Independent Music Podcast

Good things come to wait, and we’ve been waiting a long time for the debut LP from the long-standing collaboration between Switzerland’s Simon Grab and Togo’s Yao Bobby, whose new single is an abrasive slice of forward-thinking experimentation. We have another superb collaboration this week with the emergence of Congotronics International, a supergroup from the long-running Congotronics series on Crammed Discs. The new group, including Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Konono No.1, Skeletons, and Wildbirds & Peacedrums, is as good as the sum of its parts. Elsewhere this week we have metal from Cannibal Corpse vocalist Corpsegrinder, goth drum and bass from VHS¥DEATH, a Russian doubleheader of grime from Champion Sound and techno from Wulffluw XCIV, modern classical from Noir et Blanc and much more. Tracklisting Corpsegrinder – On Wings of Carnage (Perseverance Media Group, USA) Congotronics International – Banza Banza (Crammed Discs, Belgium) VHS¥DEATH – Falsehood of Man (Dystopian Mix) (Cruel Nature Records, UK) Baron Saturday – 999 Deaths (self-release, UK) Wulffluw XCIV feat. Chrisman & Lord Spikeheart – No Escape (self-release, Russia) Scrounge – This Summer’s Been Lethal (Fierce Panda, UK) Noir et Blanc – [footsteps waltz] (4000 Records, Australia) Société Étrange – La Rue Principale de Grandif (Les Disques Bongo Joe, Switzerland) Champion Sound – Gunfinga (Nice Up! Records, UK) Yao Bobby & Simon Grab – Lekeo (LavaLava Records, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more

A whole lot of stunning, somewhat contemplative music on this week’s Independent Music Podcast, starting with the fabulous new release from former Zun Zun Egui member Yama Warashi, moving through operatic music from London techno label AD 93, and sublime musique concrete from Ukraine’s Nikolaienko. Elsewhere, there’s the semi-concept album from eternal pod favourites Gnod, the latest from the always surprising and mesmerising Lara Jones, grime from the legendary No Hats No Hoods label, elongated metal, elongated disco, and much more. Tracklisting Yama Warashi – Makkuroi Mizu (まっくろい水） (PRAH Recordings, UK) Gnod – Bad Apple (Rocket Recordings, UK) Wojciech Rusin – Speculum Veritatis feat. Eden Girma (AD 93, UK) Boëthius – 4Loko (Wannamarchi Club, UK) Lara Jones – Pillow (rework) (self-release, UK) Nikolaienko – Muzak For Mesozoic Showreel (feat. Arthur Mine) (Muscut, Ukraine) Absent in Body – The Acres/The Ache (Relapse Records, USA) Durrty Goodz – Barcode 9 Trainers (No Hats No Hoods, UK) Dälek – Decimation (Dis Nation) (Ipecac Recordings, USA) Man Power – Devil’s Island (Throne of Blood Recordings, USA) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more

Maximum riffage bookending this week’s Independent Music Podcast with thrashing Esperanto-singing Tokyo punks Socio La Difekta getting us started and the epic Wild Rocket release on Riot Season closing us out. The filling in the riff sandwich is a wild journey of noise, from the hip-thrusting power of Nihiloxica-affiliated Hot in da Club to italo-disco delights of Bézier, through the cinematic epics of Portuguese duo Bezbog and folk sounds of Bella Union’s Modern Nature. We also have twisted takes on Lunar New Year music, Korean-mythology influenced jazz, Kenyan modern classical, and more. Tracklisting Socio La Difekta – Nur Unu Ekzisto (Beach Impediment Records, USA) Za! – Somos Todos (Gandula, Spain) Hot in da Club – Scary Synth (Spooky Shit, UK) Nyokabi Kariuki – Equator Song (SA Recordings, UK) Scrabbel – The Mischievous Dokkaebi (wiaiwya, UK) Bézier – Valencia (Dark Entries, USA) Bezbog – Salamandra (Favela Discos, Portugal) Modern Nature – Dunes (Bella Union, UK) Yip Yiu Kwan – 李白和你Rave (FINGERGAP, Hong Kong) Wild Rocket – Formless Abyss (Riot Season, UK) This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston.

