Soothing sounds of extreme metal

These sounds here are sort of my musical home. The more filthy and rugged and metallic, the better. I feel right at ease. Purified. Don't laugh.

First up is Autopsy, formed by ex-Death drummer Chris Reifert in the late eighties. Autopsy was all about snotty sounds, sloppy but powerful playing and rather twisted lyrical explorations.

Autopsy - Death Twitch
Autopsy - Frozen With Fear
Autopsy - Spinal Extraction

Moving on to Abscess, the aptly named group also fronted by the aforementioned Mr. Reifert. If possible, the tunes are a bit more mucus-y, sicker and even sloppier than before. Which makes for a perfect death punk metal experience, don't you think?

Abscess - Tattoo Collector
Abscess - Swallow The Venom

Finally, a listen to one of the most legendary death metal bands ever. Deicide, with the singular Glen Benton, have been going on for a good 20 years now. The standard of the albums has varied pretty wildly, but lately they seem to have found a new lease on death, so to speak. The latest couple of albums have been strong. However, this next tune comes from their very first album.

Deicide - Dead By Dawn

Colombian sweetness

Today we're off to South America for some brilliant, soothing traditional sounds from Colombia. I presume these songs do not really represent cumbia as such, but in any case they're my favourite anti-panic or anti-angst tunes. Enjoy!

PS. The stylish chap in the picture above is Romulo Caicedo.

Alberto Pacheco - El Gallo Tuerto

Romulo Caicedo - Clavelitos

Romulo Caicedo - Y No Es Que Me Arrepienta

Right Tracks

Looking forward to next friday, as we'll be playing records at We Got Beef in Helsinki with a couple of excellent dj's and all-round good guys Hiihtopipo & Kavallus. It should be a very fine night indeed with plenty of good, obscure funk & disco delights for y'all!

Here's a little taste of what's to come, not obscure by any means but something that never leaves my bag:

Central Line - Walking Into Sunshine

Freerange podcast

Here's a great monthly deep house podcast for you all. In my opinion, Freerange records has been one of the most consistent and best house labels for so many years now. This month, there's a very impressive up-and-coming Roberto Rodriguez track in the mix among other extremely solid tracks.

Here's the August podcast tracklist:


Part 1
Hosted and Mixed by Matt Masters

Artist – Title (Mix) [Label]
1. Lovebirds - The Night [ Winding Road ]
2. Roberto Rodriguez – Besomebody [Freerange]
3. Langenberg - Judgement Day [Drumpoet Community]
4. Osunlade - Momas Groove (Jimpster's Slipped Disc Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]
5. Nekes – Waitin [Unknown]
6. Unknown - Almost Here (Part 2) [Zepp01]

Part 2
Mixed by Mike Monday

Artist – Title (Mix) [Label]
1. Mike Monday - I Am Plankton [ Om ] *
2. Tommy Four Seven - Eat Me (Mike Monday Remix) [Brique Rouge]
3. Mike Monday - The 11 11 (Original Club Mix) [ Om ] *
4. Mike Monday - I Am Plankton (The Glug Glug Club Dub) [ Om ] *
5. Tomski & Fredboy - Do The Tartelet (Mike Monday Remix) [Tartelet]
6. Mike Monday - The Unanswered Question [ Om ] *
7. Worthy - Mummer (Mike Monday Remix) [Katabatic]
8. Mike Monday - Salieri Complex (Extended Club Mix) [ Om ] *
9. Mike Monday - Stargirl (Exclusive Sonar Remix) [ Om ] *

* from the forthcoming album 'Songs Without Words pt 1

THIS BLOG IS CALLED MANKKA

Hello, fellow earthlings of the musically curious kind. After months and months of hesitation and angst I finally decided to come up with a blog designed solely for the purpose of talking about music, uploading and downloading music, exploring the peculiar manholes and vast heartlands of music, and so forth and so forth. From snotty and rudimentary black metal to slick deep house gems, it's all about music here. OK?

For the possible non-Finnish people out there reading this, "mankka" basically means "ghettoblaster". So there.