Fabrider's Sunday Mixtape

WOW, it's been a year since my last podcast!  Well, a lot has happened - I've moved from the SE of the UK to the SW and started my own consultancy (see fabriders.net). This episode is inspired largely by my fabulous colleagues at Tactical Tech, who I'm constantly trading tunes with and getting great advice on new music.  This episode is dedicated to Faith Bosworth - who I have to thank for prodding me to put this one together.  Hope you like this one, Faith. Here's the track listing: 1. Flowers, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish 2. Number One Kid, Filewile 3. Her Fantasy, Matthew Dear 4 Losing You, Solange 5. Nap On the Bow, New Look 6. Oblivion, Grimes 7. Obedear, Purity Ring 8. Love from a Stone, School of Seven Bells 9. Take Care, Florence + The Machine 10. Manhattan, Cat Power 11. Who, David Byrne & St. Vincent 12. Gangsta, Tune-Yards 13. I Heard Wonders, David Holmes 14. For What It's Worth, Cher 15. Yes We Can Can, The Pointer Sisters 16. One Nation Under a Groove, Pt. 1 Funkadelic 17. 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free, Fela Kuti And Roy Ayers 18. There But For The Grace Of God, Machine 19. Shadow Dancing, Andy Gibb 20. Let's Have a Kiki, Scissor Sisters 21. Atmosphrique, Metro Area 22. Our Love, Donna Summer 23. Tea Leaf, Dancers Flying Lotus 24. Sleepwalker (Ambassaduers Remix), Nostalgia 77

Lots of Americana on this episode. But all over America - Chicago, SF, Down South and of course, New York City. Of particular interest is the American Music Club track that bring's up "The Stud's Well Drink Specials" The Stud was my DJ home in San Francisco and the track brings up a lot of old memories. I started listening to the Grandmaster Flash song again around the time of the 9/11 anniversary but thought I'd follow it up with a nod to the occupy movement. Keep your eyes on the prize kids! 1. Art of Almost / Wilco 2. All Your Jeans Were Too Tight / American Music Club 3. The Bad In Each Other / Feist 4. 99 Problems / Hugo 5. I Smell a Rat / Patty Griffin 6. Dance This Mess Around / The B-52's 7. Beggin' / Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 8. Strawberry Letter 23 / Brothers Johnson 9. Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love /Odyssey 10. Starlite (Drop Out Orchestra Remix) / Paul Weller 11. Master Song / Beck, MGMT, Devendra Banhart 12. Carmensita / Devendra Banhart 13. Everything Goes My Way / Metronomy 14. Ritual Union / Little Dragon 15. This Is / Grace Jones 16. Sutphin Boulevard / Blood Orange 17. New York, New York / Grandmaster Flash 18. Fight The Power / Public Enemy 19. Eyes on the Prize / Mavis Staples

This playlist's been in the hopper for awhile - just haven't had a chance to publish it.  Major influences on this one were the death of Gil Scott Heron, and the sharing of tracks to soundtrack The Rapture on Twitter last may.  There were some brilliant suggestions, but my own selections are included here - including one of my favorite Blondie tracks that never seems to get much airplay and a rare cover of 'Spirit in the Sky'.  And a final track that my colleagues will undoubtedly get - one I've had in my head since a retreat in France last June.  Here's the track listings: 1. I'm New Here - Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx 2. Two Against One (feat. Jack White) - Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi 3. Act Like A Shotgun - G.C. Cameron 4. The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson 5. Corcovado - Everything But The Girl 6. Far Nearer - Jamie xx 7. Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (feat. Santigold) - Beastie Boys & Santigold 8. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People 9. The Look - Metronomy 10. Running Away - Friendly Fires 11. Orbiter - Alice Gold 12. Season's Trees (feat. Norah Jones) - Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi 13. Night Air - Jamie Woon 14. Walking In the Rain - Flash and The Pan 15. Talk to Me - Peaches 16. Angels On The Balcony - Blondie 17. (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Single Version) -Blue Oyster Cult 18. Spirit In The Sky - Fuzzbox 19. Germ Free Adolescents - X-Ray Spex 20. Stephanie Says - The Velvet Underground

