me also a sucker for this old school synth and drummachines

Labor Day Hey

'Bootlegs' from Ghost Wave's debut LP: Ages

Available August 27, 2013 via Flying Nun Records
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Ages

Bootlegs

T.R.A.S.E - Tape Recorder And Synthesiser Ensemble
FKR067
CD/LP/Digital

Known amongst a small group of teenage friends as T.R.A.S.E (Tape Recorder And Synthesiser Ensemble) this previously unearthed and fully formed electronic music project was spearheaded by a 16-year-old schoolboy as an extension of his woodwork, metalwork and science classes in 1981.

Composed and recorded using a self-made synth, audio mixer and electronic percussion units T.R.A.S.E would bridge the gap between a love for sci-fi horror soundtracks, Gary Numan b-sides and an extra curricular hobby as a sound and lighting designer for school plays - bequeathing a backstory as unique and unfathomable as the individualistic sonic results that he would finally commit to C90. Having successfully recorded his only solo album, Electronic Rock (which was never duplicated beyond his own demo copy), this early musical achievement by Andy Popplewell stands up as a rare self-initiated example of embryonic experimental electro pop and genuine outsider music, marking the early domestication of synthesisers and the dawn of electronic home recording studios and the uninhibited results. Unhindered by adult concepts like self-consciousness, popular snobbery, fashion, pride and fear of failure (while funded by paper rounds and odd jobs in his Mancunian community), Andy, armed with the plans to the Chorosynth kit module, an old junk shop piano keyboard and some hand-me-down tools from his recently deceased dad, would fill an exercise book with plans, arrangements and self-penned new wave pop lyrics to fully realise the potential of his one-man synthetic symphony. Reaping the benefits of his own stencilled circuit boards and soldering iron skills (whilst occasionally enlisting the part time help of his younger brother on guitar) T.R.A.S.E’s homemade technology pop continued to bloom right up until the very cusp of adolescence when careers officers and real life responsibilities saw the end of Andy's reel to reel multitracking which is finally presented here for the first time since it was sung and played. This ambitious cross section of robotic funk and moody soundscape sequences makes instrumental nods to John Carpenter and Kraftwerk next to unpolished vocal drones worthy of a sedated Human League or Joy Divison, all of whom shared radio dial digits amongst Giorgio Moroder, Tubeway Army and The Glitter Band as Popplewell’s clearest unabashed influences.

The T.R.A.S.E tapes, finally unearthed by Finders Keepers, show the full extent of the projects repertoire before the "group's" final hiatus which, for Andy, was followed by a working education in London under BBC employment as a trainee radio engineer (not far from the closed door of the Radiophonic Workshop) which has since led to a widespread reputation as one of the country’s leading independent tape engineers/editors/archivists indiscriminately splicing and baking vintage tapes for anyone in-between Alpha in Brussels and ZTT in London. Having worked with hundreds of reputable studios, pop stars and media companies throughout his career Andy claims he has rarely been asked about his own musical history in 30 working years, Finders Keepers are glad we Popped that very question.

T.R.A.S.E - Sketch 1

'Orb' from Ghost Wave's debut LP: Ages

Available August 27, 2013 via Flying Nun Records
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Applescal & Ryan Davis - Creatures (Ambient Mix)

The Creatures project is a collaboration between Ryan Davis and Applescal; it started in Amsterdam and finished in Berlin. The project contains three different versions of one song and all versions were born out of a spontaneous session; each version can be seen as a further modulation and step in the whole process. The best part of the process is in your hands though, as we have all the remix parts available. Interested? Find out how it works below....

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Applescal & Ryan Davis - Creatures (Original Mix)

Drifting into a new day with Maria Somerville, live from Ireland's wild west coast.  
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The Early Bird Show w/ Maria Somerville & Dania 220724

Raphael Rogiński's new album Žaltys opens August's mixtape, exploring Eastern European landscapes and mythology through elements of folklore, jazz, American primitivism and mysticism. Remaining in the landscape are the duo Päfgens, who mix field recordings, drone and lo-fi shoegaze improvisation to create a soundscape that blends joy and melancholy. 

