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Howdy, folk.

Right, gotta get this done a bit quick today as I”™m swamped. I”™m now out of the loop for a week whilst I move house and attend 2000trees so I thought I”™d give you a bit of personal love with today”™s playlist. Yes, it”™s one of mine. I”™ve also split it into two acts. The first act is something designed to drag you out of the fuzzy haze of a drizzly Monday. The great British summertime. It”™s a bit of a slow burner, but stick with it and you”™ll soon be moving your feet to the beat.

The second half of the playlist continues in the same vein as the end of the first, however it tails off into the hauntingly vacant. There are a couple of fantastic new tracks on today”™s creation as well as a couple of classics.

84 Spotisfaction Monday (12 Jul) – TLavelle

Act 1

  1. Konami Kukeiha Club – Prologue (Castlevania)
  2. Ils – Cherish (Adam Freeland Mix)
  3. Noisia – Split The Atom
  4. Booka Shade – In White Room
  5. Stephen Bodzin – Kerosene
  6. Ellen Allien + Apparat – Way Out
  7. The Temper Trap – Fader (Adam Freeland Mix)
  8. Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix)
  9. Yuksek – Supermenz (We”™re Not)
  10. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Higher Than The Stars (Skanfrom Remix)
  11. Oh No Ono – Internet Warrior (The Depreciation Guild Remix)
  12. Konami Kukeiha Club – Pattern Clear No. 1 (Contra)


Act 2

  1. The Megas – Enemy Selected (Mega Man)
  2. Soulwax – Teachers
  3. Chromeo – Fancy Footwork
  4. MSTRKRFT – It Ain”™t Love (Feat. Lil”™ Mo)
  5. Boys Noize – Transmission (Tixa Remix)
  6. Vitalic – Poison Lips
  7. Primal Scream – Swastika Eyes (Chemical Brothers Mix)
  8. The Chemical Brothers – Swoon
  9. Thom Yorke – Black Swan (Christian Vogel Spare Parts Remix)
  10. Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti – Fright Night (Nevermore)
  11. Tangerine Dream – The Dream Is Always The Same
  12. Disasterpeace – Dying A Meaningful Death

Yes, this playlist does have video game music on. Little skits from Castlevania, Contra and a metal rendition of a Megaman track. The two halves of this playlist reflect my working day. For once, I”™ll let the music speak for itself. Have a great week and I”™ll catch you all next Monday.

[Thom]

Howdy, folk.

Right, gotta get this done a bit quick today as I”™m swamped. I”™m now out of the loop for a week whilst I move house and attend 2000trees so I thought I”™d give you a bit of personal love with today”™s playlist. Yes, it”™s one of mine. I”™ve also split it into two acts. The first act is something designed to drag you out of the fuzzy haze of a drizzly Monday. The great British summertime. It”™s a bit of a slow burner, but stick with it and you”™ll soon be moving your feet to the beat.

The second half of the playlist continues in the same vein as the end of the first, however it tails off into the hauntingly vacant. There are a couple of fantastic new tracks on today”™s creation as well as a couple of classics.

84 Spotisfaction Monday (12 Jul) – TLavelle

Act 1

  1. Konami Kukeiha Club – Prologue (Castlevania)
  2. Ils – Cherish (Adam Freeland Mix)
  3. Noisia – Split The Atom
  4. Booka Shade – In White Room
  5. Stephen Bodzin – Kerosene
  6. Ellen Allien + Apparat – Way Out
  7. The Temper Trap – Fader (Adam Freeland Mix)
  8. Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix)
  9. Yuksek – Supermenz (We”™re Not)
  10. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Higher Than The Stars (Skanfrom Remix)
  11. Oh No Ono – Internet Warrior (The Depreciation Guild Remix)
  12. Konami Kukeiha Club – Pattern Clear No. 1 (Contra)


Act 2

  1. The Megas – Enemy Selected (Mega Man)
  2. Soulwax – Teachers
  3. Chromeo – Fancy Footwork
  4. MSTRKRFT – It Ain”™t Love (Feat. Lil”™ Mo)
  5. Boys Noize – Transmission (Tixa Remix)
  6. Vitalic – Poison Lips
  7. Primal Scream – Swastika Eyes (Chemical Brothers Mix)
  8. The Chemical Brothers – Swoon
  9. Thom Yorke – Black Swan (Christian Vogel Spare Parts Remix)
  10. Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti – Fright Night (Nevermore)
  11. Tangerine Dream – The Dream Is Always The Same
  12. Disasterpeace – Dying A Meaningful Death

Yes, this playlist does have video game music on. Little skits from Castlevania, Contra and a metal rendition of a Megaman track. The two halves of this playlist reflect my working day. For once, I”™ll let the music speak for itself. Have a great week and I”™ll catch you all next Monday.

[Thom]

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Weekend, woop! If you”™ve not yet planned anything, some of the Spotisfaction crew will be attending the Midsummer Fiesta in Cheltenham”™s Montpellier tomorrow – if you”™re going, come search us out and we”™ll chill in the sun together, a blissed out posse of music-loving nerds. It promises to be a wicked day out, with live music by Waiting For Kate, The Divine Secret and others.

Check here for further info, yo.

Today”™s playlist is by yours truly, and is hopefully appropriate for the sunny weather today.

Blood Guts and Firetrucks, y”™all.
[David]

83 Spotisfaction Friday (9 Jul) – DProwse

Hit the link for the tracklist and blurby bits.

  1. Run This Town – The Apples
  2. The Outsider – Lack Of Afro
  3. Ballicki Bone – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
  4. Love Don”™t Live Here – Hot 8 Brass Band
  5. SPIRIT – Pe”™z, Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno
  6. Summer Sun (feat. Yukumi Nagano) – Koop
  7. Hier Kommt Die Laterne – Hipnosis
  8. Where I Belong (Red Astaire Remix) – Sia
  9. Skybreaks (Jazzanova Remix) – Heritage Orchestra
  10. Theme From Belle et Fou (Danny Krivit Edit) – Jazzanova
  11. She Said What? (feat. J Live) – The Quantic Soul Orchestra
  12. Clara Meets Atjazz – Nowhere (I Can Go) – Clara Hill
  13. Honest (Jazzanova”™s Honestly Yours Remix) – Metropolitan Jazz Afair
  14. Down In The Village – Quasimode
  15. Hot Pot – Mop Mop
  16. A Fly In The Hand (DJ Vadim Mix) – Alice Russell
  17. (I Got) Somebody New – Sonar Kollektiv Orchester
  18. So Good Today – Ben Westbeech
  19. Found Something New – Unity
  20. Familiar Ground – The Cinematic Orchestra, Fontella Bass
  21. In Harmony With The Elements – Lars Bartkuhn
  22. Funky Goldman – SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS

My playlist today is stuff I”™ve been listening to for the last couple of weeks. Some of it”™s new, some of it is obscure. Hopefully all of it is funky and will bring a smile to your face.

Favourites include Jazzanova, who are a band I”™ve got all the time in the world for. They”™ve recently stepped back into the studio, so it”™s only right they”™ve got me salivating enough to feature them pretty heavily on my playlist in one form or another.

I”™m also a pretty massive fan of Japanese jazz fiends, SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS – honestly, if you even remotely like modern jazz/funk/soul, check them out. You won”™t be disappointed. My favourite track of theirs is Mars (which would have been on this playlist if I”™d not already featured it before).

