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Sunday, 24th of December, 2006

Uh-oh, it's the night before Christmas… Now, let's be straight: I hate Christmas. But I love the Cocteau Twins, and this first song was reissued on their beautiful Lullabies to Violaine boxed set of singles & EPs this year, so here goes!
Tonight's show, though, is my 2006 retrospective. Lots of tunes wot floated my boat this year. I'm away next Sunday (NYE – I'll be @ The Falls with FourPlay), so I may do part II on Sunday the 7th of Jan!

Cocteau Twins – Frosty the Snowman [Mercury]
Sufjan Stevens – Dear Mr. Supercomputer [Asthmatic Kitty/Spunk]
Belladonnakillz – neverever [Sublight]
Bass Clef – Opera [Blank Tapes]
Milanese – So Malleable cold rmx [MG77]
Venetian Snares – Beverly's Potatoe Orchestra [Planet µ]
Grizzly Bear – Marla [Warp]
Final Fantasy – If I Were A Carp [Tomlab]
Leafcutter John – let it begin [Staubgold]
Aleks & The Ramps – Graveyard Etiquette [self-released, Ramps Assemble Records]
part timer – unwritten letter to no.9 [Moteer]
Brian Campeau – ce baiser (cd2 version) [self-released, dist. Vitamin]
Brian Campeau – ce baiser (cd1 version) [self-released, dist. Vitamin]
Black Sesame – Angel Songs [self-released]
Heidi Elva – Nothing is what it seems [long-awaited demo from Sydney harpist/vocalist, with programming/mixing from Brian Campeau]
Serafina Steer – Peach Heart [Static Caravan]
Joanna Newsom – Sawdust & Diamonds [Drag City]
Cibelle – Instante de Dois [Crammed Discs]
Cibelle – Noite de Carnaval (Matthew Herbert mix) [Crammed Discs]
keith – bled a rose (matthew herbert mix) [Lucky Number Music]
Thom Yorke – And It Rained All Night [XL Recordings]
Bracken – Heathens [Anticon]
Gypsophile – Ceux qui traînent [Lenka Lente]
Because of Ghosts – Bright Things Come To Confusion [Feral Media]
the boats – industrial violence, venus and mars, when planets collide??? [Moteer]
65daysofstatic – Asphalt and Trouble [Monotreme]
Vert – Yrs [Sonig]
ollo – trouble is [Groovescooter]
Various Production – Hater [XL Recordings]
Skream – I [Tempa]
Skream – I (Loefah remix) [Tempa]
vitaminsforyou – Nothing Never Is (In Two Parts) [intr_version]
Tunng – Sweet William [Fulltime Hobby]

Sunday, 17th of December, 2006

Evening! Starting with a bit of a Middle-Eastern feel, and going from faster tempos (although they may not feel that way) into the slower morass of dubstep, where I'll sit for a few tracks at the start of the show instead of later on, and then we'll get into some more indie/postrock things and some other nice stuff… Later on, some beautiful French indie/postrock from Gypsophile and Funckarma & Kettel team up for Dutch electronica bliss as Scone. Plus another belated bit of dubsteppy stuff when Various Production remix their label-mate, one Thom Yorke. And speaking of remixes, Funkstörung's latest remix album (which means them remixing other people) is apparently going to be their last release. We have a preview track from that album later on tonight as well.

