The song I woke up with

“Careless Love” by Bonnie ‘Prince’...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:59:38 +0000

“Careless Love” by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

Props to that beard.

“Run Christian Run” by Super Furry Animals It’s been a...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:08:00 +0000

“Run Christian Run” by Super Furry Animals

It’s been a febrile week of sleep, and this fees like a fitting end.

Posted by Matt Poacher

“Batwings (A Liminal Hymn)” by Coil I don’t...

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:43:58 +0100

“Batwings (A Liminal Hymn)” by Coil

I don’t know Coil. Barely. Missed out. Miss on so many things. Did especially those years they were active. But someone sent this to me a few days ago, thinking I’d like it. And she was right. I listened to it three times in this early black damp morning. “To keep the darkness sealed within.” That invention of language that evolves in the last three minutes could break me. History and hope and hopebreak and heartfullness. I’ll catch up.

Posted by Hallock Hill.

“Golden Streams” by The Hidden Cameras I must say...

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:02:54 +0100

“Golden Streams” by The Hidden Cameras

I must say it’s been ages since I woke assailed by a hymn to being pissed on. Starts the day with a nice warm glow, I must say.

Posted by Poacher.

“For Pete’s Sake” by Pete Rock & CL...

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:46:00 +0100

“For Pete’s Sake” by Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Woke up with a ringing in my ears. I’ve been listening to a lot of Rhodes-heavy* records lately, but funnily enough not this one. Still ringing.

*It’s a vibraphone, innit. Freddie McCoy. Ignore me. Clearly still asleep (and it’s still ringing).

Posted by Mandrew

“Nothing Compares 2U” by Sinéad O’Connor Ooh...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:48:14 +0100

“Nothing Compares 2U” by Sinéad O’Connor

Ooh gawd.

Posted by Mandrew

‘You Send Me’ by Sam Cooke. Sunday seems to have...

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:33:00 +0100

‘You Send Me’ by Sam Cooke.

Sunday seems to have become Sam Cooke day in my flat, which is no bad thing. I suspect some people have a problem with Sam Cooke, claiming the music he created was generated to appeal primarily to ‘white Americans’, but then you could also argue that he bridged the gap - and with songs like ‘A Change Gonna Come’ and ‘Chain Gang’, you suspect he knew what he was up to. I’ve loved his music since I was 14. Today is one of the first days I haven’t woken up to a song that I heard on the radio, or that was generated by a microchip in a child’s toy.

The one thing about Cooke’s music - for me - is that it is inextricably linked to ‘Inner Space’. Not a terrible film, but not a great one either. It’s a proper honky movie, in fact. By the by.

I love Cooke’s music - particularly his voice, so singular as it was. He was murdered at the age of 33, making me older now than he ever was. Sad times for the soul world. But, regardless of his whether his music was ‘black enough’, it inspired a future generation of black artists.

Posted by @Suborno_

“You Ought To Be With Me” by Al Green Desire, anger,...

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:58:32 +0100

“You Ought To Be With Me” by Al Green

Desire, anger, regret, all caught up in the supposed tenderness of a falsetto.

Posted by whisperingdave

“As” by Stevie Wonder Now there’s a sure-fire...

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:04:00 +0100

“As” by Stevie Wonder

Now there’s a sure-fire sign you’ve woken up in an unusually good mood.

THE ultimate party ending tune too. And - running in tandem with my current re-obsession - features Herbie Hancock on the Rhodes. AND has some of the best bits of Stevie doing his Fozzy Bear voice.

Posted by Mandrew

‘A Minor Place’ by Bonnie ‘Prince’...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:56:49 +0100

‘A Minor Place’ by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

‘singing from my little point/and aching in my every joint’

Posted by Matt Poacher

“Secret Liaison” by Source Direct Twinkling,...

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:47:09 +0100

“Secret Liaison” by Source Direct

Twinkling, sensual, rolling morning meditations. Thanks to @prounit for bringing this one back. Jungle-Drum-and-Bass 94-96 = the pinnacle achievement of Western civilisation.

Posted by Mandrew

“Living In The World Today” by GZA Oversleep broken...

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:16:25 +0100

“Living In The World Today” by GZA

Oversleep broken with horn fanfare. Barely living in the world today. *pours more coffee*

Posted by Mandrew

‘Jockey Full of Bourbon’ by Tom Waits Woke up to a...

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:00:08 +0100

‘Jockey Full of Bourbon’ by Tom Waits

Woke up to a tapping just like the one from 1.22

Posted by Sonny Baker

“Sound murderer (loafin in Brockley mix) by Remarc Dreamy...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 10:30:44 +0100

“Sound murderer (loafin in Brockley mix) by Remarc

Dreamy South East London

Posted by whisperingdave

“School Of The World” - by Nicolette 5:30 AM heat...

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:51:36 +0100

“School Of The World” - by Nicolette

5:30 AM heat wake “I can be as bad as you and then some”

Posted by Mandrew

‘Laughing’ by David Crosby & ‘Occasional...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:06:00 +0100

‘Laughing’ by David Crosby & ‘Occasional Rain’ by Terry Callier

Dream logic connected Jerry Garcia’s crying slide on ‘Laughing’ and the extrahuman trillings of Minnie Ripperton on ‘Occasional Rain’, notes so high I can’t even reach them in my auditory imagination.

Posted by Matt Poacher

“You Don’t Know What Love Is” by 2000F & J...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:18:03 +0100

“You Don’t Know What Love Is” by 2000F & J Kamata

2009 was purple

Posted by whisperingdave

‘Corporeal Jigsory Quandrary’ by Carcass Wandering...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:36:51 +0100

‘Corporeal Jigsory Quandrary’ by Carcass

Wandering through Sainsbury’s in the brightlight aisleways of the packaged meat: soft pink horror pressed against cellophane, sculpted curves of fat on bone. Suspended from the ceiling are the yellowing, skin-blistered cadavers of the next batch, the eyes gone, the mouths rictus-wide around bright red apples. As we claim our moist prizes, weight displacement triggers the suspension mechanism and the bodies descend a little, down into the fine mist of the chilled air. No one stays still for too long. There are superstitious whispers about the supply chain.

A soft voice over the loud speaker system urges us on in supplicatory song. We sing because everyone else does.

Excised and anatomised, deviscerated disarray

The torso diverged with pride

Deftly amputated, evulsed limbs now defunct

The trunk imbrued, tatty stumps used as lugs

For a chondrin puzzle so quaint

Head and body decollate

A heaving mass so quiescent…

Posted by Matt Poacher

“TNT” by Tortoise To be honest, I always thought...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:03:51 +0100

“TNT” by Tortoise

To be honest, I always thought Tortoise’s third album was a bit middling, but I gave it a couple of spins yesterday and definitely enjoyed it a lot more than the true celebration of mediocrity that was Olympic closing ceremony. At least I didn’t wake up to visions of Russell bastard Brand singing “I Am The Walrus”.

Posted by Mandrew

“Your girl smells chung when she wears dior” by Hype...

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 08:57:00 +0100

“Your girl smells chung when she wears dior” by Hype Williams

“What if their tracks only made sense as a series of notes to self, left on a fridge door and held up by magnetic elephants, a shorthand the rest of us only get to read later when it’s become old news?” - Kodwo Eshun