300404 08:23

BAURI
purple nights (electromix) mp3
::: another mp3 from racewillbegin.com, taking the a-side to the erik levander release from yesterday. this is a great slice of gigolo-esque retro-electro. thanks to michael from NZ who emailed me some info about bauri. he writes "i think his "biggest" release label-wise has been on neo ouija, a label run by a guy who sometimes records as metamatics, norken and other things. martin runs his own label, saundart, which I guess has probably folded along with every other fucken label ever". check out some more bauri mp3 action on his own site at bauri.tk and while you're out and about on the superhighway, have a look at michael's site too. he produces music under a few names, but i especially like the jet jaguar material - reminds me of a more laidback akufen, which is a very good thing indeed :-)

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290404 23:16

THE K FOUNDATION PRESENTS THE RED ARMY CHOIR
k cera cera (war is over if you want it) mp3
::: alright, so i wouldn't let it lie :-) the k foundation are a later incarnation of the klf, also known as the timelords, furthermore known as the jamms (the justified ancients of mu mu), erstwhile known as 2K etc etc (i could go on for days). the klf was but one part of the long drummond & cauty saga which hit maximum visibility in 1994 when they took £1,000,000 (some, but not all, of the profits from the klf years), went to a boatshed on the isle of jura in scotland, and burned the lot. you can read the full history of bill and jimmy here (and i recommend that you do) and there's some amazing archive resources here too, all relating to their post-klf life. one such activity was the above - extremely hard-to-find and never released - recording, the only 'music' the k foundation ever made. the reason it's so hard to find was that they only ever planned to release it when world peace was achieved... more info on the release here.

and let's take a brief moment to remember the 1992 brit awards story:

"The KLF won the best British group trophy at the Annual BRIT Awards. Invited to appear, they performed '3 A.M. Eternal' as a thrash metal version with hardcore band Extreme Noise Terror. They opened the show at London's Hammersmith Odeon and, denied being able to throw buckets of blood over the audience, settled for hailing them with blank bullets from a machine gun. At the close it was announced that, "Ladies and gentlemen, The KLF have now left the music business." At the post awards party at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, a freshly slaughtered sheep is left on the doorstep with a note attached: "I died for ewe. Bon appetit.""

still on this subject (i'll get it out my system eventually), i dug out an article published in a magazine that myself and old mucker alan benzie published in the 90s called thee data base. our mate john dower interviewed bill & jimmy shortly after the burning of the cash on a glasgow student radio station. click here for this rare little insight into the minds of drummond and cauty.

and that my friends brings us to the end of the history lesson. honestly. i swear, that's it. whatever will be, will be.

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290404 09:49

ERIK LEVANDER
bermond (bauri remix) mp3
::: very hard to find any info on this guy, other than he's swedish :-) this is taken from the excellent mp3 label racewillbegin.com and is the 'b-side' to a released from another swedish electronica artist bauri. it's a beautiful offering of folktronica / post-rock. echoing acoustic loops and a hint of far-off vocals are underlaid with a soft, crunchy rhythm track that is barely there, coming together for six minutes of music that (if you allow it) will transport you somewhere quite magnificent. more from this source to follow!

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290404 00:11

just reading back on all that klf shit - i really do come across like a real freak... overly obsessive, losing-my-mind-over-something-smalltime, stalker crazyboy. i think i need to relax. honestly, i'm quite chilled when you get to know me...

so many thanks to matt for sending me the tron costume link, it's absolute genius. if you don't have a lot of time on your hands, just scroll to the bottom of the page - but make sure you catch the side view too! congratulations to mr jay maynard and his wonderful costume - raised a few much needed smiles in the house of zero-g :-)

found a stack of great new online music tonight, so u can look forward to some tasty linx over the next few days. you can bet your rosy ass-cheek on it. and as a miniature night-cap, check out THE BEATHUNTERS angie's night mp3 - not so much a mash-up as a smooth-down [???] blending samples from angie stone, bjork and nightmares on wax. soulful sleepy time shit. go tell yr mamma.

