The Eccentric Grooves of Logan 5

There's no better way to focus your mind than to breathe cold, fresh air (the kind left in the studio by open-all-the-windows-Drew, host of the Revolutions Per Minute show that precedes the Groove). This evening's set seems to reflect that singular purpose of exploring crystalline spaces of word, sound and groove, from the indie electro-pop first set through a techno workout in the latter half. Suck in a fresh breath of night air, warm up the subwoofers, and enjoy. Eccentric Groove Episode 4.01: Winter Night Clarity - Jan 10, 2015 by Logan 5 on Mixcloud Download the show (112MB MP3) Playlist FC Kahuna - "Hayling" The Chromatics - "There's a Light Out On The Horizon" Ultraísta - "Static Light (Frenchfire Remix)" Firephly  - "Carried Away" Solar Estates - "Solar Estates"  Pacific Air - "Float (RAC Mix)" Submotion Orchestra - "Blindspot (Maribou remix)" Caribou - "Second...

Reflecting the angular architecture of partitioned, climate-conditioned, robot-operated environments of our modern urban core; music for airport baggage handling serpentine beltways. Viva la techno. Download the show (114MB MP3) Playlist Reagenz - "A1" on Reflective Records (begin podcast) Aphex Twin - "Analogue Bubblebath" on R&S Records Cosmin TRG - "Terminus Abrupt" on 50 Weapons Symbio - "Progress is Pestilence (Larry Jefferson remix)" on 530Techno Zach Lubin - "Sync With" on Parity Records Aleph-1 - "1 C A A 01x" on p*dis Moritz von Oswald - "Cocoon Dark Dub" on Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd Geoff White - "Light Bright" on Force Inc. Steve Reich - "Proverb (Alex Smoke Remix)" on Nonesuch The Nova Dream Sequence - "Dream 8" on Compost Records Beanfield - "Tides (C's Movement #1 [Carl Craig Remix])" on Compost Records Stimming - "Danke...

Synthetic explorations, from the proto-techno of Nitzer Ebb, the weird disco of Purple Flash and Patrick Cowley's San Francisco State music laboratory experiments to the newest analog-crafted bleeps of John Tejada and Larry Jefferson. Machinedrum - "Talk 2 Me" on Ninjatune Kompleks - "Love Some Time" Sub Dub - "Rhythm Collision" on theAgriculture Larry Jefferson - "Taking From Detroit" on 530Techno Larry Gus - "The Night Patrols (A Man Asleep) [James Pants Remix]" on DFA Records Telex - "Do Worry (Lindstrom Remix)" on EMI Belgium Purple Flash - "We Can Make It (1984 Instrumental)" on Environ Phoenix - "Trying to Be Cool (Breakbot Remix)" T Ski Valley - "Catch the Beat (Deetron Rollerskate Remix)" on Peppermint Jam Osborne - "Ready to Jak (Shake's Mix)" on Spectral Sutekh - "Short Change" on Force Inc. Trackman Lafonte & Bonquiqui - "Stories Fr...

Somehow this evening, the trays never went back to the upright position and cruising altitude was often exceeded. The champagne flowed freely, even in coach. Everyone's luggage was sent home but the passengers were diverted to a tropical island where the wild plants were all medicinal. The autopilot busted the crossfader while the captain burned the No Smoking sign in the bonfire. We know you have a choice of radio shows, so thank you for flying Eccentric Groove. Playlist: Caribou - "Sun" on City Slang / Co-op / Hostess St. Germain - "Rose Rouge (Joris Voorn's secret mix)" Michael Mayer - "X" on Kompakt Tussle - "Warning (Telescope Mind Album Version)" on Smalltown Supersound Chicken Lips - "All That You Do (The Emperor Machine Special Extended Version)" on Southern Fried Records Lindstrom - "Vossakorv" Austra - "Home (Space Echo Trip Extended Remix)" on Paper Bag Records / Fontana North ...

