Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:51:24 +0200 https://hearthis.at/yxrwpkzy/ en-EN contact@hearthis.at contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/yxrwpkzy/ https://img.hearthis.at/9/s/w/_/uploads/59420/image_user/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_0b8cc885486587845a1c0c56423f803bsws9.jpg no no https://hearthis.at/yxrwpkzy/shockworldservice061/ Make Mine A 99 by Jon Averill
15/05/15 London, United Kingdom

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1. Bonnie Dobson & Her Boys - Winter’s Going
2. Miaoux Miaoux - Hey Sound
3. Howie B - Butt Meat
4. J. K. Mayengani & The Shingwedzi Sisters - Khubani
5. Sly & Robbie - Computer Malfunction
6. Gunnar Haslam - Aisepos
7. Original Tropicana Steel Band - Calypso Rock
8. Pye Corner Audio - One Time Pad
9. Number One Ensemble - Flor De Coca
10. Owen Hand - Cam Ye O’er Frae France
11. Paul Stewart - Kiki & Pepe
12. Joe Meek - Orbit Around The World
13. Between - Devotion
14. Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Journey’s End

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15/05/15 London, United Kingdom

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Facebook: www.facebook.com/shockworldservice

1. Bonnie Dobson & Her Boys - Winter’s Going
2. Miaoux Miaoux - Hey Sound
3. Howie B - Butt Meat
4. J. K. Mayengani & The Shingwedzi Sisters - Khubani
5. Sly & Robbie - Computer Malfunction
6. Gunnar Haslam - Aisepos
7. Original Tropicana Steel Band - Calypso Rock
8. Pye Corner Audio - One Time Pad
9. Number One Ensemble - Flor De Coca
10. Owen Hand - Cam Ye O’er Frae France
11. Paul Stewart - Kiki & Pepe
12. Joe Meek - Orbit Around The World
13. Between - Devotion
14. Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Journey’s End

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07/12/2010 Galway, Ireland

1. Tindersticks – The Not Knowing
One of the most treasured bands from my college years, early Tindersticks still ride an expressway to my skull. I saw them play a few times in the mid to late nineties and – to my eternal shame – once tried to nick singer Stuart Staples’ jacket after a gig in Nancy Spain’s, Cork. He caught me in the act and calmly pointed out that his jacket, tailored by Timothy Everest in London, cost him quite a bit of money and that if I wanted a memento of the gig, suggested I take a setlist instead.

2. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Love Comes To Me
Will Oldham has been around the block so many times now, to quote a friend of mine who has bought possibly everything he’s ever released – “After about ten albums I thought: OK, we get it. We. Get. It”. But the man still has the capacity to surprise and this tour-de-force from his later catalogue is up there with his best work. In fact, I noticed Conor O’ Brien AKA Villagers remark in an interview that it was the song he would most like to have composed and recorded.

3. Peter Broderick – Below It
Still only 23, this native of Portland, Oregon has been quietly building up an impressive body of songs that belie his tender years. Has anyone, at any point in history, sang the line ‘The sound of screaming girls’ with such pathos?

4. American Spring – Falling In Love
A B-side from 1972, produced by Brian Wilson, who was at that time married to Marilyn Wilson, one of the sisters in this early 70s pop duo, a duo who had previously released songs as Spring and before that again as The Honeys.

5. The Fantastic Baggys – It Was I
Just another one of your run of the mill American surf and hot rod groups, but for this cracker, which first came to my attention on Sonic Boom’s seminal ‘Spacelines: Sonic Sounds For Subterraneans‘ compilation.

6. Pavement – Trigger Cut
I also thought I liked Pavement, without being totally crazy about them. But their remastered collection from earlier this year ‘Quarantine The Past’ brought songs to my attention that I hadn’t heard in years, songs with the capacity to make me giddy with joy, songs that I find myself practicing air guitar moves to around my music room Is there any better motivation for a songwriter to write songs than to imagine his/her audience worked up in such a state?

7. The Books
This NYC duo have mastered collage techniques to such an extent that whether drawing on found sound or thrift-shop music instruments or obscure speeches, they know how to amalgamate it all into a funky brew or a “three part Christian harmony mixed with a sort of euro-disco-trash beat” as vocalist Nick Zammuto describes one of the tracks on their 2010 LP ‘The Way Out’. Probably not this track, but you get the picture.

8. Love – Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark & Hilldale
I’m a relatively newcomer to Love’s seminal ‘Forever Changes’. I’m not one of the precocious cool kids who was listening to Arthur Lee or John Coltrane VIA my parents’ record collection from an impossibly early age. In the house of my childhood, it was all Seán Ó Riada and Liam Óg Ó Floinn, before I rebelled and started buying Madonna (Shep Pettibone-era) records. But when Arthur Lee finally shone his light on me, only a few short years ago, this one sounded like it should have been part of my soundtrack down through the years.

9. Radical Face – Winter Is Coming
I played this for a friend recently who thought it sounded like the best song that Frank Black/Black Francis never wrote. It’s from a 2007 LP on Morr Music called ‘Ghost’ by Ben Cooper, who had previously released electrocuted glitch-pop as Electric President.

10. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – River Like Spine
The founder member of San Francisco underground legends Tarantel and The Alps, released a solo LP entitled ‘Love Is A Stream’ on Type this year. The LP is his tribute to the beautiful cacophonous dream pop of bands like Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. Which leads us nicely to…

11. My Bloody Valentine – Moon Song
Any excuse to play something from MBV’s frustratingly short but glorious back catalogue. This is a ‘Loveless’-era rarity, from their ‘Tremelo EP’. On my first podcast for Shock, over three years ago, I was looking forward to the remasters of their LPs coming out. The latest release date announced on Amazon (which is put back every few months) is Jan 24th 2011. Don’t hold your breath.

12. Laetitia Sadier – Statutes Can Bend
One time Stereolab chanteuse released her first solo LP ‘The Trip’ this year. It’s startling beautiful to hear her voice in isolation on simple torch songs like this, without the ornate backing of her longtime band.

13. John Barry – Space March (Capsule In Space)
I revisited John Barry’s back catalogue, having seen Christoher Nolan’s ‘Inception’, in late summer. There’s something about the snow scene on level 3 of that movie, which pays homage to ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,’ even in the way Hans Zimmer’s score takes on John Barry flourishes. Sounds great in this snowy weather, I’ve been told.

14. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together?
I love the sparse production on this record, which was actually released in its demo form in late 1972 and went on to sell 2 million copies. Producer Steve Alaimo of TK Records was going to re-cut it with a full band but decided it was fine the way it was. Fair play.

15. Prince – Sign O’ The Times
According to Wikipedia, this song was written on Sunday, when the Purple One usually wrote his most introspective songs. The version I had on CD sounds very tinny now (where are the re-masterers?) so I got my mate Cyril to bump it up and fill it out with bottom end.

16. Boards Of Canada – Happy Cycling
On the ‘An Taobh Tuathail’ Facebook page recently, I invited music fans to post their favourite Boards Of Canada moments. People highlighted plenty of tunes that I had never really paid attention to, including this haunting Peel Session from 1999. A good way to fade out that Prince guitar solo (which always annoyed me about his records, even his greatest ones).

17. The Divided Circle – Nowhere
Here is some background, copy and pasted from an online review by Adam Burrows: “Jon Rees was the songwriter in criminally overlooked indie-rockers The Sky Is Blue, while Krystian Taylor is best known for the dark, atmospheric dubstep of Forensics. Their first release as The Divided Circle is one of the year’s most striking debuts”. The band sent me the song ages before it came out and as it slowly revealed its beauty to me, I found myself playing it more regularly on the radio with each passing week. How often to you get to hear two male voices duetting so beautifully without a modicum of embarrassment? I can't think of another example right now. Maybe Bernard Sumner and Neil Tennant as Electronic? Anyway, it doesn't happen too often.

18. Darkstar – Under One Roof
There’s been a lot of positive spin about ‘North’, Darkstar’s début LP. Of course, it’s a huge departure from their early dubstep singles on Hyperdub and this put me off at first, until I really got to grips with their short but stunning LP, which sounds like Junior Boys produced by B-Movie Lighting. In other words, gorgeous heartfelt late-night electro-pop symphonies.

19. Tijuana Mon Amour Broadcasting Inc – Time Now
From Dresden, Germany from a 2007 LP called ‘Cold Jubilee (Of The Snowqueen)’, this has been a firm favourite on my radio show since its release. File next to New Fast Automatic Daffodils as one of the great band names.]]> The Sound Of Screaming Girls by Cian Ó Cíobháin
07/12/2010 Galway, Ireland

1. Tindersticks – The Not Knowing
One of the most treasured bands from my college years, early Tindersticks still ride an expressway to my skull. I saw them play a few times in the mid to late nineties and – to my eternal shame – once tried to nick singer Stuart Staples’ jacket after a gig in Nancy Spain’s, Cork. He caught me in the act and calmly pointed out that his jacket, tailored by Timothy Everest in London, cost him quite a bit of money and that if I wanted a memento of the gig, suggested I take a setlist instead.

2. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Love Comes To Me
Will Oldham has been around the block so many times now, to quote a friend of mine who has bought possibly everything he’s ever released – “After about ten albums I thought: OK, we get it. We. Get. It”. But the man still has the capacity to surprise and this tour-de-force from his later catalogue is up there with his best work. In fact, I noticed Conor O’ Brien AKA Villagers remark in an interview that it was the song he would most like to have composed and recorded.

3. Peter Broderick – Below It
Still only 23, this native of Portland, Oregon has been quietly building up an impressive body of songs that belie his tender years. Has anyone, at any point in history, sang the line ‘The sound of screaming girls’ with such pathos?

4. American Spring – Falling In Love
A B-side from 1972, produced by Brian Wilson, who was at that time married to Marilyn Wilson, one of the sisters in this early 70s pop duo, a duo who had previously released songs as Spring and before that again as The Honeys.