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280404 08:28

AUTOMATO
walk into the light mp3
::: automato are a six-piece white hip-hop group from new york who were fortunate enough to have their debut album produced by the dfa. instantly, for all the dedicated hipsters in the world, this make them newsworthy - but look past the hype for a refreshing take on hip-hop, taking the genre way past sample-based territory, and into an interesing new space. the label, dim mak, describes it as being suitable for fans of "Cannibal Ox, Aesop Rock, Nas, Ghostface Killa" - so now you know. today's mp3 - 'walk into the light' - features on the album and was released as a single in decemeber 2003.

no matter how bored you think you are, you're never bored enough for biddy cam - this web cam "watches a couple of bungalows somewhere in the UK, occupied by old people. you know what old people are like .. when it snows, they clear the path .. on pension day, they go to the post office .. in summer, they might even stand outside!". if you can't stand the tedium, check out the march highlights... (cheers to lee for the link)

thanks also to iain for this exceptional link on the use of the umlaut in rock - e.g. motorhead, motley crue, blue oyster cult (who had the cheek to put an umlaut above the 'o' - blue oooster cult?)

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280404 08:08

ok, one last piece on the klf ... this morning, the tour producer (eric floyd) issued a statement [read it here] clarifying his position :::

"As producer of the currently touring Sweatfest World Tour 2004 featuring C&C MUSIC FACTORY & SNAP!, it has been brought to my immediate attention by a myriad of strategically released, inflammatory letters & personal statements from longtime copyright/publishing pirate, but producer extraordinaire nevertheless, my respected colleague & ("WTIL") video co-star, Bill Drummond (CO-founder of The KLF), that he does NOT support this tour and (further) charges that The KLF portion of it is a fraud because neither he nor fellow (KLF) CO-producer, Jim Cauty are a part of it. I respectfully issue this statement with urgency to both further insure and assure you (my peers, the press & public alike) that (indeed) neither of the aforementioned production wizards will be present when this sizzling hot show touches down on your shores. And for the record, neither will the legendary producers of SNAP! (Michael Munzing and Luca Anzilotti) or C&C MUSIC FACTORY (Robert Clivilles & the late, great David Cole... may God rest his soulful soul) be there with us either. And why should they be? This is NOT a Pop/Techno Producers symposium, my friends... this is 'SWEATFEST', and don't you dare underestimate the name!"

my friends, it seems we CAN make a difference after all! :-)

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270404 17:55

!!! (chk chk chk)
there's no fucking rules, dude mp3
::: and now back to the music ... another update from epitonic, and if u haven't checked out this site yet, get to it. it's one of the premiere sources for legal mp3s online, if u like non-commercial music that is. recent updates include luomo (aka vladislav delay), pretty girls make graves, the fever, matmos, martin rev (from suicide) and heaps more. all alt.styles (well, most alt.styles...) catered for... and i also found this little gem lurking on there. !!!'s new album 'louden up now' will be released on warp very soon and features more of their trademark dancefloor-friendly post-punk - and much less self-conscious than anything that bears the dfa stamp. the above mp3 is taken from their self-titled debut album, released through gsl and is a nine minute, laid-back, angular groove with multiple layered vocal. simple and very freakin' effective. while you're at it, check out their alter ago, outhud, also on epitonic.

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270404 17:22

if you're following the klf thread that began with my post on 230404, then you might be interested to hear that wanda and i seem to have patched things up :-)

in response to my post on 250404, wanda sent me this email - which includes the following info:

"You should know that even when I've gone out as WANDA DEE of THE KLF (which I have the written/contractual blessing from Bill & Jimmy to do)... 'The Voice Of The KLF'... WANDA DEE & THE KLF EXPERIENCE, etc. it would be various unscrupulous promoters who would want to shorten the name and capitalize on the marquee value of simply listing "THE KLF", much to my chagrin. This even happens to Freedom Williams of C&C MUSIC FACTORY all the time until this day, because he and I have discussed this often. What can we do? We win some... we lose some. After all, the only thing far more deadlier and predictable than Mother Nature, is Human Nature. Once shows are booked, I can do but so much to make promoters (especially in this 'Business' of 'Show') act any more HONORABLE, than I could get Bill & Jimmy to do from the outset."

