HAF FOUND KARL BURNS! The Fall's drummer -- who couldn't be located by the author of a book about former Fall members -- has resurfaced as the newest member of House Of All (pictured at left). Karl Burns will be one of three drummers on House Of All Souls, which will be released in February 2025. Burns joins fellow Fall drummers Paul Hanley and Simon Wolstencroft in the expanded House Of All lineup, led by Martin Bramah (at center with arms outstretched; Karl Burns behind him with black T-shirt and hat).
The other exciting news is that Tiny Global Productions will issue previously unreleased tracks from John McKay, former guitarist of Siouxsie & The Banshees. McKay and drummer Kenny Morris walked away from the band in 1979 while on tour in Scotland. I wrote about their departure (and subsequent musical activities) at AJ's blog (which is now called Themes From Dead Cities -- not to be confused with his OTHER blog, The Dimension Of Imagination).
This is a lengthy introduction to today's post, a set of songs that sample punk and post-punk classics. Khayem's post on Dubhed a year ago (which collects video footage of the Banshees with McKay and Morris) inspired a search for Siouxsie samples used in hip hop and electronic music. A track recommended by Khayem closes out the set. McKay's successor John McGeoch is featured on several tracks. After some virtual crate digging at WhoSampled (and adding some songs that I already knew), I ended up with these 18 tracks. The Fall is present here, as well as Marco Pirroni's band Rema-Rema. Listed below at right are the original songs (and artists) that were sampled.
A second set will follow in a week or two. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/PostPunkSamples
ReplyDeleteThanks this looks really interesting, am looking forward to giving it a listen 👍
ReplyDeleteWonderful, thank you! I love tracking down samples, always seems to open me up to new music.
ReplyDeleteSame here! My brother turned me onto Tonstartssbandht. I think it's so cool that Delta 5 and The Units (SF synth punks) would be sampled in Brazilian dance music. And of course Madlib is the ultimate crate digger and beat konducta.
DeleteTonstartssbandht!! I was lucky enough to see them here in their hometown at a local dive bar about a year ago or so -- surprisingly sparse crowd but they were great. Petunia was a fantastic album
DeleteThanks for these, jonder. Some beat crazee tuneage for the evening.
ReplyDeleteCrate digging? I'll get my shovel!
ReplyDeleteI've been on the road since last Thursday evening and haven't even downloaded this one, but it looks great, neat concept too!
ReplyDeleteA bit of trivia - Gary Asquith (guitar/vocal) in Rema-Rema,, was later one of the founding members of Renegade Soundwave, so theis might just be a reworking of the Rema-Rema track, as opposed to a sample
ReplyDeleteYou're right, he reworked the track that he originally performed on as a member of Rema-Rema. I don't know how different reworking is from sampling. I'm a doctor, not a DJ.
DeleteThanks for the nod, a great selection as always!
ReplyDeleteJesse and Darren from Jezebell are superb at peppering their music with samples, giving the source material a whole new flavour.
The Siouxsie one was a bit more very, but often the familiarity of a sample nags away for repeated plays until suddenly the penny drops.
Might be the most happy I’ve been to recognise a Lionel Richie song, for example!
Glad you got to see my post! It is indeed a strange sensation when suddenly you realize that where you've heard a sample before. It also makes me wonder about people who have the talent to isolate an element of a song and recognize in it the potential to sample it and create something new. I will check out more Jezebell. Thanks again!
DeleteGreat concept and great looking collection of music -- thanks Jonder!
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