5. The Fantastic Baggys – It Was I
Just another one of your run of the mill American surf and hot rod groups, but for this cracker, which first came to my attention on Sonic Boom’s seminal ‘Spacelines: Sonic Sounds For Subterraneans‘ compilation.

6. Pavement – Trigger Cut
I also thought I liked Pavement, without being totally crazy about them. But their remastered collection from earlier this year ‘Quarantine The Past’ brought songs to my attention that I hadn’t heard in years, songs with the capacity to make me giddy with joy, songs that I find myself practicing air guitar moves to around my music room Is there any better motivation for a songwriter to write songs than to imagine his/her audience worked up in such a state?

7. The Books
This NYC duo have mastered collage techniques to such an extent that whether drawing on found sound or thrift-shop music instruments or obscure speeches, they know how to amalgamate it all into a funky brew or a “three part Christian harmony mixed with a sort of euro-disco-trash beat” as vocalist Nick Zammuto describes one of the tracks on their 2010 LP ‘The Way Out’. Probably not this track, but you get the picture.

8. Love – Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark & Hilldale
I’m a relatively newcomer to Love’s seminal ‘Forever Changes’. I’m not one of the precocious cool kids who was listening to Arthur Lee or John Coltrane VIA my parents’ record collection from an impossibly early age. In the house of my childhood, it was all Seán Ó Riada and Liam Óg Ó Floinn, before I rebelled and started buying Madonna (Shep Pettibone-era) records. But when Arthur Lee finally shone his light on me, only a few short years ago, this one sounded like it should have been part of my soundtrack down through the years.

9. Radical Face – Winter Is Coming
I played this for a friend recently who thought it sounded like the best song that Frank Black/Black Francis never wrote. It’s from a 2007 LP on Morr Music called ‘Ghost’ by Ben Cooper, who had previously released electrocuted glitch-pop as Electric President.

10. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – River Like Spine
The founder member of San Francisco underground legends Tarantel and The Alps, released a solo LP entitled ‘Love Is A Stream’ on Type this year. The LP is his tribute to the beautiful cacophonous dream pop of bands like Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. Which leads us nicely to…

11. My Bloody Valentine – Moon Song
Any excuse to play something from MBV’s frustratingly short but glorious back catalogue. This is a ‘Loveless’-era rarity, from their ‘Tremelo EP’. On my first podcast for Shock, over three years ago, I was looking forward to the remasters of their LPs coming out. The latest release date announced on Amazon (which is put back every few months) is Jan 24th 2011. Don’t hold your breath.

12. Laetitia Sadier – Statutes Can Bend
One time Stereolab chanteuse released her first solo LP ‘The Trip’ this year. It’s startling beautiful to hear her voice in isolation on simple torch songs like this, without the ornate backing of her longtime band.

13. John Barry – Space March (Capsule In Space)
I revisited John Barry’s back catalogue, having seen Christoher Nolan’s ‘Inception’, in late summer. There’s something about the snow scene on level 3 of that movie, which pays homage to ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,’ even in the way Hans Zimmer’s score takes on John Barry flourishes. Sounds great in this snowy weather, I’ve been told.

14. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together?
I love the sparse production on this record, which was actually released in its demo form in late 1972 and went on to sell 2 million copies. Producer Steve Alaimo of TK Records was going to re-cut it with a full band but decided it was fine the way it was. Fair play.

15. Prince – Sign O’ The Times
According to Wikipedia, this song was written on Sunday, when the Purple One usually wrote his most introspective songs. The version I had on CD sounds very tinny now (where are the re-masterers?) so I got my mate Cyril to bump it up and fill it out with bottom end.

16. Boards Of Canada – Happy Cycling
On the ‘An Taobh Tuathail’ Facebook page recently, I invited music fans to post their favourite Boards Of Canada moments. People highlighted plenty of tunes that I had never really paid attention to, including this haunting Peel Session from 1999. A good way to fade out that Prince guitar solo (which always annoyed me about his records, even his greatest ones).

17. The Divided Circle – Nowhere
Here is some background, copy and pasted from an online review by Adam Burrows: “Jon Rees was the songwriter in criminally overlooked indie-rockers The Sky Is Blue, while Krystian Taylor is best known for the dark, atmospheric dubstep of Forensics. Their first release as The Divided Circle is one of the year’s most striking debuts”. The band sent me the song ages before it came out and as it slowly revealed its beauty to me, I found myself playing it more regularly on the radio with each passing week. How often to you get to hear two male voices duetting so beautifully without a modicum of embarrassment? I can't think of another example right now. Maybe Bernard Sumner and Neil Tennant as Electronic? Anyway, it doesn't happen too often.

18. Darkstar – Under One Roof
There’s been a lot of positive spin about ‘North’, Darkstar’s début LP. Of course, it’s a huge departure from their early dubstep singles on Hyperdub and this put me off at first, until I really got to grips with their short but stunning LP, which sounds like Junior Boys produced by B-Movie Lighting. In other words, gorgeous heartfelt late-night electro-pop symphonies.

19. Tijuana Mon Amour Broadcasting Inc – Time Now
From Dresden, Germany from a 2007 LP called ‘Cold Jubilee (Of The Snowqueen)’, this has been a firm favourite on my radio show since its release. File next to New Fast Automatic Daffodils as one of the great band names.]]> 203292 no no Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 2010-12-07T00:00:00+01:00 1:12:08 https://hearthis.at/yxrwpkzy/shock-world-service-040-best-of-2007-2011/ Now is Come a Darker Day – A Best of '07-'11 Compilation by Jon Averill
18/01/2012 London, United Kingdom

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1. Final Fantasy - The CN Tower Belongs To The Dead (Many Lives Version)
The Canadian violinist Final Fantasy (now just known as Owen Pallet after some minor legal wrangling with a well known video game's lawyers) has featured numerous times on the World Service. This track is his best known and seemed like a polite way to kick off proceedings.
- From Episode #015

2. Tuxedomoon - In a Manner of Speaking
One of my favourite tracks ever from San Francisco's Tuxedomoon. Formed in 1977 by multi-instrumentalists Blaine L. Reininger and Steven Brown, then two students of electronic music at San Francisco City College. This track is taken from the album 'Holy Wars'. Anyone else think the vocal that comes in around 2 mins 30 secs in sounds like a bad Bowie impersonator?
- From Episode #032

3. John Carpenter - The Windows
A transient piece taken from the much lauded and hugely influential 1976 'Assault on Precinct 13' soundtrack. Like much of Carpenter's work it combines dark, menacing synths and crude white noise rhythms created on the most basic set up. Carpenter claims he only had driving the story forward in mind when composing these pieces and is still puzzled as to why anyone would want to listen to them separately from the movie.
- From Episode #033

4. Miracle Fortress - Beach Baby
I'm not a massive fan of Canada's Miracle Fortress but Beach Baby is a track I adore. Cathedralesque reverb underpins this psychedelic pop track with harmonies that draw obvious lazy reference to the Beach Boys, but hey I'm obviously lazy.
- From Episode #015

5. Mr Hopkinson's Computer - Crazy
Mr Hopkinson's Computer sings novelty cover versions with varying degrees of success. Taken from our very first episode back on 2007, this version of Gnarles Barkley's 'Crazy' rises above its original novelty intentions and creates a worthy re-version.
- From Episode #001

6. Goblin - Suspiria (Main Title)
A proper spine-chilling piece of horror music from genre-masters Goblin, an Italian band who mainly dabbled in progressive rock and movie soundtracks. The track was recorded for the soundtrack to 'Suspiria', which follows a ballet student who transfers to a prestigious dance academy, only to discover that it is controlled by a coven of witches. Not to dissimilar to a certain oscar nominated film by Darren Aronofsky.
- From Episode #033

7. Luke Vibert - Sharp A2
This is a rare Luke Vibert track taken from the Mo' Wax compilation 'Headz 2'. Luke Vibert has produced astounding music no matter what style he applies himself too. This track has the elements of what became a the clichéd 'trip-hop' style but when the piano drops the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. One of most simultaneously sad and beautiful pieces of music you're ever likely to hear.
- From Episode #032

8. Moondog – Couplet
The short spoken word piece comes from Moondog, most definitely an act worthy of further research. Living on the streets of New York for over 30 years dressed in clothes based on his interpretation of the Norse god Thor he earned himself the nickname 'The Viking of 6th Avenue'. Much of his recorded material has been recently re-issued and is worth picking up.

