Resonance FM 18/12/18

A show bookended by two Christmas songs (of sorts). A polka and a glitchy piece. Between them, an organ dirge, some beautiful Korean dream-pop/folktronica, some Pakistani film music, Italian MOR, and an ode (or diss track) to 2018 by Lewis Evans of Jockstrap/Kinder Music/Guildhall Military Orchestra. Thanks to everyone for your support this year! See you in the new year...

Dig That Treasure (18/12/18)

Los Hermanos Ayala - Jingle Bells Polka

Kali Malone - Prelude

공중도둑 (Mid-Air Thief) - 쇠사슬 (Ahhhh, These Chains)

Tafo/Nahid Akhtar - Shola Sa Bharka

Matia Bazar - Solo Tu

Lewis Evans - Dear 2018

World's End Girlfriend - Xmas Song

Resonance FM 11/12/18 (DTT Speechless II)

Another half hour of uninterrupted instrumental and/or "ambient" music. We started with I Am Just A Pupil's tragicomic 'Family Dollar' and ended with some classic Mescherin. Along the way: sound designed Emily A. Sprague, Japanese pioneer Hiroshi Yoshimura, rare/anonymous field recording Portland's Ernest Hood, and a couple of songs from the ace label Tasty Morsels. Put it on as you sleep/study/read.

Dig That Treasure (11/12/18)

I Am Just A Pupil - Family Dollar

Emily A. Sprague - Piano 2 (Mount Vision)

h hunt - wrong ii

Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green
naran ratan - jam for bwengo
Ernest Hood - Gloaming
h hunt - pêche (sketches)
Vyacheslav Mescherin Orchestra - Ночная мелодия (Night Melody)

Resonance FM 4/12/18 (DTT Speechless)

Half an hour of uninterrupted instrumental and/or "ambient" music, from Takashi Kokubo's dreamy water-flute/harp combo, to the Muzak corporation's soullessly pleasant 'C'mon Smile'. Along the way were classics by electronic music pioneers Louis & Bebe Barron, the Haruomi Hosono-produced Inoyama Land, German kosmische group Ashra, Niger's Mammane Sani, Hawaiian slide guitarist Bud Tutmarc, the UK's relatively anonymous JQ, and yet another Kate NV song. Good episode, this. Put it on as you sleep/study/read.

Dig That Treasure (4/12/18)

Takashi Kokubo - 海底の中の夢 (Dreaming In The Deep Sea)

Louis & Bebe Barron - Ancient Krell Music

Inoyama Land - 8-31

Ashra - Deep Distance

Mammane Sani et son Orgue - Tunan

Bud Tutmarc - White Ginger Blossoms

JQ - Goodnight Spider

Kate NV - пес DOG

Muzak LLC - C'Mon Smile

Resonance FM 27/11/18

A deliciously eclectic mix, here... I kicked off the show with a song by Visible Cloaks - who don't really fit this show's requirements but who I've been enjoying a lot recently - and closed the show with a track by Georgian vocal group Orera. Along the way were two tunes from Sudanese artists featured on the 'Two Niles To Sing A Melody' compilation, some vintage highlife from CST Amankwah, and a duo of bangers by Indian/Portuguese/English/Icelandic sex symbol Leoncie.

Dig That Treasure (27/11/18)

Visible Cloaks - Wheel

Leoncie - Love In A Pub

Leoncie - Enginn Þrikantur Hér (No Threesome Here)

CST Amankwah - Saade Wobe Su

Zaidan Ibrahim - Ma Hammack Azabna

Abdelmoniem Ekhaldi - Droob A Shoag

Орэра - Старый Мотив (Old Motive)

Resonance FM 20/11/18 (Jockstrap)

On this episode I was joined by my favourite band of the minute, the dynamic orchestral pop group Jockstrap. Georgia (vox/violin) and Michael (bass) from the band played nine songs of their choosing, all of which were by their friends/contemporaries. Scarily talented friendship group they've got there... From Jockstrap's own Taylor Skye to Simeon May's beautiful lonely sax via Rodeo Jones' football-based sound-collage and a double-whammy of bonkers Eric Fabrizi tunes, most of this stuff is new/unreleased and all of it is bloody great. Be sure to listen to this one (and apologies in advance for the couple of technical mistakes that occurred).

Dig That Treasure (20/11/18)

Taylor Skye - Kode Fine

Pet Grotesque - 2 Late
Eric Fabrizi - Can't Stop Thinking About You
Eric Fabrizi - Sexual Frustration
Rodeo Jones - Aberdeen
The Guest - Theme From Failure (pt.1)
Jerskin Fendrix - Onigiri
Pete Um - Real Rock & Roll
Simeon May - Untitled
 

Resonance FM 13/11/18

I tried the impossible - to condense Le Guess Who 2018, one of the best weekends I've ever had, packed with sensational live performances, into 30 minutes. I wasn't able to make the recordings I'd hoped to, so had to settle with spinning the studio versions of some of my highlights. I played songs from my top three sets of the weekend (Vashti Bunyan, Kate NV, Beverly Glenn-Copeland) as well as some from other highlights (Ammar 808, Rizan Said, Hailu Mergia) and even one from an artist I didn't manage to catch, but wish I had (Howie Lee). What a weekend. Roll on next year...

Dig That Treasure (13/11/18)

Kate NV - вас YOU

Vashti Bunyan - I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind

Hailu Mergia - Eti Gual Blenai

Rizan Said - Electric Mawwal I

Ammar 808 - Alech Taadini

Howie Lee - Bei Hai

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Deep River

Resonance FM 6/11/18

I opened and closed this show with songs from the new Dig That Treasure! Records release 'Miscellaneous Recordings, 2008-12'. The album is a 35 track collection of recordings I made during the aforementioned years. As the 'press release' of-sorts notes, "the album is intended as a reflexive, auto-ethnographic study. It’s an open exhibition of amateurism and child-like creativity." It was a strange thing for me to release - and an even stranger thing to play on air. Also on the show were a Cambodian novelty tune, some post-vaporwave-ish-I-dunno, a beautiful and lengthy piece of meditative Ethiopian folk pop, and a recording by the mysterious Rosielou (who, if you see this, please email me, I would like to hear the recordings of yours I have lost track off! - digthattreasure@live.com).

Dig That Treasure (6/11/18)

Will M Hall - Warm Autumn v.1 [c.2011]

Prum Manh - Two Wives Are Twice The Problem

Yung Bae - 私は愛に ハイです

Will M Hall - Cobbled Streets [c.2011]

Rosielou - Tangerine

Bezawork Asfaw - Tezeta

Will M Hall - Little Lite Whies

Resonance FM 30/10/18 (Antonis Rousounelos)

On this week's show I was joined by Greek native Antonis Rousounelos who played a selection of tunes from his homeland, spanning from 1932 to 1939. He took over hosting duties and, over the course of a half hour, he surveyed Izmir, Rebetiko, novelty and Hawaiian-influenced songs. Listen below!

Dig That Treasure (30/10/18)

Ιωάννης Χαλκιάς - Το μινόρε του τεκέ (Jack Gregory - Hash Den's Minor)

Γιώργος Μπάτης & Στράτος Παγιουμτζής - Ζεμπεκάνο Σπανιόλο (Giorgos Batis &             Stratos Pagioumtzis - Spanish Zeimpekiko)

Αντώνης Διαμαντίδης (Νταλγκάς) - Που να βρώ γυναίκα να σου μοιάζει (Antonis   Diamantidis (Dalgas) - Where Will I Find A Woman Like You)

Στελλάκης Περπινιάδης - Ο Αντώνης ο βαρκάρης (Stellakis Perpiniadis - Antonis The   Boatman)

Τα Άσπρα Πουλιά - Ο Μπέζος στην Αμερική (The White Birds - Bezos in America)

Στελλάκης Περπινιάδης & Στράτος Παγιουμτζής - Θέλω σπίτι και λεφτά (Stellakis 

 Perpiniadis & Stratos Pagioumtzis - I Want Money And A House)

Στελλάκης Περπινιάδης & Στράτος Παγιουμτζής - Ο Τσιτσάνης στην Παραγουάη (Stellakis   Perpiniadis & Stratos Pagioumtzis - Tsitsanis in Paraguay)

Resonance FM 23/10/18

I packed the songs in this week. Nora Guthrie - daughter of Woody - kicked off the show with the beautiful 'Home Before Dark'. Next was French composer Pascal Comelade, followed by Ethiopian musician Feysel Shemolo (who seemingly only has one song online - one fewer than Nora Guthrie...). Another Frenchman, Roland Bocquet, and Japanese legend Jun Togawa followed (the latter with a Velvet Underground cover). I closed the show with Mziuri, a Soviet-era Georgian state band made up of children, and Lonnie Holley, whose brand new tune 'Sometimes I Wanna Dance' I can't stop listening to.

