Feed Your Stereo: Brendon Moeller's Inspiration Playlist

We’ve already given you a brief introduction to the man that is Brendon Moeller, as we seized the moment to share freshly upped remix projects and announce Delsin’s coming to Farringdon this August (here). Now an very much established and revered artist in western techno music, Moeller, was in fact born in South Africa and decided to make the move to New York in order to pursue a life in music.

Ever busy and inspired he’s currently putting the finishing touches to a new album for Speedy J’s Electric Deluxe label with first singles set to drop this October but he has taken the time to take a stock check for us his musical influences to date, and most importantly what inspired the courageous move across the globe that proved to be the beginning of an illustrious career under many monikers.

It was 1993 in Johannesburg, South Africa. I was teaching English and History at a remedial school for marginalized children who were victims of the horrendous apartheid system. After a few years playing in bands and DJ'ing at punk and industrial clubs I had an epiphany of sorts. I realized the only way to fulfill my desire to become a full time musician was to sell my car, quit teaching and move to NY. I did. Here is a ridiculously tiny selection of the music I was listening to prior to that move.

Here we go, in no particular order:

Prince Far I - Coming in From The Rock

One evening I was over at my friend's flat getting high as a kite on fine South African dagga when he began playing Prince Far I's album "Voice of Thunder." I believe this is the point where my unrelenting exploration of dub reggae began. The bellowing toasting, the dub basslines, the stoned grooves.... magnificent!



Midnight Oil - Dreamworld

I always had a soft spot for Midnight Oil's brilliant protest rock.



Einsturzende Neubauten - Yu Gung

What needs to be said about this superb slice of paranoid Industrial funk that hasn't already been said.



A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?

The eclectic jazzy stoned psychedelic vibe of the Native Tongues crews like Tribe, De la Soul and the Jungle Brothers truly struck a nerve. So Fresh.



The Fall - Totally Wired

As John Peel stated time and time again, these guys embody the true spirit of rock n' roll perhaps more than any other band and I tend to agree.



Sun Ra - Twin Stars of Thence

Languidity is easily one of my favorite jazz albums of all time. Deep, soulful, spacey... genius.



Loop - Straight to Your Heart

Loop's album "Heaven's End" sat on my turntable for weeks, even months. Unrelenting shoegazing brilliance. Hypnotic and druggy...



Seefeel - Plainsong

On the electronic end of the Shoegaze spectrum is Seefeel. The loopy guitar harmonies coupled with the tripped out drum machine grooves and the airy vocals are simply fucking great.



Fela Kuti - Sorrow, Tears and Blood

All that needs to be said about this is one word, epic! ;-)



Mudhoney - In n' Out of Grace

Superfuzz Bigmuff! Yeah.



Aphex Twin - We Are The Music Makers

I recall purchasing this album ad then taking it to a record company in Johannesburg demanding that it get a domestic release. Of course it never did. Sheeeeit.....



African Head Charge - Elastic Dance

Tripped-out eclectic psychedelic dub... didn't take me long to religiously follow this band.



Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun

Who didn't want to tune in, drop out and turn on after hearing this song?



Ciccone Youth - Into The Groove(y)

At the time was buying everything Sonic Youth released....



Tones on Tail - Lions

Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, Tones on Tail.... some really great shit in there.



DJ Shadow - In/Flux

What this man was doing with samples and still does is genius.



The Orb - Blue Room

Life-changing....



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