Shock Fact: The main riff from Mr Scruff's 'Get a Move On' is lifted from Moondog's 'Bird's Lament'
- From Episode #032

9. Brian Eno - The Big Ship
So many Eno tracks have featured on the World Service over the last four years it was very hard to chose one for the best of. I eventually settled for 'The Big Ship'. The way it fades in and out makes me feel like I am hearing just the tiniest extract from some giant electronic symphony, cramming in so much in its 3 minutes but it also simultaneously has a feeling of restraint. I always feel like I never want this track to end.
- From Episode #029

10. Chocolate Witch Band - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
San Jose psych-rock in the form of a cover version from The Chocolate Witch Band. 'I'm Not Like Everybody Else' was written by Ray Davies and first recorded by The Kinks in 1966.
- From Episode #009

11. Devo - Gut Feeling
Was recently reminded about the greatness of this track when it was used on the soundtrack of the Wes Anderson film 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'. It originally appears on their 1978 album 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!' which is well worth picking up if you're not already familiar with the strange world of Devo.
- From Episode #015

11. Memory Cassette - Asleep At A Party
Phil Spectoresque Wall of Sound drums juxtaposed with otherworldly, childlike vocals make this track sound like its from a simultaneously futuristic and bygone era.
- From Episode #019

12. Talk Talk - New Grass
One of Talk Talk's gentler moments, 'New Grass' undulates and flows river-like through inventive arrangement and melodies alongside slightly incomprehensibly mumbled lyrics which act like more of an instrument than a narrative guide.
- From Episode #024

13. Rev AW Nix - Black Diamond Express To Hell
The Reverend AW Nix was a 1920s hellfire preacher intent on terrifying sinners onto the path of virtue with gospel influenced sermons that are now considered as musical in their own right. The Shock World Service, striving to save your soul since 2007!.
- From Episode #026

14. Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
An uncompromising pièce of power pop from Of Montreal. 'The Past Is A Grotesque Animal' offsets an inexorable 140bpm electronic beat with literary references such as Georges Bataille's 'The Story Of The Eye'.
- From Episode #009

15. Ola & The Janglers
This crackly old track from Ola & The Janglers sounds like the epilogue of the universe, dramatic and overstated with every emotion amplified to the point of distortion. If we never do another podcast i'd be more than happy if this was the last ever track.
- From Episode #015

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18/01/2012 London, United Kingdom

Visit Our Label: https://shockworldservice.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/shockworldservice
https://twitter.com/shockws

1. Final Fantasy - The CN Tower Belongs To The Dead (Many Lives Version)
The Canadian violinist Final Fantasy (now just known as Owen Pallet after some minor legal wrangling with a well known video game's lawyers) has featured numerous times on the World Service. This track is his best known and seemed like a polite way to kick off proceedings.
- From Episode #015

2. Tuxedomoon - In a Manner of Speaking
One of my favourite tracks ever from San Francisco's Tuxedomoon. Formed in 1977 by multi-instrumentalists Blaine L. Reininger and Steven Brown, then two students of electronic music at San Francisco City College. This track is taken from the album 'Holy Wars'. Anyone else think the vocal that comes in around 2 mins 30 secs in sounds like a bad Bowie impersonator?
- From Episode #032

3. John Carpenter - The Windows
A transient piece taken from the much lauded and hugely influential 1976 'Assault on Precinct 13' soundtrack. Like much of Carpenter's work it combines dark, menacing synths and crude white noise rhythms created on the most basic set up. Carpenter claims he only had driving the story forward in mind when composing these pieces and is still puzzled as to why anyone would want to listen to them separately from the movie.
- From Episode #033

4. Miracle Fortress - Beach Baby
I'm not a massive fan of Canada's Miracle Fortress but Beach Baby is a track I adore. Cathedralesque reverb underpins this psychedelic pop track with harmonies that draw obvious lazy reference to the Beach Boys, but hey I'm obviously lazy.
- From Episode #015

5. Mr Hopkinson's Computer - Crazy
Mr Hopkinson's Computer sings novelty cover versions with varying degrees of success. Taken from our very first episode back on 2007, this version of Gnarles Barkley's 'Crazy' rises above its original novelty intentions and creates a worthy re-version.
- From Episode #001

6. Goblin - Suspiria (Main Title)
A proper spine-chilling piece of horror music from genre-masters Goblin, an Italian band who mainly dabbled in progressive rock and movie soundtracks. The track was recorded for the soundtrack to 'Suspiria', which follows a ballet student who transfers to a prestigious dance academy, only to discover that it is controlled by a coven of witches. Not to dissimilar to a certain oscar nominated film by Darren Aronofsky.
- From Episode #033

7. Luke Vibert - Sharp A2
This is a rare Luke Vibert track taken from the Mo' Wax compilation 'Headz 2'. Luke Vibert has produced astounding music no matter what style he applies himself too. This track has the elements of what became a the clichéd 'trip-hop' style but when the piano drops the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. One of most simultaneously sad and beautiful pieces of music you're ever likely to hear.
- From Episode #032

8. Moondog – Couplet
The short spoken word piece comes from Moondog, most definitely an act worthy of further research. Living on the streets of New York for over 30 years dressed in clothes based on his interpretation of the Norse god Thor he earned himself the nickname 'The Viking of 6th Avenue'. Much of his recorded material has been recently re-issued and is worth picking up.

Shock Fact: The main riff from Mr Scruff's 'Get a Move On' is lifted from Moondog's 'Bird's Lament'
- From Episode #032

9. Brian Eno - The Big Ship
So many Eno tracks have featured on the World Service over the last four years it was very hard to chose one for the best of. I eventually settled for 'The Big Ship'. The way it fades in and out makes me feel like I am hearing just the tiniest extract from some giant electronic symphony, cramming in so much in its 3 minutes but it also simultaneously has a feeling of restraint. I always feel like I never want this track to end.
- From Episode #029

10. Chocolate Witch Band - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
San Jose psych-rock in the form of a cover version from The Chocolate Witch Band. 'I'm Not Like Everybody Else' was written by Ray Davies and first recorded by The Kinks in 1966.
- From Episode #009

11. Devo - Gut Feeling
Was recently reminded about the greatness of this track when it was used on the soundtrack of the Wes Anderson film 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'. It originally appears on their 1978 album 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!' which is well worth picking up if you're not already familiar with the strange world of Devo.
- From Episode #015

11. Memory Cassette - Asleep At A Party
Phil Spectoresque Wall of Sound drums juxtaposed with otherworldly, childlike vocals make this track sound like its from a simultaneously futuristic and bygone era.
- From Episode #019

12. Talk Talk - New Grass
One of Talk Talk's gentler moments, 'New Grass' undulates and flows river-like through inventive arrangement and melodies alongside slightly incomprehensibly mumbled lyrics which act like more of an instrument than a narrative guide.
- From Episode #024

13. Rev AW Nix - Black Diamond Express To Hell
The Reverend AW Nix was a 1920s hellfire preacher intent on terrifying sinners onto the path of virtue with gospel influenced sermons that are now considered as musical in their own right. The Shock World Service, striving to save your soul since 2007!.
- From Episode #026

14. Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
An uncompromising pièce of power pop from Of Montreal. 'The Past Is A Grotesque Animal' offsets an inexorable 140bpm electronic beat with literary references such as Georges Bataille's 'The Story Of The Eye'.
- From Episode #009

15. Ola & The Janglers
This crackly old track from Ola & The Janglers sounds like the epilogue of the universe, dramatic and overstated with every emotion amplified to the point of distortion. If we never do another podcast i'd be more than happy if this was the last ever track.
- From Episode #015

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/shock-world-service/id893958469
Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/shockworldservice]]> 203056 no no Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 2012-01-18T00:00:00+01:00 1:08:27 https://hearthis.at/yxrwpkzy/shock-world-service-042-the-shoelace-that-snapped/ The Shoelace That Snapped by Jon Averill
04/10/11 London, United Kingdom

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1. John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me
The more eagle-eared among you will recognize the reverb-doused production techniques of Joe Meek all over this track. The vocal, which recalls the haunting of a young man by his dead lover comes from 60’s croon-dynamo John Leyton.

2. Os Ritmistas Brasileiros - Samba 2° Andamento
Just a little samba from Os Ritmistas Brasileiro from the 1972 album ‘Batucada Fantástica’.

3. Aidan John Moffat - Nothing In Common
Former Arab Strapper Aidan John Moffat pens this comic interlude which reminds me I’ve never seen Grease. One day, one day...

4. Spiritualized - The Ballad Of Ricky Lee
This track is taken from Spiritualized’s ‘Amazing Grace’, which is their most disjointed (worst) album. Another ballad of self pity from Jason Pierce, the likes of which make ‘Ladies & Gentleman We Are Floating In Space’ still among my all time favorite albums ever made.

5. Charles Dodge - The Days Are Ahead
This is taking from a 1976 album entitled ‘Synthesized Voices’, a work that used analysis and re-synthesis of human voices.

6. Bryan Ferry - Which Way To Turn
Its the height of summer ‘81. A middle aged man from Washington, County Durham is driving aimlessly around Los Angeles. The final embers of night begin to fade. He feverishly flips between talk radio stations, eventually settling half way between two, the dialogue from both overlaps amid white noise which bubbles and pops like water boiling in a pot.

7. Joe Goddard - Gabrielle
It only seems like a short while ago when Hot Chip seemed to rule the world. They appear to be on hiatus now as respective members concentrate on solo ventures. Joe Goddard’s current output is the most accomplished so far. His excellent Two Bears project fuses elements of seminal Chicago house records with the pop sensibilities that Hot Chip employed so readily.
‘Gabrielle’ follows a similar formula but uses a garage groove to underpin the supremely catchy vocal.

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1. John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me
The more eagle-eared among you will recognize the reverb-doused production techniques of Joe Meek all over this track. The vocal, which recalls the haunting of a young man by his dead lover comes from 60’s croon-dynamo John Leyton.

2. Os Ritmistas Brasileiros - Samba 2° Andamento
Just a little samba from Os Ritmistas Brasileiro from the 1972 album ‘Batucada Fantástica’.

3. Aidan John Moffat - Nothing In Common
Former Arab Strapper Aidan John Moffat pens this comic interlude which reminds me I’ve never seen Grease. One day, one day...

4. Spiritualized - The Ballad Of Ricky Lee
This track is taken from Spiritualized’s ‘Amazing Grace’, which is their most disjointed (worst) album. Another ballad of self pity from Jason Pierce, the likes of which make ‘Ladies & Gentleman We Are Floating In Space’ still among my all time favorite albums ever made.

5. Charles Dodge - The Days Are Ahead
This is taking from a 1976 album entitled ‘Synthesized Voices’, a work that used analysis and re-synthesis of human voices.

6. Bryan Ferry - Which Way To Turn
Its the height of summer ‘81. A middle aged man from Washington, County Durham is driving aimlessly around Los Angeles. The final embers of night begin to fade. He feverishly flips between talk radio stations, eventually settling half way between two, the dialogue from both overlaps amid white noise which bubbles and pops like water boiling in a pot.

