RC 226: Messtival (From London to Scotland via Spain and Japan)

I’ll take the high road, and you’ll take Shinjuku Dori, and I’ll be in the hostel hiding from la lluvia drinking agua beatha afore ye!

I’ve been on my travels to Scotland on the Trans Island Express and vodka-swilling at Bestival, baring wind, rain and mutant rolling tents. and here’s a podcast inspired by my travels. Not just physical but also musical journey to some places I’d like to go (anywhere with sunshine and nice people, really). A long podcast but then again is standing sandwiched like a sardine at a Stevie Wonder concert (even harder: trying to get out before he finishes!), or walking large parts of the Western Isles, so you get what you put in, so neh.

Just don’t mention showers…either kind.

The Spain in Rain falls mostly in the illegal cartel of European LiDAR rates. (157Mb, 2:30)

or listen on Mixcloud

  • Fleetwood Mac – Dreams (Psychemagik Remix)
  • Red Hot Chilli Pipers – We Will Rock You
  • Salsa Celtica – El Agua De La Vida (Uisge Beatha, The Water Of Life)
  • Peatbog Faeries – Trans Island Express
  • Skipinnish – Scottische & Reels
  • Demented Are Go – Don`t Go In The Woods
  • The Reverend Horton Heat – Hello Mrs Darkness
  • The New Division – Walk In The Dark
  • Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Spanish Dance Troupe
  • Shiina Ringo – Yatsutsuke Shigoto
  • Ane Brun – Big In Japan
  • First Aid Kit – Heavy Storm
  • Frank Ocean – We All Try
  • Low – Nightingale
  • First Aid Kit – When I Grow Up (First Aid Kit)
  • Forest Swords – Glory Gongs
  • Tony Hymas – The Deep
  • Fairport Convention – Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
  • Peatbog Faeries – Drone-Age
  • Solar Bears – Twin Stars
  • Skipinnish – Spancil Hill
  • Sigur Rós – Varðeldur
  • Elton John vs Pnau – Sixty
  • Sexy Soxy – Slow Very Slow
  • Orbital – Are We Here (Live at Bestival)

Lady Leshurr & 367 crew

I admit I only really came across Lady Leshurr via the guest spot on Orbital’s recent album, and she was the best thing on it! A friend posted this great video with her and the rest of the 367 crew (Lioness and Amplify Dot, who are equally worth checking out and should be big) guesting on Ms Dynamite’s single from last year, and so I had to check out further…here’s her version of Ch*** Br***’s Look at me now (OK I lied over the no CB rule) which apart from the obvious bonus of there being no Chris Brown on it, you can just see she has it, funny and with that amazing fast flow.

Loving this from Amplify Dot aka A.Dot with Kano, I used to listen to a LOT of Kano & 679 back in the day, kind of lost touch with grime/UK scene, it became a little too male/beef-dominated and gang flavoured so it’s nice to see on these outings it’s healthy with a good dose of independent women showing it. Sadly back in the day it seemed to be only Ms D and Lady Sov and little else. Good to see a new generation coming through, along with the likes of Mz. Bratt who I blogged about a while ago.

And Lioness here with a very old skool grime track, with a good message – this goes out to those new dubstep/brostep/Skrillex/Rusko heads out there who don’t get where it came from, South London ting! ;-)

RC 217: Rehearsals for Retirement

A really long show since I’ve not done one for a while, and a quite a ranty/angry/noisy one putting the world to wrong. It’s not exactly an Aural pOddities show, but parts come close. As the imagery also suggests, it shared a little in part with the Freak Folk Wicker Man  shows, too.

Photo is one I took near Staines, as part of my recent riverwalks which I’ve started for the year (well did until it started raining!) glitched around by me.

Genocide & Juice on the Rocks please (2h34, 150Mb)

or listen on Mixcloud

  • Orbital – New France (Feat. Zola Jesus)
  • Material feat. Nona Hendryx – Busting Out (12” Extended Mix)
  • Street Sweeper Social Club – Promenade (Guitar Fury Remix)
  • Spacemen 3 – Revolution
  • Comus – Song To Comus
  • Amon Tobin – Shut Down
  • itchy-O – Inferno No Corridor (thanks to Mr Fab over at Music For Maniacs)
  • Spacemen 3 – Suicide
  • Soundhog – Whole Lotta Helter Skelter [Led Zeppelin vs The Beatles]
  • Cymande – Changes
  • Phil Ochs – Rehearsals For Retirement
  • John Holt – Working Kind (Chokin’ Kind)
  • Cymande – The Recluse
  • The Coup – I Know You
  • Beißpony – Mathilda’s Last Summer (from Grrrls Drinking Songs)
  • Silver Apples – Seagreen Serenades
  • Pat MacDonald – Enjoy The Silence
  • The Modern Lovers – Hospital
  • McSleazy – Lost Souls In The Supermarket from London Booted
  • Philip Glass – Molly is a Dreamer (from Theater Music Archive, Vol.I)
  • Henry Cow – Nine Funerals Of The Citizen King
  • The Ballroom – It’s A Sad World
  • The Magnetic Fields – Quick!

Orbital – New France

Watched Orbital doing their gig online for 6Music’s birthday last week (friends of mine were in the audience!) and the new tracks they played sounded good – especially Beezledub, and the new spruce up at the end of Halcyon Part 2

And now I’ve heard this track with them working with Zola Jesus ‘New France’ – an inspired pairing – and a rather cute Toy Story type video of childhood and loss. Bodes well for Wonky, their new album released at the start of April. (via Felix Five)