Another single I saved from oblivion by taking it from its box in the cellar at my mother's house. Apparently this was a hit in the Dutch charts of 1963. I wonder what my mum was like back then. I've always been intrigued by her musical taste - it's pretty broad. I've seen her shaking her behind to Otis and Gladys Knight, but she also likes this really cheesy German Schlager stuff. It's probably in her genes - she's from Indonesia but her maiden name is very, very German. She doesn't speak the language, though.

Anyways. Carlos Almenar Otero is an opera singer from Venezuela who ended up in Germany in the sixties, had tremendous success in Europe, Japan and South America, and is now a voice pedagogue.
There's a video of the b-side on YouTube: clicky.

I was in my soon to be hometown Madrid earlier this year, and my buddies and me went to the Kathmandu club one night to see if we could still do them crazy dance moves. There was a guy spinning the most insane funk tunes I had heard in a long time. He was wearing a T-shirt that said "Happily married" and he was playing 45s only, which he kept in a beautiful wooden case. I went up to him to thank him for a great night and to ask for his email address - I wanted to try to convince my boss to book him for one of the funk nights we do at da club. Normally they don't really listen to our suggestions, but you never know, right? The DJ turned out to be Gu, the man running Our Label Records. He gave me two 45s as a present, bless him, one by the Magnificent Freedom and this one. As expected, I didn't succeed at getting him booked at da club, and now that I'm leaving I don't think it'll ever happen.

Osaka Monaurail are playing in Madrid in November. Unfortunately we won't move there until the end of the month so I won't be able to see them, but I'd love to. If only to see with my own eyes that the singer is really Japanese and not someone looking a lot like James Brown.

But wait, there always YouTube:

Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil up - V/A
  [gatefold sleeve, 2LP] - Numero Group LP 2005

Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label - V/A
  [gatefold sleeve, 2LP] Numero Group LP 2006

Essential Dub - Various Artists
  Roir LP 2008

The Free Pop Electronic Concept - A New Exciting Experience
  Wah Wah Vampi Soul LP 2008

Matty G - Take You Back
  [3LP] Argon LP 2008

The Heliocentrics - Out There
  [2LP] - Now Again LP 2007

Kuniyuki - Remixed Vol. 2
  Mule Musiq 12" 2008

Las Vegas Grind! Volume Six - V/A
  Strip LP 2000

Lil' Tony / Boola - Basement Tracks EP
  Innervisions 12" 2008

Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go too
  [2LP] - Feedelity/Smalltown Supersound LP 2008

Nathaniel Mayer - Why Don't You Give It to Me?
  [purple marbled vinyl] - Alive LP 2007

Minimono / Markus Fix - Sweet Murmur / House in the House
  Love Letters from Oslo 12" 2008

Mickey Moonlight - Interplanetary Music
  Ed Banger 12" 2008

Portishead - Third
  [special edition box set w/ USB memory stick, etched 12" Machine Gun, Nick Uff print] - Universal Island LP 2008

Soul Shaker Vol. 5 - V/A
  Record Kicks LP 2008

Some Songs Stuck in My Mind - Various Artists
  Crazy Apple Boutique LP 2007

Emilíana Torrini - Me and Armini
  Rough Trade LP 2008

You Don't Know: Ninja Cuts Sampler - V/A
  Ninja Tune 12" 2008

Disco hit by the Orlando Riva Sound, a German band formed by Anthony Monn, a.k.a. Schlager singer Tony Monn and Rainer Pietsch, a Schlager producer. Monn has written and produced many of Amanda Lear's hits, composed songs for Al Bano & Romina Power and wrote Peter Schilling's "Major Tom".

I got the single from some second hand store in Barcelona, I didn't know the band, just thought I should be good since it was on Salsoul. When I heard it first it turned out I did know the song. Which was nice.

Check this "funky fresh fun" video:

I kept promising them and myself to at least try to write about them, but I just haven't got enough time.

Today I got an MP3 in my mailbox from the good people of Domino Records USA, one by the wonderful Juana Molina, whose album Un día is coming out next week. I already ordered my vinyl copy from my local wax pusher, or tried to, because so far only the CD version has been announced. And I don't buy CDs, because I'm a snob. I really hope they'll release it on vinyl, because if Un día's only half as good as its predecessor Son, it'll be worth every eurocent.

The MP3 of Un día's title track can also be found on the Domino website, as are a couple of short video clips of the interview Uncensored Interviews did with this great Argentinian singer and actress. Download it, watch them. You need it.

download: Juana Molina - Un día
www.juanamolina.com | www.myspace.com/juanamolina

My friend Gerwin (I think it was his birthday yesterday - if you ever read this: congrats old boy!) and I wanted to go to the Pinkpop fest in 1986 and G came up with the simple but brilliant idea to hire a bus for 50+ people. We could sell bus tickets cheap so we could get to the event for free and maybe even make a couple of guilders. So we did, and we called ourselves "Enola Gay Enterprises". G made the company logo (something with wings and little lines to indicate the thing was moving fast), we hung up posters at school with my phone number on them and within days we had a bus full of people. Most of them didn't even attend our school. It was a success, and we did it again in '87 and '88.

