Music-packed joy from start to finish this month – new albums from Sleepy Sun, Holy Fuck, Flying Lotus, The Divine Comedy, Tracey Thorn, Ellen Allien, Benga, Trash Kit and Silver Columns plus very quick gig reviews of Jonsi, Stornoway, Johann Johannsson, Pavement, The above-mentioned Divine Comedy, the Steve Reid Memorial at Cafe Oto and last night’s wonderful gig in celebration of Tom Robinson’s 60th birthday starring Little Comets, Chew Lips, members of Franz Ferdinand and The Cribs and Toumani Diabaté amongst others.

You can download the full show from here or hear a few tracks through Spotify.

1. Steve Reid – Rhythm Is Law /Jazz – Tribute To Great Black from A Drum Story (Altrisuoni)
2. Rocketnumbernine – Doodlebug from You Reflect Me (Trace)
3. Tracey Thorn – Late In The Afternoon from Love and its Opposite (Strange Feeling)
4. Sleepy Sun – Desert God from Fever (ATP)
5. The Divine Comedy – At The Indie Disco from Bang Goes the Knighthood (Divine Comedy)
6. Beck – Loser from Mellow Gold (DGC)
7. Trash Kit – 50ft Woman from Trash Kit (Upset the Rhythm)
8. Holy Fuck – Stilettos from Latin (XL)
9. Gold Panda – You – Minotaur Shock Remix from You (single)
10. Tunng – Bullets (Max Tundra remix) from Remixes (Full Time Hobby)
11. Hot Chip – I Feel Better – Max Cooper Remix (unreleased)
12. LCD Soundsystem – I Can Change from This is Happening (DFA)
13. Silver Columns – To Wake You from Yes, and Dance (Moshi Moshi)
14. Ellen Allien – Schlumi from Dust (Bpitch Control)
15. Aardvarck – Heal from Choice (Eat Concrete)
16. Benga – Transform from Phaze One (Tempa)
17. Flying Lotus – Satelllliiiiiiiteee from Cosmogramma (Warp)
18. Oy – The Kitten from From Box then Walk (Creaked)
19. Oy – Aeh from From Box then Walk (Creaked)
20. Oy – Positivili Two from From Box then Walk (Creaked)
21. Oy – Cloudy Gallery from From Box then Walk (Creaked)
22. Toumani Diabaté – Kaounding Cissoko from The Mandé Variations (World Circuit)
23. Little Comets – Dancing Song (unreleased)
24. Chew Lips – Toro from Unicorn (Family)
25. Tom Robinson Band – Glad To Be Gay from Power in the Darkness (EMI)

Hello dear friends and strangers. Up now is my Purple Radio radio show from last night. You can download and listen at your leisure.

Thrill at descriptions of Bloc Weekend, swoon at the downtempo beauty, marvel at the sound of my percussion-filled youth with not just one but TWO pieces of music that made me who I am today and have a good old bounce around the room with a nice up finale.

You can download the entire show from here, or get just under an hour’s worth of music via the Spotify playlist.

1. Sam Amidon – Rain and Snow from ‘I See The Sign’ (Bedroom Community)
2. Ólöf Arnalds – Náttsöngur from ‘Við og við’ (12 Tónar)
3. Helios – Distance from ‘Unleft’ (Circle into Square)
4. Choir of Young Believers – Wintertime Love (Sain Alice Group Remix) from ‘Claustrophobia’ (single) (Ghostly)
5. Michael Askill – Fabian Theory (Composer: Nigel Westlake) from ‘Australian: Percussion’ (Celestial Harmonies)
6. The Magnetic Fields – Papa Was A Rodeo from ‘69 Love Songs’(Domino)
7. Sam Amidon – Relief from ‘I See The Sign’ (Bedroom Community)
8. Jónsi – Around Us from ‘Go’ (Parlophone)
9. Efterklang – Scandinavian Love from ‘Magic Chairs’ (4AD)
10. Daedelus – Stampede Me from ‘Righteous Fists of Harmony’ (Brainfeeder)
11. Gorillaz – Cloud of the Unknowing (feat Bobby Womack and Sinfonia ViVa) from ‘Plastic Beach’ (Parlophone)
12. Loops Haunt – Hurache from ‘Rubber Sun Grenade EP’ (Fortified Audio)
13. DJ Zinc – Wile Out (feat Ms Dynamite) from ‘Wile Out’ (single) (Zinc)
14. Supergrass – Strange Ones from ‘I Should Coco’ (EMI)
15. Half Man Half Biscuit – Joy Division Oven Gloves from ‘Achtung Bono’ (Probe Plus)
16. Three Trapped Tigers – 13 from ‘EP 3′ (Blood and Biscuits)
17. Maria Grochowska – Ionisation (Composer: Edgard Varese) from ‘VARESE: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 – Ameriques / Equatorial / Nocturnal / Ionisation’ (Naxos)
18. Laurent Garnier – Man With The Red Face (Live Recording With Bugge Wesseltoft) from ‘Retrospective 94-06′ (F Communications)
19. Fuck Buttons – Olympians from ‘Tarot Sport’ (ATP)

(Photo by Justin King)