If you haven’t heard of Pilooski and his D.I.R.T.Y Soundsystem then prepare for something a little bit different. Purveyor of all things balearic-kraut-disco, this blog is a spontaneous explosion of leftfield 80s-tinged electronics. However, it’s creators are perfectly at home in delving into everything from avant-folk to cosmic drones.

It’s not only MP3′s on offer here. Esoteric Youtube videos populate most of the page, ranging from clips of an early documentary on New Order to the pop perfection of Split Enz.

If you like what you hear, for home listening you should definitely look into their compilations. Why release a compilation when everything is already available? Dirty Soundysystem have been answering this question since 2003. Their selections of little-known and hard to find recordings can be listened to from start to finish and lend themselves to repeat listening. Their latest: “Dirty French Psychedelics” is a compilation for classic rock radio with names our parents would recognize. In reality, it is a hallucinated voyage through the land of French pop psychedelics to be listened to in one sitting, eyes half-open in the heat of the summer of 2009. Certain experts will tell you that Bernard Lavilliers or Brigitte Fontaine are not psychedelic, and they are probably right. Who cares? It’s for people who want to discover or rediscover the music of the seventies, for those who want to listen to music without really paying attention and for those who want to listen attentively through their headphones. Have a good trip.

The MP3′s they put up on the blog are only there for a limited time, in their words: “For discovery purposes only. Support the music, buy records, read books, learn to cook”.

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D.I.R.T.Y Official Site

Pilooski Myspace