Dreamweapon production on XLR8R

I fondly recalled those blissed out days of early shoegazer; when Kevin Shields’ reverb guitar distortions became the waves that lapped soundly at my subconscious. This pure moment in music evokes at once the idealism and reverie of youth, tinged faintly with gothic irony.

“Dreamweapon is the nonsensical alias being used by Damon Way [and in his mix] Melodies in Distortion, [he] covers the pedal-attacking pioneers of the early shoegaze movement, paired with the contemporary Wah armed gangs of the newgaze formation…”  For more on the XLR8R post, check out: http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2008/11/melodies-distortion

Melodies in Distortion
01.  Mogwai - “Stereodee” - 4 Statin EP (Chemikal Underground) - 1997
02.  Spectrum - “Undo the Taboo” - Highs, Lows, Heavenly Blows (Silvertone) - 1994
03.  Slowdive - “Slowdive” - Blue Day (Creation) - 1992
04.  Swervedriver - “Girl on a Motorbike” - Mezcal Head (A&M) - 1993
05.  South Pacific - “Blue Lotus” Constance (Symbiotic) - 2000
06.  Monster Movie - “Sleeping on a Train” - Last Night Something Happened (Clairecords) - 2001
07.  My Bloody Valentine - “Don’t Ask Why” - Glider EP (Creation) - 1990
08.  Psychic Ills- “Another Day, Another Night” - Dins (The Social Registry) - 2008
09.  Pale Saints - “Throwing Back the Apple” - In Ribbons (4AD) - 1992
10.  Film School - “Compare” - Hideout (Beggars Banquet) - 2007
11.  Daysleepers - “Release the Kraken” - Drowned in a Sea of Sound (Clairecords) - 2008
12.  Pia Fraus - “400 & 57″ - In Solarium (Clairecords) - 2002
13.  Blind Mr. Jones - “Henna and Swayed” - Stereo Musicale (Cherry Red) - 1992

via Sylvia Adams, 2 December 2008 12:00pm | |