Dan from Fluid radio recently asked me to approach artists from the label to be involved in this alternative mix… The idea was to get each artist to delve into their record/cd collections and select one track that resonates with them in a deep and personal way.

From My Dance The Skull – “Tom White’s latest cassette tape release for MDTS titled False Ponds more than lives up to this young artists already formidable output. White creates the type of music that intersects noise, dissonance and isolationist angst. Summoning Ballardian imagery throughout, the two sides of this immensely addictive release employee’s lo-fi tape loops, field recordings, guitar fragments and feedback in what is a deeply unique and personal auditory mosaic.”

You can listen to Side A of the cassette and purchase a copy here

The latest mix from Low Light Mixes titled Concerto for this and that features tracks from Talvihorros and M. Ostermeier’s hibernate and Parvo-art releases. Listen here

Coldstream recently did a remix of  Tom White’s “On Sundays” for Arctic Circle Radio.  It’s the last track on this mix:

http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/33coldstream128.mp3

Dan Crossley from Fluid Radio has kindly made a brilliant alternative folk music mix which will played between sets at the event in the hole in t’wall on 9/6. There will be 20 copies packaged as a handmade CDr up for grabs on the night in return for a small donation. Please send me an email if you would like a copy of this mix or any of the others. I’ll be putting it up on Mixcloud soon. Meanwhile here’s the tracklist:

Thanksgiving – Rich (Homeless)
Matt Berninger – Last Song
John Matthias – It’s not
Ilya E. Monosov – The Burning Flame
Hope Sandoval and The Warm Invention – Sets The Blaze
Emily Jane White – Dark Undercoat
Marilies Jagsch – Thank You
Hush Arbors – Rue Hollow
Ass  - I’ve Been Here
The Middle East – The Darkest Side
Breathe Owl Breathe – When You Meet The Sea
Sarsaparilla  - Yardsale
Frontier Ruckus – The Back-Lot World
The Accidental – Birthday
Sons Of Noel And Adrian – Black Side of the River
Fern Knight – The Dirty South
Espers  - Meadow
Breathe Owl Breathe – Ghost in the Morning Moon (Unreleased Edit)

Field Rotation has kindly made a stunning mix specially produced for the event at the hole in t’wall, Hebden Bridge. There will be 20 copies packaged as a handmade CDr up for grabs on the night in return for a small donation. Tracklist and listen here. Please send me an email if you would like a copy of this mix and I still have a few left of Harry’s too.

A friend of mine who runs wasistdas.co.uk is putting on the legendary Damo Suzuki from Can at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge. Entry price is £7 for non members and £5 for members. Playing with Damo on the night are the following confirmed musicians:

Ian Hinton-Smith – Ian first made his name as the guitar player for Alfie [Twisted Nerve/Regal Records] but also played most of the drums on Badly Drawn Boy’s classic debut album “The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast”. Since then, he went on to play with Jim Noir which lead to the formation of his last band The Beep Seals.

Tony “Tuba” Whittingham – Tony is an ambassador for the tuba. As well as playing all over the world in brass bands such as the Brighouse & Rastrick, he has also played his instrument for everything from improvised oompah bands to jazz bands.

The Window Right – One of Damo’s favourite bands, he’s played with them in Huddersfield, London and Leeds. A tight 3-piece playing electronic tinged post-rock, they’ll be playing a full support slot and then joining Damo’s backing group for a full-on out there session.

Cool Piano Roll – local heroes, they sound like Sigur Ros jamming with the Cinematic Orchestra. They’ll also be playing a support slot and joining Damo’s backing group

Also DJing on the night is  The Was Ist Das soundsystem and Dawn Hinton-Smith – Dawn’s DJing CV includes B-Music and Electric Mud in Manchester.

I’m now stocking the latest Heat Death Records CDr’s including a new one from Cylon aka Jannick Schou!

The second ep  on Spheruleus’ net-label Audio Gourmet is out now and features one of my photos for the cover. It’s really worth a download too as the music is incredibly beautiful, especially the second track.

http://audiogourmetnetlabel.blogspot.com/2010/05/agn002-darren-harper-momentary-ep.html