http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog postfolkrocktronica, from granular pop to orchestral breakcore and beyond... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:02:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shannon O'Neill & Adrian Bertram aka Wake Up And Listen had the honour of playing the 06/07/08 show, and they spun the following delectable delicacies: Kazumichi Grime - Parlour File_Error - Maryfarms-Documenta Pt 1 Jasmina Maschina - Asleep (Minit Variation) toy.bizarre - kdi dctb 039 Lucas Darklord - Drama / The Unlisted / Gallows and the Shifting Market The Bug - Fuckaz ft. Spaceape Virus Syndicate - Power The Bug - Poison Dart Tipper - Tiny Face People Like Us & Kenny G - I'm From ErikM - Steme Tk 1 Wake Up and Listen - Weight, a minute. People Like Us & Kenny G - Wake Up Atom TM - Mp3 (Moralpovertythree) Venetian Snares - Poo Yourself Jason The Chap - Proper Rock Buckethead - A New War is Underway Daphne Oram - Power Tools / Bird of Parallax Patton Oswald - There Will Be Blood The Stranger - Something to do with Death Walker/Czukay - The Wonderful World of Screeches, Racing Cars and Crybats http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog/archives/2008/07/06/playlist-060708/ The splendid Serena Armstrong and Ben Millar filled in for me this week, and it sounded a little bit like this: Underlapper (Super Shiny Sydney comp) – Little Tapioca Mice Parade (Mice Parade) – double dolphins on the nickel Blonde Redhead (23) – 23 Tunng: (Mother's Daughter and Other Songs) - Beautiful and Light Morning Stalker (Super Shiny Sydney comp) – When all is said and done we shall forgive each other under the sun Aphex Twin (Drukqs) - vord hosbn Venetian Snares (Rossz csillag alatt született) - Szerencsétlen (lit. "Unlucky") Bang on a Can (Lost Objects) – track 2 Bang on a Can (Lost Objects) -track 8: Lost Things Saddleback (Night Maps) – Dance Card Beirut (The Flying Club Cup) – Nantes Animal Collective (Sung Tongs) - Leaf The Notwist (Shrink)­ – Moron Sufjan Stevens (Seven Swans) - The Transfiguration Grizzly Bear (Horn of Plenty) (DISC 2) - Campfire Remix Grand Salvo AUS (GIG ON FRIDAY 4th July - THE HARP AT TEMPE) - Journey Across the Ice Grand Salvo AUS (GIG ON FRIDAY 4th July - THE HARP AT TEMPE) - I Am Dead Boards of Canada (Music Has the Right to Children) - An Eagle in your mind Oren Ambarchi - In the Pendulum's Embrace (Sunn 78) – Inamorata Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid (The Exchange Session Vol 1) - Morning Prayer Triosk (Moment Returns) - Love Chariot Touch Typist (PowWow Five) – Late of Light School of Two (pow wow 1) – All That We've Become Belle and Sebastian (tigermilk) – The State I Am In Tunng (Comments of the Inner Chorus) – Woodcat Devendera Barnhardt - A Sight To Behold Colleen- (Les Ondes Silencieuses) – Blue Sands Amiina (AnimaminA) - skakka The Sea (The Boats Are in the Bay) – kokoo Low remix (Owl) – Over the Ocean (skull valley dub) Catpower (What Will the Community Think) – What Will the Community Think Dirty Three + Chan Marshall - Great Waves Art of Fighting (Wires) - track 11 'Something new' (7.00) http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog/archives/2008/06/29/playlist-290608/ The lovely kit brash sat in for me on this show, and this is what he played (links to come later!): Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Cowgirl - 2007 CD Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag - 1979 7" Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards - 1980 7" The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 1979 b-side Terry Riley - You're Nogood - 1967 tape edit Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again - red vinyl 12" 1979 Sire Loose Joints - Tell You Today - 1983 12" Kid Creole - There But For The Grace Of God - 1980 b-side Cristina - Is That All There