Dig That Treasure (23/10/18)

Nora Guthrie - Home Before Dark
Pascal Comelade - Nature Morte Aux Maracas
Feysel Shemolo - Teney Lemuhaba
Roland Bocquet - Flash
Jun Togawa - 17 Year Old
Jun Togawa - Femme Fatale
Mziuri - Legend Of Tbilisi
Lonnie Holley - Sometimes I Wanna Dance

Resonance FM 16/10/18 (Le Guess Who II)

Last night was the second of two episodes previewing Utrecht's Le Guess Who festival. The line up is ludicrously good and rich with surprises and wonders from all around the world, so it was some headache selecting just one hour's worth of music to air over these two episodes. I kicked off this show with a song I'd already played twice in previous episodes, 'Ever New' by Beverly Glenn-Copeland. I followed with two (very different) guitar based tracks by Cindy Lee and Sibusile Xaba, before playing two (very different) synth based tracks by Islam Chipsy and Tirzah. I closed the show with the same artist who will likely close my festival weekend, Swamp Dogg! Le Guess Who runs November 8-11 in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Dig That Treasure (16/10/18)

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Ever New
Cindy Lee - Power & Possession
Sibusile Xaba - Open Letter To Adoniah
Islam Chipsy & EEK - El Bawaba
Tirzah - Holding On
Swamp Dogg - Star Dust

Resonance FM 9/10/18

I'm changing things a little... I don't like speaking on air, particularly, and so I'm only going cut the chat right down. I'll introduce the show at the beginning and provide contact details/news/upcoming events at the end. In between will be solid tunes (with artist and track title provided). This was the first week of doing so - I kicked off with a rendition of Colonel Bogey March by 周聰、呂紅 before spinning tunes by Yeshimebet Dubale (yet again!), the bonkers and inimitable Superstar & Star, the jazz-trained Larry Chernicoff and the jazz-breaking Foodman. I closed the show with my favourite new song, Hayley by Jockstrap, who'll be joining me in the studio on November 20th.

Dig That Treasure (9/10/18)

周聰、呂紅 - 快樂進行曲
Yeshimebet Dubale & Kenedy Mengesha - Dabes
Superstar & Star - I Ain't Missing You
Larry Chernicoff - Wind Horses
Foodman - Jazz
Jockstrap - Hayley

Resonance FM 2/10/18 (Le Guess Who)

Last night was the first of two episodes previewing Utrecht's Le Guess Who? festival. It's been hard selecting just 2x 30 minute shows' worth of music as the line-up is completely rammed with stuff I'm excited to see, but I feel I've done the line-up justice with this first episode (and the second which is to come in a fortnight). I kicked off the show in energetic fashion with a track from Louisiana bounce artist Katey Red before slipping into something a little more comfortable with tunes by Shintaro Sakamoto and Kate NV. Next was a duo of solo female artists, the first being New York's Eartheater and the second the inimitable Vashti Bunyan. I closed the show with a new tune by Ethiopian legend Hailu Mergia. Le Guess Who runs November 8-11 in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Dig That Treasure (2/10/18)

Katey Red - Where Da Melph At
Shintaro Sakamoto - Birth Of The Super Cult
Kate NV - Kata
Eartheater - Youniverse
Vashti Bunyan - Gunpowder
Hailu Mergia - Lala Belu

Resonance FM 25/9/18 (Kiran Leonard II)

On this week's episode I was joined by the wonderful Kiran Leonard, friend of Dig That Treasure and recent arrival in London, who play seven tunes of his choosing. What proceeded was a mix of steel-pan-infused 60s pop, Swiss coldwave, mathematic rock and Brazilian jam-outs. It was a blast - and always a pleasure to be introduced to new stuff! Kiran's new record, Western Culture, is out on October 18th on Moshi Moshi Records. He will also be touring the UK throughout October, November and December.

