Utility Fog

Monday, 22nd of December, 2003

With today’s playlist, an attempt to get it out there while the show’s still going… Took me a while to get the networking working though, but it’s up now at 1:16am - not bad! Started with a classic of alienated English post-punk from someone who probably represented everything the punks hated with his prog-rock in Genesis… Still, Peter Gabriel’s early stuff is twisted as all fuck. No specials or anything this week, just lots of good music, new and old.

Next week’s show is the last for the year, and I’ll be doing a flashback-show, cramming in all the favourites from Utility Fog in 2003. Please feel free to drop a comment if there’s something you’d like to hear again.

Peter Gabriel - I Don’t Remember [Charisma]
Mochipet - They Might Be Giants vs. Lyrical Giants (Get Crunked!) [Violent Turd]
Tim Perkis - Wrack [Praemedia]
Stars Like Fleas - lump. of. clay. [Praemedia]
Accelera Deck - Fire Map 2 [Skylab Operations]
Ulver vs Fennesz - Only the poor have to travel [Jester Records]
This Mortal Coil - The Lacemaker [4AD]
Ulver vs Martin Hornveth - Der Alte [Jester Records]
Loka - Safe Self Tester [Ninja Tune]
Phil Ranelin - Vibes From The Tribe (Micha Acher remix) [Hefty Records]
Ens - All In The Mood [Groovescooter]
Remote - Hope [self-released by Chris]
Enduser - East Side Breaks [from deleted CDR01 on Sonic Terror]
Bill Laswell - Oscillations (Atom Heart’s Digital Cut-Up) [Sub Rosa]
Ammo - Mother of Toads [Component Records]
Emotional Joystick - Muddy and Sloppy [Zod Records]
Aaron Spectre - she knows [Opiate; download]
Boards of Canada - Hi Scores [SKAM]
Gimmik - Let’s Play Cricket [Toytronic]
Multipara feat. Blaxista - Pocket Monster 2000 [Lux Nigra]
Stalker - untitled tk 3 fm empire CD [self-released on Geometry]
Abacus Roolz - New Beginning [self-released Glaswegians resident in Clovelly, Sydney… Bugger all on the web but a bit about their previous project Liminal here]
Dntel - This Is How It Will Be All Over [Plug Research]
désormais - no mysteries can be tolerated [intr_version]
Flim - Linker2 [Tomlab]
Giardini di Mirò - Pearl Harbour (Opiate remix) [2.nd rec]
b. fleischmann - grunt [Morr Music/Charizma]
Ulrich Schnauss - Wherever You Are [Morr Music]
Ninetynine vs qwertykeith - The Cleaner (dub) [from Keith’s unreleased remixes of the entire Ninetynine album The Process, entitled The Processed, and downloadable from the link]
Venetian Snares - Sky Painted On Car [Planet µ]
Luke Vibert - Remember This [Rephex]

Monday, 15th of December, 2003

Tonight featured the interview with Efrim from Godspeed/A Silver Mt Zion, and I should mention the fabulous editing help from the lovely Ms Angela Stengel :) (producer of Dan Buhagiar’s Tuesday night Bridge show, Sydney Music History…)
After the interview we heard from another Montreal group, désormais, duo of Mitchell Akiyama and Joshua Treble, with a track featuring processed cello from Becky Foon, who plays in both aforementioned groups - yay! Lots of other exciting new stuff (including some manically creative copyright-bending) and just as exciting old stuff, as you’ve come to expect from the ‘Fog.

