Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The Arms Trade Is Making A Killing: singles of 2019














[dagmar terrace n1]

1. pessimist “austerity” (osiris music, 12”)
2. fret “salford priors” (black opal + combat recordings, 12”)
3. scorn “feather” (ohm resistance, 12”)
4. close lobsters "all compasses go wild" (last night in glasgow)
5. fret “slowly moving in” (l.i.e.s, 12”)
6. jk flesh “in your pit ep” (pressure, 12”)
7. blade “dark friends” / “make it connect” (boot, 7”)
8. gang starr ft j.cole “family & loyalty” (ttt/gang starr enterprises)
9. p jam x capo lee “nando’s riddim” (mean streets, 12”)
10. the jasmine minks “step by step” (a turntable friend, 7”)



[balls pond n1]

11. jeff rushin “amongst us” (arts)
12. izco & capo lee “stack & grind” (rinse)
13. ryuji takeuchi “rps ep” (eclectic, 12”)
14. insolate “disgrace” (h.omevvork rec, 12”)
15. etch & nico lindsay “don’t wanna know” (sneaker social club, 12”)
16. boyracer “strong arms” (emotional response, lathe-cut 7”)
17. bukkha ft. killa p “badda den dem“ (infernal sounds, 12”)
18. burial “claustro” (hyperdub, 12”)
19. ikonika “into u (kaka bootleg)” (night slugs, 12”)
=20. cappo & senz beats “tidal wave” (boot, 12”)
=20. squarepusher “vortrack” (warp, 12”)














[city of london]

21. robert forster “inferno (brisbane in summer)” (tapete)
22. dizzle kid ft. killa p “how many times” (1fgrm004) (1forty)
23. mrshl ft. grim sickers “the crown” (subaltern records, 12”)
24. math & physics club “indian ocean” (matinée recordings, 7”)
25. ewa justka “you are repeating yourself indeed” (inner surface, 12”)
26. monrella “build time” (trauma collective, 12”)
27. ryuji takeuchi “phenomenon of combination ep” (depth. request, 12”)
28. the royal landscaping society “goodbye” (matinée recordings)
29. krept “morley’s freestyle” (virgin emi)
30. gantz “garam” (exit records, 12”)



[lauderdale tower]

31. jk flesh / submerged + blacktacular “no exit strategy of certain benefit” (black lives matter) (ohm resistance, 7”)
32. merky ace “look like loubz” (prophet man)
33. robert sekula “not santa claus” (bandcamp)
34. lady lykez ft. scratcha dva & lioness “muhammad ali” (hyperdub)
35. terror danjah ft. hitman hyper “red card riddim” (tru thoughts)
36. greencryptoknight “superman” (boot, 12”)
37. durrty goodz x rapid “bar code #6” (no hats no hoods)
38. flame 2 “dive” (pressure, 12”)
39. j:kenzo ft. flowdan “like a hawk” (artikal music, 12”)
40. obituary “a dying world” (relapse)














[liverpool]

41. lx one & killa p “link up” (vantage records)
42. exhumed / gatecreeper split (relapse, 10")
43. p jam “p cut (remix)” (beatcamp, 12”)
44. arrest! charlie tipper “the 93%” (old bad habits, 7”)
45. various avian artists “let nature sing” (the rspb)
46. ghostface killah “party over here” (music generation)
47. enclave “factionless” (darknet)
48. ewa justka “acid on acid” (new york haunted, cassette)
49. dayflower “sweet georgia gazes” (cloudberry, 7”)
50. cocktail party effect “radioactive fruit” (osiris music)



[sunderland]

