Independent Music Podcast

The long-awaited (okay, 12 months) return of Shackleton's Tunes of Negation is a real highlight at the end of this week's show. Before that we have a treasure trove of experimental sounds, from the blistering grindcore of Sulk to the stunning modern classical of Mirry. Also on the show, we have Gazelle Twin and NYX's exquisitely unsettling cover of Paul Giovanni and Magnet's Fire Leap (from The Wicker Man), we have collage art from Negativland, cumbia from Agrupación Changó, Peruvian 8-bit coldwave and a lot more. Tracklisting Negativland - We Can Really Feel Like We’re Here (Seeland Productions) Agrupación Changó - Oroí oroá (Llorona Records, Colombia) Vapour Theories - Breaking Down(The Portals Of Hell) (Fire Records, UK) Sulk - Pee-Wee Gurnman (ft De Mosselman) (self-release, UK) Mirry - Study in B flat Minor (Dinked Edition, UK) Alex Stolze - Horses and Acres (Nonostar Records, Germany) Loosers - Kill Screen (Lovers & Lollypops, Portugal) Varsovia - Hablemos Claramente (Buh Records, Peru) Gazelle Twin & NYX - Fire Leap (NYX Collective Records, UK) Tunes Of Negation - Your Message is Peace (Cosmo Rhythmatic, Germany) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.

As we get towards the end of 2020, the exceptional music just keeps on coming. Looking towards 2021, Phantom Limb have brand new music from Indonesian experimental pioneers Senyawa coming out that we preview this week. Looking even further afield - to 2022 - mclusky have their first LP in nearly 20 years coming out, and we have the first taste of that via Andy Falkous' one-man-band Christian Fitness. We also have delicious music from right now: we have the krautrock-infused sounds of Croydon's The Carbonators, we have Swedish jazz from The End, wonky polyrhythms from Air Max '97, stunning modern classical from David Allred and loads more. Tracklisting Christian Fitness - Stop Feeding the Houseplants (mclusky d/d/demo) (self-release, UK) Mark Dicker - Coarse & Fine Aggregates (Tesla Tapes, UK) The End (Sofia Jernberg, Mats Gustafsson, Kjetil Møster, Anders Hana, Børge Fjordheim) - Allt Är Intet (RareNoise Records, UK) The Carbonators  - Oh Ship (St. Clements Records, UK) Senyawa - Istana (Phantom Limb, UK) Eels - Are We Alright Again (E Works, USA) Air Max '97 - Triple Pendulum (Decisions, UK) Kukaya - Gologolo (the Sleeker) (1000Hz, Poland) David Allred - Poet Tree (Solo Piano) (Erased Tapes, UK) Nakul Krishnamurthy - Anudhatthamudhatthassvaritham (Tokuroko, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.

Bookended by two contrasting releases from Portugal, the podcast takes us from brutal death metal to disco, from drum n bass to Vietnamese ambient techno. Even by our usual standards, this episode is eclectic. Tracklisting Human Vivisection - Salvation (Vomit Your Shirt, Portugal) Krust - Keter the Heavenly (Crosstown Rebels, UK) Jung Buffalo - Oh Darling! (Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective, Vietnam) Ela Minus - Acts of Rebellion (Domino Recording Co, UK) The Patchouli Brothers - Body Party (Star Creature Universal Vibrations, USA) Gwenifer Raymond - Hell for Certain (Tompkins Square, USA) Sabreen - Hurly Burly (Akuphone, France) METAL - Point Vacancies (ESP Institute, UK) Lorenzo Morresi & Tenderlonious - Cosmica Italiana (22a, UK) Ece Canlı -Animancia (Lovers & Lollypops, Portugal) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.

Over 299 episodes, the Independent Music Podcast has featured 3,807 unique independent artists and record labels and has reached nearly one million ears in 131 countries. For our 300th episode, we decided to ask our listeners to vote on their favourite tracks that we played between episodes 201-298. We received more than 400 votes, and have pulled the top 20 for you, split into two separate shows of ten tracks each. In the third podcast, Anthony and Gareth have picked their favourite five each. This is the first part of the listener favourites - unranked. Tracklisting Clipping – Say the Name (Sub Pop, USA) MC Yallah & Debmaster – Kubali (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) Angel Bat Dawid – Black Family (International Anthem, USA) Giant Swan – 55 Year Old Daughter (KECK, UK) Arab Strap – The Turning of Our Bones (Rock Action Records, UK) Gum Takes Tooth – Borrowed Lies (Rocket Recordings, UK) Pye Corner Audio – Hollow Earth (Ghost Box, UK) We Wild Blood – Drinking on Trains (Hot Fools, UK) Acadjmia - A Gate Beyond (New Work City Records, USA) Richard Dawson – Jogging (Weird World Records, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston

Over 299 episodes, the Independent Music Podcast has featured 3,807 unique independent artists and record labels and has reached nearly one million ears in 131 countries. For our 300th episode, we decided to ask our listeners to vote on their favourite tracks that we played between episodes 201-298. We received more than 400 votes, and have pulled the top 20 for you, split into two separate shows of ten tracks each. In this third podcast, Anthony and Gareth have picked their favourite five each. Tracklisting Swordman Kitala, K​-​Lone - Malanga Ja (Blip Discs, UK) Faten Kanaan - Wildflowers (Fire Records, UK) Marie Davidson - Work It (Ninja Tune, UK) Tomaga & Pierre Bastien – Bandiera Di Carta (Other People, USA) Kapote - Delirio Italiano - Dub (Toy Tonics, Germany) USA/Mexico - Matamoros (12XU Records, USA / Riot Season Records, UK) Tecnología Para Ser Libres – Nguillatun (self-release, Chile) Flohio - Way2 (Alpha, UK) AYA - Delishus (YCO, UK) OOIOO – walk for “345” minutes, while saying “Ah Yeah!” with a “Mountain Book” in one hand, until a shower of light pours down (Thrill Jockey Records, USA) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston

Over 299 episodes, the Independent Music Podcast has featured 3,807 unique independent artists and record labels and has reached nearly one million ears in 131 countries. For our 300th episode, we decided to ask our listeners to vote on their favourite tracks that we played between episodes 201-298. We received more than 400 votes, and have pulled the top 20 for you, split into two separate shows of ten tracks each. In the third podcast, Anthony and Gareth have picked their favourite five each. This is the second part of the listener favourites - unranked. Tracklisting Altın Gün – Süpürgesi Yoncadan (Glitterbeat Records, Germany) Hey Colossus – The Mirror (feat. Mark Lanegan) (Wrong Speed, UK) Keeley Forsyth – Debris (The Leaf Label, UK) Duma – Lionsblood (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda) Lina_Raül Refree – Cuidei Que Tinha Morrido (Glitterbeat Records, Germany) Moor Mother – Act 1 – Working Machine (Don Giovanni Records, USA) Clipping – Blood of the Fang (Sub Pop Records, USA) I Know I’m an Alien – Here Come The Customers pt 1 (Crass Lips Records, USA) WaqWaq Kingdom - Doggy Bag (Phantom Limb, UK) Sun Ra Arkestra – Seductive Fantasy (Strut Records, Germany) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston

On this week's pod the mood is a little more downtempo as we explore new releases that cut across musique concrète, spiritual jazz, and drone. It's not all abstract and down though, we also have a fantastic unreleased track from the sadly split Taman Shud, we have a phenomenal club banger from Ziyiz, the latest tropical sounds from Conjunto Papa Upa, Iranian-American experimentation from Maral and loads more. Tracklisting Calum Gunn - Assumption (OOH-Sounds, Italy) Maral - Dashti (Leaving Records, USA) Conjunto Papa Upa - Todo Parao - Parte 2 (Music With Soul, Netherlands) Jahari Massamba Unit - Les Jardins Esméraldins (Pour Caillard) (Madlib Invazion, USA) Taman Shud - Psalmody of Verdure (Baba Yaga’s Hut, UK) Ziyiz - War Nah (Failed Units, UK) Dekalb Works - A Play (Where To Now? Records, UK) Günter Schlienz - Kerberus (Moon Glyph, USA) William Basinski - The Wheel of Fortune (Temporary Residence Ltd, USA) Left Hand Cuts Off The Right - I Can Wait 4 (Oaken Palace Records, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.

A really dark, fascinating start to the podcast, ideal for the time of the year we’re in in the northern hemisphere. First up, we have the scratchy, creepy experimental of Maths Balance Volumes, followed by the doom-laden electronics of The Body. But it's not all darkness on this week's pod, we have phenomenal psych rock from China's Dolphy Kick Bebop, podcast favourite Mdou Moctar and his Tuareg shredding, we have a first play of the excellent new Mary Hampton, Dutch dungeon synth, violin experimental, conscious hip hop and a whole lot more. Tracklisting Maths Balance Volumes - Dark Sky (Penultimate Press, UK) The Body - A Lament (Thrill Jockey Records, USA) Cuban Chamber of Commerce - Goofing Off (Low Income $quad, Croatia) Új Látásmód Fúzió - Legyőzzük az időt (Kaluara Records, Albania) Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin - Mind Right feat. Liv.e (prod. Jay Versace) (Lex Records, UK) Mary Hampton - A Butterfly (Baba Yaga’s Hut, UK) Mytron - Navigator (XXX, Netherlands) Mdou Moctar - Chismiten (Matador Records, USA) Dolphy Kick Bebop - Some Thoughts on Nothingness (WV Sorcerer Productions 巫唱片, France) Jessica Moss - Opened Ending (Constellation Records, Canada) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.