Even As We Speak - Beautiful Day [Sarah Records]
Super Furry Animals - The Piccolo Snare (Four Tet remix) [Sony Music Video]
Mia Doi Todd - Growing Pains (Dntel Remix) [Plug Research]
Ninetynine vs qwertykeith - Kinetic Factory [from Keith’s unreleased remixes of the entire Ninetynine album The Process, entitled The Processed, and downloadable from the link]
Solex - Another Tune Like Not Fade Away (Kid 606 remix) [Matador]
Telefon Tel Aviv feat Lindsay Anderson - What It Was Will Never Again [Hefty Records]
Lexaunculpt - Has Been Trying Not To Wonder [Planet µ]
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - The Dead Flag Blues (excerpt) [Constellation/Kranky]
Interview with Efrim Menuck, with interspersed beneath & between (next three):
A Silver Mt Zion - 13 angels standing guard ’round the side of your bed. [Constellation]
A Silver Mt Zion - Movie (Never Made) [Constellation]
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Moya [Constellation/Kranky]
désormais - under a watching sky [intr_version]
The Boy Lucas - La Bomb Is All Bad [Pause_2]
b. fleischmann - Take your time (excerpt, early) [Morr Music/Charizma]
The Microphones - III. Universe (from Mt. Eerie) [K Records]
b. fleischmann - Take your time (excerpt, late) [Morr Music/Charizma]
b. fleischmann - the blessed [Morr Music/Charizma]
Gridlock - Clicker [Hymen]
Funckarma vs Boom Operators - Focus (Funckarma Rmx 1 instrumental) [dub]
Gridlock - Estrella (Funckarma remix) [Hymen]
Astrobotnia - tk 1 from Part II 12″ [Rephlex]
Aaron Spectre - the wrong fuel [Opiate; download]
No. 9 vs Hrvatski - “… bottle of claret for you if i’d realised” [Locust]
Mochipet - Yes vs. NoMeansNo [Violent Turd]
Aaron Spectre vs Nine Inch Nails - Ruiner (Wreckstep remix) [Opiate; download]
Hrvatski - Routine Exercise [Reckankreutzungsklankewerkzeuge]
Mochipet - Nelly vs Poor Kakarookee (Venetian Snares) [Violent Turd] {Can’t be bothered linking up all those bits, it’s a track name ok?}
Ponga - Pick Up The Pieces Of Saturn (Amon Tobin’s Mosh Mix) [Loosegroove]
Lesser - Epic Act [555 Records/Tigerbeat 6]

Monday, 8th of December, 2003

For my return, lots of new stuff in evidence, as well as a bunch of quite old stuff. It’s all about balance ya know. The new b. fleischmann CD is one of the releases of the year - only got to play one track today, so more coming next week! Other new stuff will be explored next week, and a special long interview with Efrim from A Silver Mt Zion is coming too - not this week as previously planned. We did have a special on Jimmy Taborello aka Dntel, half of The Postal Service & a third of Figurine… We had a remix of Radiohead by Christian Vogel (since FBi is playing the wonderful Four Tet mix quite a bit), followed by his duo Super_Collider with Jamie Lidell, and an examination of how much an influence Messiaen has had on Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead… And on it goes, with some awesome new ragga jungle at the end too.

Talking Heads - The Great Curve [Sire]
Four Tet - As Serious As Your Life (Remix 2) [Domino]
Jonny Greenwood - 24 hour charleston [Parlophone] {The Jonny link is a hilarious fan-site… the Radiohead link below is a perhaps a little more official, but not for the man’s solo work…}
Radiohead - Remyxomatosis (Christian Vogel RMX) [Parlophone]
Super_Collider - It Won’t Be Long [Loaded Records]
Justin Robertson Presents Revtone - Love Movement (Ulrich Schnauss Remix) [Bugged Out!]
b. fleischmann - pass by [Morr Music/Charizma]
EOG - Bolnes 1 [dub]
EU - Turt [Pause_2]
Ruby - Beefheart (Wauvenfold Remix) [Wichita Recordings]
Lexis - Hypnotise (Autechre slow mix) [Certificate 18]
Tristeza - A Little Distance (Dntel Remix) [Tiger Style/Rocket Racer]
Dntel - Loneliness Is Having No One To Miss [Phthalo]
The Postal Service - Natural Anthem [Sub Pop]
James Figurine - The Life [Catmobile Records]
Dntel feat. Mia Doi Todd - Anywhere Anyone (Nobody remix) [Plug Research]
Mia Doi Todd - Growing Pains (Dntel Remix) [Plug Research]
Flaming Lips - Do You Realise? (Postal Service Remix by Jimmy Tamborello) [Warner Bros]
Dntel - Don’t Get Your Hopes Up (w/ Meredith Figurine) [Rocket Racer]
A Silver Mt Zion - 13 angels standing guard ’round the side of your bed. [Constellation]
Olivier Messiaen - excerpts from mvts 5 & 8 of his Quartet for the End of Time, performed by Vera Beths (vln), Anner Bijlsma (cello), George Pieterson (clarinet) & Reinbert de Leeuw (piano) [Philips Classical]
Jonny Greenwood - Iron Swallow [Parlophone]
Ninetynine vs qwertykeith - Kinetic Factory [from Keith’s unreleased remixes of the entire Ninetynine album The Process, entitled The Processed, and downloadable from the link]
Telefon Tel Aviv - Map Of What Is Effortless [Hefty Records]
Telefon Tel Aviv - What It Is Without The Hand That Wields It [Hefty Records]
Flim - Above Seagulls [Plinkity Plonk]
Can - Oh Yeah [Spoon Records/Mute]
Squarepusher - Tundra [Rephlex]
Aphex Twin - Milkman [Warp Records]
DJ C feat. Capleton - Conscience A Heng Dem (Aaron Spectre remix) [Mashit] {Download an mp3 of the track from here (it’s the eoss ragga-jungle mix) or here, but it’s well worth getting the wax, say from Hrvatski’s Mimaroglu Music Sales…}
Soundmurderer & SK-1 feat. Wayne Lonesome - Whowanseekwar (Rewind Mix) [Shockout]
65daysofstatic - I’m Dreaming of a White Noise Christmas (Christina) [available for download here]