and she goes on to say: "I NEVER ONCE SAID I TOOK MYSELF ON THE ROAD "AS THE KLF". That is a lie, as the names that were used (and sanctioned by Bill & Jimmy) are listed above."

wanda and i have since privately emailed each other and appear to have cleared the air. it would seem that wanda's postition is honourable, and that in this instance the promoters are to blame for false advertising. let's be clear once more - the sydney gig features wanda, former KLF vocalist, performing KLF tracks. and despite a promoters billing which reads "one of the world's most controversial dance acts, the money burning, crop circle cutting KLF hit Australian shores ready to create a frenzy", the show does not feature the klf founders, bill drummond and jimmy cauty - who, as i'm led to believe, have not given consent for this show to be billed as "the klf".

no more needs to be said, right? just spread the word :-)

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250404 17:22

this is the new shit ::: new fat planet playlist now online. download some of today's music below - remember kids, all music featured on zerogweb.net comes from legitimate & legal sources :-)

JAB MICA OCH EL caca biohjelm [DENMARK] mp3
cut-up alt.folk string together with some distorted breaks - for lovers of four tet, look no further

MILS & PURPLE CONFUSION shadow of a doubt [FRANCE] download page
lush electronica sonic youth cover from the gooom record label

KLEIN & MBO dirty talk (a touch of class re-edit) [ITALY] mp3
italian electro remixed by the people who brought u the scissor sisters

THE ELECTROLUVS he's a nitemare [SCOTLAND] mp3
girl / boy alt.pop duo from the home country

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250404 11:41

radiohead at the entertainment centre last night, once again surpassing expectations. too many highlights to mention, needless to say they managed to convey both intensity and intimacy to a venue filled with 1,000s of people. nice to be able to hear the proverbial pin drop in a space that large (especially during 'spinning plates'...)

woke up this morning and to my delight and surprise, i find i have received 14 emails from wanna dee - see the post from 23rd re: the klf. she begins "please understand that an e-mail cannot convey a person's "tone", so please know that mine is without shade, malice or ill will of any kind towards you, although you've reported and/or read erroneous and inaccurate information about me onto the world wide web through your or various sites." you can read the full text of her email here, but here's the gist:

(1) she points out she's not a session singer, but a 'platinum selling artist' in her own right. fair play.

(2) bill & jimmy sampled her vocal without permission and, after much legal harassment, bill & jimmy agreed to give her dues, feature her on the videos, give her credits etc. all well and good.

(3) she then states that bill & jimmy's refusal to play the pop game was the reason that she took herself on the road as the klf. they weren't prepared to tour, to promote, to be "the new beatles" as apparently their US record company wanted them to be (yeah, i laughed too...), so she went on the road and did it herself (without their consent).

(4) here's where things go a little pear-shaped - she writes "THE KLF are the name of the producers... but the producers do NOT rap, sing, dance or perform in any way. So when this music must be brought to the masses, it is up to artists like me ... to bring the party to the people".

therein lies the rub, THE KLF are the name of the producers. and what do the producers do? well in this instance, the producers had been making klf records for years before wanda showed up, who created the mythology and identity of the project, who master-minded all the music, who pulled everyone together to make it happen, who created the sloganeering, the artwork, the visuals ... and lest we forget, the producers who had two massive hits (their biggest selling, i believe) with 3am eternal (featuring vocalists maxine harvey and p.p.arnold) and justified and ancient (with vocalist tammy wynette - RIP) - neither of which featured wanna. whose hit 'what time is love' featured one line from wanna dee - "i wanna see you sweat'" (pls correct me if i'm wrong...).

so why is wanna advertising herself at the klf? it's akin to charlie watts getting off his drum stool and going on the road as the rolling stones. or ringo starr advertising himself as the beatles. or colin from radiohead touring solo under the radiohead name.

wanna - you've had a hard deal, that's for sure. bill & jimmy's mission was to play the music industry, expose its flaws and take the piss. and unfortunately, you got caught up in an multi-million dollar selling art-prank that refused to conform to standard promotional operations of the music biz. i can see how this might suck, and how you might not get the payback that would ordinarily be due from such a success, but do us all a favour - go on the road as 'wanna dee from the klf', or somesuch other name.

you state in your email that you were angered by the fact that your name vanished from the klf credits - that you didn't get the respect you deserve - which makes it doubly strange that you should intentionally remove your name from the billing this time around. if you are as big as artist as we now suspect you might be, then you should have nothing to fear from exposing yourself in this way. bill & jimmy might have originally 'stolen' your talent, but returning the favour in this way - by passing yourself as the klf - is a little too distasteful even for kopyright liberators the world over.

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240404 10:02

TORTOISE
it's all around you mp3
seneca mp3
::: last week i had the good fortune to interview dan bitney from tortoise which you can hear on tomorrow's fat planet (sunday 25th at 3pm) on fbi 94.5fm (sydney only). if i've got the time, i might well post a transcript at some point soon. tortoise, along with bands such as stereolab, were amongst the early pioneers of post-rock - removing standard rock conventions from guitar-driven music, and replacing them with a more freeform approach, closer perhaps to jazz or even (shock!) the prog-rock of the 70s (without the hystrionics). their new album 'it's all around you' is more accessible than previous offerings, and the prominence of the bass even gives it an unexpected deep groove in places. the above mp3 is a slightly different version to that on the album, extended by about 90 seconds. the second mp2 is the first two minutes from their previous album, standards, which was released through warp in the uk.

'it was 25 years ago today...' - the clash's london calling was an album that passed me by as a youth - i was too busy doin' it like a robot to my gary numan albums. however, i'm led to believe that it's a seminal work, and to celebrate it's quarter century, get your bootleg on and culture deluxe have masterminded a 'london calling' bootleg project, featuring 25 radical re-interpretations / mashups of the album. download it here ::: there's a suggested charitable donation to (the late) joe strummer's 'rebel woods' - a 'future forests' project in scotland.

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230404 08:30

who'd have thought that the klf would fall victim to history revisionism? i've just seen an ad for a gig in sydney advertising a live apperance by the klf. my first thought, how could bill + jimmy be quite so dumb as to get on board with a 90s revival tour? sure, they have a habit of turning the industry on its head, but this might be a step too far? having seen them both at the barbican in recent years, their respective careers seemed to have progressed far beyond the transcentral days ...

but after some googlism, here's the truth ... the tour features wanna dee, who as vocalist and co-lyricist on some of their tunes, has claimed the klf mantle. apparently she also tours as "Wanda Dee & the New KLF" and "Wanda Dee & the KLF Experience". on another site, the writer claims that the klf had only "moderate underground success" until wanna came along and rescued them... stop this madness!

let's be clear.

(1) the klf were bill drummond and jimmy cauty - two of the cleverest and funniest men in the history of the music industry. read 'the manual'. read 'the k foundation burn a million quid. read '45' by bill drummond.

(2) wanna dee is a session singer.

check this out from klf.de: "bill and jimi have nothing whatsoever to do with these "concerts" and would like very much to see them stopped, but it's difficult to pursue legal action against her unless she performs in the UK."

for a promoter to advertise a sydney gig as "the klf" is insane and , mark my words, i'll be shouting a great deal about this over the next couple of weeks :-)

ok, off the freakin' soapbox and back to happy times ... la la la

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220404 18:35

FOUR TET
my angel rocks back and forth (icarus remix) mp3
::: those kind folk at domino have done it again, giving away more four tet remix activity - this time from the new e.p. (i wish they'd warn us in future, i'd just forked out $20 for it 48 hours before hand...). this gives true meaning to the remix form, taking the musicbox theme from the lush original and threading it out, ticking away for a few minutes before breaking into some chopped, broken beats. the overlain japanese news report (i'm guessing now...) builds the urgency before it all falls apart once more towards the end. as you might have ascertained, it's a beautiful trip :-)

thanks to phil who emailed re: yesterday's 00100 post - he writes "i believe the band's name isn't a binary number at all. i had a friend tell me it's actually said ooh ooh ee ooh ooh" ... so now we know!

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210404 08:09

00100
ene soda mp3
::: 00100 (which i assume is binary for 'four', but could be a very misguided li'l foo') is a parallel project for boredoms member, yoshimi. they've been around since 1996, have opened for sonic youth and have just released their fourth album 'kila kila kila'. yoshimi (in case yr wondering) is the same yoshimi made famous by the flaming lips, although i don't think she's actually battled any pink robots in real life. 'ene soda' comprises exclusively of bells, running water, an odd snatch of power guitar, and is rounded off with what sounds like some traditional japanese vocal (but can't be sure). beat-heads + the fait-hearted should steer clear.

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190404 21:07

MILS & PURPLE CONFUSION
shadow of a doubt download page
::: this is an incredible electronica cover of a sonic youth track, available as a free download from the gooom record label. there's not much more that needs to be said -- electronica + sonic youth -- it's got to be amazing :-) i've only just discovered this label through playing M83 on fat planet. great stuff and beautiful home page too :-)

SONIC YOUTH
touch me i'm sick mp3
::: and for the diehards who don't approve of such cover versions... (other than the fact that you need to get out of the fucking door a little more often) - here's one of my favourite sonic youth recordings and it's not even one of their own, it's a cover of the mudhoney classic. the yoof's web site has heaps of classic mp3s available for free download, so go do yr history lesson. talking of mudhoney covers, i've just remembered matt dillon in the hollywood grunge move 'singles'... the movie sucked of course, but there's some kitch value in seeing dillon fronting a band called 'citizen dick', covering the same song, but - natch - it was 'touch me, i'm dick'... hollywood ALSO needs to get out more, am i right!? eddie veder was in the movie with him i believe ... ok, i'll stop now.

other shit ::: rob has updated suethe80s.com with some pics from the exhibition opening, plus there's some great stuff from holland too from their own anti-80s campaign - 'jaren 80? nee bedank!' +++ goldfrapp luverrrs should check out goldfrapp.co.uk as we've uploaded some streams from the new single.


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190404 08:35

yesterday's fat planet playlist is now live. check out some of the tunes by downloading them below.

CINELUX hollis [FRANCE] mp3
broken piano, distorted breaks, some off-kilter horns, feedback guitars, dissonant keyboard rift - all very good stuff >> site

SOULWAX this is the excuse [ENGLAND] mp3
new single from former mash-up junkie. this is an original piece of work from his new album and is a collaboration with the lcd soundsystem - whose signature sound appears to be all over this. from boomselection.info.

THINK TWICE under the bombs [FRANCE] mp3
awesome semi-spoken word vs punk funk track, from their new e.p. on f communications, due out next month.

thanks to lisa for sending this link from the guardian on the uk's first openly gay rapper, q-boy. a wonderfully open-minded quote from cypress hill is included, when asked about US homosexual rapper, caushun. "yeah, i heard russell simmons's wife signed a fag. i ain't got no problem with that shit. so long as you're not overtly gay and trying to push it on me." -- nice.

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170404 18:52

GIRL TALK
touch 2 feel mp3
::: this is a dirty, glitich-ridden take on the tried and tested mash-up formula, taken from girl talk's album 'unstoppable'. somewhere in there you'll find the amps (aka kim deal from the pixies), sean paul, human league and plenty of other stuff i don't recognise. more inventive than yr standard track + track = new track, girl talk is a guy from pittsburgh by the name of greg gillis who used to be in band called the joysticks. his australian record label, dsico's spasticated records, sez - "with more pop cutz than soulwax, gregg goes through top 40 classics like you go through underwear'. so now you know.

