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Eclectic Mainline 15th May 2013

One of the most interesting albums I have heard this year is Voices by Kink Gong on Descrepant Reocords.  The album is based on location recordings Laurent Jeanneau made in South East Asia.  Laurent has manipulated the recordings, but with reverence to the original performers, and the end result is rather marvellous.  As I first listened, and read about the project, I thought of the field recordings I made during my own travels in South East Asia.  I keep thinking that I should do something with these recordings, at the very least put them online for people to hear.  Hearing Voices may just be the inspiration I need to finally do this.  Have a listen to the hypnotic, captivating opening track from Voices here:

I played that in my show on BCB this week, as I did this by Deco Child:

If you care to listen back to the show, you will find it on today’s BCB Listen Again page. Here’s the full playlist:

Still Corners – ‘Midnight Drive’ (LP – Strange Pleasures) (Sub Pop)
Lord Tang – ‘Fog’ (LP – Lord Tang) (Alarm)
The Electric Soft Parade – ‘Brother, You Must Walk Your Path Alone’ (single) (Helium)
Scout Niblett – ‘No Scrubs’ (LP – It’s Up To Emma) (Drag City)
Jon Hopkins – ‘Open Eye Signal’ (single) (Domino)
King Gong – ‘Baozoo Khen’ (LP – Voices) (Discrepant)
Alessi’s Ark – ‘Tin Smithing’ (LP – The Still Life) (Bella Union) (this week’s Brief Candle)
Balthazar – ‘Sinking Ship’ (single) (Play It Again Sam)
Lloyd James Fay – ‘From The Eyewall’ (single and LP – The Black River Chronicles) (Platform)
Betacicadae – ‘jjjjj’ (LP – Mouna) (Elagua)
Deco Child – ‘Skinless (Part One)’ (single) (Ninja Tune)
She & Him – ‘Never Wanted Your Love’ (single) (Double Six)
Neil Halstead – ‘Spin The Bottle (Alt. Version)’ (single) (Sonic Cathedral)

Eclectic Mainline 8th May 2013

John Grant is playing not once, but twice in Leeds this Saturday. In the afternoon he is doing an instore at Jumbo Records, and then he’ll be at Leeds Met in the evening. If you are in reach of Leeds you really should think about going to one, if not both.

And here’s a Letherette a tune from the self-titled album that I played in my show last night:

If you listen back to the whole show, you will hear these tunes: Continue reading →

Best of BIFF playlist

During the recent Bradford International Film Festival, several BCB DJs provided additional evening entertainment in the cafe area. I’ve put together a Spotify playlist of some of the tunes we played. The tracks in the playlist were contributed by the following DJs:

1-5: Albert Freeman (@albfreeman)
6-10: Maria Spadafora (@BloodyNoraDJ)
11-14: Phil Cope
15-19: Jenny Harris ((jennyjetharris)
20-24: Griff
25-29: Patrick Thornton (@Selection_Box)
30-34: Simon Ashberry

Eclectic Mainline 24th April 2013

One of the (numerous) highlights of this year’s Bradford International Film Festival was Adam Buxton’s Best of BUG show.  In the Pictureville cinema he screened videos of several tunes that I have heard, and that I like, but have never seen. I don’t always get to see videos so it was a real eye-opener to see what amazing pieces of art have been created in the name of a music video recently, such as these by Shogu Tokumaru,  Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bonobo.

Adam didn’t discuss the evolution of the music video, which I thought he might.  I find it interesting how we have moved beyond the MTV era and are now in the YouTube era whereby, to the best of my knowledge, most music video consumption is now online.   Gone are the days when I used to eagerly await The Chart Show once every 3rd Saturday morning on ITV to see if I might get to see a video by one of my favourite bands in the show’s Indie Top 10.