A lot of credit for this playlist goes to an ex-housemate of mine, Ryan French, who got me into the majority of stuff that features. Big love, stranger. Still waiting for you to make us a playlist, though”¦ ;)

Weekend, woop! If you”™ve not yet planned anything, some of the Spotisfaction crew will be attending the Midsummer Fiesta in Cheltenham”™s Montpellier tomorrow – if you”™re going, come search us out and we”™ll chill in the sun together, a blissed out posse of music-loving nerds. It promises to be a wicked day out, with live music by Waiting For Kate, The Divine Secret and others.

Check here for further info, yo.

Today”™s playlist is by yours truly, and is hopefully appropriate for the sunny weather today.

Blood Guts and Firetrucks, y”™all.
[David]

83 Spotisfaction Friday (9 Jul) – DProwse

Hit the link for the tracklist and blurby bits.

  1. Run This Town – The Apples
  2. The Outsider – Lack Of Afro
  3. Ballicki Bone – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
  4. Love Don”™t Live Here – Hot 8 Brass Band
  5. SPIRIT – Pe”™z, Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno
  6. Summer Sun (feat. Yukumi Nagano) – Koop
  7. Hier Kommt Die Laterne – Hipnosis
  8. Where I Belong (Red Astaire Remix) – Sia
  9. Skybreaks (Jazzanova Remix) – Heritage Orchestra
  10. Theme From Belle et Fou (Danny Krivit Edit) – Jazzanova
  11. She Said What? (feat. J Live) – The Quantic Soul Orchestra
  12. Clara Meets Atjazz – Nowhere (I Can Go) – Clara Hill
  13. Honest (Jazzanova”™s Honestly Yours Remix) – Metropolitan Jazz Afair
  14. Down In The Village – Quasimode
  15. Hot Pot – Mop Mop
  16. A Fly In The Hand (DJ Vadim Mix) – Alice Russell
  17. (I Got) Somebody New – Sonar Kollektiv Orchester
  18. So Good Today – Ben Westbeech
  19. Found Something New – Unity
  20. Familiar Ground – The Cinematic Orchestra, Fontella Bass
  21. In Harmony With The Elements – Lars Bartkuhn
  22. Funky Goldman – SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS

My playlist today is stuff I”™ve been listening to for the last couple of weeks. Some of it”™s new, some of it is obscure. Hopefully all of it is funky and will bring a smile to your face.

Favourites include Jazzanova, who are a band I”™ve got all the time in the world for. They”™ve recently stepped back into the studio, so it”™s only right they”™ve got me salivating enough to feature them pretty heavily on my playlist in one form or another.

I”™m also a pretty massive fan of Japanese jazz fiends, SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS – honestly, if you even remotely like modern jazz/funk/soul, check them out. You won”™t be disappointed. My favourite track of theirs is Mars (which would have been on this playlist if I”™d not already featured it before).

A lot of credit for this playlist goes to an ex-housemate of mine, Ryan French, who got me into the majority of stuff that features. Big love, stranger. Still waiting for you to make us a playlist, though”¦ ;)

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It would appear that Caribou, Owen Pallet and Broken Social Scene are all shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize. The Polaris Music Prize is similar to similar to the UK”™s Mercury Music Prize. It is given each year by Canadian music business insiders, including of journalists, bloggers and broadcasters, to the Canadian album they believe has the highest artistic merit regardless of the style of music or the number of records sold.

Criteria for consideration requires the artist to be Canadian and for the album to be at least 30 minutes/8 tracks long and truth be told the Canadians are currently producing a large amount of very good music as can be seen from this years long list of nominees which included The New Pornographers, Basia Bulat and Young Galaxy. Those that have made it into the shortlist announced today include previous winners Caribou and Owen Pallett, as well as the mighty Broken Social Scene and The Besnard Lakes. Check out the albums up for the award below, and click the links to hear them on Spotify.

The award ceremony takes place on September 20th when the winner will be able to walk off with head held high and $20,000 in their pocket. We pity the judges, as it”™s going to be a very close call this year”¦

It would appear that Caribou, Owen Pallet and Broken Social Scene are all shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize.

The Polaris Music Prize is similar to similar to the UK”™s Mercury Music Prize. It is given each year by Canadian music business insiders, including of journalists, bloggers and broadcasters, to the Canadian album they believe has the highest artistic merit regardless of the style of music or the number of records sold.

Criteria for consideration requires the artist to be Canadian and for the album to be at least 30 minutes/8 tracks long and truth be told the Canadians are currently producing a large amount of very good music as can be seen from this years long list of nominees which included The New Pornographers, Basia Bulat and Young Galaxy.

Those that have made it into the shortlist announced today include previous winners Caribou and Owen Pallett, as well as the mighty Broken Social Scene and The Besnard Lakes. Check out the albums up for the award below, and click the links to hear them on Spotify.

The award ceremony takes place on September 20th when the winner will be able to walk off with head held high and $20,000 in their pocket. We pity the judges, as it”™s going to be a very close call this year”¦

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Top of the afternoon to you good folk. How are things out there? Everyone feeling fresh? [Doesn”™t wait for an answer] FANTASTIC. Dave is out of the office today, something about going on a day trip. Hope it rains.

So much is happening at the moment, we”™ve expanded our editorial team, done a quick interview for Amazing Radio and been working on plenty of behind the scenes tweaks and super secret spy stuff all to bring you the best Spotisfaction experience we possibly can. It”™s been a struggle, to be honest. We never really envisioned much of a future for Spotisfaction, but here were are, 5 months later, still slogging away at our dream. Speaking of dreams, I had this really strange dream about zombies and Russian battleships. It was neat. It”™s reminded me that I need to start pleading with you all for new playlists. Please, if you have a playlist you”™d like to submit, do it. You know the score – submit it directly using the little pen icon on the top right of this page or shoot it over in an email to spotisfaction@gmail.com. If you don”™t, you”™ll have to put up with another week of playlists from myself.

Anyway, without further delay, here is today”™s playlist. A breakbeat playlist crafted by James TAE simply entitled “Breakbeat”, with the tagline: “Breaks, Breakbeat, Breakcore, Break-yo”™-neck-brup!”

Peach out, y”™all
Thom

82 Spotisfaction Wednesday (7 Jul) – JTAE

  1. Aleph 1 – Photek
  2. Whitelabel Unity – Shitmat
  3. Death Pixxel – Germlin
  4. Atomic Moog 2000 – Coldcut (Cornelius Remix)
  5. Richard”™s Hairpiece – Aphex Twin (Remix of Beck)
  6. Riot Music – Donae”™o
  7. Stranded V1 – Kemel vs Black Sun Empire
  8. Lonely Soul – UNKLE featuring Richard Ashcroft
  9. Man In A Garage – Cold Cut (Nick Franglen Lemon Jelly Remix)
  10. The Diamond Sky – The Chemical Brothers
  11. Arched Maid Via DJ – Aphex Twin
  12. Babel – Massive Attack
  13. Plotinus – Squarepusher
  14. Debase – Mike Flowers (Aphex Twin Remix)
  15. Frictional Nevada (Venetian Snares)
  16. 100 Knives – Mirah (The Philippians Remix)

Di Blurb:

If there”™s a drum sample longer than 4 bars here I”™ll be surprised.  Put simply, I love Breaks.  I love live music too, hopefully as my recent The Acoustic Session playlist might go to show, but there are a myriad of ways to express rhythm.  The faster, the more syncopated, the more protracted, stuttered and cut up, the closer we get to describing the difference between what we mean by music and what we mean by sound.  There”™s often a tendency to suggest that if the drums aren”™t real the music isn”™t ”˜human”™.  Lets move away from that; inspiration runs deeper and more transcendent than that.  Photek is probably the most distinctive of the junglist producers (until admittedly selling out with his latest Form and Function Volume 2 release), and Aleph 1 is a classic from his debut Modus Operandi (1997, Virgin/Science).  Tight drum programming, paranoid synths and jazz-inflected double-bass lines setthe tone for the mixlist I think.

