LIST 28 - 27/11/2009 (Warp Records 20th anniversary special, part two)

Hello again,

As promised, here is the second half of my look back over the Sheffield label's first two decades, with tracks old and new once more in evidence. 

Always a pleasure to give the Aphex Twin, LFO and Autechre oldies in question a dusting off, and some of the new tracks are especially beguiling. Would it be too glib to call Tim Exile a one-man laptronica Cardiacs? Absolutely thrilled to discover him whilst compiling this selection.

There is just the one That Music List left for 2009 after this, and inevitably it's a wee bit festive. Keep 'em peeled.

J xx



APHEX TWIN – On (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-US91WU8zA

BEANS – Down by Law (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uclhS6UarKY

DREXCIYA – Black Sea (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4u57F7JaQ

MAXIMO PARK – Wraithlike (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foxWJJ_IaBU

SQUAREPUSHER – Hello Meow (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLcxve603-4

LEILA ft MARTINA TOPLEY BIRD – Deflect (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt5_HOlZiVY&feature=related

LFO – Ta n Ta Ra (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCERqO0ieM&feature=related

BROTHOMSTATES – Qtio (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdRd_bVaz0E

COCO STEEL AND LOVEBOMB – Feel It (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYJ76MpsRbo

HUDSON MOHAWKE – FUSE (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hWrxfuzwjQ

SABRES OF PARADISE – Wilmot (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUxZz4lVRfA

THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS – Dressed in Dresden (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-HmXANPIo

SEEFEEL – Fracture (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqCWksJQJrw

HARMONIC 313 – Battlestar (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbd-TJKL0cc

TIM EXILE – Family Galaxy (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKHEyUIErEk

AUTECHRE – 444 (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLXzSefzVWU

LIST 27 - 20/11/2009 (Warp Records 20th anniversary special, part one)

Hello again,

As long promised, here is a selection of highlights old and new from Warp Records, the pioneering Sheffield techno label-turned London all-round bastion of interesting new music. Me being me, I've unearthed enough stuff for two Lists, so Part One it is!

This first half is literally a start-to-finish retrospective, including as it does the first ever Warp release from 1989 by Forgemasters, and a track by Nice Nice that's been out barely a fortnight.


J xx



BOARDS OF CANADA - Dayvan Cowboy (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBZeWjGjl8

BROADCAST AND THE FOCUS GROUP – Witch Cults (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqINetENovg

SPEEDY J – The Fun Equations (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t4dYc53Q4g

POLYGON WINDOW – Polygon Window (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPU4DJG4phg

GRAVENHURST – Black Holes in the Sand (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHzsGzcShvE

NIGHTMARES ON WAX – I’m for Real (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlpGKru7q6s

CHRIS MORRIS : ON THE HOUR – Newsorama (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCIF4qRLras

FORGEMASTERS – Track with No Name (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ys9e2m0LTs

JACKSON AND HIS COMPUTER BAND – Utopia (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PKRsKNpteM

BIBIO – Ambivalence Avenue (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgGsnYpT3zg

TRICKY DISCO – Tricky Disco (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTEXhc6IyY

GRIZZLY BEAR – While You Wait for the Others (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4jZeGUFzI

JAMIE LIDELL – You Got Me Up (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0h0pvjVSzo

NICE NICE – Ark Drum (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCuefhyaLVQ&feature=channel

PIVOT – In the Blood (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DbM9FGTk-E

PLONE – Plock (1998)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlLzsF61n-8

LONELADY – Immaterial (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHTL0m5Ityk

BORN RUFFIANS – I Need a Life (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9dP51_WssU

!!! (CHK CHK CHK) – Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaqQYetCH8U

LIST 26 - 13/11/2009

Hello again,

Neither Relax nor Two Tribes was necessarily the most controversial singles of 1983-4, however much their creators, producer or record lable may like to have thought otherwise. Shockheaded Peters' disarming, compelling swing-meets-post-punk paean to paid-for gay sex, I, Bloodbrother Be, holds stronger claims to that title as far as I'm concerned, and it's a pleasure to be able to include it today.

Other tracks from way back in the day include just about my favourite instrumental opener to an album ever, so it would have been most inappropriate not to accord Arrogance Gave Him Up the same position here. 