A good night for reflecting on change, transition, and the dangers of resting on one's laurels. In the least abstract discussion of the concept, my DJ software changed on me and all the functions are completely different - so I needed to temper my annoyance at having my cheese moved, and get on the change train. I celebrated minor victories during the show, such as finding the button to play music in stereo instead of mono. This is coupled with the fact of transitioning away from being exclusively a vinyl DJ and becoming a hybrid digital DJ, due to the realities of music distribution. I'll tell you one thing, though: I've never turned on a turntable and discovered someone had moved the knobs and switches around. Daft Punk - "Giorgio by Moroder" on columbia Lindstrøm - "Violent Group" on outergaze Machine - "There But For the Grace of God Go I (Jacques Renault's edit)" Jamie Lidell - "The City (Four Tet Mix)" on Warp Reco...

photo credit: ferusanimus@flickr Fresh from attending the lovely Closer PDX electronic music festival in Portland followed by a week of temperate rain forest relaxation, I arrived back in Chico's mind-melting inferno today to put together this show. Concerned for my trove of heat-sensitive vinyl, I played almost all wax tonight, in case they should melt in my car on the way home from the show.  Special shout out to my many gay married (and unmarried) friends - this weekend belongs to you, and the track I played by San Francisco's beloved 80's synth-disco wunderkind Patrick Cowley is dedicated to your/our victory. Download the podcast (150MB MP3) Tracklist: The Clash  - "radio clash (dub)"  Stranger  - "Mysteries Mixer" on Grayhound Recordings  Gary's Gang  - "Do It At the Disco (Alkalino Edit)"  Shirley Lites  - "Heat You Up (Melt You Down) (Instrumental)" on West End Records  Peter Brown  - "Do You Wanna...

David Byrne & St Vincent - "I Should Watch TV (M. Stine remix)" Augustus Pablo - "King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown (Leftside Wobble edit)" Romare - "The Blues (It Began In Africa)" on Black Acre Manaré - "Silk" on Youngunz Ent. Scuba - "The Hope" on Hotflush Recordings Manaré - "Down to Dis" on ClekClekBoom Recordings Tony Quattro - "Back Swipe" on Bad Taste Records White Dolemite - "dream" on BPitch Control Phon.o - "Go" My Nu Leng - "Hips 'n' Thighs" on 877 Records Untold - "U-29" on R&S Records Bambounou - "Off the Motion" on 50 WEAPONS Safety Scissors - "Progress and Perseverance (Alland Byallo's remix)" on BPitch Control Django Django - "Waveforms (Mickey Moonlight Remix)" on Because Music Mr. Mitch - "Badman Wheel" on Mixpak Records 2562 - "Channel Two" DJ Godfather - ...

On this week's episode of the Eccentric Groove radio show, enjoy a textural exploration of eclectic beats and breaks before heading into more energetic territory. Did I let some A-Trak slip in? Just press play and let yourself go with it. Download (155MB mp3) Playlist My Robot Friend - "The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane" Space Dimension Controller - "Mk Zero 900" The Sorry Entertainers - "Jeopardize" on Shitkatapult Senor Coconut - "Trans Europe Express (Album Version)" on New State Recordings Fauna Flash - "Ten (Pole Remix)" on Compost Records Seph - "Esmeraldas (feat. Qik and Dilo)" on Dumb Unit Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart - "Invaders of the Heart (Decadent Disco Mix)" on Strut Bearstronaut - "A Better Hand (GMGN Remix)" The Rapture - "How Deep Is Your Love? (A-Trak Remix Dub)" on DFA DJ T. - "Time Out" on Get Physical Pablo Decoder - "High B...

