Welcome back everyone, sorry I’ve been away -last month I was in the French countryside last month and didn’t have the chance to pre-record as had been the plan…

So I’ve a densely packed show for you – a bit of uneasy listening, some very pretty stuff, my Tune of the Year and some gloriousness from Martin Creed, who’s made my Album of the Year so far. Listen to some of the tunes from Spotify, or get it all, WITH ME TALKING AND STUFF.

1. Martin Creed – Work No. 1372 from Work No. 1372 (http://www.allthebells.com/home/)
2. Fuck Buttons – Surf Solar (7″ Edit) from Surf Solar
3. Icebreaker – Brian Eno: An Ending (Ascent) II from Apollo
4. So Percussion – Steve Mackey: It Is Time: III. Marimba from Mackey: It Is Time
5. We Saw Heaven – Luminosity from We Saw Heaven
6. Múm – Póst Póstmaður from Early Birds
7. Will Dutta with Neil Grant and John Matthias – Suprachiasmatic Beta from Parergon
8. Hot Chip – Look At Where We Are from In Our Heads
9. The Chap – Painkiller from We Are Nobody
10. Birdy Nam Nam – Escape from Birdy Nam Nam
11. Birdy Nam Nam – L’Interlude De Qualité from Birdy Nam Nam
12. Joe Jackson feat. Iggy Pop – It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) from The Duke
13. Grinderman – When My Baby Comes (Cat’s Eyes With Luke Tristram) from Grinderman 2 (Remix)
14. Can – Oh Yeah from Tago Mago (40th Anniversary Edition)
15. Martin Creed – What’s The Point Of It? from Love To You
16. Martin Creed – You’re The One For Me from Love To You
17. The Invisible – Utopia from Rispah
18. Victoire – Like a Miracle from A Door into the Dark (EP)
19. Nico Muhly – Part IV Material in a Long Cadence from Drones & Viola
20. Georg Solti: Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition – 6. Ballet Of The Chicks In Their Shells
21. Georg Solti: Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition – 7. Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuyle
22. Georg Solti: Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition – 8. The Marketplace At Limoges
23. Laurie Anderson – Big Science from Big Science
24. Omega Male – Omega Male (Download from Resident Advisor)
25. Rocketnumbernine – Lone Raver from Lone Raver EP
26. The Chemical Brothers – Theme For Velodrome from Theme For Velodrome

A couple of links for thee:

Prom 29 – starring the National Youth Orchestra

• Varèse – Tuning Up
• Nico Muhly – Gait (BBC Commission – London Premiere)
• Messiaen – Turangalîla Symphony
• Anna Meredith – HandsFree

Another month gone, another raft of excellent gigs and releases. Music truly is brilliant, innit?

Here’s the show as it went out, you can, as usual, download the whole thing from here, or check out some of the tunes from Spotify.

1. Bob Marley – Burnin’ & Lootin’ from Live On Air
2. Regular Fries – The Pink Room from Accept the Signal
3. James Canty – Something You Choose from James Canty EP
4. Sam Amidon – Johanna The Row-di from I See The Sign
5. One Little Plane – It’s Alright from Into The Trees
6. Markus Stenz: London Sinfonietta – Thomas Adès: Living Toys – Playing Funerals from Adès: Living Toys
7. Markus Stenz: London Sinfonietta – Thomas Adès: Living Toys – Tablet from Adès: Living Toys
8. Dustin O’Halloran – A Great Divide from Lumiere
9. Midaircondo – Could You Please Stop from Domino 06
10. Julia Holter – Goddess Eyes from Tragedy
11. Origamibiro – Sedimental Value (K-Conjog Remix) from Shakkei Remixed
12. Errors – Holus-Bolus from Have Some Faith In Magic
13. Zammuto – Weird Ceiling from Zammuto
14. Radiohead – Idioteque from I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings
15. Cate Le Bon – The Man I Wanted from CYRK
16. Ben Folds Five – Do It Anyway from New Album-In Progress
17. The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again from The Queen is Dead
18. Gina X Performance – Nice Mover from Nine O’Clock Drop
19. Actress – Shadow From Tartarus from R.I.P.
20. Seams – Potential from Potential
21. Squarepusher – Dark Steering from Dark Steering
22. Shifted – Structure from Control
23. Girl Unit – Double Take from Club Rez EP

A couple of extra things:

Blue Touch Paper with the London Sinfonietta.

Upcoming gigs

I’M GOING TO CERN!!!

And so to my April show. The usual rollercoaster ride, bumping from genre to genre, talking bollocks about stuff I liked and stuff that I didn’t. Random shoutouts and a (failed) attempt at doing a dinner round-up. At the bottom of this post there are links to some things I talked about and one big major thing I forgot to talk about. The Simple Things Festival in Bristol on the 6th May. Ooops.

As usual, you can have a Spotify link or download the whole thing. Take your choice.