Exclusively exciting new music on this week’s podcast, with debut releases from Hidden Horse, Zyggurat and The Web of Lies all proving to be highlights. Even the olden sounds of Angkor in Cambodia have a contemporary freshness to them, as does the first long-player from the irrepressible Nik Colk Void. Elsewhere we have blistering electronics from Oyubi, a dub-infused new Lay Llamas record, and the first taste of the 2022 vintage of Swedish label Höga Nord’s singles club. Tracklisting Zyggurat – Nebula (self-release, UK) Oyubi – Report a Crash (Trekkie Trax, Japan) Hidden Horse – Túnel de Iniciação Sideral (Holuzam, Portugal) Angel-Ho – Traction (self-release, South Africa) The Web of Lies – Receiver (Wrong Speed Records, UK) Jesse Paul Miller – Buddhist Wat Call (Angkor) (self-release, USA) Lay Llamas – Circular Time (Black Sweat, Italy) Soft-Bodied Humans x Swordman Kitala – Bagan (Phantom Limb, UK) Nik Colk Void – Interruption is Good (Editions Mego, Austria) Crash Override – Tukan (Höga Nord Rekords, Sweden) This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston

Hip-shakers galore on this week’s podcast, especially with the new releases from DJ Hank, Bonobo, and the irrepressible Zombie Zombie. They are interspersed amongst immense music from Yugen Blakrok, experimental sounds from Jakarta’s Uwalmassa, and stunning sounds from Tortoise’s Jeff Parker. Elsewhere, we have skronky call-and-response between Patrick Shiroishi and Jeff Tobias, Thai production from Surin Phaksiri and Chomsawai Saentawisok and more. Tracklisting Yugen Blakrok – Pedestal (I.O.T. Records, France) Zombie Zombie – Nusquam et Ubique (Born Bad Records, France) Uwalmassa – Majuh (Divisi62, Indonesia / Mana Records, UK) Lou Hill – Hits (self-release, UK) Chomsawai Saentawisok – Lam Phloen Call Me Please ショームサワイ・セーンタウィースック「ラム・プルーン　わたしを指名して下さい」(EM Records, Japan) Jacken Elswyth – Set Up (Fractal Meat Cuts, UK) Bonobo – Otomo (feat. O’Flynn) (Ninja Tune, UK) Jeff Parker – Four Folks (International Anthem, USA) Patrick Shiroishi & Jeff Tobias – A2 (Topos Press, USA) DJ Hank – Stay (Hyperdub, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more

What a start to 2022! Ten new tracks for you that are extraordinary in their variety and invention. From the opening track from Alex Silva and the enigmatic music of Tony Gallardo, through to a blistering collaboration between Slikback and Giant Swan, which is as good as you’d dare to hope from two of electronic music’s great trailblazers. Elsewhere, we have sublime Finnish jazz from Koma Saxo and Fire! Orchestra’s Sofia Jernberg, the disco-fused latest from YĪN YĪN, metal from Kurokuma, modern classical, UK funky and more. Tracklisting Alex Silva – Wordl (Hidden Mantra, UK) Tony Gallardo – Plata O Plomo (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) Koma Saxo with Sofia Jernberg – Koma Kaprifol (We Jazz Records, Finland) YĪN YĪN – Nautilus (Glitterbeat Records, Germany) Kurokuma – Jaguar (self-release, UK) Melaine Dalibert – Shimmering (Ici d’ailleurs, France) Uzu Noir – Jx-Q (self-release, Finland) Tom Blip – Kickdrums!!! (More Time, UK) Slikback x Giant Swan – Tyranid (self-release, Kenya) Rilla – Isn’s (Svbkvlt, China) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more

