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Weird Tales Radio Show #177: Lara Maiklem on Mudlarking
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Coinciding with the launch today of her new book A Field Guide to Larking our guest on this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show #177 is Sunday Times best selling author Lara Maiklem  talking about the joys of hunting for lost treasures while out mudlarking, beachcombing or fieldwalking – there’s one thousand, thousand years of history lurking in the mud beneath our boots just waiting to be rediscovered.

Links:  https://twitter.com/LondonMudlark 
+ https://www.instagram.com/london.mudlark 
+ https://www.facebook.com/LondonMudlark

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Friday 13th Ghost Story...
13/8/20210 Comments
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We have a Friday 13th ghost story... a ghost that is said to walk every 13th of August. The location is the Pilchard Inn, a pub on Burgh Island in Devon. Now Burgh Island is an interesting place in its own right as it can be reached at low tide by walking across a strip of sand but at high tide you need either a boat or to take a life on the island’s sand tractor – which is a kind on mini open top bus on stilts. The main attraction on the island is the art deco hotel, which was used by the crime writer Agatha Christie for the setting of two of her detective stories And Then There Were None and the Hercule Poirot mystery Evil Under the Sun.

However it is not the hotel that is haunted but the pub which is said to date back as long ago as the 14th century, when it was used as a refuge by fishermen fishing for pilchards. According to legend, in later years the island became the home of smugglers and pirates, including a character called Crocker who may at one time even been the landlord of the Pilchard Inn. Sometime in the 18th century he met his match when he was shot dead in a fight - on the 13th August – with either a rival gang or customs officers. Apparently today you can buy a baguette and a pint at the Pilchard Inn – the baguette being something that would have definitely not been on the menu at the pub in Crocker’s day.

Incidentally fans of Swinging Sixties pop trivia might like to note that Burgh Island and its sand tractor were the setting for the final scene of 1965 movie  Catch Us If You Can featuring The Dave Clark Five – a band that at one time were rated as the main rivals to The Beatles.

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Weird Tales Radio Show #176: Howling at the Moon
13/8/20210 Comments

In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show #176 our guest is anatomist Janet Philp talking about the science of werwolves, zombies and dragons. Is it physically possible for them to exist in the real world? We also say Happy Birthday to Folklore, consider the Meaning of Life with the assistance of a celebrity chef and The Hitch Hikers Guide, and of course we have a Friday the 13th ghost story.

Weird Tales Radio Show

. Weird Tales Radio Show #176: Howling at the Moon

howling

"1000 Forms of Fear" out now! Download on iTunes http://bit.ly/1kwammC Amazon http://amzn.to/1mvfWGq or listen on Spotify http://spoti.fi/1zdiMWn Website: siamusic.net Sia Selfie: siaselfie.com Twitter: twitter.com/sia Facebook: facebook.com/siamusic YouTube: www.youtube.com/sia Spotify: spoti.fi/1fKpbS0

Sia - Chandelier

Howling (Âme Remix)

"What better way to celebrate the first day of autumn than with the release of an upbeat, autumn-themed album?  Autumn Bells looks forward rather than back, making us miss the summer a little less.  The timing – both physical and emotional – could not be better." - Richard Allen, A Closer Listen

Bandcamp (12" Vinyl / Digital) https://atomnation.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-bells
iTunes (Digital) https://itunes.apple.com/album/id916385589
Amazon (12" Vinyl / Digital)http://www.amazon.de/Autumn-Bells-Vinyl-LP-Gidge/dp/B00LMPG0C4

The Spaces In Between

Huldra

Gidge - Huldra

iTunes - http://smarturl.it/MCKindred
A few years ago I did a remix of a track by Dominik Eulberg called Sansula, which featured an instrument of the same name. After the release a builder of sansula instruments in the Netherlands was kind enough to give me one as a present in case I wanted to use one again in a live recording, which I have finally got around to doing now with this track!

My process consisted of me sitting in my studio (badly) playing the thumb plucked sansula for quite a while, so that I could go back to the recording and pull out some useable loops as a starting point. I wanted a nice warm analogue chord progression to complement, but more in the high bass and low mids than my usual chord progression that's down really low, to fill the mix with the warmth as much as possible.

The track still needed something though, so I turned to some spare recordings of my favourite vocalist - Kathrin deBoer, from some of our previous recording sessions. I didn't want to go for the usual full lyrical approach of a vocal collab track, I just wanted to add some small snippets of human feeling to round off the track properly.

The release is coming out on Fields on the 1st of December along with an intense synth experiment with a Prophet 08, and beautiful remixes from David August and Throwing Snow.