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150404 09:14

BLOCKHEAD
bullfight in ireland mp3
::: went to see rjd2 and kid koala last night, both cranking out the tunes across four turntables. while this was impressive in itself, it was made all the more insane by the fact that kid koala did it all without the aid of headphones. that impresses me, don't know about you :-) so, in a hunt for legitimate kid koala or rjd2 mp3s this morning (fruitless search), i discovered that ninja tune have very kindly given us another track from the excellent 'music by cavelight' album from blockhead. although this track is on the vinyl release, it doesn't seem to appear on all versions of the cd release - so thanks to ninja for putting that li'l hiccup right.

worrrrrrd - the beastie boys have announced that their new album 'to the 5 boroughs' will be released in june. produced entirely by the bb themselves, it's described as a "homage to the city that brought Mike D, Adrock and MCA together". a single 'ch-check it out' drops in may, with a video featuring deforest kelley, aka bones from star trek. it's hip-hop jim, but not as we know it ...

viral hoaxers are dumb [part one] - received in my in box this morning ::: "Hello dear client Barclays Bank. Today our system of safety at night has been cracked!!! It not a joke!!! It is the truth!!! We ask you, in order to prevent problems, to repeat registration of your data. Make it very quickly!"

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140404 08:45

DALEK
classical homicide mp3
speak volumes mp3
swollen tongue bums mp3
::: i've been meaning to post some dalek for a while, but i've been holding off as their 'deadverse' site (with more downloadbale audio) has been down for over a week. it's still dead, but here's a few full-length samples of their work. i first came across dalek on a recent wire magazine sampler, a track taken from their collaboration with krautrock pioneers faust. dalek - an MC from new jersey - produces dirty, epic hip-hop - grand sweeping strings married with loud, filthy beats. the matador label describes the sounds as a mix of "public enemy, beach boys (a la pet sounds), eric b and rakim, gang starr and my bloody valentine" - which all seems good to me... if you can find it, check out dalek's outstanding 'deadverse' remix of enon's 'in this city'.

went to see eternal sunshine of the spotless mind on monday. script by kaufman (being john malkovich, adaptation) and directed by michel gondry (video director - bjork, white stripes etc). i'm sure it's a movie that's basically going to polarise people between 'genius' and 'confusing mess'. i fall into the former camp - a beautiful, funny and often brutal movie - best of 2004 thus far.

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130404 21:25

LOPAZZ
musik ist personlich mp3
::: i recently read that these guys had signed to trevor jackson's output label (home to the rapture, lcd soundsystem, playgroup, black strobe and other licenced products) and, after a short hunt, i dug up what appear to be some older mp3s from their official site. this track is downtempo funk with some low-key euro-freestyle dropped over the top. it's a little laconic, however there's enough to sustain some interest in what they might do with their output releases.

just got word that goldfrapp are set to re-release 'strict machine' on 10th may featuring new mixes from benny benassi, victor calderone and the frapp themselves. we'll be uploading streams of the new mixes to goldfrapp.co.uk in the next few days. [why are we talking about goldfrapp? click here]

some new fbi related blogs - dirty rock'n'roll crew let's all turn on are blogging here, whilst young upstart levins has dropped a new blog and a new zine in the same week. busy f**ker.

sydney-based polish photographer, matt torbis, took some great shots of the fbi live gig last week - and, as if by magic, he also took some pics of my good self on the dex :-) check it >>>



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110404 17:53

SCISSOR SISTERS
comfortably numb (a touch of class dub remix) mp3
comfortably numb (tiga remix) mp3
::: i was a little slack on the mp3 front this week, so here's a little treat, thanks to those extremely kind people over at a touch of class. if u don't know this track already, u must have been under a rock for the last two months. avoid the commercially available fatboy slim remix and check these two tougher versions. pink floyd never sounded so good :-)

