I'll be supplying you with 4 hours of Mach Music Selections at the lovely Big Chill Bar, Dray Walk, Brick Lane, Shoreditch; so if you're in the area, it'll be good to see you (i'll be the pissed one behind the decks....).
Mach V at Back To Mine, 20090522
Firstly: due to "planned maintenance" I won't be able to do my show next week (and maybe for the next two weeks after that, but we'll take them as they come). It's all good - we're replacing the floor in our studio/office - but it does mean that the everything will need to be taken down and packed away while this happens. Secondly, some free music: this weeks show features music by Halogen and Iambic and you can get these EP/LPs for free just by visiting this link to the Maternity Ward Website. And if you want some more (and you will) you can download some more Halogen tracks from here. Dig in. :) Massive thanks to the wonderfully sparkling Mixmaster Morris for those tips and links. Thirdly, I've been booked to VJ at the Big Chill Festival this year! Yay! :) Anyway here's this weeks...
Track listing:
Fridge - Drum Machines and Glockenspiels Iambic - Transitions Yimino - Squeeze Me Halogen - Not The Remix Groove Armada - My Friend Fink - Blueberry Pancakes Florence and the machine - Kiss with a fist The Bird and the Bee - Polite Dance Song D'Nell - This Thing Benga & Coki - Night Fever Ray - Coconut Sounds From The Ground - Elemental Jon Hopkins - Insides Infinite Scale - Liquid Scope Yimino - Ze Ka Fridge - Cutup Piano and Xylophone Fink - Little Blue Mailbox
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Mach V @ Back To Mine, 20090515
Ok, ok, - fair does. The astute amongst you will realised that this blog posting is being made while I should havin' it large to Jeff Mills at The Roundhouse but, hmmm, after a pizza and sitting on a sofa (and well, it was raining) I decided to lunch it. In my defence I did go and see School of Seven Bells yesterday (see pic) and tomorrow night (after a busy stag do for my good friend Dr Em.) I'll down at Concrete on the South Bank, next to the Hayward Gallery for our monthly "Echaskech Presents..." do, featuring Live performances from Yimino and Infinite Scale. And apologies to those using the Soundcloud streaming features, I've exceeeded my monthly upload file limit this month so can't upload this show - hopefully I'll be be allowed back on next week. Anyway, here's Friday's
track listing
Halogen - Length & Brecht (Synaecide Remix) Iambic - Terra Firma Thomas Fehlmann - The road (df tram heat on the road mix) Art of Noise - Moments in Love (Casper Remix) Animal Collective - Lion in a Coma Tinariwen & Tunng - War Djent Tiboudar School of Seven Bells - For Kalaja Mari Halogen - Not The Remix Home Video - That You Might Dallas Guild - Burn (Echaskech Remix) Dan Deacon - Jack & Jill Trentemoller - The Forest Fever Ray - Nows The Only Time I Know Aphex Twin - Delphinium Aphex Twin - Mt Saint Michel mix +St Michaels Mount Hadouken! - Mister Misforture Animal Hospital - A Safe Place
Mach V @ drain.club: 20090513
Thanks to Talim Lilliehook I played at the Second Life Venue "drain.club" on Thursday for the first time and, despite the very easily drinkable Guinness I managed to put quite a nice set together, so I'd thought it would be only fair if I shared it with you. Pictures are with thanks to Lanne Wise and Souum Cortes.
Track listing
John Hopkins : Light Through The Vein (Ewan Pearson remix) Home Video: Superluminal Ten Ton Atom: Neptune The MFA: The Difference It Makes (Super-pitcher remix) School of Seven Bells: Sempiternal/Amaranth Ladytron: Ghosts The Knife: Silent Shout Dan Deacon: Surprise Stefani Noraj Cue: Nightswimming (extended mix) Trentemöller: Moan
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Mach V @ Back To Mine: 20090508
It's been a bit of a quiet week, this week: I've been mostly locked away in a room with 11 of my peers as I do my up standing citizen's duty as a Jury Member for the next couple of weeks. Dom and I did visit Blissfield's recording studio in deep and dark West London to record a podcast to talk about Echaskech's forthcoming appearance at their festival. I'm not too sure when it'll be aired but if I find out, I'll let you know. Here's this week's...
