måndag 4 Aug 2014, 5:32
Andrew Morrison:
Andy's 2-hour August show includes new music from Frida Sundemo, The Metatrons, Poliça, The Horrors, Childhood, The Vacant Lots, Lust For Youth, Jungle and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. There are two blasts from the past, with Orbital and Lesley Gore appearing as Andy's Old Chestnuts, and Dad and Scott pop in to choose a track each.
Kevin Robinson:
August's programme opens with Iggy Pop eulogising the genius of punk rock, as we celebrate the re-issue and fifteenth anniversary of Come On Die Young by the mighty Mogwai. In the new release pile, we've tunes from Jahtarian Dubbers Pupajim and Jah Screechy, another track lifted from the gamelan inspired album by Yoshimi's OOIOO, and even something new from Manchester group The Fall.
Also in this month's programme there's some mid-70's Luo Benga from the Kaware Boys Band, a new track from Congolese collective the Kasai Allstars, more tropical rhythms from Columbia's Meridian Brothers, Thailand's The Petch Phin Thong Band and dancehall from Green Tea & Chassy.
Things get raucous with shouty new music from London's Frau, Chicago's Oozing Wound and Memphis trio Nots. Then we've got a batch of extraordinary electronic releases from Shanghai Den, Filter Dread, Bronze Teeth and Dorian Concept, plus Pinch gets remixed by Berlin's Shed.
Lee Adcock:
Well, several fantastic things happened back in June, but the wobbly month delay of Dandelion shows prevented me from disclosing said things 'til now.
What we have here is another 3-hour grab bag of mostly new tunes, including an embarrassment of electronica from master engineers like Fennesz and Fanciulli GOOM, smooth urbanites like Kool Head and Garden City Movement, old pros on top of their game such as Neneh Cherry and Lunchbox, and whacked out pop that can only be TOBACCO. As promised, I've also brought more tunes from down under, but not the bar room bruisers that you might expect. Also, I went to a bangin' punky house show at the end of June and nearly moshed my head off to the likes of Sharkpact and Street Eaters (among others). Finally, Brighton's Tuff Enuff label (from Riots Not Diets) released a righteous compilation last month, and I'll be hyping the hell out of it. Oh, and there's also a new OCRemix from Super Mario 64 thrown in for good measure. Yes. I'm that kind of nerd.
Broken Shoulder couldn't make it this month, so instead I've chucked in a 15-minute EP from local composer Hand Sand Hands - a true diamond in the rough!
Mark Cunliffe:
Baile Funk, Indie, Jungle, Funk, Dancehall, Afro Sounds, Trap, Moombahton, Hip hop, Bass, Reggae, Punk, Footwork, Rock, Rumba…… ;-) x
Mark Whitby:
The new album from Lee Negin is currently receiving massive critical acclaim from around the globe and we feature an exclusive session mix featuring versions of tracks from the release, lovingly put together by the man himself. If that doesn't fall into the category of unmissable I don't know what does, though the term might also be applied to previews of autumn releases from the likes of Goat, Soiled and The Low Countries among others.
Being August, we carry out our annual trawl of the potential highlights on show at the Green Man Festival, this year including such firm favourites as Samantha Crain, Bill Callahan and Joanna Gruesome alongside those new to the show like Jupiter-C and Ry-X, while our Peel Back… feature this month features three genuine legends finally making their Green Man debuts.
There's plenty more, of course. We invite you to bathe yourself in the exquisite noises emanating from the amps of the likes of Angkor Wrack, Ajax and McBain, say a fond goodbye to Ace Bushy Striptease and sample three of the best tracks from the recent compilation shared by Austria's Wilhelm Show Me The Major Label. Throw in something from the new To Rococo Rot, yet another track from the excellent Dead Fader and a blistering slab of psychedelic rock from The Vacant Lots. Oh, and we don't play enough soul on the show, so make the most of a couple of tracks from a couple of excellent compilations that have rightly eased their way sublimely onto my listening/singing in the shower menu of late.
Rocker:
A packed three hour show this month, including a debut session from Vancouver's Thee Ahs, recorded at Rocker's on their recent European tour. There's also new tracks from Buzzcocks; The Smittens; Literature; Flowers; Secret Shine; Peru; Gold-Bears; Colour Me Wednesday; Martha; Pale Angels; and The Sunday Reeds.
Theres electronica from Kolsch with Gregor Schwellenbach; Jamie XX; Inkke; and a fantastic Luke Abbott remix of East India Youth.
Theres an international outbreak of releases on cassette, including ones from Bristol (Trust Fund); Japan (Alicetales); Scotland (Dora Maar), and the USA (Heathers).
This months Peel's Big 45 is a punk spoof from 1979, and this months Educating Elizabeth 7" is a 1966 classic from Fontella Bass.
As well as little known acts, heres a little known fact: Fontella Bass (her real name) was married to jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie.
Sean Hocking:
Welcome back to Ring of Fire.
We start with a couple of songs with a southern California feel by ROC and Jonathan Wilson. One from the city and one from the desert.
We've noticed that there's been a bit of nostalgia about Brit Pop these past few months so we couldn't help but play the song that documents the death of the scene as it bloated out with too much cocaine and guitar dubs … can you guess the artist and the song?
Also in the show some Indonesian contemporary psych from Napolleon, something new from Portland's Matthew Heller & The Clever, from New Zealand's Shacklock Meth Party, the mysterious early seventies Cambodian Drakkar Band and Echo & The Bunnymen who I'm pleased to see are experiencing a bit of a renaissance at the moment … and at long last too.
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