Resonance FM 25/5/21

Wonderful tunes from Palestine, Japan (via Portland), Tanzania and Georgia, as well as a cut from the new Aaron Space EP - out on Dig That Treasure Records now - and a new one from Famous via untitled (recs). Skip to 16:48 for the most mesmerising vocal groove ever courtesy of the Bantu Wagogo tribe.

Dig That Treasure (25/5/21)

Al-Bara'em - Tareeq

Aaron Space & His Terrestrial Underlings - Big Trouble

Jun Arasaki & Nine Sheep - Kajyadhi Fu Bushi (Visible Cloaks Remix)

The Wagogo Tribe of Tanzania - Gago Ga Kwimba

Gomar Sikharulidze - ???

Famous - The Beatles

Resonance FM 18/5/21

Kicked off with another early-10s fave that has since disappeared off the face of the cyber-earth: Cooltombs. A New Paltz noise duo consisting of Nolan and Paris. That was the case back ten years or so ago, at least. Following that was some Sacred Harp, as is an irregular custom. Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou of Niger via Sahel Sounds provided a swinging Tuareg guitar-synth-drum machine jam and the one-and-only Masahiro Takahashi was reliably meditative before a slice of "hypnotic Indonesian pop" from Itoh Masyitoh and Rineka Swara. I closed the show with some Palestinian dabke music as felt apt.

Dig That Treasure (18/5/21)

Cooltombs - Feel It In Your Bones

The Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers - The Father's Boundless Love

Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou - Anou Malane

Masahiro Takahashi - Frog Into The Pond

Itoh Masyitoh & Rineka Swara - Naon Margina

El Dalaaona - Best Palestinian Dabke Pt 8

Resonance FM 11/5/21

BLAMMO. Burmese pop. Dean "Question Mark" Blunt. Pipe Organ covers of Northern Soul, Happy Hardcore and Black Metal classics. Sweeping, pulsating synths. Somali funk. ALL of the above.

Dig That Treasure (11/5/21)

Soe Sandar Tun - The Girl Who Ran Away From Love

Dean Blunt/Various Artists/??? - Muggy

Andrew Macintosh And Stuart Muir - Open The Door To Your Heart

John Riley - Heart Of Gold

Andrew Macintosh - Alsvartr (The Oath)

Simon Dobson - Quiet, Pls

Iftin - Ii Ooy Aniga (Cry For Me)

 

Resonance FM 4/5/21 (DTT Speechless V)

The fifth instalment of DTT Speechless, the semi regular series in which I shut up and play mostly ambient, lounge and easy-listening (and not so easy-listening) music. This was maybe the least conventional or true-to-the-rules episode I've done: 'Ax Amores' isn't particularly relaxing or "easy" and 'Tula Baba' is entirely vocal. But they suit the remit in form and thought. And I'm allowed to constantly move the goalposts so long as I (and you) enjoy the tunes.

Dig That Treasure (4/5/21)

Paul de Jong - It's Only About Sex

Elysia Crampton - Ax Amores

Timur Selçuk - Bengiz

National Youth Choir of Namibia - Tula Baba

Iceblink - Healer

Sven Libaek - Touching Hands

Tamanco Malandrinho - Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos

Dorothy Collins & Raymond Scott - Singin' In The Rain

Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles