MP Flapp
@mpflapp.bsky.social
Sitting on a Far Away Beach with a wind-up gramaphone...
https://soundcloud.com/mpflapp or http://www.mixcloud.com/MPFlapp/
https://soundcloud.com/mpflapp or http://www.mixcloud.com/MPFlapp/
Helsinki (Day Four): A side effect of going to #WeJazz festival is the next day… When U get back home… aside from memories of live music… when U dig into the pile of new/used vinyl & literature (less we forget the beer) acquired in passing via conversation… the trip has a new resonance 😉
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Helsinki (Day Four): A side effect of going to #WeJazz festival is the next day… When U get back home… aside from memories of live music… when U dig into the pile of new/used vinyl & literature (less we forget the beer) acquired in passing via conversation… the trip has a new resonance 😉
Helsinki Day Three (later): Fantastic evening at the #WeJazz festival... Stellar line-up. Two highlights: Keranen, Nilssen-Love, Vandermark Trio & Muriel Grossman Quartet... amongst many... top ;-)
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Helsinki Day Three (later): Fantastic evening at the #WeJazz festival... Stellar line-up. Two highlights: Keranen, Nilssen-Love, Vandermark Trio & Muriel Grossman Quartet... amongst many... top ;-)
Helsinki Day Three (afternoon): Back in the regular spot... Tuletorn (Estonia) tap take over... head brewer is originally from Scotland & on site... top bloke... warming up for tonight’s music via #WeeJazz with a fine Scottish Ale... top ;-)
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Helsinki Day Three (afternoon): Back in the regular spot... Tuletorn (Estonia) tap take over... head brewer is originally from Scotland & on site... top bloke... warming up for tonight’s music via #WeeJazz with a fine Scottish Ale... top ;-)
Helsinki day two: Serious bag of vinyl scores... Top gigs: Vandermark/Nilssen-Love, Kannaste4 & I’ll Considered... Nobility Imperial Stout via Pinta Barrel Brewing to close... ace... plus moody skies ;-)
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Helsinki day two: Serious bag of vinyl scores... Top gigs: Vandermark/Nilssen-Love, Kannaste4 & I’ll Considered... Nobility Imperial Stout via Pinta Barrel Brewing to close... ace... plus moody skies ;-)
K. Kusafuka – Re-Musik, K2 – Demise Symphonika & K. Kusafuka & Techno Menses – Requiem in the Sun (Bitter Lake, US 2025) – Postal drop via #WhiteCentipedeNoise (Germany) – OG tapes on #DDRecords (Japan) appear on vinyl at last. Seriously recommended 😉
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
K. Kusafuka – Re-Musik, K2 – Demise Symphonika & K. Kusafuka & Techno Menses – Requiem in the Sun (Bitter Lake, US 2025) – Postal drop via #WhiteCentipedeNoise (Germany) – OG tapes on #DDRecords (Japan) appear on vinyl at last. Seriously recommended 😉
Various – Aquellos Diciembres Vol. 6 (Sonolux, Columbia 1990) – Last LP of the evening… rug cutter & a half… not fully on-line… as comps go end-to-end monster…
In (small) part via Radio Martiko: radiomartiko45s.bandcamp.com/album/swing-...
In (small) part via Radio Martiko: radiomartiko45s.bandcamp.com/album/swing-...
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Various – Aquellos Diciembres Vol. 6 (Sonolux, Columbia 1990) – Last LP of the evening… rug cutter & a half… not fully on-line… as comps go end-to-end monster…
In (small) part via Radio Martiko: radiomartiko45s.bandcamp.com/album/swing-...
In (small) part via Radio Martiko: radiomartiko45s.bandcamp.com/album/swing-...
Jean-Claude Vannier – S/T (Finders Keepers, UK 2011) – Easy to forget how good #FindersKeepers were on box front… unbeatable selection of music with artifacts… what a listen…
Some French cuisine B next on agenda whilst mix plays out 😉
The Bonus Mix CD from the box: youtu.be/vQ2UdLxw7bA?...
Some French cuisine B next on agenda whilst mix plays out 😉
The Bonus Mix CD from the box: youtu.be/vQ2UdLxw7bA?...
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Jean-Claude Vannier – S/T (Finders Keepers, UK 2011) – Easy to forget how good #FindersKeepers were on box front… unbeatable selection of music with artifacts… what a listen…
Some French cuisine B next on agenda whilst mix plays out 😉
The Bonus Mix CD from the box: youtu.be/vQ2UdLxw7bA?...
Some French cuisine B next on agenda whilst mix plays out 😉
The Bonus Mix CD from the box: youtu.be/vQ2UdLxw7bA?...
