Café Kaput – Applied Music vol 2: Plastics Today. It’s that man Jon Brooks again. Slightly ‘straighter’ than his Advisory Circle stuff, but perhaps more immediately enjoyable than the last AC album if radiophonic electronica is your thing: https://cafekaput.bandcamp.com/album/applied-music-vol-2-plastics-today
The Advisory Circle – Belbury Radio 18: Ways Of Listening. And here he is once more… https://www.mixcloud.com/GhostBox/radio-belbury-18-ways-of-listening/
Plinth – Music For Smalls Lighthouse. Latest from the excellent Clay Pipe label, though apparently a re-release. Drifty neo-classical sounds, not that gripping on first listen, but not unpleasant: https://iamplinth.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-smalls-lighthouse
Gravenhurst – The Ghost In Daylight. Oof, some random late night listening that’s brought back some memories of the tough patch I was going through when it came out. And inevitably, thoughts of Nick Talbot’s untimely death also makes this a difficult if still beautiful listen, particularly this spine-tinglingly brilliant track: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U4n5NG3VgAg
Dungen - 4
Kraftwerk – The Mix. Ahem, my first KW album, still love it, particularly the version of ‘Radioactivity’: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QAGCVYDJHss
Lesiman – The Future Sound Of… Top notch 70s Italian library sounds, highly recommended: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=knFO1_OSl3g
Listen With Father:
The Police – Greatest Hits. One of the girl’s friends (or rather her parents) always does a mix CD for her birthday, and as a result, dubious ode to a prostitute ‘Roxanne’ has become a firm favourite. Sting may have become, well, Sting, but those early singles are still pretty tremendous.
The Vinyl Countdown – H / I:
The Hollow Men – The Man Who Would Be King. Indie lite-psych band from Leeds who were coming from a similar place as the early Stone Roses. Not normally a recommendation chez Fatalist, but there's a few nice tunes here, though funnily enough, the singer is also quite badly flat in places. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92qYO64S_dk
Invaders Of The Heart – Without Judgement. First album from Jah Wobble collective, a far cry from the more new age raver stuff he would go on to do. This is sinewy dub exotica, the soundtrack to late nights in edge city. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jNlwnSZemyg
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