If you're not into buying music there is also a new website I have just launched which will be providing exclusive new free downloads for all in return for signing up to the website - http://www.maxcooper.net/downloads

Origins

If you like it, buy it: http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/easier_ep

(en)Hearing WEVAL's music for the very first time, you might wonder from what geniuses' vault of vintage milestones these sounds have been pulled: the Dutch duo's incredibly catchy arrangements seem perfused by a rarefied pop magic that only a chosen few have truly mastered. Surely, this must be the work of a well- established veteran – or two youngsters so massively talented that it borders on the obscene. Weval's EASIER EP is here to demonstrate that it wasn't an accident, either - with four epic cuts that will haunt you long after you've left the floor.

The 2013 debut "Half Age EP" from Dutch newcomers Harm Coolen and Merijn Scholte Albers aka WEVAL struck a perfect balance between ingenuous simplicity and warm melodies: a rare moment of rapture and certainly one of those records that you wish you would've released yourself – which is probably why we smuggled an exclusive Weval track onto the tracklist of our much-acclaimed "Total 14" compilation (KOMPAKT 310 CD 118). There, the duo's dreamy, yet dynamic variant of slow-burning, sweeping house held up more than well with the other high caliber names present on the record - leading us directly to the phenomenal outing at hand.

With its glistening melodies and rousing beats, WEVAL's EASIER EP displays a staggering sense for danceable drama - spread over four expertly crafted tracks that will speak to your hearts and feet through radiant synths, ardent vocal snippets and sublime melodies. From pawing opener GIMME SOME to synth power ballad ONE, the introspective THINKING OF and title anthem EASIER, this is a rather beautifully flowing listening experience, not at all betraying the slightly yeasty circumstances of its creation: "we made this EP in two totally different moods", the producers explain, "we were both totally in love with two different girls, but for both of us it didn't work out – and to be clear, this was not our choice."

However, the defeat led to a phase of high productivity and research: "we felt terrible but we had a new EP we could work on and spend days and days finding a new sound." A couple of months and gear updates later, "the winter was gone and surprisingly it all worked out with those girls." Suddenly flush with happy feelings, Harm and Merijn finally hit the stride and quickly wrapped up production – resulting in an impactful wealth of emotions permeating all four tracks: "you can almost hear these two different moods we were in – it gets from cool, euphoric to dramatic and intense at the end."

(de)Hört man WEVALs Musik zum ersten Mal, kommt man nicht umhin sich zu wundern: aus welchem altmeisterlichen Archiv stammen diese erlesenen Klänge? Die unglaublich eingängigen Arrangements des niederländischen Duos scheinen durchwirkt mit jener verfeinerten Pop-Magie welche nur die wenigsten Künstler zu beherrschen wissen. Sicherlich ist dies das Werk eines wohlbekannten Elektronik-Veteranen - oder das von zwei jungen Newcomern die so massiv talentiert sind, daß es fast obszön ist. Wevals EASIER EP belegt außerdem daß es sich nicht um einen Zufall handelte - dank vier epischen Tracks die einem noch lange nach der Party in den Ohren hängen.

Das 2013er Debüt "Half Age EP" der holländischen Elektronikeinsteiger Harm Coolen und Merijn Scholte Albers aka WEVAL schuf eine perfekte Balance zwischen unbefangener Schlichtheit und warmen Melodien: ein seltener Moment der Verzückung und ganz gewiss eine jener Scheiben die man selber gerne veröffentlicht hätte - das ist vermutlich der Grund warum wir einen exklusiven Track von Weval auf unsere erfolgreiche "Total 14" Compilation (KOMPAKT 310 CD 118) geschmuggelt haben. Dort bewegte sich der verträumt-dynamische Stil des Duos - köchelnder, mitreißender House - auf Augenhöhe mit den anderen hochkalibrigen Namen der Platte… was uns direkt zum vorliegenden, phänomenalen Release bringt.

Mit glitzernden Melodien und aufrührerischen Beats beweist WEVALs EASIER EP einen verblüffenden Sinn fürs tanzbare Drama - verteilt über vier meisterhaft verfugte Nummern, die mit strahlenden Synthesizern, engagierten Vocals und sublimen Melodien zu Herzen und Füßen gleichermaßen sprechen. Vom hufscharrenden Opener GIMME SOME zur Synth-Powerballade ONE, dem introspektiven THINKING OF und der TItelhymne EASIER entpuppt sich der Flow als überaus gelungen - zu keinem Zeitpunkt verraten sich hier die einigermaßen veflixten Umstände der Produktion: "wir haben diese EP in zwei völlig verschiedenen Stimmungen gemacht", erklären die Produzenten, "wir waren beide völlig verknallt in zwei verschiedene Mädchen, doch für keinen von uns schien das gut auszugehen - und das war nicht unsere eigene Entscheidung, um ganz deutlch sein."