A beautiful night close to the Carnaval holiday inspired me to start off with some deep house and samba-infused broken beat, followed by some of the cutting edge breakbeat sounds from across the pond, a few deep 80s cuts, and some fresh hot techno traxx, with a disco-fied finish. Enjoy! Download the MP3 Playlist  Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Orb "Don't Rush I"  Andy Caldwell "Carnaval"  J. Davis "Sao Paulo"  Hexstatic "SALVADOR" on Ninja Tune  Telex "Raised By Snakes (Maurice Fulton remix)"  Bonobo "Cirrus" on Ninja Tune  Falty DL "Straight & Arrow (Four Tet Remix)" on Ninja Tune  Akufen "Deck the House" on Force, Inc.  Leg Jazz "Musajazz (Leg Broken Mix)" on 7 Love Records  XXXY "Kerpow" on All City Dublin  Coma "Hoooooray" on Kompakt  Show-B "Jammin" on Compost  Savage Progress "My Heart Begins to Beat" on Eskimo  Art...

With my studio guest and longtime friend DJ No, we dug deep into the funk and breakbeats this week. DJ No resides from the SF Bay Area but picked up the DJ habit in Florida's fertile funky breaks scene of the 90s. We were fortunate to have DJ No spin for us on New Year's Eve this year, and he previewed a few of those tracks for us on the radio show. Playlist  Death In Vegas "Natja" on Sanctuary Records Fontana  The Emperor Machine "Emperor Machine" on DC Recordings  Shriekback "My Spine Is the Bass Line" on Sony Music UK  Disgraceland "Burning Up"   Cabbagehead "Hey Hey We're the Monks"   Outbreak "Just Give Me Some of Your Lovin'" on Mike Crate  Souldout DJs "Dizzy" on Ghetto Funk  Bobby C Sound TV "Roller Soul"  Hexstatic "Vector"  Lil' Louis "Video Clash" on Soul Jazz Records  Silicon Soul "Beat Box Brain" on Disko B Records  B...

It was a dark and stormy night... seriously, it was the evening of the "atmospheric river" blasting 10 inches of rain into northern California, sheets of rain clattering against the KZFR studio windows, and with just hours to spare before the FM transmitter took a direct hit, I managed to put together this show for you. Enjoy. Playlist  Grace Jones  - "Walking In The Rain" on Island Records  Leonard Cohen  - "Rivers Dark (POS edit)"  Graf Hadik  - "Hapsburg Man" on Int'l Dee Jay Gigolo  .message  - "Theta" on Sonic Playground  Radiohead -  "Bloom (Objekt Remix)" on Ticker Tape LTD. / Hostess  Fatboy Slim  - "Camber Sands" on Skint  Milos  - "Frozen Beat" on DesignForms  Bonobo  - "Stay The Same (Blue Daisy 'Not Quite the Same' Remix) [feat. Andreya Triana]" on Ninja Tune  Planningtorock  - "Patriarchy Over & Out" on DFA Records  Swayzak -  "serie1"...

It was my pleasure this week to have Chico's own DJ/producer Oilpanic in the studio to mix up some of his favorite current sounds. Hjalmar Hake aka Oilpanic hails originally from Sweden but has called Chico his home for many years. He's recently released techno tracks and EPs to critical acclaim on the local 530Techno label as well as Blipswitch, Musical Missionaries and Waveform, and has been nominated numerous times for best electronic artist in Chico. Oilpanic brought in his Traktor rig and I let him take over the show for this rare treat. Hope you enjoy the podcast. Oilpanic on Soundcloud Podcast Download link Eccentric Groove featuring Oilpanic - November 17, 2012 by Logan 5 on Mixcloud Playlist Slam  - "Azure (C2 Remix)" on Soma Maceo Plex  - "Bring It Back" on Crosstown Rebels Austra  - "Beat and The Pulse (Still Going Remix)" on Domino Recording Co DJ Hell  - "You Can Dance (C2 Remix)" Mathias ...

