9 in 1 (56)

No, no, where have you been? OK, here's your first '9 in 1' since January, no order or reason...

Caryl a'r Band - Canu'n Ara

Is this yacht rock? Welsh-language soft rock beauty from 1980 played by Flo Dill on NTS a few weeks back.

Oneohtrix Point Never - Memories Of Music

As mentioned in the last section of the No Tags 2 book, on a piece about music, separation, and incarceration. V. surprised to learn only now about National Prison Radio in that piece. It launched in 2009, a few years earlier, and I'd have been all over it at uni. Shows how much things drop away, I suppose.

Patrick Selinger - Businessmen

Another one from Flo Dill's breakfast show on NTS, I think this was on Ultimate DJ as a joke song or something, but I dig it. Oldball crunchy new wave from late 80s Belgium.

Severed Heads - Lamborghini (Petrol April 1982)

Ashamed to say I think the algo chucked this one up on Instagram for me. But it got me. More scratchy electronic new wave, this time from early-80s Australia.

Mr & Mrs Dale - It's You (Free House Mix)

Stripped-back deep house from 1989.

Los Twangueros - Star Guitar

Yes, one of my favourite Chemical Brothers tracks given the balearic guitar treatment. Big summer vibes.

The The - Uncertain Smile

A third track from Flo Dill's show. I swear I've listened to other shows in the six months since I last posted one of these lists.

John Martyn - You Might Need a Man

This is now a John Martyn fan blog. Glorious pop rock from 1982.

Joachim Witt - Goldener Reiter

Yet more 80s new wave; this time closer to the rock end. As heard on the German-language Hola FM while on holiday in Fuerteventura in February.

Original image: Kidfly182, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Glass Circles

Finger on the pulse as ever, here's a great little video that was featured in a buzzy blog about Corduroy Psychedelia and Boards of Canada in March, which I picked up on after it was mentioned last month on No Tags 68.

Geometry of Circles is a cool AF animation made for Sesame Street in 1979 with a bespoke Philip Glass soundtrack. We used to have it so good.

Pump: CRTs & PVP

I left Do You Radio on as it went into the repeats for a change the other day. Had my head in Markdown, trying to fix a table that shouldn't be a table. A tale as old as time.

Anyway, I was pulled out of the drudge by the Mii Channel Theme, then Dire, Dire Docks and even more video game soundtrack bangers. It was Pump: CRTs & PVP.

I think Pump is a new host on the station??

Yeah, so the show was a top top two hours, the highlight of which was probably this, WANDA WANDA by Katamari Damacy Series SOUND TEAM.

Gotta say this is a new one on me, Katamari Damacy is a 2004 action puzzle video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. Every day is a school day.

Fake Bleep

Hey, is your brain melting? Given up on the future? Swimming in existential dread?

Why not distract yourself for an hour or so with this headsy techno-ish mix from Nathan Fake? It's Bleep Mix 316 and is all Fake productions, so it's decent, y'know.

Bye.

Back Boards

OK, so it looks like it's actually happening...

Tape 05 is the first music from Boards of Canada in 13 years. So, if everyone could hold off bombing each other to oblivion until the album drops, that would be fab.

This upload follows the VHS mailouts and the posters appearing in LA, NY, London and Tokyo in the last week or so. If this rollout is going to be anything like Tomorrow's Harvest in 2013, then I'd recommend following bocpages on Instagram to keep up to speed. There's also this evolving thread on the story so far on the bocpages website.

Genuinely so happy that BOC appear to be back.

PS hi how are you? Sorry for the lack of posting, a mix of sickness, holidays and general existential dread means I've not felt like posting. But hey, couldn't miss this news.