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MORGAN PACKARD

Airships Fill The Sky

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MORGAN PACKARD

Airships Fill The Sky

Wheezing Accordion slowly unravelled, the standout track from Packard's brilliant album of the same name.

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A HAWK AND A HACKSAW

The Water Under The Moon

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A HAWK AND A HACKSAW

The Water Under The Moon

Klezmer and Eastern European drinking songs thrown into a wonderful pot stirred up by Jeremy Barnes.

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THE BOATS

This Blotch Is Crossed

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THE BOATS

This Blotch Is Crossed

Fractured loveliness underpinned by Melodica from Andrew Hargreaves & Craig Tattersall.

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Dennis Bovell

None Jah Jah Children (Melodica Version)

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Dennis Bovell

None Jah Jah Children (Melodica Version)

Killer late 70's Melodica workout from Dennis Bovell & friends.

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SALA-ARHIMO

Onnellisten saari

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SALA-ARHIMO

Onnellisten saari

Beautifully freakish forest folk with a widescreen Melodica motif.

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März

Things Can Only Get Better

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März

Things Can Only Get Better

Blissful soundtracking with accordion, percussion, found sounds and finger clicks...

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Todd Terje And Prins Thomas

Reinbagan

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Todd Terje And Prins Thomas

Reinbagan

Terje & Thomas fire up their melodicas and embrace downtempo, dub-infused disco sounds spun around.

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DEERHUNTER

Red Ink

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DEERHUNTER

Red Ink

Blissed-out layered drift with a centred Melodica buried in the mix.

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NUDGE

Stack

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NUDGE

Stack

Dismantled, Melodica-driven outsider funk from Brian Foote and friends

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DICTAPHONE

Tango Doerell

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DICTAPHONE

Tango Doerell

A classic Tango template re-sampled and re-built by Oliver Doerell and Roger Döring.

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F.S.BLUMM

Nie

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F.S.BLUMM

Nie

Xylophone, glockenspiel, guitar, harmonium, accordion, melodica and bontempi...Lovely.

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AUGUSTUS PABLO

Pablo In Fine Style

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AUGUSTUS PABLO

Pablo In Fine Style

Probably the most famous Melodica player of them all with an out and out killer...

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MESO MESO

locomotive

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MESO MESO

locomotive

Twee accordion-led loveliness from Meso Meso, the solo project of a young lady from Tokyo named Yumiko.

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PAN AMERICAN

Inside Elevation

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PAN AMERICAN

Inside Elevation

Unbearably gorgeous midnight hum, another masterpiece from Mark Nelson.

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This time on 14tracks:

“14 Tracks blown up : Accordion and Melodica”

A few years back our friend Heiko Hoffmann put together "Asthmatic Worm", an excellent compilation of contemporary Melodica and Accordion tracks including the likes of Mum, Dntel and Sensorama. This week we've assembled our own complementary set, with artists as diverse as Augustus Pablo, Prins Thomas and Deerhunter taking centre stage. We love the playfulness and romance of these instruments, the way they awkwardly steal the limelight whenever they appear, somehow conjuring up Parisian street-scenes, Argentinian Tango, under-practiced school bands and smokey Jamaican studios in one fell swoop. We were going to call the selection the 'je ne sais quoi' of Accordion and Melodica, but figured it was a bit of a mouthful. So here it is - 14 Tracks blown up!

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What do you think of this selection?
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All comments are warmly welcomed.







On 18 Feb 13:48 Jeremy Hartley said:

“Great Selection”

I really like this selection. There are a lot of different styles that are all explored here with the unifying factor of either the melodica which I love or the accordion. I haven't had a chance to listen to it enough to give more structured criticism, but I like what I hear. More collections like these please.

On 18 Feb 23:38 Mark said:

“Preview please”

Well, I would really like to preview before buying. I could not see a preview option on this page. Is there one?

On 19 Feb 08:41 simon armitage said:

“preview”

you just click the play button on each track.

On 19 Feb 12:06 Spooky Luke said:
http://www.myspace.com/lazysounds4lazypeople

“Tip of the Augustus Pablo iceberg”

Nice selection as ever... but I would have chosen dozens of Augustus Pablo tunes ahead of your choice. Just from the In Fine Style album: Kid Ralph, Far East and Ras Menelik Congo are all killer melodica workouts. Also, there are some other great reggae melodica players to check out... Bobby Kalphat, Pablove Black, Joe White etc...

On 19 Feb 16:06 Alicia said:

“Beep?”

Is there a beep that starts sounding when I preview the tracks, or am I crazy?

On 19 Feb 18:52 Hermes Santana said:

“I really dig this site!”

Kudos!

On 20 Feb 08:35 gliese said:
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“Beep!”

I hear it too, but it is more like a low pitched sine wave (a horn of sorts) than a beep, anyhow my guess is that it is there to prevent naughty boys and girls to record the preview.. ; )

On 20 Feb 18:29 bs said:

“Beep”

Yes the beep sounds periodically on all Boomkat previews. It's a hell of a lot better than Warp's idea to have the songs fade out every 30 seconds. Just thought you should know there's nothing wrong with your speakers :)

On 21 Feb 20:57 Frank again said:

“Pleasant surprises as usual”

Hey guys, nice job. Your picks always a pleasant surprise, usually resulting in some always welcome new music education. Here's an idea: "14 tracks tuning into Shortwave Radio". The obvious would include bits from Tim Hecker "Radio Amor", Tod Dockstader's "Aerial" series, William Basinski natch. As for the other 11 - how about some more surprises. :-)

On 24 Feb 15:38 Justin said:

“Idea?”

LOVE the 14-tracks selections so far, including this one! What about one for 14-Tracks' take on road trip music, or maybe music for travelling?