track 030

axxess - pages

scenester on syrup

balearic juan - scenesters on syrup.mp3


the title is self-explanatory.

track 029

i've been so busy i haven't been able to worry about what is going on here on the island, but, today i am back....


james 'jack rabbit' martin - 'rabbit trax 1'

track 028

helen. she can do no wrong. most people recognize her for 'zanzibar' and 'witch', but here's another good one...


helen - tunis tunis

track 027

bay city rollers - don't stop the music

track 026

ceramic hello - sampling the blast furnace

everyone needs to write the vinyl-on-demand label, and thank them for their excellent re-issue treatment. without V-O-D, i'd be having to shell out way too much $$$ to track down the originals...

track 025

last time i asked around, it is still up in the air whether or not this is FINALLY going to be given proper treatment and re-issued on vinyl. as of current, this is still one of my favorite cassette-only releases.

from the 11 track tape, 'space museum' :


solid space - a darkness in my soul

track 024

this is the song for summer:


big ben tribe - tarzan loves the summer nights

track 023

special request - salsa smurph

track 022

ryuichi sakamoto - the garden of poppies

track 021

crazy gang - arabian nights

track 020

This one gets really good about half way through...

tony banks - charm

track 019

j.j. cale - ride me high

track 019

savage progress - my soul unwraps tonight

track 018

chris and cosey - cowboys in cuba

mix 001

afromix by bobo-1-A

i don't know who bobo is, but i sure like his 'afromix.' does anyone know what the first track on this mix is??

track017

cadence - back on love

track 016

ub40 - nkomo a go go

mangrove tracks 001-015

get them now, because i can't host them forever, as space is limited and i'm too ghetto to pay for an 'actual' site.


track 001 lee oskar - haunted house


track 002 blancmange - vishnu


track 003 interfront - strange


track 004 the equals - black skin blue eyed boys


track 005 kalyanji anandji - disco cammata (edit)


track 006 the beloved - the sun rising


track 007 shock! - angel face


track 008 conrad schnitzler - auf dem schwarzen kanal


track 009 noise abroad - vent that spleen


track 010 john ozila - funky boogie


track 011 k.s.b. - misaluba


track 012 usted del fuego - usted


track 013 harte 10 - money


track 014 anna - systems breaking down


track 015 herb alpert - magic man

track 015

this one is for ms. papaya.

unfortunately, this is just the 'original' version. the best way to hear this track is on riccardo cioni's 1982, vol. 3 mix. in fact, the best way to hear almost any of these songs would be on any cioni mix, as he hums and sings along AND adds great special effects over the tracks.

herb alpert - magic man

track 014

anna - systems breaking down

the end. it's very near!

track 013

get the sweet monies...

harte 10 - money

track 012

usted del fuego - usted


usted del fuego = fuego, the same folks that do 'misa criolia (we are the children.'

unfortunately, this must be a radio edit version of 'usted' because it clocks in at only 3:45. there is a version that is 6:21 !! here: http://www.discogs.com/release/575070

track 011

put on your speedos. . . .

this one is produced by riccardo cioni, a master dj in italy at the time.


k.s.b. -misaluba

tracks 009 & 010 ! ! !

sorry. got just a little bit lazy and didn't post a track for monday, so today you get 2 tracks!!! and for the little delay, i've selected 2 tracks for you that are rrrrrrrrreeeeeealllly hot in my very biased opinion. . .

track 009:

noise abroad - vent that spleen

and

track 010:

john ozila - funky boogie


oh, and if any of you have these record(s), make me an offer!

track 008

conrad schnitzler - auf dem schwarzen kanal

track 007

from discogs.com -> 'Shock! is Robert Perena, L.A. Richards, Carole, Barbie, Tik & Tok.
Dance troup from the early 80's that recorded a couple of records then notably had two members Tik and Tok split off and form their own robotic/unique performance art duo. . .'

there is a mysterious re-edit of this track that will be floating around very, very soon in a limited edition pressing. no one knows the partners involved. . .


shock! - angel face



oh, how i would like to get my grubby collector paws on this!

track 006

this one is kind of cheesy, but an ibizan classic for sure. . .

the beloved - the sun rising

track 005

disco, the universal language (of music!) :)

kalyanji anandji - disco cammata (edit)

track 004

this is the original version of 'black skin blue eyed boys' done in 1969 by a group called the equals. eddy grant was in this group. map of africa would later cover it in 2005, thus bringing (probably) the biggest craze since the 'italo revival'. . . .


the equals - black skin blue eyed boys

track 003

from a comment on discogs.com---
"a classic representative of what's known in Spain as Sonido de Valencia. As its name states, it was music produced and played mostly in the Valencia zone (where at the time existed one of the biggest and wildest party scenes the world has ever known) and taking influences from EBM, new beat, synthpop, rave hardcore and all the electronic music being produced then, but adding their own flavor which usually meant epic and fast synth string melodies, altough some of them sound dated and somewhat cheesy now. These EPs, most of them released through Megabeat Records and Invisible Records, are highly sought after and regarded as true classics and collector items by many people in Spain."

interfront - strange

final die grauzone party: june 14th

after a little over a year, my die grauzone party is going to fold. but fear not! ZANZIBAR is coming soon....

details about the last tango here:

track 002

Here's a nice one, kind of has that similar haunting vibe as Chris & Cosey's 'This Is Me.'


blancmange - vishnu

track 001

dun dun dun, here comes the first track posting. . . .

Lee Oskar - Haunted house


It does come as a 12" promo.....

http://www.discogs.com/release/890269

welcome to mangrove island

Hi. Welcome to Mangrove Island. I think it's mainly links to tracks that will be found here....
Enjoy!

-Mr. Calero