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:

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I want to start this blog by saying that tonsillitis SUCKS. Tonsillitis really fucking sucks. It REALLY FUCKING SUCKS.

Look, even Charlie Brooker agrees with me. And he’s right about a lot of stuff.

Why is this important? Well, it explains a few things:

a. Why this show is being uploaded over a week after the broadcast

b. Why the show itself is almost 100% devoid of my talking

c. Why I’m at home on a Friday night writing this blog rather than seeing the wonderful Adam Buxton at Kings Place

Some of the above may well be a blessing to y’all, but they’ve all pissed me off to a rather large extent.

To reiterate: tonsillitis SUCKS.

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Alphawezen – Electricity Drive (Timewriter’s ‘Timestyled Redrive’)
Roberto Rodriguez – Saved By The Bell (Terry Lee Brown Junior remix)
Stel – The Nail That Sticks Out
Manji – Strange (What Love Does)
Franck Roger – Egotrippin
Liiebermann – On
Sasse – Break Up (Turntablerockers remix)
Season & Sygaire Feat. Randolph Matthews – Open To Love
Loco Dice – Don’t Make Signal
John Daly – Big Piano
Veitengruber – Starshine
Deep-Maker – Small Man In The Big City (original mix)
Dub Sgeir – Coral
Sacred Spirit – Legends (Electric Blue Remix By Tom Middleton)
Addex – Option Replay
Roberto – Logical Progression
The Timewriter – Handsome Machine (Manuel Tur remix)
Lukas Greenberg – Do It (Greenster’s Trippin mix)
Skee-Lo – I Wish (Old School Dub)

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Today marked the first in a irregular series – the svelte vaults – where I play old tunes from the depths my CD collection. I’m going through the process of ripping it all to mp3, you see, and thus have plenty of rediscovered gems to get out there.

Today’s set features mostly artists from the A-F shelves. It wasn’t recorded, but there’s a Spotify approximation here. To be honest I was surprised that so much stuff was up there – though there are some sad omissions.

1. DJ Shadow – What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)
2. Air – Don’t Be Light (Neptunes Remix)
3. Dr. Dre Feat. Snoop Dogg – Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang
4. Spacek – Motion Control
5. Artful Dodger – Please Don’t Turn Me On
6. Bobby Trafalgar – The Young Animals of St.Pauli
7. The Style Council – Move On Up (Live Recording)
8. Stereolab – Mass Riff
9. Chicken Lips – Wind Ya Neck In
10. Daft Punk – Da Funk
11. DJ Disciple – Big Love
12. Funky Green Dogs – Fired Up (Club 69 Future Mix)
13. Blaze – My Beat (Swag’s Spiritual Mix)
14. East West Connection – Rollin’ (Black Science Inner City Club Mix)
15. Audio Soul Project – You Know (Rob Mello No Ears Mix)
16. Larry Heard – Give Me Heaven (Chris Grays Medicinal Purposes Mix)
17. First Choice – Gotta Get Away (From You Baby)
18. Faithless – Insomnia
19. The Chemical Brothers – Music: Response
20. Aphex Twin – Ziggomatic 17
21. Björk – Come To Me (Black Dog Mix)