There's also a then and now of Groove Armada, some cut and paste hilarity from Cassetteboy, what Little Boots did before Little Boots (see if you can spot her), and the return of everyone's favourite ex-hobo.


J xx



THE ASSOCIATES – Arrogance Gave Him Up (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn2bCZ1YhIQ

DAN LE SAC vs SCROOBIUS PIP – Look for the Woman (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqnKbdqjh2I

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – My Girls (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE&feature=fvw

JACOB GOLDEN – On a Saturday (2008)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a2f0DQIuWw

DEAD DISCO – You’re Out (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBv5FHQDnNg

EVEN AS WE SPEAK – Falling Down The Stairs (1992)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwGmuHgmcyc

SEASICK STEVE – Never Go West (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x0sNC48KsM

SHOCK HEADED PETERS – I, Bloodbrother Be (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NabkuN1Qktg

ARTHUR & MARTHA – Autovia (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHkppM58m4Q

THE JUST JOANS – Hey Boy... You’re Oh So Sensitive (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn1YBRmmXig

GROOVE ARMADA – I Won’t Kneel (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoTAdtYECNE

GROOVE ARMADA – At the River (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KyPpHuIXZo

MICACHU & THE SHAPES – Lips (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dImT-Xs9RMI

NICOLE ATKINS – Maybe Tonight (2008)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VoCcnpbco58

THE FLOWERPOT MEN – Django (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-WMSVPKbQ

CONNAN & THE MOCKASINS - Sneaky Sneaky Dogfriend (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvCaAG8shXs

NEON INDIAN – Deadbeat Summer (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59jEAxcvkWM

SHE & HIM – Sweet Darlin’ (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TBcBPCkEes

TODDLA T – Shake It (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhMCsO0ubiM

CASSETTEBOY – Cassetteboy Vs The Bloody Apprentice (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxi6QDwQyLU


Total running time: 77.5 minutes

LIST 25 - 06/11/2009

Hello again,

The quarter-century has been reached, and still not a single song repeated! Nor should there be, really - we've only got through about 500 songs out of the whole history of recorded music (according to the Gospel of St Youtube ;-p) so far...

The splendid return of Loney, Dear features this time, as does the stand-out track on the new Fake Blood EP.  The Pastels and Tenniscoats' recent collaborative efforts have begotten a single, also included, and Sonic Youth get the Then and Now treatment.

The appearance of LFO is intended as a precursor to the That Music List special mentioned previously, celebrating Warp Records' 20th anniversary, whilst the appearance of Brain at the end of the List is just there to challenge you a bit further.  I blimmin' love it, anyway. :-)

J xx



LFO – Freak (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Zq1I5_WAA

LONEY, DEAR – Airport Surroundings (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwmPACtcITg&feature=fvst

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI – That Beep (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Xf-IpT4jQ

GRIZZLY BEAR – Knife (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuYZbYtAl9A

BARBARA MORGENSTERN – We’re All Gonna Fucking Die (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MvfOj_sLMU&feature=channel

LISSY TRULLIE – Boy Boy (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seFmkz2x8m4

WAVE PICTURES – I Love You Like A Madman (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3NU8GFzaRs

SONIC YOUTH – Sacred Trickster (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKlbBgQHPqo

SONIC YOUTH – Bull in the Heather (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4BsnXmJaI

EXAMPLE - You Can’t Rap (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCd1Xq0Au4

JOHN VANDERSLICE – Too Much Time (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ou7FnmExvU

IT’S IMMATERIAL – Driving Away From Home(1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypadKraAb1s

SHY CHILD - Drop the Phone (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aONAuZd-L0A

MICACHU & THE SHAPES – Golden Phone (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TRkZpFgJcI

PASTELS / TENNISCOATS – Vivid Youth (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zxL_va72gk&feature=fvst

FAKE BLOOD – The Dozens (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOzoudDJBr8&feature=related

BEIRUT - Elephant Gun (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-mqhkuOF7s

OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL – Dance the Way I Feel (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLLlSDpdPdE

THE YUMMY FUR – Plastic Cowboy (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JImqXXwlIqU

KEIRAN HEBDEN & STEVE REID - Brain (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sihuerkLo4