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Eclectic Mainline bonus programme – I’m not done!

If you listened to last week’s programme, the final ever episode of Eclectic Mainline, you may have heard me say there will be a bonus programme online.  You will be familiar with the rather tired idea of a bonus track at the end of an album. Well, I thought I would do a bonus radio programme at the end of my tenure on the airwaves.

Albert presenting Eclectic Mainlineropped

When I recently did a special programme celebrating my 10th anniversary on BCB, Phil Cope asked me if that programme tracked the evolution of Eclectic Mainline over the 10 years I had been doing the programme.  It didn’t really do that, but I liked the idea, and that is what I tried to go for with this extra programme.  You can listen to it at your leisure on my Mixcloud page, or simply clickety click below to listen now.

These are the tunes that featured in this extra edition of Eclectic Mainline:

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Final ever Eclectic Mainline – 30th April 2014

After 10 years, and approximately (maybe even exactly) 500 shows, I presented the final Eclectic Mainline live on Wednesday evening this week. Thanks to everyone who tuned in to help make this last episode feel special.  Having so many people getting in touch during the show was wonderful.

Albert presenting final Eclectic Mainline

Choosing what I was going to play in this final show was by no means easy. I decided a few weeks ago what I was going to end with. That was easy. But, apart from that, I just wanted to play as much new music as I could, knowing that it was my final chance.  And I had at least 2 shows’ worth of music in my pile of CDs as I entered the studio. I’m kicking myself for forgetting something, however. Back in February the Tweet below alerted me to something amazing.  You can actually listen to Wikipedia edits in real time – the actual sound of the internet breathing!

 

I thought that was absolutely stunning, and so very now.  Well done to the people who developed that.  I’ve wanted to play an extract if it on the radio ever since, and planned to do so in my final show. But… like a muppet, I forgot. Hey ho, there’s always next wee… Oh no, there’s no next week, is there. Continue reading

Selection Box Show 300

300

Like some sort of wireless Don Bradman I strode to the radio crease a few weeks ago and edged my way past 300. This means that if you listened to all editions of Selection Box in a row without any interruption you’d be aurally imbibing me talking in between records for over 12 days without sleep. In other words, you’d be a ruddy idiot.

Selection Box Show 300 (Listen Again here)

Transmitted 16/04/2014

1. Billy Butler – I Can’t Wait No Longer
from: Kent’s Cellar of Soul (various artists)

2. Factory Floor – Turn It Up
from: Factory Floor

3. Cody Chestnutt – I’ve Been There
from: Landing On A Hundred

4. The Goldheart Assembly – Oh Really
from: www.goldheartassembly.com/free-single-oh-really/

5. The Dark Sky Singers – One Hundred Years
from: Like No English

6. Music Love & Funk – Stone Lover
from: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound (various artists)

7. The Don Ezekiel Combination – Amalinja
from: Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife Afro Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 (various artists)

8. The Centurians – Bullwinkle Pt2
from: Surfers’ Pyjama Party

9. Rocky & The Riddlers – Flash & Crash
from: 7″ single

10. Khamoro – Lingara / Csavorgok
from: Lingara, Wanderers

11. Albert Hammond Jnr – Bargain of the Century
from: Como Te Llama?

12. Underworld – Mo Move
from: A Hundred Days Off

13. Lucius – Turn It Around
from: Wildewoman

 

Patrick Thornton presents Selection Box every Wednesday at 9pm.

When Big Joan Sets Up 2nd May – Let There Be Light

Three from the long awaited new LP from the magnificent Horrors “Luminous” this week plus a tune from the late DJ Rashad who in a musical climate welded ever more desperately to the forms of the last century made records that brought us things that we’d never heard before and therefore belongs in the same company as the Beefhearts,Mark E Smiths and King Tubbys of the world. He’ll be missed. RIP.

