Utility Fog

Sunday, 24th of February, 2008

And so it was that they came down from the mountain, and they listened to the radio, and they heard many great things. Among the things they heard were free things, of which they were informed, and other things of which it was well worth paying moneys. Thus it be.

In other news, I’m away for the next two weeks. Gabrielle Nicholson is sitting in next Sunday (March 2nd), and Angela Stengel the following (March 9th) and I’m back after that. Both of them will keep the Utility Fog sounds coming, so you’ll probably just think I’ve turned female (you never know).
If you want to hear me selectin’ some tunes, I won’t be away from Sydney the whole time. On Thursday the 6th of March, the POWWOW series starts up again at the Seymour Centre’s Sound Lounge, for the launch of ii’s wonderful Landlakes album, and I’ll be DJing anytime there aren’t bands playing :)

Jürgen Knieper - The Sky Over Berlin [Mute]
Atlas Sound - scraping past [Kranky]
Atlas Sound - Coriander [download from Deerhunter blog]
Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey (Home Recording July 2006) [download from Deerhunter blog]
Derwent River Star - Lydia [Heavy]
Fennesz - On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By [Touch] {download-only release from Bleep or Boomkat}
d_rradio - Wish For More Wishes [Distraction] {for now, you can download this FOR FREE from the label!}
The Flashbulb - I Believed In God [Alphabasic] {from Soundtrack To A Vacant Life, which Benn Jordan aka The Flashbulb uploaded himself to all the torrent sites… Go looking, and/or buy the CD from the label!}
The Flashbulb - That Missing Week [Alphabasic]
The Flashbulb - That Missing Week (Alternate) [Alphabasic]
The Flashbulb - Kirlian Voyager [Alphabasic] {from Soundtrack To A Vacant Life}
Chris Abrahams and Mike Cooper - Surfside No2 [Room40]
ii - tropes [Feral Media]
Dntel feat. Mia Doi Todd - Anywhere Anyone [Plug Research]
Mia Doi Todd - Growing Pains (Dntel Remix) [Plug Research]
Mia Doi Todd - Muscle, Bone & Blood (Ammoncontact remix) [Plug Research]
Mia Doi Todd - The Night Of A Thousand Kisses [Kindred Spirits]
Part Timer - the distance between one [lovely new unreleased track]
origamibiro - gathers in puddles [expanding records]
origamibiro - gathers in puddles (part timer’s samba in puddles mix) [unreleased, and lovely to boot]
Part Timer - got one [lovely new unreleased track]
The Accidental - Knock Knock (Tunng remix) [Static Caravan]
The Accidental - Wolves [Full Time Hobby]
Mr Maps - Your Heels in Sand, Head in P [unreleased, excellent post-rock/electronica from Brisbane]
Terminal Sound System - Note Four [download from The Internet Archive]
The Future Sound of London - Tingler ‘96 [promo only ISDN Show]
Silver Bone Tone - Relentless [unreleased; buy tracks at Soundprovider]
Scissors for Sparrow - Castro (edit) [self-released dizzy donor CDR]
Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow [Remote Control]
Inlets - Deadly Disclosure [cover of Department of Eagles - download from their website!]
Grizzly Bear - Granny Diner [Warp]

Sunday, 17th of February, 2008

ii’s debut(!) album landlakes is finally out, so an old and a new track from them to start with. Somethink from Bradford Cox’s amazing and growing archive of downloadble stuff from the Deerhunter blog along with also something from his Atlas Sound album, which is coming out at the end of this week (or so).
Later, something amazing from les mouches, Owen Pallett’s band pre-Final Fantasy, new Mia Doi Todd, new end.user, a couple of Ulrich Schnauss remixes, and more!

ii - beofre [Steady Cam]
ii - we ate everyone [Feral Media]
Atlas Sound - Orange Ohms Glow [download from Deerhunter blog]
Deerhunter - Providence [Kranky]
Atlas Sound - Recent Bedroom [Kranky]
Xiu Xiu - Rose of Sharon [Oedipus Records]
Xiu Xiu - sad pony guerilla girl [5RC]
Xiu Xiu - Wig Master [5RC]
Xiu Xiu - White nerd [5RC]
les mouches - divorce the ones you love [□□□□□□ Recording Club]
Final Fantasy - What Do You Think Will Happen Next? [Tomlab] {with that gorgeous “lyric sample” from Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now”}
Final Fantasy - Cliquot (live) [find download link here] {wonderful Beirut cover. He sings this track on the album, and co-wrote it anyway…}
Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left (live) [Grimsey]
Derwent River Star - dead roads [Heavy]
Mia Doi Todd - River of Life/The Yes Song [City Zen/Kindred Spirits]
Marla Hansen - A Friend Indeed [Standard Recording]
Howling Bells - Setting Sun (Ulrich Schnauss remix) [Bella Union]
Katharina Franck - Faithful Friend (Ulrich Schnauss remix) [to be available as download from Amazon shortly]
FourPlay String Quartet - Bollyrock (Temptation of the Key mix by Buttress O’Kneel) [illegal sampling means this is unlikely to get released, but maybe as a download sometime? BO’K is a genius!]
end.user - blacklight (submerged remix) [ohm resistance]
The Cure - Fascination Street (Extended Mix) [Fiction]
Ror-Shak - A Forest (Disturbulence Mix) [Breakbeat Science]
Silver Bone Tone - Broken (End of Warranty) [buy tracks from Soundprovider]
brid csnihag dgoarn - ctseursy jpenmur [demo from Ian in the Blue Mountains]
Silver Bone Tone - E-motion [buy tracks from Soundprovider]
Autechre - chenc9 [Warp]
Autechre - Notwo [Warp]
Autechre - draun quarter [Warp]

Sunday, 10th of February, 2008

More stuff tonight!