Dig That Treasure (25/9/18)

Garden Centre - Monster Energy
The Cake - Extroverted Introvert
Marnie Stern - Female Guitar Players Are The New Black
Inga Copeland - Smitten
Maraudeur - I Crave
Palm - Two Toes
Novos Baianos - Cosmos E Damião

Resonance FM 18/9/18

The second episode of the new series kicked off with what I would say is a perfect closer, Marios Group's 'Borungku Si Derita' (which also opened the 15 track mix I compiled for this month's Wire Magazine). Some library music by Christian Chevallier followed, before some super saccharine video-game-pop from Japanese artist Silver Forest. Some 80s mbira playing followed, before I toned it town with Happy End's luscious 'Natsu Nandesu' and Woo's 'Romantics' (LONG LIVE WOO!).

Dig That Treasure (18/9/18)

Marios Group - Borungku Si Derita
Christian Chevallier - Rosebud
Silver Forest - Tsurupettan
Stella Chiweshe - Chachimurenga
Happy End - Natsu Nandesu
Woo - Romantics

Resonance FM 11/9/18

Yet another series on Resonance FM, marking five years on the station (my first show was September 2013)! I opened the show with the same song I opened the first ever - Mort Garson's Swingin' Spathiphyllums. I then played a song by Yeshimebet Dubale (who incidentally also featured on my first episode) and an oldie from Richard Dawson. Next was a great track from an album I picked up in New York's Chinatown, then a song from Finder's Keeper's compilation Life Is Dance! I finished the show with a tribute to Sam Mehran, who passed away in July.

Dig That Treasure (11/9/18)

Mort Garson - Swingin' Spathiphyllums
Yeshimebet Dubale - Ayimeshim
Richard Dawson - I Will Kiss You Goodnight
何大傻、呂紅 - 天之嬌女
Sohail Rana - Cobra Sway
Outer Limit Recordings - Sugar Pie

Svetlana - Bali Hai

Strong contender for 'song of the year', here. This is the third track from Svetlana's EP Scorned Woman, the South Londoner's debut release. After an ambient introduction comes a meandering piano and acrobatic vocals, above a grounding beat. The refrain is incredible, as is the unpredictability of the song's structure and the eeriness of the production. It falls somewhere between Katie Dey's digital ballads and Jameszoo's electronic jazz experiments but see also, perhaps, /please/ and Laurel Halo. Demands repeat listens.

Label: n/a

Year: 2018

Genre: Electronica, Experimental Pop

Yola Fatoush - Skeleton

Yola Fatoush were a duo active earlier in the decade, and one who seem to have entered some sort of permanent hiatus (it's either that or they broke up - but this is the internet, bands come and go, breaking up is old school). A quick Google search shows that most entries on the duo are dated to 2012-14. Their website domain has been bought out and is now used to sell shoes. I read Yola Fatoush as being remnants of the tail-end of a frantic and frankly absurd blog culture that lasted the best part of a decade (from 2003/4 onwards?). As I say, bands came and bands went, and still do. And here is one whose brief moment has been immortalised online; stuck in a place that existed a few years ago, both immediately recent and historically vacated. Anyway, this song is great. There are nods to 2-step (check out that rhythm) and wonky (that synth) and Gang Gang Dance art pop (the vox). It has a great pop melody and bonkers, messy production. It was remixed by PC Music powerhouse A. G. Cook who was a "newcomer" at the time (perhaps a testament to how quickly the internet moves and to how long ago 2014 feels). Big fan.

Label: 

Year: 2014

Genre: Art Pop, Wonky, 2-Step, Eurobeat, Experimental

Suthep Wongkamhaeng - Chan Rak Thoe

Here's an ace song by singer Suthep Wongkamhaeng, a predominant Luk krung singer and National Artist of Thailand. This whole album is brilliant and available over at Monrakplengthai.

Label: n/a

Year: pre-1980?

Genre: Luk krung

Resonance FM 4.4.18

This was the last show in the current series... I kicked it off with Luke Temple's 'Those Kids' (which rather annoying glitched and cut out halfway through) and then played a track by Ethiopian singer Bezunesh Bekele. After that were a few favourites/classics: Syrian dabke artist Mohamed Al Ali's 'Mili Alay', Momus' postmodern outsider pop, De De Mouse's amazing sample-based electronica, and, from Indonesia, the gorgeous 'Indang Pariaman' by Samsimar.

