10 in 1

X in 1 = a slimmed-down run-down of some of the things I've been enjoying recently.

TNGHT - Gimme Summn

Like some nightmare Sonic/2001 shit. Inject it in my face. DOLLAZ bangs too. Man, everything Hudson Mohawke and Lunice do together absolutely bangs.

Harlem - Gay Human Bones

As featured on the excellent series 2 of The End of The F***ing World. Sure I saw somewhere it was the most streamed show on All 4.

Jimmy Edgar - I Wanna Be Your STD

Like the Harlem track, this is from a scary number of years ago (Where did the 2000s go nevermind the 2010s?). I Wanna Be Your STD is some glorious glitchy phuture r'n'b from 2004. Was reminded of this lowkey banger on the Radio 1's Chill Mix but def worth sharing for the fan-made video.

Swizz Beatz ft. Nas - Echo

"Throwin' piss out the window at police." Every damn time Nas comes in with that opener, I crack up. That Nas is a good rapper.

ITEM - A Quatre

Brooding electronica from a French producer (or producers) on Hong Kong label, NLS Records. A Quatre is on Project AØA ver​.​4, which "is an inception for various artists per sa Audio øn Audio, reason is simplicity with the connecting algorithmic system to create hardware or software to accompany the sound made by producer to fill in that unique void in NLS(online system.)"

Sure thing buddy.

Calibre - Five Minute Flame

Super pretty ambient piano from an old junglist... well liquid drum'n'bass guy. Beautiful stuff.

Barker - Utility

Some of that beatless techno the kids all love. All the kids. Love it they do. No kicks, sheer madness. Kids eh?

FOOOL - We The Punks (Desert Sound Colony Remix)

Big mid-00s vibes. Very Soulwax. Very Erol Alkan. Very good. Features in Anthony Naples' Boiler Room set from the other day.

SPARKLING - I Want to See Everything

Kinda like a German Phoenix... anybody? Sunshine pop for a gloomy winter.

GHUM - Saturn

Well goth, well post-punk. TBF if something sounds a bit like Siouxsie there's a good chance I'll post it.

Related post: 8 in 1

Original image: Quatrostein [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Boards of Chinook

I've been diving into Aphex Twin rarities mixes on YouTube over the past year, so it was inevitable I'd slide over to Boards of Canada eventually...

So to Boards of Canada - Rare Releases Mixtape, as compiled by Lilly's Domain. There's a lot of real interesting stuff here and the pick of the bunch is the spooky, slightly acid, Autechre-like workout of Chinook:

This version of Chinook is on the b-side of Aquarius, a limited release (like 500 7"s) that was the only single from Music Has the Right to Children. A shorter edit appeared on the even more limited release Boc Maxima (like 50 cassettes). So pretty rare, but pretty good.

Original Image: IIP Photo Archive [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Lustwerk Buzz

I'm back on my Buzz nonsense. This month it's Galcher Lustwerk's latest Information, which came out yesterday (Friday 22nd November 2019)...

GALCHER LUSTWERK
Information (Ghostly International)
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Galcher Lustwerk is the latest electronic maverick to find a home on the fine Ghostly International label. And on his third album (and first for Ghostly), the New York via Cleveland producer is in full late-night hip-house mode. In less skilled hands Information’s stream of conscious half-rap vocals and ever-so-tasteful beats to study/relax to, could drift into plodding lo-fi house. Yet there are enough ideas, oddball lyrics, and technique on show here to lift this to somewhere pretty good. SE

I See A Dime is my highlight...

Related post: Ghostly Glitch

Slo Bird Whistle

150 gsm. 10 x 12". £120. As much as I'd love to have it the WXAXRXP Box Set was always going to be a little out of my league.

The WXAXRXP Sessions series features 10 selected radio sessions to celebrate 30 years of Warp Records. You can even buy individual sessions if you like.

But as a skinflint and non-vinyl guy, I was delighted to learn that there is also a 10-track taster - WXAXRXP Sessions Sampler - available digitally.

And of course, there's some rare AF Aphex Twin on it.

Slo Bird Whistle was recorded for John Peel's show in 1995. It did appear during the great SoundCloud dump of 2015, as 11 Slo Bird Whistle[peel Sesh] by user18081971, but this is the first time you can get it well hi-fi like.

Anyway, the WXAXRXP Sessions box set came out on Friday (15th November 2019) as did the WXAXRXP Sessions Sampler. Tracklist for the latter is below...

1. Aphex Twin - Slo Bird Whistle (Peel Session)
2. Bibio - Lovers Carvings (WXAXRXP Session)
3. Boards of Canada - XYZ (Peel Session)
4. Flying Lotus - Golden Axe (Maida Vale Session)
5. Kelly Moran - In Parallel (acoustic) (WXAXRXP Session)
6. LFO - Take Control (Peel Session)
7. Mount Kimbie - You Look Certain (I'm Not So Sure) (feat. Andrea Balency) (WXAXRXP Session)
8. Oneohtrix Point Never - Toys 2 (KCRW Session)
9. Plaid - Elide (Peel Session)
10. Seefeel - Vex (Peel Session)

Related post: More Selected Ambient Works

Ghost In The Synth

TNGHT closed their recent Essential Mix with Hudson Mohawke's remix of Pretty Boy by Wuh Oh. While I'm usually all about a HudMo remix, in this rare instance I prefer the cleaner, more graceful original.

Well lush like. Plus, anything that references Ghost In The Shell and Neon Genesis Evangelion is A-OK with me. I don't know a lot about Wuh Oh, but it appears he's from Glasgow like your boy HudMo, so there's that.

Anyway, TNGHT's Essential Mix is still on BBC Sounds for a few more days as I write this, or y'know head to MixCloud or SoundCloud where it's bound to have been re-uploaded a few times.

Related post: Ghost In The Shell Remix 

Bluetoothed Bangerz

All change in the Celica game. Make no mistake, she's still around and the chariot still tears it up on the way to Cornwall (big love as always to the M49).

No, the big change is when it comes to music in the car. Instead of relying on CDs I got one of those Bluetooth FM transmitters to connect my phone to the car radio. It's been an absolute game-changer.

So for Frank's first trip down, I downloaded a load of shows and mixes on the BBC Sounds app for the extended ride (big love as always to Cornwall Services near Roche).

Two key tracks stood out. Cornwall-bound it was Aqua Block by Shanti Celeste, who was a guest on Saoirse's Radio 1 Residency. I can't find it online, but Aqua Block will appear on Celeste's debut album Tangerine, due out on November 15th. Skip to 46:30 on BBC Sounds to hear the bouncy, playful techno of Aqua Block ahead of then.

EDIT: It's now on that YouTube...

On the way back it was Spaceland by Hanna, as played by Benji B. Proper spacey broken beats vibes with electric slap bass, you can hear a preview of it over on Rush Hour Music's SoundCloud.



Pick up Hanna's Spaceland on Patchwork, Rush Hour's latest artist compilation from Sassy J, which is out next month.

However, the big question here is where does this leave my CD collection? I'm approaching this about 5-10 years after most, but now I can stream in the Celica, and there's an Echo Dot in the kitchen (big love as always to Kisstory), I'm running out of places for the CD to rule. So, is it time I wean myself of physical media? Not when I can pick up The Simpsons Sing The Blues for 50p in Barnardo's Falmouth, it's not.