7. Joe Goddard - Gabrielle
It only seems like a short while ago when Hot Chip seemed to rule the world. They appear to be on hiatus now as respective members concentrate on solo ventures. Joe Goddard’s current output is the most accomplished so far. His excellent Two Bears project fuses elements of seminal Chicago house records with the pop sensibilities that Hot Chip employed so readily.
‘Gabrielle’ follows a similar formula but uses a garage groove to underpin the supremely catchy vocal.

8. Chrome Sparks - ]]> 202956 no no Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 2011-10-04T00:00:00+02:00 1:01:39 https://hearthis.at/yxrwpkzy/shock-world-service-043-genius-is-a-weapon/ Genius is a Weapon by Neil Higgins
25/11/11 London, United Kingdom

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Almost all the tracks in this mix were released between 1980-82. The outside world seemed to be full of confusion & danger: huger strikes, riots, hostages, assassinations, glue-sniffing & imminent nuclear wipeout. That paranoia & anger fed into the music, giving it this edge of urgency & anger.

1. Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America’ (Intro) / The Cure - Three
Almost all the tracks in this mix were released between 1980-82, with maybe a couple from 1979. The artists I love from this period were fusing punk, funk, reggae, disco and electronics, all in an un-self-conscious way, because the rules hadn’t been written yet. Also, in the early 80s the outside world seemed to be full of confusion and danger: huger strikes, riots, hostages, assassinations, glue-sniffing and imminent nuclear wipeout. All that paranoia and anger fed into the music, giving it this edge of urgency and anger. If things continue to fall aaprt maybe we will get some of that back into music? Just a thought.

2. Virgin Prunes - Ulakanakulot
Probably Ireland’s leading art-goth-pagan-death-cult band of the early 80s. Actually, the only one. In conservative, catholic Ireland of the time the Prunes were an unbelievably confusing and unsettling presence. Gotta admire them for that. This track is from their debut LP ‘If I Die, I Die’ and is a suitably sinister groove.

3. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Regiment
In 1980 Brian Eno took a couple of months out from basically inventing ambient music to make the ‘My Life in a Bush of Ghosts’ album with David Byrne. Cutting and pasting tape loops of African and Arabic vocals and percussion with found-sounds from US TV news and radio evangelists over edgy punk-funk grooves. In the process they pretty much invented a whole new approach to music production, one that paved the way for an era of leftfield sample-based music. The fusion of world music, electronics and dislocated voices sounds like an obvious formula now, but this was 1981 – there were no samplers, MIDI, or laptops.
The sampled words ‘… his insane desire to use his genius as a weapon...’ are referring to the silent movie director Erich von Stroheim, but they kind of capture the spirit of the music here.

4. James White & the Blacks - Irresistible Impulse
If anyone deserves the ‘punk-funk’ label, it’s got to be James Chance. Another slice of danceable but menacing New York no-wave funk. From the 1982 Album Sax Maniac. I saw him live in London a couple of years ago and he was still on fire…

5. The Slits - Heard it Through the Grapevine
‘Heard it Through the Grapevine’ was the b-side of The Slits first single in 1979 and follows a grand tradition of sarcastic punk versions of soul and funk classics. This slice of cynical joy mixes soul, reggae, pop and punk and delivers proper girl power. In fact there were loads of fantastic, strong and edgy female-led bands around at the time. What happened?

6. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Goth-Dub-Horror-Disco starts and ends with ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ This classic was released in 1979 as a 6-and-a-half minute 12” with a disco-style arrangement, dub effects and unashamed Hammer House lyrics. It should be ridiculous but somehow it’s majestic. Undead! Undead! Undead!

7. Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice
Yoko Ono ‘Walking on Thin Ice’. Legend has it that it was while returning from the final studio session for this track that John Lennon was shot and killed, and he died clutching the master tapes. The discordant lead guitar on this song was Lennon’s last performance – a long journey from ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’. It gives Yoko’s great song a whole extra level of mystery and significance. ‘When our hearts return to ashes – It’ll be just a story…’

8. Japan - Ghosts
Seeing ‘Ghosts’ on Top of the Pops as a kid in 1982 had a huge impact on me. It seemed so new and strange – not a guitar or drums in sight, just two Prophet synthesizers and a vibraphone producing these incredibly lush, satisfying sounds.
The movie sample ‘Does all of this frighten you …’ and a couple of others on this mix come from the 1951 classic film ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’, which has a fantastic, experimental score by Bernard Hermann using theremins and tape effects. Well worth a watch/listen.

9. PiL - Death Disco
‘Death Disco’: I remember my older brother bringing home awesome 7” singles like this every Saturday from Freebird Records or Dolphin Discs in Dublin city. I particularly remember the stark and disturbing artwork on this slice of malevolent magic. As a song title ‘Death Disco’ is a lot to live up to, but they fully deliver on this one. Heavy Dub bass, stark synth pads, the Swan-lake guitar riff, and John Lydon wailing about his dying mother (apparently). Fearsome. I think this might have even been on to Top of the Pops, possibly just before the Bee Gees or Village People… Weird times.

10. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Street 66
‘Street 66’ – from the 1980 album Bass Culture – a beautiful, heavy tune from the dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson. This is from a time when every punk and new wave fan had at least a few reggae tunes in their collection. But it was also a time when riots exploded in Brixton, Bristol and Birmingham in the UK as a result of blatant police racism, and the National Front were at their peak in the UK (they ran over 300 candidates in the 1979 general election).
LKJ’s next album featured a track dedicated to British broadcaster and former Black panther, Darcus Howe. The same Darcus being insulted by the BBC during the 2011 riots in London, in the sample at the beginning of the track.

11. Rip, Rig & Panic - Storm the Reality Asylum
Rip, Rig & Panic were one of several bands spawned by The Pop Group who led a vibrant post-punk scene in Bristol at the end of the seventies, and who incidentally worked with the reggae producer Dennis Bovell, producer of the previous Linton Kwesi Johnson track. ‘Storm the Reality Asylum’ is from the 1982 ‘I am Cold’ album and features vocals from Neneh Cherry before her ‘Buffalo Gals’ days, as well as Neneh’s stepfather, Don Cherry, the avant-garde jazz trumpeter, who played with John Coltrane in the 1960s.

12. Sun Ra - Nuclear War
In the early 80’s everyone was pretty much sure that a complete nuclear holocaust was imminent. There were constant programmes on TV imagining how everything was going to melt down once the button was pressed. It had to be part of what gave the music its edginess and urgency. On the track ‘Nuclear War’ interstellar jazz time traveller Sun Ra riffs on nuclear destruction like it was just another cause of the blues. I guess Ra knew he was headed for some other cosmic plane when it all went down.

13. Cabaret Voltaire - Black Mask
‘Black Mask’ from the 1981 LP ‘Red Mecca’. Way, way ahead of the game, Cabaret Voltaire were techno pioneers from Sheffield. This claustrophobic track echoes US paranoia about Islam back in the days of the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

14. The Pop Group - Justice
From the snappily titled For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? This album was slated by a lot of the press at the time. Paul Morley in the NME called it ‘the consequence of a failed revolution (Punk)’. Their brand of overtly political songs, grimy punk funk and stabs of avant-garde jazz was not subtle or smooth but I think this sounds brilliantly raw and genuine now.

15. A Certain Ratio - My Spirit
Northern industrial indie-soul with a heart of downtown New York funk. This could only be A Certain Ratio. Just one of the many classics they recorded on Factory Records in the early 80s. Never had the success of Joy Division and New Order but they sound more original the more time passes. I never knew it before, but according to Wikipedia their name comes from a Brian Eno lyric (The True Wheel) – a nice connection.

16. The Cure - M
‘M’: This mix starts and ends with music from the Cure’s 1980 LP ‘Seventeen Seconds’. This was The Cure before the mascara and back-combed hair kicked in. From the blurred pictures on the sleeve to the dry drum machine grooves, the one-fingered synth parts and the abstract song titles, I was totally mesmerized by this album when I was a kid and I kind of still am. Everything just fits together perfectly with no superfluous sounds. It also had songs that were really easy to copy, even with a Casio VL 1 (my first ‘keyboard’) and a £20 guitar plugged into a hi-fi.

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www.shockworldservice.com]]> Genius is a Weapon by Neil Higgins
25/11/11 London, United Kingdom

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Almost all the tracks in this mix were released between 1980-82. The outside world seemed to be full of confusion & danger: huger strikes, riots, hostages, assassinations, glue-sniffing & imminent nuclear wipeout. That paranoia & anger fed into the music, giving it this edge of urgency & anger.

1. Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America’ (Intro) / The Cure - Three
Almost all the tracks in this mix were released between 1980-82, with maybe a couple from 1979. The artists I love from this period were fusing punk, funk, reggae, disco and electronics, all in an un-self-conscious way, because the rules hadn’t been written yet. Also, in the early 80s the outside world seemed to be full of confusion and danger: huger strikes, riots, hostages, assassinations, glue-sniffing and imminent nuclear wipeout. All that paranoia and anger fed into the music, giving it this edge of urgency and anger. If things continue to fall aaprt maybe we will get some of that back into music? Just a thought.

2. Virgin Prunes - Ulakanakulot
Probably Ireland’s leading art-goth-pagan-death-cult band of the early 80s. Actually, the only one. In conservative, catholic Ireland of the time the Prunes were an unbelievably confusing and unsettling presence. Gotta admire them for that. This track is from their debut LP ‘If I Die, I Die’ and is a suitably sinister groove.

3. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Regiment
In 1980 Brian Eno took a couple of months out from basically inventing ambient music to make the ‘My Life in a Bush of Ghosts’ album with David Byrne. Cutting and pasting tape loops of African and Arabic vocals and percussion with found-sounds from US TV news and radio evangelists over edgy punk-funk grooves. In the process they pretty much invented a whole new approach to music production, one that paved the way for an era of leftfield sample-based music. The fusion of world music, electronics and dislocated voices sounds like an obvious formula now, but this was 1981 – there were no samplers, MIDI, or laptops.
The sampled words ‘… his insane desire to use his genius as a weapon...’ are referring to the silent movie director Erich von Stroheim, but they kind of capture the spirit of the music here.