Track listing
Depth Charge - Depth Charge(Han Do Jin) Turbo Trax edit - On and On Portishead - Strangers Isan - Damil 85 Art of Noise - Moments In Love (Casper Remix) Future Sound ofLondon - Cascade II Ten Ton Atom - Neoplastic Mix 1 Kraftwerk - Expo 2000 Manna - Transport of Delight Dan Deacon - Surprise Stefani James Yuill - No Pins Allowed Jon Hopkins - Light Through the Veins (Ewan Pearson Mix) Home Video - SuperLuminal Fever Ray - Dry And Dusty Animal Hospital - And Ever... Tom Lehrer - When you're old and grey
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Mach V @ Back to Mine, May Day Music 20090501
As it was glorious May 1st - a day where socialists and pagans both bond over the beauties of spring - it seemed right to start this show with some revolutionary music and The 180Gs version of Negativeland's 'Christianity is Stupid" seemed a great place to start. Like my own revolutionary tendencies, the theme does peter out rather quickly but I do wish you all a happy International Workers Day. :) A quick note about Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova who I was introduced to the night before though the magical film "Once". The missus and I were quite stumped by the arrival of this in our Love Film selection as neither of us remember putting it on our list and the description of it being "a Modern Musical" didn't really fill us with confindence, but oh my; what a wonderous movie.
The story revolves around an Irish Busker (played by Glen Hansard) and a Cech immigrant (Marketa Irglova) who bond over their mutual love of music and their relationship that springs around it. It's not really a musical but it is a film about music and how synergy plays a huge role in how musicians get together - the first moment when Glen and Marketa play together gave me goosebumps - and its the amazing music and the magic that happens between Glen and Marketa when they perform which is the real star of the show, here. Straight after the movie finished I was on the internet looking for the OST and thanks to emusic we now have The Swell Season, the recording that came out of the back of that LP.
Anyway - go get the movie. It's lovely. :)
Here's the Track Listing:
180 G's - Christianity is Stupid The Who - We Won't Get Fooled Again Thee Hypnotics - Revolution Stoned Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill The Doors - Indian Summer Wisp - Shep Shaep Sheep Arovane - Good bye forever Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly Horse Feathers - Curs in the weeds Bowerbirds - The Marbled Godwit Bon Iver - The Park (Live) Bodof Songs - I can't see a thing in here Origamibiro - Noshi The Accidental - The Closer I Am Fever Ray - I'm Not Done The Beaufort Scale - Boej Kashmet Inceptdate - seasons School of Seven Bells - Wired For Light Transient - Class Transient - downtime Bonobo - Nightlife
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Mach V @ Back To Mine, 20090424
It's funny how these shows pan out sometimes. When I start the show I have very little idea what I'm actually going play for you; sometimes in my head I have some key tracks that have been bugging me all week and I feel I have to audially exorcise them from my head and sometimes there are mixes I want to try out that have been lurking around the back of my brain, but mostly it's pretty random what I'll end up playing. And then sometimes something special happens, like this one - I loved playing this selection :). I had no idea we'd end up in a Coldcut/Chemical Bros/Depth Charge sandwich, but I'm glad we did. Yea sure it clunks a bit between Dave DMX and Jamie Lidell, but I hope you'll forgive me for that. ;) Anyway I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I loved playing it. :)
Tracklisting
Bola - Versivo The Beaufort Scale - George's Vivisection Cumulonimbus - Lush Inceptdate - Profile Transient - You & Me MindScape - Two, Three, Break! Chemical Brothers - Leave Home Coldcut - Beats & Pieces Depth Charge - Bounty Killer Dave DMX - One for the Treble Jamie Lidell - Multiply G Love & Special Sauce - Blues Music Jon Kennedy - Useless Wooden Toys Jon Hopkins - Light Through the veins (Ewan Pearson rmx) Ten Ton Atom - Neptune School of Seven Bells - Sempiturnal/Amaranth Dan Deacon - Of The Mountains
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Sinking Cruise Ship Rescue Drama in "LIVE GIG" Shocker
Yes that's right, everyone's favourite seated band have decided to grace you with an opportunity to once again see them perform their sonic onslaught - this time featuring NEW TUNES (tm), this time at London's preferred venue of eclectic music, The Luminaire. On the same bill are Canada's PLANTS & ANIMALS + Spokes (who apparently sound Canadian, but are from Manchester). As they're traveling such a long way, we've decided to let them play after us (it's only fair). All this for a measly £6.50.
Bargain! http://www.theluminaire.co.uk/live-music/2009/June/984/PLANTS%20&%20ANIMALS
Mach V @ Back To Mine, 20090417
After a horribly wet cycle ride home it was quite a relief to get behind the decks and play you some tunes, so that will probably explain why I don't say alot, this week - either that or I was shattered from last night at the Big Chill Bar where Andy, Dom and I were djing. It doesn't stop either as tonight (saturday) we're off to present Digital City's 4th Birthday Party at Concrete which should be a top night. Anyway, here's the show:
Tracklisting
Inceptdate - Lies at Stake Fever Ray - Triangle Walks Q-Tip - We Fight/The love Transient - Faded Embrace School of Seven Bells - iamundernodisguise Animal Collective - Bluish Dan Deacon - Jack and Jill Jon Hopkins - Light through the vein (David Holmes mix) The MFA - The Difference it makes (Superpitcher rmx) Red Snapper - Bricked (Subway mix) Zinc - Killer Sound Benga - Zero M2 Dj Mujava - Township Funk (Skream Rmx) King Roc - Phidias Gold Home Video - We
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Echaskech DJing at Big Chill Bar, Thursday, 16th April 2009
We're back behind the best decks in London. On Thursday, Dom, Andy and I will be playing the best tunes we know at The Big Chill Bar, Dray Walk, Brick Lane to try an convince you that working on a Friday is a bad idea. ;)
Mach V @ Back To Mine, 10th April, 2009
It's been a great week for Back To Mine. I finished off building the new deck area so we have a new oustide space to play tunes, dance and chill together, and we were also joined by two new resident selectors: Second Life electronica genius and resident alien, from Albany, NY: Transient Zeluco and new to Second Life, from Ontario, Canada: Alexian Jupiter. Both will be enriching the Mine with their music collections and not only that, long time BTM resident and long time Second Life DJing partner of mine, Sagesse Sautereau came back to play some excellent tunes after me on Friday.
WARNING! Before you start to listen to this, please be aware that the first part of this mix features two very long and rather self indulgent King Crimson tracks that might only appeal to some of you! If that might be the case, may I suggest that you fast forward to 19:00 and start listening from there. The rest and noble few of you who like a bit of prog in your lives: more power to you: "Whallay". If you decide to dive headlong in and don't like what you hear, well you've only got yourselves to blame; I did try to warn you... ;)
Tracklisting
King Crimson - Starless & Bible Black King Crimson - Starless Inceptdate - Winter Transient - Ain't no cure for the way you walk Soy un Caballo - Robin Bon Iver - The Park (Live) Animal Hospital - Memory Durutti Column - Messages Mountains - Sheets two Fever Ray - Triangle Walks Dialog AV: Run Silent, Run Deep School of Seven Bells: Sempiturnal/Amaranth Ladytron: Ghosts Squarepusher: Zounds Perspex Prodigy: Outer Space DJ Zinc: Submarines Benga: E Trips La Roux: In for the kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix) Si Begg: Are you the big boy DJ? (Herq rmx) Animal Collective: Daily Routine Penfold Plum: Every Bear
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Mach V @ Back to Mine: 20090403
A slightly shorter show this week, due to some technical difficulties with our router and setting up the stream, and sadly there's a bit of distortion on the recording, which I didn't notice until right of the end of the set - you might want to take some bass off when listening to it. I hope it doesn't distract too much from the recording. The opening track - the new Tunng single from need no water records - has taken me a while to get into but, after seeing them live with Tinariwen last week I'm in love with it. I'll try to remember to play the Soy un Caballo version next week for you. Mucho thanks to Mixmaster Morris for the Animal Hospital track "Memory", off the LP "You Are There" which, along with the Fever Ray eponymous release and the reissue of the School of Seven Bells Album, "Alpinisms" have been making my musical world a far better place, this month.