If you haven”™t gathered from my other playlists by now, I”™m a big Aphex Twin fan. The guy is just inspired and it”™s probably fair to say by now one of the most important names in electronica ever.  His re-cut of Beck”™s Devil Haircut here, entitled Richard”™s Hairpiece – shows how creatively unhinged he really is. I have no idea how he created this track from the source material.  I couldn”™t do it. Phenomenal.

Babel is my favourite track from the recent Massive Attack album Heligoland (2009, Virgin).  Funked up electronica, you”™re sucked in by the groove at the start, and as the track progresses the drums build in increasing layers of distortion, intensifying the groove.

Plotinus is, in my opinion, one of Squarepusher”™s greatest creations. Jazz percussion and bass are built upon with acid synths and drill ”˜n”™ bass drumlines. 7 and a half minutes of layer upon layer with perfect craftsmanship, until at the Golden Section, it hangs on a bass chord for a second before dropping the chorus progression with a final blast of intensity.  Goosebumps every time.

Venetian Snares is starting to rival Aphex Twin on the ”˜inspiration”™ front, and I could not expound enough on the delights to be found on the life-changing Rossz Csillag Alatt Született (2005, Planet Mu). Unfortunately that album isn”™t on Spotify, so I went for the ultra-dynamic Frictional Nevada from the also brilliant Hospitality (2006, Planet Mu).

The Philippians remix of Mirah”™s beautiful 100 Knives finishes the mixlist.  If people have stuck with the mix until now, I thought I owed you a warm ending to bring us back to Earth, and this track is gorgeous.

James TAE

Top of the afternoon to you good folk. How are things out there? Everyone feeling fresh? [Doesn”™t wait for an answer] FANTASTIC. Dave is out of the office today, something about going on a day trip. Hope it rains.

So much is happening at the moment, we”™ve expanded our editorial team, done a quick interview for Amazing Radio and been working on plenty of behind the scenes tweaks and super secret spy stuff all to bring you the best Spotisfaction experience we possibly can. It”™s been a struggle, to be honest. We never really envisioned much of a future for Spotisfaction, but here were are, 5 months later, still slogging away at our dream. Speaking of dreams, I had this really strange dream about zombies and Russian battleships. It was neat. It”™s reminded me that I need to start pleading with you all for new playlists. Please, if you have a playlist you”™d like to submit, do it. You know the score – submit it directly using the little pen icon on the top right of this page or shoot it over in an email to spotisfaction@gmail.com. If you don”™t, you”™ll have to put up with another week of playlists from myself.

Anyway, without further delay, here is today”™s playlist. A breakbeat playlist crafted by James TAE simply entitled “Breakbeat”, with the tagline: “Breaks, Breakbeat, Breakcore, Break-yo”™-neck-brup!”

Peach out, y”™all
Thom

82 Spotisfaction Wednesday (7 Jul) – JTAE

  1. Aleph 1 – Photek
  2. Whitelabel Unity – Shitmat
  3. Death Pixxel – Germlin
  4. Atomic Moog 2000 – Coldcut (Cornelius Remix)
  5. Richard”™s Hairpiece – Aphex Twin (Remix of Beck)
  6. Riot Music – Donae”™o
  7. Stranded V1 – Kemel vs Black Sun Empire
  8. Lonely Soul – UNKLE featuring Richard Ashcroft
  9. Man In A Garage – Cold Cut (Nick Franglen Lemon Jelly Remix)
  10. The Diamond Sky – The Chemical Brothers
  11. Arched Maid Via DJ – Aphex Twin
  12. Babel – Massive Attack
  13. Plotinus – Squarepusher
  14. Debase – Mike Flowers (Aphex Twin Remix)
  15. Frictional Nevada (Venetian Snares)
  16. 100 Knives – Mirah (The Philippians Remix)

Di Blurb:

If there”™s a drum sample longer than 4 bars here I”™ll be surprised.  Put simply, I love Breaks.  I love live music too, hopefully as my recent The Acoustic Session playlist might go to show, but there are a myriad of ways to express rhythm.  The faster, the more syncopated, the more protracted, stuttered and cut up, the closer we get to describing the difference between what we mean by music and what we mean by sound.  There”™s often a tendency to suggest that if the drums aren”™t real the music isn”™t ”˜human”™.  Lets move away from that; inspiration runs deeper and more transcendent than that.  Photek is probably the most distinctive of the junglist producers (until admittedly selling out with his latest Form and Function Volume 2 release), and Aleph 1 is a classic from his debut Modus Operandi (1997, Virgin/Science).  Tight drum programming, paranoid synths and jazz-inflected double-bass lines setthe tone for the mixlist I think.

If you haven”™t gathered from my other playlists by now, I”™m a big Aphex Twin fan. The guy is just inspired and it”™s probably fair to say by now one of the most important names in electronica ever.  His re-cut of Beck”™s Devil Haircut here, entitled Richard”™s Hairpiece – shows how creatively unhinged he really is. I have no idea how he created this track from the source material.  I couldn”™t do it. Phenomenal.

Babel is my favourite track from the recent Massive Attack album Heligoland (2009, Virgin).  Funked up electronica, you”™re sucked in by the groove at the start, and as the track progresses the drums build in increasing layers of distortion, intensifying the groove.

Plotinus is, in my opinion, one of Squarepusher”™s greatest creations. Jazz percussion and bass are built upon with acid synths and drill ”˜n”™ bass drumlines. 7 and a half minutes of layer upon layer with perfect craftsmanship, until at the Golden Section, it hangs on a bass chord for a second before dropping the chorus progression with a final blast of intensity.  Goosebumps every time.

Venetian Snares is starting to rival Aphex Twin on the ”˜inspiration”™ front, and I could not expound enough on the delights to be found on the life-changing Rossz Csillag Alatt Született (2005, Planet Mu). Unfortunately that album isn”™t on Spotify, so I went for the ultra-dynamic Frictional Nevada from the also brilliant Hospitality (2006, Planet Mu).

The Philippians remix of Mirah”™s beautiful 100 Knives finishes the mixlist.  If people have stuck with the mix until now, I thought I owed you a warm ending to bring us back to Earth, and this track is gorgeous.