4. James White & the Blacks - Irresistible Impulse
If anyone deserves the ‘punk-funk’ label, it’s got to be James Chance. Another slice of danceable but menacing New York no-wave funk. From the 1982 Album Sax Maniac. I saw him live in London a couple of years ago and he was still on fire…

5. The Slits - Heard it Through the Grapevine
‘Heard it Through the Grapevine’ was the b-side of The Slits first single in 1979 and follows a grand tradition of sarcastic punk versions of soul and funk classics. This slice of cynical joy mixes soul, reggae, pop and punk and delivers proper girl power. In fact there were loads of fantastic, strong and edgy female-led bands around at the time. What happened?

6. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Goth-Dub-Horror-Disco starts and ends with ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ This classic was released in 1979 as a 6-and-a-half minute 12” with a disco-style arrangement, dub effects and unashamed Hammer House lyrics. It should be ridiculous but somehow it’s majestic. Undead! Undead! Undead!

7. Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice
Yoko Ono ‘Walking on Thin Ice’. Legend has it that it was while returning from the final studio session for this track that John Lennon was shot and killed, and he died clutching the master tapes. The discordant lead guitar on this song was Lennon’s last performance – a long journey from ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’. It gives Yoko’s great song a whole extra level of mystery and significance. ‘When our hearts return to ashes – It’ll be just a story…’

8. Japan - Ghosts
Seeing ‘Ghosts’ on Top of the Pops as a kid in 1982 had a huge impact on me. It seemed so new and strange – not a guitar or drums in sight, just two Prophet synthesizers and a vibraphone producing these incredibly lush, satisfying sounds.
The movie sample ‘Does all of this frighten you …’ and a couple of others on this mix come from the 1951 classic film ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’, which has a fantastic, experimental score by Bernard Hermann using theremins and tape effects. Well worth a watch/listen.

9. PiL - Death Disco
‘Death Disco’: I remember my older brother bringing home awesome 7” singles like this every Saturday from Freebird Records or Dolphin Discs in Dublin city. I particularly remember the stark and disturbing artwork on this slice of malevolent magic. As a song title ‘Death Disco’ is a lot to live up to, but they fully deliver on this one. Heavy Dub bass, stark synth pads, the Swan-lake guitar riff, and John Lydon wailing about his dying mother (apparently). Fearsome. I think this might have even been on to Top of the Pops, possibly just before the Bee Gees or Village People… Weird times.

10. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Street 66
‘Street 66’ – from the 1980 album Bass Culture – a beautiful, heavy tune from the dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson. This is from a time when every punk and new wave fan had at least a few reggae tunes in their collection. But it was also a time when riots exploded in Brixton, Bristol and Birmingham in the UK as a result of blatant police racism, and the National Front were at their peak in the UK (they ran over 300 candidates in the 1979 general election).
LKJ’s next album featured a track dedicated to British broadcaster and former Black panther, Darcus Howe. The same Darcus being insulted by the BBC during the 2011 riots in London, in the sample at the beginning of the track.

11. Rip, Rig & Panic - Storm the Reality Asylum
Rip, Rig & Panic were one of several bands spawned by The Pop Group who led a vibrant post-punk scene in Bristol at the end of the seventies, and who incidentally worked with the reggae producer Dennis Bovell, producer of the previous Linton Kwesi Johnson track. ‘Storm the Reality Asylum’ is from the 1982 ‘I am Cold’ album and features vocals from Neneh Cherry before her ‘Buffalo Gals’ days, as well as Neneh’s stepfather, Don Cherry, the avant-garde jazz trumpeter, who played with John Coltrane in the 1960s.

12. Sun Ra - Nuclear War
In the early 80’s everyone was pretty much sure that a complete nuclear holocaust was imminent. There were constant programmes on TV imagining how everything was going to melt down once the button was pressed. It had to be part of what gave the music its edginess and urgency. On the track ‘Nuclear War’ interstellar jazz time traveller Sun Ra riffs on nuclear destruction like it was just another cause of the blues. I guess Ra knew he was headed for some other cosmic plane when it all went down.

13. Cabaret Voltaire - Black Mask
‘Black Mask’ from the 1981 LP ‘Red Mecca’. Way, way ahead of the game, Cabaret Voltaire were techno pioneers from Sheffield. This claustrophobic track echoes US paranoia about Islam back in the days of the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

14. The Pop Group - Justice
From the snappily titled For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? This album was slated by a lot of the press at the time. Paul Morley in the NME called it ‘the consequence of a failed revolution (Punk)’. Their brand of overtly political songs, grimy punk funk and stabs of avant-garde jazz was not subtle or smooth but I think this sounds brilliantly raw and genuine now.

15. A Certain Ratio - My Spirit
Northern industrial indie-soul with a heart of downtown New York funk. This could only be A Certain Ratio. Just one of the many classics they recorded on Factory Records in the early 80s. Never had the success of Joy Division and New Order but they sound more original the more time passes. I never knew it before, but according to Wikipedia their name comes from a Brian Eno lyric (The True Wheel) – a nice connection.

16. The Cure - M
‘M’: This mix starts and ends with music from the Cure’s 1980 LP ‘Seventeen Seconds’. This was The Cure before the mascara and back-combed hair kicked in. From the blurred pictures on the sleeve to the dry drum machine grooves, the one-fingered synth parts and the abstract song titles, I was totally mesmerized by this album when I was a kid and I kind of still am. Everything just fits together perfectly with no superfluous sounds. It also had songs that were really easy to copy, even with a Casio VL 1 (my first ‘keyboard’) and a £20 guitar plugged into a hi-fi.

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31/10/12 Dublin, Ireland

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1. Supiria - Intro (Suspiria OST)
Kicking things off in style are the Italian devil-prog stalwarts, Goblin. This track, given much less attention than the much celebrated, 'Main Theme', features on the soundtrack to seminal Giallo classic, Suspiria, directed by Dario Argento, 1977.

2. Armando Sciascia - Circuito Chiuso (Impressions in Rhythm & Sound)
Italians do it better. This is a psychedelic horror-funk lost treasure from Armando Sciascia, better known for his violin-driven orchestral scores. This track broods along, with dark tones and if you were to remove all but the evil electric piano, you would end up with something straight from a horror movie. This comes all the way from 1970.

3. Espers - Widow's Weed (Espers II)
A cold, autumnal lament, with nods to dark English psych-folk from Philly band, Espers. Widow's weed takes you on a walk through a golden forest at dusk, searching for the seed that has grown the widow's weed. Things aren't quite all they seem to be.

4. Ennio Morricone - Magic & Ecstasy (The Exorcist II OST)
Ennio Morricone is a man who just will not stop. When wading through his vast catalogue, you occasionally take an unexpected turn, and this track is no exception. This track makes you feel like the dark forces that want your soul, are first going to take you out and show you the night of your life. Morricone and horror films make the perfect match.

5. Popol Vuh - Mantra 1 (Nosferatu OST)
A haunting track from Werner Herzog's take on the tale of Nosferatu. Klaus Kinksi is not the only terrifying aspect of this film, as the slow sitar-like instrument becomes the musical manifestation of the phantom der nacht.

6. Zombie Zombie - Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free (A Land For Renegades)
This French duo are clearly alumni from the college of Carpenter. Whilst I feel that their efforts have been off-the-mark, this hits the nail on the head. Furthermore, the video, (a G.I Joe-style take on Carpenter's, 'The Thing') is a joy to behold. The shrieking modular wails become the howling dogs from the movie. Brilliant.

7. Goblin - Patrick (Patrick OST)
Goblin make a brief return here, with a short and sweet piece of music from Australian horror film, Patrick. Slowly oscillating cold synth stabs followed by a signature dark arpeggio makes this a classic Goblin number.

8. Mount Eerie - Over Dark Water (Clear Moon)
Making the first of two appearances on this mix, this is a track from the man who just keeps on giving. Releasing two albums back to back this year, Mount Eerie creates a fascinating blend of brutally dark intricate folk songs, whilst drawing on black metal influences to create something equally beautiful and disturbing. My favorite release of the year. There is also a strong notion of the element of water in these albums. The end of this track ends with a simple line, 'To the ocean', followed by a cascading black metal almost blast beat explosion. Chills up the spine, every time. That water is very, very dark indeed.

9. Lubos Fiser - The Sermon (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders)
A track from a recent gem by the good folks at Finders Keepers who dig so deep into those record crates, that you expect them to meet with the devil himself. Some of their resurrected discoveries sound like that could be the case. This track is a haunting minimal choral piece from Eastern European vampire flick, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders. Chilling stuff. Be sure to check out the many great releases on Finders Keepers for more musical gore and extravagance.

10. Forest - Graveyard (Full Circle)
'To a graveyard, I have been. A body, I have seen'. This may be masquerading as a simple English folk song, with the most beautiful chorus you could ask for, but what lies beneath is really quite sinister. Forest were a 3 piece prog/folk band in the vein of Fairport convention, but so often dealt with themes of mystery, nature and the occult, that the album make essential Halloween listening.

11. Wendy Carlos - The Rock Mountains (The Shining OST)
Whilst many of Wendy Carlos' compositions were rejected by Stanley Kubrick for the Shining score, this piece of one of my favorite pieces of music of all time. The rising and falling modular brass is devastatingly foreboding and delivers the shivers each and every time. All work and no play ..

12. Fabio Frizzi - Main Theme (Zombi 2)
This is an absolute essential addition to any Halloween mix. Fabio Frizzi ranks just behind John Carpenter and Goblin as a trailblazer in the world of horror synth scores. This track is versed with mellotron style voice synth, setting the dark tone, before hitting one of the greatest horror chord progressions you will ever hear. This shit is timeless. Uplifting and morbid in equal measures. This is one for the disco of the dead. Recently gloriously re-issued on Death Waltz records.