Track listing
Tunng - Robin Durutti Column - Glimpse Antony & The Johnsons - The Crying Light Planet Boelex & Lisa's Antenna - Fall Fever Ray - Concrete Walks Animal Hospital - Memory Sigur Ros - Svefn - g - Englar Aphex Twin - Xtal Animal Collective - My Girls School of seven bells - Sempiternal/Amaranth The MFA - The Difference it Makes (superpitcher rmx)
Mach V at Home's 1st Birthday, 20090322
To make up for the appauling show that I won't be around for the next two Fridays at Back To Mine, I thought I'd share with you all a set I played at Home, in Second Life. Home is a joint venture between the lovely Altern8 Mcmillian, the charming Humble Pinion (a.k.a The Rezzidents), the glamourous Justine Perenti and the mysterious Mikkel Jackson and, last weekend it celebrated it's first birthday and they invited me to play in their chillout room, and here's what I played (photo by Humble Pinion):
Track Listing
Alan Parsons Project - Fall of the House of Usher (intro) John Hopkins - The Fourth State Telefon Tel Aviv - I Made a Tree on the Wold Biosophere - Cloudwalker II Dialog - In Limbo Chachi Jones - Colors Alucidnation - Ambushed Animal Collective - My Girls James Yuill - This sweet love (Prins Thomas sneaky edit) John Hopkins - Light through the veins Howie B - How to Suckie Sie - Introduction Bola - Amnion DJ Shadow - What does your soul look like Transient - Electronic Data Future Sound of London - My Kingdom Mountains - Map Table The Lemon of Pink - Explanation/S is for Everysing Tunng - Woodcat Animal Collective - Bluish Fever Ray - Triangle Walk School of Seven Bells - Iamundernodisguise Gel-Sol - IZ Penfold Plum - English for Immigrants BTM20100303 by machv
Mach V @ Back To Mine: 13/02/2009
Despite Linden Labs best effort to trying to stop us, the show must go on. :) Massive thanks to those who battled through the Second Life login difficulties to show their beautifully rezzed faces at the Mine and special thanks to those who sneeked in through the back door and listened in. :)
Here's the tracklisting:
Mountains - Choral Planet Boelex - forever and always Animal Collective - Guys Eyes King Roc - Random Chances Freescha - Fanfaire Cumulonimbus - Nanosoft The Accidental - Wolves The Books - The Lemon of Pink Origamibiro - Womb Duvet The Titled Head of Compassion - God In Denim/Endless State of Memory Fujiya & Miyagi - Rook to Queen's pawn six Telefon Tel Aviv - Mostly Translucent Florence & The Machine - Kiss with a Fist The Bird and the Bee - you're a cad Alucidnation - Ambushed King Roc - The Growing Phrase Jon Hopkins - A Drifting Up
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Mach V @ Back To Mine, 06/03/2009 - 15 years of The Big Chill
After lunching out of last weeks show, party because of their birthday celebrations, I thought it was only fair to dedicate this week's show to The Big Chill, who turned 15 years old last week. The tracks selected I either discovered through the Big Chill or now associate with attending various festivals and club nights that they've put on. I've been personally very lucky to work with the Big Chill for the last 8 years and i sincerely hope that they continue to provide me with my musical and social backdrop for another 15. Photo by Kris Burford.
Track Listing Soft - Soft Sounds from the ground - New Day Mach V Booty - Bring The Schnauss Hexstatic - Kids can dance Irresistable Force - It's Tomorrow Already Pilote - Turtle (bonono mix) Sie - Ruben D'Alpha/Ciru Catena Skylab - Seashell Alucidnation - Beautiful House HIA - Elapse Orbital - Semi Attached/Detached Towers Of Dub - The Orb Wagon Christ - Saddic Gladdic Jon Hopkins - Symmetry/100 Echaskech - On My Knees
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Mach V Mix Archive: Mach V & Herby Vor: Songs from The Atrium
Ok... to make up for the dreadfully poor show by me on Friday and not managing to do my show from Back To Mine (trust me - it was better I didn't: after a very very good night with Dom and Dave G, firstly at The Big Chill's 15th birthday and then on to Fabric for the annual Breakspoll awards) here's a release from the mix archive. It was originally released in December 2005 and was a collaboration between myself and the marvellously talented and scrumptious Herby Vor and was lovingly constructed in Cakewalk. Normal service will be resumed next Friday. Photo taken by Miko Coffey at Big Chill Naxos, 2002: The most fun a human can actually have.
