9 in 1 (26)

 

I'm so glad you could tear yourself away from the rebirth of social media / 'mecca of Millennial brain rot' that is Threads to visit here for a few moments.

If you are new here, this is just a YouTube playlist of tracks I've been enjoying recently... on Blogger, remember blogger? It's still going. It's here. 

And that picture at the top, which kinda has an Alien/Predator on the Gameboy vibe? That's a picture that's been through PhotoMosh 26 times and counting. I can't remember what it was off originally, but would've been off Wikimedia.

Anyway here's the playlist, 9 in 1 (26): 

And here are some words...

Pys Melyn - Bywyd Llonydd

Loungy laid-back pop from Pwllheli. Big summery vibes yn Gymraeg. Neis.

Novelist - Stay With Me

As mentioned on the first episode of Digging with Flo -  Flo Dill from NTS's new gardening/interview podcast - where Novelist was helping with prepping an allotment. It's kind of a similar vibe to Pys Melyn despite being utterly different music. The video is a scream as well you can just tell he's cracking up doing it. 

Malcolm Neon - Llygaid yr Haul

Not 100% sure where I heard this oddball scratchy pop, again yn Gymraeg, but it's lovely stuff.

Underworld - Jumbo

I'm sure I've said this before, but the older I get the more I get Underworld. As a kid, they weren't up there with Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, or even Orbital in the big 90s dance acts for me. Now though, I'm digging the proggier vibes more and more. Jumbo is just lush and a single I completely missed at the time in 1999.

Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom

Dumb /v. clever fun. Not on PC Music but I've been on a SOPHIE tip recently (she produced Vroom Vroom) following the news that the label is to become archive-only after 2023.

Chris Korda and The Church of Euthanasia - Buy

Sofie K closed a recent NTS show with this nagging electropop that eventually led me to read up on the Unabomber... Chris Korda was behind the Unabomber for President campaign in 1996.

Joy Orbison x Overmono – Blind Date

Bit of a thumper from Joy Orbison and Monmouth's finest Overmono. It stood out in ANNA's Essential Mix on the drive back from Bridport a couple of weeks ago.

FRMAND - Heuldy

One of the big finds from the research into the Colour Run playlist I did for the boy's school event the other week. Big room house yn Gymraeg, neis neis.

Confidence Man and Daniel Avery - On & On (Again)

I've got to keep better records of where I hear things. But yeah, the summer anthem for me here. Big 90s throwback vibes, it just sounds massive, and fun, and yes mate, love it.

All-Welsh Colour Run Bangers

Need a YouTube playlist of all-Welsh bangers to soundtrack your next social gathering? CeefaxOfLife has you covered buddy.

I made this for the Colour Run at my boy's school, the remit was up-tempo songs in Welsh. I stretched that to include instrumental tracks by Welsh artists... or artists with connections to Wales... or that sound kinda Welsh. 

But mainly we're talking Diffiniad, Dom James & Lloyd, FRMAND and lots of Gwilym. On brand and within remit.

But there are over 50 tracks here, so you can skip a couple if needed.

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Hi. How are you? A playlist? Sure.

Róisín Murphy - CooCool

Strong summer vibes from Murphy, formerly of Moloko.

Alle - Den Rette Vej

I don't know much about this one, apart from it being a right rumbler with solid summer vibes. Danish if you were wondering.

Fiwsion · Dau Gog A Compiwtar

Welsh New Age from 1993. Think this is Dafydd Pierce of Gwalaxia.

Tapes - Aquarium Trousers

Keeping it on the same line here, heady electronic noodles. This came out in 2021 on Research Records.

Lee Tracy & Isaac Manning - Jesus Going to Clean House

Again I don't know the story here but it sounds like a found record of something. Fuzzy, uplifting, lofi house.

Dampé - Glow

I'm sure they're saying 'Bore Da'. Love it either way.

Tyler, the Creator - Sorry Not Sorry

Album offcut that bangs more than most out there.

Spooky - Stereo

I could've chosen a newer version, but the crunchiness in the fidelity and the lo-res image on this 15-year-old YouTube video all add to the weird melancholy vibe of this sad boi rave anthem.

Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha

Robbed.

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9 in 1 (24)

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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Water Levels

Oh hi. Sorry that it's been a little quiet here the past couple of weeks. That's down to a mix of playing Mother 3 and job applications and prepping for interviews eating into my blogging time. That precious, precious blogging time.

So, while I'm working up another 9 in 1 list here's something I've been enjoying while on the job hunt, alongside those fan-made ambient Aphex mixes on YouTube. It's Otaku: Water Levels, a show on NTS from last month, "diving deep on the best aquatic video game sound from Donkey Kong and Ecco The Dolphin's timeless chiptune ambience, to modern water stages in Sekiro, Mario Galaxy and beyond." 

NTS Monday · Otaku: Water Levels 200323

Chill AF.

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