51. failed flowers “faces” (slumberland, 7”)
52. the harvest ministers “summer’s here again” (bandcamp)
53. richie hawtin, cortechs & mental resonance “core resonance (close combined)” (plus 8 records)
54. the wedding present “jump in, the water’s fine” (come play with me, 10”)
55. vetchinsky settings “anymore” (vertical features, 7”)
56. spooky bizzle “haunted joyride version excursion” (oil gang, 12”)
57. the perfect english weather “call me when the rain comes” (matinée recordings)
58. boyracer "bored & lonely" (emotional response, lathe-cut 7")
59. goat terror “unholy march” (sentient ruin laboratories, 7”)
60. cortechs “transparent shadow / distance between two” (d!st!nct)



[bromley fc]

61. aidan moffat & rm hubbert “cut to black” (rock action)
62. juga-naut & giallo point “the passion” (juga-naut)
63. boylan ft. flowdan “start up” (nomine sound, 10”)
64. jetstream pony “i close my eyes” / “it’ll take more than a friday” (kleine untergrund schallplatten, 7")
65. the claim “journey” (a turntable friend)
66. carcass “under the scalpel blade” (decibel, flexi-disc)
67. jackal “jackal ep” (painkiller)
68. the popguns “carrying the fire” (matinée recordings)
69. the bv’s “charlie, i don’t know who you are” (kleine untergrund schallplatten, 7”)
70. the declining winter “a journey to silsden afc and back” (paper piano)


[barbican]

71. ethan montgomery / the declining winter “53˚48’57.1”n 1˚32’36.2”w” (north brewing, 7”)
72. cortechs “here is not here” / “deconstruct” (d!st!nct)
73. the flatmates “shut up and kiss me” / “rescue me” (old bad habits, 7”)
74. devourment “cognitive sedation butchery” (relapse)
75. pinch & kahn ft killa’s army “crossing the line” (tectonic, 12”)
76. cortechs “dawn of fate” (machine box, 12”)
77. overlook “séance” (osiris music)
78. black lotus “aether” (flash recordings, 12")
79. house worker & el mende$ ft. scorzayzee “sorry mr coffee and biscuits” (house worker)
80. natty x mala xx zephaniah “word & sound” (i & i music, 12”)



[hoxton]

81. arrest! charlie tipper “freedom of speech ep” (breaking down, cd-ep)
82. riko dan “informer” (cta)
83. visceral disgorge “architects of warping flesh” (agonia records)
84. flowdan “tramplezone ep” (spentshell)
85. surgeon “raw trax 2” (dynamic tension, 12”)
86. cortechs “imperfect circles” (d!st!nct)
87. scratcha dva “kill all a’dem” (allyall)
88. brain tourniquet “brain tourniquet” (painkiller)
89. the claim “just too far” ep (a turntable friend)
90. bubblegum lemonade “heaven with you” (matinée recordings)



[gaskin street n1] [art: zabou]

91. noisem “filth and style” (20 buck spin)
92. the humble bee & benoit pioulard “i suppose i’m your past” (dauw)
93. nails “i don’t want to know you” (nuclear blast)
94. cheval sombre “been a lover” (market square, 7”)
95. dj premier ft westside gunn, conway & benny “headlines” (payday records)
96. novelist “reload king” (self-released)
97. nazar "un sanctions" (hyperdub)
98. michael schwarz "nevermind ep" (micro fon)
99. surgeon “raw trax 1” (dynamic tension, 12”)
100. niereich “warehouse industries ep” (coincidence records)














[edinburgh]

