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Tonight, we're joined by Realm Of Dusk for a special live set, in advance of his new album out July 31. @aobmotomasa.bsky.social and @kuma23.bsky.social will be focused on the slow tempo in hour two. Midnight PDT, 8am GMT. 100.5 fm in Vancouver and streaming worldwide at coopradio.radioapp.ca

Big set from @realm-of-dusk.bsky.social tonight. Excited to throw some new Black Dog, Bug and Dis Fig, Zake, Andreas Tillander on @quietdetails.bsky.social and more into the mix after.

At the last minute, @kuma23.bsky.social asked me to step in and play an hour-long live set on the radio tonight. Midnight PDT, 8am GMT. 100.5 FM in Vancouver and streaming worldwide at coopradio.radioapp.ca

#nowspinning #vinyl John Cale — ‘Slow Dazzle’ More solo Cale. He had some pretty goofy album covers at this point. In fact, this is a pretty goofy album. Sounding like a totally unhinged man who was given a large budget to make a commercial rock album. Which might be exactly what happened.

#nowspinning #vinyl Heidi Berry — ‘Below the Waves’ She has the dubious honour of being both a minor Creation artist and a minor 4AD artist. This is one of her Creation albums, from 1989. Honestly, she was probably just ahead of her time with this dreamy, folky business. I bet Beth Orton is a fan.

#nowspinning #hiphop #rap #vinyl Jungle Brothers — ‘Raw Deluxe’ For me, the gold age of hip-hop was 89-96. This is from 97 but it still gives me that golden age feeling. Totally underrated and not to be slept on.

1982. Stewart Lee's favourite LP. Also one of mine...

#nowspinning #electroacoustic #vinyl Horacio Vaggione — ‘Schall / Rechant’ This guy was part of that generation, along with Laurie Spiegel and David Behrman, who used computers to control analogue synths. But this is later work focused on digital signal processing, specifically granular synthesis.

#nowspinning #ambient #morningmusic #vinyl Ryuichi Sakamoto — ‘Async’ Cannot think of another album that’s so utterly becalming without being the least bit trite.

#onrepeat #hiphop #rap Jungle Brothers (feat. Q-Tip & De La Soul) - 'How Ya Want It We Got it (Native Tongues Remix)' Listen to this song. It will improve your mood. Posdnous really takes it over the top in the fourth verse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7kK...

My latest project for #Shfl is up, looking at the mighty Robert Hampson -- Loop, Main, under his own name and more. This is an overview rather than a release by release effort, but click through various entries to find reviews by myself, @burningambulance.bsky.social and @kodakghostpoem.bsky.social

#nowspinning #japanesemusic #musicsky #vinyl Kazuki Tomakawa — ‘Beauty Without Mercy’ I thought Kan Mikami was 100% unique until someone hipped me to this MF. Apparently, he was known as ‘the screaming philosopher’. The album title concisely expresses a valid aesthetic philosophy, IMH(bC)O.

Bandcamp does not let us make pre-orders free, so we’ve set a minimum price of $1.01. Once the album is released on Jul 31, you’ll be able to download it for free, if you haven’t already pre-ordered. Even if you want to pay for the album, you might still want to wait until Bandcamp Friday on Aug 7.

The debut album by Realm of Dusk is now available for pre-order. blastedgorse.bandcamp.com/album/iii The album is confusingly titled ‘III’ and it’s packed with equally perplexing dreamlike ambience and off-kilter glitch beats. Pre-order to download two tracks from the album right now.

#nowspinning #postrock #vinyl The Third Eye Foundation — ‘Ghost’ Another spin inspired by the @simonreynolds.bsky.social book, although I’m not sure he mentions TEF. I’m just really feeling the Bristol scene rn. This one is like an extremely dark, epic remix of ‘Touched’ by My Bloody Valentine.

