Absentia in travel.
For any of you still relying on the XML feed, you're markedly patient. You may have to remain that way for a while sadly.
One drag about the recent show swap was that my show lost its fill-in, which I realized too late to react accordingly to scamper back to the station, though I was ill at the time. So, there's a lost week somewhere. Whilst I was travelling, I did have Henry take over the reins, though no podcast was generated at the time. The playlist he did looked tight, so if anyone's curious, I can share it.
rfg #76 - Hangikjöt, rúgbrauð & skyr...ljúffengur! [83.4 Mb]
A tribute to the country of Iceland, which I recently visited, though primarily Reykjavík with a sidetrip out to Þingvellir. I need to sort out photos from that trip, but the focus from my jetlagged soul is on the dreamy sounds, including Björk's soundtrack work for Dancer in the Dark and Drawing Restraint 9.
Apparat Organ Quartet: Romantika (Apparat Organ Quartet, 2005) 12 Tónar
Jónsi & Alex: Boy 1904 (Riceboy Sleeps, 2009) Parlophone/EMI
Sigur Rós: Ba Ba (Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do EP, 2004) Geffen/Fat Cat
Worm is Green: The Robot Has Got the Blues (Automagic, 2003) Thule Musik/Arena Rock Recording Co.
Múm: Don't Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed (Finally We Are No One, 2002) Fat Cat
Stórsveit Nix Noltes: Cetvorno Horo (Royal Family Divorce, 2009) Fat Cat/Utgafa
Retro Stefson: Papa Paulo III (Montaña, 2008) Kimi
Emilíana Torrini: Gun (Me and Armini, 2008) Rough Trade
Amiina: Skakka (Aminamina, 2004) Smekkleysa
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Melodia iv (Fordlandia, 2008) 4AD
Evil Madness: Numeri Fortunati (Demoni Paradiso, 2008) 12 Tónar
Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar: Gling-Gló (Gling-Gló, 1990) Smekkleysa
Björk: Ambergris March (Drawing Restraint 9, 2005) One Little Indian
Björk: Bath (Drawing Restraint 9, 2005) One Little Indian
Björk: Vessel Shimenawa (Drawing Restraint 9, 2005) One Little Indian
Björk: Overture to Dancer in the Dark (Selmasongs, 2000) One Little Indian
Björk: In the Musicals (Selmasongs, 2000) One Little Indian
Björk & Thom Yorke: I've Seen It All (Selmasongs, 2000) One Little Indian
rfg #77 - Beethoven's Sixth? O sweet blasphemy [83.3 Mb]
In tribute to the recent passing of John Hughes, the main soundtrack profile is on Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which never had an official soundtrack release. Other new wave bits appear from National Lampoon's Vacation (which he didn't direct but wrote the screenplay based on his earlier piece Vacation 58), Pretty in Pink, She's Having a Baby and Sixteen Candles. And if you haven't seen this already, here's a remembrance from John Hughes' young pen pal.
Kamal Ahmed & Noor Jehan: I Am Very Sorry (The Sound of Wonder!, 2009) B Music
Daft Punk: Theme from Tron Legacy (2009) unreleased
The Emperor Machine: Dave Gent (Space Beyond the Egg, 2009) DC Recordings
Madrid: Reply [To Everyone] (Original Message, 2009) YYZ
Bogdan Raczynski: Are Igai Imi Ga Nai (Samurai Math Beats, 1999) Rephlex
Crossover: Apples on a Stick (Cryptic and Dire Sallow Faced Hoods Blast Off into Oblivion, 2005) International Deejay Gigolo
Radiohead: These Are My Twisted Words (online, 2009) self-released
Peter Bjorn and John: Amsterdam (Writer's Block, 2006) Wichita
Tortoise: The Fall of Seven Diamonds plus One (Beacons of Ancestorship, 2009) Thrill Jockey
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions: Blanchard (Blanchard single, 2009) Nettwerk
Lindsey Buckingham: Holiday Road (National Lampoon's Vacation OST, 1983) Warner Brothers
The Psychedelic Furs: Pretty in Pink (Talk Talk Talk, 1981) CBS
Kate Bush: This Woman's Work (The Sensual World, 1989) Columbia
Thompson Twins: If You Were Here (Sidekicks, 1983) Arista
Yello: Oh Yeah (Oh Yeah 12", 1985) Mercury
Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Love Missile F1-11 (Flaunt It, 1986) EMI
The Flowerpot Men: Beat City (The Janice Long Session, 1987) Strange Fruit
The Dream Academy: Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want [instrumental] (Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want single, 1986) Blanco y Negro
The (English) Beat: Rotating Head (Special Beat Service, 1982) Go Feet/IRS
Quincy Jones: The Dude (The Dude, 1981) A&M
Episodes 72 and 73, toasting Manitoba and Peter Gabriel.
Three regular episodes, with Willie Hutch, The Limits of Control and David Holmes winning, placing and showing.
Two Rainbow Groove fill-ins, so shake your moneymakers.
Episodes 67 and 68, Crank: High Voltage and Franco Godi's Italian commerical work, amongst other mayhem.
Episode 66 and a fill-in for I Like the Scribbles, half Japanese.
Episodes 64 and 65 tackled a lot of things, from space and techno to funk and Italian soundtracks.
Fill-ins for the month of April.
Episodes 60-63 for the month of April.
Episode 59 had the soundtrack to Ghost in the Shell.
Episode 58: hip hop along with the soundtrack to the film Car Wash.
Episode 57: French disco with Daft Punk and the Irréversible soundtrack.
Episode 56: International Women's Day with Delia Derbyshire and Wendy Carlos.
Episode 55 dealt with The Dark Knight and other post-Oscar mayhem.
Episode 54 covered Defiance.
Episode 53 had The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Episodes 51 and 52 live here.
We have the rest of January 2009's shows along with the archives of 2008's episodes with better written rundown of episodes.
