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Been a minute, right? I didn't get that job in the end. And Mother 3 took longer than I thought. Plus I've started reading The Fence, A Confederacy of Dunces, and seeing what Substack is about. What I'm saying is, I've been busy doing nothing.
Here's a playlist I made ages ago, I hope it's still good...
Billy Paul - Only The Strong Survive (J*Ski Re-edit)
Stretched out disco. Big summer vibes.
Ruth - Mots
I assume that the last one was from Do!! You!!! Radio and that this one was on Veronica Vasicka's NTS show. Skeletal coldwave from early 80s France.
Ifan Dafydd - Llonydd (gydag/feat Alys Williams)
Right, I know where this one and the next one came from. They're from Cwm Dancing episode 4 - "A unique electronic experience that celebrates the many underground sounds of Cymru". NGL, this was what I wanted to do with Amser Electroneg, but it never quite came together in the end. Anyway, Llonydd is Ifan Dafydd doing his post-dubstep thing.
JUICE MENACE - Pink Notes
Juice Menace is a Cardiff MC, I think usually does grime but this is bouncy hip house and again big summer vibes. Super fun video to boot.
Missy Elliott - Gossip Folks (Fatboy Slim Radio Remix) (feat. Ludacris)
Sticking on a hip house tip, here's a version of Gossip Folks I somehow missed at the time. Heard on that 00s throwback show on Radio 1 on Sunday mornings, while driving past Roath Rec.
Midnightrats - Goalmaker (Instrumental Version)
This has gone straight into the best things I've heard this year list. Stick with it as the bassline gets absolutely honking halfway through. Early 80s Italo disco where it's infinitely better without the vocals.
Strika - The Hotspot
A tip from one of Flo Dill's newsletters, World In Flo Motion. Told you I was deep into Substack now. Fun grime this, hot stuff coming through!
Mace The Great - My Side Of The Bridge
Taking a bit of Juice Menace and Strika, here's some local grime with a great video featuring loads of places around Cardiff, including the tennis courts in Victoria Park. Bonus points for having an album called Splottworld.
YMO - Light In The Darkness
Yellow Magic Orchestra are incredible, aren't they? Maybe that should be past tense now that Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi have both passed in 2023. End on a happy note, eh Sam?
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