All I Want To Hear...

...is some Andrew Weatherall to get my day off to a good start. 

 

Here are ten tracks, five seconds shy of one hour, featuring Lord Sabre collaborations and remixes, none of which (I'm 99% certain) have previously featured on this blog.

 

1) Hall Of Mirrors (Andrew Weatherall Remix II): The Early Years (2017)

2) Stack Up: Two Lone Swordsmen (2004)

3) Blue Pole Dancer: Lino Squares (1997)

4) Deep Down & Dirty (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix By Andrew Weatherall & Keith Tenniswood): Stereo MC's (2001)

5) Tears (Remix By II Lone Rotters aka Andrew Weatherall & Keith Tenniswood) (Album Version): Slab (1999)

6) Kevin (1989) (Andrew Weatherall Remix): Battant (2007)

7) Exodus (Sabres Of Paradise Mix 2 By Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner & Gary Burns): Scorn (1992)

8) One Minute's Silence (Ivan Smagghe Remix): The Asphodells (2013)

9) Open Up (Open Dub) (Remix By The Sabres Of Paradise aka Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner & Gary Burns) (Edit): Leftfield ft. John Lydon (1993)

10) Mother India (Sabres At Dawn) (Remix By Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner & Gary Burns): Fun-Da-Mental (1994)

 

1994: Mother India EP: 10

1997: Deliverance EP (Expanded Edition): 7

1997: The Role Of Linoleum EP: 3

1999: Ripsnorter: 5

2001: Deep Down & Dirty EP: 4 

2001: Sonic Mook Experiment: 9

2004: From The Double Gone Chapel: 2 

2007: Kevin (1989) EP: 6

2013: The Asphodells Remixed: 8

2017: remIIxes EP: 1

 

All I Want To Hear... (59:55) (KF) (Mega)

Ich Bin Ein Ausländer

I first became aware of Aki Nawaz via Nation Records, personally one of the most exciting labels to emerge in the 1990s. Little did I know at the time, but he'd featured in my record collection previously as drummer with The Southern Death Cult (who incrementally dropped prefixes to become The Cult, but that's another story).

 

As well as providing a home and creative outlet for artists via Nation Records, Nawaz also performed as rapper Propa-Gandi and has released an immense body of work as Fun-Da-Mental. Nawaz has consequently courted controversy over his political acts, lyrical content and recital of verses from the Qur'an over Fun-Da-Mental's music, as referenced in this 2015 interview with Vice's Jack Dutton.

 

This selection focuses on the 1990s, 12 tracks over 75 minutes, taking in Fun-Da-Mental remixes and remixed, including the collaboration with Pop Will Itself that provides today's post title. Some unsurprising inclusions here, with Transglobal Underground and Indian Ropeman, but hopefully a few unexpected remixes too, such as Hyperhead (Mary Mary's band between Gaye Bikers On Acid and Apollo 440) and especially The Jesus & Mary Chain.  

 

Fun-Da-Mental's last album was 2018's There Shall Be Love. As the Bandcamp release info states, the music "is a soundtrack to "life lived" and "life observed". The Political commentary, although very outspoken and nuanced, is and remains a matter of debate."

 
1) "You Have Become Human Swine" (A Lesson In Love...Listen!!!! Reprise): Fun-Da-Mental (1999)

2) Ja Sha Taan (Karachi Deathcult Mix By Transglobal Underground): Fun-Da-Mental ft. Nawazish Ali Khan (1997)

3) New World Order (Extended Version): Fun-Da-Mental (1994)

4) A Lesson In Love...Listen!!!! (Wisdom Speaks) (Remix By Phluide): Fun-Da-Mental (1999)

5) Ich Bin Ein Ausländer (Fun-Da-Mental 12" Mix): Pop Will Eat Itself ft. Blacka-D, Hot-Dog & Propa-Gandi (1994)

6) Mother India (Spirit Of The Tiger) (Remix By The Moody Boyz aka Tony Thorpe): Fun-Da-Mental (1994)

7) Shri Durga (The Organic Science Mix By Fun-Da-Mental): DJ Cheb I Sabbah ft. Mala Ganguly, Shafqat Ali Khan, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan & Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (2000)

8) Ja Sha Taan (J&MC Debate With F<D>M Version By The Jesus & Mary Chain): Fun-Da-Mental (1999)

9) This Is Fascism (Exterminate Fascism Before It Gets Your Teddy Bear By Fun-Da-Mental) (Cover of Consolidated): New Fast Automatic Daffodils (1996)

10) Teenage Mind (Fun-de-mental Midi Breakdown Dub): Hyperhead (1992)

11) Mr. Bubbleman (Album Version): Fun-Da-Mental (1994)

12) Demonised Soul (Indian Ropeman Remix By Sanjiv Sen): Fun-Da-Mental (1998)

 

1992: Teenage Mind EP: 10

1994: Ich Bin Ein Ausländer EP: 5 

1994: Mother India EP: 6

1994: Seize The Time / Taking Liberties: 11

1994: Volume Nine: 3 

1996: This Is Fascism: 9

1997: Ja Sha Taan EP: 2, 8 

1998: Demonised Soul EP: 12

1999: Why America Will Go To Hell EP: 1, 4 

2000: Maha Maya: Shri Durga Remixed: 7

Ich Bin Ein Ausländer (1:13:45)