James TAE

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Not sure what this VFTA malarkey is all about? See here. To listen along with Ben, BSS”™ “Broken Social Scene” is on Spotify. Click the album art below to purchase a copy of the album from Amazon. As the new millennium surged on and the decade reached it”™s dizzy midpoint, the now infamous Broken Social Scene continued to evolve, shifting the perspectives of the followers that they had gathered up to now. This time, the boundaries were to be pushed further and wider as the band set about crafting what was to become their most varied, ambitious and commercially accessible album to date. They were to create a new way of dreaming. Following the three year gap since their previous sound exploration, “You Forgot It In People”, the band had been hard at work writing new, ambitious material. “Broken Social Scene” saw more collaborators than their previous efforts and included artists such as The Dears”™ Murry Lightburn and Jason Tait of The Weakerthans. The new ideas that formed from these collaborations, coupled with the already vast scope of the existing collective, serve to add a world of colour to the third album. From the opening track ”˜Our Faces Split The Coast In Half”™ and the tune”™s rays of yellow sunshine, it is clear that this new album will not only provide a more coherent picture of what the band are about but also an illustrated soundtrack to the listener”™s life. The use of driving rhythms, and the cacophony of instruments that drift in and out of the introductory track alone clearly show this quality. One significant element to the band”™s sound on this collection is the sense of experimentation. This can be heard throughout the album but most notably in the dabbling of different time signatures and effects, prominent in ”˜7/4 (Shoreline)”™. The experimentation also creeps into existence around the end of some of the tracks, where various members of the collective sample techniques and potential song directions. The colours of the album tend to get brighter around tracks such as ”˜Swimmers”™ and ”˜Superconnected”™, both offering meaty drum beats dripped in a shoe gaze mentality and melody. However, the band do revert back to their previous, darker territory as the album reaches it”™s climatic end in ”˜It”™s All Gonna Break”™. In this shady closing track the harsh lyrics “When I was a kid, you fucked me in the ass, but I took my pen to my paper, and I passed you. You know I love the shit, ”˜Cause the shit tastes so good, I”™ve got pastures waiting in the woods” leek from the otherwise optimistic album, and remind the listener that emotions themselves are, in fact, colourless. “Broken Social Scene” marked the peak of the bands musical exploration, and in a way reveals the true “broken” element to the vision that the ever expanding collective have built. The break doesn”™t necessarily come in the disjointed nature of the song writing but more in the way that every track, each representing a different emotion, appear to be scattered around perhaps replicating real life. The self-titled effort also symbolises how Broken Social Scene have the unique ability, yet again to set their music and song to dream like imagery, but this time in full technicolour! Ben Hawling

Not sure what this VFTA malarkey is all about? See here.
To listen along with Ben, BSS”™ “Broken Social Scene” is on Spotify.
Click the album art below to purchase a copy of the album from Amazon.

As the new millennium surged on and the decade reached it”™s dizzy midpoint, the now infamous Broken Social Scene continued to evolve, shifting the perspectives of the followers that they had gathered up to now.

This time, the boundaries were to be pushed further and wider as the band set about crafting what was to become their most varied, ambitious and commercially accessible album to date. They were to create a new way of dreaming. Following the three year gap since their previous sound exploration, “You Forgot It In People”, the band had been hard at work writing new, ambitious material. “Broken Social Scene” saw more collaborators than their previous efforts and included artists such as The Dears”™ Murry Lightburn and Jason Tait of The Weakerthans. The new ideas that formed from these collaborations, coupled with the already vast scope of the existing collective, serve to add a world of colour to the third album.

From the opening track ”˜Our Faces Split The Coast In Half”™ and the tune”™s rays of yellow sunshine, it is clear that this new album will not only provide a more coherent picture of what the band are about but also an illustrated soundtrack to the listener”™s life. The use of driving rhythms, and the cacophony of instruments that drift in and out of the introductory track alone clearly show this quality.

One significant element to the band”™s sound on this collection is the sense of experimentation. This can be heard throughout the album but most notably in the dabbling of different time signatures and effects, prominent in ”˜7/4 (Shoreline)”™. The experimentation also creeps into existence around the end of some of the tracks, where various members of the collective sample techniques and potential song directions.

The colours of the album tend to get brighter around tracks such as ”˜Swimmers”™ and ”˜Superconnected”™, both offering meaty drum beats dripped in a shoe gaze mentality and melody. However, the band do revert back to their previous, darker territory as the album reaches it”™s climatic end in ”˜It”™s All Gonna Break”™. In this shady closing track the harsh lyrics “When I was a kid, you fucked me in the ass, but I took my pen to my paper, and I passed you. You know I love the shit, ”˜Cause the shit tastes so good, I”™ve got pastures waiting in the woods” leek from the otherwise optimistic album, and remind the listener that emotions themselves are, in fact, colourless.

“Broken Social Scene” marked the peak of the bands musical exploration, and in a way reveals the true “broken” element to the vision that the ever expanding collective have built. The break doesn”™t necessarily come in the disjointed nature of the song writing but more in the way that every track, each representing a different emotion, appear to be scattered around perhaps replicating real life. The self-titled effort also symbolises how Broken Social Scene have the unique ability, yet again to set their music and song to dream like imagery, but this time in full technicolour!

Ben Hawling

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News

Looks like we have a bit of a fight brewing between Welsh rockers LostProphets and indie starlets Foals, which seems to have started on Twitter. 

After the LostProphets posted a message recently saying “I”™ve got some news. Foals are fucking shit.” Lead singer of Foals, Yannis Philippakis, responded via Twitter with “Lostprophets. LOL!” Later expanding on this with “Being insulted by the Lostprophets is a bit like watching a yapping, boney old chihuahua piss on its own leg.” It”™s not clear what initially sparked the argument but with banter like that I think it”™s one to keep an eye on. Remember kids, arguing on the Internet is like competing in the special Olympics. Even if you win, you”™re still retarded.

Looks like we have a bit of a fight brewing between Welsh rockers LostProphets and indie starlets Foals, which seems to have started on Twitter. 

After the LostProphets posted a message recently saying “I”™ve got some news. Foals are fucking shit.” Lead singer of Foals, Yannis Philippakis, responded via Twitter with “Lostprophets. LOL!” Later expanding on this with “Being insulted by the Lostprophets is a bit like watching a yapping, boney old chihuahua piss on its own leg.”

It”™s not clear what initially sparked the argument but with banter like that I think it”™s one to keep an eye on. Remember kids, arguing on the Internet is like competing in the special Olympics. Even if you win, you”™re still retarded.

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Pint sized pop star Prince says the days of the Internet dominating pop culture are over”¦ In a break from common trends Prince”™s latest album 20Ten, out later this summer, will not be available for download, but a physical copy will be given away free with classy tabloids the Daily Mirror and Daily Record. Not alone in his opinion, Jack White is also dedicating himself to physical formats, Prince explained in an interview to the NME “The Internet”™s completely over, I don”™t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won”™t pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can”™t get it.” And here was us thinking that all these people wanted to do was make a living creating music and sharing it with the world. What do you guys think? Technophobia? Short-sightedness? Discuss.

Pint sized pop star Prince says the days of the Internet dominating pop culture are over”¦

In a break from common trends Prince”™s latest album 20Ten, out later this summer, will not be available for download, but a physical copy will be given away free with classy tabloids the Daily Mirror and Daily Record.

Not alone in his opinion, Jack White is also dedicating himself to physical formats, Prince explained in an interview to the NME “The Internet”™s completely over, I don”™t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won”™t pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can”™t get it.”

And here was us thinking that all these people wanted to do was make a living creating music and sharing it with the world. What do you guys think? Technophobia? Short-sightedness? Discuss.

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The BBC have released their viewing figures for this years Glastonbury festival and whilst 15.4m peolpe viewed the coverage spread across BBC Two, Three, Four and HD this is around 1m down on last years figures.  The BBC, who produced around 150 hours of television coverage, 60 hours of radio output alongside a website featuring 170 hours worth of video, in addition to running the BBC Introducing Stage, put the figures down to a combination of the hot weather and the World Cup. The final night of the festival averaged 834,000 viewers on BBC2 between 10pm and 1am, though, somewhat unsurprisingly, Sunday afternoon”™s viewing figures were as low as 559,000. Somehow though I don”™t think all this will have any affect on the festival itself.