13. Tobe Hooper & Wayne Bell - Opening (Texas Chainsaw Massacre OST)
Brutal, dark and completely depraved soundtrack from the movie with the same descriptors, this is the opening 'music' from the grandaddy of them all, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The scratching piano wires and camera flash bulbs almost having you smelling the dead animal carcasses. Grim.

14. Spettro Family - 1978 La Fuga (Candelora)
No this is not from 1978, though it's lo-fi, degraded VHS aesthetic would suggest so, this is another Italian release from 2011. Capturing a total low-budget horror-score feeling, the album is a treat with a persistent eeriness and nods to pagan sentiments. Wonderful.

15. John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Main Theme (Halloween III OST)
Stand aside, let the master through. This man needs no introduction. Featured here is the opening from the lesser-known(but still amazing film, even with the complete lack of Michael Myers), Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Carpenter's long-time collaborator and programmer Alan Howarth is along for the ride here too in this dark and cold piece of electronic doom. Also just reissued on Death Waltz records.

16. John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - The Bank Robbery (Escape from NY OST)
One more from the master. This time he is in horror-disco mode. This track is worth including as it is not only from the greatest horror/thriller of all time, but this is a lesser-known track from a deleted scene. The scene depicts Snake and carrying out THAT CRIME. Yep. This dark electronic number puts the tension through the roof as we see Plisken carry out a serious hit on a seemingly high-security bank or financial building. A+. This is the stuff that continues to inspire electronic musicians.

17. Mount Eerie - Instrumental (Ocean Roar)
A track from the latest Mt. Eerie release, Ocean Roar. This is as cold as it gets. Those synth waves, the guitar from the 7th level of hell, the ghost piano, that flute. Chilling and beautiful. If this is the sound of the apocalypse, lead me to the front of the queue.

18. Demdike Stare - Forest of Evil (Dawn)
Really the only way to experience Demdike Stare is to see it live. The illuminated darkness of this duo is a splendour to behold. Re-scoring esoteric and obscure collections of forgotten horror movies with expertly chosen samples and live analogue wizardry, few can bring the chills like Demdike Stare. Bring a friend. You will need them for the walk home.

19. Paul Giovanni - Sunset (The Wicker Man OST)
Beyond the creepy folk of Willow's song and Gently Johnny, lies the seriously dark horn piece on one of the best soundtracks of all time. The sun is setting. You can feel the dread. This is the end. And now for our more dreadful sacrifice ..

20. Roky Erickson - Night of the Vampire (Gremlins Have Pictures)
Eyes stare through the darkness, with no form .. Former 13th Floor Elevator and king of the macabre and occult, Roky Erickson delivers this ode to the vampire. This charged live version of the track I find particularly chilling, as it almost sounds like Roky IS the vampire and he is warning us all. Something evil is at play here. Sleeping with the lights on.

21. Vatican shadow - Whitewashed Compound Stealth Helicopter Crash (Pakistan Military Academy)
This is the stuff nightmares are made of. I first heard this minimal industrial ambient track early in the year and it stopped me dead in my tracks. This is one of those tracks that lets the mind wander, creating all sorts of grim scenarios that this music could score. Even the title, with the artwork, creates an entire scenario that is itself chilling. There is something militaristic about it, echoed on the sleeve. It feels like this was built on the horrors of war and religion. To me, this is the sound following a disaster. Think Chernobyl. This is the sound of that dread and emptiness.

22. Umberto - End Credits (From The Grave)
Like Spettro Family, Umberto nod heavily to the great soundtracks of times past, but deliver it in a fresh way. This often becomes a personal soundtrack for the walk home through the leafy suburbs, or desolate city at night. Many times do you feel like looking back over your shoulder. With a new album on the horizon, this track, for an end credit sequence that will only exist in our minds, concludes the mix.
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1. Supiria - Intro (Suspiria OST)
Kicking things off in style are the Italian devil-prog stalwarts, Goblin. This track, given much less attention than the much celebrated, 'Main Theme', features on the soundtrack to seminal Giallo classic, Suspiria, directed by Dario Argento, 1977.

2. Armando Sciascia - Circuito Chiuso (Impressions in Rhythm & Sound)
Italians do it better. This is a psychedelic horror-funk lost treasure from Armando Sciascia, better known for his violin-driven orchestral scores. This track broods along, with dark tones and if you were to remove all but the evil electric piano, you would end up with something straight from a horror movie. This comes all the way from 1970.

3. Espers - Widow's Weed (Espers II)
A cold, autumnal lament, with nods to dark English psych-folk from Philly band, Espers. Widow's weed takes you on a walk through a golden forest at dusk, searching for the seed that has grown the widow's weed. Things aren't quite all they seem to be.

4. Ennio Morricone - Magic & Ecstasy (The Exorcist II OST)
Ennio Morricone is a man who just will not stop. When wading through his vast catalogue, you occasionally take an unexpected turn, and this track is no exception. This track makes you feel like the dark forces that want your soul, are first going to take you out and show you the night of your life. Morricone and horror films make the perfect match.

5. Popol Vuh - Mantra 1 (Nosferatu OST)
A haunting track from Werner Herzog's take on the tale of Nosferatu. Klaus Kinksi is not the only terrifying aspect of this film, as the slow sitar-like instrument becomes the musical manifestation of the phantom der nacht.

6. Zombie Zombie - Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free (A Land For Renegades)
This French duo are clearly alumni from the college of Carpenter. Whilst I feel that their efforts have been off-the-mark, this hits the nail on the head. Furthermore, the video, (a G.I Joe-style take on Carpenter's, 'The Thing') is a joy to behold. The shrieking modular wails become the howling dogs from the movie. Brilliant.

7. Goblin - Patrick (Patrick OST)
Goblin make a brief return here, with a short and sweet piece of music from Australian horror film, Patrick. Slowly oscillating cold synth stabs followed by a signature dark arpeggio makes this a classic Goblin number.

8. Mount Eerie - Over Dark Water (Clear Moon)
Making the first of two appearances on this mix, this is a track from the man who just keeps on giving. Releasing two albums back to back this year, Mount Eerie creates a fascinating blend of brutally dark intricate folk songs, whilst drawing on black metal influences to create something equally beautiful and disturbing. My favorite release of the year. There is also a strong notion of the element of water in these albums. The end of this track ends with a simple line, 'To the ocean', followed by a cascading black metal almost blast beat explosion. Chills up the spine, every time. That water is very, very dark indeed.

9. Lubos Fiser - The Sermon (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders)
A track from a recent gem by the good folks at Finders Keepers who dig so deep into those record crates, that you expect them to meet with the devil himself. Some of their resurrected discoveries sound like that could be the case. This track is a haunting minimal choral piece from Eastern European vampire flick, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders. Chilling stuff. Be sure to check out the many great releases on Finders Keepers for more musical gore and extravagance.

10. Forest - Graveyard (Full Circle)
'To a graveyard, I have been. A body, I have seen'. This may be masquerading as a simple English folk song, with the most beautiful chorus you could ask for, but what lies beneath is really quite sinister. Forest were a 3 piece prog/folk band in the vein of Fairport convention, but so often dealt with themes of mystery, nature and the occult, that the album make essential Halloween listening.

11. Wendy Carlos - The Rock Mountains (The Shining OST)
Whilst many of Wendy Carlos' compositions were rejected by Stanley Kubrick for the Shining score, this piece of one of my favorite pieces of music of all time. The rising and falling modular brass is devastatingly foreboding and delivers the shivers each and every time. All work and no play ..

12. Fabio Frizzi - Main Theme (Zombi 2)
This is an absolute essential addition to any Halloween mix. Fabio Frizzi ranks just behind John Carpenter and Goblin as a trailblazer in the world of horror synth scores. This track is versed with mellotron style voice synth, setting the dark tone, before hitting one of the greatest horror chord progressions you will ever hear. This shit is timeless. Uplifting and morbid in equal measures. This is one for the disco of the dead. Recently gloriously re-issued on Death Waltz records.

13. Tobe Hooper & Wayne Bell - Opening (Texas Chainsaw Massacre OST)
Brutal, dark and completely depraved soundtrack from the movie with the same descriptors, this is the opening 'music' from the grandaddy of them all, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The scratching piano wires and camera flash bulbs almost having you smelling the dead animal carcasses. Grim.

14. Spettro Family - 1978 La Fuga (Candelora)
No this is not from 1978, though it's lo-fi, degraded VHS aesthetic would suggest so, this is another Italian release from 2011. Capturing a total low-budget horror-score feeling, the album is a treat with a persistent eeriness and nods to pagan sentiments. Wonderful.

15. John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Main Theme (Halloween III OST)
Stand aside, let the master through. This man needs no introduction. Featured here is the opening from the lesser-known(but still amazing film, even with the complete lack of Michael Myers), Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Carpenter's long-time collaborator and programmer Alan Howarth is along for the ride here too in this dark and cold piece of electronic doom. Also just reissued on Death Waltz records.

16. John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - The Bank Robbery (Escape from NY OST)
One more from the master. This time he is in horror-disco mode. This track is worth including as it is not only from the greatest horror/thriller of all time, but this is a lesser-known track from a deleted scene. The scene depicts Snake and carrying out THAT CRIME. Yep. This dark electronic number puts the tension through the roof as we see Plisken carry out a serious hit on a seemingly high-security bank or financial building. A+. This is the stuff that continues to inspire electronic musicians.

17. Mount Eerie - Instrumental (Ocean Roar)
A track from the latest Mt. Eerie release, Ocean Roar. This is as cold as it gets. Those synth waves, the guitar from the 7th level of hell, the ghost piano, that flute. Chilling and beautiful. If this is the sound of the apocalypse, lead me to the front of the queue.

