Well, its been a few weeks, OK, six weeks since you’ve had a live show from me. I’ve been busy OK? Actually, there has been loads of family stuff going on and its eaten up all my time and energy, apologies, but life can do that sometimes.

However, I dragged my sorry arse out of bed early, got into the studio and rather enjoyed putting this episode together, and I think there is a breadth to the music that is rather pleasing.

I kick off with Weekender by Flowered Up, which popped into my head because the guy who runs Green ISP who provided our internet (and I’d recommend) has been on the phone whulst I’ve been sorting the internet connection for an elderly relative. We got talking about music because he saw my email footer and he ended up sending me some stuff to listen to, which, I thought, sounded quite like this, in a very raw form.

I recently picked up Gomez’ ‘Bring It On’ as it was reissued, and given how I’ve ended up being friends with a couple of the guys from Gomez, I felt I should support the cause. Its a great album, it was at the time, winning a Mercury Music Prize, and it still sounds as good as ever.

I’ve been reading the official Nick Drake biog recently, so I’ll be playing songs by him for a while, Saturday Sun is one of my favourites. It leads on nicely to Kieran Hebdon (Four Tet) and his side project with William Tyler, which I have been loving since it dropped.

Nils and FS record is still in my listening pile an I’m grateful to Lieter for sending me a copy from Germany.

Jumping forward to the Sault track, which I heard whilst listening to 1BTN last week, they have dropped so many records in recent years that I’m not overly famiiar with them, and this track is the closer to the album ‘Unititled - God’ and its a little different, with a slight whimsy about it, which I love. That made me think of the Jim Noir track ‘Eeanie Meanie’ whcih I also adore. I first heard this in a sound track to a snowboard movie, and as winter is coming (and I have an alter ego as a snowboard culturalist and somewhat historian dontchaknow) it felt like the right time to play it.

That then led me down a 7” sized avenue, finishing up with a repressing of Joy Divisions ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ which is numbered 497 of 500. I don’t know the story behind this, or why it is a limited run, any ideas?

From there, a classic slab of Simple Minds and then I was just trying to work my way out towards the end of the show in some sort of way, so into the mix for some Andrea Parker on Mo Wax, two versions of Radioheads’ Everything In Its RIght Place, and finishing with some Boards of Canada.

Phew, we certainly covered some distance and I hope you enjoy(ed) listening.

Please feel free to share with fellow music lovers, and don’t forget, I’m in my studio everyday, helping people with their records, so if you or anyone you know needs a Producer or Mixing Engineer and you like the cut of my job, then get in touch.

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Tracklist:

Flowered Up - Weekender

Gomez - Get Miles

The Spellbinder Project - Switchblade

Nick Drake - Saturday Sun

William Tyler and Kieran Hebden - When it Rains

FS Blumm and Nils Frahm - Leuchter 2

Liris Viljanen - Gianni

Sultan Stevenson - Afterword

Jorja Smith - Rose Rouge

St Germain - Rose Rouge

Godet - Always Bright

Colin Wilkie, Shirley Hart, Albert Mangelsdorff and Joki Freund - Ich Armes Maidlein Klag Mich Sehr

Dave Pike Set - Raga Jeeva Swara

The Joachim Kuhn Group - Depression and Illusion

Everything is Recorded - No More Rehearsals

Sault - Life We Rent but Love is Rent Free

Jim Noir - Eenie Meany

Belle and Sebastian - Legal Man

Rodrigo and Gruff - Gold Medal Winner

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Simple Minds - Theme for Great Cities

Andrea Parker - Melodious Thunk

Radiohead - Everything in Its Right Place

Boards of Canada - Telephonic Workshop

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