni Tommaso - Underground Number Seven
18 Alessandro Alessandroni – Introverso
19 Aldo Buonocore - La Fine di Fanny
20 Camille Sauvage – Requiem Pour Satan
21 Pierre Arvay – Footing
22 Ennio Morricone - Gatto a Nove Code
23 Daniela Casa – Dittatura 

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Dream Weapons present: INDOOR GAMES C90

Late last August I compiled a folk-mix sort of tributing the coming of autumn in all its glory*. This year’s autumnal mix however, is for the great indoors. Contemplative, (but not meditative), gently strange songs and instrumentals for book reading, board games, playing cards, knitting, drinking tea or wine, making soup, staring out the window… or whatever you feel like like doing when days get colder and shorter. This time I actually made the cover art first, and then I started collecting music I enjoy that I associated with the visuals in one way or another -Moahaha

1 The Ron Grainer Orchestra - The Art Seminar Around the Fountain
2 Miranda Martino - Maraviglioso momento
3 Séguin - Crépuscule
4 Toru Takemitsu - In the End
5 Mikael Lammgard, Gunnel Derning - Vattnet
6 Benedicte Maurseth & Åsne Valland Nordli - Alde
7 Combustible Edison - Lonelyville
8 Paul Castanier - Cad e sin don te sin
9 The Sandpipers - If
10 Beaver & Krause - Loves Of Col. Evol
11 Cyrus Faryar - Ghosts
12 The Michael Coldin Septet - Lullaby Of The Leaves
13 Mormos - Walk In, Walk Out
14 Mor - Marines
15 Belan - Homesick

16 Stressi - Finaali
17 Gale Garnett - So Long
18 Jorja Chalmers - Nightingale
19 Jessica Moss - Fractals (Truth 3)
20 Antonio Riccardo Luciani - Problemi Del Sud
21 Dulcimer - Morman's Casket
22 Gianni Fallabrino - Ballata Ebraica
23 Long Orme - Nos Rêves
24 Guglielmo Papararo & Vittorio Montis- Sol 3
25 Ken Narita - 昼下がり
26 Makoto Kubota - あさの光
27 Raul Porchetto - I. C. Ciento Treinta y Tres
28 Alfrēds Kalniņš - Balade
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*The Light Traveller is 2021's rural, autumnal mix (+ a couple more folk mixes in the link)

Dream Weapons present: THE QUIET EARTH C60

While waiting for a fun and lively radio special to broadcast, I decided to share this failed attempt on compiling an hour of «pleasant background music». I guess that’s outside my field of expertise. But it's still a nice mix! All very quiet and non-intrusive, but in a blue and melancholic way. Not as dark as the cover art suggests, but it would probably make for a beautiful soundtrack to a classy horror movie -Moahaha

1 Slagr - Slagr II
2 Tri Atma Und Gyan Nishabda - Märchenberg
3 Trembling Strain - Kokytus
4 Barry Cleveland with Bob Stohl & Kat Epple  - Blue Things
5 Eulipion Corps - Nostalgia Suite, Pt. 5: In a Dream
6 Benjamin Lew - Joyeux Regrets Imprιcis

7 Cybe - Kupu Kupu, Kupu Kupu (Vlinders)
8 Colin Towns - Love Scene
9 Steve Austin - Music From The Withered Orange Tree Part VIII
10 Jorge Reyes - Sazilakab
11 Emerald Web - Openings
12 Alan Feanch and Cecil Wary - The Flower Song
13 The Singers Unlimited - How Beautiful Is Night

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Dream Weapons present: SEABEDS C60

An underwater lounge music fantasy. Just dive in… the water is clear, warm and inviting -Moahaha

                       

1 Armando Sciascia - Moon on the Sea
2 Brian Bennett - The Swan 1
3 The Smith-Glamann Quintet - Lotus Land
4 André Hossein - Nocturne Vietnamien
5 Wlodzimierz Nahorny - Melodia Z Filmu Dziura W Ziemi
6 Michel Gonet  - The Mermaid
7 Ray Russell - Bright Water
8 Camille Sauvage - Yedo
9 Harpo Marx - Imagination

10 Медео - Сайгаки
11 Медікус / Ігор Хома - Ой зацвіли фіялоньки
12 Patrick Godfrey - All Along
13 Alan Parker - Rainy Sunday
14 John Sangster - Procession Of Tadpoles And Waterstriders
15 Bruno Nicolai – Il Mare
16 Muzzy Marcellino - My Tani
17 Eje Thelin Group - Curved Space
18 Vangelis - Movement One

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