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Presenter of Eclectic Mainline on BCB 106.6FM, bassist in Wilful Missing, solo musician under the name Our Albert, and photographer.

Eclectic Mainline 18th April 2012 – Record Store Day special

Tonight’s was a special show dedicated to releases that are coming on on Saturday 21st April, the annual Record Store Day event.  The official UK Record Store Day 2012 website has a full list of releases coming out on the day.

Record Store Day 2012

 

During the show I spoke to Adam of Jumbo Records in Leeds.  Jumbo have arranged a really special line-up of in-store performances for Record Store Day.   If you do make it into Leeds, I would advise you also visit Crash Records who are, of course, also stocking a wide range of special releases for Record Store Day.

I must confess I got something wrong in the show tonight.  I said that the Wickerman 7″ is on BBC Records.  It is, in fact, nothing to do with the BBC, but is released on Silva Screen.

If you missed the show you can hear it on the BCB Listen Again service, here.  Apologies for the low bit-rate and low volume.

Here is a full list of the Record Store Day releases that I played tonight:

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Eclectic Mainline 4th April 2012

Last week I played the Groundislava remix of Slugabed’s “Sex”, this week I played the original version, and here is the Daedelus remix:

Slugabed – ‘Sex (Daedelus Remix)’ by Ninja Tune

If you missed the show, but you would like to catch up, you can do so here on the BCB Listen Again website.  Here is a list of tunes played in the show:

Slugabed – “Sex” (single) (Ninja Tune)
Those Darlins – “Bumd” LP – “Screws Get Loose”) (Oh Wow Dang)
Gareth Dickson – “This Is The Kiss” (LP – “Quite A Way Away”) (12K)
Amadou & Mariam – “Dougou Badia” (single and LP – “Folila”) (Because)
AU – “Solid Gold” (LP – “Both Lights”) (Leaf)
Frank Turner – “I still Believe” (single and LP – “England Keep My Bones”) (Xtra Mile)
Kellar – “The Vanishing Lamp” (LP – “Beloved Dean Of Magic”) (Foolproof Projects)
Cate Le Bon – “Puts Me To Work” (single and LP – “CYRK”) (OVNI/Turnstile)
Erik Friedlander – “Beaufain Street” (LP – “Bonebridge”) (Skipstone)
Grinderman – “Bellringer Blues (Nick Zinner remix)” (LP – “Grinderman 2 RMX”) (Mute)
Spoek Mathambo – “Let Them Talk” (single and LP – “Father Creeper”) (Sub Pop)
Robert Ellis – “What’s In It For Me” (LP – “Photographs”) (New West)

Eclectic Mainline 28th March 2012

Time is most definitely of the essence this week, so here is a link to listen again to the show….

… and here is a list of the tunes from the show….

Wiley – “Evolve or be Extinct” (single) (Big Dada)
Eugene McGuinness – “Shotgun” (single) (Domino)
eRikm – “Klein Surface” (CD – “Transfall”) (Room40)
Peter Broderick – “ASleep” (LP – “http://www.itstartshere.com”) (Bella Union)
Yppah – “R. Mullen” (LP – “Eightly One”) (Ninja Tune)
Lark – “Another Lover” (single and LP – “I Don’t Got”) (Care In The Community)
Frankie Rose – “Night Swim” (single) (Memphis Industries)
Spoek Mathambo – “Let Them Talk” (single and LP – “Father Creeper”) (Sub Pop)
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks – “Stick Figures In Love” (single and LP – “MIrror Traffic”) (Domino)
Slugabed – “Sex (Groundislava Remix)” (single) (Ninja Tune)
Shearwater – “Immaculate” (single and LP – “Animal Joy”) (Sub Pop)
Viva Stereo – “Knee High Boots” (Lonely Tourist version) (“Wanderlust EP”)
Big Deal – “Talk” (single and LP – “Lights Out”) (Mute)
Bowerbirds – “Walk The Furrows” (LP – “The Clearing”) (Dead Oceans)
Atomâ„¢ – “Teil I” (LP – “Winterreise”) (Raster Noton)

Eclectic Mainline 21st March 2012

I’ve only been back in the country 2 weeks and it feels like same old same old now. Boo. Well, tonight’s show featured this rather excellent tune by AU from their new album on The Leaf Label:

AU – Get Alive by theleaflabel

If you wish to listen back to the show, you should find it on this page of the BCB Listen Again service.