#nowspinning #vinyl John Cale — ‘Paris 1919’ After getting back into Nico, I’ve been expanding my Cale knowledge. Maybe Lou Reed is next? Can’t believe it took me so long to come around to this one . Lovely 2LP reissue on Domino. Good for them! The label colour coordinates nicely with my new needle.

The debut album by Realm of Dusk is now available for pre-order. blastedgorse.bandcamp.com/album/iii The album is confusingly titled ‘III’ and it’s packed with equally perplexing dreamlike ambience and off-kilter glitch beats. Pre-order to download two tracks from the album right now.

The debut album by Realm of Dusk (fka connect_icut) has just been announced, pre-order to download two tracks from the album in advance of the July 31st release date blastedgorse.bandcamp.com/album/iii @realm-of-dusk.bsky.social

#nowspinning #prog #vinyl Van Der Graaf Generator — ‘Visions: Radio & TV Sessions (June 1971–March 1972) Still compulsively buying VDGG and Hammill bootlegs. Sound quality is basically good here but the pressing is meh. Features that Belgian TV performance of ‘A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers’.

#nowspinning #musicsky #vinyl The Cramps — ‘Bad Music for Bad People’

#nowspinning #lofi #postrock #dreampop #vinyl Flying Saucer Attack — ‘Chorus’ Today’s selection inspired by the new @simonreynolds.bsky.social book. This one gets a bit overlooked, maybe because it’s an odds-and-ends comp. But it was the first FSA I got, so it has a special place in my heart.

#nowspinning #ambient #morningmusic #vinyl Civilistjävel! — ‘Foljd’ Tactile analogue synths, glitchy textures, moodily impressionistic melodies… Totally individual but surprisingly accessible. Some of the best experimental electronic music to emerge in recent years. Highly recommended.

Orbit Flares - Seekersinternational & wzrdryAV Dub ambient drone collab 🔊

#nowspinning #japanesemusic #vinyl Keiji Haino — ‘Next, Let’s Try Changing the Shape’ Can you tell that I had a lot of fun at the North Burnaby Record Round-Up last Saturday? What you don’t know is that I had a big ice cream on the way home.

#nowspinning #postrock #vinyl Bark Psychosis — ‘Independency’ Another spin inspired by the new @simonreynolds.bsky.social book. I have all the singles collected here but it’s easier to play this comp, which seems to be in the ‘officially licensed but not artist approved’ zone. My fave BP stuff.

#nowspinning #electroacoustic #vinyl Michel Redolfi - ‘Pacific Tubular Waves / Immersion’ An unconventional summer favourite. Redolfi is underrated. Few others have produced such radical, abstract music that’s so easy on the ears. Hard to believe this was made on a Synclavier at the dawn of the 80s.

#nowplaying #jazz #musicsky #vinyl Miles Davis — ‘Black Beauty’

#nowplaying #postpunk #vinyl The Fall — ‘Singles Live Vol. One 1978-81’ I like to tell myself that I’m not really interested in The Fall anymore and wish MFs would shut up about them. But I keep buying stuff like this.

#nowspinning #vinyl John Cale — ‘Paris 1919’ After getting back into Nico, I’ve been expanding my Cale knowledge. Maybe Lou Reed is next? Can’t believe it took me so long to come around to this one . Lovely 2LP reissue on Domino. Good for them! The label colour coordinates nicely with my new needle.

#nowspinning #vinyl Neil Young & Crazy Horse — ‘Weld’ And while we’re playing monster live sets… This could almost be something on PSF until the vocals kick in.

#nowspinning #postrock #vinyl Disco Inferno — ‘D.I. Go Pop’ Dropped some heavy hitters into the to-play crate after reading the excellent new @simonreynolds.bsky.social book. One day, this album will be as influential as the first Velvet Underground LP. It’s either that or a descent into barbarism.

