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