Derwent River Star - Lydia [Heavy] {I hate linking to MySpazz, but so often it’s the only way! Anyway, check Derwent River Star, beautiful stuff!}
The Woods Themselves - Saturnalia [Traffic Sounds]
Radarmaker - Arm vs. Fiery Antenna [self-released EP from this great Perth post-rock band]
Adam Trainer - You Are an Ace Critter [Wilting Flower]
Radarmaker - Sashyegi [self-released]
The Tigers - Beautiful Florist [Sensory Projects]
ii - Little Paper Body [Feral Media]
ii - oho [Feral Media]
Autistic Daughters - Richest Woman in the World [Kranky]
Xiu Xiu - You are pregnant you, you are dead [5RC]
Aaron Martin - Tar Paper [Preservation]
Akkord I On - Shoegazetta [Replica]
Autechre - Simmm [Warp]
Fluorescent Grey - Ayhuascaro Empyreal [Record Label Records]
Icarus - keet [Rump]
Christopher Willits - Yellow Spring (Robert Lippok remix) [Ghostly International] {download for free from here!}
The Declining Winter - yorkcitythree (northstation remix) [Misplaced Music]
Toasty - Angel (Si Begg remix) [Hotflush]
The Orb - Katskills [Traffic]
Jazzsteppa - One [Hotflush]
Hoodz & 6Blocc - Babylonia [Tribe Recordings]
Silver Bone Tone - Box [unreleased]
Pole - sylvenstein (deadbeat remix) [~scape]
Cex - Charles Village [Automation Records]
Mr Maps - Your Heels in Sand, Head in P [unreleased, excellent post-rock/electronica from Brisbane]
Derwent River Star - (unnamed track 6) [Heavy]
Derwent River Star - frost [Heavy]
Chris Perren - A new logic [self-released?]
Why? - By Torpedo or Crohn’s [Anticon/Tomlab]
Andrew Bird - The Trees Were Mistaken [Fargo]
Fog - Ditherer [Lex Records]
Seaworthy - Live From Melbourne [12k]
Our Brother The Native - trees part II [Fat Cat]

Sunday, 3rd of February, 2008

Welcome to the latest edition of Utility Fog, FBI’s nanotechnological aural journey. Your bionic host Peter Hollo has coalesced out of the swarm of tiny robots that is his normal form in order to sit behind the desk and bring you - yes, YOU - the best in postfolkrocktronica. Because otherwise, who would? WHO?
And what could be be awesomer as a start tonight than new music from Autechre?!
But we’ve also got some brilliant new stuff from the 12k label, Aaron Martin’s latest album (it’s a beauty!), a 3″ CD of experimental goodness from Perth’s Adam Trainer (one quarter of the underrated Radarmaker), Atlas Sound (Bradford Cox of Deerhunter)… We’ve got the new Xiu Xiu, and a sneak preview of the new Why? album. It’s all happening, and it’s only just February!

Autechre - Altibzz [Warp]
Solo Andata - Live in Melbourne [12k]
Aaron Martin - Mannal Street [Preservation]
Part Timer vs Aaron Martin - seed collection (seed recollection mix and dirty mix) [unreleased new material!]
Adam Trainer - You Are an Ace Critter [Wilting Flower]
Atlas Sound - Quarantined [Kranky]
Xiu Xiu - In Lust You Can Hear The Axe Fall [5RC]
Why? - The Fall of Mr Fifths [Anticon/Tomlab]
Why? - Good Friday (Boards of Canada mix) [Anticon/Tomlab]
cLOUDDEAD - Dead Dogs Two (remix by Boards of Canada) [Mush/Big Dada]
Bracken - We Cut The Tapes and Scatter (Steinbeck Ultramagnetic remix by Buddy Peace) [no label/Anticon]
Underlapper - Child Bearing Flies (Scissors for Sparrow remix) [Feral Media]
ii - tropes [Feral Media]
The Tigers - Nicest Band [Sensory Projects]
The Tigers - I Am Complaining [Feral Media]
Our Brother The Native - trees part I [Fat Cat]
Willits + Sakamoto - Toward Water [12k]
Autechre - The Plc [Warp]
Autistici - Attaching Softness to a Shell [C] [12k]
Autistic Daughters - Uneasy Flower [Kranky]
µ-Ziq vs The Auteurs - Lenny Valentino 3 [Hut Records]
Aaron Martin - Alison [Preservation]