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110404 17:30

another show in the proverbial can - this week's fat planet playlist is now live.

download some of this week's tunes :::

FENNESZ the future will be different [AUSTRIA] mp3
THE FOX ride on (a touch of class disco dub) [SWITZERLAND] mp3
ROBERT LIPPOCK i can tell [GERMANY] mp3
WEEVIL too long sleeping [ENGLAND] mp3

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100404 12:31

played a li'l hip-hop set as part of the fbi live gig at manning bar in sydney on thursday. props to the herd, butterfingers, ends & means and sydney uni for supporting the cause. falling out of the box were:

T.RAUMSCHMIERE rabaukendisko (the bug’s dancehall rmx)
COLDCUT more beats & pieces (daddy rips it up mix)
UP, BUSTLE & OUT ninja’s principality
RIOW ARIA gift
DJ SHADOW shadow of a u.f.o.
WILEY wot do you call it? (dub)
DJ FOOD ninja walk
BOO-YAA T.R.I.B.E. psyko funk (coldcut drum mix)
DR. OCTAGON tricknology 101 (instrumental)
DILATED PEOPLES this way (instrumental)

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080404 09:02

ROBERT LIPPOCK
i can tell mp3
::: when piling through the stacks of albums and mp3s for 'fat planet', it's always a freakin' relief to find something that stands heads and shoulders above everything else. 'top shelf' they call it (however the hell 'they' are...). one such album this week was robert lippock's 'falling into komeit' on monika. it's an interesting take on the remix album genre - instead of employing the usual team of remixers, german duo komeit have given over their album 'falling into place' to one person, to rococo rot member, lippock and he's reworked the album into a stunning piece of folktronica. the above mp3 features the vocals of komeit's julia kliemann.

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060404 08:14

ADEM
statued mp3
::: adem is one piece of the fridge puzzle, the trio that also includes keiran hebden aka four tet [fridge mp3 links due soon]. adem ilhan is the bass player for fridge, but with his new solo album 'homesongs', he's delivered a salvo comprised largely of stripped-back, acoustic songs, albeit with an occasional organic sample flourish. the above mp3 was released as a 7" last year and is featured on the album, released through domino.

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050404 15:46

cursed by flu once again ... back onto the vitamin c and the dvd directors commentaries ... yesterday's 'fat planet' playlist is now online. we're now leaner and cleaner, clocking up a tidy two hours per week from 3pm - 5pm.

download some tunes played on last night's show :::

BRONZE AGE FOX show me something more [ENGLAND] bronzeagefox.com for zipped mp3
ERLON CHAVEZ cosa nostra (raw deal remix) [BRAZIL] mp3
DALEK classical homicide [US / NEW JERSEY] mp3
DRM phase two [ITALY] mp3
LE ZERO for a day [SWITZERLAND] mp3
TAKAKO MINEKAWA maxi on! [JAPAN] mp3

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020404 07:31

GONZALES
lovertits mp3
::: only being familiar with peaches' version from 'the teaches of peaches', this re-recording from gonzales was something of a surprise. he recently re-worked his back catalogue for the album 'z' and this is a good flavour of what to expect. i prefer peaches' more basic and more visceral approach, but you can't get enough of someone singing 'lovertites', whatever the flavour :-)

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010404 08:42

ASCOLTARE
calico jane mp3
::: from the newly released album 'visceral vendor' on tripel records, this is a great piece - electronica in flavour, although achieving a broader spectrum through piano, feedback washes and organic samples. if you're looking for some relief from formulaic IDM, this is a good destination. ascoltare, aka dave henderson, was formerly with a post-rock band called gwei-lo - more info on the bella union site. ascoltare has also just released a series of mixes of kool keith's 'drugs' on dubbel (tripel's subsiduary), making use of the CD-R format for smaller run quantities. more ascolatre mp3s on tripel's site.

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