18. Demdike Stare - Forest of Evil (Dawn)
Really the only way to experience Demdike Stare is to see it live. The illuminated darkness of this duo is a splendour to behold. Re-scoring esoteric and obscure collections of forgotten horror movies with expertly chosen samples and live analogue wizardry, few can bring the chills like Demdike Stare. Bring a friend. You will need them for the walk home.

19. Paul Giovanni - Sunset (The Wicker Man OST)
Beyond the creepy folk of Willow's song and Gently Johnny, lies the seriously dark horn piece on one of the best soundtracks of all time. The sun is setting. You can feel the dread. This is the end. And now for our more dreadful sacrifice ..

20. Roky Erickson - Night of the Vampire (Gremlins Have Pictures)
Eyes stare through the darkness, with no form .. Former 13th Floor Elevator and king of the macabre and occult, Roky Erickson delivers this ode to the vampire. This charged live version of the track I find particularly chilling, as it almost sounds like Roky IS the vampire and he is warning us all. Something evil is at play here. Sleeping with the lights on.

21. Vatican shadow - Whitewashed Compound Stealth Helicopter Crash (Pakistan Military Academy)
This is the stuff nightmares are made of. I first heard this minimal industrial ambient track early in the year and it stopped me dead in my tracks. This is one of those tracks that lets the mind wander, creating all sorts of grim scenarios that this music could score. Even the title, with the artwork, creates an entire scenario that is itself chilling. There is something militaristic about it, echoed on the sleeve. It feels like this was built on the horrors of war and religion. To me, this is the sound following a disaster. Think Chernobyl. This is the sound of that dread and emptiness.

22. Umberto - End Credits (From The Grave)
Like Spettro Family, Umberto nod heavily to the great soundtracks of times past, but deliver it in a fresh way. This often becomes a personal soundtrack for the walk home through the leafy suburbs, or desolate city at night. Many times do you feel like looking back over your shoulder. With a new album on the horizon, this track, for an end credit sequence that will only exist in our minds, concludes the mix.
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1. The Shangri-Las - Past, Present & Future
An aloof monologue backed by an interpolation of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata reflects on what might have been.

2. Ryan Teague - Shadow Play
A minimalist composition which owes much to contemporaries such as Steve Reich & John Adams.

3. INC. - Swear
The polished chrome future R’n’B grooves of L.A’s INC.

4. Mount Kimbie - Maybes
For some reason never really got into Mount Kimbie the way a lot of people did.

5. Japan - Quiet Life
Waking us up with a jolt is the opening track from the 1979 album of the same name by Japan.

6. Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
If you're being pedantic you could point out that he only lists 5 ways to leave your lover.

7. The Au Pairs - It’s Obvious
Next up is the clattering post-punk clamour of Birmingham’s The Au Pairs.

8. Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras, & The Congos - Sunshine
Amazing track but sounds completely out of place at the time of recording – a freezing January weekend in London.

9. Not Waving - Kneecap Ridge
Another track I really wanted to include again – this podcast not really acting as a best of in the traditional sense but more a recap of the last 59.

10. Jai Paul - Jasmine (Demo)
The best thing released in 2012.

11. Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind - Rocky Mountains
Taken from Great Lakes Mystery’s horror soundtrack themed podcast. Wendy Carlos (formerly Walter) created 3 hugely influential soundtracks; the unsettling electronic score for A Clockwork Orange, Tron & worked again with Stanley Kubrick on The Shining from which this track is taken.

12. Mssingno - Xe2
Both myself & Cian Ó Cíobháin have featured tracks from Mssingo in previous podcast which is good enough to give him Shock preferred artist status. With electronic music you’re always looking for something that gives that little tingle - a feeling you get when you hear something that sounds like it’s from somewhere else.

13. Fabio Frizzi - Main Theme
Absolutely floored by this first time I heard it. Just an extraordinary piece of synthesizer music from the 1979 soundtrack for Italian horror movie Zombi 2.

14. Burial - Raver
Perfect music for avoiding eye contact on the night bus.

15. Lee Hazlewood - My Baby Cried All Night Long
Taking us right out of that moment is moustached troubadour & regular at the Shock salon; Lee Hazlewood.
And the moral of this story is that you shouldn't be caught messin' Where you shouldn't been messin'.

16. World Domination Enterprises ‎– Asbestos Lead Asbestos
Music that sounds more like it’s made on a building site than a recording studio.

17. The Durutti Column - Otis
Vini Reilly uses an Otis Redding vocal loop to great effect for this track.

18. Dennis Wilson - Time
The deterioration of Dennis Wilson’s, once part of the angelic harmonies of the Beach Boys is a shocking thing to hear yet also adds a vulnerability to his music.

19. Tonstartssbandht - Hymn Eola
Tonstartssbandht (pronounced tahn-starts-bandit) are two brothers Edwin & Andy White who’ve recorded dozens of albums merging dramatic choral style vocals & space rock-esque textures.

20. John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Boulevard (Live at Shock 16.5.08)
I don’t think this track can be heard elsewhere so a bit of an exclusive for our listeners I guess. It’s a sequel to Cooper Clarke’s most well known track Beasley Street. Here John deals with Beasley Street as it might be now, fully in the grip of gentrification.

21. Moondog - Pastoral
Pastoral is a childlike melody from the Viking of Fifth Avenue which brings the podcast to a close.
So this is goodbye, so this is farewell, the fight's final bell.
for now…

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1. The Shangri-Las - Past, Present & Future
An aloof monologue backed by an interpolation of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata reflects on what might have been.

2. Ryan Teague - Shadow Play
A minimalist composition which owes much to contemporaries such as Steve Reich & John Adams.

3. INC. - Swear
The polished chrome future R’n’B grooves of L.A’s INC.

4. Mount Kimbie - Maybes
For some reason never really got into Mount Kimbie the way a lot of people did.

5. Japan - Quiet Life
Waking us up with a jolt is the opening track from the 1979 album of the same name by Japan.

6. Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
If you're being pedantic you could point out that he only lists 5 ways to leave your lover.

7. The Au Pairs - It’s Obvious
Next up is the clattering post-punk clamour of Birmingham’s The Au Pairs.

8. Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras, & The Congos - Sunshine
Amazing track but sounds completely out of place at the time of recording – a freezing January weekend in London.

9. Not Waving - Kneecap Ridge
Another track I really wanted to include again – this podcast not really acting as a best of in the traditional sense but more a recap of the last 59.

10. Jai Paul - Jasmine (Demo)
The best thing released in 2012.

11. Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind - Rocky Mountains
Taken from Great Lakes Mystery’s horror soundtrack themed podcast. Wendy Carlos (formerly Walter) created 3 hugely influential soundtracks; the unsettling electronic score for A Clockwork Orange, Tron & worked again with Stanley Kubrick on The Shining from which this track is taken.

12. Mssingno - Xe2
Both myself & Cian Ó Cíobháin have featured tracks from Mssingo in previous podcast which is good enough to give him Shock preferred artist status. With electronic music you’re always looking for something that gives that little tingle - a feeling you get when you hear something that sounds like it’s from somewhere else.

13. Fabio Frizzi - Main Theme
Absolutely floored by this first time I heard it. Just an extraordinary piece of synthesizer music from the 1979 soundtrack for Italian horror movie Zombi 2.

14. Burial - Raver
Perfect music for avoiding eye contact on the night bus.

15. Lee Hazlewood - My Baby Cried All Night Long
Taking us right out of that moment is moustached troubadour & regular at the Shock salon; Lee Hazlewood.
And the moral of this story is that you shouldn't be caught messin' Where you shouldn't been messin'.

16. World Domination Enterprises ‎– Asbestos Lead Asbestos
Music that sounds more like it’s made on a building site than a recording studio.

17. The Durutti Column - Otis
Vini Reilly uses an Otis Redding vocal loop to great effect for this track.

18. Dennis Wilson - Time
The deterioration of Dennis Wilson’s, once part of the angelic harmonies of the Beach Boys is a shocking thing to hear yet also adds a vulnerability to his music.

19. Tonstartssbandht - Hymn Eola
Tonstartssbandht (pronounced tahn-starts-bandit) are two brothers Edwin & Andy White who’ve recorded dozens of albums merging dramatic choral style vocals & space rock-esque textures.

20. John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Boulevard (Live at Shock 16.5.08)
I don’t think this track can be heard elsewhere so a bit of an exclusive for our listeners I guess. It’s a sequel to Cooper Clarke’s most well known track Beasley Street. Here John deals with Beasley Street as it might be now, fully in the grip of gentrification.

21. Moondog - Pastoral
Pastoral is a childlike melody from the Viking of Fifth Avenue which brings the podcast to a close.
So this is goodbye, so this is farewell, the fight's final bell.
for now…

Visit our music store: https://shockworldservice.bandcamp.com/
Sign up for our quarterly mailout: http://goo.gl/cYIMK3
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01/02/13 London, United Kingdom

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For Emma...

1. Chromatics – The Telephone Call
Some late night atmospherics to start us off from ‘Night Drive/Original Motion Picture Soundtrack IV’ accompanied by some London rain I recorded some time back.

2. How To Dress Well – When I Was In Trouble
The nu-school sound of r’n’b continues to be one of the most interesting musical spaces. How To Dress Well’s album ‘Total Loss’ brings melancholy & starkness to the genre. Sounds more like the soundtrack to the walk home after breaking up with your girlfriend than champagne & gold chains.

3. Inc. – Swear
Another track representing the welcome progression of the genre. ‘Swear’ by Brother’s Andrew & Daniel Aged is their debut on the (until quite recently) holy grail of alternative indie; 4AD.
Lazy journalist description: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on Ketamine.

4. fLako – Mating Dance
For me music is at it’s best when it sounds unconventional, surprises you & demands your attention. With roots in Chile, via Germany & currently residing in London, fLako’s afro-electronics ticks all the boxes.