Is? - 1980 12" Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - What Must Be Done - 2007 CD Kid Koala - Drunk Trumpet (live) - Heavyweight Art Installation 7" The Sugarcubes - Fucking In Rhythm And Sorrow (live) - b-side Bjork - There's More To Life Than This (non toilet version) - b-side The The - Dumb As Death's Head - Melody Maker flexidisc St Etienne - There There My Brigadier - unreleased Dr Who tribute Jon Pertwee - I Am The Doctor - novelty single The Reels - Prefab Hearts - 1979 LP Two Nice Girls - Speed Racer - acoustic lesbian cover version Sally Shapiro - I Know You're My Love (Juan Maclean remix) - Romantic Remix The Juan Maclean - You Can't Have It Both Ways - DFA 12" Orbital - Sunday - 1992 EP Jinny - Keep Warm - PIANO HOUSE The Presets - This Boy's In Love (Zombie Nation remix) - raaaaar Midnight Juggernauts - Shadows (M83 Remix) - wooooo M83 - We Own The Sky (Maps mix) - Sonic Cathedral 7" Sebastien Tellier - Divine (Midnight Juggernauts mix) - Eurovision loser Moby - Everytime You Touch Me (Beatmasters 7" Mix) - buy this very copy on ebay now! Gonzales - Working Together (Akira The Don remix) - bootleg mp3 AFX - W32.Mydoom.AU@mm - 2005 12" The Orb - O.O.B.E. (live at Aylesbury Civic Centre, 1992) - Volume magazine Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Counting The Stars - 2007 CD Magazine - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - 1980 7" http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog/archives/2008/06/22/playlist-220608/ As mentioned in the previous post, I'm going to be heading overseas as of, well, TODAY! Travelling with my girlfriend round Europe & UK, with a side order of Shanghai & Tokyo on the way back. You can check in on our travels at my blog and Angela's blog. Meanwhile there will be some fabulous people sitting in for me while I'm gone. They are: 22nd June - Kit Brash 29th June - Serena Armstrong & Ben Millar 6th July - Wake Up And Listen (Shannon O'Neill & Adrian Bertram) 13th July - Celine Maslard 20th July - Kit Brash There'll be a mix of indiepop, postrock, electronica, sound art, contemporary classical, experimental radio, plunderphonics etc etc. In other words, the same sort of stuff you expect from Utility Fog every Sunday. Enjoy! http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog/archives/2008/06/16/utility-fog-fill-ins-22nd-jun-to-20th-july/ Evening. Tonight is my last show until the 27th of July as I'm gallivanting overseas from Monday the 16th! First track tonight is from a young English gal called Mica Levi, with production help from none other than Matthew Herbert. Also new is some lovely electronica from Lagos Disco Machine on a new Canberra label called PCSC. And I played some My Bloody Valentine because I'll be seeing them in Glasgow in early July! But fret not, because I hear they're touring Oz in December! Micachu - Lone Ranger [BrikaBrak] Dosh - don't wait for the needle to drop [Anticon] Lagos Disco Machine - stay off the sauce paul, it's killing you softly [PCSC] Child's View - woods [Audio Dregs] Sunken Foal - Dutch Elm [Planet µ] Oren Ambarchi - Highway of Diamonds [Touch] Atlas Sound - Lullaby from the Netherlands [download from Deerhunter blog] Animal Collective - Street Flash [Domino] Flippo - Rain [Pressing Issues] iTAL tEK - Still Shores [Planet µ] Toasty - Like Sun [Hotflush] Headhunter & Ekelon - Timewarp [Planet µ] dBridge - On My Mind [Exit Records] My Bloody Valentine - glider [Creation Records] My Bloody Valentine - I Need No Trust [Creation Records] The Chap - I Am Oozing Emotion [Lo Recordings] The Chap - Fun and Interesting [Lo Recordings] Foals - Tron [Transgressive] Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Magician's Assistant [Sunday Best] Mrs Jynx - Vlodrum 2 [Planet µ] µ-Ziq - Hector's House [Rephlex] port-royal - stummung (ulrich schnauss remix) [resonant] port-royal - flares pt.2 (d_rradio remix) [resonant] Lagos Disco Machine - werkshift [PCSC] Part Timer - Between Decisions [hellosQuare] 3ofmillions - number 13 [hellosQuare] Shoeb Ahmad - Illuminate [low point] Qua - The Air Is Thin In Here [Surgery Records] Silver Bone Tone - Specialize [demo] hi god people - sing song rhye clouds [Spanish Magic] http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog/archives/2008/06/15/playlist-150608/ Quite a few rather long tracks tonight... A bit of an epic of drone noise from Melbourne's Zond from a new split 12" on Spanish Magic, and later we have hi god people from the flipside. Fabulous track from Underlapper's Morning Stalker, and some lovely piano processing from last year from Shoeb Ahmad. Then we have something new from the Tango Saloon, with Jane Sheldon from Sydney's sadly defunct Gauche, rather deliciously covering a wonderful piece of perfect poptronica from some years ago. Also from Sydney is TJ Eckleberg, who launches his new album at MINT in King's Cross this Friday night. Not as experimental as his fabulous last album, it's an excellent mix of r'n'b beats and great songwriting. And so it goes. Also on the live front, two great gigs to choose from on Saturday night: Guy Blackman launches his lovely album Adult Baby at Spectrum, and Adrian Klumpes's fantastic new trio 3ofmillions are playing at the Sound Lounge @ the Seymour Centre. Oren Ambarchi - Bleeding Shadow [Touch] Zond - Coffin Run [Spanish Magic] Morning Stalker - Believe Me When I Say Maybe [Feral Media] Shoeb Ahmad - Cyclique [low point] Tango Saloon - I Want Some Fun (feat. Jane Sheldon) [self-released] Funkstörung mit Jay-Jay Johanson - I Want Some Fun [Studio !K7] TJ Eckleberg - giant [akimbo records] TJ Eckleberg - Let me come over [self-released] The Chap - (Hats Off To) Dror Frangi [Lo Recordings] The Chap - Arizona [Lo Recordings] The Chap - Take It In The Face [Lo Recordings] Foals - Like Swimming [Transgressive] Foals - Balloons (Keiran Hebden Version) [Transgressive] Youthmovies - After the Kicking K [Drowned In Sound] hi god people - amorphous congragation [Spanish Magic] aus - Beyond The Curve (Dosh Remix) [Preco] Dosh - Don't Wait For The Needle To Drop [Anticon] Odd Nosdam - Growin' Up In The Hood (Four Thousand Style) (remix of Bracken) [Anticon] The Declining Winter - i don't really want to be alone [Rusted Rail] aus - Moraine (Bracken Remix) [Preco] The Declining Winter - the world is an idiot [Rusted Rail] Shearwater - Home Life [Matador] bleeding heart narrative - finding the door [tartaruga] Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - twelve untitled tracks followed by 1,000,000 Died to Make this Sound [Constellation] Nat Baldwin - One Two Three [Broken Sparrow Records] Guy Blackman - Carlton North [Unstable Ape] 3ofmillions - golden calf [hellosQuare] http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog/archives/2008/06/08/playlist-080608/ Aleks Bryant of Aleks & The Ramps came in for a chat tonight. We had new music from Pivot, fabulous Clark remix from their first release on Warp... Gorgeous new tune from Oren Ambarchi's new 7"... and later, a couple of tracks from port-royal's long-awaited remix album. New iTAL tEK on Planet µ, and new madness from The Chap, plus another Autechre's new Quaristice variants - the whole Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae is now available through Bleep and elsewhere... Pivot - Sweet Memory (Clark remix) [Warp] Aleks & The Ramps - Pisces vs Aquarius (Faux Pas remix) [direct from Mr Faux Pas] Aleks & The Ramps - Graveyard Etiquette [self-released] Aleks & the Ramps - dead but dreaming [Cavalier] Nat Baldwin - Lake Erie [Broken Sparrow Records] Dirty Projectors - Hyperballad [Stereogum] {free download!