The BBC have released their viewing figures for this years Glastonbury festival and whilst 15.4m peolpe viewed the coverage spread across BBC Two, Three, Four and HD this is around 1m down on last years figures. 

The BBC, who produced around 150 hours of television coverage, 60 hours of radio output alongside a website featuring 170 hours worth of video, in addition to running the BBC Introducing Stage, put the figures down to a combination of the hot weather and the World Cup.

The final night of the festival averaged 834,000 viewers on BBC2 between 10pm and 1am, though, somewhat unsurprisingly, Sunday afternoon”™s viewing figures were as low as 559,000.

Somehow though I don”™t think all this will have any affect on the festival itself.

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And now for something light hearted”¦Â  For some reason, I”™m not surprised at Trent Reznor”™s involment with “The Social Network” (aka The Facebook Movie) due for release on American territory on 1st October. What I am surprised about is that someone felt that we needed a movie about Facebook. I”™m trying hard to reserve judgement on this until we see more about it and to be honest, the fact that Reznor is attached to the project gives me some hope. After all, his work with iD software on Quake and Doom 3 was pretty good, wasn”™t it? How do you score a movie about a social networking website, anyway? Anyone have anything to say about this, please do so. Sean Parker must be pretty happy. After his sucess with Napster and later Facebook, he is going to be portrayed in “The Social Network” by Justin Timberlake. I mean, wow. Just, wow. Next up, David Bowie does Myspace – The Musical.

And now for something light hearted”¦Â 

For some reason, I”™m not surprised at Trent Reznor”™s involment with “The Social Network” (aka The Facebook Movie) due for release on American territory on 1st October. What I am surprised about is that someone felt that we needed a movie about Facebook. I”™m trying hard to reserve judgement on this until we see more about it and to be honest, the fact that Reznor is attached to the project gives me some hope. After all, his work with iD software on Quake and Doom 3 was pretty good, wasn”™t it?

How do you score a movie about a social networking website, anyway? Anyone have anything to say about this, please do so.

Sean Parker must be pretty happy. After his sucess with Napster and later Facebook, he is going to be portrayed in “The Social Network” by Justin Timberlake. I mean, wow. Just, wow.

Next up, David Bowie does Myspace – The Musical.

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History repeating? Ten years after the tragedy at the Roskilde Festival, where nine Pearl Jam fans were trampled and suffocated after a crowd surge, the band halted their performance at the Heineken Open-er Festival in Poland following fears for the crowds safety. Just six songs into their nearly two hour set, lead singer Eddie Vedder implored the crowd to stop pushing and only continued playing after the crowd calmed down a little.

History repeating?

Ten years after the tragedy at the Roskilde Festival, where nine Pearl Jam fans were trampled and suffocated after a crowd surge, the band halted their performance at the Heineken Open-er Festival in Poland following fears for the crowds safety. Just six songs into their nearly two hour set, lead singer Eddie Vedder implored the crowd to stop pushing and only continued playing after the crowd calmed down a little.

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Ninja Tune are releasing a limited edition box set of works entitled “Ninja Tune XX” (ZENCD160X) and it can be yours for a mere £80.00. Okay, that might sound steep. That is until you see just what this box set contains. 6x CDs, 6x 7”, 2x posters, 20x stickers and a copy of “Ninja Tune: 20 Years Of Beats And Pieces”. The box set is released on September 20, however you can pre-order right here. Click below to find out exactly what is on this box set. Tracklisting (Courtesy of Ninja Tune). “*” indicates exclusive new tracks. CD1:
  1. Two Fingers ”˜Fools”™ *
  2. Roots Manuva ”˜It”™s On”™ *
  3. Toddla T ”˜Want U Now”™ (feat. Ms Dynamite) *
  4. Dorian Concept ”˜Her Tears Taste Like Pears”™ *
  5. Zomby ”˜The Forest”™ *
  6. Offshore ”˜Jen At The Station”™ *
  7. Emika ”˜Double Edge”™
  8. DELS ”˜Eating Clouds”™ *
  9. Big Dada Sound ”˜Signs”™ *
  10. Eric B & Rakim ”˜Paid In Full”™ (Switch meets Coldcut Remix) *
  11. Andreya Triana ”˜Lost Where I Belong”™ (Flying Lotus Remix)
  12. The Bug ”˜Catch A Fire”™ *
  13. Eskmo ”˜Cloudlight”™ *
  14. Daedelus ”˜LA Nocturn”™
CD2 :
  1. Roots Manuva ”˜Dub Styles”™ (Micachu Remix) *
  2. Diplo ”˜Summer”™s Gonna Hurt You”™ (Diplo 2010 Remix) *
  3. The Heavy ”˜How You Like Me Now?”™ (Joker Remix)
  4. Stateless ”˜Ariel”™ (Rustie Remix) *
  5. Diplo ”˜Newsflash”™ (Metronomy Remix) *
  6. PRDCTV ”˜Metropolis”™ (Dan Le Sac Remix) *
  7. Dark Sky ”˜Leave”™ *
  8. The Long Lost ”˜Woebegone”™ (Flying Lotus”™ Like Woe Remix)
  9. Spank Rock ”˜Tell It What It Look Like”™ (Todd Edwards Remix) *
  10. Shuttle ”˜Lion”™ *
  11. Poirier ”˜Get Crazy”™ (Mark Pritchard Remix) *
  12. Jammer ”˜One Over Me”™ *
  13. Fink ”˜This Is The Thing”™ (EL-B Remix) *
  14. Amon Tobin ”˜Lost & Found”™ *
CD3 :
  1. Lou Rhodes & The Cinematic Orchestra ”˜One Good Thing”™ (Version) *
  2. Bonobo & Speech Debelle ”˜Sun Will Rise”™ *
  3. Grasscut ”˜Blink In The Night”™ *
  4. Bonobo & Andreya Triana ”˜Wonder When”™
  5. Quincy & Xen Cuts Allstars ”˜I Hear The Drummer”™ (Tunng Edit) *
  6. Yppah ”˜Never Mess With Sunday”™ *
  7. DJ Food (Title TBC) *
  8. Jaga Jazzist ”˜Endless Galaxy”™ *
  9. Cougar ”˜$64k Rainbow”™ *
  10. Amon Tobin ”˜Eight Sum”™ *
  11. DJ Vadim ”˜Terrorist”™ (Gaslamp Computer Killer Remix) *
  12. Roots Manuva ”˜Witness”™ (Slugabed Remix) *
  13. Andreya Triana ”˜A Town Called Obsolete”™ (Mala Remix) *
  14. Coldcut ”˜Man In A Garage”™ (King Jammy Dub) *
  15. Jono McCleery ”˜Tomorrow”™ (Edit)
  16. Floating Points Ensemble ”˜Post Suite”™ *
CD4:
  1. Eskamon ”˜Fine Objects”™
  2. The Bug ”˜Skeng”™ (Autechre Remix) *
  3. King Cannibal ”˜The Grind & Crawl”™ *
  4. Emika ”˜Drop The Other”™ (Daedelus Remix) *
  5. Amon Tobin ”˜Foley Versions”™ (Kronos Quartet Interpretation) *
  6. Antipop Consortium ”˜Volcano”™ (Four Tet Remix)
  7. Mr Scruff ”˜Pickled Spider”™
  8. Jaga Jazzist ”˜Toccata”™ (Grasscut Remix) *
  9. The Death Set ”˜Impossible”™ (Shuttle Remix)
  10. Daedelus ”˜Trouble With A Capital D”™ *
  11. Roots Manuva ”˜Let The Spirit”™ (Hot Chip Remix)
  12. Mr Scruff ”˜Believe”™ *
  13. Bonobo ”˜Eyesdown”™ feat. Andreya Triana (Floating Points Remix)
  14. Shuttle ”˜Tunnel”™
THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE (IN ANY FORMAT) IN THE BOX SET , EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED: CD 5:
  1. The Cinematic Orchestra (Title TBC) *
  2. Coldcut ”˜Autumn Leaves”™ (2010 Budapest Mix) *
  3. Floating Points Ensemble (No.2 title TBC) (released on 12” single also) *
  4. Jaga Jazzist ”˜Synchronise Your Watches”™ *
  5. Coldcut ”˜True Skool”™ (Zomby Remix) *
  6. Bonobo ”˜Eyesdown”™ (feat. DELS) *
  7. Clifford Gilberto ”˜Deliver The Weird”™ (Dorian Concept Remix)
  8. The Bug ”˜Poison Dart”™ (Prefuse 73 Broke Moog Version) *
  9. Fink ”˜See It All”™ (Scuba Remix) *
  10. Roots Manuva ”˜Shake Your Money Maker”™ *
  11. cLOUDEAD vs Fat Possum (Title TBC) *
  12. The Heavy (Title TBC) *
  13. Blockhead ”˜Ugly Brown”™ *
CD 6:
  1. Roots Manuva ”˜Witness”™ (Modeselektor Remix) *
  2. Toddla T ”˜Sky Surfing”™ (Benga Remix) (to be released on 12” single also)
  3. Roots Manuva ”˜Join The Dots”™ (Cut Chemist Remix) *
  4. Kid Koala ”˜3 Bit Blues”™ *
  5. Pop Levi ”˜Blue Honey”™ (Amorphous Androgenous Remix Edit)
  6. Blockhead ”˜The Music Scene”™ (EL-P Remix) *
  7. Coldcut & Hexstatic ”˜Timber”™ (The Orb Remix) *
  8. DJ Kentaro ”˜Paid In Full”™ *
  9. Coldcut ”˜This Island Earth”™ (Joe Goddard Remix) *
  10. Qemists ”˜Don”™t Lose It”™ *
  11. DJ Food ”˜African Rhythms”™ (Tom Middleton Remix) *
  12. DJ Food ”˜Dark Lady”™ (808 State Remix) *
  13. Herbaliser ”˜Something Wicked”™ (Roots Manuva Dub) *
6 x 7” single: 1.
  1. Bogus Order ”˜Chillin With My Zen”™
  2. Bogus Order ”˜Zen Bones”™
2.
  1. Mr Scruff ”˜Wriggle”™ *
  2. Coldcut ”˜Boogieman”™ (King Jammy Dub) *
3.
  1. King Geedorah ”˜Snakecharmer”™ (feat. Kurious as Biolante)
  2. Daedelus ”˜Impending Doom”™ (Rustie Remix) *
4.
  1. Two Fingers ”˜Bad Girl”™ (The Bug Dub) *
  2. Spank Rock ”˜Sweet Talk”™ (Matthew Herbert Remix) *
5.
  1. DJ Vadim ”˜Bang it Out”™ *
  2. Toddla T ”˜Pum Pum”™ *
6.
  1. Wagon Christ ”˜Sloth Gets Paid”™
  2. Shuttle ”˜Rotten Guts”™ (Gold Panda Remix)