Wie dem auch sei, die Niederlage führte geradewegs in eine Phase großer Produktivität und intensiver Klangforschung: "wir fühlten uns furchtbar, doch wir hatten ja eine neue EP zu produzieren und konnten uns über Tage hinweg in neuen Sounds verlieren." Ein paar Monate und Equipment-Updates später "war der Winter vorbei und überraschenderweise funktionierte es jetzt auch mit den Mädchen." Plötzlich vom guten Gefühl umgeben, fanden Harm und Merijn schnell ihren Rhythmus und konnten die Produktion zum Abschluß bringen - resultierend in einem eindrucksvollen Reichtum an Emotionen, der alle vier Tracks durchdringt: "man kann diese zwei verschiedenen Stimmungen in denen wir uns befanden tatsächlich hören - es geht von cool, euporisch zu dramatisch und intensiv am Ende."

Weval - Gimme Some (clip)

I played this Bootleg Edit on my sunrise closing set at Bucht der Träumer 17.8 this year. As I started playing, the first sunrays hit my face and the warmth after the dark night combined with the crowd, a magic interaction. 

This is a casual Rework of one of my favourite songs, I already made it 3 years ago, but it felt like releasing it now on Soundcloud. Thank you for being here with me! A new Fejká Song will hit light end of September so stay tuned :)

Next Dates: 
20.9 Istanbul, Zorlu
27.9 Berlin, Watergate
16.10 Amsterdam Dance Event
8.11 Stuttgart, Pulsing
16.11 Freiburg, Frederics
30.11 Mexico City, Xibalba Festival

Merch/Tour

Ry X - Only (Fejká's Sunrise Edit)

Out Now on Beatport: https://pro.beatport.com/release/nobody-knows-remixes/1533782

Joris Voorn's third studio album "Nobody Knows" saw him embark on a atmospheric odyssey, departing his club comfort zone to be named Dance/Electronic album of 2014 by Billboard. 

A masterpiece of indie and electronic influences, "Nobody Knows" is now re-presented and remixed by an impressive array of studio talent; a dynamically diverse selection of producers and artists across many genres. 

Exquisite reinterpretations ranging from Guti, Roland Klinkenberg, Christian Loeffler and Nightmares on Wax amongst many others; choices which not only represent new fusions but have now come to be a point of pride for both Joris and the label Green in propelling the LP's core personal message even further.

Buy on Beatport

So Long feat. Kid A - Christian Loeffler Remix

Ninjashop: http://found.ee/XMachina
iTunes: http://found.ee/XMachina-it

Taken from the Howling single 'X Machina' released 10 July 2015 on Monkeytown x Counter Records.

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Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1F4XHBY
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howlinghowling
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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/howlinghowling

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X Machina

iTunes

Howling - 'X Machina'

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@ayelle
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Free Download

Skrillex & Diplo - Mind feat. Kai (Calper X Ayelle Rework)

Dancing People Are Never Wrong

Dancing People Are Never Wrong (feat. The Bianca Story)

Alan Walker - Faded (Marques Music Edition)

Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/happy-pink-pills/1951252
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/happy-pink-pills-single/id1202903480
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2QbE3uVxbeoSUEzl2N2l6C

Happy Pink Pills (Marek Hemmann Remix)

Howling - Phases II

1. Phases (Toto Chiavetta Colour Zero)
2. Phases (Toto Chiavetta Colour Two)
3. Phases (Alex.Do Remix)
4. Phases (Dub)

Release Date:
April 28th 2017

Phases II

Howling - Phases (Alex.Do Remix)

The Blaze — Juvenile

I didn't see anyone else upload this really great song to Soundcloud, so I decided to do it. Now Soundcloud listeners (like myself) can enjoy this wonderful work of art; and if you enjoyed it, like and repost it for your friends. As always, thanks. :)

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/55c801'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

The Blaze — Juvenile

Ghostkeeper

Klangkarussell & GIVVEN - Ghostkeeper

The Blaze - Territory

ELDERBROOK - NUMB (JoMö's LUSICOUS REWORK) OUT NOW!

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://hypeddit.com/xk4o2e

Don't forget to subscribe to me on Spotify: https://smarturl.it/JMOSpotify

I absolutely love the original version of this track! @elderbrook never disappoints. 

I had a wave of inspiration and came up with this little bop for you guys.

I really hope you enjoy it. 

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