Off & On

This comp just materialised out of wanting to hear a few random things I didn’t really know (except the opener, which I first heard on Specialten DVD mag.) Add a few faves to keep up the momentum, rearrange for maximum journeyness and here you have it: Satellite One (thinking of Dr Who’s Satellite Five).

1. Crosses José Gonzales

   stylish Swedish Cowboy

2. City of Dust 31knots

   contemplative electronic moment from US proggers

3. Act of Being Polite / N-Err-Gee (Crisis Blues) Amy Denio & Ubzub

4. Release Afro Celt Sound System

   Sinead O’Connor goes all Transglobal

5. Fellini Overdrive / I’ll Shoot the Moon Pinkie Maclure

   looking forward to hearing her new project PuMaJaW; gonna order a CD when current financial crisis is resolved

6. Rose A Perfect Circle

   courtesy of the Zen’s former owner

7. Baby’s Arm Belly

8. 7/4 (Shoreline) Broken Social Scene

9. Indonesian Guitars Windsor For The Derby

   from their problematic Emotional Rescue LP

10. William, Clap Your Hands The Unicorns

    bedroom lofi at its scratchy, weird best ("leave their corpses in my underwear" - I mean, where else?), with the distant sound of kids playing; must investigate further

11. Here, There and Everywhere The Beatles

    I knew quite early on that this would be on somewhere, as it just fits with the rest of the playlist. Took me a while to find the right moment: the "end of Side One".

12. I Like to Dance Home

    the sparks of genius seems to be a little further apart nowadays, but this limb-flailing track from XV is way cool. Thinking about buying the new Sexteen.

13. Werewolf Cat Power

    lest we forget, a reminder of why Chan Marshall is a treasure

14. Homebled Ut

    finally I dare to include on one of my comps their finest moment bar none

15. Streetlights, Empty Wells Anatomy of a Ghost

16. John Faust October All Over

17. I Spy Dry Fear Smokers Die Younger

    with this and the preceding, there’s hope for British Punk yet

18. Gas Electric Coping Saw

    spot the connection?

19. Ebroglio At The Drive-In

20. Tubular Belgians in my Goldfield Departure Lounge

    beautiful track; a much-needed respite after all that anger

21. Knocks the Head Beekeeper

    where the hell are this band when we need them so desperately?

22. Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls Godspeed You Black Emperor!

23. June (Call Us Walking) Bedroom Heroes

24. Tomorrow Started [live] Talk Talk