Resonance FM 8/9/20

After over two months away Dig That Treasure returned to Resonance for yet another series - don't ask me how many there have been, I wouldn't know. Kicked off in style, though, with Veno Marioghae's awesome electro funk jam 'Nigeria Go Survive'. Span selections from Yemenite Jewish singer Tsvia Abarbanel, Can's Holger Czukay, Japanese ambient musician Zeze Wakamatsu and minimalist new waver Masumi Hara before closing with Carol Kay's (no "e") rare soul cut 'This Time You're Wrong'.

Dig That Treasure (8/9/20)

Veno Marioghae - Nigeria Go Survive

Tsvia Abarbanel - Mi Nishkani

Holger Czukay - Persian Love

Zeze Wakamatsu - Fog Diver

Masumi Hara - Blue Night

Carol Kay - This Time You're Wrong

Resonance FM 23/6/20

Brand new music from R McCarthy, Sean O'Hagan and Ammar 808, as well as tunes from Senegal to Spain and beyond.

Dig That Treasure (23/6/20)

Soda Mama - Maleye Wo

R McCarthy - Kissing

Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom - Distant Space

Sean O'Hagan - The Wild Are Welcome

Zikiri Abdoulaye Cisse - Sababougnouma Dokibarou Bokan

Rebe - Cuki Q Me Has Exo En Directo

Ammar 808 feat Susha - Marivere Gati

Resonance FM 16/6/20

From Azerbaijani guitar music to Algerian dance, via Japanese pop, Austrian library music, gamelan hybrid, a McFly cover and a France Gall cover.

Dig That Treasure (16/6/20)

Rüstəm Quliyev - Gəl Inad Etmə (Şur təsnifi)

Toyoshima Tazumi - Tomadoi Twilight

Teddy Windholz - Spinnenjagd

Metalworks - Parrot Soup

Good With Parents - Star Girl

The Honeymoon Killers - Laisse Tomber Les Filles

Cheb Khalass et Ghania - Daouar Daouar

Resonance FM 9/6/20

Jam-packed episode here, opening with a trio of songs from Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento (featuring one of the greatest middle eights you'll hear), French jazzers André Paquinet and Benny Vasseur, and Singaporean skifflers Tayib Ridon and Orkes Zindega. Couple of tunes from the American avant-gardist Rebby Sharp's incredible In One Mouth And Out The Other followed, before a tune from the legendary Ethiopian oldies singer Kennedy Mengesha and, finally, some Sega music from Réunion courtesy of Les Soul Men.

Dig That Treasure (9/6/20)

Milton Nascimento - Canção Do Novo Mundo

André Paquinet, Benny Vasseur et leur Orchestre - Oui, Va Plus Loin (Walk On By)

Tayib Ridon & Orkes Zindegi - Lambaian Mu

Rebby Sharp - Some Men

Rebby Sharp - Gimmee Back My 15¢

Kennedy Mengesha - Delash Woy Mengedu

Les Soul Men - Defoule Sega

Resonance FM 2/6/20

On this show I span tunes selected by the artists who contributed to Elevate. In the weeks leading up to the album's release, I asked each of the contributors to name three songs, albums, artists or radio shows that they had been listening to. The full selections are available to view on Instagram. I kicked off with one of Julian Lynch's selections, Motohiko Hamase's Intaglio, before playing music suggested by Kot Kot (Novella Matveyeva), Tara Clerkin (Ruth Garbus), Julian Lynch again (Boredoms), Pink Shabab (Villa Box), Masahiro Takahashi (Ruoh) and Ted Mair (Karen Dalton).

Dig That Treasure (2/6/20)

Motohiko Hamase - インタリヨ (Intaglio)

Новелла Матвеева (Novella Matveyeva) - Дома без крыш (Houses Without Roofs)

Ruth Garbus - My Apple

Boredoms - 52 Boredom (Club Mix)

Villa Box - Break De Rua (Versão Longa)

Ruoh - Ma

Karen Dalton - Are You Leaving For The Country?

Resonance FM 26/5/20

Contemporary Japanese alt-rock. Freaks & Geeks soundtrack. Romanian light jazz. Ethiopian and Ivorian tracks. 'Suspicious Minds' sung badly. I've got it all. Down below.

