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Got to get a few more posts in before the end of the year. Pump those numbers. This'll be the least number of posts in a year ever on Ceefax of Life. Too much life if you ask me. 

Bill Nelson - When The Birds Return

Outsider synth-pop from 1982 that has immaculate vibes. Rinse and repeat.

The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me)

One for the dads.

Barry Manilow - Let's Get On With It

Now, if you told me when I started this blog in 2009 that it would feature Barry Manilow... but things change. Everything changes and nothing changes. Let's Get On With It was featured on a recent episode of Launette's Hour on NTS. Worth a listen like.

Whitney Houston - Love Will Save the Day

I was gonna make the same gag about 2009 but It's Not Right But It's OK is a stone-cold banger. Always has been. Always will be. Love Will Save the Day, from much earlier in her career, well, 1987, also slaps.

Pharoah Sanders - Love Is Everywhere

This is just glorious. Joyous, raw, bordering on ramshackle but not, every note is deliberate. Just wonderful, uplifting, soul-purifying jazz. If you need a pick me up in the God-forsaken world, bang this on. 

LIFECOACH - 90% RAW

Should get something from this century in this list at least. The YouTube description has it as "Chilled, tripping leftfield House/Ambient House" and they've nailed that. Hangover house, maybe? From 2016.

Kraftwerk - Der Telefon Anruf (François Kevorkian Remix)

Right, that's it back to the 80s. Pristine electro, as per.

Osrsbeatz - Great Fairy's Fountain

I don't care, trap remixes of old Zelda OSTs are my jam.

MJ Cole - Slum King

Feel like MJ Cole gets overlooked a lot. Sincere remains a banger of an album.

Related article: You Want To Make Something Real. You Want To Make A Jazz Record.

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Two months off etc and so forth. A promotion and other shite have got in the way of my top priority, this blog, my OG baby.

So, I made this playlist ages ago and prob forgot why, so yeah, enjoy.

hemlocke springs - ‘enknee1

Sounds like about five songs from 20 years ago mashed together into this sugary pop mess. Kinda cool.

Gwilym - Gwalia

Saw them Clwb Ifor Bach ages ago (see note above) and they were v v good. Wouldn't have had the kids being into it, but boy was I wrong.

Red Zebra - I Can't Live in a Livingroom

Scratchy new wave punk that I vaguely recall the boy bouncing around the room to. First band from Bruges to feature on Ceefax of Life?

Iglu - Eisbaer

Chuggy reworking of the Grauzone banger.

Eye to Eye - Nice Girls

Super slick early 80s pop. Western city pop?

Michael Franks - When Sly Calls (Don't touch that phone)

One of the tracks that Rose Matafeo played when she guested on Flo Dill's NTS show *checks notes* over two months ago.

Radiance Feat Andrea Stone - You're My Number 1

More 80s boogie. I'm guessing Do!! You!!! Radio.

Sfire - Sfire1 (feat. Marcela)

The more I hear of SOPHIE's work, the more and more I wish she was still here. Incredible producer. Incredible track. Like so good.

SunO))) - Aurora

Well, I wasn't gonna start a mix with this was I now.

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It's my wedding anniversary today. I shouldn't be doing this.

Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town

Sampled by Dario G for Sunchyme if you're wondering.

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

Some would say miming the bass solo bit as it played on one of the tiny buses that drive around Falmouth is incredibly naff. Not this guy.

Clan Of Xymox - Stranger

As featured on The Chain a few weeks/months back. Dutch darkwave from 1985.

Devo - Social Fools

Rare-ish Devo from 1978, much closer to punk than synthy new wave.

Digitalism - Pogo

The sound of uni, baby. I'll never tire of this maximalist indie electro schtick.

Benga - Pleasure

I was reminded of this dubstep rumbler on one of those 6 Music's Rave Forever playlists because I am ancient and my back hurts and so do my knees.

808 State - 808091 (Live)

Finally got my vinyl situation sorted out (I needed a mini pre-amp) and can play records again. So, I collected some of my old stuff from my mum's when I was last down. This is on the b-side to Ooops, which I picked up for 50p from god knows where god knows when. Still prefer CDs mind, have you seen the prices?

San Soda - Juno Love

It's been a while since I jotted this one down, but I'm guessing I heard it on Do!! You!!! Radio. Laid-back driving music for 80s cars. Immaculate vibes.

The Other People Place - Let Me Be Me

Again, I know very little of this tune, but it's one of those minimal epics from Detroit, techno/electro for the soul. It came out on Warp in 2001, so I've no idea how I missed it.

Chillwave to the grave

Ah, you think Chillwave is your ally? You merely adopted the chill. I was born in it, molded by it.

OK, this one made me feel old. NTS doing a guide to chillwave. I knew most of the stuff in there but this jam, Brokendate from Com Truise is superb (do you think he regrets that choice of name?). Synthy artificial nostalgia that has looped around. And on Ghostly International too, you love to see it.

Time to die.

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Enjoying this Indian Summer? That's still fine to say, right?

Anyway here are nine tracks I've been enjoying since the last one of these... 

Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro

It's one of those tracks that really should've been on one of these lists long before now. Maybe it was, lemme check. Nope. Classic French filter house from the year 2000 that still abso slaps.

Haruomi Hosono - Heliotherapy

Blippy trippy electronica from yerr man from YMO who did Sports Men. 

Mali Hâf - SHWSH!

Tidy electro-pop yn Gymraeg from earlier this year.

Sandy Steel - Mind Your Own Business

Boy, do I wish I had known about this track while I was at uni? Delta 5's post-punk indie-disco classic gets a slightly beefed-up and extended cover courtesy of Sandy Steel, of whom I know zilch. Anyway, this was played by Sofie K and DJ Subaru on NTS a couple of weeks ago, def worth checking out Sofie K's Work Out shows on the station.

Killer Mike - Scientists & Engineers ft. Future, Andre 3000, Eryn Allen Kane

Always good to hear Andre 3000, especially in 2023. And y'know, Killer Mike too.

Danger Doom - Old School

Joyous, summery hip hop from DOOM and that.

Egyptian Lover - I Cry (Night After Night)

Incredible videos, immaculate vibes. You don't get more 80s than this. Pure electro gold.

Olof Dreijer - Rosa Rugosa

Yerr fella from The Knife doing his minimal peak techno thing on Hessle Audio. I don't know how he makes his synths sound like that but I love it. Feels like a continuation from Oni Ayhun - OAR003-B which he released in 2010.

The Chemical Brothers - Saturate

Seeing Chem Bros in Event City tonight, cannot wait. While doing my homework ahead of it, refound this banger from 2007's We Are The Night, which was also an Electronic Battle Weapon (8).