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Calling it on number 39 with this design process. The 39 steps. The same image glitched and glitched again. It might have been more interesting if I could find the original image to compare and contrast. But there we are.

So, something new for the next list. It'll still be glitched and based on an image nabbed from Wikimedia Commons though. So not that new. But a change of sorts.

But for now, there's the image and here's a playlist of things I've enjoyed recently...

Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You

You can hear where Daft Punk got it from, can't you? Robolovin' goodness.

Hudson Mohawke - Escape

Talking of Daft Punk-y vibes this came up on shuffle on the short drive back from the beach this week. Turns out it's basically John Carpenter's Escape from New York theme with a few tweaks. Still good though. Escape is on the 2015 edition of LuckyMe's free Advent series. Gotta see if they're still doing those (edit - looks like it ended in 2018). And where I can watch Escape from New York. Love Kurt Russell.

Aphex Twin - Hexagon

One of the advantages of shuffle is hearing stuff with fresher ears. I usually zone out by disc two of Selected Ambient Works 2, and definitely by the time #19 (Hexagon) comes on. But up it came as I walked through the car park to the library last week and it caught me. Lovely stuff. 

Still, it's another reason not to stretch to the £40 they're asking for the cassette re-release of SAW II.

Louis Culture - Babe ft. Tora-i, Richie

Time for something from this year, here's some laidback... r'n'b? Only uploaded 10 days ago, it's got a way too low play count for something this good. Kind of a shame this didn't come out in the height of summer, the vibes are on point for hazy sunny days.

Laurie Anderson - Let X=X

Laurie Anderson doing Laurie Anderson things. I vaguely recall buying Big Science from a stall in Camden Market about 20 years but lord knows where that's gone in all the house moves since.

Ovlov - Grab It From the Garden

Switch hit now, I've always had a soft spot for this kind of shoegaze-y post-rock. I don't even know if that's the right term for this distortion-heavy guitar sound, but come autumn, it fits.

Stereolab - Come And Play In The Milky Night

Another list, another Stereolab track. God, this band are good, so annoyed it took me so long to get hooked.

Little Simz - 101 FM

Best ever UK MC? Does it matter? And where's that sample from? Is it Mortal Kombat? Or am I just thinking that as she mentions it in the track? Am I asking too many questions? Absolute bumper? Yeah?

Kneecap - Parful

Should've known this was a Toddla T production. Another bumper to finish.

Byeeeeee.

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They just flicked a switch and now it's autumn.

Bog Band - Midnight Chancers

As mentioned in Flo Dill's recently returned newsletter, she compares this newish Irish band to Prefab Sprout, so obvs had to give it a go. Super slick, bordering on pastiche, lounge funk. Kinda hard to find anything else on them outside their Bandcamp, don't know whether that's a gimmick or they ain't great at SEO.

Metronomy - A Thing for Me (Breakbot Remix)

This came up on shuffle on a recent drive down to Portsmouth, shout out to Huis, my only highlight from that sub-ideal weekend. Anyway, love this remix by Breakbot maybe even more than the original. I first posted about this track in 2011. FFS.

Cornershop ft Rosanna - Double Denim

Yep, that Cornershop in 2024. Lovely summery bop with a criminally low view count on YouTube.

The Streets - Weak Become Heroes

The name's European Bob.

Ludacris - What's Your Fantasy ft. Shawnna

I was having an absolute shite week last week, then OG played this on Do You Radio. Cranked it. Life wasn't as shite. The power of early 00s commercial hip-hop. Not sure if it was linked to Luda whipping out some massive fake arms for a first pitch last week??

SOPHIE - Berlin Nightmare

Guys, hate to say it, but I'm not sure about this posthumous album. I want to love it but... I dunno. Hope I change my mind.

Vince Staples - Yeah Right

I mean compared to this, y'know? Kendrick on a SOPHIE beat, incredible.

Lynks - Str8 Acting

Electroclash will never die. Fun fact: I used this in another list in 2020, but CBA changing it now.

Vitalic - You Prefer Cocaine

And on the drive back from that shite weekend in Portsmouth was this absolute electro-techno banger from 2001. Any EP with this on would be a classic, but add in LA Rock 01 too? Ooof.

Modern yacht rock and the end of summer

Right, that's summer done.

It was confirmed this week, not by that Charli XCX tweet or y'know the calendar/weather, but by Gorilla vs Bear. They released their Modern Yacht Rock 2024 End of Summer Mix.

Talking of Charli XCX, she features here via a ropey Fleetwood Mac bootleg, but that's nothing compared to Stardust x Steely Dan - Music Sounds Better With Peg (Jack Hoeting Remix). Yep. Still, it kinda fits the mood.

I left it too late to link to the MP3 download (soz) but you can still stream it.

gorillavsbear · GORILLA VS. BEAR MODERN YACHT ROCK 2024 | END OF SUMMER MIX

Storming Sarajevo

Storming Sarajevo is a fascinating documentary about a small band of travellers/ravers taking a sound system to Bosnia in 1995 during the war there. It's well worth 30 minutes of your time, I found it really inspiring.

It was mentioned in passing by guest Johnny Banger on a recent edition of No Tags, which is quickly becoming an essential podcast to keep up with The Discourse.