When Big Joan Sets Up 2nd May – The Horrors by Phil Cope on Mixcloud

Broncho – “It’s On” (7″) (CQ)
Canadian Winter – “Get The Show On The Road” (LP – “The Snowball Effect”) (Urbnet)
Don Fe – “Jericho” (12″) (Steppas)
The Horrors – “In and Out Of Sight” (LP – “Luminous”) (XL)
DJ Rashad – “Rollin’ (EP – “Rollin’) (Hyperdub)
Limewax – “Various Castrations” (12″) (Yellow Stripe)
Phil Cockerham – “I’m So Happy I’m A Banker” (LP – “Waiting For The Age Of Reason”) (Self Released)
Chain and The Gang – “Devitalize” (LP – “Minimum Rock’N’Roll”) (Fortuna Pop)
Santo and Johnny – “Sleepwalk” (LP – “Santo and Johnny”) (Canadian-American)
The Horrors – “Sleepwalk” (LP – “Luminous”) (XL)
Sleaford Mods – “A Little Ditty” (LP – “Divide And Exit”) (Harbinger Sound)
IZC – “Zig Zag” (12″) (disko404)
Girl One and The Greaseguns – “Veronica” (EP – “No Longer Spellbound”) (Squirrel)
Soul Syndicate – “Prepare Jah Man Version” (7″) (Wackies)
The Horrors – “Falling Star” (LP – “Luminous”) (XL)
Defrag – “Stilt Walkers” (LP – “Drown”) (Hymen)

When Big Joan Sets Up 25th April – The Hand of Alpha and Omega

Three tracks from “The Half That’s Never Been Told” a collection of never before released tracks from UK Dub royalty Alpha and Omega in tonight’s programme.

When Big Joan Sets Up 25th April – Alpha and Omega by Phil Cope on Mixcloud

Bass Clef – “Self-Perpetuating Fun Loop” (EP – “Raven Yr Own Worl”) (Pan)
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – “Until The Sun Explodes” (LP – “Days Of Abandon”) (Fierce Panda)
T.I.T.S. – “Coma Girl” (LP – “T.I.T.S.”) (Teenage Menopause)
Alpha and Omega – “Rhythm Of The Ancients” (LP – “The Half That’s Never Been Told”) (Steppas)
Satanicpornocultshop – “Hot Musique” (LP – “frEEwheelin”) (Neji)
Bob Dylan – “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” (LP – “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”) (Columbia)
Purna Das Baul & Bapi Das Baul – “Mr. Tambourine Man” (VA LP – “From Another World – A Tribute To Bob Dylan”) (Buda Musique)
Fennesz – “Static Kings” (LP – “Bécs”) (Editions Mego)
The Oh Sees – “Put Some Reverb On My Brother” (LP – “Drop”) (Castleface)
Alpha and Omega – “King Of The Jungle” (LP – “The Half That’s Never Been Told”) (Steppas)
The Empath – “Growing Unrest (Rage Union)” (Download) (Hymen)
Girl One and The Greaseguns – “No Longer Spellbound” (EP – “No Longer Spellbound”) (Squirrel)
Impaled Nazerene – “Apocalypse Principle” (LP – “Vigorous and Liberating Death”) (Osmose Productions)
Deekline and Ed Solo – “Hot This Year” (EP – “Jungle Cakes Vol.27”) (Jungle Cakes UK)
Alpha and Omega – “Things Getting Hotter” (LP – “The Half That’s Never Been Told”) (Steppas)
Wolf Alice – “Storms” (EP – “Creature Songs”) (Dirty Hit)

Best of the #BCBsessions – Eclectic Mainline 23rd April 2014

During my 10 years presenting Eclectic Mainline on BCB I had the pleasure of recording live (largely) acoustic sessions with some wonderful artists.  As I am giving up the programme, I wanted to re-broadcast some of my favourite session tracks before leaving.

BCB sessions

So, this week I played some (but by no means all) of my favourite session tracks. You can hear the full programme (plus a bonus track taking the show past the hour mark) on my Mixcloud page:

My method of recording a live session evolved over time until I ended up with a process that got the best out of the available resources.  The microphones at BCB are only really suited for speech broadcasting, and the studios are not equipped for multitrack recording. But I managed to work round these restrictions.  The microphones issue was easy to overcome, as I would borrow some from Wilful Missing.

I was restriced to recording in stereo, but I would hard pan the inputs, recording the lead vocal in the left channel, and all other instruments in the right channel.  This effectively created a 2-track recording that I could later mix to ensure a good level on the lead vocal.  But I needed to get a good live mix of all the instruments, and this wasn’t always easy because I was in the same room as the musicians.  I couldn’t monitor what was being recorded without also hearing the ambient noise of the musicians in the room. Continue reading

Buffet #62

Hello hello!

Once again we were joined by Boris/Lyndon who brought along some choice tunes. In fact, we had some much to play we ran out of time. We even forgot our promised Bastardised Beatles cover – whoops!  If you listened – cheers! Or if you want to hear it, click here.

This is what we played:

1. McClusky – To Hell With Good Intentions
2. Lanterns on the Lake – Elodie
3. Melt Yourself Down – Fix My Life
4. No Means No – Victory
5. School of Language – Moment of Doubt
6. Portico Quartet – Spinner
7. Jambinai – Time of Extinction
8. Wolf Parade – This Heart’s on Fire
9. Liars – Mask Maker
10. American Music Club – Johnny Mathis’ Feet
11. Ceiling Demons – Mendacity
12. Mark Lanegan Band – Harborview Hospital
13. The Julie Ruin – Stop Stop

Thanks, people! We’re back on 18th May.

Maria
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When Big Joan Sets Up 18th April – Beware of Ian McShane

Good Friday’s programme with three tracks from Italian post-rock/jazz/post jazz/post post rock/fuck knows really instrumentalists Junkfood

When Big Joan Sets Up 18th April – Junkfood by Phil Cope on Mixcloud

D.Charles Speer and The Helix – “Bootlegging Blues” (LP – “Double Exposure”) (Thrill Jockey)
Chroma – “Territories” (12″) (Renegade Hardware)
The 13th Floor Elevators – “She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own) (LP – “Easter Everywhere”) (International Artists)
Junkfood – “The Maze” (LP – “The Cold Summer Of The Dead”) (Travorabato Parade)
Clinton Fearon – “Long Run,Short Catch” (LP – “Goodness”) (Boogie Brown Productions)
Fear Of Men – “Alta/Waterfall” (LP – “Loom”) (Kanine)
Higgs Boson – “Drop Acid Not Bombs” (split 7″ with LovGun) (Glass To The Face/The Dirty Seven Conspiracy)
LovGun – “Mélanie” (split 7″ with Higgs Boson) (Glass To The Face/The Dirty Seven Conspiracy)
Junkfood – “The Quiet Sparkle” (LP – “The Cold Summer Of The Dead”) (Travorabato Parade)
Dowster and Vagabond – “Shazam” (Download single) (Candy Crush)
Duane Eddy – “Shazam” (7″) (London)
Ava Luna – “Plain Speech” (LP – “Electric Balloon”) (Western)
Clipping – “Story 2” (LP – “CLPPNG”) (Sub Pop)
Chad Van Gaalen – “Cosmic Destroyer” (LP – “Shrink Dust”) (Sub Pop)
Junkfood – “As One” (LP – “The Cold Summer Of The Dead”) (Travorabato Parade)
Downliners Sekt – “This American Life” (LP – “Silent Ascent”) (InFiné)

Eclectic Mainline 16th April 2014

My favourite opening track on an album so far this year is Mask Maker by Liars, and ooh look, a record with string in it – I want!

It’s not just me celebrating a 10th anniversary this year.  Bleep has also been going 10 years and they are releasing a compilation featuring exclusive tracks, including this by Machinedrum:

I played both of the above in this week’s Eclectic Mainline.  You will find the full programme on the BCB Listen Again service.

I only have 2 weeks left of Eclectic Mainline now.  Next week’s programme will be a look back (listen back, I suppose) at some of the wonderful live sessions I’ve had during my 10 year tenure.

Here is this week’s track list:

Liars – Mask Maker (LP – Mess) (Mute) YouTube
Dum Dum Girls – Are You Okay? (LP – Too True) (Sub Pop) YouTube
Ben Jacov – Ipsää (Transalp EP) (Doumen) SoundCloud
Machinedrum – aeolia (Various Artists LP – Bleep:10) SoundCloud
I Break Horses – Disclosure (single and LP – Chiaroscura) (Bella Union)
Alice Bowman – What (single) (Happy Death)
Ambassadeurs – Make Me (free download) SoundCloud
Gruff Rhys – American Interior (single and LP – American Interior) (Turnstile) YouTube
Plaid – Hawkmoth (LP – Reachy Prints) (Warp) SoundCloud
Blank Realm – Bulldozer Love (single and LP – Grassed Inn) (Fire) SoundCloud
Lufth – Democracy Is Dead Like Printed Matter (LP – Distanz und Nähe) (Kompakt)
Archie Bronson Outfit – We Are Floating (single and LP – Wild Crush) (Domino) YouTube
Yann Tiersen – A Midsummer Evening (LP – ∞ (Infinity) (Mute) SoundCloud
Francois & the Atlas Mountains – La Fille Aux Cheveaux De Soie (LP – Piano Ombre) (Domino)