5. The Chosen Gospel Singers – Prayer For The Doomed
My knowledge of gospel music is sketchy at best & little information is available about The Chosen Gospel Singers despite them notching up a series of hits. I do know this track was recorded at some time in the late 1950s & though a million miles away in process, to me has a lot in common with the previous tracks by How To Dress Well & Inc.

6. Daniel Bernard Roumain & Ryuichi Sakamoto – The Need To Be
A captivating piano & string duet by the equally esteemed composers Daniel Bernard Roumain & Ryuichi Sakamoto. ‘The Need To Be’ is taken from a compilation with the lengthy title of ‘DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid* ‎– Sound Unbound Audio Companion: Excerpts & Allegories From The Sub Rosa Archives’, which is to accompany his book of the same name.

7. Edgar Froese – Icarus
Edgar Froese was a founding member of seminal German act Tangerine Dream.
in 1978 Froese released his solo album ‘Ages’ after major differences with his bandmates. According to Froese, it was recorded at a very emotional time in his career. Fellow member Peter Baumann had been asked to leave resulting in a cancellation of their tour leaving Froese with a lot of time on his hands. A shame as the album itself is not up to much.

8. Dom Thomas – Gin & Tonic
From the Finders Keepers & B-Music Crew; Dom Thomas blurs the lines between mixtape & original composition, 'Gin & Tonic', taken from the album ‘The Exploding Disco Inevitable’ is a psyche rock track that sounds like it could have been recorded at any point in the last 60 years.

9. Robert Ashley – Bruno Part 1
Robert Ashley is a contemporary American composer whose work traverses opera, experimental electronic music & theatrical works. ‘Bruno Part 1’ is a hypnotic spoken word piece that is similar in tone to Laurie Anderson’s ‘O Superman’.

10. Lee Hazlewood – Hands
Ah, our old pal Lee Hazlewood is back – possibly the most featured artist ever on the World Service. Wouldn’t you know it, poor old Lee is down on his luck & of course it’s a woman that’s the source of his troubles. Chin up son.

11. Hackman – Forgotten Notes
Hackman is a producer that should be on everyone’s radars. This track is released on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Records, named after North London’s Brownswood Road, which my house backs on to. A fact interesting only to me, as are the background noises throughout the track which I recorded on a recent flight to Dublin.

12. Vangelis – Multi Track Suggestion
This track sees Van the man in rare disco mode, disco with his unique take on it as you would expect. This is from the 1980 album ‘See You Later’ which sees him experimenting with electronic sounds for the first time. 2 years later he would take his electronic sounds to new heights & greater acclaim with the Blade Runner soundtrack.

13. Oneohtrix Point Never – Betrayed In The Octagon
This is taken from Oneohtrix Point Never’s 2007 album also titled ‘Betrayed In The Octagon’. The Brooklyn-based musician Daniel Lopatin describes the track as "a stoned space epic about one really bad day in the life of an astronaut.", & that is good enough for me.

14. Robert Frost – Reluctance
Another piece of spoken wordery by American poet Robert Frost

15. Julia Holter – Goddess Eyes (Echo Manor Version)
Drifting in rather comfortably under Mr Frost’s wise utterances is the currently Pitchfork darling Julia Holter. Holter’s music builds up from layers of patient, breathy voices & strings that seem to slowly sneak up on, rather than impose themselves on you.

16. Bill Fay – The Never Ending Happening
Revealing itself behind some Arsenal fans (thanks lads) is ‘The Never Ending Happening’, simply one of the most heartfelt & beautiful pieces of music i’ve heard in a long time, it still makes me well up everytime I hear it.
After little success in the 1970’s Bill went into exodus, only finally receiving some recognition for his work in 1998 when his albums were reissued.
In 2012 Bill released ‘Life Is People’, his first new studio album in 40 years, from which this track is taken.

17. Seti The First – Sugar To Sea Lion
I’ve been a big fan of Seti The First for a while, only very recently discovering they were two Irish musicians; Kevin Murphy & Thomas Haugh. Their instruments of choice are culled from the lower end of the string-driven section: cello, viola & double-bass fuse with percussion, piano, ukelin, flugelhorn & trumpet.

18. F.J. McMahon – Sister Brother
Not sure how I discovered this track but when I heard it I knew it was the right choice to close out this month’s episode.
The album from which it is taken; ‘Spirit Of The Golden Juice’ was originally released in 1969, following a stint serving in the U.S. Air Force. The album’s outsider, lo-fi folk vibe pulls from his experiences in Vietnam & has become a top item among collectors and folk/psych lovers alike.

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01/02/13 London, United Kingdom

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For Emma...

1. Chromatics – The Telephone Call
Some late night atmospherics to start us off from ‘Night Drive/Original Motion Picture Soundtrack IV’ accompanied by some London rain I recorded some time back.

2. How To Dress Well – When I Was In Trouble
The nu-school sound of r’n’b continues to be one of the most interesting musical spaces. How To Dress Well’s album ‘Total Loss’ brings melancholy & starkness to the genre. Sounds more like the soundtrack to the walk home after breaking up with your girlfriend than champagne & gold chains.

3. Inc. – Swear
Another track representing the welcome progression of the genre. ‘Swear’ by Brother’s Andrew & Daniel Aged is their debut on the (until quite recently) holy grail of alternative indie; 4AD.
Lazy journalist description: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on Ketamine.

4. fLako – Mating Dance
For me music is at it’s best when it sounds unconventional, surprises you & demands your attention. With roots in Chile, via Germany & currently residing in London, fLako’s afro-electronics ticks all the boxes.

5. The Chosen Gospel Singers – Prayer For The Doomed
My knowledge of gospel music is sketchy at best & little information is available about The Chosen Gospel Singers despite them notching up a series of hits. I do know this track was recorded at some time in the late 1950s & though a million miles away in process, to me has a lot in common with the previous tracks by How To Dress Well & Inc.

6. Daniel Bernard Roumain & Ryuichi Sakamoto – The Need To Be
A captivating piano & string duet by the equally esteemed composers Daniel Bernard Roumain & Ryuichi Sakamoto. ‘The Need To Be’ is taken from a compilation with the lengthy title of ‘DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid* ‎– Sound Unbound Audio Companion: Excerpts & Allegories From The Sub Rosa Archives’, which is to accompany his book of the same name.

7. Edgar Froese – Icarus
Edgar Froese was a founding member of seminal German act Tangerine Dream.
in 1978 Froese released his solo album ‘Ages’ after major differences with his bandmates. According to Froese, it was recorded at a very emotional time in his career. Fellow member Peter Baumann had been asked to leave resulting in a cancellation of their tour leaving Froese with a lot of time on his hands. A shame as the album itself is not up to much.

8. Dom Thomas – Gin & Tonic
From the Finders Keepers & B-Music Crew; Dom Thomas blurs the lines between mixtape & original composition, 'Gin & Tonic', taken from the album ‘The Exploding Disco Inevitable’ is a psyche rock track that sounds like it could have been recorded at any point in the last 60 years.

9. Robert Ashley – Bruno Part 1
Robert Ashley is a contemporary American composer whose work traverses opera, experimental electronic music & theatrical works. ‘Bruno Part 1’ is a hypnotic spoken word piece that is similar in tone to Laurie Anderson’s ‘O Superman’.

10. Lee Hazlewood – Hands
Ah, our old pal Lee Hazlewood is back – possibly the most featured artist ever on the World Service. Wouldn’t you know it, poor old Lee is down on his luck & of course it’s a woman that’s the source of his troubles. Chin up son.

11. Hackman – Forgotten Notes
Hackman is a producer that should be on everyone’s radars. This track is released on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Records, named after North London’s Brownswood Road, which my house backs on to. A fact interesting only to me, as are the background noises throughout the track which I recorded on a recent flight to Dublin.

12. Vangelis – Multi Track Suggestion
This track sees Van the man in rare disco mode, disco with his unique take on it as you would expect. This is from the 1980 album ‘See You Later’ which sees him experimenting with electronic sounds for the first time. 2 years later he would take his electronic sounds to new heights & greater acclaim with the Blade Runner soundtrack.

13. Oneohtrix Point Never – Betrayed In The Octagon
This is taken from Oneohtrix Point Never’s 2007 album also titled ‘Betrayed In The Octagon’. The Brooklyn-based musician Daniel Lopatin describes the track as "a stoned space epic about one really bad day in the life of an astronaut.", & that is good enough for me.

14. Robert Frost – Reluctance
Another piece of spoken wordery by American poet Robert Frost

15. Julia Holter – Goddess Eyes (Echo Manor Version)
Drifting in rather comfortably under Mr Frost’s wise utterances is the currently Pitchfork darling Julia Holter. Holter’s music builds up from layers of patient, breathy voices & strings that seem to slowly sneak up on, rather than impose themselves on you.

16. Bill Fay – The Never Ending Happening
Revealing itself behind some Arsenal fans (thanks lads) is ‘The Never Ending Happening’, simply one of the most heartfelt & beautiful pieces of music i’ve heard in a long time, it still makes me well up everytime I hear it.
After little success in the 1970’s Bill went into exodus, only finally receiving some recognition for his work in 1998 when his albums were reissued.
In 2012 Bill released ‘Life Is People’, his first new studio album in 40 years, from which this track is taken.

17. Seti The First – Sugar To Sea Lion
I’ve been a big fan of Seti The First for a while, only very recently discovering they were two Irish musicians; Kevin Murphy & Thomas Haugh. Their instruments of choice are culled from the lower end of the string-driven section: cello, viola & double-bass fuse with percussion, piano, ukelin, flugelhorn & trumpet.

18. F.J. McMahon – Sister Brother
Not sure how I discovered this track but when I heard it I knew it was the right choice to close out this month’s episode.
The album from which it is taken; ‘Spirit Of The Golden Juice’ was originally released in 1969, following a stint serving in the U.S. Air Force. The album’s outsider, lo-fi folk vibe pulls from his experiences in Vietnam & has become a top item among collectors and folk/psych lovers alike.

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