50/Fifty Coming Down: #28 and #27

The ever-so-ambient Irresistible Force and the rather rockier Manic Street Preachers.

At #28, we have Mixmaster Morris in his Irresistible Force guise. He will return later. Frankly, there are loads of tracks you could choose. But I ended up with Nepalese Bliss (1998).  There’s something wonderfully stoned about the track and the slow piano line. I’ve no idea where the samples come from:

Hey kids. Come here a minute. I got a good thing for you. A black tarry hashish with white streaks of opium ash running through it. Something so strong it’s religious. If anyone ever offers you a hit of Nepalese Bliss you’d better turn it down unless you really want to get off.

Here’s the DJ Food mix

And the Amon Tobin Mix

At #27, Manic Street Preachers get remixed by David Holmes on their If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (1998). It’s a song about the Spanish Civil War. Holmes stretches it out to double the original length in a wonderful bit of diffuse indie dance. He makes it relaxed in its tempo but never quite loses the anxiety.

This acoustic version by MSPs ain’t bad:

~ by acidted on February 1, 2013.