The The – Sweet Bird Of Truth (12" version) [Epic]
Deadbeat – one.one.five [~scape]
Skream – Midnight Request Line (Zinc remix) [Bingo]
Skream – I (Loefah remix) [Tempa]
Gravious – Monolith [Scuba]
Loefah – Rufage [Digital Mystikz]
Moving Ninja – Murky [Tectonic]
Ens – Trial By Fire [Feral Media]
Mr. Bungle – Desert Search For Techno Allah [Warner Bros]
Mochipet – Dessert Search For Techno Baklava [Btrendy Records via Couchblip! Distribution]
Sparrow Hill – The Locust (Sulo remix) [Feral Media]
Gypsophile – apart [Elefant]
Gypsophile – Kiffa –> Vanderlinden [Lenka Lente]
Bracken – we cut the tapes and scatter [Anticon]
Gypsophile – Entretien des grisailles [Lenka Lente]
Scissor Lock – Knives For Christ [demo/promo]
J.P. Shilo – The Drowning Horse [Smells Like]
Adjágas – Mun Ja Mun [Ever Records]
flying saucer attack – in the light of time [Domino]
vitaminsforyou – Nothing Never Is (In Two Parts) [intr_version]
Lamb – Heaven (Funkstörung remix) [Studio !K7]
Thom Yorke – Analyse (Various Production Remix) [XL Recordings] {download from The Eraser site, or if you want to avoid the horrible Flash stuff, Pitchfork have the links too}
Cappablack – components & variables [~scape]
Caural – dead armies –> re-experience any moment you choose [Mush]
Scone – Maze [Moamoo] {Funckarma & Kettel team up for Dutch electronica bliss!}
The Last Sound – Chandelier Ballroom, Lechuguilla [Go Away Recordings]
Rastawookie – Rise [promo from their forthcoming album]

Sunday, 10th of December, 2006

Good evening. Just flew in from Tasmania, mania being the operative word.
Talked to Clayton Thomas from The nowNOW about the festival launch happening tomorrow, and also talked to Jaime Fennelly, here from Brooklyn NY and playing at the launch.

Iron & Wine – On Your Wings [Sub Pop]
Sufjan Stevens – A Good Man Is Hard To Find [Asthmatic Kitty/Spunk]
Underlapper – Little Tapioca [Feral Media]
Songs of Green Pheasant – Dear Prudence [Fat Cat]
Adrian Klumpes – Exhale [Leaf]
Tim Hecker – stages, aircraft, kings and secretaries [Kranky]
peeesseye – oo-ee-oo [evolving ear]
Rik Rue – Voice Capades [Alias Frequencies]
Hefty via Wire Mag]
The Memory Band – Blackwaterside [Peacefrog]
Múm – Awoke on a Train (Peel Session) [Fat Cat/BBC]
Caural – hallucination broadcast [Mush]
Cappablack – evil clap [~scape]
ollo – Peanuts [Feral Media]
Cappablack feat. AWOL One – slide around [~scape]
Curse ov Dialect – Saturday Night [Mush Records]
Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Sadagora Hot Dub (remixed by Shantel // Bucovina Club) [Essay Recordings]
tunng – little king (featuring summit) [disco_r.dance]
point b – the contortionist [disco_r.dance]
Skream – I (Loefah remix) [Tempa]
Pinch – Punisher (Skream's Heavy Duty remix) [Planet µ]
Gravious – Monolith [Scuba]
Enduser – Starting… Now [Ad Noiseam]
Cdatakill – Nefertiti Dub [Ad Noiseam]
Maps – start something (the longcut mix) [Last Space Recordings]
Scissor Lock – Knives For Christ [demo/promo]

Thursday, 7th of December, 2006

Thanks to Shannon & Adrian aka Wake Up And Listen for filling in on the show on Sunday. Here's their playlist, as usual featuring lots of great plunderphonics and other goodness.

Negativland – Introduction, Witness for the Documentation
Thai Elephant Orchestra – Thung Kwian Sunrise
twink – three wishes
DJ Pantshead – Supertramp vs Squarepusher vs We
DJ Pantshead – Jefferson Starship vs Alec Empire
tom verbank – baghdad mood
distance – traffic
des esseintes – due (shinjuku thief studio 54 remix)
Shinjuku Thief – Predation
Shinjuku Thief – Senescence
pimmon- dream clown
think of one – maracatu misterioso
think of one – tahina
electric masada – hath-arob
Chelate Compound – Bruised by Light
the residents – episode 1: the kid who collected crimes!
Al Duvall – Lantana
Al Duvall – Five Against One
Default's Greatest Hits – Tracks 1-14
The Evolution Control Committee – Nearly No Time for Yes
The Evolution Control Committee – No Time for Yes
Negativland – Downloading
Chris Watson – Vatnajokull
Pan Sonic – Maa
John Butcher – Swan Style
Gail Priest – Dreamwinch
Gail Priest – Body in Birmingham
Gail Priest – Slip Slide
Negativland – Off-Air Comments #1