Ninja Tune are releasing a limited edition box set of works entitled “Ninja Tune XX” (ZENCD160X) and it can be yours for a mere £80.00.

Okay, that might sound steep. That is until you see just what this box set contains. 6x CDs, 6x 7”, 2x posters, 20x stickers and a copy of “Ninja Tune: 20 Years Of Beats And Pieces”. The box set is released on September 20, however you can pre-order right here. Click below to find out exactly what is on this box set.

Tracklisting (Courtesy of Ninja Tune). “*” indicates exclusive new tracks.

CD1:

  1. Two Fingers ”˜Fools”™ *
  2. Roots Manuva ”˜It”™s On”™ *
  3. Toddla T ”˜Want U Now”™ (feat. Ms Dynamite) *
  4. Dorian Concept ”˜Her Tears Taste Like Pears”™ *
  5. Zomby ”˜The Forest”™ *
  6. Offshore ”˜Jen At The Station”™ *
  7. Emika ”˜Double Edge”™
  8. DELS ”˜Eating Clouds”™ *
  9. Big Dada Sound ”˜Signs”™ *
  10. Eric B & Rakim ”˜Paid In Full”™ (Switch meets Coldcut Remix) *
  11. Andreya Triana ”˜Lost Where I Belong”™ (Flying Lotus Remix)
  12. The Bug ”˜Catch A Fire”™ *
  13. Eskmo ”˜Cloudlight”™ *
  14. Daedelus ”˜LA Nocturn”™

CD2 :

  1. Roots Manuva ”˜Dub Styles”™ (Micachu Remix) *
  2. Diplo ”˜Summer”™s Gonna Hurt You”™ (Diplo 2010 Remix) *
  3. The Heavy ”˜How You Like Me Now?”™ (Joker Remix)
  4. Stateless ”˜Ariel”™ (Rustie Remix) *
  5. Diplo ”˜Newsflash”™ (Metronomy Remix) *
  6. PRDCTV ”˜Metropolis”™ (Dan Le Sac Remix) *
  7. Dark Sky ”˜Leave”™ *
  8. The Long Lost ”˜Woebegone”™ (Flying Lotus”™ Like Woe Remix)
  9. Spank Rock ”˜Tell It What It Look Like”™ (Todd Edwards Remix) *
  10. Shuttle ”˜Lion”™ *
  11. Poirier ”˜Get Crazy”™ (Mark Pritchard Remix) *
  12. Jammer ”˜One Over Me”™ *
  13. Fink ”˜This Is The Thing”™ (EL-B Remix) *
  14. Amon Tobin ”˜Lost & Found”™ *

CD3 :

  1. Lou Rhodes & The Cinematic Orchestra ”˜One Good Thing”™ (Version) *
  2. Bonobo & Speech Debelle ”˜Sun Will Rise”™ *
  3. Grasscut ”˜Blink In The Night”™ *
  4. Bonobo & Andreya Triana ”˜Wonder When”™
  5. Quincy & Xen Cuts Allstars ”˜I Hear The Drummer”™ (Tunng Edit) *
  6. Yppah ”˜Never Mess With Sunday”™ *
  7. DJ Food (Title TBC) *
  8. Jaga Jazzist ”˜Endless Galaxy”™ *
  9. Cougar ”˜$64k Rainbow”™ *
  10. Amon Tobin ”˜Eight Sum”™ *
  11. DJ Vadim ”˜Terrorist”™ (Gaslamp Computer Killer Remix) *
  12. Roots Manuva ”˜Witness”™ (Slugabed Remix) *
  13. Andreya Triana ”˜A Town Called Obsolete”™ (Mala Remix) *
  14. Coldcut ”˜Man In A Garage”™ (King Jammy Dub) *
  15. Jono McCleery ”˜Tomorrow”™ (Edit)
  16. Floating Points Ensemble ”˜Post Suite”™ *

CD4:

  1. Eskamon ”˜Fine Objects”™
  2. The Bug ”˜Skeng”™ (Autechre Remix) *
  3. King Cannibal ”˜The Grind & Crawl”™ *
  4. Emika ”˜Drop The Other”™ (Daedelus Remix) *
  5. Amon Tobin ”˜Foley Versions”™ (Kronos Quartet Interpretation) *
  6. Antipop Consortium ”˜Volcano”™ (Four Tet Remix)
  7. Mr Scruff ”˜Pickled Spider”™
  8. Jaga Jazzist ”˜Toccata”™ (Grasscut Remix) *
  9. The Death Set ”˜Impossible”™ (Shuttle Remix)
  10. Daedelus ”˜Trouble With A Capital D”™ *
  11. Roots Manuva ”˜Let The Spirit”™ (Hot Chip Remix)
  12. Mr Scruff ”˜Believe”™ *
  13. Bonobo ”˜Eyesdown”™ feat. Andreya Triana (Floating Points Remix)
  14. Shuttle ”˜Tunnel”™

THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE (IN ANY FORMAT) IN THE BOX SET , EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED:

CD 5:

  1. The Cinematic Orchestra (Title TBC) *
  2. Coldcut ”˜Autumn Leaves”™ (2010 Budapest Mix) *
  3. Floating Points Ensemble (No.2 title TBC) (released on 12” single also) *
  4. Jaga Jazzist ”˜Synchronise Your Watches”™ *
  5. Coldcut ”˜True Skool”™ (Zomby Remix) *
  6. Bonobo ”˜Eyesdown”™ (feat. DELS) *
  7. Clifford Gilberto ”˜Deliver The Weird”™ (Dorian Concept Remix)
  8. The Bug ”˜Poison Dart”™ (Prefuse 73 Broke Moog Version) *
  9. Fink ”˜See It All”™ (Scuba Remix) *
  10. Roots Manuva ”˜Shake Your Money Maker”™ *
  11. cLOUDEAD vs Fat Possum (Title TBC) *
  12. The Heavy (Title TBC) *
  13. Blockhead ”˜Ugly Brown”™ *

CD 6:

  1. Roots Manuva ”˜Witness”™ (Modeselektor Remix) *
  2. Toddla T ”˜Sky Surfing”™ (Benga Remix) (to be released on 12” single also)
  3. Roots Manuva ”˜Join The Dots”™ (Cut Chemist Remix) *
  4. Kid Koala ”˜3 Bit Blues”™ *
  5. Pop Levi ”˜Blue Honey”™ (Amorphous Androgenous Remix Edit)
  6. Blockhead ”˜The Music Scene”™ (EL-P Remix) *
  7. Coldcut & Hexstatic ”˜Timber”™ (The Orb Remix) *
  8. DJ Kentaro ”˜Paid In Full”™ *
  9. Coldcut ”˜This Island Earth”™ (Joe Goddard Remix) *
  10. Qemists ”˜Don”™t Lose It”™ *
  11. DJ Food ”˜African Rhythms”™ (Tom Middleton Remix) *
  12. DJ Food ”˜Dark Lady”™ (808 State Remix) *
  13. Herbaliser ”˜Something Wicked”™ (Roots Manuva Dub) *

6 x 7” single:

1.

  1. Bogus Order ”˜Chillin With My Zen”™
  2. Bogus Order ”˜Zen Bones”™

2.

  1. Mr Scruff ”˜Wriggle”™ *
  2. Coldcut ”˜Boogieman”™ (King Jammy Dub) *

3.

  1. King Geedorah ”˜Snakecharmer”™ (feat. Kurious as Biolante)
  2. Daedelus ”˜Impending Doom”™ (Rustie Remix) *

4.

  1. Two Fingers ”˜Bad Girl”™ (The Bug Dub) *
  2. Spank Rock ”˜Sweet Talk”™ (Matthew Herbert Remix) *

5.

  1. DJ Vadim ”˜Bang it Out”™ *
  2. Toddla T ”˜Pum Pum”™ *

6.

  1. Wagon Christ ”˜Sloth Gets Paid”™
  2. Shuttle ”˜Rotten Guts”™ (Gold Panda Remix)
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Earlier today it transpired that the BBC Trust have opted not to axe digital radio station 6 Music. How this news couldn”™t be dear to the heart of the Spotisfaction fan, I do not know. 6 Music was launched in 2002 and provides an alternative to more mainstream stations such as Radio 1. It was a bold step, with the BBC seeming to take note of the growing demand for new music and championing musical creativity and development just as the late great John Peel once had. Earlier this year, 6 Music was marked for potential closure in February”™s BBC Strategy Review which caused a backlash of angry fans and angry DJs. The BBC had cited poor listening figures as one of the reasons for the closure of 6 Music as well as the need to give commercial rivals more room in the market to broadcast similar endeavours. However, 5 months later it would seem that the BBC Trust aren”™t convinced that 6 Music is ready for the chop just yet. In fact, they went on record saying 6 Music is “well-liked by its listeners, was highly distinctive and made an important contribution” which is the exact kind of thinking we need when it comes to important matters such as these. The full statement from the BBC Trust can be read here.


Earlier today it transpired that the BBC Trust have opted not to axe digital radio station 6 Music. How this news couldn”™t be dear to the heart of the Spotisfaction fan, I do not know.

6 Music was launched in 2002 and provides an alternative to more mainstream stations such as Radio 1. It was a bold step, with the BBC seeming to take note of the growing demand for new music and championing musical creativity and development just as the late great John Peel once had.

Earlier this year, 6 Music was marked for potential closure in February”™s BBC Strategy Review which caused a backlash of angry fans and angry DJs. The BBC had cited poor listening figures as one of the reasons for the closure of 6 Music as well as the need to give commercial rivals more room in the market to broadcast similar endeavours.

However, 5 months later it would seem that the BBC Trust aren”™t convinced that 6 Music is ready for the chop just yet. In fact, they went on record saying 6 Music is “well-liked by its listeners, was highly distinctive and made an important contribution” which is the exact kind of thinking we need when it comes to important matters such as these.

The full statement from the BBC Trust can be read here.

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Afternoon, all. It”™s been a fun Monday”¦ somewhat of an oxymoron, I know. Lots of cool stuff going on behind the scenes at Spotisfaction Towers (where Thom and I sit behind a curtain, using a lot of elaborate magic tricks and props to make ourselves seem awesome). Hopefully we”™ll have more info later this week.

You might have seen our recent foray into supplying all manner of content for you fine individuals. If you ever fancied yourself as a writer; if you have a killer idea for a regular/semi-regular feature; if you have a wicked one-off article or review you”™re dying to get off your chest; or if you just straight up want to be part of our awesome crew, please get in touch!

Today”™s playlist is a blissed out treat from young starlet, Steve Hatch. It”™s his first Spotisfaction (d”™awwww bless) so be kind, and let him know what you think of his mix in the comments.

[David]

81 Spotisfaction Monday (5 Jul) – SHatch

Hit the link for tracklist and Steve”™s blurb.

  1. Blessa – Toro Y Moi
  2. Round And Round – Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti
  3. Jesus, etc. – Wilco
  4. Night Time – The xx
  5. Crosses – Jose Gonzalez
  6. Three House – Nick Drake
  7. Creature Fear – Bon Iver
  8. To Be Alone With You – Sufjan Stevens
  9. Stay The Same – Bonobo, Andreya Triana
  10. Hoops – The Chemical Brothers
  11. Bonafied Lovin”™ – Jori Hulkkonen Remix – Chromeo
  12. Feel It All Around – Washed Out
  13. Lover Of Mine – Beach House
  14. Infinite Desert – Delorean
  15. Rollerdisco – Black Moth Super Rainbow
  16. Perpetual Motion – Tobacco
  17. Heaven Can Wait – Charlotte Gainsbourg
  18. Hunted By A Freak – Mogwai

Title: Chill Murray Mix

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We all need to ride the Chillwaves from time to time”¦most of these tracks aren”™t chillwave, you could dispute if some of them are chill at all, but they work for me.

