ASTROCAST33: Lemonada's Charity Shop Mix by Astro Nautico on Mixcloud
A totally unique and original concept for our 33rd ASTROCAST.
Lemonada, a talented young producer out of Dublin, has laced us with over an hour of choice vinyl cuts, all acquired from record’s he purchased for under a euro at his local charity shop. While the mood is eclectic, it is clearly the work of someone with a serious ear and appreciation for quality music, whether it be forgotten 80s pop gems, disco/boogie, latin jazz or orchestral arrangements.
As fellow vinyl diggers/appreciators ourselves, we know the joy there is in searching through a dusty bin amongst old kitchen appliances and funny smelling clothes and coming up with gold. And after listening to this mix, it appears Lemonada experienced some serious golden moments.
Interview
1. Your name looks a lot like Lemonade but we were under the impression that all Irish people drank was Guinness and Whiskey? Please explain the origin of your moniker if there is one.
Believe it or not, Guinness and Whiskey are pretty much cornerstone beverages of most Irish peoples drinking habits, it’s not just a stereotype! Guinness is a personal favourite. Whiskey and ginger ale will do the job too. I fancy myself an inventor of cocktails and other sorts of sexually undefined fruit and rum based drinks. So ye, I’ve a keen ear for words that don’t really exist but sound like they’d appear on some sort of silly drinks menu. Actually, I’m not sure what a lemonada is. The other side of it would be that I initially wrote a few Kraut-rock kind of songs that were rather aggressive and so, thought something overly camp and “fruity” would just be a stupid and funny label to go with the music.. but i got a little side-tracked and so i just stuck with that name. It’s a stupid fucking name..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKR4Yk3wFc0
2. This mix you’ve given us is completely crafted from records you bought at charity shops for under a pound (euro?) … Is there one shop in particular you hit up regularly or did you travel all over Dublin (and beyond) to acquire these?
Ye, it’s all from one shop. Think it’s a St. Vincent de Paul’s. They’ve always had good stuff in there. Last year when I wrote that first kelly green mixtape, all of the samples were also solely from old weird records bought in that shop. Its a good shop!
fraping in this country : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ypBGI2_YXeo
3. Were you unfamiliar with a lot of these records before purchasing them? If so, what compels you to purchase one unknown record over another?
Most of these records I wouldn’t have been familiar with. There are exceptions though, like some of these people are mad famous so it would be hard not to know them (D Train, Frank Sinatra, Mike Oldfield, etc). But for the most part I look for stuff that I wouldn’t be familiar with so as to get a small education for cheap. Pretty much the only thing one can go by when buying records in this way is the cover art.. that and maybe the year it was put out. If the back of the record tells you these things, you can get a general idea of what to expect. Like - produced 1985 by Quincy Jones and there’s three lads on a golden chariot or something, chances are it’ll be pretty fantastic. I’ll also buy a record if it’s just really funny looking. I’d say I have more funny looking record sleeves by now than actual listenable records.. but that’s the fun in it. It’s cheap and you can never be positive what’s going to come out of the speakers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A7CVrBFC7M
4. Your productions are full of disparate sounds that coalesce to form a sort of sublime chaos - is it literally a bunch of trial and error or do you hear things like dogs toys, chimes and grime bass working together ahead of time?
Trial and error is a factor like with anything ye but for the most part I don’t start a track until I more or less know what sounds I’m gonna use and what vibe I want to get across. I like to change it up though, that chaotic goofy sounding stuff was pretty much just a general sound idea for kelly green 2. I don’t think I’ll be doing that again though. I’m working on an EP right now that sounds pretty far removed from that stuff. Was fun at the time but gotta move on now. And I’m treating this EP as a first, proper official release as the mixtape/beattape things were more just ideas clumped together and released for free. Plug:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtWpDOMAwfo
5. Here’s the situation: You are forming a super group- who do you draft to be your bandmates, what is your role in the band and what are the matching outfits you are all rocking?
I dunno man. You, me and Bennett? Black on black. Like Bell Biv Devoe already exist so why bother?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6blgjF6UkU
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