It's hard not to feel like playing some sexy beats and party jams after seeing the phenomenal fashions and performances of Chico's local design collective Chikoko. It was some good fortune to get to do some radio tonight, and I was definitely feeling the vibes.  Hope you enjoy it too... Download link Eccentric Groove on KZFR Oct 20, 2012 by Logan 5 on Mixcloud Playlist Glenn Branca - "Lesson No.1 for Electric Guitar" on Acute -podcast begins here- Ash Dargan - "Primal Stomp" Vector Lovers - "Liquid City" on Soma Atom Heart - "Insulting the DJ, Pts. 1-3" on Rather Interesting Charles Manier - "Bang Bang Lover (Dance Mix)" on Ghostly International Bad Looks - "Lo Def" Giraffage - "Even Though (feat. XXYYXX)" on Kitsune America Silicon Scally - "Parallel Array" on Satamile Mickey Moonlight - "Close to Everything (The Martin Brothers Remix)" on Ed Banger...

A new show, on a new night...  I'm happy to introduce a new radio show tonight, playing some serious Saturday night vibes! While I'll miss the late Sundays of the After After Party, it was hard to be convincingly chipper at work 6 hours later. I'll be hosting " Eccentric Groove"  on alternating Saturday nights 10pm to midnight, and hopefully the energy I and my guests will bring is the weekend soundtrack you'll be looking forward to. And of course, the podcasting will continue. As a nod to my live listeners and in the interest of using Soundcloud more efficiently, I'll podcast just one hour of every show. Let the wild rumpus start! Playlist Part 1  Death In Vegas "Candie McKenzie" on Fuel 2000  Lianne La Havas "Forget (Laurel Halo mix)"  A Number Of Names "Shari Vari (ADULT. Fembot Mix)" on Puzzlebox Records  Pussycat "Are you Ghetto Enough (Seymour Bits Remix)" on Creme Organization  SHAKE "My...

On the heels of a week that brought us unbelievable triumphs of humanity - shattered records at the London Olympic games and high-res photos of a new landscape on Mars, I felt this week the impetus to explore the territory of our hot human hearts and our cold analytic brains. So this show balances the funk of modern disco with the efficient and clinical pounding of techno, crossing that liquid ocean of improvised electronic music in the middle. Enjoy! Playlist The Rapture “In the Grace of Your Love (Pional Remix)” on (RED) DFA Mudd “Mount Pleasant Lane” on Claremont 56 KAOS “Lessons in Love” on !K7 James Curd “Open Up Your Mind (feat. Devin Byrnes)” on Permanent Vacation Chicken Lips “Eggy's Pause Button (Sieg Uber Sonne's 2nd Floor Remix)” on Kingsize DMX Krew “I Won't Forget” on Spectral Virgo Four “It's a Crime (Caribou Mix)” on Rush Hour Fatboy Slim “Everybody Needs a 303” on Skint Records DHS “House of God (DHS remix)” on Tinocorp Murr...

What makes for an emotional night for techno nerds like me? NASA landing an SUV-sized mobile laboratory on Mars. Gives me chills just thinking about it, and of course I watched it live on NASA TV right before coming down to the station. So consider this a victory party soundtrack, with liberal sprinklings of  space-themed music and soundbites to entertain the NASA scientists busy consuming large quantities of lab-grade pharmaceuticals from the decolletage of Pasadena's most dancers. Er... something. Playlist Jean Michel Jarre “Oxygene Part I” Yip Yip Muppets “Aliens Discover Dubstep” Mickey Moonlight “INTERPLANETARY MUSIC” on Ed Banger Records / Because Music Bo Square “Outer Space Suite” on Tino Corp Piero Umiliani “Produzione” The Orb “Assassin” on Universal-Island Records Ltd. Vapourspace “Gravitational Arch of 10” on Plus 8 Freaky Chakra “Living In The Future” on Astralwerks Lindstrom “I Feel Space” on Feedelity DHS “Attention Earth People” on T...