Here is a list of all the tunes I played tonight:

Le Super Borgou de Parakou – “Dadon Gabou Yo Sa Be No.2 (Afro Beat Dendi)” (Analog Africa)
Drugstore – “Aquamarine” (single and LP – “Anatomy”) (Rocket Girl)
NHK’koyxen – “587” (track 1* from LP – “Dance Classics Vol.1”) (PAN)
Robert Ellis – “Friends Like Those” (single and LP – “Photographs”) (New West)
Poliça – “Lay Your Cards Out” (single) (Memphis Industries)
Palace Songs – “Agnes, Queen Of Sorrow” (LP – “Hope”) (Domino)
AU – “Get Alive” (LP – “Both Lights”) (Leaf)
Yppah – “Film Burn” ft. Anomie Belle (single and LP – “Eightly One”) (Ninja Tune)
Yeti Lane – “Sparkling Sunbeam” (single and LP – “The Echo Show”) (Sonic Cathedral)
Crybaby – “I Cherish The Heartbreak More Than The Love That I Lost” (single) (Helium)
Hard Coming Love – “Sun Shines” (LP – “Hard Coming Love”) (Spezialmaterial)
The Cornshed Sisters – “Dance At My Wedding” (single and LP – “Tell Tales”) (Memphis Industries)
Nite Jewel – “One Second Of Love” (single and LP – “One Second Of Love”) (Secretly Canadian)
The Reads – “Galaxy Egg” (single and LP – “Stories From The Border”)

Eclectic Mainline 14th March 2012

I’m back! Thanks ever so much to Phil Cope and Patrick Thornton for filling in for me over the past few weeks.  I recommend you listen to their own shows, When Big Joan Sets Up and Selection Box respectively now they have given me back my Eclectic Mainline show.

While I was in Malaysia I recorded a local man playing the nose flute.  Once I’ve got that off minidisc I’ll be playing a bit of that in my show.  He also taught me to play the nose flute too, but I won’t attempt to play it on air.

Anyway, back to the present.  Here’s one of the tunes from tonight’s show:
THEESatisfaction – QueenS by subpop

If you wish to listen back to this episode of Eclectic Mainline, you should find it on this page.

Here is a full list of tunes I played in the show:
Felix Kubin – “Reflection No.6” (LP – “TXRF”) (It’s)
Ellen And The Escapades – “All The Crooked Scenes” (single) (
Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters – “The Messia Is Falling” (LP – “Underrated Silence”) (Bureau B)
Those Darlins – “Screws Get Loose” (single and LP – “Screws Get Loose, Screws Get Loose”) (Oh Wow Dang)
Martyn – “Hello Darkness” (single) (Brainfeeder)
Lightships – “Sweetness In Her Spark” (single and LP – “Electric Cables”) (Geographic)
Hooray For Earth – “No Love” (single) (Memphis Industries)
Palace Brothers – “New Partner” (LP – “Viva Last Blues”) (Domino)
THEESatisfaction – “QueenS” (single and LP – “awE naturalE” (Sub Pop)
The Magnetic Fields – “Andrew In Drag” (single and LP – “Love At The Bottom Of The Sea”) (Domino)
Shearwater – “Dread Sovereign” (LP – “Animal Joy”) (Sub Pop)
Anne-James Chaton – “Sul Volo” (7″ single – “Transfer/3”) (Unsounds)
Simone Felice – “You & I Belong” (single and LP – “Simone Felice”) (Reveal)
Robert Turman – “Flux” (LP – “Flux”) (Spectrum Spools)

Eclectic Mainline – 8th February 2012

Here’s the Frankie Rose single, as featured in tonight’s show:

Frankie Rose – Know Me by memphisindustries

If you wish to listen back to tonight’s show, you will probably find it on this page of the BCB Listen Again service.  Here is a list of all the tunes I played:

Haywire Family – “Boatman” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Emika – “Hit Me feat. Jimmy Edgar” (single b/w “3 Hours”) (Ninja Tune)
Darren Hayman – “No Different For Girls (sung by Valentine Leys)” (2xCD – “January Songs”) (Belka)
The Boats – “The Ballad Of Indecision” (CD – “Ballads Of The Research Department”) (12K)
Shearwater – “Breaking the Yearlings” (single and LP – “Animal Joy”) (Sub Pop)
Metronomy – “Corrine” (double A-side single b/w “The Look” and LP – “The English Riviera”) (Because)
Hanni El Khatib – “Human Fly” (single) (Innovative Leisure)
Mikhail – “Friend” (LP – “Xenofonia”) (Sub Rosa)
Real Estate – “Easy” (single) (Domino)
Those Darlins – “Screws Get Loose” (single and LP – “Screws Get Loose, Screws Get Loose”) (Oh Wow Dang)
Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters – “Long Distance Call” (LP – “Underrated Silence”) (Bureau B)
Raffertie – “Brevity” (EP – “Mass Appeal”) (Ninja Tune)
Frankie Rose – “Know Me” (single) (Memphis Industries)
Half Man Half Biscuit – “Joy In Leeuwarden (We Are Ready)” (LP – “90 Bisodal (Crimond)”) (Probe Plus)
Black Bananas – “Acid Song” (LP – “Rad Times Xpress IV”) (Drag City)
Michel – “Homi di Fora” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)

Eclectic Mainline – 1st February 2012

Here’s the new single by The Magnetic Fields, as featured in tonight’s show:

The Magnetic Fields – Andrew in Drag by MergeRecords

If you fancy a night out next week in Leeds, Vieux Farka Touré will be performing live on Wednesday, 8 February, at the Howard Assembly Room, box office: 0844 848 2727.  I wish I could go.  Let me know how it is if you’re there.

If you wish to listen back to my show from today, you will probably find it on this page of the BCB Listen Again service.  Here is a list of tunes I played:

Half Man Half Biscuit – “L’Enfer C’Est Les Autres” (LP – “90 Bisodal (Crimond)”) (Probe Plus)
Field Music – “A New Town” (single and LP – “Plumb”) (Memphis Industries)
The Twilight Sad – “Alphabet” (LP – “No One Can Ever Know”) (Fat Cat)
Felix Kubin – “Total NO.4” (LP – “TXRF”) (It’s)
Warpaint – “Billie Holiday” (“Exquisite Corpse EP”) (Rough Trade)
Cat Power – “Metal Heart” (LP – “Moon Pix”) (Matador)
Bonobo – “Eyesdown (Floating Points remix)” (LP – “Black Sands Remixed”) (Ninja Tune)
The Magnetic Fields – “Andrew In Drag” (single and LP – “Love At The Bottom Of The Sea”) (Domino)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “Siesta (For Snake)” (LP – “Hysterical”) (V2)
Teho Teardo – “Che Cosa Ricordare di Lei” (LP – “Music, Film. Music.” (Spécula)
Darren Hayman – “Bad Technology” (2xCD – “January Songs”) (Belka)
Watmon Cultural Group – “Lweny Dong Pe” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
The Silver Seas – “Candy” (single and LP – “Château Revenge”) (The Lights Label)
NonGenetic & Cooptrol – “War (Bittuner Remix)” (LP – “Hemispheres”) (Spezialmaterial)

Eclectic Mainline – 25th January 2012

Here’s the video to tonight’s opening tune, the new single by Those Darlins:

If you wish to listen again to this show, you should find it on this page.

Here’s a list of the tunes I played in the show:

Those Darlins – “Screws Get Loose” (single and LP – “Screws Get Loose, Screws Get Loose”) (Oh Wow Dang)
Field Music – “A New Town” (single and LP – “Plumb”) (Memphis Industries)
Christina Vantzou – “11:11 (Dustin O’Halloran remix)” (CD+DVD – “Nº 1: DVD and Remixes”) (The Numbered Series)
MJ Hibbert & The Validators – “Here Come The Dinosaurs” (LP – “Dinosaur Planet”)
Riho – “Lazhghvashi” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Mark Van Hoen – “Laughing Stars at Night” (LP – “The Reverant Diary”) (Editions Mego)
Dan Sartain – “Indian Massacre” (LP – “Too Tough To Live”) (One Little Indian)
Rachel Sermanni – “Breathe Easy” (“Black Currents EP”)
Raffertie – “One Track Mind” (EP – “Mass Appeal”) (Ninja Tune)
Peter Broderick – “It Starts Here” (single and LP – “http://www.itstartshere.com”) (Bella Union)
Shearwater – “Breaking the Yearlings” (single and LP – “Animal Joy”) (Sub Pop)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “Adam’s Plane” (LP – “Hysterical”) (V2)
Alim Qasimov and Fargana Qasimova – “Ay qiz Leyla” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Illuha – “Kie” (LP – “Shizuku”) (12K)

Eclectic Mainline 18th January 2012

Here’s the Illuha tune I played in tonight’s show:

http://youtu.be/48grW5oCJcs

If you wish to listen again to this evening’s show, you should find it on this page.

Here’s a list of the tunes I played:

Tyme. x Tujiko – “Tropic Penguin” (LP – “GYU”) (Editions Mego)
Dan Sartain – “Nam Vet” (LP – “Too Tough To Live”) (One Little Indian)
The Langa Children of Rajasthan – “Rag Soohab” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
DJ Food – “Percussion Map (Pt. 1)” (LP – “The Search Engine”) (Ninja Tune)
Lovecraft – “The Telepathist” (LP – “Whistle And I’ll Come To You, My Lad”) (Probe Plus)
Illuha – “Aikou” (LP – “Shizuku”) (12K)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “Hysterical” (single and LP – “Hysterical”) (V2)
Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters – “Rosen Im Asphalt” (LP – “Underrated Silence”) (Bureau B)
Shearwater – “Breaking the Yearlings” (single and LP – “Animal Joy”) (Sub Pop)
Piney Gir – “Outta Sight” (single and LP – “Geronimo!”) (Damaged Goods)
The Twilight Sad – “Another Bed” (LP – “No One Can Ever Known”) (Fat Cat)
Justin Vali & Paddy Bush – “Veloma” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Christina Vantzou – “And Instantly Take Effect (Loscil remix)” (CD+DVD – “Nº 1: DVD and Remixes”) (The Numbered Series)

Eclectic Mainline – 11th January 2012

Folk like myself, Simon Ashberry and Phil Cope have a proclivity for making lists when it comes to music we like.  If I were to make a list of my favourite compilations when the sun sets on 2012 for the final time, then World Routes On The Road would surely be pretty high on that list.  It’s a 2xCD set comprising tunes recorded round the world by the BBC Radio 3 team that produce the World Routes show.  I played a couple of tunes from it tonight, and will continue to do so for the next few weeks.  Here is a sample of what it contains:

World Routes: on the road by Nascente music

Here is a list of all the tunes I played in tonight’s show:

Toumani Diabaté – “Musu Maramba” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Donald Suck – “Interjupe” (Various Artists LP – “Inner Self Globophobic Clown Tester (Part. 1)”) (Wildrfid)
Plug – “A Quick Plug For A New Slot” (LP – “Back On Time”) (Ninja Tune)
Half Man Half Biscuit – “Left Lyrics In The Practice Room” (LP – “90 Bisodal (Crimond)”) (Probe Plus)
Anders Hana – “Iskoras” (LP – “Dead Clubbing”) (Drid Machine)
Christina Vantzou – “Joggers (The Dead Texan remix)” (CD+DVD – “Nº 1: DVD and Remixes”) (The Numbered Series)
S.C.U.M – “Faith Unfolds (Silver Alert remix)” (single – “Again Into Eyes”) (Mute)
Peter Broderick – “It Starts Here” (single and LP – “http://www.itstartshere.com”) (Bella Union)
Matt Elliott – “The Pain That’s Yet To Come” (LP – “The Broken Man”) (Ici, d’ailleurs)
Wiley – “Boom Blast” (single) (Big Dada)
Nakibembo Village Musicians – “Waire Nzira Nte” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Darren Hayman – “We’re Tired Of Getting Dicked Around” (2xCD – “January Songs”) (Belka)
Arctic Monkeys – “Black Treacle” (single and LP – “Suck It And See”) (Domino)