Dig That Treasure (4/4/18)

Luke Temple - Those Kids
Bezunesh Bekele & Army Band - Yeakaleh Armanegn
Mohamed Al Ali - Mili Alay
Momus - The Charm Song
De De Mouse - Goodbye Parade
Samsimar - Indang Pariaman

Resonance FM 28.3.18

Finally played some Florin Salam on the show - it's been sometime coming! After that I played some tunes by the mysterious Alan Feanch, the Thai singer Suthep Wongkamhaeng, a collaborative Thai funk group, a new single by Blue Jazz TV, and a classic jam from Holy Shit.

Dig That Treasure (28/3/18)

Florin Salam - Hai Pahar Pahar Pahar
Alan Feanch & Cecil Wary - Amorique
Suthep Wongkamhaeng - Chan Rak Thoe
Petchubon, Uraiporn & Tin Isan - Isan Klab Tin
Blue Jazz TV - Karaoke Life (Radio Edit)
Holy Shit - Rough & Tumble

Resonance FM 21.3.18

An inadvertent Bonkers Pop Special (although isn't every episode?). Kicked off with Keel Her's cover of Robert Wyatt's classic 'Heaps Of Sheeps' and ended with an improvisation on the Star Wars theme by Blue Jazz TV, Adrian Knight's band of "lounge popsters and sophisto DIY slouches." Along the way were tunes by Belgian library musician Jacques Siroul, the wonderful Alem Kebede, Shibuya-Kei group Yukari Fresh, and London weirdo pop group Yola Fatoush.

Dig That Treasure (21/3/18)

Keel Her - Heaps Of Sheeps (Robert Wyatt cover)
Jacques Siroul - Reflets
Alem Kebede - Jemberwa
Yukari Fresh - Yippee To Kate
Yola Fatoush - Skeleton (A. G. Cook remix)
Blue Jazz TV - Theme To Star Wars

Resonance FM 14.3.18

From Niger to France to Japan, via South London, Arizona and t' north... This show featured one of my all-time favourites, Ted Chippington's 'She Loves You', alongside some other scorchers: Mdou Moctar's blues guitar + autotuned vocals, Friandises' brilliantly cheesy synth-pop, Filardo's sweet DIY pop, Horsey's theatrical indie rock, and Kidorikko's great falsetto.

Dig That Treasure (14/3/18)

Mdou Moctar - Tahoultine
Friandises - Les Moules Et Les Frites
Ted Chippington - She Loves You
Filardo - I Can Love You More
Horsey - Park Outside Your Mother's House
Kidorikko - Nikoniko's Shirokama

Resonance FM 7.3.18

Opened with Air Max '97's brilliant but incredibly jarring remix of t.a.t.u.'s 'All The Things She Said' and then spent the remainder of the show trying to compensate. I think it's a great track but am also aware that, er, it's not easy-listening for an FM station at 5pm... So, I followed it with some gorgeous Piero Piccioni and Mariangela, before dropping a Genet Abate song and, finally, a cracker from James Ferraro.

Dig That Treasure (7/3/18)

Air Max '97 - All The Things U Sad (AM97 Rerun)
Piero Piccioni - Blue Sutura
Mariangela - My Dear Life
Genet Abate - Man Lilekih
James Ferraro - Runaway

Resonance FM 28.2.18

This episode included a huge opener by Souleymane Faye, some lounge-funk from Algeria, a Japanese recorder epic, a cut from bo en's video game work, Soviet easy-listening, a Chinese cover of Nancy Sinatra's 'Bang Bang', and awesome accordion work by Lesotho musician Khosi Mosotho Chakela. Whew.

Dig That Treasure (28/2/18)

Souleymane Faye - Teylulen
Ahmed Malek - Omar Gatlato
Nakasako Sakana - ばーちゃんのよこ

Calum Bowen - Lovely City

Balalaika - Tula Samovar

Betty Chung - Bang Bang

Khosi Mosotho Chakela - Nkekebe Ka Tlohela

Resonance FM 21.2.18

A show of two halves (I guess). First, a great, bonkers euro-pop-reggae fusion from the Dance Dance Revolution soundtrack. Believe me, it's not as hideous as that sounds. Then, two very busy, very fast tunes from manele artist Carmen Serban and then Japanese avant-pop group Mosaic.wav. I took it down a bit after that, with a song by French collagists Gable and Addy Flor's easy-listening orchestra. I ended the show with a track from the ever-brilliant Eritrean Aron Abraham.

