Ep. 36 – Curiously Slick Art Rock Styles

Enjoy deep grooves and progressive rock riddims selected from ’70s and ’80s art rock artists across the UK, Japan, America, Brazil, and Italy. The smooth lilt, driving pulse and spacey production touches of dub reggae, the sublime syncopation of funk, the soft timbres of mallet instruments and synths — All can be heard infecting these slick, undeniable jams by some of the brainiest innovators in rock. Won’t you sign in, stranger? Tracklist: Robert Palmer – Clues, Haruomi Hosono – Shimendoka, Steely Dan – Sign In Stranger, Masayoshi Takanaka – Breezin’, Ivan Lins – Desejo, Bill Nelson – Do You Dream In Color, Yukihiro Takahashi – Sunset, Japan, Steven Nye – All Tomorrow’s Parties (12″ Version), Yasuaki Shimizu – Kakashi, Dalis Car – Artemis, Talking Heads – Seen And Not Seen, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Junk Culture, Yellow Magic Orchestra – Seoul Music, Brian Eno – Over Fire Island, The Teardrop Explodes – Seven Views Of Jerusalem, Todd Rundgren – Pulse, Gentle Giant – Give It Back, Gilberto Gil – No norte da saudade, Franco Battiato – Stranizza D’Amuri – Demo Version, David Sylvian – Taking The Veil, The Blue Nile – Heatwave, Talk Talk – Happiness Is Easy, Robert Wyatt – Gharbzadegi, Yasuaki Shimizu – Crow, Lifetones – For A Reason, Mick Karn – When Love Walks In, Robert Palmer – Woke Up Laughing