} Nat Baldwin - Look She Said [Broken Sparrow Records] the boats - the sea is in the boat [self-released] Oren Ambarchi - Highway of Diamonds [Touch] 3ofmillions - number 13 [hellosQuare] Klumpes Ahmad - You Can Have What I Take [unreleased promo!] Adam Trainer - You Are an Ace Critter [Wilting Flower] Ghost of 29 Megacycles - 10 000 flying girls parts 2 & 3 [self-released] port-royal - jeka (fizzarum remix) [resonant] Current 93 - The Beautiful Dancing Dust (feat. vox from Antony, remixed by Matmos) [Durtro Jnana] port-royal - flares pt.2 (d_rradio remix) [resonant] Current 93 - Black Ships Ate The Sky I (remixed by JG Thirwell) [Durtro Jnana] Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Letter From God To Man [Sunday Best] Vex'd feat. Warrior Queen - Take Time Out [Planet µ] iTAL tEK - Versus [Planet µ] Jazzsteppa - Two [Hotflush] Moving Ninja - Shellcode [Tectonic] Mochipet feat. Jahcoozi - Girls and Boys and Toys [Daly City Records] The Chap - Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley [Lo Recordings] Autechre - 9010171-121 [Warp] http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog/archives/2008/06/01/playlist-010608/ More scintillating sounds tonight! hellosQuare, from Canberra, goes from strength to strength, with two new releases this week: Seaworthy have a split 3" with M. Rösner, and Adrian Klumps has a new trio with Abel Cross and Ryan Finn called 3ofmillions - stupendous stuff. There's a new album out from The Herd, as you've probably, er, "herd". For full disclosure, I'm playing on a couple of tracks ("The King is Dead" and Kenny's lovely track "The Next Movement", which I played tonight), but I'm a big fan anyway, and it's awesome :) We've also got Nat Baldwin, double bass player, ex-basketballer, ex-member of Dirty Projectors... We have a stunning new track from Autechre, from their new release Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae, which is dribbling out track-by-track over the next week and a bit - 8 tracks already available to download via the link! The track I played tonight is their funkiest in a while, in their own sweet way. Also immense new(ish) dubstep from Bucharest's TRG, and some new Planet µ goodness courtesy of Plan B Magazine - a cover CD for the current issue, naturally called Plan µ. And snuck away near the end of the show, a new track from Part Timer - more next week, from his latest swag of tracks that he sent my way. Always a pleasure! Gig of the week is this Thursday at the Excelsior Hotel on Foveaux St Surry Hills: Underlapper, Telafonica and Ampersand bringing post-rocky delights. But also, from Wednesday through to Saturday The Necks are playing some very special shows at the Studio @ the Sydney Opera House, with visuals supplied by drummer Tony Buck. Should be magical. Seaworthy - The Moment Everyone Goes Quiet 1 & 2 [hellosQuare] The Herd - Kids Learn Quick [Elefant Traks] Secret Chiefs 3 - Hamaya [Tzadik] Nat Baldwin - Enter The Light Out [Broken Sparrow Records] Brael/Tokyo Bloodworm - Saturn Shine [Moteer] Sunken Foal - Dutch Elm [Planet µ] Venetian Snares - Miss Balaton [Planet µ] TRG - Time Is Now [Immerse Records] Autechre - Perlence range 7 [Warp] Avey Tare - I'm Your Eagle Kisser [Rare Book Room] Ampersand - Fish Markets [promo] Palms - Der Koenig [Rare Book Room] Telafonica - Nothing Ventured [promo] Samara Lubelski - Ego Blossoms [Rare Book Room] 3ofmillions - golden calf [hellosQuare] Odd Nosdam - eat [Anticon] Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - The Beat That My Heart Skipped [Sunday Best] Madvillain vs Four Tet - Great Day [Stones Throw] The Herd - The Next Movement [Elefant Traks] the boats - asylum [self-released] Part Timer - con cetta remix [unreleased] Scuba - Suck [Hotflush] http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog/archives/2008/05/25/playlist-250508/ Tonight I featured a fantastic compilation put out by Brooklyn's Rare Book Room called Living Bridge. Found out about it via the Deerhunter blog. Fantastic stuff - and the opening track tonight is the opening track from the album, and is pure genius. Later we have Secret Chiefs 3's interpretations of John Zorn's new Masada compositions, marvellous post-rock from Melbourne's the boats, and heaps more. Avey Tare - I'm Your Eagle Kisser [Rare Book Room] Animal Collective - Cobwebs [Domino] Fabulous Diamonds - LP track 1 [Nervous Jerk] Liars - Panic Buttom [Tomlab] Liars - Army of Me [Stereogum] {from the tribute to Björk's Post - free download here!