We're off for a couple of weeks, so we're delving into our archives for you. This week we've got this cracker of a favourites compilation from 2018. Even though we sit here having played music from 390 releases this year, we feel a bit uneasy producing a ‘best of’ 2018 when there’s still so much great music we haven’t heard. But from what we have heard there are so many highlights to cram into three shows of favourites. This first one gets us going with the blistering track from Sophie’s phenomenal Oil of Every Pearl’s Uninsides LP on Transgressive. Across the first ten tracks we take in a third play from the 700 Bliss cassette, Anna von Hausswolff’s sublime LP, middle eastern techno, Kenya glitches, a track from a ballet and a lot more. More great highlights coming next week… just don’t call it a best of. Tracklisting Sophie – Ponyboy (Transgressive Records, UK) 700 Bliss – Cosmic Slop (Halcyon Veil, USA / Don Giovanni Records, USA) Colin Stetson – Fallout (Anacapamusic, USA) Jlin – The Abyss of Doubt (Planet Mu, UK) Anna von Hausswolff – The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra (City Slang, Germany) Ko Shin Moon & Simple Symmetry – Halay (Cornelius Doctor Lonley Mix) (Hard Fist, France) Lucrecia Dalt – Tar (RVNG Intl, USA) Slikback – Bantu Zen (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) Gazelle Twin – Better in My Day (Anti-Ghost Moon Ray, UK) WaqWaq Kingdom – Ceremony of Vision (Jahtari, Germany)

We're off for a couple of weeks, so we're delving into our archives for you. This week we've got this cracker of a favourites compilation from 2017.  The first of our three part ‘best of 2017’ showcases some of our favourite tunes from the year. This week we have the 7″ stunner from Idris Ackamoor, the digital dubs of Roger Robinson and Disrupt, hip hop from Ill Camille, the best track from Gnod’s mouthful of an LP – JUST SAY NO TO THE PSYCHO RIGHT​-​WING CAPITALIST FASCIST INDUSTRIAL DEATH MACHINE – Russian punks Mirrored Lips and a load more Tracklisting Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids – Tinoge Ya Ta’a Ba, Pt. 1 & 2 (feat Guy One) (Philophon Records, Germany) Ill Camille – Black Gold (Jakarta Records, Germany) Gnod – Real Man (Rocket Recordings, UK) Group Doueh & Cheveu – Bord de Mer (Born Bad Records, France) Roger Robinson & Disrupt – Bun Bun Bun (Jahtari Records, Germany) Pessimist – Peter Hitchens (Blackest Ever Black, UK) Mirrored Lips – Дорогой Хороший (Alakir, Israel) Mahatma X – Mahatma and the White Devil (Home Assembly Music, UK) Part Chimp – Mapolean (Rock Action Records, UK) Hampshire & Foat – Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (Athens of the North, UK)

This year we’ve had more listeners than ever before – thousands of people with exceptional taste. The prove it, we asked our Patrons to vote for their favourite tracks from the podcast in 2021, and the list is absolutely stellar! We have two visits to Niger, three collaborations between podcast favourites, experimental hiphop, accordion music and a whole lot more good stuff. Our fourth part of our favourites will be LIVE on Zoom on 29 December, you can get tickets from Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/independent-music-podcast-live-2021-in-review-tickets-225352935697 Tracklisting Les Filles de Illighadad – Surbajo  (Sahel Sounds, USA) The Body & BIG|BRAVE – Oh Sinner (Thrill Jockey Records, USA)  Dame Area – La Danza Del Ferro (Mannequin Records, Germany)  Pink Siifu – BACK’! (Field-Left, USA) Anna Meredith – BPM 131: Joy Subdivision (Moshi Moshi Music, UK)  Divide and Dissolve – Prove It (Invada, UK) Mdou Moctar – Chismiten (Matador Records, USA)  Marisa Anderson/William Tyler – Lost Futures (Thrill Jockey Records, USA)  Mario Batkovic – Chorea Duplex (feat. James Holden) (Invada, UK)  Richard Dawson & Circle – Lily (Weird World Records, UK)  Rival Consoles – Monster (Erased Tapes, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more

