Delia Derbyshire track from 1963

Discovered on a cassette hidden in her attic after her death in 2001.

Erik Satie's Gnossienne No 1 for Modular Synthesizer

Brilliant because it leaves me completely and utterly cold. This captures a particular feeling of science fiction angst and dystopian paranoia better than anything else i can remember.

Here's the original for comparision.

Derrick May

Make more bloody music.

Detroit to Berlin

And back again

Fuck Compton

Lee 'Scratch' Perry vs Kode9 - Yellow Tongue (dub)

Kode9 continues the 'dystopian funky' paradox with this new cut featuring Lee Scratch Perry. A combination of carefree caribbean percussion and dark bass stabs simultaneously recall images of a summertime barbeque in the Bahamas and any one of a number of 20th century dystopian visions of the future.



If you want a picture of the future, imagine a jolly, fat Jamaican lady playing a steel drum - forever.

Sigúr Ros Vs Mobb Deep

I think it was some point soon after Diplo mixed Snoop Dogg with The Cure I lost interest in 'Mash-up' mixes; to me they just seemed to be a competition of who could combine the two most disparate tunes for the purpose of either demonstrating eclecticism, or just plain old irony. If 'mash-up mixing' was to manifest itself in human form I imagine it to appear wearing a pair of flares, a gingham shirt and a new era baseball cap whilst cycling on a fixed-gear bike through Shoreditch.

Bearing this in mind I'm not sure why I clicked on a link to 'Sigúr Ros Vs Mobb Deep' by Emancipator, but I am glad I did, and recommend you do so too because it works incredibly well, and without a trace of irony.

Drexciya (James Stinson) interview from 2002

Conducted only months before James Stinson died. It's really depressing to hear someone talk about their future when they are so close to death, particularly someone who is so committed to what they are doing.



Now seems like an opportunity to post some of my favourite Drexciya tracks.







RIP James Stinson

Squarepusher interview from 1996

Particularly like the bit where he asks to do a soundcheck and gets completely shutdown. I imagine that doesn't happen too often nowadays.


The other two parts of this documentary are also on youtube:
Part 2 (Photek)
Part 3 (Source Direct)

How records are made.

Here is a short piece from BBC news about the process of pressing a record.