recorded live as part of the four-day Tribute to Alex T stream in aid of Meningitis Now - more details at https://bit.ly/foralext - if you dig the music, please consider making a donation!

the first time i met Alex was at a distinctly non-attended radio livestream in 2012. he had just moved to york for uni, and although i was itching to move away from my hometown, i was so excited to meet someone else my age who clearly shared the same insatiable appetite for club music. 

though our paths within our thing split off over time, i really can't understate the influence he had on me in his friendship and support, in early years especially. for that (and much more), i will always love you, Alex.

how to pay tribute in one hour to a life lost premature ? an impossible task, and so i present this recording as one piece alone of an ongoing collective struggle to process the loss and celebrate the life of a fellow cosmic traveller who left us too soon.

although it wasn't intended as such, this recording reminds me of how we would often approach the first hour of On Rotation at the 212 café/bar in leeds - a chance to play the weirder sides of our record collection and freak out the post-work-drinks crowd (before moving into house music that they would have probably quite enjoyed)

it seems fitting that this would be the case for a recording that, like a warm-up, i hoped would sketch out a path for moving forward, while never forgetting the foundation upon which the future must rest. i think this was an important balancing act to Alex, and i hope this recording will do justice to that idea somehow. 

i could go on, and i have no doubt that i will in future - explicitly or otherwise. all of this is ultimately to say; i hope that you rest in peace, brother.

tracklist: https://pastebin.com/32C23Bwz

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a selection for Alex T (20.06.20)

UK born geezer living it up in guido land. Music enthusiast; dub/bass/breakbeat/techno/dubstep/jungle/grime/ambient.

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the waking knot
https://thewakingknot.com

polytypic one, polytype records
https://polytyperecords.bandcamp.com/album/polytypic-one-2

oak tones
https://iem-music.bandcamp.com/album/oak-tones

kk_junker's Class Projects Vol. 1
https://kkjunker.bandcamp.com/album/class-projects-vol-1/

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bookings - bradley@sonabookings.com

-2025-
04.01 - Palestine Fundraiser - Starlane (London)
18.01 - Antek Invites - Planet Wax (London)
28.02 - Pond Dwellers - Low Profile (London)
08.03 - Whomp - The Carpet Shop (London)
05.04 - Persona 3rd Birthday - Concept Studios (Manchester)
03.05 - QYSP - Hackney Wick (London)
04.05 - Persona x Mugpie - Distrikt (Leeds)
07.06 - Sub:System x Whomp (London)
07.06 - Flow Soundsystem (Oxford)
20.06 - Footnotes - Corsica Studios (London)
15.08 - Sassafrass - Eastern Bloc (Manchester)
18.10 - Space Between - Imaginarium (Leeds)
18.10 - Levitation - Freedom Mills (Leeds)
26.10 - Sona Showcase - Lion & Lamb (London)
06.11 - Persona - Renae (Manchester)
21.11 - TBA (Copenhagen, DE)

-2024-
27.01 - Manual Smiles x Foloi - Hoxton Cabin (London)
03.02 - SUB:SYSTEM (London)
24.02 - Boiler Room - Beaverworks(Leeds)
02.03 - Testpress - Loki (London)
09.03 - Down To Earth - Tola (London)
22.03 - PMAD - SET Woolwich (London)
13.04 - Space Between - Imaginarium (Leeds)
04.05 - QYSP - Hackney Wick (London)
18.05 - Down To Earth - Exchange (Bristol)
26.05 - Club Cosmos - Freedom Mills (Leeds)
15.06 - Origins x On Ro - Corsica (London)
03.08 - Solidarity With Palestine (London)
16.08 - MÄR: Delight - Macadam (Nantes, FR)
23.08 - Huck - Stage & Radio (Manchester)
07.09 - GDANSE - Spanners (London)
20.09 - Down To Earth - The Love Inn (Bristol)
28.09 - Club Cosmos - Freedom Mills (Leeds)
05.10 - On Ro Pre-Party - The Imaginarium (Leeds)
19.10 - Moodus - The Goose (London)
07.11 - AF x WD - The Glove That Fits (London)

-2023-
06.01 - Vief Recs - The Waiting Room (London)
18.02 - On Rotation - Imaginarium (Leeds)
01.04 - Risen - Hackney Wick (London)
01.07 - On Rotation - Imaginarium (Leeds)
05.08 - OC:NB - The Glove That Fits (London)
11.08 - Origins x On Ro - Corsica (London)
20.08 - Midsummer Groove Festival (Somerset)
08.09 - Come Bye Festival (Abergavenny)
14.09 - Come Bye Afters - The Crown (Bristol)
20.10 - Bakk Heia - The White Hotel (Manchester)
04.11 - Between Stations - The Island (Bristol)

lara david aka chekov

she/her

@tablejellydishes

bookings/music/etc - chekovmusik[at]gmx.de

ta xox

a selection for Alex T (20.06.20)

lara david // chekov