Wednesday, 3rd of December, 2003

I was away for this week, on tour with FourPlay in Queenscliff and Melbourne, so Angela and Serena stepped in to play a fantastic selection culled from my collection and their own. Reports in say that it sounded just like me (but without so much breakcore admittedly *grin*).
This coming Sunday expect lots of new stuff, from unhinged indie-post-rock to drill’n'bass… And this Thursday morning I’m interviewing Efrim from Godspeed You! Black Emperor and A Silver Mt. Zion, so expect to hear that soon too!

FourPlay - Lilli Pilli Drive (Raven’s glitch’n'bass evolution mix) [Smart Pussy/Vitamin]
State River Widening - Desertesque [from the Desertesque 7″ on Beau Rivage, also found on the Documenta.II comp on Agenda]
Amon Tobin - Like Regular Chickens [Ninja Tune]
Tied & Tickled Trio - Freak Machine [Morr Music]
The Matthew Herbert Big Band - Misprints [Accidental Records]
Jaga Jazzist - Day [Smalltown Supersound/Ninja Tune]
Matmos - Zealous Order of Candied Knights [Matador Records]
Trost - The Sound of Your Eyes [Polytrash/Valve]
DJ Spooky (mixing Tino and Meat Beat Manifesto) - Basic Beat/Dynamite Fresh [Adbusters]
Maladroit - Serpent And The Voguer [System Corrupt]
Super Science - A Day I Caught the Sunlight [Surgery Records]
Steve Reich - Eight Lines (Howie B remix) [Nonesuch]
Tepid - Difficult [Self-released] {I’m afraid I don’t know this one and couldn’t find any links! - Peter}
Boom Bip & Dose One - Questions Over Coffee [Mush]
Telefon Tel Aviv - What’s the use of feet if you haven’t got legs? [Hefty Records]
Thomas Köner - Des Rivers [Mille Plateaux]
Giardini di Mirò - Pearl Harbour (Opiate remix) [2.nd rec]
Rotor+ - Ears [Kog Transmissions]
Yo La Tengo - Tired Hippo [Matador]
Frankie Sparo - City As Might Have Been [Constellation]
Warren Ellis - Three Pieces for Violin (1st) [King Crab Records]
Pedro - Intro [Melodic Records]
Savath + Savalas - Transportation Theme [Hefty]
The Books - Getting the Done Job [Tomlab]
Mysta - Masala [Unreleased]
Hood - Lost Footing [Simball Records]
The Notwist - One Step Inside Doesn.t Mean You Understand [Domino Records]
Machine Translations - Hatful + Stray [Spunk]
Ulrich Schnauss - Wherever You Are [Morr Music]
Dntel - Suddenly Is Sooner Than You Think [Plug Research]
Don Mennerich - Theme From Postindustry [Grounded Records]
Solvent - Discontinued Parts [Morr Music]
Alias - Begin Again [Anticon]
Funkstörung mit Jay-Jay Johanson - I Want Some Fun [Studio !K7]
Alias - Unseen Sights w/Markus Acher [Anticon]
Radiohead - Paperbag Writer [Parlophone]
Mercury Rev - When You Wish Upon A Star [ABC Music]