September 16, 2015Finally got this on the deck after it dropped a few weeks back, making it the first Rwina Records plate that’s worked it’s way in to my collection strangely enough. I also slept on Anti-G’s debut LP on Planet Mu a few years back, though for the life of me can’t remember why – definitely have to revisit that one…
September 14, 2015Not sure when this became a thing, but the end result is surprisingly dope; far more than just novelty in our eyes. 8-bit Famicom versions of some of the most uniquely styled music ever created. The wonderful recordings of Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band covered more experimental ground than any of their contemporaries at the time, and most other…
September 12, 2015Back in touch with the internet just in time to post up archive of last week’s Awkward Movements show on NTS. Amidst the annual Dead Albatross madness, it’s Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze in session for two hours of tunes – a load of favourites for us and a few new pieces thrown in. The obligatory Muslimgauze and Sun Ra visits appear,…
August 30, 2015Once again, as standards, apologies for delay in getting this up. It’s been a hectic week and as we’re still travelling it’ll likely be the last post for about a fortnight. But couldn’t get on the plane without getting up the archive here for Awkward Movements on NTS last week. Cassettes were once again coming out our ears with drops…
August 27, 2015It’s about time we shouted at El Mahdy Jr. properly on these pages. The Algerian born producer dropped his debut LP The Spirit Of Fucked Up Places on Boomarm Nation back in 2013, and properly fucked us up with it. Hell, we liked it so much we bought it on cassette as well as vinyl. With three plates on three different labels…
August 23, 2015Not the weekend’s show but the one before – archive here for Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze’s last session on NTS radio for Awkward Movements. Full two hour show below with track list forthcoming. Exium kicks things off with A Taut Line, Annabel (lee) and a tune from the brilliant Tapes LP all featuring early on as well. Yep, the guy…
August 21, 2015Apologies for the absence across the last fortnight or so, things got a bit out of hand and distracting. But through it we’ve been wired in to a shitload of radio, and among it’s pieces three series from ABC that launched last year. There’s no hiding my love affair with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. For radio, we went through 2JJ…
August 12, 2015Very cool this, encompassing that early computer archive vibe that made Ben Zimmerman’s The Baltika Years such an incredible collection to get lost in. This time around we’ve got an insight in to the early workings of Max Tundra aka Ben Jacobs, with a compilation of tracks recorded during his childhood on a Commodore Amiga 500 and Acorn BBC Micro…
August 10, 2015In 1969 Rita Fecher got her first teaching job; in a school in the South Bronx at a time when the city’s longstanding crime reputation was being written. As documented well in Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop – or any hip-hop writings to be fair – this oft-talked about time in New York’s history is when the impoverished areas was likened by…
August 7, 2015Pre-Cert Home Entertainment sub-label Dead-Cert Home Entertainment has produced some incredible reissues since it’s inception in 2012. In fact, all three imprints that Andy Votel has a hand in – Finders Keepers, Pre-Cert and Dead-Cert – seem to set the standard for quality and reproduction of mostly unheard or under-appreciated music. Take a look in your collection and you’ll likely…