To celebrate the first anniversay of the Fat Planet radio show on FBi 94.5FM, I pulled together some of my favourite free downloads from the 2003-2004 period and compiled them into this mixtape.
Underneath the track listing, you’ll also find a short breakout quote taken from the Fat Planet blog during that time. Interesting to find some early references to baile funk in there (via MC Vanesinha), which I noted as “music from garages” – obviously not quite having anything but a notional understanding of favela culture at this point. I still regularly return to the closer – the Sixtoo track featuring Damo Suzuki – a sensational piece of both respectful and revisionist krautrock from hip hop boy Vaughn Squires, now member of the Megasoid team.
Burn a little silver disc and file it under ‘f’ for fat.
DOWNLOAD: FAT PLANET YEAR ONE (2004) | rapidshare
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Tracklisting:
1. NO NAME NO FAME buena vista fight club [CROATIA]
“some great downbeat latin breaks straight out of croatia … no.1 for ten weeks in croatian radio 101’s independent chart”
2. WAYNE & WAX a it dat (dj c it dat) [US: MASSACHUSETS]
“full of humour … a smart north american take on the contemporary jamaican sound”
3. CUT COPY going nowhere zipped [AUSTRALIA]
“straight-up new wave, direct from the 80s, with a side-swerve to take in some daft punk funk”
4. THINK TWICE under the bombs [FRANCE]
“awesome semi-spoken word vs punk funk track”
5. NEUTRINO syupaman [JAPAN]
“great downtempo hip-hop … released on mush – fast becoming the leader in such sounds”
6. THE ASTROGLIDES the man with the golden reverb [ISRAEL]
“damn fine surf tunes that hark back to a golden era”
7. MC VANESINHA dance de peteca [BRAZIL]
“brazilian hip-hop … sourced from independent sellers – it’s music from garages, apparently”
8. 2/5 BZ bugün eve içine kus geldi zipped [TURKEY]
9. LARS HORNTVETH ticks [NORWAY]
“defies regular description, although if my life depended on it i’d go for someone between free jazz, downbeat breaks and electronica”
10. ERIK LEVANDER bermond (bauri remix) [SWEDEN]
“echoing acoustic loops and a hint of far-off vocals are underlaid with a soft, crunchy rhythm track that is barely there”
11. JUANA MOLINA quien? [ARGENTINA]
“a more balanced approach between vocal, acoustic guitar and electro atmospherics … reconcile the music with the fact that juana is also a comedian with one of the most popular TV comedy’s show in the spanish speaking world”
12. OUMOU SANGARE nebife [MALI]
“without doubt my favourite african artist, simply because you’re unlikely to find a voice quite like this”
13. ROBERT LIPPOCK i can tell [GERMANY]
“always a freakin’ relief to find something that stands heads and shoulders above everything else … a stunning piece of folktronica”
14. COCOROSIE by your side [US: NEW YORK]
“traces of southern blues, jazz, downbeat hip-hop – and all the more remarkable considering this was recorded in paris”
15. JAB MICA OCH EL caca biohjelm [DENMARK]
“cut-up alt.folk string together with some distorted breaks – for lovers of four tet, look no further”
16. SIXTOO feat DAMO SUZUKI storm clouds & silver linings [CANADA]
“features damo suzuki on vocals, a founding member of krautrock legends, can … could have easily been taken from an early can recording session”