Anyway, moving seamlessly on from Adam’s BIFF show, the video for the next Bonobo single is also rather satisfying:

Other tunes I played in this week’s show include the new single by Marnie Stern:

..this from the new Locust album:

https://soundcloud.com/mark-van-hoen/07-oh-yeah

…and the new Bleached single:

If you wish to listen back to the show, you’ll find it on the BCB Listen Again service (look for the 8pm show).  This is the full playlist:

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Eclectic Mainline 17th April 2013 – Record Store Day preview

Record Store Day 2013This Saturday is Record Store Day.  Each year when I preview this event in my BCB show I notice the list of special, very limited, releases grow and grow.  Apparently this year there are 500 such releases.   Now, I love Record Store Day, and what it does for independent record shops.  However, I think there is a real danger that these limited edition releases may be starting to overshadow to real purpose of Record Store Day, and there are record shop owners who share my oncerns.   It is not Limited Edition Day, or Record Label Day.  The clue is in the title.   It is about the record shops.

This is why I think what shops like Jumbo Records in Leeds are doing is the right way to approach the day.  They have lined up a fabulous set of of instore performances throughout the day.  So, whether or not there is a limited release you want (and whether or not you get there in time for there to be any left) you can enjoy some wonderful music, have a browse round the shop, and acquaint yourself with the staff.  Last year a couple of young girls who are special to me saw The Staves at Jumbo, instantly became fans of the band, and want to go back to Jumbo again for Record Store Day this year.  The array of limited edition releases didn’t really matter to those little girls, but Record Store Day has done its job in drawing them into an independent record shop.  I for one hope that relationship lasts many years for them.  Their lives will be all the richer for it.

In my show this week you can hear Adam of Jumbo Records talking about what this day means to their shop.  If I were to make one recommendation, it would be that you are at Jumbo in the afternoon to see James Yorkston.  He came into BCB a few years ago to record one of my favourite sessions we’ve had.  Listen to the show here, and this is what you will hear:

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Eclectic Mainline 10th April 2013

Bradford International Film Festival starts tomorrow, celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema.  So, it seemed fitting that I play something by Asha Bhosle in tonight’s show.  Of the 12,000 songs she has reportedly recorded, I went for this one, from the 1970 film, Kati Patang:

BCB is involved in this year’s festival, curating some of the BIFF By Night music events.  I’ll be there most evenings, either DJing or overseeing proceedings, so if you’re around, come and say hello.

New music in tonight’s show included this by Rustie:

…and this by Bibio:

Listen back to the show at your leisure if you desire.  Here’s the full list of tunes I played: Continue reading →

Eclectic Mainline 3rd April 2013

In this week’s show, Bored Spies:

…Main:

…and Rachel Zeffira:

Here is the full playlist:

Villagers – ‘The Bell’ (single) (Domino)
Bored Spies – ‘Summer 720’ (single) (Damnably)
Alexandr Vatagin – ‘Mantova’ (LP – Serza) (Valeot)
Blur – ‘Song 2’ (LP – Blur) (Food) (This week’s Brief Candle)
Lower Plenty – ‘White Walls’ (LP – Hard Rubbish) (Fire)
Main – ‘IV’ (LP – Ablation) (Editions Mego)
Dirty Three – ‘Ashen Snow’ (LP – Toward The Low Sun) (Bella Union)
Yo La Tengo – ‘Paddle Forward’ (LP – Fade) (Matador)
To Live And Shave In LA & Sickboy Milkplus – ‘TLASILA THAF Remix’ (LP – The Grief That Shook To Multiply) (Monotype)
Rachel Zeffira – ‘Break The Spell’ (single and LP – The Deserters) (RAF)
Letherette – ‘Say The Sun’ (LP – Letherette) (Ninja Tune)

Eclectic Mainline 27th March 2013

New music in this week’s show included Reindeer:

… Yo La Tengo:

… and John Grant:

Here is the full playlist:

Spirit Oak – ‘The Answer’ (LP – Becoming Make Believe) (Fat Cat)
Karl Bartos – ‘Nachtfahrt’ (LP – Off The Record) (Bureau B)
Reindeer – ‘Tattoo’ (LP – Tattoo) (Fat Cat)
Mathias Delphanque – ‘Bu’ (LP – Chutes) (Baskaru)
Ralfe Band – ‘Come On Go Wild’ (single) (Highline)
Yo La Tengo – ‘Before We Run’ (LP – Fade) (Matador)
Atom TM – ‘My Generation’ (LP – HD) (Raster Noton)
Pieter Nooten – ‘The Waiting II’ (LP – Haven) (Rocket Girl)
Beth Orton – ‘Dawn Chorus’ (single and LP – Sugaring Season) (Anti)
Opossom – ‘Why Why’ (single) (Fire)
Emika – ‘Searching’ (single) (Ninja Tune)
The Beatles – ‘I’ll Follow The Sun’ (LP – Beatles For Sale) (Parlophone) (This week’s Brief Candle)
Sam Lee – ‘Goodbye My Darling’ (LP – Ground Of Its Own) (The Nest Collective)
Lapalux – ‘GUUURL’ (LP – Nostalchic) (Brainfeeder)
John Grant – ‘Pale Green Ghosts’ (LP – Pale Green Ghosts) (Bella Union)

Eclectic Mainline 20th March 2013

New music in tonight’s show included The Leisure Society:

…Serph:

…and Autumns:

You can listen back to the whole show if you desire, and here be the full playlist:

The Leisure Society – ‘Fight For Everyone’ (single)
Autechre – ‘spl9’ (LP – Exai) (Warp)
Wolf People – ‘All Returns’ (single and LP – Fain) (Jagjaguwar)
Gintas K – ‘Niekovv’ (LP – Slow) (Baskaru)
Kurt Vile -‘Airbud’ (single)
Marika Hackman – ‘Bath Is Black’ (mini-LP – That Iron Taste) (Dirty Hit)
!!! – ‘Slyd’ (single and LP – Th!!!er) (Warp)
The Box Tops – ‘The Letter’ (single) (Mala)
The Physics House Band – ‘Titan’ (single)
Karl Bartos – ‘Rhythmus’ (LP – Off The Record) (Bureau B)
Casual Sex – ‘Stroh “80”‘ (single) (Moshi Moshi Singles Club)
Serph – ‘Twiste’ (LP – El Esperanka) (Noble)
Autumns – ‘Keep On Sinking’ (demo) (Fat Cat)
Lapalux – ‘Swallowing Smoke’ (LP – Nostalchic) (Brainfeeder)

Selection Box Shows 254 & 255: Ol’ Blue Eye Is Back

Yes, well done, do a joke about the colour of his eyes then use a black & white photo. Idiot.

In case you’ve been hiding under a glam rock for the last few months you can’t have helped but notice that music journalists and highly-successful BCB disc jockeys with up to 3 listeners alike have been getting into something of a froth with regards to the new album by a young man from South London. The Next Day, David Bowie’s first album since Reality in 2003 was released this week following something of a biscuit game by the great and the good among musos, among whom The Independent‘s Andy Gill referred to the new Jones long-player as “The greatest comeback ever.” Clearly the likes of Greg LeMond, Bobby Ewing, and, this week, FC Barcelona have something of a claim themselves to this title, but to argue whose was the best is a pointless task partly because it is a largely meaningless phrase and partly because I’m not entirely sure what a “comeback”, in musical terms, actually is. To comeback to something you surely have to have indicated that you were, by choice or by default, stopping doing whatever it was that you were doing in the first place. I recall no such suggestion from The Thin White Pensioner. Admittedly, 10 years between albums is something of a significant gap – particularly for someone who not only released 14 albums in 13 years between 1967 and 1980, but some of those albums were the most influential records of all time. A couple of the records after were a right load of old pelt as well, but we’ll skirt over that. However, for whatever reason our pop idols are more pop idle than they used to be – whereas releasing two albums in a year was not uncommon in the 1960s and 1970s, we think little now of artists taking 3 or 4 years between releases, which really begs the question as to why they aren’t generally a good deal better than they were 30 years ago. Continue reading →