Does anyone else have movie quotes they say regularly that don't make sense in any context? Mine are: "I think so, and so does Cassian" "Beef jerky time!" "That's right, the romance languages are based on Latin, aren't they?" Extra points of you can guess my movies.

#nowspinning #dub #reggae #vinyl King Tubby — ‘Majestic Dub’ From 1981. Think this is Prince Jammy dubbing Bunny Lee riddims at Tubby’s studio, but it’s credited to Tubby. Whoever did what, they all did it extremely well.

#nowspinning #beatles #vinyl Paul McCartney — ‘McCartney II’ I’ve had at least one Bluesky user block me for being pro-Paul. Whatever. Ween is just the Butthole Surfers doing a full-album cover of this one.

#nowspinning #vinyl Topdown Dialectic — ‘Vol. 2’ The new TD LP will be album of the year. I’d be flabbergasted if we got anything better before Dec 31. The vinyl is delayed, so I’m digging out my previous fave Topdown. Dub techno with the dub replaced by unfathomable electro-acoustic wizardry.

#nowspinning #postrock #vinyl Insides — ‘Euphoria’ I’ll take every opportunity I get to tell you this is one of the greatest records evar. It gets compared to Bjork but it’s less concerned with performance and pageantry than with the muck and magic of everyday life. Durutti Column with sunstroke?

#nowspinning #hiphop #vinyl Keith Murray — ‘The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World’ One of those records that immediately hits the hardcore 90s rap spot. Bass-heavy, sample-dense, and wildly wordy. He was part of Erick Sermon’s Def Squad crew.

#nowspinning #ecm #jazz #vinyl Mick Goodrick — ‘In Pas(s)ing’ Another detour from my #ecmodyssey because I have to write a thing about the upcoming reissue. This is a lovely US original copy, which probably came from Black Noise in Bellingham. Features John Surman, Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnnette.

#nowspinning #ambient #morningmusic #vinyl Rafael Toral — ‘Traveling Light’ Huge fave. Possibly my favourite album of last year. Totally under appreciated. Not so much ambient jazz as jazz ambient.

Timothy Charles "Tim" Smith. Born OTD in 1961, Carshalton, Surrey. Died 21/7/2020 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dodx...

#nowplaying #japanesemusic #musicsky #vinyl Yoshiko Sai — ‘Mikkou’ Another one that sounds great with the new needle. I also bought a cork slipmat. I’m that guy now

#nowspinning #ambient #vinyl Civilistjävel - self-titled (2018) One of my favourite electronic music projects of recent years, although some of the songs supposedly date back to the 90s. Moody analogue synth melodies and glitchy textures. And, crucially, not too much reverb.

#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl Norma Tanega — ‘I Don’t Think It Will Hurt If You Smile’

#nowspinning #dreampop #musicsky #vinyl His Name is Alive — ‘Home is in Your Head’ Delighted and amazed this got reissued. Been looking for an OG for years. Bin all that neo-shoegaze slop and listen to something proper.

#nowspinning #60smusic #vinyl A handful of Scott Walker and Walker Brothers singles. Includes some great songs Scott wrote for the Bros, like ‘Archangel’ and ‘Mrs. Murphy’.

#nowspinning #bristol #dreampop #postrock #vinyl Three early 7” singles from Amp, who were part of the same 90s Bristol scene as Flying Saucer Attack, Movietone, The Third Eye Foundation, Crescent etc. These will definitely appeal to FSA fans. Still going in some form, I believe.

#nowspinning #ambient #japanesemusic #morningmusic #musicsky #vinyl Haroumi Hosono — ‘The Tale of Genji’ I’m a big fan of the YMO dude’s soundtrack work and this 1987 OST is phenomenal. But when are we getting an overpriced vinyl reissue of his Muji BGM tape?

#nowspinning #musicsky #vinyl Annette Peacock — ‘The Collection’ This compiles songs from her 1970s ‘raunchy’ jazz-rock period, which isn’t my favourite. But Annette is Annette.