Of course I had to buy the single, even though I wasn't really into OMD. I was only just warming up to synth bands - I was quite the rockist back then. Around the same time I saw them perform at Parkpop in The Hague, and to my surprise I liked them. There was a guy waving a U2 flag in the audience and Andy McCluskey said something along the lines of "I know we're not half as good as them, right?" which was met with a lot of howling from a big part of the crowd. I found it touching, don't know why. But from then on I liked them, even though I didn't really run to the record store to get all of their albums.

OMD split up in 1989, with McCluskey keeping the name and releasing three more albums. Now he and Paul Humphreys are back together and they started their 30th anniversary tour only last week.

Hier de uitzending van Planeet Polly van vandaag.

traxx:
Solomon Ilori And His Afro-Drum Ensemble - Igbesi Aiye [Honest Jon's]
Marc Moulin - La Blouse [Counterpoint]
Hu Vibrational - Bron from the Sea [SoulJazz]
The Heliocentrics - Sirius B [Now Again)
Zombie Zombie - Nightclubbing [Versatile]
The Free Pop Electronic Experiment - Chewing Gum Delirium [Wah Wah Vampi Soul]
Pop Levi - (A Style Called) Crying Chic [Counter]
Stereolab - Valley Hi! [4AD]
The Time & Space Machine - Reeling [5D]
Love - The Daily Planet [Elektra]
Los Goya - Cow Girl [Hundergrum]
Asha Bosle w/ R.D. Burman - Dum Maro Dum [GR]
Alfred Panou & Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Je Suis un Sauvage [Comet]
Budos Band - King Cobra [Daptone]
Nathaniel Mayer - Doin' It [Alive]

abonneer je op the pod: http://radiolubacov.podomatic.com/rss2.xml of ga naar radiolubacov.podomatic.com om direct te beluisteren/downloaden.

Planeet Polly op Radio Centraal, 106.7FM Antwerpen, iedere vrijdag 18-19u.

Ik was net niet oud genoeg om helemaal te begrijpen waar Sandokan eigenlijk over ging, maar ik vond het reuze spannond, zo'n woeste man die tijgers aan zijn mes reeg en mooie vrouwen redde. Ik herinner me vaag de spectaculaire slo-mo beelden waarin hij onder een tijger duikt. Zwaar onder de indruk.

Het muziekje (van Oliver Onions, het pseudoniem waaronder het Italiaanse broederduo Guido en Maurizio De Angelis schuilgaat) is me altijd dierbaar gebleven. Toen ik de single vorig jaar voor een euro of zo tegenkwam in een winkeltje in Barcelona ging-ie dan ook meteen mee. Vetjusss!

kant 2a: Freeform Arkestra - Playin' Cool
kant 2b: Amaka - Roses (Earthbound Remix)

kant 3a: J Swinscoe Presents: The Cinematic Orchestra - Diabolous
kant 3b: Two Banks Of Four - Skylines over Rooftops
www.myspace.com/thecinematicorchestras | www.myspace.com/twobanksoffour

kant 4a: Absent Minded - Capital "L" City
kant 4b: Earthbound - Reggie's Escape (Attica Blues Remix)
www.myspace.com/adltheswede | www.myspace.com/earthboundensemble

kant 5a: Hidden Agenda - Something Somewhere
kant 5b: Mark & Seven - Go Ahead

kant 6a: Earthbound - Cyclone
kant 6b: Sol - Longstreet Hustle
www.myspace.com/solgalarreta

kant 7a: Mijatoho - The Nth Conclusion
kant 7b: Freeform Arkestra - Last Drum Poet
www.myspace.com/mijatoho
www.straightaheadrec.com

Ik hou van albums die in 7-inchvorm verschijnen. Ze zijn als haringdrop op de vroege morgen - verrassend, verfrissend, troostend.
Deze kreeg ik van mijn vriend David El Gran Lapofsky voor mijn 29ste verjaardag.

Samenstelling deze week door Arne, PJ, Robinho & Lubacov.
Tracklijst:

Here's to life

Zombie Zombie - Psychic Harmonia 2 [Versatile]
Arpadys - Meteor One [Tubetracks]
Bohannon - The Bohannon Walk [Dakar Records]
Las Moskas - Buscando la felicidad [Mexico '70]
Soul Messengers - Prince of Zeal [Numero Group]
Ella Fitzgerald - How High the Moon [Decca]
Unknown - Malinga (Diesel & Jarvis edit) [Moton]
The Lions - Jungle Struttin' [Ubiquity]
Nightmares On Wax - Be There [Warp]
Roots Manuva - Again and Again (Matt Helders Remix) [Big Dada]
Flying Lotus - Orbit Brazil [Plug Research]
The Bug - Angry [Ninja Tune]
Various - Pintman [Various Production]
Ragga Twins - Love Talk [Souljazz]
Wiley - Local Lad [Planet Mu]
Shackleton - Short Wave [Skull Disco]