1. The Magnetic Fields – Goin’ Back To The Country from Love At The Bottom Of The Sea
2. Belleruche – Stormbird from Stormbird
3. One Little Plane – Into the trees from Into The Trees PROMO
4. Mirroring – Silent From Above from Foreign Body
5. Jim White – The Way Of Alone from Where It Hits You
6. Julia Holter – Moni Mon Amie from Ekstasis
7. SOAP&SKIN – Voyage Voyage from Narrow
8. Bang On A Can All-Stars – David Lang: sunray from Big Beautiful Dark and Scary
9. Bill Ryder Jones – By The Church Of Appolonia (Leyland Kirby Mix) from 14 tracks: Consensual Hallucination
10. Simon Scott – Betty from Bunny
11. Blanck Mass – Icke’s Struggle from Blanck Mass
12. Low – Murderer from Hel-low
13. Retribution Gospel Choir – I’m a Man from the revolution EP (you can download it from here)
14. Martin Creed – Thinking Not Thinking from Marc Riley Session
15. Arab Strap – The First Big Weekend (Live 2011) from Live At Nice ‘N’ Sleazy 2011
16. Lotus Plaza – Out of Touch from Spooky Action at a Distance
17. Spoek Mathambo – Put Some Red On It from Father Creeper
18. Burial – Loner from Kindred
19. Riley – Kleek from Stem/Kleek (http://rileymusic.bandcamp.com/album/stem-kleek)
20. Jimmy Edgar – Switch Switch from HF033 – This One’s For The Children
21. Stakker – Eurotechno (Part 18 – 21) from Eurotechno
22. Bizzy B – Bad Boy Sound from Science EP Volumes III & IV
23. Rocketnumbernine – Shot One from You Reflect Me

Some things I talked about on my show

Nick Zammuto – Real Beauty Turns (from the Bang On A Can – Field Recordings gig)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aK5NIgzZLQ4

Martin Creed @ The Lexington, 24 May 2012

A big thing I forgot to talk about on my show

The Simple Things Festival in Bristol on the 6th May!

Other gigs to which I’m going can be found over there => to the right =>

Oh dearest ones, the arrival of the Spring sunshine is cheering me LOADS, as in the plethora of musical delights I’ve been experiencing of late and the anticipation of many to come. This month’s show was BLOODY GREAT if I do say so myself. Chat was a bit rushed, but only cos there was so much brilliant music to get out, as you’ll see below.

If you want to know more details about the gigs I’m booked in to see, you can check the list over on last.fm by clicking here. Yes, I know I should be blogging about them all, but I’m a bit rubbish, y’see.

Aaaaanyway, here’s the show in all its glory. Download using this discreet link, or for (some of) the music, try this Spotify playlist.

Fill. Your. Boots.

1. Jim White – What Rocks Will Never Know from Where It Hits You
2. Tindersticks – This Fire of Autumn from The Something Rain
3. Tanya Auclair – Fluke from ORIGAMI
4. Anna Meredith – Orca from Black Prince Fury EP
5. Oren Ambarchi – Passage from Audience of One
6. Sam Amidon – Nico Muhly: The Only Tune: I. The Two Sisters – Samamidon from Mothertongue
7. Raffertie – Courage Boy from Mass Appeal
8. Wolfgang Voigt – Rückverzauberung 5 from Pop Ambient 2012
9. Bowerbirds – Sweet Moment from The Clearing
10. Rob St. John – Sargasso Sea from Weald
11. Orchestre Métropolitain – Claude Vivier: Orion from Orchestre Métropolitain 2
12. Drivan – Inget Mer Sen from Disko
13. SOAP&SKIN – Boat Turns Toward The Port from Narrow
14. Dirty Three – Sometimes I Forget You’ve Gone from Toward The Low Sun
15. Breakbeat Era – Ultra-Obscene from Ultra Obscene
16. Peaches – Shake Yer Dix from Fatherfucker
17. Fanny Jam – God and Women from The Lady Love EP
18. The Magnetic Fields – God Wants Us To Wait from Love At The Bottom Of The Sea
19. Bang On A Can All-Stars – Michael Gordon : For Medeline from Big Beautiful Dark and Scary
20. The 2 Bears – Be Strong from Be Strong
21. Factory Floor – Two Different Ways from Two Different Ways

Oh, and here’s a brief thing about the awesome Anna Meredith at the National Portrait Gallery Lates

And, as a bonus treat, my first film for BishUK:

watch?v=x-Np4sgezO0

Oh gosh, 2011 is nearly over. Who’d a thunk. It’s been a rollercoaster of a year for me – after completely losing my musical mojo in the early part of the year, it picked up by festival time, but has fluctuated wildly since.

Tonight’s show was the review of 2011, though there’s not much reviewing going on – tis mostly just tunes and me saying I love them… You know you want it, download the whole show from here, or check the Spotify playlist over here.