Thanks to our fine 100-year-old telephone company, our home was thrust into a deep cavern of No Internet this week... and as a result I did a bit of deeper crate digging to pull some gems for this show while working on a few new projects in the music studio. The show covered some diverse territory so strap in... Playlist Carl Craig “Futurelovetheme” on !K7 Records Shit Robot “I Got A Feeling” on DFA Records Chromeo “Breathe ( Al Dare Edit)” Shalamar “Right In the Socket” on Sound of Los Angeles Records 23 Skidoo “Coup (In the Palace)” on Strut Sun:Monx “Kow Chow” on Interchill Records Boxcutter “Rusty Break” on Planet Mu Fauna Flash “Tel Aviv” on !K7 Records Joy Orbison “Wet Look” on Hotflush Recordings Aphex Twin “Rhubarb (1159 remix)” Pete Namlook & Gaudi “The 7th Spirit” on FAX +49-69/450464 Ibn Al-Khimiya “Rendez-Vous at Night” on Out Of Orbit Stunp & Symbio “Wurl (JAK & Lil Roj mix)” on 530Techno My Robot Friend “Waiting (Kingd...

Such a fierce, hot day - 107 during the day, 95 degrees when I left for the radio studio. Was just a tiny bit concerned about the vinyl surviving the trip, but it'll take more than a minor July inferno to keep me from bringing real analog goodness to the airwaves. With dips into psyched-out disco edit territory, a little hip-hop, synthesizer experiments, some deep techno and edgy bass-heavy electro tunes, there's something for everything in this podcast. Playlist Ammon Contact “Barbecue Plate (remix by Telefon Tel Aviv)” on Soul Jazz Breakout “Planet Rock, Pt. 1” on Melting Pot Music Life “CAT'S EYE (BB Edit)” Nytro “Nytro Express” Diana Ross “Boy U Turn Me (Late Nite Tuff Guy edit)” Cerrone “Standing in the Rain (Noodleman's edit)” Substance Abuse “Don't Get Us Wrong (feat. Tash)” on Substance Abuse Records Rammellzee Vs. K.Rob “Beat Bop” Lady Blacktronika “Good Traxx (Jon McMillon's remix)” on 530Techno Lopazz and Alex Cortex “Was D...

I'm pretty excited about the amount of new music that I'm able to start featuring in these radio shows; tonight you'll notice new cuts from Oilpanic, Shamano, and Basic Soul Unit, plus a new edit of a Giorgio Moroder classic. Anyway, hope you enjoy the podcast (download below).  Playlist Ombre “Cara Falsa” Renegade Soundwave “Renegade Soundwave (Underground mix)” Nick Chacona “Tase the Wizard” My My “Blue Skies” Giorgio Moroder “E=MC2 (GMGN Remix)” Christian Morgenstern “X-mas in Freiburg” Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti “2000 Blacks Got to Be Free” Rick Wilson “Drum Patterns and Memories (Moodymann remix)” Bostich “Polaris” Shamano “The Lyra Nebula” Oilpanic “TWL2 (Pointbender remix)” Mickey Moonlight “Interplanetary Music (Riton's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Re-Rub)” Lowfish “Cadmium Red” Golden Girls “Kinetic (Tom Middleton 2008 Remix)” Gui Boratto “Beautiful Life” Creme de Menthe “Hot” Moderat “Slow Match (feat. Paul St. Hilaire)” Basic So...

Annular Eclipse of the Sean This show was an example of where I see community radio as different from a regular music podcast - not just content but context! Electronic music journalist and PR professional Sean Yoder graciously dropped by to talk about electronic dance music landscape as he sees it from the business perspective - how artists are getting their music out, and how listeners are taking it in. We paid our tribute to those who left us this week, and played some as-yet-unreleased tracks from Sean's artists, including some really innovative techno corkers. I hope you'll enjoy the conversation and the tunes as much as we enjoyed doing it. Feedback always welcome through comments or on the Facebook page . Playlist Donna Summer “I Feel Love (12" Mix)” Bee Gees “You Should Be Dancin'” Quando Quango “Atom Rock” Signal Deluxe “Imperial Aerosol Kid ([a]pendics.shuffle Remix)” on Blaq Arthur Oskan “Fat Mobile” on Thoughtless Music The Nova...