} Secret Chiefs 3 - Shoel [Tzadik] Silver Bone Tone - Cockroach [demo. Buy/download tracks @last.fm] Underlapper - Meanderthal (Pretty Boy Crossover remix) [Feral Media] Scuba - From Within [Hotflush] Scuba - Suck [Hotflush] Cars & Trains - The Sky Is Clear (w/ Sole) [Circle Into Square] Saul Williams - Twice The First Time [Ninja Tune] Sage Francis - Sea Lion (extended mix feat. Will Oldham, Alias & Saul Williams) [Epitaph] Baby Dee - The Earlie King [Drag City] Current 93 - The Beautiful Dancing Dust (feat. vox from Antony, remixed by Matmos) [Durtro Jnana] TV on the Radio - On A Train [self-released] the boats - strawberry [self-released] Deerhunter - After Class [Rare Book Room] Shearwater - Home Life [Matador] La Lus - Contendo [Rare Book Room] Doldrums - Not A Slave [Rare Book Room] moustrapreplica - Maybe Stars [self-released] the boats - warmth from a window [self-released] The Declining Winter - the clock ticking gently in the hall [Rusted Rail] Guy Blackman - Mortified [Unstable Ape] The Boy Who Spoke Clouds - Misgiving [demo] David Lynch - Ghost of Love [David Lynch Music Company] http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog/archives/2008/05/18/playlist-180508/ Big new release of tonight is the newie from The Declining Winter, aka Richard Vincent Adams of Hood. It's a beauty. Also the idm-meets-dubstep of Scuba, ex-pat Sydneysider Moving Ninja, a new free track from beautiful chamber-folk dude Inlets, New Zealand experimentalism from Alastair Galbraith and some rather odd stuff from Melbourne's Fabulous Diamonds... Animal Collective - Street Flash [Domino] Our Brother The Native - as they fell beneath us [Fat Cat] The Declining Winter - summer turns to hurt [Rusted Rail] aus - Moraine (Bracken Remix) [Preco] Aphex Twin - Start as you mean to go on [Warp] Scuba - Ruptured [Hotflush] Scuba - The Upside [Hotflush] Moving Ninja - Blackout [Tectonic] Cardopusher - Fighters Unite [Peace Off] Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man (Blaerg Oral Fistfuck remix) [Mashit! Podcast] Dan Rossen - Too Little Too Late [download from La Blogoteque or the Grizzly Bear blog] Inlets - Your Good Arm [free download from Stereogum] Ass - Wheels and Wings [Headspin Recordings] Tom Carter & Christian Kiefer - Go Dig My Grave (Railroad Boy) [Preservation] The Boy Who Spoke Clouds - Traces [demo] Founder - vaster than... (live at the Hopetoun 2004) [Your Medical Records - bootleg?] Spartak - Sunstrokes [forthcoming (on hellosQuare?)] Alastair Galbraith - skip [Nextbestway] Tall Dwarfs - dare to tread [Flying Nun] Alastair Galbraith - drift [Nextbestway] Fabulous Diamonds - LP track 2 [Nervous Jerk] My Disco - Calling Cure [Nervous Jerk] Guy Blackman - Unsteady [Nervous Jerk] Psapp - Sad Song [Tomlab] aus - Headphone Girl (State River Widening Remix) [Preco] The Declining Winter - hey, nick heyward [Rusted Rail] Downpour - Hey Charles Hayward [Drop Beat] The Declining Winter - oh god c'mon [Rusted Rail] Part Timer - somewhere that you feel safe [flaü] {from the beautiful album Blue, now available locally through Fuse} Serafina Steer - Eggs [Static Caravan] The Notwist - Hands On Us [Domino Records] Mandelbrot Set - Astronomy and Allied Sciences [2] [Highpoint Lowlife] Silver Bone Tone - Turn [demo] http://www.frogworth.com/utilityfog/archives/2008/05/11/playlist-110508/