1. Aidan John Moffat – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town from Oh! What A Not So Silent Night Before Christmas (http://aidanjohnmoffat.bandcamp.com/track/oh-what-a-night-before-christmas)
2. ?lhan Barutçu – Sultaniyegah Taksim from A?k-? Neyzen – Sufi Music
3. Half Man Half Biscuit – Fix It So She Dreams Of Me from 90 Bisodol (Crimond) (Probe Plus)
4. Tune-Yards – Es-so from W H O K I L L (4AD)
5. Mogwai – San Pedro from Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (Rock Action)
6. Low – You See Everything from C’mon (Subpop)
7. St. Vincent – Surgeon from Strange Mercy (4AD)
8. Fujiya & Miyagi – Cat Got Your Tongue from Ventriloquizzing (Full Time Hobby)
9. Conquering Animal Sound – Giant from Kammerspiel (Gizeh)
10. Origamibiro – Dismantle Piece from Shakkei (Abandon Building)
11. Plaid – founded from scintilli (Warp)
12. Evangelista – Enter The Prince from In Animal Tongue (Constellation)
13. Deaf Center – Hunted Twice from Owl Splinters (Type)
14. Björk – Sacrifice from Biophilia (One Little Indian)
15. Radiohead – Codex from The King Of Limbs (XL)
16. My Brightest Diamond – Reaching Through to the Other Side from All Things Will Unwind (Asthmatic Kitty)
17. Alice Gun – Metal Spider from Metal Spider (Ambiguous)
18. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Bats In The Attic from Diamond Mine (Domino)
19. The 2 Bears – Bear Hug from Bear Hug E.P. (Southern Fried)
20. Anna Meredith – Nautilus from Black Prince Fury EP (http://soundcloud.com/annameredith/sets/black-prince-fury)
21. Boxcutter – LOADtime from Hotflush Presents… Back And 4th (Hotflush)
22. Roots Manuva – Get the Get from 4everevolution (Big Dada)
23. Ghostpoet – I Just Dont Know from Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam (Brownswood)
24. Walls – Drunken Galleon from Coracle (Kompakt)
25. Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – The Sadness In Your Life Will Slowly Fade from Everything’s Getting Older (Chemikal Underground)
26. Sinking Cruise Ship Rescue Drama I Saw Three Cruise Ships Come Sinking In (http://www.last.fm/music/Sinking+Cruise+Ship+Rescue+Drama/_/I+saw+three+cruise+ships+come+sinking+in)

With thanks to Steven Shingler (photographer)

What a glorious month! Firstly, Had the svelte mum over to visit, went to Ireland, visiting friends and family, went to some good gigs, booked a whole bunch more. AND the radio show didn’t decide to implode technically on me, which was nice. In fact, I’m rather proud of this one.

You can download the show from here or grab from Spotify here.

Enjoy, yeah?

the svelte selection – 27 October 2011

1. Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat from Tasogare from Everything’s Getting Older
2. James Yorkston – Woozy With Cider (Jon Hopkins Remix) from Woozy With Cider
3. Samamidon – Little Satchel from All Is Well
4. Rachael Dadd – Moth In The Motor from Bite The Mountain
5. St. Vincent – Cheerleader from Strange Mercy
6. My Brightest Diamond – High Low Middle from All Things Will Unwind
7. Chilly Gonzales – Shut Up and Play The Piano – The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales
8. Digitonal – monday from Piano Music (unreleased)
9. Digitonal – radio from Piano Music (unreleased)
10. Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – Man Of The Cloth from Cruel Summer E.P.
11. The Necks – The Boys II from The Boys
12. Evangelista – Bells Ring Fire from In Animal Tongue
13. Janis Joplin – Ball & Chain – Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits
14. Cor Godre’R Aran – Ymdaith Gwyr Harlech – The Music Of Wales
15. Valery Gergiev – Bluebeard’s Castle: IV. Third Door – The Treasury – Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle
16. Roots Manuva – Here We Go Again – 4everevolution
17. Talk In Colour – Nightshifts
18. Björk – Virus – Biophilia
19. Pram – Track Of The Cat – Dark Island
20. Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven – Doolittle 20th Anniversary Live Sampler
21. The Thing – Mystery Song – Bag It!
22. Daedelus – Penny Loafers – Bespoke
23. Astrid Williamson – Pour (Raffertie Remix) – One Little Indian Sampler
24. Max Cooper – Chaotisch Serie

As the nights draw in, Aardvark to Zebra prepares to smooth you through the transition into Winter with its usual hotch-potch of styles to surprise and delight its loyal audience, i.e. you.

Spinning winners this time around will be: Dr Em, Ketsbaia, Nettie and Rob le Yé-Yé.

Usual drill – 8pm till 1am, The Green, Clerkenwell Green, EC1. Oh yeah, the date would help, wouldn’t it?

Saturday 24th October to you.

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