Ghédalia Tazartès – Works 1977-79 (VOD, Germany 2011) – Revisited CDs mid-week… box in sequence today… possibly one of #VinylOnDemand best retrospectives… experimental electronica with an looped ethnomusical flair… recommended…
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ghédalia Tazartès – Works 1977-79 (VOD, Germany 2011) – Revisited CDs mid-week… box in sequence today… possibly one of #VinylOnDemand best retrospectives… experimental electronica with an looped ethnomusical flair… recommended…
原 正孝 (Masataka Hara) – はつくにしらすめらみこと： 原正孝の世界 (Vertigo, Japan 1974) – Pleased to be reminded about this LP just now… score to The First Emperor (1973) directed by Masataka Hara & shot on 16mm…
In full: youtu.be/m01wOmDLKNs?...
In full: youtu.be/m01wOmDLKNs?...
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
原 正孝 (Masataka Hara) – はつくにしらすめらみこと： 原正孝の世界 (Vertigo, Japan 1974) – Pleased to be reminded about this LP just now… score to The First Emperor (1973) directed by Masataka Hara & shot on 16mm…
In full: youtu.be/m01wOmDLKNs?...
In full: youtu.be/m01wOmDLKNs?...
Various - ○△□オムニバス (Pafe, Japan 1981) – Took a while to find after a mild digression… the Pafe comp with the two other Pale Cocoon tracks… link below… nice insight to other artists…
In full: youtu.be/IkNWzX-DpzI?...
In full: youtu.be/IkNWzX-DpzI?...
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Various - ○△□オムニバス (Pafe, Japan 1981) – Took a while to find after a mild digression… the Pafe comp with the two other Pale Cocoon tracks… link below… nice insight to other artists…
In full: youtu.be/IkNWzX-DpzI?...
In full: youtu.be/IkNWzX-DpzI?...
Bobby Beausoleil – Lucifer Rising Sessions (Qbico, Italy 2005) vs Jimmy Page – Kenneth Anger's Lucifer Rising (Private Press, US 198?) – Odd compare & contrast… one is on-line… the other not… one is signed… other not… Kenneth signature… hard to score…
One goes like this: youtu.be/LCdAoh0eDp8?...
One goes like this: youtu.be/LCdAoh0eDp8?...
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Bobby Beausoleil – Lucifer Rising Sessions (Qbico, Italy 2005) vs Jimmy Page – Kenneth Anger's Lucifer Rising (Private Press, US 198?) – Odd compare & contrast… one is on-line… the other not… one is signed… other not… Kenneth signature… hard to score…
One goes like this: youtu.be/LCdAoh0eDp8?...
One goes like this: youtu.be/LCdAoh0eDp8?...
Denis Smalley – The Pulses of Time (UEA Recordings, UK 1981)- Found whilst looks for Pale Cocoon … three quiet magical electro-acoustic gems… play loud for full effect… special before 3D audio was domestically possible… recommended…
In Full: youtu.be/CgXpT8gpfP4?...
In Full: youtu.be/CgXpT8gpfP4?...
November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Denis Smalley – The Pulses of Time (UEA Recordings, UK 1981)- Found whilst looks for Pale Cocoon … three quiet magical electro-acoustic gems… play loud for full effect… special before 3D audio was domestically possible… recommended…
In Full: youtu.be/CgXpT8gpfP4?...
In Full: youtu.be/CgXpT8gpfP4?...
Pale Cocoon - Mayu (Incidental Music, US 2020) – Much after the fact, but recommended… the debut tape issues on vinyl at last… lay down and be counted ;-)
In Full: youtu.be/_O7CYhkXKvI?...
In Full: youtu.be/_O7CYhkXKvI?...
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Pale Cocoon - Mayu (Incidental Music, US 2020) – Much after the fact, but recommended… the debut tape issues on vinyl at last… lay down and be counted ;-)
In Full: youtu.be/_O7CYhkXKvI?...
In Full: youtu.be/_O7CYhkXKvI?...
Pale Cocoon - Toy Box (Pafe Records, Japan 1984) – Their 3rd release… pic on clip is from the comp ○△□オムニバス (Pafe, Japan 1981) on which U can find another two tracks not released elsewhere… the title here suggests the sound 😉
Can recommend the Pafe comp...
In Full: youtu.be/t7BxlCRpfw0?...
Can recommend the Pafe comp...
In Full: youtu.be/t7BxlCRpfw0?...
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Pale Cocoon - Toy Box (Pafe Records, Japan 1984) – Their 3rd release… pic on clip is from the comp ○△□オムニバス (Pafe, Japan 1981) on which U can find another two tracks not released elsewhere… the title here suggests the sound 😉
Can recommend the Pafe comp...
In Full: youtu.be/t7BxlCRpfw0?...
Can recommend the Pafe comp...
In Full: youtu.be/t7BxlCRpfw0?...
Pale Cocoon - 黄金時代 (Pafe Records, Japan 1984) – Their 2nd release… blow out on packaging… pic disk with bits... distinctly more ethereal in nature on this one…
In Full: youtu.be/GlCdthLpSvA?...
In Full: youtu.be/GlCdthLpSvA?...
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Pale Cocoon - 黄金時代 (Pafe Records, Japan 1984) – Their 2nd release… blow out on packaging… pic disk with bits... distinctly more ethereal in nature on this one…
In Full: youtu.be/GlCdthLpSvA?...