bubbling under: sarge, durrty goodz, roger robinson, full of hell, wiley, jammer, big zuu x capo lee, stavrogin, bubblegum lemonade again, body count, the a-team, mastiff, tesseract ft sarge, ayako mori, cerebral rot, jeff rushin again, cortechs again, verb t & pitch 92 ft. truemendous, regional justice center, azure blue, the hit parade, trim, pessimist again, snoop dogg, makaja gonzales, kissamatic love bubbles, red sleeping beauty, goatburner, dj dbmassive, monkey marc & pinch ft ninja man, tiki dan, killa p, soom t, rider shafiq and irah, ghostface killah, david lance callahan, hypho, the royal landscaping society again, kanine & p money, brujeria, coffins, goatburner again, infinikill beats ft scorzayzee, silvina romero, niereich again, nasty jack ft. armour, hitman hyper, yhunga & sharky major, kanine ft. killa p, sharky major, nasty jack & discarda, hitman hyper x silencer, house worker & el mende$ ft. scorzayzee again, berthold city, loraine james, insist, 1349, klaudia gawlas, entombed a.d., jaydan, unhappy fly, ian martin, gothtrad / jk flesh, quentin ravn, isolate again, kidnapped, nieriech vs shadym & tximeleta, wiley again, dj dbmassive again, niclas erlandsson, cro-mags, axis of despair, my darling you!, king kahali & raekwon, electrorites, trim again, tribe of pazuzu, evergreen symphony, rejection pact, nightjacket, tuomas rantanen, sandro galli, shorty ft. wiley, erb n dub ft. harry shotta, slow white fall, hysh?, lost souljah ft jon e clayface, marco ginelli, kryss hypnowave, flowdan again, gal tsadok-hai, tawa girl, tex-rec, circle court, meridian dan, sandro galli again, drvg cvltvure, novelist again and many many others



[canonbury n1]

Monday, December 30, 2019

Eastend Dead: albums of 2019



[shoreditch]

1. gang starr “one of the best yet" (gang starr enterprises)
2. scorn “café mor” (ohm resistance)
3. the hit parade “the golden age of pop” (jsh records)
4. the humble bee & benoit pioulard “i suppose i’m your future” (dauw)
5. mønic “in a certain light” (osiris music)
6. comet gain “fireraisers forever!” (tapete)
7. melodiegroup “being and nothingness” (southend)
8. craig tattersall & emmanuel witzthum, untitled [tchaikovsky chorales] (letra rec)
9. debussy “nocturnes” (edit.futurum)
10. sidetracked “hollowed out” (to live a lie)



[roker beach]

11. robert forster “inferno” (tapete)
12. tullycraft “the railway prince hotel” (happy happy birthday to me)
13. klute “whatever it takes“ (commercial suicide)
14. seablite “grass stains and novocaine” (emotional response)
15. memoriam “requiem for mankind” (nuclear blast)
16. ghostface killah “ghostface killahs” (new generation)
17. isnaj dui “sight seeing” (fbox)
18. the catenary wires “til the morning” (tapete)
19. brahms “3rd symphony” (edit.futurum)
20. alcest “spiritual instinct” (nuclear blast)



[on blackfriars bridge]

21. the claim “the new industrial ballads” (a turntable friend)
22. vetchinsky settings “underneath the stars, still waiting” (vertical features)
23. virgil enzinger “platinum evolve” (i.cntrl)
24. bubblegum lemonade “desperately seeking sunshine” (matinée recordings)
25. regis "necklace of bites" (downwards)
26. total fucking destruction “#usa4tfd” (give praise)
27. devourment “obscene majesty” (relapse)
28. azure blue “images of you” (matinée recordings)
29. western edges “prowess” (sound of silence)
30. exhumed “horror” (relapse)



[islington n1]

31. mastiff “plague” (apf records)
32. the bv’s “cartography” (kleine untergrund schallplatten)
33. red sleeping beauty “stockholm" (matinée recordings)
34. noisem “cease to exist” (20 buck spin)
35. ocean party “nothing grows” (emotional response)
36. arrest! charlie tipper “themes from blizzard” (breaking down)
37. onyx “yung onyx” (mad money)
38. cerebral rot “odious descent into decay” (20 buckspin)
39. article 54 “the hustle" (article 54)
40. goatburner “extreme conditions” (chaotic doom)



[cutty sark]