Stand outs (although this really does work better as a mix) –

”˜Toro Y Moi – Blessa”™ & ”˜Washed Out – Feel It All Around”™ embody what I”™d consider Chillwave, blissed out indie that sounds like it was made for the kind of summer we”™re having (gonna sit in a field and get my mexican light beer w/ lime on y”™all).

Bon Iver/Sufjan/Jose Gonzalez are obvious choices for chill acoustic tracks, but that”™s only because they work and they”™re damn good.

Chemical Brothers/Bonobo/Chromeo bring an electronic vibe. The Bonobo track is absolute GOLD. ChemBros track ”˜Hoops”™ was the first I heard that made me take them seriously. The Chromeo remix is a slow starter but it really is worth sticking with.

Black Moth Super Rainbow & Tobacco are my obscure choices, if you aren”™t hooked within 10secs, you probably won”™t ever be”¦

All capped off with a classic Mogwai track, which to this day makes me think of a Film4 advert that was on about 5-10 years ago”¦.

Hope you are suitably chilled by the end.

Peace/Power
Steve Hatch

Afternoon, all. It”™s been a fun Monday”¦ somewhat of an oxymoron, I know. Lots of cool stuff going on behind the scenes at Spotisfaction Towers (where Thom and I sit behind a curtain, using a lot of elaborate magic tricks and props to make ourselves seem awesome). Hopefully we”™ll have more info later this week.

You might have seen our recent foray into supplying all manner of content for you fine individuals. If you ever fancied yourself as a writer; if you have a killer idea for a regular/semi-regular feature; if you have a wicked one-off article or review you”™re dying to get off your chest; or if you just straight up want to be part of our awesome crew, please get in touch!

Today”™s playlist is a blissed out treat from young starlet, Steve Hatch. It”™s his first Spotisfaction (d”™awwww bless) so be kind, and let him know what you think of his mix in the comments.

[David]

81 Spotisfaction Monday (5 Jul) – SHatch

Hit the link for tracklist and Steve”™s blurb.

  1. Blessa – Toro Y Moi
  2. Round And Round – Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti
  3. Jesus, etc. – Wilco
  4. Night Time – The xx
  5. Crosses – Jose Gonzalez
  6. Three House – Nick Drake
  7. Creature Fear – Bon Iver
  8. To Be Alone With You – Sufjan Stevens
  9. Stay The Same – Bonobo, Andreya Triana
  10. Hoops – The Chemical Brothers
  11. Bonafied Lovin”™ – Jori Hulkkonen Remix – Chromeo
  12. Feel It All Around – Washed Out
  13. Lover Of Mine – Beach House
  14. Infinite Desert – Delorean
  15. Rollerdisco – Black Moth Super Rainbow
  16. Perpetual Motion – Tobacco
  17. Heaven Can Wait – Charlotte Gainsbourg
  18. Hunted By A Freak – Mogwai

Title: Chill Murray Mix

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We all need to ride the Chillwaves from time to time”¦most of these tracks aren”™t chillwave, you could dispute if some of them are chill at all, but they work for me.

Stand outs (although this really does work better as a mix) –

”˜Toro Y Moi – Blessa”™ & ”˜Washed Out – Feel It All Around”™ embody what I”™d consider Chillwave, blissed out indie that sounds like it was made for the kind of summer we”™re having (gonna sit in a field and get my mexican light beer w/ lime on y”™all).

Bon Iver/Sufjan/Jose Gonzalez are obvious choices for chill acoustic tracks, but that”™s only because they work and they”™re damn good.

Chemical Brothers/Bonobo/Chromeo bring an electronic vibe. The Bonobo track is absolute GOLD. ChemBros track ”˜Hoops”™ was the first I heard that made me take them seriously. The Chromeo remix is a slow starter but it really is worth sticking with.

Black Moth Super Rainbow & Tobacco are my obscure choices, if you aren”™t hooked within 10secs, you probably won”™t ever be”¦

All capped off with a classic Mogwai track, which to this day makes me think of a Film4 advert that was on about 5-10 years ago”¦.

Hope you are suitably chilled by the end.

Peace/Power
Steve Hatch

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School of Seven Bells are set to release their sophomore album on July 13 but are giving everyone the chance to stream it from their Myspace as I type. Head over and give it the once over and let us know what you think. They”™ll be touring the UK to support this album, so if you have a chance why not go see them? 07/07 Brighton, Resident Records 08/07 London, Pure Groove at The Drop, Stoke Newington 17/07 Latitude Festival 18/07 Bristol, Thekla 19/07 Manchester, Ruby Lounge 20/07 London, Scala Whilst on the subject of School of Seven Bells, download and listen to their remix of The Depreciation Guild”™s My Chariot. [megaupload]

School of Seven Bells are set to release their sophomore album on July 13 but are giving everyone the chance to stream it from their Myspace as I type. Head over and give it the once over and let us know what you think.

They”™ll be touring the UK to support this album, so if you have a chance why not go see them?

07/07 Brighton, Resident Records
08/07 London, Pure Groove at The Drop, Stoke Newington
17/07 Latitude Festival
18/07 Bristol, Thekla
19/07 Manchester, Ruby Lounge
20/07 London, Scala

Whilst on the subject of School of Seven Bells, download and listen to their remix of The Depreciation Guild”™s My Chariot. [megaupload]

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iPhone iOS 4Image courtesy of cnet.co.uk For those of you out there with an iPhone (there must be some of you that haven”™t yet moved over to Android), there is an update to the Spotify app which now allows users to ”˜multi-task”™, ie. keep listening to music after switching to other apps. This will allow you to enjoy all our Spotisfaction playlists whilst checking your email, using fart joke apps, and the miriad of other things you can do on an iPhone. In all seriousness, though, this could conceivably replace the native iPod app, as one of the new features allows you to play your synced iPod tracks locally instead of streaming them through the cloud. That, folks, is a game-changer as it will drastically reduce the amount of bandwidth that Spotify on your iPhone will use (as long as your playlists contain tracks that you”™ve synced to your phone). There are a whole host of further updates to the app, including the ability to share links and playlists with other Spotify users, access Spotify”™s music controls from the iPhone lock screen, and use Apple”™s remote to control your music playback. The app is available for Spotify Premium users and is available now for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS or the third-generation iPod Touch.

iPhone iOS 4Image courtesy of cnet.co.uk

For those of you out there with an iPhone (there must be some of you that haven”™t yet moved over to Android), there is an update to the Spotify app which now allows users to ”˜multi-task”™, ie. keep listening to music after switching to other apps. This will allow you to enjoy all our Spotisfaction playlists whilst checking your email, using fart joke apps, and the miriad of other things you can do on an iPhone. In all seriousness, though, this could conceivably replace the native iPod app, as one of the new features allows you to play your synced iPod tracks locally instead of streaming them through the cloud. That, folks, is a game-changer as it will drastically reduce the amount of bandwidth that Spotify on your iPhone will use (as long as your playlists contain tracks that you”™ve synced to your phone).

There are a whole host of further updates to the app, including the ability to share links and playlists with other Spotify users, access Spotify”™s music controls from the iPhone lock screen, and use Apple”™s remote to control your music playback.

The app is available for Spotify Premium users and is available now for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS or the third-generation iPod Touch.