Our second part of our favourite records from 2021 is a eclectic trip around the globe, taking in gqom out of Mexico, hip-hop from the Philippines, jazz from Chicago, dub from Belgium, amongst others. We have baroque pop, digital dancehall, and a whole lot more. Get tickets to our live show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/independent-music-podcast-live-2021-in-review-tickets-225352935697 Tracklisting N0V3L – Group Disease (TAR / MM / UOH, UK) Manuka Honey – Pestañas (N.A.A.F.I., Mexico) Smote – Poleyn (Rocket Recordings, UK) Comité Hypnotisé – I Am Boogie (Cortizona, Belgium) Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt – The Blob (Hanson Records, USA) Mr Williamz – My Heavenz (Scotch Bonnet, UK) Circuit des Yeux – Vanishing (Matador Records, USA) ビクター ＭＫＩＩ- Stay Here With U (感傷唱片行 Kind of Blue Records, Taiwan) Ben LaMar Gay – Aunt Lola and the Quail (International Anthem, USA) Aya – what if i should fall asleep and slip under (Hyperdub, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more

What a year it’s been. Terrible for many people in many ways, but the music has been absolutely sublime. This is the first episode of us revealing our favourite records of the year. We start with ferocious political afrobeat and move between free jazz, field recordings, psych, techno, and more. Thank you to all the amazing artists and labels who have made this year better, and for all of you for listening to the podcast. Tracklisting Etuk Ubong – I Waka Dey Go (self-release, Nigeria) Tomaga – The King of Naples (Hands in the Dark, France) Numa Gama – Mestre Jandaraí (self-release, Brazil) Part Chimp – It’s True Man (Wrong Speed Records, UK) De Schuurman – Pier Je Bill! (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda) HTRK – Kiss Kiss and Rhinestones (N&J Blueberries, Australia) Juçara Marçal – Crash (Mais Um, UK) BLYTH – Ghosts (self-release, UK) Blawan – Under Belly (XL Recordings, UK) Scotch Rolex – Lapis Lazuli (ft. Lord Spikeheart) (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more

We clock up 350 episodes of the Independent Music Podcast with the last conventional podcast of 2021, proving that there’s still time for a new favourite artist of the year to emerge. There are plenty of options here for you, from the long-awaited return of Black Dice to the truly exceptional emergence of Princess Diana of Wales – the project of London-based Laila Sakini. We also have the latest from podcast favourite Pye Corner Audio, the debut release from Hard Fist co-director Tushen Raï, the new one from the always-unpredictable Japanese psych rockers Boris, and more. Tracklisting Pye Corner Audio – Symbiosis (Ghost Box, UK) Gooooose – Arp Kicks (Skyshaker Novox) (SVBKVLT, China) Plastiq + 13 Year Cicada – Crackles on C4D4 (Gandula, Spain) Tushen Raï  – East-Balearism (Cracki Records, France) Boris – Drowning by Numbers (Sacred Bones, USA) Angels of Pompeii – So High (Avidya, UK) Black Dice – White Sugar (FourFour Records, USA) Princess Diana of Wales – Fragments of Blue (A Colourful Storm, Australia) Rheum – 45m (self-release, UK) Earl Young – Take Them in Prayer (Athens of the North, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more

