Hallucinatory Fortunes For Unfortunate Souls

Intel-intelligent-tell me-ladies and gentlemen, when the edifice and artificial behavior is structured in a world of viral and microbiotic, abiotic, embrionic cultural parameters misunderstood under this here tent, what is the word?  Yes!  You've come to join us, here at Serenity Church of Circus Unlimited, to count your hopes and dreams.  Get your cotton candy, popcorn popping poppers while choosing your pop, your high-wire trapeze backflip thrill ride jumping through fiery hoops positioned just for you.  Here at our Circus, you can repent for the fortunes you've dreamed of, and seek retributions for sins ill-provoked, short-sighted, hand-crafted by the hallucinations within you.  I present to you, rather I say I prevent you, from anything mundane, whimsically natural, or certifiably real.  Leave your seats, choose your aisle and join me.  Join me at the center.  Join hands, join causes, and stand clear of the contraband and here-say spread by our evil-doer Funky Soul Burner and its croonies.  This is something magical, fantastical, serendipitous to the secrets locked inside only those deemed unfortunate.  These are the souls we present, for an introduction to the dormant reality within, the alternate side.  Pry open and join us!

Hallucinatory Fortunes For Unfortunate Souls Track Listing:

    1.    (0:01:11) Fila Brazillia SUBTLE BODY - Downtempo chill fest, which builds on its subtlety.  This track is off their Maim That Tune LP.  Steve Cobby and David McSherry collaborate to make Fila, and they dedicated this record to the late comedian, Bill Hicks. 
    2.    (0:09:40) 13 & God PERFECT SPEED - Another creation sought out by Anticon super-freak-musicians Jel and Dose One along with German artist The Notwist.  The name of the group obviously plays on Jesus and his 12 apostles - implying the mortality of Jesus along with God. 
    3.    (0:13:11) Radiohead THESE ARE MY TWISTED WORDS - Thom Yorke was quoted for not wanting to focus on an albums right now, so they've just decided to release singles.  Here's one of them!  This is a brand new track and you can download it for free from their website.  If you can't tell, I absolutely love this band and all its creativity. 
    4.    (0:18:24) Lamb FIVE - This group is sneaky in its simplicity.  To have an electronic group play with time signatures and make them sound straight forward is a very difficult thing to do.  On Lamb's Fear of Fours record, perhaps fear of 4/4, we have this brilliant track, which grabs you in groove, yet leaves you in wonder with its time signature.  I was listening to this on the subway before I decided to put it in the mix, and I believe the grouping or 8-bar phrase is something like this in eighth notes: 5-5-5-5-5-6-5-6.  Please listen and give me your thoughts - music theory lovers, Ryan and Todd, especially, would like to hear your thoughts.  Thank you.  Brilliant stuff, nonetheless. 
    5.    (0:23:39) Cee-Lo feat. Jahalla & Kirland Underwater MICROHARD - Before Cee-Lo got incredibly popular in the pop music world with cohort, DJ Dangermouse, in Gnarls Barkley, Cee-Lo Green rocked Goodie Mob and two solo joints.  This track is from his solo debut, Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, an absolutely brilliant hip hop record.  Something most people don't realize is that Cee-Lo also writes pop songs for others, including the massively popular song, "Don't Cha" by Pussycat Dolls, co-wrote Jennifer Hudson's "All Dressed In Love," to name a couple.
    6.    (0:28:44) Evil Nine SNACK BAR LOUNGE - Breakbeat duo from Brighton, England.  This track is off their You Can Be Special Too LP.  I don't know too much about them, personally, as I've just recently discovered them, so I am looking forward to exploring a bit more their music. 
    7.    (0:31:20) L.Shankar RAGAM SANKARABHARANAM (RAGAM TANAM PALLAVI) - Renown for his accompaniment in Shakti along side guitar guru John McLaughlin, the movement of Western instruments into the east is something special.  Shankar's violin playing is spectrally beautiful and is a breath of freshness in the bridging of both musical styles.  Shankar also began playing the drums at age seven.  He also provided his music with Peter Gabriel for the brilliant two-part score for Martin Scorsese's adaptation of The Last Temptation of Christ.  Shankar won a Grammy for his work on Passion - Sources. 
    8.    (0:38:56) Ceu ROSA MENINA ROSA -  Brand new track off her Vagarosa LP,  which crosses the boundaries of Brazilian music and innovative electronica/dub.  Great stuff!
    9.    (0:43:23) White Rabbits KID ON MY SHOULDERS - I apologize for the hi-pass nature of this track, for my EQing couldn't help the quality in which the song was originally manipulated with.  This is the opening track off their LP, Fort Nightly. 
    10.    (0:47:50) Elbow THE BONES OF YOU - One of my favorite British bands and lead singer.  Guy Garvey has a voice of a damned angel and his lyrics are nothing short of genius.  This is off their latest, The Seldom Seen Kid.  I've seen Elbow twice in concert and both times they sent chills through my bones because how powerful and tight their music was.  I strongly recommend you seeing them, listening to them, whenever you have the opportunity. 
    11.    (0:51:59) Diplo feat. Sandra Melody, Vybz Cartel, and Pantera Os Danadinhos DIPLO RHYTHM - This collaboration comes off Diplo's solo record, Florida, somewhat of a disappointment with a few hidden gems such as this one.  He featured this track in his Fabric series mix. 
    12.    (0:56:47) Aesop feat. Slug MOVING AT THE SPEED OF LIFE - Living Legends collaborate with Rhymesayers to produce this sick track off Living Legends - Legendary Music Volume 1. 
    13.    (1:00:08) John Coltrane ALABAMA - Coltrane's birthday is approaching in the month of September, as you may remember a small token of my appreciation last year around this time, and I need to include this as one of my all-time favorite tracks by this master of the universe!  This was recorded track off Live At Birdland, even though this is not live.  It is a song written as a tribute to four children killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by white supremacists in 1963.  The style of his soloing is the beginning of a beautiful transformation for Coltrane, which can be loudly and clearly heard on his most ambitious work, Love Supreme - my personal favorite record of all-time. 
    14.    (1:05:02) TV On The Radio WEAR YOU OUT - One of my favorite tracks TOTR have recorded comes off their debut record, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes.  I don't think I shared this before, but I saw them backstage at the V-fest in Baltimore a few years ago, and after I returned to NYC, I was with my friend driving through Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and she screamed, "Stop!  It's my friend Gerard!"  I pulled over to the side of the street as she jumped out.  I realized that she was going up to this man that looked very familiar.  As I approached, I realized who he was, and I asked him, "Aren't you the bassist in TV On The Radio?"  He said, "Yes."  I replied, "I just saw you backstage in Baltimore, and you were amazing!"  I was shocked, more so because my friend had no idea he was in one of the biggest bands in the world.  She just went to school with him and thought he dabbled in his art.  Ha!

Step aside, FSB, no sideshows, no juggling acts, nothing other than freaks and fire for you, here, at the Serenity Church of Circus Unlimited.  We provide the entertainment, no room for musical acts and positive vibes, just hallucinations in fortune for those unfortunate enough to join us.  The curtain is closing...closing...closing.