Track Listing: 1. Beatles – Because (Apple) 2. Your Revolution – DJ Vadim ft Sarah Jones (Killer Kela mix) (Nijatune) 3. Unforscene ft Alice Russell – Don’t You Worry (Wah Wah 45s) 4. Verna Francis – Never Too Late (ChilliFunk) 5. A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It? (Jive US) 6. Hardkandy – Summer of ’95 (Catskills) 7. The P.T.A. – Frontin’ (Throw Away Records) 8. Jackson 5 – I Want you Back (Z Trip remix) (Motown Remixed) 9. The P.T.A. – Breakin’ (Throw Away Records) / Lyrics Born – Do That There acapella (Quanum Projects) 10. DJ Nu Mark & Pomo - Blendcrafters : Melody Remix ft MF Doom (Genuine) 11. Jon Kennedy – Tell Me How You Feel (Tru Thoughts) 12. Backini – Where R U (Lumenessence) 13. Talc - Modern Sleepover (Wah Wah 45s) 14. Red Astaire - Whatcha Do (G.A.M.M) 15. Seven Samurai - Marvin (G.A.M.M) 16. Faith Evans - Mesmerized (Capitol) 17. Jimmy Screech - Let’s Get Moving (Banana Klan) 18. Fat Freddy’s Drop - Roady - The Nextmen Walnut Mix (Kartel) 19. Lord Finesse vs. Percee P - Rematch (BBP) 20. Mach Vor - Autumn Rematch (White Label) 21. Coldcut - Autumn Leaves (Ninja tune)
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Mach V @ Back To Mine: 20th Feb, 2009
This one's for me. :) I finally reached 42 years old this week and, as you can see in the picture above, found the meaning of life, only for it to escape my grasp and fly away. All I remember is it's got something to do with Hot Dogs, Sunflowers and RS232 ports... .aaaaanyway, here's what I played:
Tracklisting
Mountains - Telescope Horse Feathers - Rude to Rile John Martyn - Over the hill Bodof Songs - I can't see a thing in here The Bowerbirds - The Marbled Godwit Erin Lang - I can't help falling in love with you Fleet Foxes - English House Animal Collective - Bluish Ecce - I could spend a lifetime here Fujiya & Myagi - Goosebumps Red Snapper (kelpe rmx) - Clam The M.Z.A. - The Difference It Makes (superpusher rmx) Telefon Tel Aviv - The BIrds Benga - Someone 20 Animal Collective - My Girls Fujiya & Miyagi - Knickerbocker Glory LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum Over the Atlantic - Fly to the States
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Mach V @ Back To Mine, 13/02/2009: Adieu to Maldor
It was an emotional day. Maldor Mayne, one of the original shining lights behind Back To Mine (and someone who guided me through the early stages of my Second Life existence) , has decided to take a break from Second Life and today was his last day. So, as I state at the beginning of this show, this one's for you, Mal. We're all going to miss you.
Tracklisting
Mountains - Choral Animal Collective - My Girls Telefon Tel Aviv - Helen of Troy Fujiya & Miyagi - 100s & 1000s Squarepusher - Zounds Perspex Benga - Someone 20 Robert Henke - Diagonal Red Snapper - Bricked (Subway rmx) Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes Telefon Tel Aviv - You made a tree for the wold Red Snapper - Clam (remixed by Kelpe) Mountains - Melodica Fleet Foxes - Mykonos The Bird and the Bee - Polite Dance Song Bon Iver - Beach Baby Bodof Songs - Things not done on a Sunday Animal Collective - Daily Routine Bowerbirds - La Denigracion
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Mach V @ Back To Mine, 6th Feb 2009 download
Here's my latest random selection of tunage, as played at Back To Mine, in Shoki, Second Life. I do urge everyone I know to buy the new Telefon Tel Aviv LP "Immolate Yourself" and the Animal Collective's "Merriweather Post Pavillion" as both these releases will enrich your lives. Oh and with much thanks to Dom, I'm now podcasting this so you can stay up to date that way too. Anyway. hope you like the show. :)
Tracklisting
Robert Henke - [_exit] Telefon Tel Aviv - You made a tree for the wold Animal Collective - My Girls Chemical Brothers - Chicos Groove Benga - Someone 20 Luke Vibert - Flyover The Bird and the Bee - Polite Dance Song Telefon Tel Aviv - The Birds Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes Florence and the Machine - Dog Days are over Cornelius - Gum (Prefuse 73 remix) Bon Iver - Babys Bowerbirds - My Oldest Memory Fleet Foxes - Drops in the river Roger O'Donnell - In your hands Hadouken! - What She Did Benga - Night Si Begg - Are you a big boy DJ (Hecq rmx) Distance - Free Me Bon Iver - Woods
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Back To Mine, Second Life 30/01/09 - RIP John Martyn and Charles Cooper
A rather sad week for music, with the deaths of John Martyn and Charles Cooper (Telefon Tel Aviv) being announced, so it seemed only right to feature just some of their excellent contributions to music on this weeks show.
Tracklisting
John Martyn - Solid Air Telefon Tel Aviv - Introducing Nomeclature Slowdive - Rutti The Doors - Indian Summer Bon Iver - Babys John Martyn May you never Fleet Foxes - Son Giant Bower Birds - In our Talons Chachi Jones - Colors Telefon Tel Aviv - What's the point of feet if you haven't got any legs? The Titled Head of Compassion - Endless state of memory DJ Shadow - Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain Q-Tip - It's you Roots Manuva - Well Alright Florence and the Machine - You got the love John Martyn - I don't wanna know
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