In Full: youtu.be/GlCdthLpSvA?...
Pale Cocoon - Secret Sounds (Pafe Records, Japan 1982) – Reminded to pull this out via a post on here earlier... not played this for a while… lush experimental audio of a DIY persuasion at it’s best… environmental ambience...?
In Full: youtu.be/oCcsmcSrYBs?...
In Full: youtu.be/oCcsmcSrYBs?...
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Pale Cocoon - Secret Sounds (Pafe Records, Japan 1982) – Reminded to pull this out via a post on here earlier... not played this for a while… lush experimental audio of a DIY persuasion at it’s best… environmental ambience...?
In Full: youtu.be/oCcsmcSrYBs?...
In Full: youtu.be/oCcsmcSrYBs?...
Do you still do soap..? I still have one bar left from around 2011 ;-)
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Do you still do soap..? I still have one bar left from around 2011 ;-)
I have all three... Ballad of a Sad Young Woman... or should than be Ballad of a Happy Old Record Collector ;-)
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I have all three... Ballad of a Sad Young Woman... or should than be Ballad of a Happy Old Record Collector ;-)
Byron Morris and Unity – Blow Thru Your Mind (Universal Sound, UK 2021) – #NowPlaying armed with a beer… OG was E.P.I. Records (US, 1974)… reissue way cheaper… I think a #JazzDance #FreeForm night be the order of the day 😉
In Full: youtu.be/VBo2CZcZYb0?...
In Full: youtu.be/VBo2CZcZYb0?...
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Byron Morris and Unity – Blow Thru Your Mind (Universal Sound, UK 2021) – #NowPlaying armed with a beer… OG was E.P.I. Records (US, 1974)… reissue way cheaper… I think a #JazzDance #FreeForm night be the order of the day 😉
In Full: youtu.be/VBo2CZcZYb0?...
In Full: youtu.be/VBo2CZcZYb0?...
The Plastic Cloud – S/T (Lion Productions, US 2005) – Also found this afternoon… another Lion exact repo… top label… making the expensive accessible… possibly one of the best psych LP ever made… socially aware, but armed with a slide projector & liquid lights... devious 😉
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Plastic Cloud – S/T (Lion Productions, US 2005) – Also found this afternoon… another Lion exact repo… top label… making the expensive accessible… possibly one of the best psych LP ever made… socially aware, but armed with a slide projector & liquid lights... devious 😉
Emmanuelle Parrenin – Maison Rose (Lion Productions, US 2008) – Found this afternoon… bought in #OtherMusic (NYC) on release… exact repo… top spiritual folk action... more to this than U think… opened for the Clash (le Zénith, 1981) with Didier Malherbe #CafeOTO 2nite 😉
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Emmanuelle Parrenin – Maison Rose (Lion Productions, US 2008) – Found this afternoon… bought in #OtherMusic (NYC) on release… exact repo… top spiritual folk action... more to this than U think… opened for the Clash (le Zénith, 1981) with Didier Malherbe #CafeOTO 2nite 😉
#CDFriday
Heather Leigh Murray – Give the Ashes to the Indians – vt001 CDr
Volcanic Tongue, 2005
Hand numbered edition of 121
85/121
(Bit late. OK its Sunday... took a while to find VT bag)
Heather Leigh Murray – Give the Ashes to the Indians – vt001 CDr
Volcanic Tongue, 2005
Hand numbered edition of 121
85/121
(Bit late. OK its Sunday... took a while to find VT bag)
November 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
#CDFriday
Heather Leigh Murray – Give the Ashes to the Indians – vt001 CDr
Volcanic Tongue, 2005
Hand numbered edition of 121
85/121
(Bit late. OK its Sunday... took a while to find VT bag)
Heather Leigh Murray – Give the Ashes to the Indians – vt001 CDr
Volcanic Tongue, 2005
Hand numbered edition of 121
85/121
(Bit late. OK its Sunday... took a while to find VT bag)
Nurse With Wound – Thunder Perfect Mind (Streamline, US 2001) – Same title as C93 LP… post collaboration dream (if U know myth): no neo-folk on this one… distinctly an audio vision from #StevenStapleton in full effect: straight up intense audio of an electronic/industrial persuasion…
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Nurse With Wound – Thunder Perfect Mind (Streamline, US 2001) – Same title as C93 LP… post collaboration dream (if U know myth): no neo-folk on this one… distinctly an audio vision from #StevenStapleton in full effect: straight up intense audio of an electronic/industrial persuasion…
Nurse With Wound – Automating Volume One (United Daries, UK 2001) – As NWW comps go… this is a peach… pulls together disparate tracks on one LP… that said, if U have funds… The Elephant Table (X Tract, UK 1983) would be one to buy for the artist diversity from a unique era…
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Nurse With Wound – Automating Volume One (United Daries, UK 2001) – As NWW comps go… this is a peach… pulls together disparate tracks on one LP… that said, if U have funds… The Elephant Table (X Tract, UK 1983) would be one to buy for the artist diversity from a unique era…