6 in 1 (4)

We just have to carry on, don't we? Here are some things I've been listening to recently...

iamamiwhoami - Good Worker

I've been going through some of the albums I picked up for a pound a pop when HMV moved for a second time on Queen Street. Daphni, L-Vis 1990, and iamamiwhoami for starters out of a list that also features AlunaGeorge, Idjut Boys, and others.

It's iamamiwhoami that has stood out though. I never really gave Kin much of a spin first time around, and I missed the drip drip hype of video releases that proceeded the album's release. Strip away that hype and the backlash when it turns out it isn't Lady Gaga singing here and you're left with a very tidy pop album. The clear highlight being the lush, whoozy, driving Good Worker. Well worth £1.

‌Wayward - Marvin

Was pretty sure I'd posted about this before, and yep there it is in 2013. Anyway this tidy edit of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, came up on shuffle in the Sandero and united the car on the trip to Amelia Trust Farm a few weeks back. The original is also on the Oak Furniture Land ad at the mo.

‌Hudson Mohawke - B.B.H.E 

A no-look drop of rarities and unreleased cuts on Basecamp by yer man HudMo. You better believe it.

‌Donor Lens - Midnight Store

A vaporwave concept album about the notorious Midnight Store on the border of Cathays and Heath. You better believe it.

‌Planningtorock - Jam Fam

Yeah if you release anything that sounds like 80s electro-disco with a slight Factory Records edge it'll probably end up on one of these lists. Factor in that Jam Fam was made for a Chanel show, then it absolutely makes it.

‌Gary Low - I Want You

How the hell did it take me till 2020 to learn that Washed Out's Feel It All Around is basically this slowed down?

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So long, Dad

Everyone is unique but Dad was more unique than most.

I’m sure many people have been told off for playing loud music at a caravan park. Yet few have been told off for blasting the neo-classical works of Karl Jenkins in the middle of the Canadian Rockies.

Everyone has a favourite colour, yet few committed to green quite like Dad did.

And many of us here today have travelled widely, yet Dad set foot on every continent on earth, except Antarctica, as there's nowhere to get a decent pint.

My Dad saw everything he wanted to see and did everything he wanted to do. He beat his own path through life and not everyone gets to do that.

And while his path was far too short to seem at all fair, I am so grateful that I was able to share some of that journey with him.

And Dad, while it pains me that Frank will not get to experience you first-hand, I will do everything to make sure you continue to be a part of his life. Whether that’s instilling in him your love for cricket, going for walks no matter the weather, or reminding him that if you can’t fight, wear a big hat, I will make sure he knows what a special man you were.

Right Dad, this is it. Whether your journey has ended or you are starting a new one, I just want to say this. Thank you. Thank you for everything, and I miss you and I love you.

So long, Dad.

7 in 1 (2)

Good tracks for bad times. Here's seven things I've been enjoying recently.

808 State - Olympic

Proper twisty bleepy acid house workout thanks yes. ‌

Walt Ever - Trenna Is A Dance

Prime cut of electro that Saoirse played recently on her Radio 1 Residency show. Well worth a listen that show is like.

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‌Jeff Mills - Changes Of Life

Classic relentless techno from the don.

Erol Alkan - Archway 1990 - 1991

Vinyl-only, two decks and a mixer, live no edits. This rough and ready mix from yerr man Erol Alkan is all music from his formative forays into records shops, and it's a fun hour. It even went down well on my workplace's Teams chat. Fancy that!

‌Bishop Nehru - MEATHEAD feat MF DOOM

Just remember all caps when you spell the man name.

The Fall - Lost In Music

Yeah, why not? Need some post-punk on here anyway. So here's The Fall taking on Sister Sledge (well Chic really).

‌Grandmixxer - Dunn's River to Nile Valley

Headache-inducing grime instrumental that slaps IMO.

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Retro 8 in 1: Lost Note Special

Found this old note in a draw over the weekend:

It has somehow survived at least five house moves since being written in 2003. And I'm sad to report the Blackberry trial is no longer available, so let's lift our spirits with some early 00s "Tunes"...

Eberg - Plastic Lions

Glitchy winsome folktronica. Icelandic too. Big early-naughties vibe. 100% not a "Tune".

cLOUDDEAD - Dead Dogs Two (Boards Of Canada mix)

I found the first cLOUDDEAD album for a £1 once in Dig 'n' Delve in Falmouth. I wonder what happened to it? I mean if a scrap of paper can survive 17 years then surely a nerdy experimental hip hop CD on Big Dada can too? That doesn't really make sense, but then neither does cLOUDDEAD. Tune.

Jay-Z - 99 Problems

Tune. Obvs.

LCD Soundsystem - Yeah

Tune. Obvs.

I got this down as (Output), so this must've come out on Trevor Jackson's label before the whole DFA thing then?

Googled it. Looks like it was a promo. Wait, Wiki says "Output Recordings also co-distributed releases from DFA Records in Europe."

'king Sherlock over here.

SFP - Happy House  (Peel 14th)

Nothing coming up for this. Looks like this list is from January 2003, so I found a tracklist for John Peel's show from the 14th of that month. Nothing. Lost like tears in rain :(

MIA - Galang

Tune. Obvs.

Iz & Diz - Mouth (Pépé Bradock Mix)

Here's the first one on this list I've already posted about, and not that long ago either. I did it get it slightly wrong it that previous post though. Mouth (Brad Peep's Remix For Friends) came out in 2002 rather than 2006 as I said. But the timeline holds! Anyway, Mouth is like proper amazing deep house music that is made up entirely of vocal samples.

Tune, scratch that, CHOON.

Diamond Desmond - ? (Session in Wales 15/1/03)

Yeah, I've got nothing again. But I do have 2 more on the back of the sheet!

Jimmy Edgar - No Static

This is much closer sounding to Prefuse 73 than I remember Jimmy Edgar being, but I get why I wrote this one down. Kinda glitchy boom happy hip hop kinda yeah? Whatevs, Tune.

Sex In Dallas - Everybody Deserves To Be Fucked

Genuinely don't think I've thought of the Kitty-Yo label in like 15 years. Cheap, trashy electro that still fucks. CHOON.

7 in 1

More lockdown jamz. Seven of 'em.

Run The Jewels - Ju$t (Feat. Pharrell Williams and Zack De La Rocha)

Ju$t is a subtle as you'd imagine a collaboration between RATM's Zack De La Rocha and Run The Jewels would be and it still bangs. It was a toss-up between this and the Gang-of-Four-sampling The Ground Below from the new album.

Ju$t features on RTJ4, which was released early for free this week, and you're encouraged to donate to National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Fund if you download it.

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Squarepusher - Detroit People Mover

Sad boi electronica that hits the right note right now.

Folamour | Boiler Room: Streaming from Isolation

Been dipping into some of the live streams from Boiler Room and this uplifting soul and funk selection from Folamour is tidy like. Well Sunday.

NZCA Lines - Pure Luxury

Michael from Metronomy's main band drops another slick synth-pop banger.

‌The Fall - Totally Wired

No reason.

‌Kelly Lee Owens - Melt!

We still have to stay local during the lockdown in Wales, so I'll drive up and down the A4232 at night to get the vibe right, rather than down das autobahn. Fun plinky techno innit.

‌Daphni - Just Jam 118 

"Is THAT what Caribou looks like?" Plus One Loo, June 2020.