9 in 1 (43)

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DJ Subaru - I ᐸ3 You

As mentioned in the last list, I was looking to add this track when I instead added the Prins Thomas remix of My Love. Turns out I <3 You is on the same EP. I blame YouTube search, the emoji in the title, the good lord, and everything apart from myself.

Aphex Twin - Carn Marth

Three 9-in-1s in a row with an Aphex track? I always thought this was called Corn Mouth. Not sure I can show my face in Cornwall again. (Carn Marth is a hill near Redruth, which I would've known if I'd finished reading Walking the Music of Aphex Twin).

Bill Nelson - Tender Is The Night

A second appearance for Bill Nelson in one of these lists, after When The Birds Return popped up in 9 in 1 (30). I need to delve into his back catalogue for more skewiff synth-pop gems from the 1980s like this.

I Start Counting - Talk About The Weather

Talking of skewiff synth-pop gems from the 1980s, how about this banger that came out on Mute?

The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning

Fun fact - this is the first-ever mp3 I bought off iTunes. Deeply Mid-00s coded. Love Erlend Øye's voice.

Electrelane - Saturday

I also really love Verity Susman's voice. And once again I commit on this blog to getting some Electrelane albums in my life.

Picross DS OST - Ambient

I'm now into Picross. And I'm gonna crack open Fruity Loops and Audacity to make a chopped and screwed remix of this gem by Nobuhiro Ōuchi, Masashi Sugiyama, and/or Ayako Yamaguchi for the Nintendo DS. At some point in 2025. Maybe.

Adam F - Circles

I could've picked a higher res/bit-rate video, but as I've said before, I like the grainy look and crunchy audio of stuff uploaded to YouTube over 18 years ago.

Q Project - Champion Sound (Total Science Remix)

Yep, as I approach peak mid-life crisis mode, I'm fully getting back into the drum and bass I listened to as a teen. God the sound that crashes in at 2:48. Off to Discogs I go!

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Kernowbeat!

Good post today, lads, and not just talking about my COVID booster appointment...

"Recorded in any feasible circumstance around Penryn & Falmouth", KERNOWBEAT! Vol. 1 is "a compilation featuring songs from various artists comprising the Cornish psych, punk & beat scene."

You can add krautrock to that list, lots of motorik drumming and scuzzy propulsive vibes. 

And while there's nothing particularly groundbreaking here, it's still a really solid comp from a beautiful part of the world, with the top picks being The Heavenly Bodes - Captain Bligh and The Tantric Tantrums - Penryn Surgery 2...

Hopefully, I can catch some of the bands featured here when next down.

9 in 1 (42)

We go again. Nine tracks I've been enjoying recently.

Southside Allstars - Southside Riddim

I don't know what it says about me that sometimes I have to wait 20-odd years to appreciate a music scene, but there we are. This track is also very useful if you need to brush up on your South London geography.

Tyler, The Creator - Noid

Obvs.

DJ Shadow - You Can't Go Home Again

Banged on The Private Press again for the first time in a very long time and I really dug it. Almost went with Walkie Talkie, but it's that little bubbly synth line that comes in around 2:48 (on this radio edit anyway) which swung it in You Can't Go Home Again's favour.

LCD Soundsystem - x-ray eyes

How things change. 10 years ago, I'd have posted a new LCD Soundsystem track immediately, in a separate post. But it feels like they've burned too many bridges what with the big goodbye and then coming straight back plus all the crypto-bros parties.

But hey, indie sleaze is now a thing and here's LCD sounding just like early LCD. Bygones but bygones innit.

Aphex Twin - PAPAT4 [155] (pineal mix)

Like with DJ Shadow, I banged Syro on for the first time in ages and it's a much more fun and enjoyable album than I remember. Also, where the hell have the last 10 years gone?

DJ Subaru - My Love (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)

I was trying to find 'I ❤️ You' by DJ Subaru (as played by Special Treatment a couple of weeks ago on Optimo's NTS show) but no luck on YouTube. However, this spacey chugger came up, and I can't resist a Prins Thomas remix. Thanks algo!

Mums of Death - Golden Axe

Went axe throwing with my mum recently. Learned she used to throw knives. As you do.

I first posted this track in 2011 and it made my end-of-year list too.

Sevendeaths - Wither Me (Cashmere Cat Edit)

Another one from those free LuckyMe Advent comps they used to do, this came up on shuffle on the train into Cardiff the other day and it just fit. 

Underworld - King Of Snake (Everything, Everything)

Man, I love Underworld.

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