The place that you are now…
A selection of tunes to see in a bounteous, flowery May including Avalon Emerson, Innellea, Talaboman, Jessie Ware, Baby Rose, Skinny Pelembe, Joy Oladokun, Indigo de Souza, Wallice, Dove City, Klur and more.
The Mixtapes
If we still lived in the age of the cassette I’d lovingly put this together for you on a TDK and pop it through your letter box (if, that is, letter boxes are still a thing). Anyway, instead, mixtapes from my ears to yours are available on mixcloud, where there is no need to craft hand-written labels that demonstrate my love and affection. Mostly, these mixtapes are what I’ve been listening to during the week; new releases, tunes I’ve encountered for the first time, old favourites and stuff I’ve dredged up – you know the score, you’ve got your own music collection. Hope you enjoy. x
Magnolia Trees and Flexi Sex…
A selection of tunes including Alfa Mist, Charles Oliver, Overmono, Lindstrøm, Easy Star All-Stars, Lael Neale, Esther Rose, Zombie Juice, St. Paul & The Broken Bones and more, along with some salacious excerpts from Jonny Trunk’s Flexi Sex compilation.
Connecting Points…
“The zero-degree parallel of latitude is fixed by the laws of nature, while the zero-degree meridian of longitude shifts like the sands of time…since time sets its own tempo, like a heartbeat or an ebb tide, time pieces don’t really keep time. They just keep up with it, if they’re able.” – Dava Sobel, Longitude.
A selection of tunes to navigate our way through time, including Fruit Bats, El Michels Affair, Abraham Alexander, Dave Okumu, Temples, The Tallest Man on Earth, Fenne Lily, Bonobo, Kyson, Thylacine, Shlohmo, Hypnagog, Rich Aucoin, Rone and more.
The uncertain glory of an April day…
“O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day” – Shakespeare.
Play, play and play…
Something to eat your eggs to at Easter. With tracks from Lou Rawls, Yaeji, Daughter, Yaya Bey, Quantic, Ben Lamar Gay, Blondshell, ĠENN, Wednesday and more.
Thinking about what music is…
“I have been thinking about what music is for a long time. Maybe half a century. And I’m still thinking and asking myself what music is. Of course, nobody has an answer.” – Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1952-2023.
Drawing on a long tradition…
The world continues to go mad. But the Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan should sort everything out, eh? Nah, of course not. At least we’ve still got music. Tracks from The Fall, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Oscar Brown Jr, Billy Valentine, Depeche Mode, Ólafur Arnalds, Lauren Early, Arooj Aftab, The Antlers, M83 and more.
Behold, my friends, the spring is come…
“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the Earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!” – Sitting Bull.
A selection of tunes to see in the warmer times, featuring Jodie Langford, Joe Chambers, Young Fathers, Sleaford Mods, Ill Considered, GROVE, James Brandon Lewis, Emerson Kitamura and more.
Never knowingly or recklessly misleading…
From my ears to yours – 20 tunes and the added bonus of some Boris Johnson fantasy privileges committee findings. Includes tracks by DJ Koze, Sabo, Martin HERRS, Speaking In Tongues, Lucky Daye, Yasmin Lacey, Ezra Williams, Jen Cloher, Kate NV, Steve Mason, Yves Tumor and the lovely Gabriel Moreno. Consumers of TV will also recognise a couple of nods to HBO’s The Last of Us.
Yes! We have no tomatoes…
A lack of fruit and veg based mix, featuring tracks from Nick Drake, Eska, Steve Cobby, Gorillaz, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nina Simone, Gil Scott-Heron, Kae Tempest and more.