Dig That Treasure (26/5/20)

春ねむり (Haru Nemuri) - Riot

Shintaro Sakamoto - Disco Is (Syunsuke Ono Remix)

Michael Andrews - Porno Music

Trio Grigoriu - Numai Zambet, Numai Cantec

Asselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret - Metche New

Ouayoro Chantal - Daniel

Eilert Pilarm - Suspicious Minds

Slow Dance Radio 25/5/20

Back on Slow Dance's lockdown radio. A quite bonkers mix - kicked off with some PC Music and a touch of Steps nightcore before slowing it down with some easy-listening. Then jumped into a bit of Ween, before doing a quick pan-African tour, and ending with a cover of Elvis's 'Suspicious Minds' from Sweden.

Dig That Treasure (25/5/20)

DJ Warlord - Never Ending War

100 Gecs - Stupid Horse (GFOTY & Count Baldor remix)

Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8 (DTT Nightcore mix)

A. G. Cook - Unlimited Wifi

Dreamtrak - Odyssey Pt.2

Doopees - Some Day, That Place In Time

Tak Shindo - Safari To Kenya

Zespół Instrumentalny Marka Sewena - Stranger In The Night

Vyacheslav Mescherin Orchestra - Лютня

Pete Drake - Forever

Z-Rock Hawaii - I Get A Little Taste Of You

Ween - Pandy Fackler

Ween - Hey There Fancy Pants

Mogontafe Sacko - Mogontafe Sacko

Groupe Still Waters - Zerenion (Le Géranium)

Teshome Meteku - Mot Adeladlogn

Ouayoro Gohi Chantal - Daniel

Eilert Pilarm - Suspicious Minds

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Resonance FM 19/5/20

Started this show in Japan, with YMO's Yukihiro Takahashi doing Italian Eurovision, and ended it in Poland, with Bałtyk's Elverumian earworm 'Clear Acetate (Cherries)'. Along the way I span Ben Zeki De Roa of the Ivory Coast, Mahmoud Awad's acid dabke, French harpist Ange Halliwell, and Italian American synth pioneer Suzanne Ciani.

Dig That Treasure (19/5/20)

Yukihiro Takahashi - Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)

Ben Zeki De Roa - Louê

Mahmoud Awad - الفتيات, الفتيات, الفتيات (Girls, Girls, Girls)

Ange Halliwell - Autumn Interlude - Sarahsson

Suzanne Ciani - Birth Of Venus

Bałtyk - Clear Acetate (Cherries)

Resonance FM 12/5/20

Bookended this show with brand new music. More Eaze's 'Progress In Therapy', released on Orange Milk Records in April, opened the show. To close the show I played Zellerbach, the lead single from Aaron Space & His Terrestrial's debut album Fishland. The record's out on Moon Glyph on May 22nd. In between, I span Johnny Dupont's organ interpretation of Ebb Tide, a track from Portuguese musician Negra Branca (also of Gnod), and a lovely sprawling song from Oromo Ethiopian singer Abebe Abeshu.

Dig That Treasure (12/5/20)

More Eaze - Progress In Therapy (Feat. Claire Rousay)

Johnny Dupont - Ebb Tide

Negra Branca - O Espatelar Do Linho

Abebe Abeshu - Ya Shagge Burtukana Koo

Aaron Space & His Terrestrial Underlings - Zellerbach

Resonance FM 5/5/20

This episode kicked off with a recording of Pink Shabab live on Quarantunes, a YouTube channel that has been hosting livestream gigs during lockdown. I had the privilege of curating last Friday's show, with Pink Shabab, Platonica Erotica, Julian Lynch and Martha Skye Murphy performing live from their homes to celebrate the launch of Elevate. You can catch up on the whole stream here. Next up was the beautiful 'Kajyadhi Fu Bushi', which sounds like traditional Japanese folk music with Pet Sounds arrangements (the beds of horns, particularly). That was followed by K. K.'s No. 2 of Ghana, and a duo of tunes from the brilliant Zach Phillips. The Wiregrass singers' gospel/Sacred Harp music followed, before I closed with Jockstrap's new single.

Dig That Treasure (5/5/20)

Pink Shabab - If Only I Could Hold You One More Time (Live On Quarantunes)

Jun Arasak And Nine Sheep - Kajyadhi Fu Bushi

K. K.'s No. 2 - Odo Ye Wu Fie

Zach Phillips - Playing Dumb [Kalmia Traver]

Zach Phillips - A Week Of Sundays [Derek Baron]

Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers - Give Me Just A Little More Time

Jockstrap - The City