A heavy Melbourne influence on this week’s show, with stunning esoteric electronics from Bridget Chappell, crushing doom from Divide and Dissolve, and dancehall from Monkey Marc. Elsewhere we have psychedelic pop from Jane Weaver, club electronics from Sonia Calico, big-band funk from The Yorkshire Film & Television Orchestra, the latest from The Bug on Hyperdub and a lot more. Tracklisting Jane Weaver – The Revolution Of Super Visions (Fire Records, UK) Bridget Chappell – Freshwater Falls (Heavy Machinery Records, Australia) Divide and Dissolve – We Are Really Worried About You (Invada, UK) Sonia Calico – Mukbang Roller (More Time, UK) C_G – Systemic Failure (Edelfaul Recordings, Germany) Monkey Marc feat. Dre Island – Yaad N Abraad (Digikillaz, Australia / DubShot, USA) The Bug feat. Dis Fig – You (Hyperdub, UK) Emanative & Bex Burch – Disrupt #4 (Shapes of Rhythm, UK) Craven Faults – Doubler Stones (The Leaf Label, UK) The Yorkshire Film & Television Orchestra (Feat. Martin Connor) – Somebody Stole My Thunder (ATA Records, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.

Short(ish) nuggets of exceptional experimental music across this week's podcast - plus a 19-minute opus from Liverpool's Ex-Easter Island Head, who said goodbye to their own studio with this week's spectacular closer. Elsewhere, we have political hiphop from JUU4E - Thailand's answer to D Double E, we have abstract electronics from Korea's Arexibo, there's "'orrible noise" from Medical Negligence, ambient music utilising field recordings from the sea from Niholoxica's pq, the first record from Shopping, Sacred Paws, and Trash Kit guitarist R.AGGS and loads more. Tracklisting JUU4E - Who is Drunk? 酔ってるのは誰？(EM Records, Japan) Cower - Enough (Human Worth, UK) ΠΕΡΑ ΣΤΑ ΟΡΗ -187' LDL (Brokntoys, UK) Om Unit & Seekers International - Krnch (Berceuse Heroique, UK) pq - Debt Bondage (The Outlaw Ocean Music Project) R.AGGS - Welcoming the Waves (self-release, UK) Laura Luna Castillo - Expression Distillation (Whited Sepulchre Records, USA) Medical Negligence - Esoph (Vacant Fulfilment, UK) Arexibo - 교각 Bent (Chinabot, UK) Ex-Easter Island Head - Lodge (self-release, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.

This podcast explores all reaches of musical experimentation, some weeks you might hear disco, other weeks you may hear metal. So when Finnish faves Pharaoh Overload combined the two on their new record for Rocket Recordings, we had to sit up and listen. Thankfully it’s phenomenal. Elsewhere on this show we have pseudo gabba from Maciej Maciągowski, extreme death metal from Indonesia’s Kropos, jazz from Moor Mother, hip hop, modern classical and a lot more Tracklisting Pharaoh Overlord – Without Song All Will Perish (Rocket Recordings, UK) Maciej Maciągowski – GNOMIE (Glamour Label, Poland) Stef Kett – Grimes / Cargill (Bar Marfil Records / Romac Puncture Repairs, UK) Kropos – Social Contraception (Vomit Your Shirt, Portugal) Sam Barton – Presbyterians! (self-release, UK) Keeley Forsyth – Photograph (The Leaf Label, UK) Moor Mother – Act 1 – Working Machine (Don Giovanni Records, USA) UKAEA – Vampire Moth (Hominid Sounds, UK) drwg – I’m Dressed in Ghost Meat (Snapping Like Crab Legs) (Deathbomb Arc, USA) Machineone – Snow Träsk (Flau Recordings, Japan) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston

There are few better ways to stretch your musical legs than the 8-minute delight that is the title track from the debut EP from Kibrom Birhane on the new Flying Carpet Records, and that’s exactly how we kick off this week’s show. We also have experimental excellence from Lucrecia Dalt, and compilation highlights from Ireland’s Autumns and the stunning Kevin Murf cut on the Radio Kapital compilation for the people of Belarus. There’s the sublime HHY & the Macumbas Nyege Nyege project, the latest from Sarathy Korwar, Laura Cannell, Stewart Lee and friends, and lots more. Tracklisting Kibrom Birhane – Circles (Flying Carpet Records, USA) Lucrecia Dalt – Ser Boca (RVNG Intl., USA) Autumns – Doire Jungle (Up North Records, Australia) Paisiel – Unconscious Death Wishes (Rocket Recordings, UK) HHY & The Kampala Unit – Lithium Blast (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda) Sarathy Korwar – Juggernaut (The Leaf Label, UK) Oh Sees – Don’t Blow Your Experiment (Castle Face, USA) Kevin Murf – Macrodosing (Radio Kapital, Poland) Roger Bong – Lucky (Aloha Got Soul, USA) These Feral Lands (Laura Cannell, Stewart Lee, Kate Ellis, Polly Wright, Jennifer Lucy Allan) – Wrekin (Brawl Records, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston

On this week's Independent Music Podcast we're bringing you the usual unusual and adventurous sounds from across the globe. We start in London with the wild new Reckonwrong record on Queeste, and move swiftly through South Africa with Angel-Ho's second record for Hyperdub, Argentinan traditional infused electronics from Berenice Llorens on Kriptonîa, and French dancehall from Stalawa. Elsewhere we've got the latest grime from long-time favourite of the podcast Flohio, hefty noise rock from KLÄMP, reissued Jazz via Canada's We Are Busy Bodies and a lot more. Tracklisting Reckonwrong - Lost Time (Queeste, Netherlands) Angel-Ho - Juice (Hyperdub, UK) The Heshoo Beshoo Group - Armitage Road (We Are Busy Bodies, Canada) Berenice Llorens - La Montaña (Kriptonîa, Argentina) KLÄMP - Arise (God Unknown Records, UK) Stalawa - Trod On ft. Junior Demus (Foreign Mind Records, France) Mermaid Chunky — Gemini Girls (Faith and Industry, UK) Fliptrix - Problem, Reaction, Solution (High Focus Records, UK) Flohio - Unveiled (AlphaTone, UK) Sascha Muhr - Feral (self-release, Germany) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.

For a globally-focused podcast we're keeping it mostly local this week. But before the onslaught of excellent UK music, we kick things off with the industrial psy-pop of Ukranian trio Tvii Son whose debut album is a true highlight of the year so far. We also welcome back Faten Kanaan with her debut for Fire Records, Black Acre's Commodo, and Sophia Loizou on Houndstooth. Elsewhere we have Afghan disco from Les Disque Bongo Joe, YCO founder BFTT on Polity, Good Sad Happy Bad (FKA Micachu & The Shapes) and much more. Tracklisting Tvii Son - Am I (Music Inspires Change, UK) Faten Kanaan - Night Tide / Anteros (Fire Records, UK) BFTT - Lokt (Polity Records, UK) Ben Colhoun - Exceptional Moments (Hot Fools, UK) Polyhymns - JK (Thissen Records, UK) Rüstəm Quliyev - İran Təranələri (Les Disque Bongo Joe, Switzerland) Sophia Loizou - Anima (Houndstooth, UK) Ana Roxanne - Suite Pour L’invisible (Kranky, USA) Commodo - Stakeout (Black Acre, UK) Good Sad Happy Bad - Shades (Textile Records, France) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.

Dancefloor smashers, bleak noises, and a long-overdue new single from Arab Strap are amongst this week's highlights. We have percussive transcendental psychedelia from Brazil and from Forest Hill, we've got a bonkers-yet-brilliant track from Misty's Big Adventure's Grandmaster Gareth, driving Swiss Krautrock from Cyril Cyril, experimental folk from Iceland's MSEA and a whole lot more... Tracklisting Sarine - (E) Volante (Lovers & Lollypops, Portugal) Grandmaster Gareth - Garethcetamol (self-release, UK) Hey Colossus - The Mirror (feat. Mark Lanegan) (Wrong Speed, UK) Cyril Cyril - Les Gens (Les Disque Bongo Joe, Switzerland / Born Bad Records, France) Holy Scum - Kill Each Other (self-release, UK) Arab Strap - The Turning of Our Bones (Rock Action Records, UK) Mera Bhai - Mañana Groove (Moshi Moshi Music, UK) Saucy Lady - A Shooting Star (Star Creature Universal Vibrations, USA) Lucidvox - My Little Star (Звездочка) (Glitterbeat Records, Germany) MSEA - Flesh Tone (MYRKFÆLNI, Iceland) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.