LIST 27 - 20/11/09 (Warp Records 20th anniversary special, part one)

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.



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


Total running time: 77.25 minutes