This episode has been compiled slowly as I've made my way accross four continents in as many months.  As you can tell from the track listing, my trip back to California for the holidays played big, as did a trip to Berlin (the first time I'd been since 1986!).  And, of course, the side-effect of being on the road is missing home. Here's the tracks: Lost in Music - Anita Lane Going Back to Cali - LL Cool J Hotel California v Streets of San Francisco - Aggro 1 Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel Obscene and Pornographic Art - Bongwater Counting Backwards - Throwing Muses Into the White - The Pixies Miss the Girl - The Creatures Heroes - Nico Rippin Kitten - Ms. Kitten Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk My Cloud - Gil Scott Heron and Jamie XX Alphaville (Time & Space Remix) - Bryan Ferry Ocean (Ray Mang Mix) - 2020 Soundsystem I Will Come Back (Classic Acapulco Nights Version) - Holy Ghost I'll Take Care of You - Gill Scott Heron and Jamie XX Somtimes  - Media Home - LCD Soundsystem The Last Living Rose - PJ Harvey Enjoy!

1. Whole Lotta Love - Tina Turner 2. Shannon Stone - Go Home Productions 3. Even Judas Gave Jesus a Kiss - !!! 4. Cake - The B-52's 5. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - The Slits 6 Waste of Time - YACHT 7. The Runaway (feat. ELLE J) - UNKLE 8. I Love the Way - Skream 9. You Can Dance - Bryan Ferry 10. I Know, I Hear - Holy Ghost! 11. My Dying Machine (A Side) - Gary Numan 12 Love You to Life (Cagedbaby & Guy Williams Paradise 45 Rework) - Grace Jones 13The Copenhagen Experience #1 (Trentemoller Edit) - Copenhagen Collective, Tomas Barfod, Trentem0ller, Steen Jørgensen & Marie Fisker 14. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac 15. VCR (Matthew Dear Remix) - The xx 16. I Can Change- LCD Soundsystem 17. ... Even Though You're With Another Girl - Trentemoller

1. MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU (iPlant remix) - Diana Ross and the Supremes 2. Wondaland - Janelle Monáe 3. The Most Certain Sure - !!! 4. Running Out - Scissor Sisters 5. Lucidity - Tame Impala 6. Trick Pony - Charlotte Gainsbourg 7. The Story of Hip Hop - The Books 8. Paid in Full (The Coldcut Remix) - Eric B & Rakim 9. Jingling Baby (Remixed but Still Jingling) - LL Cool J 10 Fight the Power, Pt 1 - Isley Brothers 11. We Can't Fly (Extended Drums Mix) - Aeroplane 12. Odessa (Junior Boys Mix) - Caribou 13. On Melancholy Hill (She Is Danger Remix) - Gorillaz 14. Say My Name (U-Tern Remix) - Holy Ghost 15. Why Does The Wind? (Morgan Geist Remix) - Tracy Thorn 16. There Is an End - Holly Golightly & The Greenhornes 17. Blues for Mama - Nina Simone

1. MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU (iPlant remix) - Diana Ross and the Supremes 2. Wondaland - Janelle Monáe 3. The Most Certain Sure - !!! 4. Running Out - Scissor Sisters 5. Lucidity - Tame Impala 6. Trick Pony - Charlotte Gainsbourg 7. The Story of Hip Hop - The Books 8. Paid in Full (The Coldcut Remix) - Eric B & Rakim 9. Jingling Baby (Remixed but Still Jingling) - LL Cool J 10 Fight the Power, Pt 1 - Isley Brothers 11. We Can't Fly (Extended Drums Mix) - Aeroplane 12. Odessa (Junior Boys Mix) - Caribou 13. On Melancholy Hill (She Is Danger Remix) - Gorillaz 14. Say My Name (U-Tern Remix) - Holy Ghost 15. Why Does The Wind? (Morgan Geist Remix) - Tracy Thorn 16. There Is an End - Holly Golightly & The Greenhornes 17. Blues for Mama - Nina Simone