41. full of hell “weeping choir” (relapse)
42. jme "grime mc" (boy better know)
43. victims “the horse and sparrow theory” (relapse)
44. loraine james “for you and i” (hyperdub)
45. neutrals “kebab disco” (emotional response)
46. coffins “beyond the circular demise” (relapse)
47. g.a.m.s. “g.a.m.s.” (karlrecords)
48. cattle decapitation “death atlas” (metal blade)
49. entombed a.d. “bowels of earth” (nuclear blast)
50. terror danjah "invasion" (tru thoughts)

Sunday, December 29, 2019

Reggae Stakeholder Meeting: remixes of 2019



[balls pond n1]

1. fret “salford priors” (scald process version)
2. ewa justka “you are repeating yourself indeed” (krtm remix)
3. p jam "disturbed" (trends remix)
4. full of hell “thundering hammers” (justin broadrick remix)
5. j:kenzo & flowdan “like a hawk” (kenzo’s darkside vip)
6. cappo “tidal wave” (boot version)
7. pessimist “new age” (jk flesh remix)
8. lady lykez ft. lioness "muhammad ali" (remix)
9. ryuji takeuchi “rock” (abyssal chaos version)
10. jk flesh "in your pit" (the bug remix)



[brick lane]

11. scorn “feather” (ginger grass snake mix)
12. cortechs “imperfect circles” (sven wittekind remix)
13. scorn “feather” (wittering mole mix)
14. stavrogin “echo ins” (lmajor remix)
15. squarepusher “vortrack” (fracture remix)
16. vital techniques ft general levy “give it 2 dem” (deadbeat uk remix)
17. lx one & killa p “link up” (icicle remix)
18. p jam "p cut" (d.o.k. remix)
19. watine “verrophone” (richard adams remix)
20. roger robinson "stay" (version)



[greenwich]

21. kuchinke & bayer ft jetstream pony “self destruct reality” (memorypan remix)
22. ryuji takeuchi “noctamublism (swarm intelligence remix)”
23. fret “salford priors” (stormfield version)
24. the claim “hercules” (bleak industrialists c.1987 remix)
25. jaydan “omfg” (maijistrate remix)
26. fret “salford priors” (fausten version)
27. insolate “warehouse jam” (pvs remix)
28. sandro galli “redmine” (dkult remix)
29. jaydan “ragamuffin” (upfront remix)
=30. fret “salford priors” (monster-x version)
=30. black lotus “distant signal” (jeff rushin remix i)



[balls pond n1]

Saturday, December 28, 2019

Turkish Education Group: notes from 2019



[balls pond n1]

outings

1. balletboyz “them/us” at sadler’s wells
3. robert forster at the union chapel
4. memoriam at the underworld
5. the chesterf!elds at the 100 club
6. “rusalka” at glyndebourne
7. deicide at the underworld
8. bridget riley at the hayward gallery
9. sophie ellis-bextor at the palladium
10. nish kumar at the union chapel



[isle of dogs]

compilations & reissues

1. the fall “1982” 6xcd box (cherry red)
2. insect warfare "entomological siege 2004/2009" (f.o.a.d)
3. siege "complete discography" (f.o.a.d)
4. burial "tunes 2011-2019" (hyperdub)
5, the springfields "singles 1986-1991" (slumberland)
6. baby lemonade s/t (cloudberry)
7. dub sex “search for the right words“ (optic nerve)
8. various artists “style & fashion” (soul jazz)
9. sven wittekind “reflections 2” (sick weird rough)
=10. boards of canada “peel session” (warp, 12”)
=10. the motorcycle boy "scarlet" (forgotten astronaut)

+ pretty much every 7" on optic nerve



[palladium]

7" box sets

1. lewis parker "the 45 collection" (king underground)
2. the pooh sticks box set (optic nerve)



[angel n1] 

the lists of 2021

singles [home] 1. edit select “far north” (kontrafaktum, 12”) 2. gremlinz & jesta / overlook “infinity “ / “lone pine” (droogs, 12”) 3. ...