Dig That Treasure (21/2/18)

U1 - Make A Jam!
Carmen Serban - Am Si Eu Pe Cineva
Mosaic.wav - AKIBA-POP the Future
Gable - Ella
The Addy Flor Orchestra - Days Of Summer
Aron Abraham - Hiwet Haftey

Resonance FM 14.2.18

This show was bookended by two covers: the first, a version of 'Somewhere' from West Side Story sung by Sam Chalpin - an amateur, unwilling father, charmingly chirping tunelessly over a brilliantly naff studio track. The second, a cover of 'Without You' (Nilsson and, later, Carey) by Cambodian singer Poev Vannary. Also on the show: a brand new track by the wonderful bo en, Sudanese pop by Adel Hassan, the mega-catchy '17才' by Jun Togawa, and a track by one of my favourite Ethiopian artists, Netsanet Melesse.

Dig That Treasure (14/2/18)

Sam Chalpin - Somewhere
Adel Hassan - You Cry
bo en - Love In A Song
Jun Togawa - 17才
Netsanet Melesse - Yametagn Jemere
Poev Vannary - Plich Bong Min Ban

Resonance FM 7.2.18

On this episode: Lebanese dabke, 60s pop duet, lush easy-listening, Somali pop, and a love song for data.

Dig That Treasure (7/2/18)

Fares Karam - Darak Wayn
Jan & Dean - It's As Easy As 1, 2, 3
The Dunes - Lonely Sands
Woo - 1001 Decisions
Nimcaan Hilaac - Baaq
Katie Dey - Data

Resonance FM 5.2.18 (The Go! Team interview)

This episode was an extended fundraising special (it's Resonance's fundraising week), for which I was joined by Ian Parton of the ever-brilliant The Go! Team. Over the course of an hour we discussed sampling and the new album Semi Circle. Ian also played a couple of tracks of his own choosing, before we played a casual game of 'Invisible Jukebox' (as per The Wire Magazine). It was great fun and I think it came out nicely... Enjoy!

Dig That Treasure (5/2/18)

The Carver Area High School - Get Live '83 [excerpt]

The Go! Team - All The Way Live [excerpt]

Jill Gibson - It's As Easy As 1, 2, 3

K-Tel Wet Dream - Sissy Bar

Trixie's Big Red Motorbike - White Horses (John Peel Session)

Trixie's Big Red Motorbike - Fairytale

Alemayehu Eshete - Gizew Honeshenna

Alemayehu Eshete - Tey Gedyeleshem [excerpt]

The Go! Team - Back Like 8-Track [excerpt]

Lou Christie & The Tammys - Egyptian Shumba

Julian Lynch - Onions

Julian Lynch - Banana Jam, pt.1

The Go! Team - Chain Link Fence

Resonance FM 31.1.18

This week: another R. Stevie Moore special! I covered hits and deep cuts, early recordings and newer ones, covers by Moore and covers of Moore... It was good fun; I crammed ten songs (or recordings) into thirty minutes. I also have an exciting show lined up for next week, so stay tuned!

Dig That Treasure (31/1/18)

R. Stevie Moore - Showbiz Is Dead
R. Stevie Moore - Dewey Decimal System
The Moores - Stevie and Linda pt.2
R. Stevie Moore - You're Gonna Lose That Girl
R. Stevie Moore - Don't Be Ridiculous
R. Stevie Moore - I've Begun To Fall In Love (Midi-Bran Piano Roll)
R. Stevie Moore - I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover
R. Stevie Moore - Auld Lang Syne
TV Coahran - You Can't Write a Song
R. Stevie Moore - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Resonance FM 24.1.18

Of course every episode is supposed to be diverse and bonkers and dynamic but I was especially pleased with the breadth of this one... I started and ended the show with two 'outsider music'/'cult' heroes (inverted commas necessary, I guess..), Wild Man Fischer and Shooby Taylor. The former, an institutionalised peer of Frank Zappa's (although I'm not sure how savoury that friendship was, hence the lyrics of 'Frank'); the latter, the inimitable Human Horn. In between was a whole host of global oddities: the stunning voice of Yeshimebet Dubale, the brutal and relentless percussive dance of DJ Save The NHS, the Japanese mambo of Naoyo Matsuoka, a Carling jingle by Lorin Frank Productions Inc (what are the rules on play corporate jingles on independent radio!?) and Dan Armeanca's awesome proto-manele. Regarding that last track - the title translates to 'All The Roma, Mum' and its melody is adapted from this (thanks Alexandra!).