The spiritual woozy psychedelia of Milan’s Al Doum and the Faryds gets us underway this week as we welcome longer nights with exceptional atmospheric music from all corners. No track encompasses that greater than the wonderful new Jessica Moss track on Constellation – it’s one to put the headphones on for, as is the stunner from Canadian compatriot Tanya Tagaq, whose line in award-winning throat singing never fails to mesmerise and entrance in equal measure. Elsewhere this week, there’s hyper atmospheric music from Tristan Arp and Futoshi Moriyama 森山ふと contrasting with experimental club bangers from Klahrk and Grove, with Uruguayan folk, and a welcome return to Gorge music rounding off some of this show’s highlights. Tracklisting Al Doum and the Faryds – One With Nature (Black Sweat Records, Italy) Tanya Tagaq – Colonizer (Six Shooter Records, Canada) Tristan Arp – Foraging Music (Wisdom Teeth, UK) Jessica Moss – Distortion Harbour (Constellation Records, Canada) Y.a.M.A – RED 2 (GORGE.IN, Japan) Klahrk – Send It!! (SFX, Germany) Zapatillas – El Río Vacío (Chape Records, Uruguay) Grove – Skin2Skin (Bokeh Versions, UK) Futoshi Moriyama 森山ふとし – くろ (Kuro) (EM Records, Japan) NONEXISTENT – UNTITLED 3 (Downwards, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more

“Hmm, what’s that smell?” Well it’s another Independent Music Podcast, which kicks off this week with The Smell of Metal – the latest cold wave banger coming out of the Mannequin Records stable over in Germany. If you peel back the layers, you’ll find a whole heap of special music on this episode: we have more bangers in the shape of Lisbon’s Tia Maria Produções and Brighton’s K-LONE, we have abrasive rock from Leeds’ Thank, stunning dance floor appealing jazz from Lara Jones, stripped back acoustic music from Senyawa, the darkest, most beautiful music from Keeley Forsyth and much more. Tracklisting L.F.T. – Smell Of Metal (Mannequin Records, Germany) Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin – L’s feat. Fousheé (prod. Ohbliv) (Lex Records, UK) Keeley Forsyth – Bring Me Water (The Leaf Label, UK) Tia Maria Produções – Ele é bom (Príncipe, Portugal) Thank – Good Boy (Box Records, UK) Senyawa – Alkisah II (Versi Balada) (self-release, Indonesia) Max Corbacho – Action XVII (Pharmafabrik, Slovenia) K-LONE – Deluxe (Wisdom Teeth, UK) Lara Jones – Upside Down (No Such Thing Records, UK) Jacqueline Taïeb – 7 Heures Du Matin (Late Night Tales, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more

London label Mais Um’s ear for extraordinary music from Brazil continues unabated with the exceptional track that opens this week’s Independent Music Podcast. The music of Juçara Marçal is relatively new to us, but the first few bars of her astonishing track ‘Crash’ sink their hooks into you very quickly. It’s a stunning way to get going. What follows is an otherworldly journey through genres, with a little more guitar than usual this time around. We have the debut EP from Irish indie punks M(h)aol, experimental trombone folk from Yorkshire’s Sophie Cooper, dub techno workouts from Autumns just to name a few. We also have the blistering collaboration between Sepultura co-founder Iggor Cavalera, Venezuelan electronic producer Cardopusher, and Dwid Hellion, founder of early hardcore trailblazers Integrity, coming together as Corroded Spiral on pod favourites Phantom Limb. If that’s not enough. We throw in some Greek electronics, modern classical, Polish punk, and a little bit more for good measure. Tracklisting Juçara Marçal – Crash (Mais Um, UK) M(h)aol – Laundries (TULLE, UK) Sophie Cooper – Goodbye Gemini (Borley Rectory, UK) Bad Tracking – Black Rew (Avon Terror Corps, UK) Christos Chondropoulos – Jungle X (The Death of Rave, UK) VÄLVĒ – Retrace/Repeat (The state51 Conspiracy, UK) Corroded Spiral – Forgotten Ether (Phantom Limb, UK) Trupa Trupa – Twitch (Glitterbeat Records, Germany) Autumns – Eating On The Ground (Touch Sensitive Records, UK) The Eccentronic Research Council – Face Creams & Virile Men (Desolate Spools, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. This week’s episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more