This gradually translates into the dreamy and atmospheric aesthetic of the new mu tate release by Warm Winters Ltd. Our regular hour concludes with the chamber music gem, composer Zbigniew Preisner and his neo-Romantic soundtrack for the movie Effroyables Jardins. All this interspersed with new music by emer, Martyna Basta, Manja Ristić and Tomáš Šenkyřík, sorbitol drops and others.

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Bégayer, Préambules bègues

Drifting into a new day with Maria Somerville, live from Ireland's wild west coast.  
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The Early Bird Show w/ Maria Somerville 050824

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A3 Jules LePull - Stop It And Get Some Help

Georgia are Justin Tripp and Brian Close - and they make music, videos, films and performances from their base in Chinatown, New York. Tune in for a monthly hour of oddball electronics; whether ambient or fit for the floor...
                             
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GEORGIA: All Kind Music 121224

Delodio's Fa_Fane brings a John Carpenter special, followed by a mix by François Marché in the second hour. 

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This version of On A Breeze is one we recorded as part of a Part Time Punks Radio in LA.  We recorded at Bedrock Studios which is just outside of downtown LA. After we did some other tracks the night before, we weren't really happy with the outcome so Michael was good enough to let us come back the next evening and do another few hours before our Part Time Punks show that night.  We got to use an old Fender organ to record a background drone, and the amps at the space were pretty cool too - I think I ended up using an old Epiphone but it might've been Orange.  Thanks to Michael and the other people who hooked us up in LA, its nice to have a recording from our first trip over.




On A Breeze (Part Time Punks Radio Session)

track from self-released album by @perila "i had a dream i don't remember"
https://perilazone.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-a-dream-i-dont-remember

big floor energy celebration.
floor as a blank canvas as grounding as a center to feel and stay connected with oneself. how floor touching the body and resonates trough the sound and voice.
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suddenly autumn
slapped me in the face
grey zone
over?
no
but
words here unnecessary
we bear the silence
pouring coffee through the mouth
the vessel
i had a dream i don’t remember

Perila – This Story Doesn't Make Any Sense

Behold Finders Keepers, a British record label, 40 years in the making, introducing fans of psychedelic, jazz, folk, funk, avant-garde and whacked-out movie musak to a lost world of undiscovered vinyl artifacts from the annals of alternative pop history.

Catering to record collectors and DJ-producers alike with a huge emphasis on sample friendly soundscapes, rocksteady back-beats and primitive electronic experimentalism. Discerning purveyors of the bizarre and abnormal should expect the Japanese choreography records, space-age Turkish protest songs, Czechoslovakian vampire soundtracks, Welsh rare-beats, bubblegum folk, drugsploitation operatics, banned British crime thrillers and celebrity Gallic Martini adverts... presented on CD, 7" and traditional black plastic discs in authentic packaging.

Following in the very same footsteps as the mind boggling "Music To Watch	Girls Cry" and "Songs In The Key Of Death" mix CDs for Fat City Records and the original 5-star rated Finders Keepers compilation LP in 2001, Manc-based vinyl-vulture, recording artist and record producer Andy Votel enlists the skills of fellow B-Music DJ and Rare Disc Detective Doug Shipton to form a team of psychedelic librarians and cosmic-pop-quiz-elitists to run their new Twisted Nerve distant sister-label, leaving no progressive pebble unturned or record collection un-rifled.

Future compilations and re-issues will feature collaborative curators such as David Holmes, Cherrystones and Bob Stanley and further contributions from mystery A- / B+ pop-celebrity fanatics of outsider music and ultra-rare bakelite discs. Finders Keepers is an 'accidental world music label' with a punk aesthetic and DJ friendly ethos which allows the desperate listener to sit back while we deliver schizoid cultural channel-hopping compilations and rocking-horse-shit & hen's-teeth re-releases to the comfort of your psych-starved living room...

T.R.A.S.E - Sketch 1

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