Dig That Treasure (24/1/18)

Wild Man Fischer - Frank
Yeshimebet Dubale - I Remember A Man
DJ Save The NHS - Screaming Song
Naoyo Matsuoka - Mambo Island
Lorin Frank Productions Inc. - Carling Jingle
Dan Armeanca - Sao Roma Daje
Shooby Taylor - Over The Rainbow

Resonance FM 17.1.18

This past Wednesday I span an ever-eclectic mix of tunes, from the French sailing documentary soundtrack of 'Cap Horn' to the Australian "hillbilly" country of 'Cowboy'. Along the way was a wild journey through South London experimentation, Shropshire helium pop, contemporary Ethiopian popular music, Japanese video game music, and a Shibuya-Kei rarity. Oh yeah!

Dig That Treasure (17/1/18)

Clement Gourand - Cap Horn
Svetlana - Fabric Of The Sky
Jerskin Fendrix - Onigiri
Wondimagegn Chane - Gelaye
Jun Ishikawa - Quiet Forest
Mayumi Kojima - 恋の極楽特急
The Trailblazers - Cowboy

Resonance FM 10.1.18

I kicked this show off with a track from the amazing Ostinato Records compilation Sweet As Broken Dates, a collection of Somali pop tunes from the 70s and 80s. I played 'Haddii Hoobalkii Gabay' first, but would later spin 'Qaraami', too. Also on this episode was the cheesy exotica-yacht-rock of Belgian group Kawasaki Band and their tune 'Summer 78' and the sweet, plodding, whistling 'Mercy' from the Thai film Tears Of The Black Tiger. I also played two vaporwave tunes (or two songs roughly part of that microgenre): first, the awesome 'Twilight Pretender' by James Ferraro, one of the best tunes of last year, and then Neo Sunsetters by PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises, which somewhat skirts the line of subversive experimentalism and corporate sheen.

Dig That Treasure (10/1/18)

Hibo Nuura - Haddii Hoobalkii Gabay
Kawasaki Band - Summer '78
James Ferraro - Twilight Pretender
PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises - Neo Sunsetters
Xasan Diiriye - Qaraami
Veera Bamrungsri - Mercy

Resonance FM 20.12.17

This episode was the first dedicated Christmas show I've done, which seems a bit weird considering the show's been going four years. As one might expect, I tried to play the strangest and obscurest Christmas recordings I could, with a couple of better known tunes thrown in for balance. The episode kicked off with a disco version of 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas' by the Mistletoe Disco Band, a set of session musicians. I then played examples of two early technologies that would later become prominent in electronic music, the vocoder and the synthesiser. The first was jingle(?) in which a voice sings 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer' through a voice box (this one was invented in 1939). It's not unlike the early Alvino Rey experiment 'My Buddy'. And then I span a rendition of 'O Holy Night' performed on the moog in 1969 (the moog only began to appear 1967). Next was a recording of Bahaman gospel/folk/blues artist Joseph Spence from three years later, drunkenly playing 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town' and making a real hash of the lyrics. It's hilarious. Tatsuro Yamashita, of Hosono/Yamashita/Suzuki fame, was next, with his 1983 tune 'Christmas Eve' which is a Christmas staple in Japan. Bringing it right up to today, I span a track by A. G. Cook/Danny L Harle collaboration Dux Content, the amazing 'Snow Globe'. Ending the show was a song I've played on the show before, a somewhat mournful but really beautiful remix of 'Have Yourself A Merry Christmas' by Norwegian producer and beat-maker Torkelsen.

Dig That Treasure (20/12/17)

Mistletoe Disco Band - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
PAMS - Reindeer
The Moog Machine - O Holy Night
Joseph Spence - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve
Dux Content - Snow Globe
Torkelsen - Christmas